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 CONTENTS

FACSIMILE OF THE 1611 BIBLE:

THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY.
THE TRANSLATORS TO THE READER.
CALENDAR.
AN ALMANACK FOR 39 YEARS.
DIRECTIONS TO FIND EASTER.
THE ORDER OF PSALMS AND LESSONS TO BE SAID AT
MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER.
THE NAMES AND ORDER OF THE BOOKS OF THE OLD
AND NEW TESTAMENT.

THE OLD TESTAMENT.

THE APOCRYPHA.
THE NEW TESTAMENT.
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 T H E
HOLY
BIBLE,
C onteyning the Old Teftament,
A ND THE NEW:

JV<Wy Tranfldtdout of the Originall •

tongues: & with ihrformerTran/falwns
£fiffcnuy compared and rnnfta.'bylus
M dicflicsjbmali Cvmandtmtnt
*-slppomicdtobcrcM in L>jurcncf.
Imprinted at London by Robert
Jsarker.jrmtcr to thcJ\mps
mojiCxccucnt ^Matcjtic.
ANNoDoM.I<5lI.
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 TO THE MOST
HIGH AND HIGH TIE
Prince, I AMES by the grace of God
King of Great Britaine, France and Ireland,
Defender of the Faith, &c.
THE TRANSLATORS OF THE BIBLE,
wish Grace, Mercie, and Peace, through IESVS
CHRIST our LORD.
Reat and manifold were the blessings (most dread

G
Soueraigne) which Almighty GOD, the Father
of all Mercies, bestowed vpon vs the people of
ENGLAND, when first he sent your Maiesties
Royall person to rule and raigne ouer us. For
whereas it was the expectation of many, who
wished not well vnto our SIGN, that vpon the
setting of that bright Occidentall Starre Queene
ELIZABETH of most happy memory, some
thicke and palpable cloudes of darkenesse would so haue ouershadowed
this land, that men should haue bene in doubt which way they were to
walke, and that it should hardly be knowen, who was to direct the vnsetled
State: the appearance of your MAIESTIE, as of the Sunne in his strength,
instantly dispelled those supposed and surmised mists, and gaue vnto all
that were well affected, exceeding cause of comfort; especially when we be-
held the gouernment established in your HIGHNESSE, and your hope-
full Seed, by an vndoubted Title, and this also accompanied with Peace
and tranquillitie, at home and abroad.
But amongst all our loyes, there was no one that more filled our hearts,
then the blessed continuance of the Preaching of GODS sacred word a-
mongstvs, which is that inestimable treasure, which excelleth all the riches
of the earth, because the fruit thereof extendeth it selfe, not onely to the time
spent in this transitory world, but directeth and disposeth men vnto that
Eternall happinesse which is aboue in Heauen.
Then, not to suffer this to fall to the ground, but rather to take it vp, and
to continue it in that state, wherein the famous predecessour of your HIGH-
NESSE did leaue it; Nay, to goe forward with the confidence and reso-
lutioff
 The Epiftle
ution of a man in maintaining the trueth of CHRIST, and propagating it
arre and neere, is that which hath so hound and firmely knit the hearts of
all your MAJESTIES loyall and Religious people vnto you, that your
very Name is precious among them, their eye doeth behold you with
comfort, and theyblesse you in their hearts, as that sanctified person, who
vnder GOD, is the immediate authour of their true happinesse. And this
their contentment doeth not diminish or decay, but euery day increaseth
and taketh strength, when they obserue that the zeale of your Maiestie to-
wards the house of GOD, doth not slacke or goe backward, but is more and
more kindled, manifesting it selfe abroad in the furthest parts of Cliristen-
dome, by writing in defence of the Trueth, (which hath giuen such a blow
vnto that man of Sinne, as will not be healed) and euery day at home, by
Religious and learned discourse, by frequenting the house of GOD, by
learing the word preached, by cherishing the teachers therof, by caring
br the Church as a most tender and louing nourcing Father.
There are infinite arguments of this right Christian and Religious af-
fection in your MAIESTIE : but none is more forcible to declare it to o-
thers, then the vehement and perpetuated desire of the accomplishing and
publishing of this Worke, which now with all humilitie we present vnto
your MAIESTIE. For when your Highnesse had once out of deepe iudg-
ment apprehended, how conuenient it was, That out of the Originall sa-
cred tongues, together with comparing of the labours, both in our owne
and other forreigne Languages, of many worthy men who went before vs,
there should be one more exact Translation of the holy Scriptures into the
English tongue; your MAIESTIE did neuer desist, to vrge and to excite
those to whom it was commended, that the worke might be hastened, and
that the businesse might be expedited in so decent a maner, as a matter of
such importance might iustly require.
And now at last, by the Mercy of GOD, and the continuance of our La-
bours, it being brought vnto such a conclusion, as that we haue great hope
that the Church of England shall reape good fruit thereby; we hold it our
duety to offer it to your MAIESTIE, not onely as to our King and Soue-
raigne, but as to the principall moouer and Author of the Worke. Hum-
bly crauing of your most Sacred Maiestie, that since things of this quality
haue euer bene subiect to the censures of ill meaning and discontented per-
sons, it may receiue approbation and Patronage from so learned and iudi-
cious a Prince as your Highnesse is, whose allowance and acceptance oi
our Labours, shall more honour and incourage vs, then all the calumniati-
ons and hard interpretations of other men shall dismay vs. So that, if on
the one side we shall be traduced by Popish persons at home or abroad,
who therefore will maligne vs, because we are poore Instruments to make
GODS holy Trueth to be yet more and more knowen vnto the people,
whom they desire still to keepe in ignorance and darknesse: or if on the
other
 Declicatorie.
other side, we shall be maligned by selfe-conceited brethren, who runne
their owne wayes, and giue liking vnto nothing but what is framed by
themselues, and hammered on their Anuile; we may rest secure, supported
within by the trueth and innocencie of a good conscience, hauing walked
the wayes of simplicitie and integritie, as before the Lord; And sustained
without, by the powerfull Protection of your Maiesties grace and fauour,
which will euer giue countenance to honest and Christian endeuours, a-
gainst bitter censures, and vncharitable imputations.
The LORD of Heauen and earth blesse your Maiestie with many and
happy dayes, that as his Heauenly hand hath enriched your Highnesse
with many singular, and extraordinary Graces; so you may be the
wonder of the world in this later age, for happinesse and true
felicitie, to the honour of that Great GOD, and the
good of his Church, through IESVS CHRIST
our Lord and onely Sauiour.
(v)

THE
 THE TRANSLATORS
TO THE READER.
Eale to promote the common good, whether it be by deuising any
The best
thing our selues, or reuising that which hath bene laboured by o-

Z
things haue
thers,deserueth certainly much respect and esteeme,but yet findeth been cilu in-
mated.
but cold intertainment in the world. It is welcommed with suspi-
cion in stead of loue, and with emulation in stead of thnnkes: and if
there be any hole left for cauill to enter,(and cauill,if it doe not finde
a hole, will make one) it is sure to bee misconstrued, and in danger
to be condemned. This will easily be granted by as many as know
story, or haue any experience. For, was there euer any thing pro-
iected,that sauoured any way of newnesse or renewing,but the same
endured many a storme of gaine-saying, or opposition ? A man would thinkc that Ciuilitie, hole-
some Lawes, learning and eloquence,Synods, and Church-maintenance,( that we speake of no more
*{•/«*«*. things of this kinde) should be as safe as a Sanctuary, and || out of shot, as they say, that no man
would lift vp the heele,no,nor dogge mooue his tongue against the motioners of them. For by the
first,we are distinguished from bruit-beasts led with sensualitie: By the second, we are bridled and re-
strained from outragious behauiour,and from doing of iniuries,whether by fraud or by violence: By
the third, we are enabled to informe and reforme others,by the light and feeling that we haue attai-
ned vnto our selues: Briefly, by the fourth being brought together to a parle face to face,we sooner
compose our differences then by writings, which are endlesse : And lastly, that the Church be suffi-
ciently prouided for,is so agreeable to good reason and conscience, that those mothers are Iiolden to
be lesse cruell,that kill their children assoone as they are borne, then those noursing fathers and mo-
thers ( wheresoeuer they be )that withdraw from them who hang vpon their breasts (and vpon whose
breasts againe themselues doe hang to receiue the Spirituall and sincere milke of the word) liuely-
hood and support fit for their estates. Thus it is apparent,that these things which we speake of,are
of most necessary vse,and therefore,that none, either without absurditie can speake against them,or
without note of wickednesse can spurne against them.
Anacharsis Yet for all that, the learned know that certaine worthy men haue bene brought to vntimely death
with others. for none other fault,but for seeking to reduce their Countrey-men to good order and discipline: and
Locri. that in some Common-weales it was made a capitall crime,once to motion the making of a new Law
for the abrogating of an old,though the same were most pernicious: And that certaine, which would
Cato the elder.
be counted pillars of the State,and paternes of Vertue and Prudence, could not be brought for a long
time to giue way to good Letters and refined speech, but bare themselues as auerse from them, as
Gregory Ike
from rocks or boxes of poison: And fourthly, that hee was no babe,but a great clearke, that gaue
Diuine. foorth ( and in writing to remaine to posteritie ) in passion peraduenture, but yet he gaue foorth,that
hee had not scene any profit to come by any Synode, or meeting of the Clergie, but rather the con-
trary: And lastly,against Church-maintenance and allo\vance,in such sort, as the Embassadors and
messengers of the gfeat King of Kings should be furnished, it is not vnknowen what a fiction or fable
Nauclcnts. ( so it is esteemed, and for no better by the reporter himselfe, though superstitious) was deuised;
Namely, that at such time as the professours and teachers of Christianitie in the Church of Rome,
then a true Church,were liberally endowed,a voyce forsooth was heard from heauen,saying; Now is
poison powred down into the Church,£c. Thus not only as oft as we speake,as one saith,but also as
oft as we do any thing of note or consequence, we subiect our selues to eueryonescensure,and happy
is he that is least tossed vpon tongues; for vtterly to escape the snatch of them it is impossible. If any
man conceit^that this is the lot and portion of the meaner sort onely, and that Princes are priuiledged
2,Sarr..n.2). by their high estate,he is deceiued. As the sword deuoureth aswett one as the others it is mSamuel; nay
as the great Commander charged his souldiers in a certaine battell,to strike at no part of the enemie,
i.King.22.3i. but at the face; And as the King of Syria commanded his chiefe Captaines to fight neither with small
nor great, satte onely against the King of Israel: so it is too true, that Enuie striketh most spitefully at the
fairest, and at the chiefest. Dauid was a worthy Prince, and no man to be compared to him for his
first deedes, and yet for as worthy an acte as euer he did ( euen for bringing backe the Arke of God
2.Sam.6.i6.
in solemnitie ) he was scorned and scoffed at by his owne wife. Solomon was greater then D&w'd,
though
 To the Reader.
though not in vertue, yet in power: and by his power and wisdome, he built a Temple to the Lo R D,
such a one as was the glory of the land of Israel, and the wonder of the whole world. But was that
his magnificence liked of by all? We doubt of it. Otherwise, why doe they lay it in his sonnesdish,
and call vnto him for || easing of the burden, Make, say they, the grieuous seruitude of'thy father, and <Tti<r&\9nav.
l.King.12.4.
bis sore yoke, lighter. Belike he had charged them with some leuies, and troubled them with some ca-
riages; Hereupon they raise vp a tragedie, and wish in their heart the Temple had neuer bene built.
So hard a thing it is to please all, euen when we please God best, and doe seeke to approue our selues
to euery ones conscience.
The highest If wee will descend to later times, wee shall finde many the like examples of such kind, or rather
personages
hauc been ca-
vnkind acceptance. The first Romane Emperour did neuer doe a more pleasing deed to the learned, C.Cwar.
Plutarch.
lumniated. nor more profitable to posteritie, for conseruing the record of times in true supputation; then when
he corrected the Calender, and ordered the yeere according to the course of the Sunne: and yet
Conslaniinf.
this was imputed to him for noueltie, and arrogancie, and procured to him great obioquie. So the first
Christened Emperour (at the leastwise that openly professed the faith himselfe, and allowed others to
doe the like) for strengthening the Empire at his great charges, and prouidingfor the Church, as he
did, got for his labour the name Pupillus, as who would say, a wastefull Prince, that had neede of a Jlurel.Victor.

Guardian, or ouerseer. So the best Christened Emperour, for the loue that he bare vnto peace, there- Thcodvsius.

by to enrich both himselfe and his subiects, and because he did not seeke warre but find it, was iudged Zosimtti.
to be no man at armes,( though in deed he excelled in feates of chiualrie, and shewed so much when
he was prouoked) and condemned for giujng himselfe to his ease, and to his pleasure. To be short,
the most learned Emperour of former times, (at the least, the greatest politician) what thanks had he lustinia*.
for cutting off the superfluities of the lawes, and digesting them into some order and method ? This,
that he hath been blotted by some to bee an Epitomist, that is, one that extinguished worthy whole
volumes, to bring his abridgements into request. This is the measure that hath been rendred to ex-
cellent Princes in former times, euen, Cunt bene facer-ent, male aitdire, For their good deedes to be euill
spoken of. Neither is there any likelihood, that enuie and malignitie died, and were buried with the
Numb $2.14.
ancient. No, no, the reproofe of Moses taketh hold of most ages; You are risen vp in your fathers stead,
Ecclcs.i.j.
an increase of sinful I men. What is that that hath been done ? that which shall be done: and there is no new
HisMaiesties thing vnder the Sunne, saith the wiseman: and S. Steuen, As your fathers did, so doe you. This, and Acts 7.51.
constancie,
notwithstan-
more to this purpose, His Maiestie that now reigneth (and long, and long may he reigne, and his off-
ding calumni- spring for euer, Himselfe and children, and childrens children alwayes) knew full well, according to the \vroc,wtinatftt,
xtti TraiSfnv irai/-
ation, for the
surueyofthe singular wisedome giuen vnto him by God, and the rare learning and experience that he hath attai- ror< *raZ6cc.

English tran- ned vnto; namely that whosoeuer attempteth any thing for the publike (specially if it pertaine to
slations.
Religion, and to the opening and clearing of the word of God ) the same setteth himselfe vpon a stage
to be glouted vpon by euery euil eye, yea, he casteth himselfe headlong vpon pikes, to be gored by eue-
ry sharpe tongue. For he that medleth with mens Religion in any part, medleth with their custome,
nay, with their freehold; and though they finde no content in that which they haue, yet they can-
not abide to heare of altering. Notwithstanding his Royall heart was not daunted or discouraged for SNic/ftf.
this or that colour, but stood resolute, as a statue immoueable, and an anuile not easie to be beaten into plates, lainrtfl rlc dtxJpi-
aC dw€pirp«iTTOt
as one sayth; he knew who had chosen him to be a Souldier, or rather a Captaine, and being assured xett itKfitov At»7
\arof.
that the course which he intended made much for the glory of God, & the building vp of his Church,
he would not suffer it to be broken off for whatsoeuer speaches or practises. It doth certainely belong
vnto Kings, yea, it doth specially belong vnto them, to haue care of Religion, yea, to know it aright,
yea, to professe it zealously, yea to promote it to the vttermost of their power. This is their glory
before all nations which meane well, and this will bring vnto them a farre most excellent weight of
glory in the day of the Lord lesus. For the Scripture saith notin vaine, Them that honor me, Iwillljonor, i. Sam 2. jo.
.neither was it a vaine word that Eusebius deliuered long agoe, that pietie towards God was the wea- 9«oo£0tm.

pon , and the onely weapon that both preserued Constantines person, and auenged him of his Eustbiuflib.lO
cap.S.
enemies.
The praise of But now what pietie without trueth ? what trueth( what sauing trueth) without the word of God?
the holy Scri-
ptures.
what word of God (whereof we may be sure) without the Scripture ? The Scriptures we are comman-
ded to search. 1011.5.39. Esa.8.2O. They are commended that searched & studied them. Act. 17.11. and
8.28,29. They are reproued that were vnskilful in them, or slow to beleeue them. Mat. 22.29.1^.24.
25. They can make vs wise vnto saluation.2.7Y;n. 3.15. Ifwebe ignorant, they will instruct vs; if out of
the way, they will bring vs home; if out of order, they will reforme vs, if in heauines, comfort vs; if dull,
quicken vs; if colde, inflame vs. Tolle, lege; Tolle, lege, Take vp and read, take vp and read the Scrip- S. August con-
fess.lib.&.cap.i2
tures, (for vnto them was the direction) it was said vnto S. Augustine by a supernaturall voyce.
S. August.de
Whatsoeuar is in the Scriptures, beleeue me, saith the same S. Augustine, is high and diuine; there is verily vtilit. trtdtndi
trueth, and a doctrine most ft for the refreshing and renewing of mens mindes, and tritely so tempered, that cap.6.
euery
 The Translators
euery one may draw from thence that which is sufficient for him, if hee come to draw with a deuout and pious
S.Hieronym.ad
minde^as true Religion requireth. Thus S. Augustine. And S.Hierome: Ana scripturas, & amabit te
Demetriad.
sapientia &c. -Loue the Scriptures, and wisedome will loue thee. And S. Cyrill against Julian; Euen
S.Cyr«/.70.«"«-
tra Lulia*nm. boyes that are bred vp in the Scriptures ,become most religious,&c. But what mention wee three or foure
vses of the Scripture, whereas whatsoeuer is to be beleeued or practised, or hoped for, is contained
in them ? or three or foure sentences of the Fathers, since whosoeuer is worthy the name of a Father,
from Christs timedowneward, hath likewise written not onely of the riches,but also of the perfection
Terluladuen. of the Scripture ? I adore tbefulnesse of the Scripture, saith Tertullian against Hermogenes. And againe,
Hcrmo.
Terlul de car- to Apellesan Heretike of the like stampe,he saith ; I doe not admit that which thou bringest in ( or con-
ne Chrisli. cludest) of thine owne (head or store, de tuo ) without Scripture. So Saint lustin Martyr before him;
tut tin nporptwr.
wf*tUtii*. Wee must know by all meanes, saith hee, that it is not lawfull ( or possible ) to learne ( any thing ) of God or
pVvr^
S.'Basil, irtpi
of right pietie j saue onely out of the Prophets, who teach vs by diuine inspiration. So Saint Basill after
»t<rr«o>(. Tertullian, // is a manifest falling away from the Faith, and a fault of presumption,. either to reiect any
i'fr*pf;>av4«f icarij.
yopfa. of those things that are written, or to bring in ( vpon the head of them, fireurdyetv) any of those things that
are not written. Wee omit to cite to the same effect, S. Cyrill B. ofHierusalem in his 4. Cataches. Saint
Hierome against Heluidius,S&'mt Augustine in his 3. booke against the letters ofPetilian, and in very
many other places of his workes. Also we forbeare to descend to latter Fathers, because wee will not
wearie the reader. The Scriptures then being acknowledged to bee so full and so perfect, how can
wee excuse our selues of negligence, if we doe not studie them, of curiositie, if we be not content with
Etpcruutnr avxa them ? Men talke much of cipcorcov^, how many sweete and goodly things it had hanging on it; of the
^f'/xt, «al irlevac
aprouc, italf*{l>.iv Philosophers stone, that it turnetli copper into gold; otCornu-copia, that it had all things necessary
•toTvXfl, ««l cXoi-
ov,&C. for foode in it; ofPanaces the herbe, that it was good for all diseases; of Catbolicon the drugge, that it
An oliue bow is in stead of all purges; oiVulcans armour, that is was an armour of proofe against all thrusts, and all
wrapped a-
bout with blowes,&c. Well, that which they falsly or vainely attributed to these things for bodily good, wee
wooll, where- may iustly a'nd with full measure ascribe vnto the Scripture, for spirituall. It is not onely an armour,
vpon did hang
figs,& bread, but also a whole armorie of weapons, both offensiue, and defensiue; whereby we may saue our selues
and honie in and put the enemie to flight. It is not an herbe, but a tree, or rather a whole paradise of trees of life,
a pot,& o'yle.
which bring foorth fruit euery moneth, and the fruit thereof is for meate, and the leaues for medi-
cine. It is not a pot of Manna, or a cruse of oyle, which were forjnemorie only, or for a meales meate
or two, but as it were a showre of heauenly bread sufficient for a whole host, be it neuer so great; and
as it were a whole cellar full of oyle vessels; whereby all our necessities may be prouided for, and our
debts discharged. In a word, it is a Panary of holesome foode, against fenowed traditions; a Physi-
roittdv larpc'ov. ons-shop (Saint Basill calleth it) of preseruatiues against poisoned heresies; a Pandect of profitable
S. Basil, in
Psctl.primum. lawes,against rebellious spirits; a treasurie of most costly iewels, against beggarly rudiments; Finally
a fountaineof most pure water springingvpvnto euerlasting life. And whatmaruaile ? Theoriginall
thereof being from heauen, not from earth; the authour being<3od, not man; the enditer, the holy
spirit,not the wit of the Apostles or Prophets; the Pen-men such as were sanctified from the wombe,
and endewedwithiprincipall portion of Gods spirit; the matter, veritie, pietie, puri tie, vprightnesse;
the forme, Gods word, Gods testimonie, Gods oracles, the word of trueth, the word of saluation, &c.
the effects, light of vnderstanding, stablenesse of perswasion,repentance from dead workes, newnesse
of life,holinesse? peace, ioy in the holy Ghost; lastly,the end and reward of the studie thereof,fellow-
ship with the Saints, participation of the heauenly nature, fruition of a« inheritance immortall,vnde-
filed, and that neuer shall fade away: Happie is the man that delighteth in the Scripture, and thrise
happie that meditateth in it day and night.
But how shall men meditate in that, which they cannot vnderstand ? How shall they vnderstand Translation
necttsarie.
i. Cor. 14. that which is kept close in an vnknowen tongue ? as it is written, Except / know the power of the voyce,
I shall be to him that speaketh,a Barbariantand he that speakethfshalbe a Barbarian to me. The Apostle ex-
ceptethno tongue; not Hebrewe the ancientest, not Greeke the most copious, not Latine the finest.
Nature taught a natural! man to confesse,that all of vs in those tongues which wee doe not vnder-
Cfem,t/<Jfcr.I°. stand, are plainely deafe; wee may turne the deafe eare vnto them. The ScytJnan counted the Athe-
S/row. nian^ whom he did not vnderstand, barbarous : so the Romane did the Syrian, md. the /<;«/, (euen S.
S.Hiironym. Hierome himselfe calleth the Hebrew tongue barbarous, belike because it was strange to so many) so
Damaso.
the Emperour of Constantinople calleth the Latine tongue,barbarous,though Pope Nicolas do storme
Michael. Tbeo-
pbitifil. ' at it: so.the lewes long before C&m/,called all other natioiis,Lo^wa^'m,which is little better then bar-
2.Tom.O»ua. barous. Therefore as one complaineth, that alwayes in the Senate of Rome, there was one or other
ex edit. Petri
Crab. that called for an interpreter: so lest the Church be driuen to the like exigent, it is necessary to haue
Cicero l°.dcfi* translations in a readinesse. Translation it is that openeth the window,to let in the light; that brea-
n&tu.
keth the shell,that we may eat the kernel; that putteth aside the curtaine, that we may looke into the
most Holy place| that remooueth the couer of the well, that wee m«y come by the water, euen as
lacob
 To the Reader.
Iacob rolled away the stonejrom the mouth of the well, by which meanes the flockes ofLaban were Gca.2?.io.
wvatered. Indeede without translation into the vulgar tongue,the vnlearned are but like children a
I'acobs well (which wasdeepe) without a bucket or some-thing to draw with: Or as that person meu- Ioh.4.n.
tioned by Esay^o whom when a sealed booke was deliuered, with this WQliQQJReafathisJ fray tbee, Ewyaj. ii.
iee was faine to make this answere, I cannot, for it is sealed.
"fie translati- While God would be knowen onely in lacob, and haue his Name great in Israel^nd in none Q-
on of the ol<Jc
Testament ther place, while the dew lay on Gideons fleece onely, and all the earth besides was drie; then for one SecS.v4ugu*t.
out of the Ke- itf. 12. contra
and the same people, which spake all of them the. language of Canaan, that is, Hebrewe,one and the Fa«j/if.3z.
•trew into
&ecke. same original! in Hebrew was sufficient. But when the fulnesse of time drew neere,that the Sunne of
tighteousnesse, the Sonne of God should come into the world, whom God ordeined to be a recon-
ciliation through faith in his blood, not of the lew onely,but also of the Greeke, yea, of all them that
were scattered abroad; then Joe, it pleased the Lord to stirre vp the spirit of a Greeke Prince ( Gr^fo
'or descent and language) euen oiPtolome Pbiladelpb King of £gy/>/,to procure the translating of the
Booke of God out of Hebrew into Greeke. This is the translation of the Seuentie Interpreters, com-
monly so called, which prepared the way for our Sauiour among the Gentiles by written preaching,
as Saint John Baptist did among the lewes by vocall. For the Grecians being desirous of learning,were
not wont to suffer bookes of worth to lye moulding in Kings Libraries, but had many of their ser-
uants, ready scribes, to copie them out, and so they were dispersed and made common. Againe, the
Greece tongue was wellknowen and made familiar to most inhabitants in Asiatby reason of the con-
quest that there the Grecians had made,as also by the Colonies,which thither they had sent. For the
Same causes also it was well vnderstood in many places of Europe,yez, and of Affrike too. Therefore
the word of God being set foorth in Gr^/^becommeth hereby like a candle set vpon a candlesticke,
which giueth light to all that are in the house, or like a proclamation sounded foorth in the market
place,which most men presently take knowledge of; and therefore that language was fittest to con-
taiae the Scriptures,both for the first Preachers of the Gospel to appeale vnto for witnesse,and for the
[earners also of those times to make search and triall by. It is certaine, that that Translation was not
so sound and so perfect,but that it needed in many places correction; and who had bene so sufficient
for this worke as the Apostles or Apostolike men? Yet it seemed good to the holy Ghost and to
them, to take that which they found, (the same being for the greatest part true and sufficient) rather
then by making a new, in that new world and greene age of the Church,to expose themselues to ma-
ny exceptions and cauillations, as though they made a Translation to serue their owne turns, and
therefore bearing witnesse to themselues, their witnesse not to be regarded. This may be supposed
=to bee some cause»why the Translation of the Seuentie was allowed to passe for currant. Notwith-
stviuding,though it was commended generally,yet it did not fully content the learned,no not of the
lewes. Fot not long after Christ, Aquila fell in liand with a new Translation, and after him Tbeodo- £/»/>Rm. de
mettsur,# pan-
&w,andafter him Symmacbus: yea,there was a fift and a sixt edition, the Authours wherof were not dfribus.
knowen. These with the Seuentie made vp the Hexapla, and were worthily and to great purpose
compiled Together by Origen, Howbeit the Edition of the Seuentie went away with the credit, and
therefore not onely was placed in the midst by Ori£*»(for the worth and excellence thereof aboue
the rest, as Epiphanius gathereth ) but also was vsed by the Greeke fathers for the ground and founda-.
tion of their Commentaries. Yea, Epipbanius aboue named doeth attribute so much vnto it, that he See S August
*°4Udoctrin.
holdeth the Authours thereof not .onely for Interpreters, but also for Prophets in some respect: and C6r£rttm.f.i$o.
lustiniau the Emperour enioyningthe lewes his subiects to vse specially the Translation of the Seuen* Noutll. dtotax.
146.
He i rendreth this reason thereof, because they were as it were enlightened with propheticall grace. irpo0p-i*$««tarf/»
Yet for all that, as the Egyptians are said of the Prophet to bee men and not God, and their horses Xrfptroc «r«/w-
XoM^AjntivTOvc
flesh and not spirit: so it is euident, (and Saint Hierome affirmeth as much) that the Seuentie were Esa.tr.}.
5. Hitron.do
Interpreters, they were not Prophets; they did many things well, as learned men; but yet as men optima genera
they stumbled and fell, one while through ouersight, another while through ignorance, yea, some- interpret.
times they may be noted to adde to the Originall, and sometimes to take from it; which made the
Apostles toi leaue them many times, when they left the Hebrew, and to deliuer the sence thereof ac-
cording to the trueth of the word,as the spirit gauc them vtterance. This may suffice touching the
Greeke Translations of the old Testament.
tfcmsJation There were also witm'n a few hundreth yeeres after CHRIST, translations many into the Latiue
Olff Of Hebrew tongue: for this tongue also was very fit to conuey the Law and the Gospel by,because in those times
aci Greeke
iflto Utmc. very many Countreys of the West, yea of the South, East and North, spake or vnderstood Latiue,
being made Prouinces to the Romanes. But now the Latine Translations were too many to be all
good, for they were infinite (Latini Interpreter nullo modo numtraripossunt, saith S.Augustine.) Againe S^tupnlit.de
they were not out of the Hebrew fountaine ( wee speake of the Latine Translations of the Old Testa- doctr.Cbrut.lib.
IMtp.lt.
ment) but out of the; Greeke streame, therefore the Greeke being not altogether cleare,the Latine deri-
ued

*c
 The Translators
ued from it must needs be muddie. This moued 5. Hierome a most learned father, and the best
linguist without controuersie, of his age, or of any that went before him, to vndertake the translating
of the Old Testament, out of the very fountaines themselues; which hee performed with that eui-
dence of great learning,iudgement,industrie and faithfulnes,that he hath for euer bound the Church
vnto him, in a debt of speciall remembrance and thankefulnesse,
Now though the Church were thus furnished with Greeke and Latine Translations, euen before The transla-
the faith of CHRI ST was generally embraced in the Empire : (for the learned know that euen in 5. ting of the
>cripture in-
5. Hicronym.
Marccll.
Hieroms time,the Consul of Rome and his wife were both Ethnicks,and about the same time the grea- to the vulgar
Zosim. test part of the Senate also) yet for all that the godly-learned were not content to haue the Scriptures tongues.
2.King.7.9. in the Language which themselues vnderstood, Greeke and Latine, ( as the good Lepers were not
content to fare well themselues, but acquainted their neighbours with the store that God had sent,
that they also might prouide for themselues ) but also for the behoofe and edifying of the vnlearned
which hungred and thirsted after Righteousnesse,and had soules to be saued aswell as they, they pro-
uided Translations into the vulgar for their Countreymen, insomuch that most nations vnder hea-
uen did shortly after their conuersion, heare C H R I S T speaking vnto them in their mother tongue,
not by the voyce of their Minister onely,but also by the written word translated. If any doubt hereof,
he may be satisfied by examples enough, if enough wil serue the turne. First S.Hierome saith,M«//a-
S.Hieron.pnef,
in 4. Euangel. rumgentiu linguis Scripturaiante translata,docet falsa essequxaddita sunt,&c.i.The Scripture being transla-
ted before in the languages of many Nations,doth shew that those things that were added (by Lucian or Hesy-
S. Hieron.So- chius).are false. So S.Hierome in that place. The same Hierome elsewhere affirmeth that he, the time
phrenic.
was,had set forth the translation of the Seuenty, suz linguxhominibus.i.foi his countreymen ofDalma-
tia. Which words not only Erasmus doth vnderstand to purport, that 5. Hierome translated the Scrip-
Stx.Sen.Iib.4. ture into the Dalmatian tongue, but also Sixtus Senensis, and Alphonsus a Castro (that we speake of no
Alphon. a co. more) men not to be excepted against by them of Rome, doe ingenuously confesse as much. So, S
ftrolib.i.ca.2}.
S. Chrysost. :'»
Cbrysostome that liued in S.Hieromes time, giueth euidencewith him: Thedoctrine o/S./o/jn(saith he)
Iohan.cap,i. did not in such sort (as the Philosophers did) vanish away: but the Syrians, Egyptians, Indians,Persians.
bom.i. Ethiopians,and infinite other nations being barbarous people, translated it into their(mother)tongue,and haue
Tkeodor. 5, learned to be (true) Philosophers, he meaneth Christians. To this may be added Theodorit, as next vnto
Tbtrapeut. him, both for antiquitie ,and for learning. His words be these, Euery Countrey that is vnder the Sunne9
is full of these wordes (of the Apostles and Prophets) and the Hebrew tongue ( he meaneth the Scrip-
tures in the Hebrew tongue ) is turned not onely into the Language of the Grecians, but also of the Romanes,
and Egyptians,andPersians,and Indians, and Armenians,and Scythians, and Sauromatians, and briefly into
all the Languages that any Nation vseth. So he. In like maner,F//>i7a5 is reported by Paulus Diaconus
P.Diacon.Ii.12 and Isidor (and before them by Soqomen) to haue translated the Scriptures into the Gothicke tongue:
hidor.in Chron.
Gotb. Sozom,li. lobn Bishop of Swil by Vasseus, to haue turned them into Arabicke, about the yeere of our Lord 717:
6. cap, 37. Beda by Cistertiensis, to haue turned a great part of them into Saxon: Efnard by Trithemius, to haue
Vasau in
Cbron Htspan. abridged the French Psalter, as Beda had done the Hebrew, about the yeere 800: King Alured by th
Polydor.Virg. said Cistertiensis ,to haue turned the Psalter into Saxon: Methodius by Auentinus (printed at Ingolstad)
$.histor. Anglo- to haue turned the Scriptures into || Sclauonian : Faldo, Bishop of Prising by Beatus Rhenanus, to
rum testaturi-
dtm de *Alurtdo haue caused about that time, the Gospels to be translated into D«/^-rithme,yet extant in the Library
nostro. of Corbinian : Valdus, by diuers to haue turned them himselfe, or to haue gotten them turned into
Aweulin lib 4.
* Circa annum French, about the yeere 1160 : Charles the 5. of that name, surnamed The wise, to haue caused them
900. B.Rhenan. to be turned into French, about 200. yeeres after Valdus his time, of which translation there be many
return German.
J&a.
copies yet extant, as witnesseth Beroaldus. Much about that time, euen in our King Richard the se-
Bcroald. conds dayes, lohn Treuisa translated them into English, and many English Bibles in written hand
are yet to be seene with diuers, translated as it is very probable, in that age. So the Syrian translation
of the New Testament is in most learned mens Libraries, of Widminstadius his setting forth, and the
Psalter in Arabicke is with many, ofAugustinus Nebiensis setting foorth. So Postel affirmeth, that in
his trauaile he saw the Gospels in the Ethiopian tongue; And Ambrose Thesius alleageth the Psalter of
the Indians,.which he testifieth to haue bene set forth byPotken in Syrian characters. So that, to haue
the Scriptures in the mother-tongue is not a quaint conceit lately taken vp, either by the Lord Crom-
Tbuan. well in England, or by the Lord Radeuil in Polonie, or by the Lord Vngnadius in the Emperours do-
minion, but hath bene thought vpon, and put in practise of old, euen from the first times of the con-
uersion of any Nation ; no doubt, because it was esteemed most profitable,to cause faith to grow in
mens hearts the sooner, and to make them to be able to say with the words of the Psalme, As we haue
Pul.48.8. heard, so we haue seene.
Now the Church of Rome would seeme at the length to beare a motherly affection towards her The vnwil-
lingnes of our
*£/»»£*»,»* children, and to allow them the Scriptures in their mother tongue: but indeed it is a gift, not deser- chiefcAducr-
««** 4m}<rt/tov
Sophocles. uing to be called a gift, an vnprofitable gift: they must first get a Licence in writing before they may saries, that the
Scriptures
vse should be di-
 To the Reader.
uulged in the vse them, and to get that, they must approue themselues to their Confessor, that is,to be such as are,
mother if not frozen in the dregs, yet sowred with the leauen of their superstition. Howbeit, it seemed too
tongue, &c.
much to Clement the 8. that there should be any Licence granted to haue them in the vulgar tongue, See the obser-
and therefore he ouerruleth and frustrateth the grant of Pius the fourth. So much are they afraid uation,(set
forth by Cle-
of the light of the Scripture, (LucifugzScripturarum, as Tertullian speaketh ) that they will not trust th men, his au-
people with it, no not as it is set foorth by their owne sworne men, no not with the Licence of their thority )vpon
the 4.rule of
owne Bishops and Inquisitors. Yea,so vnwilling they are to communicate the Scriptures to the peo- Pjus the 4. his
ples vnderstanding in any soit,that they are not ashamed to confesse, that wee forced them to tran- making in the
Index,/,#.prc-
slate it into English against their wills. This seemeth to argue a bad cause, or a bad conscience, or hib.pag.ii.
both. Sure we are, that it is not he that hath good gold, that is afraid to bring it to the touch-stone, ver.$.
Tertul. de rcsur,
but he that hath the counterfeit; neither is it the true man that shunneth the light,but the malefa- carnit.
ctour,lest his deedes should be neproued: neither is it .the plaine dealing Merchant that is vnwilling loan 3.20.
to haue the waights,or the meteyard brought in place, but he that vseth deceit. But we will let them
alone for this fault,and returne to translation.
The speaches Many mens mouths haue bene open a good while (and yet are not stopped) with speeches about
and reasons,
both of our
the Translation so long in hand, or rather perusals of Translations made before: and aske what may
brethren» be the reason,what the necessitie of the employment: Hath the Church bene deceiued, say they,all
and of our Ad-
uersaries a-
this while? Hath her sweet bread bene mingled with leauen,her siluer with drosse, her wine withwa-
gainst this ter,her milke with lime ? ( Lacte gypsum malemiscetur, saith S.Ireney,) We hoped that we had bene in S.Ircn.)M.
vvorke. the right way, that we had had the Oracles of God deliuered vnto vs, and that though all the world cap.i$.

had cause to be offended and to complaine, yet that we had none. Hath the nurse holden out the
breast, and nothing but winde in i*? Hath the bread bene deliuered by the fathers of the Church*
and the same proued to be lapidosus,^ Seneca speaketh ? What is it to handle the word of God de-
ceitfully, if this be'not ? Thus certaine brethren. Also the aduersaries of ludab and Hierusalem,\ikQ
Sanballai in Nehemiah, mocke, as we heare, both at the works'and workemen, saying; What doe these Neh.4.3.
weake Iewes,&?c. will they make the stones whole againe out of the heapes of dust which are burnt ? although
they build, yet ifafoxe goevp, be shall euen breake downe their stony wall. Was their Translation good
before.? Why doe they now mend it ? Was it not good ? Why then was it obtruded to the people ?
Yea, why did the Catholicks (meaning Popish Romanists) alwayes goe in ieopardie, for refusing to
;oe to heare it ? Nay, if it must be translated into English, Catholicks are fittest to doe it. They haue
[earning, and they know when a thing is well, they can manum de tabula. Wee will answere them
both briefly: and the former,being.brethren,thus, \\ith S.Hierome,Damnamus -veteres? Minime, sed S.Hieron.Jl-
potog.aduers.
post priorum siudia in domo Domini quod possumus laboramits. That is, Doe we condemne the ancient ? In Ruffin.
no case: but after the endeuours of them that were before vs, wee take the best paines we can in the house of
God. As if hee said, Being prouoked by the example of the learned that liued before my time, I haue
thought it my duetie,to assay whether my talent in the knowledge of the tongues, may be profitable
n any measure to Gods Church, lest I should seeme to haue laboured in them in vaine, and lest I
.hould be thought to glory in men, (although ancient,) aboue that which was in them. Thus S.Hie-
f
oine may be thought to speake.
A satisfaction And to the same effect say wee, that we are .so farre off from condemning any of their labours that
to our bre- traueiled before vs in this kinde, either in this land or beyond sea, either in King Henries time, or
thren.
King Edwards (if there were any translation, or correction of a translation in his time) or Queene
Elizabeths of euer-renoumed memorie, that we acknowledge them to haue beene raised vp of God,
for the building and furnishing of his Church, and that they deserue to be had of vs and of posteritie
lArisl.z.meta-
n euerlasting remembrance. The Judgement of Aristotle is worthy and well knowen: IfTimotheus phys.cap.i.
had not bene, we had not had much sweet musicke.; but ifPhrynis(Timotheus his master) had not beeite, wee
had not had Timotkeus. Therefore blessed be they, and most honoured be their name,that breake the
yce, and glue th onset vpon that which helpeth forward to the sauing of soules. Now what can bee
more auaileable thereto, then to deliuer Gods booke vnto Gods people hi a tongue which they vn-
derstand ? Since of an hidden treasure,and of a fountaine that is sealed, there is no profit, as Ptolomee 5. Epipban. loco
ante citato.
Philadelph wrote to the Rabbins or masters of the lewes, as witnesseth Epiphanius: and as S. Augustine
S. lAugustin.lib.
saith; A man had rather be with his dog then with a stranger(*whosQ tongue is strange vnto him.) Yet 19. de ciuit.
for all that, as nothing is begun and perfited at the same time, and the later thoughts are thought to Dei c.i.
be the wiser: so, if we building vpon their foundation-that went before, vs, and being holpenby their
labours, doe endeuour to make that better which they left so good; no man, we are sure, hath cause
to mislike vs; they, we perswade our selues, if they were aliue,would thankevs. The vintage of Abi-
e^er, that strake the stroake: yet the gleaning of grapes of Ephraim was not to be despised. See ludges [udges 8. 2.
8. verse 2. loashthe king of Israel did not satisfie himselfe, till he had smitten the ground three times; 2 Kings 13.
18,19.
and yet hee offended the Prophet,for giuing ouer then. Aquilatof whom wee spake before, transla-
ted
 The Translators
ted the Bible as carefully,a*hd as skilfully as he could; and yet he thought good to goe ouer it againe,
S.Hun»J* and then it got the credit with the Iewes,to be called Kara cfc fujScuu^that is, accuratly done, as Saint Rierome
Ettcb.cap.},
witnesseth. How many bookes of profane learning haue bene gone ouer againe and againe, by the
same translators, by others? Of one and the same booke of Aristotles Ethikes, there are extant not
so few as sixe or seuen seuerall translations. Now if this cost may bee bestowed vpon the goord,
which affbrdeth vs a little shade, and which to day flourished!, but to morrow is cut downe; what
may we bestow,nay what ought we not to bestow vpon the Vine,the fruite whereof maketh glad the
conscience of man, and the stemme whereof abideth for euer? And this is the word of God,whichwe
lereni. 23. *8, translate. What is the chaffe to the wheat> saitb the Lord ? Tanti vitreum,quantiverutn margaritum (saith
7<»<u/.<idA/«r.
lyr. Tertullian,) if a toy of glasse be of that rekoning with vs, how ought wee to value the true pearle?
SititHtivilis$i- Therefore let no mans eye be euil}, because hisMaiesties is good; neither let any be grieued, that wee
iiitim vitritm,
yHUHti pretiost's- haue a Prince that seeketh the increase of the spirituall wealth of Israel (let Sanballats and Tobiahs doe
iimum Marga- so, which therefore doe beare their iust reproofe) but let vs rather blesse God from the ground of our
rittim: Hitron.
nil Suhiin.
heart, for working this religious care in him, to haue the translations of the Bible maturely conside-
red of and examined. For by this meanes it commeth to passe, that whatsoeuer is sound alreadie
( and all is sound for substance, in one or other of our editions, and the worst of ours farre better then
their autentike vulgar) the same will shine as gold more brightly, being rubbed and polished; also, if
any thing be halting, or superfluous, or not so agreeable to the original I, the same may bee corrected,
and the trueth set in place. And what can the King command to bee done, that will bring him more
true honour then this ? and wherein could they that haue beene set a worke, approue their duetie to
the King, yea their obedience to God,and loue to his Saints more, then by yeelding their seruice,and
all that is within them,for the furnishing of the worke ? But besides all this, they were the principall
motiues of it,and therefore ought least to quarrell it: for the very Historicall trueth is, that vpon the
importunate petitions of the Puritanes, at his Maiesties comming to this Crowne, the Conference at
Hampton Court hauing bene appointed for hearing their complaints : when by force of reason they
were put from all other grounds, they had recourse at the last, to this shift, that they could not with
good conscience subscribe to the Communion booke, since it maintained the Bible as it was there
translated, which was as they said, a most corrupted translation. And although this was Judged to
be but a very poore and emptie shift; yet euen hereupon did his Maiestie beginne to bethinke him-
selfe of the good that might ensue by a new translation, and presently after gaue order for this Trans-
lation which is now presented vnto thee. Thus much to satisfie our scrupulous Brethren.
Now to the later we answere; that wee doe not deny, nay wee affirme and auow, that the very An atisWcre to
the imputati-
meanest translation of the Bible in English, set foorth by men of our profession (for wee haue scene ons of our ati-
none of theirs of the whole Bible as yet)containeth the word of God,nay, is the word of God. As uersaries.
the Kings Speech which hee vttered in Parliament, being translated into French, Dutch, Italian and
Latine, is still the Kings Speech, though it be not interpreted by euery Translator with the like grace,
nor peraduenture so fitly for phrase, nor so expresly for sence, euery where. For it is confessed,that
Htnx. things are to take their denomination of the greater part; and a naturall man could say, Veruin vbi
multa nitent in carmine, non ego paucis offendor maculis, drc. A man may be counted a vertuous man ,
I^me$3.2. though hee haue made many slips in his life,(els, there were none vertuous,for in many thing t we of-
fend all) also a comely man and louely, though hee haue some warts vpon his hand, yea, not onely
freakles vpon his face, but also skarres. No cause therefore why the word translated should bee de-
nied to be the word,or forbidden to be currant, notwithstanding that some imperfections and blemi-
shes may be noted in the setting foorth of it. For what euer was perfect vnder the Sunne, where A-
postles or Apostolike men, that is, men indued with an extraordinary measure of Gods spirit ,and
priuiledged with the priuiledge of infallibilitie,had not their hand ? The Romanistes therefore in
refusing to heare,and daring to burne the Word translated , did no lesse then despite the spirit of
grace,from whom originally it proceeded, and whose sense and meaning,as well as mans weakenesse
Plutanb.ht would enable, it did expresse. ludge by an example or two. Plutarch writeth, that after that Rome
CaiN/f/A had beene burnt by the Galles, they fell soone to builde it againe: but doing it in haste, they did not
cast the streets,nor proportion the houses in such comely fashion,as had bene most sightly and con-
uenient; was Catiline therefore an honest man, or a good Patriot,that sought to bring it to a combu-
stion ? or Nero a good Prince, that did indeed set it on fire ? So, by the story of Eyah, and the pro-
phesie of Haggai it may be gathered ,that the Temple built by Zerubbabel after the returne from Ba-
bylon, was by no meanes to bee compared to the former built by Solomon ( for they that remembred
Exrali 3.12. the former ,wept.when they considered the later ) notwithstanding, might this later either haue bene
abhorred and forsaken by the Iewes.t or prophaned by the Greekes? The like wee are to thinke of
Translations. The translation of the Seuentie dissenteth from the Original! in many places, neither
doeth it come neere it,for perspicuitie, grauitie,maiestie; yet which of the Apostles did condemne
it?
 To the Reader.
t? Condemne it? Nay,they vsed it, (as it is apparent, and as Saint Hieromeand most learned men
doe confesse) which they would not haue done,nor by their example of vsiug it, so grace and com-
mend it to the Church, if it had bene vnworthy the appellation and name of the word of God. And
whereas they vrge for their second defence of their vilifying and abusing of the English Bibles,or
some pieces thereof, which they meete with, for that heretikes (forsooth) were the Authours of the
translations, ( heretikes they call vs by the same right that they call themselues Catholikes, both be-
ing wrong) wee marueile what diuinitie taught them so. Wee are sure Tertullian was of another
minde : Ex personis probamusfidem.,an ex fide personas 1 Doe we trie mens faith by their persons? we Tertul.de p re-
script, contra,
should trie their persons by their faith. Also S. Augustine was of an other minde: for he lighting vp- bxrcsts.
on certaine rules made by Tycbonius a Donatist, for the better vnderstanding of the word, was not a-
shamed to make vse of them, yea, to insert them into his owne booke, with giuing commendation
to them so farre foorth as they were worthy to be commended, as is to be scene in S. Augustines third
booke DC doctrind Christiana. To be short, OHgen^nd thewhole Church of God for certain hundred S.iAugust.}.de
drti.Gkriit.cap.
yeeres, were of an other minde : for they were so farre from treading vnder foote, ( much more from 30.
burning ) the Translation of Aquila a Proselite, that is, one that had turned lew; of Symmachus, and
Theodotion, both Ebionites, that is,most vile heretikes, that they ioyned them together with the He-
brew Originall,and the Translation of the Seueniie (as hath bene before signified out of Epiphanius)
and set them forth openly to be considered of and perused by all. But we weary the vnlearned,who
need not know so much,and trouble the learned,who know it already.
Yet before we end, we must answere a third cauill and objection of theirs against vs, for altering
and amending our Taanslations so oft; wherein truely they deale hardly, and strangely with vs. For
to whom euer was it imputed for a fault (by such as were wise ) to goe ouer that which hee had done,
and to amend it where he saw cause? Saint Augustine was not afraide to exhort S. Hierome to a Pali- S.^M£.E/>«/.9.
nodiacx recantation; the same S.Augustine was not ashamed to retractate, we might say reuoke, ma- S^4ug.tib.Kf
tractat.
ny things that had passed him, and doth euen glory that he seeth his infirmities. If we will be sonnes Video inter dam
of the Trueth, we must consider what it speaketh, and trample vpon our owne credit, yea, and vpon vitia mea,S.
~%.ty&.8.
other mens too,if either be any way an hinderance to it. This to the cause: then to the persons we
say, that of all men they ought to bee most silent in this case. For what varieties haue they, and what
alterations haue they made, not onely of their Seruice bookes, Portesses and Breuiaries , but also of
their LatineTranslation ? The Seruice booke supposed to be made by S. Ambrose (Officium Ambro-
sianum) was a great while in speciall vse and request: but Pope Hadrian calling a Councill with the cap.2. DitrandMb.$.

ayde of Charles the Emperour,abolished it, yea,burnt it, and commanded the Seruice-booke of Saint
Gregorie vniuersally to be vsed. Well, Officium Gregorianum gets by this meanes to be in credit, but
doeth it continue without change or altering ? No,the very Romane Seruice was of two fashions,the
New fashion, and the Old, (the one vsed in one Church, the other in another) as is to bee seeae in
Pamelius a Romanist, his Preface, before Micrologus. The same Pamelius reporteth out of Radul-
phus de Riuo, that about the yeere of our Lord, 1277. Pope Nicolas the third remoued out of the
Churches of Rome, the more ancient bookes (of Seruice) and brought into vse the Missals of the
Friers Minorites,and commaunded them to bee obserued there; insomuch that about an hundred
yeeres after, when the aboue named Radulphus happened to be at Rome, he found all the bookes to
be new,(of the new stampe.) Neither was there this chopping and changing in the more ancient
times onely, but also of late: Pius Quiutus himselfe confesseth, that euery Bishopricke almost had a
peculiar kindof seruice,most vnlike to that which others had: which moued him to abolish all other
Breuiaries, though neuer so ancient, and priuiledged and published by Bishops in their Dioces-
ses, and to establish and ratifie that onely which was of his owne setting foorth, in the yeere 1568.
Now, when the father of their Church, who gladly would heale the soare of the daughter of his peo-
ple softly and sleightly, and make the best of it, findeth so great fault with them for their oddes and
iarring; we hope the children haue no great cause to vaunt of their vniformitie. But the difference
that appeareth betweene our Translations,and our often correcting of them, is the thing that wee
are specially charged with; let vs see therefore whether they themselues bee without fault this way,
(if it be to be counted a fault, to correct) and whether they bee fit men to throw stones at vs: O tan- Herat.
dem maiorparcas insane minori: they that are lesse sound themselues, ought not to obiect infirmities to
others. If we should tell them that Valla^ Stapulensis, Erasmus, and Viues found fault with their vulgar
Translation,and consequently wished the same to be mended,or a new one to be made, they would
answere peraduenture, that we produced their enemies for witnesses against them; albeit, they were
in no other sort enemies,then as 5. Paul was to the Galatiansjor telling them thetrueth: and it were Ga!at.4.i6.
to be wished, that they had dared to tell it them plainlier and oftner. But what will they say to \his,
that Pope Leo the tenth allowed Erasmus Translation of the New Testament,so much different from
the vulgar, by his Apostolike Letter & Bull;that the same Leo exhortedPagnin to translate the whole Sixtiu Seium.
Bible,
 The Translators
Heb.7.n. Bible, and bare whatsoeuer charges was necessary for the worke? Surely, as the Apostle reasoneth
& 8,7. to the HebreweS) that if the former Law and Testament had betie sufficient .there had beetle no need of the
latter: so we may say, that if the olde vulgar had bene at all points allowable, to small purpose had
labour and charges bene vndergone, about framing of a new. If they say, it was one Popes priuate
opinion, and that he consulted onely himselfe; then wee are able to goe further with them, and to a-
uerre, that more of their ehiefe men of all sorts, euen their owne Tm^-champions Paiua & Vega^ and
their owne Inquisitors, Hieronymus ab Oleastro, and their own Bishop Isidorus Clarius, and their owne
Cardinall Thomas a Vio Caietan, doe either make new Translations themselues, or follow new ones
of other mens making, or note the vulgar Interpreter for halting; none of them feare to dissent from
him, nor yet to except against him. And call they this an vniforme tenour of text and iudgement a-
bout the text,so many of their Worthies disclaiming the now receiued conceit? Nay, we wii yet come
neerer the quicke : doth not their Pans-edition differ from the Louqineta.ud Hentenius his from them
Si.tfus<t.j>r$fal, both,and yet all of them allowed by authoritie ? Nay, doth not Sixtus Quintus confesse , that cer-
fixA&iblt'js.
taine Catholik'es ( he meaneth certaine of his owne side ) were in sirch an humor of translating the
Scriptures into Latine, that Satan taking occasion by them, though they thought of no such matter,
did striue what he could, out of so vncertaine and manifold a varietie of Translations,so to mingle all
things, that nothing might seeme to be left certaine and firme in them,£c ? Nay further, did not the
same Sixtus ordaine by an inuiolable decree, and that with the counsel! and consent of his Cardinals,
that the Latine edition of the olde and new Testament,which the Councill of Trent would haue to be
authemicke,is the same without controuersie which he then set forth, being diligently corrected and
printed in the Printing-house of Vatican ? Thus Sixtus in his Preface before his Bible. And yet Cle*
went the eight his immediate successour, publisheth another edition of the Bible, containing in it in
finite differences from that ofSixtus,( and many of them waightie and materiall )and yet this must be
autbemike by all meanes. What is to haue the faith of our glorious Lord I E S V S C H R I S T with Yea
and Nay, if this be not 2 Againe,what is sweet harmonic and consent,if this be? Therfore,asDmara-
tus of Corinth aduised a great King, before he talked of the dissentions among the Grecians, to com-
pose his dotnesticke bfoiles (for at that time his Queene and his sonne and heire were at deadly fuide
with him ) so all the while that our aduersaries doe make so many and so various editions themselues,
and doe iarre so much about the worth and authoritie of them, they can with no show of equitie
challenge vs for changing and correcting.
But it is high time to leaue them,and to shew in briefe what wee proposed to our selues, and what The puppase
of the Tran-
course we held in this our perusall and suruay of the Bible. Truly ( good Christian Reader) wee ne- slators, with
uer thought from the beginning, that we should neede to make a new Translation, nor yet to make their number,
furniture, care
of a bad one a good one, ( for then the imputation of Sixtus had bene true in some sort, that our peo- &c.
ple had bene fed with gall of Dragons in stead of wine * with whey in stead of milke:) but to make a.
good one better,or out of many good ones,one principall good one,not iustly to be excepted against;
that hath bene our indeauour, that our marke. To that purpose there were many chosen, that were
greater in other mens eyes then in their owne, and that sought the truth rather then their own praise,
Againe, they came or were thought to come to the worke, not exercendi causa (as one saith ) but exer-
citati, that is, learned, not to learne: For the ehiefe ouerseer and cp-yoSiovmjs vnder his Maiestie, to whom
not onely we, but also our whole Church was much bound, knew by his wisedome, which thing also
Naziamtn. tit
f>i>.iir&ii.v*l>ov<r. Natfanzen taught so long agoe, that it is a preposterous order to teach first and to learne after, yea
Idem in Apt- that TO (V mOw K(pa/j.iavfjiav9dv(iv la learne and practise together, is neither commendable for the workeman,
logtl. norsafe for the worke. Therefore such were thought vpon,as could say modestly with Saint Hierome,
Et Hebr#uiii Sermonem ex parte didicimus, & in Latino pene ab ipsis incunabulis. &c. detriti sumus. Both
we haue learned the Hebrew tongue in part, and in the Latine wee haue beene exercised almost from our verie
cradle. S. Hieroine maketh no mention of the Greeke tongue, wherein yet hee did excell, because hee
translated not the old Testament out of Greeke, but out of Hebrewe. And in what sort did these as-
semble ? In the trust of their owne knowledge,or of their sharpenesse of wit,or deepenesse of iudge
ment,as it were in an arme of flesh ? At no hand. They trusted in him that hath the key of Dauid1
opening and no man shutting; they prayed to the Lord the Father of our Lord, to the effect that
S. tAtig.Ub.u. S.Augustine did; O let thy Scriptures be my pure delight Jet me not be deceiued in tbemyneither let me deceiue
Confess.cap. z. by them. In this confidence, and with this deuotion did they assemble together; not too>many,lest
one should trouble another; and yet many,lest many things haply might escape them. If you aske
what they had before them, truely it was the Hebrew text of the Olde Testament, the Greeke of the
S.^Augttst.).de
doctr.c.i&c. New. These are the two golden pipes,or rather conduits,where-through the oliue branches emp-
S.Hicroit. ad tie themselues into the golde. Saint Augustine calleth them precedent, or originall tongues; Saint
Sunintit &
Fretel. Hierome, fountaines. The same Saint Hierome affirmeth, and Gratian hath not spared to put it into
5. Hitron. ad
Lucinium,Dist.
his Decree, That as the credit of the olde Bookes( he meaneth of the Old Testament) is to bee tryed by
9. vi veterum. the
 To the Reader.
the Hebreive Volumes, so of the New by the Greeke tongue, he meaneth by the originall Greeke. If trueth
be to be tried by these tongues, then whence should a Translation be made, but out of them ? These
tongues therefore, the Scriptures wee say in those tongues, wee set before vs to translate, being the
tongues wherein God was pleased to speake to his Church by his Prophets and Apostles. Neither did
we run ouer the worke with that posting haste that the Septuagint did , if that be true which is repor-
ted of them,that they finished it in 72. dayes; neither were we barred or hindered from going ouer it lotcpb. Jlntiq.
lib.12.
againe, hauing once done it, like S.Hierome,it that be true which himselfe reporteth,that he could no S.Hieron.ad
sooner write any thing,but presently it was caught from him, and published, and he could not haue Pammactpro
libr.ndtters.fa
leaue to mend it: neither, to be short,were we the first that fell in hand with translating the Scripture ninian
into English, and consequently destitute of former helpes,as it is written of Ortgen, that hee was the •n-fKaroireipot,
first in a maner,that put his hand to write Commentaries vpon the Scriptures, and therefore no mar.
ueile,if he ouershot himselfe many times. None of these things : the worke hath notbene hudled vp
in 72. dayes, but hath cost theworkemen, as light as it seemeth,thepainesof twiseseuen times seuen-
tie two dayes and more: matters of such weight and consequence are to bee speeded with maturitie: fAelY&pSxvtlv
irpdrf*' &-»np
for in a businesse of moment a man feareth not the blame of conuenient slacknesse. Neither did 7rpdo-<rcav fj.fya,
Sophoc.inE-
wee thinke much to consult the Translators or Commentators, Chaldee, Hebrewe, Syrian, Greeke, or lect.
Latine, no nor the Spanish, French, Italian, or Dutch; neither did we disdaine to reuise that which we
had done, and to bring backe to the anuill that which we had hammered: but hauing and vsing as
great helpes as were needfull,and fearing no reproch for slownesse,nor couetingpraise for expedition,
wee haue at the length,through the good hand of the Lord vpon vs, brought the worke to that
passe that you see.
persons mo- Some peraduenture would haue no varietie of sences to be set in the margine,lest the.autnoritie of
uingvsto set the Scriptures for deciding of controuersies by that shew of vncertaintie,should somewhat be shaken.
dJuersitie of
sences in the But we.hold their iudgmet not to be so sound in this point.For though, whatsoeuer things are .necessary •ndvrtt. rh affty-
xala. SrjXa.
margin.wlicre aremanifesl, as'S. Cbrysostome saith, and as S.Augustine, In thosethings that are plainely set downe inthe S.Chrysost.itt 2.
there is great
probability fof Scriptures, all such matters are found that concerne Faithyhope,and Charitie. Yet for all that it cannot be Tbess.cap.z.
eacb. dissembled, that partly to exercise and whet our wits, partly to weane the curious from loathing of S.iAug.z.dc.
doctr.Christ.
them for their euery-where-plainenesse, partly also to stirre vp our deuotion to craue the assistance cap.9.
of Gods spirit by prayer,and.lastly,that we might be forward to seeke ayd of our brethren by confe-
rence, and neuerscorne those that be not in all respects so complete as they should bee, being toseeke
in many things our selues, it hath pleased God in his diuine prouidence, heere and there to scatter
wordes and sentences of that difficultie and doubtfulnesse,not in doctrinall points that concerne sal-
uation, (for in such it hath beene vouched that the Scriptures are plaine) but in matters of lesse mo-
ment, that fearefulnesse would better beseeme vs then confidence,and if we will resolue,to resolue vp-
on modestie with 5. Augustine, (though not in this same case altogether, yet vpon the same ground )
Melius est dubitare de occultis, quam litigare de incertis, it is better to make doubt of those things which S.^ugnst. J/.8.
df Genes, ad li-
are secret, then to striue about those things that are vncertaine. There be many words in the Scrip. ter.cap. 5.
tures,which be neuer found there but once, (hauing neither.brother nor neighbour, as the Hebrewes • iTraf A*yJ/ifva.
speake) so that we cannot be holpen by conference of places. Againe, there be many rare names of
certaine birds, beastes and precious stones, £c. concerning which the Hefowmhemselues are so di-
uided among themselues for Judgement, that they may seeme to haue defined this or that,rather be-
cause they would say som thin g,the because they were sureof that which they said,as S.Hierome some-
where saith of the Septuagint. Now in such acase,doth not a margine do well to admonish the Reader
to seeke further,and not to conclude or dogmatize vpon this or that peremptorily: For as it is a fault of
ncredulitie, to doubt of those things that are euident: so to determine of such things as the Spirit of
OTod hathleft(euen inthe iudgmentof theiudicious)questionable,canbe no lesse then presumption. S.J*ug.f.de
doctr.Chrisliau.
Therforeas S.Augustine saith, that varietie of Translations is profitable for the finding out of thesense cflp.n.
of the Scriptures: so diuersitie of signification and sense in the margine,where the textisnotsocleare,
must needes doe good,yea,is necessary,as we are perswaded. We know that Sixtus Quintus expfesly Sixttts $./>rvr/.
Biblix.
forbiddeth,that any varietie of readings of their vulgar edition,should be putinthe margine,(which
though it be not altogether the same thing to that we haue in hand,yet it looketh that way ) but we
thinke he hath not all of his owne side his fauourers,for this conceit. They that are wise,had rather
tiaue their Judgements at libertie in differences of readings,then to be captiuated to one,when it may
be the other. If they were sure that their hie Priest had all lawes shut vp in his brest,as Paw/the second PlaUn Pau-
lo secundo.
bragged, and that he were as free from errour by speciall priuiledge,asthe Dictators of Rome were
made by law inuiolable,it were an other matter; then his word were an Oracle,his opinion a decision.
But the eyes of the world are now open, God be thanked,and haue bene a great while,they find that"
6fi.9ivrra.9rft.
be is subiect to the same affections and infirmities that others be,that his skin is penetrable, and there rpewro? y1 oi
XP&V tort.
fore so much as he prooueth^not as much as he claimeth,they grant and embrace.
An
 The Translators
An other thing we thinke good to admonish thee of (gentle Reader) that wee haue not tyed our Reasons indu-
selues to an vniformitie of phrasing, or to an identitie of words, as some peraduenture would wish cing vs not
to stand curi-
that we had done,because they obserue,that some learned men some where, haue beene as exact as ously vpon an
they could that way. Truly, that we might not vane from the sense of that which we had translated dentitie of
phrasing.
9re)?.vffi;/*o< before, if the word signified the same thing in both places (for there bee some wordes that bee not
of the same sense euery where) we were especially carefull, and made a conscience, according to our
duetie. But, that we should expresse the same notion in the same particular word; as for exampleri£
we translate the Hebrew or Greeke word once by Purpose, neuer to call it Intent; if one where lourmy-
ing, neuer Traueiling; if one where Thinke, neuer Suppose; if one where Paine, neuer Ache-, if one
where Toy, neuer Gladnesse, £c. Thus to minse the matter, wee thought to sauour more of curiositie
then wisedome, and that rather it would breed scorne in the Atheist, then bring profite to the godly
Reader. For is the kingdome of God become words or syllables ? why should wee be in bondage to
them if we may be free, vse one precisely when wee may vse another no lesse fit, as commodious!}' ?
A godly Father in the Primitiue time shewed himselfe greatly moued, that one of newfanglenes cal-
Abed.
Niceph.Calist. led KpafiQarov <jKipirous,iliough the difTerencebe little ornone; andanotherreporteth,thathewas much abu-
M.8. cap.qz. sed for turning Cucurbita (to which reading the people had beene vsed) into Hedera. Now if this hap-
S.Hieron.in^.
lonx. See S. pen in better times, and vpon so small occasions, wee might iustly feare hard censure, if generally wee
jliiPiCpist: 10. should make verball and vnnecessary changings. We might also be charged (by scoffers) with some
vnequall dealing towards a great number of good English wordes. For as it is written of a certaine
great Philosopher, that he should say,that those logs were happie that were made images to be wor-
shipped ; for their fellowes, as good as they , lay for blockes behinde the fire: so if wee should
say,as it \vere,vnto certaine words,Stand vp higher, haue a place in the Bible alwayes, and to others
of like qualitie, Get ye hence, be banished for euer, wee might be taxed peraduenture with S. lames
XtvroXoy(a, his words, namely, To be partiall in ourselves and Judges ofenill thoughts. Adde hereunto,that nicenesse
dtfoXeax'a- in wordes was alwayes counted the next step to trifling, and so was to bee curious about names too:
T& trnov6d(fivt7fl also that we cannot follow a better patterne for elocution then God himselfe; therefore hee vsing di-
cvo/^etoi..
See Euseb. «•/>«- uers words,in his holy writ, and indifferently for one thing in nature: we,if wee will not be superstiti-
•napcufKtv. l\. 12. ous, may vse the same libertie in our English versions out ofHebrezv £ Greeke, for that copie or store
c.v Plaion.
that he hath giuen vs. Lastly, wee haue on the one side auoided the scrupulositie of the Puritanes,
who leaue the olde Ecclesiasticall words, and betake them to other, as when they put washing for
Baptisme, and Congregation in stead of Church: as also on the other side we haue shunned the obscuri-
tie of the Papists, in their Amines, Tunike, Rational,Holocausts, Pr.rpuce, Pasche, and a number of such
like, whereof their late Translation is full, and that of purpose to darken the sence,.that since they
must needs translate the Bible, yet by the language thereof, it may bee kept from being vnderstood.
But we desire that the Scripture may speake like it selfe, as in the language of Cattaaw,that it may bee
vnderstood euen of the very vulgar.
Many other things we might giue thee warning of (gentle Reader) if wee had not exceeded the
measure of a Preface alreadie. It remaineth, that we commend thee to God, and to the Spirit of his
grace,which is able to build further then we can aske or thinke. Hee remoueth the scales from our
eyes, the vaile from our hearts, opening our wits that wee may vnderstand his word, enlarging our
hearts, yea correcting our affections, that we may loue it aboue gold and siluer,yea that we may loue
Cen.26.i5-
it to the end. Ye are brought vnto fountaines of liuing water which yee digged not; doe not cast
Ierem.z.13.
earth into them with the Philistines, neither preferre broken pits before them with the wicked lewes.
Others haue laboured, and you may enter into their labours; O receiue not so great things in vaine,
O despise not so gteat saluation 1 Be not like swine to treade vnder foote so precious things, neither
Matth.8.34. yet like dogs to teare and abuse holy things. Say not to our Sauiour with the Gergesites, Depart out
Hebr.i2.i6. of our coasts; neither yet with Esau sell your birthright for amesse of potage.If light become into the
world,! oue not darkenesse more then light; if foode ,if clothing be offered,goe not naked, starue not
Nazianz, vcpt
dy./9a7TT. your selues. Remember the aduise of Na^ian^me, It is a grieuous thing (or dangerous) to neglect a
Sttvhv iravfjyvpu' great faire,and to seeks to make markets afterwards: also the encouragement of S. Chrysostotne, It is alto-
7iapc\6ca> KOI n}i>i,- S.Cbrysost. m
gavrra •npa.ypa.- gether impossible ,tbai he that is sober (and watchful]) should at any time be neglected: Lastly,the admoniti epist ad Rom.
Tfiav intfrpf lv. Cap. l4.oraL
on and menacing of S.Augustine,They that despise Gods will inuiting them, sbalfede Gods will taking ven- x€.t'M#««.
S. August, ad geance of them. It is a fearefull thing to fall into the hands of the liuing God; but a blessed thingit is, AM^Xarot-<r^.
artic.sibifalu Spa d/*VX*«'«»»
obitct. and will bringvs to euerlastingblessednes in the end,when God speaketh vnto vs,to hearken; when
4rtic.i6. he setteth his word before vs,to reade it; when hee stretcheth out his hand and calleth, to answere,
Heb.io.ji.
Here am I; here we are to doe thy will.O God. The Lord worke a care and conscience in vs to know
him and serue him, that we maybe acknowledged of him at the appearing of our Lord lesus Christ
to whom with the holy Ghosi,be all prayse and thankesgiuing. Amen.
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nfeth 8. mi. 4.
Sunne -houre Morning Eucning
fatleth Prayer, Prayer.
j.mi.frf.

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TheMooncxxix.

rifech [7.mi. 15
Sunne houre Morning Eueiung
falleth' 4.mi. 45 Prayer. Prayer.
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The Moone xxx.

rifech 6.mi.i8.
Sunne 'houre Morning Euening
Prayer. Prayer.
felleth 5.mLf*.
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The Moone xxix.

rifcth 5.mi.i5
Sunne hourc Euening
Prayer.
falleth <J.mi.45
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The Moone xxx.

rifeth 4-.mi.3<5.
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Prayer. Prayer.
fallecK .rni.z^.
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TheMoonexxix.

rifeth i.mi.34.
Sunne; hour© Morning Euening
Prayer. Prayer.
falleth. S.mi.zrf.
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The Moone xxx.

Tifcth >.mi.H
Sunne hours Morning Euening
falleth. 4.mi.i6' Prayer. Prayer.
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The Moone xxx.

nfeth 4.mi.j4
Sunnfr •hourc: Morning Euening
falleth 7.mi.z<s Prayer. Prayer.

Note, that the 13. of daniel, souring the hosty of sujanan is to be read visual thefe words: (And King Aftyages, &c.)
 September hath xxx.dayes.

The Moone xxix.

rifech 5.mi.?<5.
Sunncr houre Morning Eucning
Prayer. Prayer.
falleth; tf.mi.i
 Oftober hath xxxj.dayes.

The Moone xxx.

rifeth rf.mi.jf
Sunne houra Morning Euening
Prayer. Prayer.
fellcth. 5.mi.z5!
 Nouembe r hath xxx.dayes.

The Moone xxix.

"rifeth 7.mi.34.
Sunne houre; Morning Euemng
Prayer. Prayer.
fallethy 4.mi.z^.

^otctha£thebeginningofthe«y. Chapter of EcfikfiTaflkus C««>^&)Buc4»i«fcofllearc^;c.n3aftb«readwiththexxY.Cbaf>lw.

'Note that the x!r j Chiptcrof ScclcCiftjcus 14tofeertid rnto ihefc word* i And after his doaih.fljo
 December hath xxxj.dayes.

The Moone xxx.

rifeth 8 .mi. 14
Sunnc houre Morning Eucning
falleth. 3.mi.4.8 Prayer. Prayer.
 An Almanackefor xxxix.yeeres.

I6OJ
1604
iSoj
1606
1607
l6oS
1609
i<5lo
1611
1611
I«I3
,6,4
itfij
1616
t<5i 7
i£i8
i£ip
16 jo
1611
i£»
.«»5
i«»4
!«25
l6l<S
1617
1618
i6iy
1*50
i<ji
i«?i
1633
1«34
I(S;5
i<53«
'"37
1638
l<5}9
1640
1^41
Of die Golden number.
T, 1)e®o!oertmw!bensrocaHcD)becaurcKm8
cljanrccD r ano it is tt;c fpace of: 9. ^cecca, in tbz lu'oicb tbc S^oone retutnetfe to tfee felfc fame oap of cbc pfftcof tbe fennne: inn
:l;etcfo?e ifi alfo cat leo tljc Cpde of tlje ^cone ,in tbe Ui^iclj tfcc So!(ticc$ ano Equinodials Dprccurne to all one point in tip Zodiaquc
•Eo finoe ic cucr p p cer c,?ou mud^Doe one peer c co ttjc pecte of Chril t, (fo j Chrift tona bo?ne one peerc of t(je i p* alrraDp pstt) t^rn
OiuiDc tlje to^cle l>p i p.ano tUst UJtjict? rctte^i* t|>c Golden number fo? fyat pecre: if ibctt be no furpluffige.ictfl tlicn 19.
TheEpad
E Pa^xhcmcritit OrceKc^otljnffniSeinCn^ft.^pw&rbcltofcnc.auDt&ctefoK tf)C i i.oapeaatra ;.ljourcstt>3tarraDDct tr
tljc pcece of tijc C^oone, ace calk D EpadU. ano are aCD^D to make tbe pccre of tfer S^oone ,U)(jit|| 10 but 354. capes, ma tutfb tbt
pccre of the &unnc, tufeicb batb 3 6 j «&apes auc a quat ten
&o fiuae out tbe ^yact of eacfc pecre.noc tljuet: &o tlje <C;act of tb£ peer: that lafl toctit before ttac pceee fo? iDbicb poutooitlDfin&c
itK^pac^aooe n,anut|jefurwmeoft^e£ettoomaKetbcCpaer. 3[fitlurmount30,4:11 talu 50,011^
is the capct double fire.
The vfe of the Epaft.
T Ckuotobobio',0 tbe ^conetd at nnp.time foj euerbptbeCpjet, DO tbue:dDQeDatottieDape0ofpourmouctbb)bercinpou
\uoulD knoto) tb&.tbe Cpact ,«nD as manp Dapee mot a? are monctl;s f com S^atrb to tbat monctU.tncluDuiQ; Ivtb moitftbs, cue of
tbe tu^icb fubdcact ^ o.a^ often as pou map,tbc age tcmaine(l): if notbing rtm.iine,rbP f^oone cljangetb (bat Dap.
jToj tbe nn)f cafe of tbe Kwscr ,tue bane placets bcre ouer an ^linAtiaehe.tnclii&uelpcomp^fbf noino;, not onripboto tofin&etbe £•
pact fo? tijcfpjcc of jo.p were to come.buc *\h cbeGoiden number afo^efpcfifieo^toffetbcr tBttl>t&eDominicalllcKcr,Lc3pcycerc,
an o fciicn otfctr miug .ibte feaHs.oj capes la tbe peerc^urtng i be fatnc time.o* map appearc.
Qb^ote tbat tbi Golden number AM Domimcsll letter Doetb cb&UgC CUCT? PCCTC tl)E 6tQ Dap of Sanuatp^RD tbe Cp«t tOf &tft Dap
of ^occbfo) ftier. jSotealio^baubepccct of out Lo?obeffinnetbtbc w*.oapof 9^arcb,tbe fame Dap fuppofeotobe tbefirtt
cap &pan tt^iclj tbelvo^lo 1040 ctcoUBj&rrt thc.Dcif tt.^t: Cb^tH ttug ccnccmcoiu tbc uiombeof tbc Qirginc fjparp.
To
 TofindeEafter for euer.

^tnrcDanifoant)tl)c^)anDa? letter in tgctJppermoQ line, gcoepout

W tyt DoltoienjarD front tftc fame, till pee tome Hflfct oner againfttge
i&tnte, anDtlicTctsQ)cU)tDbotD aijat <H9oncth, antJ Mjamyoftlje
^oneto eattet fallttl) tDat vctre.

The
 The Table and Kalender, exprefsing the order of
PfalmesandLcfTons to be faid at Morning and Euening prayer
throughout they eere, except certaine proper feafts, as the rdes
following more plainely declare.

The order how the Tfalter is appointed to be read.

He P/a her (hall bee read through once euery Moneth. And be-

T
caufe that Tome Moneths be longer then fome other bc,it is thought
good to make them euen by this meanes.
To euery moneth dial be appointed (as concerning this purpofe)
iufhhirtiedaycs.
Andbecaufe lanuary and March hauc one day aboue the fayd
number,and February, which is placed betweene them both , hath
onely xxviij.daycs: February (hall borrowe ot cither of the Moneths
(of January and March) one day: and Co the Pialter which fhall bee
cad iu February 3 mult begin at the laft day or lanuary ,and end the firft day of March.
And.whercas May,Iuly, Auguft, Octob&r, and December haue xxxj. dayes apiece: It is ordered
hat the Plalmcs (hal be read the laft day of the faid Moneths, which were read the day before,fb that
he Pfaltermay begin againc thefirfi: day ofthc next moneth enfuing.
Now to know what Pfalmes (hall be read cucryday: Lookem the Kalendcr the number that is
appointed for the Pfalmes,and then find the fame number in this Table, and vpon thatnumbcr you
hall fee what Pfalmes (hall be fayd at Morning and Euening prayer.
And where the Cxix.Pfalme is diuidcd into xxij. portions, and is ouerlong to be read at one time:
it is fo ordered,that at one time (hall not be read aboue foure or fine of the faid portions, as you (hail
xrcciue to be noted in this Table following.
And here is alfo to bee noted, that in this Table, and in all other parts of the Seruice where any
Pfalms are appointed,the number is expreflcd after the great Engh(h Bible,which from theix.Pfalme
vnto the Cxviij.Pfalme, (following the diuifion of the HcbrewcsJ doeth variein numbers from the
common LatineTranflation.

The order hove the reft of holy Scripture ( befidc the Tfalter)
is appointed to bee read.
He old Tcftanient is appointed for the firft Leffons at Morning and Luenmg prayer,

T
and fhalbcread through cuery yecre once, except ccrtaincBookes and Chapters,
which be leaft edifying^nd might beft be fparcd^and therfore are left vnread.
The New Teftamentis appointed for the fccond Lcflbns at Morning and Hue-
niii2 prayer,and fhall be read ouer orderly cucry ycerc thrife,be(idcs the Epiftlcs and
Gofpels: except the Apocalypfe,out of the which there be onely certaine Leffons appointed vpott
diucrs proper Fcaftes.
And to know what Lcflbns (hall be read euery day,finde the day of the Moneth in the Kalender,
going before and there ye (hall pcrceiue the Bookcs and Chapters that (hall be read for the Leffons
Both at Morning and Euening prayer.
And here is tobcnoted,thatwhcnfoeuertherebe any proper Pfalmes or Leffons appointed for
the Sundayes,or for any Feaft ,moueable or vnmoucable: then the Pfalmes and Leffons appointed
in the Kalwider^fhall be omitted for that time.
Yemufti)otealfo,thatthe Collc<a,Epiftle,andGofpel .appointed for the Sunday, (hall ferae all
the wceke after ,except there fallfome Fcaft that hath his proper*
When
 When the yccres of our Lord may be diuided into toure euen pares, which is euery fourth yeere:
then the Sunday letter Jcapeth,and tnat yeere the Pfalmes and LefTons which ferue tor the xxii j, day
of February, (hail be read again e the day following, except it be Sunday,which hath proper Leffons
oftheoldTeftament,appointed in the Table feruing to that purpofe.
Alfojwherefoeuer thebcginning of any Leffon, Epiftle, or Gofpel is no: expreffcd, there yee muft
begin at the beginning of the Chapter.
And wherelocueris not exprefled how farrc (hall be read, there fhaJ! you reade to the cnde of the
Chapter.
Item,fb oft as the firft Chapter of Saint Matthew is read either for Leffon or Gofpel, ye (hall begin
the fame at($0tt fyt WttQOf 3JrfUSCj)#ft M)aS Ont^tSXDtfe ,«OAud the third Chapter
ofS. Lukes GofpeL fhalbe read vnto,2BetnQ ag ftag fUPPOftD,tbe WOW Of 10&Dh,ffL

Proper Lcflbns to bee read for the firft

LefToDS,both at Morning and Euening prayer, on
the Sundayes throughout the yeere, and for fome
alfo tkefecond Lejjons.
SVndayes
Aduent.
of [Mattcns. Euenfong.
Whitfunday.
' Mattens. Euenfong.

Thefirft. j.Leflon.
i ij.Leflon.
)'
iij.
nr).
Sundayes aftei
Chriftmas.
Thefirfl:. Trinitic Sun-
i
J- day.
Sundayes after j.Leflon.
die Epiphany ij.Leflbn.
Thefirft. Sundayes after
i Trinitic.
):nj. Firft.
uij. j
>
v. nj.
Scptuagefima. iiij.
Sexagefima. v.
Quinquage- v
v!'
Cma. 'l:
Leqr. viij.
Firft Sunday. IX.
ij x.
^>
ii). xj.
uij. XI).
v. Xll).
V
J- xnij.
Eaftcrday. XV.
j.Leflbn. xvj.
ij.Leflbn. XV1J.

Sundayes after xviij.

Eaftcr. XIX.

Thefirii XX.
XX).
')'
xxij.
4
iiij. XXII).

v. xxiiij.
Sunday after XXV.

A/ccnfion day. XXVJ.

Leffon
 Leflbns proper for Holy dayes.
Mactens. tucnfong. Macteus. jLUcniong.
s« Andrew.
S.Thomas ij,Lcflbn.
the Apoftle. i'ueflay in Ea-
Chriftmas day. fter wecke.
j.LefTonr i.Lcflbn.
ij.Lcflbn.

ij.Lcffon.
.Marke*
Philip &Iacob
.Steuen. Afceniion day.
jJLeffon. Munday in
ij.Leffon. Whirfun^
wcekc.
LLcfibn.

John. ij.Leffon.
j.Leffon. 'uefday in
ij.Lcflbn. Whitfijn-
nnocentsday wcckc.

S..Barnabc.
Circumcifion. i.Lcffon.
j.Leffon. ii.

ii.LcfTon.
Epiphanic. S. lohnBaptift,
i.Leffon. i.Leflbn.
li.LciTon. ij.Leflbn.

S,Peter.
i.Leffon.
Conucrfion of ij.Leffon.
S.Paul. S. lames.
i.Leffon. S. Bartholo-
ii.LcfTon. mew.
S. Matthew.
S. Michael
Purification of S.Luke.
the virgin Mary Simon andlude
S.Matthias. i.Leffon.
Annunciation AH Saints.
of our Lady. i.Leffon.
Wcdncfday a-
tore Eaftcr.
Thurfday afore
Eafter.
Good Friday. ij.Leflbn.
Eafter Eucn.
Munday in Ea-
ftcr wecke.
i.LcfTon.
Proper
 Proper Pfalmes on certaine dayes.
Matteus. Eucnfong. Martens. Eucnfong*
Chrift- Afcenfi^ Pfil.
mas day. •PfiL -Pfal. Pfal.
on day.

Martens. Eoenfbng. Mattcns. Eucnfong.

Eafter Whit-
.Pfal.. Pfal.- P61.' 4>fal.
day. funday.

The tablefor the order of the Pfalmes,

to be faid at Morning and Euening prayer.
Day es of the Pfalmes for Morning Pfalmes for Euening
Moneth. prayer. Prayer.
I.
z.
3.
4«
5.
6.
7«
3.
9.
lo.
II*
II*
U.
14*
15*
16.
17*
18.
19.
10.
a.
it*
13.
14.
15*
^6*
17.
18.
Z9.
30.
Septuagefima
 Eptuagefima ix
Sexagefiina viij
before Eafter vij weekes.
Quinquagefima
Quadragefirna v
)

Ogations v
v
Whitfunday
Trinitie Sunday
after E alter
!i.
viij
wcckes*

Thefetobeobferuect for Holy

dayes, and none other.

The
 The names and order of all the Bookes of;
the Olde and New Testament, with the
Number of their Chapters.
Enesishath Chapters 50 Ecclesiastes hath Chapters 12

G Exodus
Leuiticus
Numbers
Deuteronomie
40
27
36
34
The song of Solomon
Isaiah
lererniah
Lamentations
8
66
52
5
loshua 24 Ezekiel 48
Judges 21 Daniel 12
Ruth 4 Hosea 14
1. Samuel 31 loel 3
2. Samuel 24 Amos 9
I.Kings 22 Obadiah 1
2. Kings 25 lonah 4
1.Chronicles? 29 Micah 7
2. Chronicles 36 Nahum 5
Ezrah 10 Habakkuk 3
Nehemiah 13 Zephaniah 3
Ester 10 Haggai 2
lob 42 Zechariah 14
Fsalnies 150 Malachi 4
Prouerbs 31
The Bookes called Apocrypha,
1. Sdras hath Chapters 9 Baruch with the Epistle of leremiah o

E S.Esdras
Tobit
ludeth
16
14
16
The rest of Esther 6
The song of the three children.
The story of Susanna.
The idole Bel and the Dragon.
The prayer of Manasseh.
Wisedome 19 I.Maccabees 16
Ecclesiasticus 51 2. Maccabees 15
The Bookes of the New Teltament.
Atthew hath Chap. 28 2.1 hessalonians hath Chapters 3

M Marke 16 l.Timotheus 6
Luke 24 2.Timotheus 4
lohn 21 Titus 3
The Actes 26 Philemon 1
The Epistle to the Ro- To the Hebrewes 13
manes 16 The Epistle of lames 5
I.Corinthians 16 I.Peter 5
S.Corinthians 13 2.Peter 3
Galatians 6 IJohn 5
Ephesians 6 2. lohn 1
Philippians 4 3.1ohn 1
Colossians 4 lude 1
l.Thessalonians 5 Beuelation 22
THE
Cum TriuttegoT^egfaMaiejlati*.
 THE GENEALOGIES OF
HOLY SCRIPTVRES.
To the Chriftian Reader.
He Spirit of God in the facred ffitforj, hath Lid downe fuch
helps ^as are the light and life of all Nations ongtnals. In them the

T
c/rcum/lancesofPerfon^Tim^andPhcCy arethechiefc-, elfe
doewee wander as without a guide: and ofthefe the Pcrfon tf
principatt. Genealogies then drawnefrom them, from whom all
are defeendedy and by Cods owne warrant recorded vnto ur, muft
J.Tim,1.4. moue a JpeciaU. reuerence that they are hoty, andfarre from thofe
other avainfl which S.Paulwriteth. tsfmongft whofe manifold
v/es, this if the chiefef^ thatby themisprooued how Chriftwa*
made very man. Jnd therefore in feuerall Tables the? are heere
exhibited euenfr0m their fir ft rootey andfo continued through their$reating branches,fofarrc
a< the Scripture gtuetk themfap.lti the reading w hercof,let theft few directions be thy guides,
I. Such defients at holdon from the Parents tc their Children, without interruption, are
veryplaine by their double lines,which runnefrom rundle to rundle.
2. Thofe whofe Parents are not certainly knowne, but are named of their Country jCitie,
or Tri b e^ore iotned each under other,with thu figure here in the mar gent.
3. Jndbkewifefuch as are Jet in rAnkefide byjide,anddijlmgui/hcdby thu marginal! mart,
are not to be reputed Brethrcnfatfomc other Perfons ofnote^fthat defcent where they arcfo
infer ted.
4. The names of Nations and People, ( as likewije fomctimet of Cities and other places
*f note) wee haue notmcompajjedinrundles asthen'ft\ but in CompArttmcnts, and different
lettersberwixt direffbnes, that fo they might bee knowne from particular pcrfons, and the
Names next under them^re not inferted as cerUinty thence defcendcdjbut as eminent Perfons
amongthem.
f. dnd where of'necefiity wearetobreakeoffthejitccepion^ to be continued in fome other
]>agc,that doe we aifomeprincipall Perfons:*/ at thcfloud with Noah sfonnes-, at the Promife,
with Terah andAbrzhzm&c.SothateuertheManatwhichwebreakcoJf, is againefetitt
the firjlplace offome enfuing page jvhere hi* ijjue u continued* though many times whole leaues
fall betwixt them j which areJupplied with other collaterals: fuch it from Abraham pag* j.
i>nto bis wiues andfeed^pag* 6. and 7*&c.
* Matth.u 6. The lineage of our bleffed Sauiour (which is our principal}fcope) u knowne by a chaine*
I-ukc3. like trade, continued from Adam to Sem,f4g. I. andthenceto Terah and Abraham, pag.^
* Rab, R4-
fadtfi m &c. Solikewifefrom Dauid,/>4£.2 2.tohisfonnes Solomon^WNathan,p*g. ^ ]. AndUft*
his third /?, to our Sauioursparents^pag.^lincked together (as other marriages here are) by thefculp*
quefiion
vpon Jfai. turcofan hand in hand. Both defcendcdfrom* Zorobabel yas the holy tttangelifts haue recorded:
5?. i. /r^wDnuid, ludah, and Abraham, *s Moles and the Prophets hauejpokcn-, and lewes
* R*l>. H*Jihemfelues thusfarre grant, that the Mefsiah [hould be the Sonnc of a * Virgine, her narn^j
finar.
Xtb.Vl*. Marie, and/be of' Beth-lchem,/^ daughter ^/Eli, of the houfe <?/Zorobabel, and Tribe of
Talmud ludah .In all which jur Chrift u manifcjlly defigncd^nd by thefe lewes both acknowledged to
thctrca.
tifcofSan-
h<tue been of the' bhud-royal^ndalfo recorded in the number of the Priejlsjn their publike Re-
tredr'm, gifter at lerufalem, by tku title, IESVS THESONNEOF THE LIVING
Chap Nig- G O D , AND OF THE V I R G I N M A R I p.. Thu* fef^Dau id s Sonne.And Abra-
marHadin.
* Jhtodof. hams Heire, in whom all the kindreds of the earth are bleffid? being the very Image of the
the lew jn irw/JibleGoA, the brightnejfe of the glory, and the ingrauenformeofhit Per-
SuidojQn
the word
fev, in whom dweUeththefulneffe of the God-head bodily, and
Icfus. vrito whom be afcribed aft glory, prtije, wifdwnC)
Col.i.if. thanks fower and might for eucr-
Hcb.i.5.
Ajjoc.7ii meret Amen.
 I

As by one mans dif-

obedicncc many were
made finners, fo by
the obedience of one
fhaJl many a!fo bee
made righteous. That
as finnc had raided
vnto death, fo might
grace alfo raigne by
rightcoufiieflc vnto e-
ternall life through le-
fiu Chvift our Lord.
R»W.J.ij.il.
 z
God thai made the world, ot
one bloud hach made al mankind
tod well vpon chc face of the
earth, & hath afligned die times
which were ordained before,
and the bounds of their habita-
tion, Acts 17.14, tS.
Theft families ham Moan and
rtt*fons,outof lofephus are in-
ferted AnU.i,c.7.From wh6 the
whole earth was «uer-(pred and
out of thefe were die Nations
diuidedin the Earth after the
floud, Gen.?. 19. & cap. io.ji.
 3

In this age and at he bud-

ding of B&cUthe language
wasdiuided,a«Hebcrlhw-
ed in naming of his tonne:
butih Chrifts APoftl(u,wh£
the heauenly temple w«
built, euery nation rnder-
ftood thcirlanguag*,Aa.i.
4
5
 6
Vntill Terah, the worlds age was
reckoned by th«ycercs of men, bur
he the firft recorded Idolater Ioft«.
if.is the Uft in that dignity of cop*
cation. For from himtoChrift, the
rimes are chained w>ch other linkcs t
as to the Law, (he Temple,the King-
domes diujfion, the Captjuitf, &the
70. weckes of Gabriel in Dan.c.?. 14.
That Abram was not cKc (Idea
fan of Terah is marufeflj for he be-
gat a Ton at ftuenty and died at two
hundrcdk trot G«« n-iS.jj then
was Abram 75. Gen. 12.4. fo that
Terah murt be one hundred thirty
at hu birth : agawe Abrain mancd
Sara his brothers daughter.wid (he
but ten yeero yonger then hiinfclf.
G«nef. 17.17.
 7

From the prcfence oflfaak 9 Abraham fcnt his (onnes by Cccura

( whereof Midian was one) into die Eaft,Gcn.ij.6.From thence arc
the Madianitesjludg.tf.j. And intheEaft, lob is the greateft, lob
1.5 .He held the true worfhip of God, asdidRaguel and lethroEx.
18.1 r. a fure teftimony of Abrahams care towards his family, as the
Lord had fpokcn,Gcn.i8.i9.His ftory and afHi&ions are thought to
be before that Mofes penned the Law s otherwifc it hid notbeene
kwfullforhimtohaucfacrificcd,Iobi.y. InEgiptall had finned,
and were defiled with the Idols of that Land, Ezek. xo.8. Then did
Satan accufc the earth of impiety, yetlobwasiuft, and knew that
his Redeemer liucd; and belceucd the Refurtedion to life, Job.i?.
 8

Thefeinceftuous fonnes of Lot,

Moab and Ammon, were both of
them the progenitors of thofc
people which were great enemies
to the Church of God. Notwith-
itandingfrom the one, cuenNa-
amah,the royal blood of the kings
ofIudahdefcended,i.Chr.iz.i j,
And by Ruth that King of Kings,
quen Chrift lefus, who hath the
key ofDauid and whofe kingdom
fhalbe cucrlarting,Mat. 1.5 Ii.9.7
Hovf vHfettrckabj* *re tky Judge-
mentj 0 Godt andtkjvMttfttft
findtag out \ Rom. 11.33.
 9

Was not Efau lacobs brother,&ith the Lord,

yet I loued laacob, and I hated Efau, & made
hitraountaincswafte.&c. Mal.i.i. j.
 10

lacobm Egypt and vpon his death-oead prophefied to his fons their
feuerall clients, to ludah he giueth the preheminence, and fheweth that
his Scepter fhould continue till Shiloh the Chrift fhouldcomerln him he
blefleth euery Tribe, noting them by fundry metaphoricall allufions, as
heere thou (eeft cxprefled by Armcs Read Gen.4p.
 tl

The fecond yeare after their
comming from Egypr, were num-
bred in mount Sinai of this tribe,
forty fixe thoufand and fine hun-
dred men from twenty ycarcs old
andaboue, Ninn.i.zi.
AD the men being dead that
came out of Egypt and now ready
to enter into Canaan, of this tribe
were numbred forty three thou-
fcndfcnen hundred and thmy
able men, Num. 16.7.

The Rubenits Gadits The Rubenitcs in

and halfe the tribe of the dales of Saul war-
Manafleh, at their re- ring vpon the haga-*
queft vnto Moles had rims increafed their
their portions afllg- jborders Eftward vpo
ned without lorden, the landofGilead, i.
Norn. 3 2.3 3. Theft ch.5.thcfe with the o*
in Dauids troubles cher tribes were caried
againft Abfolom > captiue to Afliur whe
brought to his aide Tiglah Pilefermade
one hundred and twenty Ifrael the Lo-ruha-
thouiand tightiag men, mah, a.Kin.
/. Chrt>n.i2.j7.

N
 12

Of this Tnbc at thc'u cemming out ot E

gypc, were numbred fifty nine ihoufand and
three hundred men, from twenty yecrcs old
and vpward, bcfides women and children,
Numb. i. i}. AH jhefe falling in the wj!-
dcrncflc at i\e cnterancc into Car.»»n were
accounted of this Tribe twenty two thoufand
rwo hundred and thirty men of Ac Idee
yecrcs and ftrcngth, Num.atf.i4-
V

N 2
14

This lonadwm became Pried

to the Tribe of Dan,who firft
ftt YB grauen Images S» die
Land. Iudg.iS.ja
I*
 16

The fucccffion of The Prieils com>~

the high Prieils iesasthey fcrued
from Aaron to
AARON by lot in the
Chrift Temple.
 *7

ludah, thy brethren dial praife thee: thy fathers formes fhall bow vnto thee.Iu-
dah is a Lions whelp and fhall come from the fpoile, and coucheth as a Lion, and
as an old Lion: who &all roufe him vp ? The fcepter fliall not depart from ludah,
noralaw-giuer from betweene his feet, vntill Shilocome, Gen. 49. who is the
ftarre of lacob and branch of Iftiau Nomb.*4. Ifai.n.
?s
 19

This was not Caleb thac

was lent to fcarch the Land,
but another of that name,
and feucn generations
before him.
10
21
 :u
The EuangeBflx Mathcw, and
Luke, from Dauid to Mary doc
diuerfly deriue the decent of
Chrift. Saint Mathew bringeth
him to be the heire of Dauids
throne, and by a legal! fuccef-
fion from Solomon, and thole
Kings that poficfled the crown ,
as Hkewife from thofe high
Saints from whom it was taken,
Dan.y. whereby he was lawful-
ly titled, the Kingof the 1 ewes,
which his ftar (hewed, and tor
whom the wifemenfought, that
Pilate grantedjhimfelfe confef-
fed, and the 1 ewes to hinder
his right could name none
but C#far.
Saint Lute (he weth him to be
the leed piomifcd in paradife,
and by his nattiraU parents
bringeth him from Eli, RheGu
ZorcbabeljNeri, Narhan, and
Datiid to Adam. For Solomons
houie ending in leconias, ler.
zi.zj. and the Crowne taken
from hisfamilies, Ezek. 11416.
the rifiht of his kingdome de-
Iccnded to his next in kindred
according to theLaw,Nom.i7.
and fb to Chrift, fo that thefe
hojy Euangelifts breathe fordi
a fwcetc confortorhis orflce &
perlbn, without all contra-
diction in thcix holy
records.
 *?
In the wildemcflc of Sinai and fc-
cond yeare after their comming out
of Egypt,were numbted of this tribe
from twenty jrceres old and aboue
ablemencogoefoorth to warre in
Ifrael, fixty two dtioufand and feu en
hundred perfons, befides their wo-
men and children not numbred*
Num.i .39.
All the men of this Tribe of Dan that
were numbred in mount Sinai being
dead, for their tranfgrelfions, in the
wildernefle, and a view taken in the
plaineofMoab,when they were ready
to enter Canaan, of this Tribe were
numbred fixty foure thoufand and foure
hundred able men from zo. yeers old &
abouc befides womc & childre,N.i£.4$.
The Tribe of Nephtali being nun>
bred in the wilderneflb of Sinai, the
fecond month and fecorid yearc af-
ter their comming from Egypt were
found to befiftythree ihouiandand
fbure hundred men able to goc
forth to warrc, from twenty yeares
old&vpward, befidcs their women
and children not numbrcd,Nu.i 43.
But thefc numbred men dying all of
them in the wilderneffc, of this Tribe
notwithftandmg, in the plaineofMoab
before they cntred into Canaan were
numbred, fotirty fiue thoufaod & foure
hundred able to beare'weapons, and to
goc forth to war/rom twenty yeares old
and aboue, be/ides their women and
children. Numb. 16. yo.
 H

At their eomming out of Egypt At their entrance of Canaan,ablc

of this Tribe,; able men for war , men for w»r from. io.jfcc« old and
from »o. yeeres old and vpward, about, were numbred 40500. none
were nnmbrcd,forty flue thoufad of them liuing that were numbred
fix hundred and fifty, Norn. i.sy. in Sinai, Num. 2*.!?.

iTheTeof Gad came to aid Da- Ichu the (word of God againft
uidin the wiUcmerfe.mcn of thehoufc of Ahab & Pricfls of
might and fit for battetl, whofe Baa!,recciucd a promifc that to
faces where like the faces of li- the 4. "Cncraoo hit fons Ovoid
ons& were as fwift as the Rocs fit on his throne which ended
vbonthe mountaine.i.Ch.is.S' inZachariah hit la(l.2.K.io. w.
 15
Acthccomirung from fcgypcand in rhc
wiJdertieflc of Sinai, were numbrcd of
this Tribe, from ic.ycares old & vpward,
41500. men, bdides their women and
children. Al which through diiobediencc
died in their wandrings, & none of them
camcincothe Land ofpromifc,Nom.i. 41.
At the entrance into Canaan, fital thole
dead that came out of Egypt, were otim-
bred o£this Tribe 4?4<x>. men, aU of
thcmfrom lo.ycereiold and about,and
fit to bcare armcs againil the Canaanitcs
whofc Couotrey by Gods commandc-
mentthevwent cocopquere. Nom.jrf.^o.
 ^6
Ac the commme; from Egypt were
numbred of du'sTribe able mentor
war from twenty ycercs old and a-
bouc,fiftyfoure thoufand andfoure
hundred mcn,Nnm.i .19. Thcfe pcn-
rtimginthe wtlderneflc at their en-
trance into Oanaan were numbred
of this tribe 64300. men able for war,
bcfides women & childrcnjNu.nS.if-
This Tribe at then comming from
Egypt afforded f 74coable men fit for
wrarjNu.i.3i. All whuh dying in the
wildcrndfe for iniibeliefe, in ihc
plainc of Moab ready to enter Cana-
an, were accounted fixty thoufand
and fiue hundred men of frrength
their women and children not num-
bred. Numb.i^.xr.
*7

o
23
a?

O 2
 3°

Bcniamm fhall rauine as a Wolfe, in the mor-

n'ing hce 'fhall deuoure the pray, and at night hee
fliall diuide the fpojle, Gen^.i?. The Lord Qull
couer him all the day long and Qiall dwell bcjwetrne
his (houlders.Deut.5j.ii. he ioined to ludahwhen
the other tennc Tribes fell away.

In the fccond yeare after their com- All tliofc died in their wandrings
mine out of Egypt, and in the wUdcrnos in the wildemefle through vubclicfe,
of Sinai were numbred of this Tribe yet when Ifrael was ready ro paflo lor-
thirty fiue thoufand and foure hundred Jan, in the plaine of Moab were num-
men, able to beare weapons and fit bred men of like ftrencth and yeares,
for warre from twenty yeares old and forty fiuc ihotrfiad an<T fixe hundred,
vpward, befide* their women and chil- their women, and children r.ot jecko-
dren not numbred, Numb.t.}7. ned, Nmnb.i*.4i.
 3<

This Tribe Jo multiplied jn AJ1 the able men ttac cxtic out
Egypt, that befides women and of Egypt being d«»d in the wil-
children,were accounted in die dernci, in the plane of Moab,
wildcmefl'e of Situs 32203. a- ready to enrti Canaan, 52700..
blemen,from twenty yceresoJd from jo.yccres old & aboue of
andabouc, Num. 1.35. able men were nubred,N.:*.J4

Manaflech & Eohriim.the Tons of lo-

feph.arc bylacob cheir gradfathermade
two tribesinlfrae!,Oe.48.j. HalfofMa.
naflie' had the land of Giants afsigncd
vntothcbyMofes,wjthoutIordin,Dc.).
iLtheocha-haJfofthc tribe had their
inhcrjtaceaUotted within thdand^ue
betwixtTappuahSt the weft CwJoCiT.
 3*

iU their comming from Egypt

were numbred of this Trjbc
fourty thousand and fius hun-
dred, able to bearc armes ami
tor warre,frora twentyyeerevof
•age and vpward: theft perilling
in the wilderneflc, their lonncs
of the like ftrcngth and yeeres,
were found to bee at their en-
trance into Canaan , thirty two
ihoufand and fiue hundred men,
Nomfa.i.jj. & 1^.37.
 V,

Salomons boufe ending in Coniah, and

hce a fignet piuckt off from Gods right
hand, tcr. 21. 14. lerabbabel of Nathan
another (brine ofDaiiid was chofen.and placed
for the fignec where the other had ftood
Hag. J.i5
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The creation Chap.j. of the world.

THE
F I R S T B O O K E
OF MOSES,
called GENESIS.

8 And God called the * firmament, * ler. 51.15,

C H A P . I.
1 The creation of Heauen and Earth, 3 of the
light, 6 of the firmament, 9 of the earth se-
parated from the waters, 11 and made fruit-
full, 14 of the Sunne, Moone, and Starres,
20 of fish and fpwle, 24 of beasts and cat-
tell, 26 of Man in the Image of God. 29 Al-
so the appointment of food.
Psal. sa 6. N *the beginning
and 136.5. God created the
Heauen: and the euening and the mor-
ning were the second day.
9 IT And God said, *Let the waters * PsaL 33.7-
and 136. 5.
vnder the heauen be gathered together iob. 38. 8.
vnto one place, and let the dry land ap-
peare: and it was so.
10 And God called the drie land.
Earth, and the gathering together of
the waters called hee, Seas: and God
saw that it was good.

I
acts. 14.15.
and 17. 24. Heauen, and the 11 And God said,Let the Earth bring
hebr. 11. 3. Earth. foorth f grasse, the herbe yeelding seed,
2 And the and the fruit tree, yeelding fruit after his grasse.
earth was with- kinde, whose seed is in it selfe, vpon the
out forme, and earth: and it was so.
voyd, and darke- 12 And the earth brought foorth
nesse was vpon grasse, and herbe yeelding seed after his
the face of the deepe: and the Spirit kinde, and the tree yeelding fruit, whose
of God mooued vpon the face of the seed was in it selfe, after his kinde: and
waters. God saw that it was good.
*2.Cor. 3 And God said, * Let there be light: 13 And the euening and the morning
4.6.
and there was light. were the third day.
4 And God saw the light, that it was 14 IT And God said, Let there bee
t Hebr. be. good: and God diuided tthe light from * lights in the firmament of the heauen, psaL* Deu.4.19
"weenethe 136. 7.
ight and be- the darkenesse. to diuide +the day from the night: and t Hebr. be.
tweene the
darkenesse. 5 And God called the light, Day, let them be for signes and for seasons, day tweene the
and be~
• Hebr. and and the darknesse he called Night: tand and for dayes and yeeres. tweene the
the euening night.
was, and _ the euening and the morning were the 15 And let them be for lights in the
morningwas first day. firmament of the heauen, to giue light
Psal 136. 6 ^ And God said, * Let there be a vpon the earth: and it was so.
5. ier. 10.12
and 51.15. tfirmamentin the midst of the waters: 16 And God made two great lights:
\'Hebr.E& and let it diuide the waters from the the greater light t to rule the day, and the \ Hebr. for
pansion. waters. rule of
the lesser light to rule the night: he made the day> <|c,
7 And God made the firmament; the starres also.
and diuided the waters, which were vn- 17 And God set them in the firma-
der the firmament, from the waters, ment of the heauen, to giue light vpon
which were aboue the firmament: and it the earth:
was so. 18 And to * rule ouer the day, and ler. 31.35
ouer
1
The creation of man. Genefis.
ouer the night, and to diuide the light
from the darkenesse: and God saw that
it was good
19 And the euening and the morning
were the fourth day.
* 4. Esdr. 6. 20 And God said, *Let the waters
47-
8 Or, cree- bring foorth aboundantly the || moiling
ping.
t Heb. soule.
creature that hath tlife, and foule that
i Heb. face may flie aboue the earth in the t open
of the firma- firmament of heauen.
ment ofhea~
uen. 21 And God created great whales,
and euery liuing creature that moueth,
which the waters brought forth aboun-
dantly after their kinde, and euery win-
ged foule after his kinde : and God saw
that it was good.
* Chap. 8. 22 And God blessed them, saying, *Be
17. and a i.
fruitfull, and multiply, and fill the wa-
ters in the Seas, and let foule multiply
in the earth.
23 And the euening and the morning
were the fift day.
24 IT And God^said, Let the earth
bring forth the liuing creature after his
kinde, cat tell, and creeping thing, and
beast of the earth after his kinde ; and
it was so.
25 And God made the beast of the
earth after his kinde, and cattell after
their kinde, and euery thing that cree-
peth vpon the earth, after his kinde :
and God saw that it was good.
* Chap. 5. 1. 26 1T And God said, * Let vs make
and 9.6.
1. corin. 11. man in our Image, after our likenesse :
7. ephes. 4. and let them haue dominion ouer the
14. coL 3.
10. fish of the sea, and ouer the foule of the
aire, and ouer the cattell, and ouer all
the earth, and ouer euery creeping thing
that creepeth vpon the earth,
27 So God created man in his owne
Image, in the Image of God created
* Matth. 19 hee him; *male and female created hee
4. wisd. 2.
23. them,
28 And God blessed them, and God
* Chap. 9.1. said vnto them, *Be fruitfull, and mul-
tiply, and replenish the earth, and sub-
due it, and haue dominion ouer the fish
of the sea, and ouer the foule of the aire,
and ouer euery liuing thing that tmoo-
t Heb. cree- ueth vpon the earth.
petti.
29 f And God said, Behold, I haue
t Hebr. see- giuen you euery herbe t bearing seede,
ding seed,
which is vpon the face of all the earth,
and euery tree, in the which is the fruit
* Chap. 9. 3. of a tree yeelding seed, *to you it shall be
for meat :
30 And to euery beast of the earth,
and to euery foule of the aire, and to eue-
ry thing that creepeth vpon the earth,
The firft Sabbath.
wherein there is t life,/ haue giuen euery t Hebr. a li-
greene herbe for meat: and it was so. uing smile.
31 And * God saw euery thing that * Ecclus. 39
hee had made: and behold, it was very 16.
good. And the euening and the mor-
ning were the sixth day.
C H A P . II.
1 The first Sabbath. 4 The maner of the crea-
tion 8 The planting of the garden of Eden,
10 and the riuer thereof. 17 The tree of
knowledge onely forbidden. 19. 20 The
naming of the creatures. 21 The making of
woman, and institution of Manage.
f—« •*»^^n-
Hus the heauens and the
If I -JP
ill
earth were finished, and
all the hoste of them.
2 *And on the seuenth 11. * Exod. 20.
and 31.
day God ended his worke, 17. deut5.
14. hebr.4.
which hee had made: And he rested on 4.
the seuenth day from all his worke,
which he had made,
3 And God blessed the seuenth day,
and sanctified it: because that in it he had
rested from all his worke, which God
t created and made. t Heb. crea-
ted to make.
4? 1F These are the generations of the
heauens, & of the earth, when they were
created; in the day that the LORD
God made the earth, and the heauens,
5 And euery plant of the field, before
it was in the earth, and euery herbe of
the field, before it grew: for the LORD
God had not caused it to raine vpon the
earth, and there was not a man to till
the ground.
6 || But there went up a mist from which It Or, a mist
went
the earth, and watered the whole face of vpfrom fyc.
the ground.
7 And the LORD God formed man
t * of the dust of the ground, & brea- the t Heb. dustof
ground.
thed into his nostrils the breath of life; * 1. Cor. 15
and * man became a liuing soule. 47-
*1. Corin.
8 f And the LORD God planted 15. 45.
a garden Eastward in Eden; and there
he put the man whom he had formed.
9 Arid out of the ground made the
LORD God to grow euery tree that
is pleasant to the sight, and good for
food: the tree of life also in the midst of
the garden, and the tree of knowledge
of good and euill.
10 And a riuer went out of Eden to
water the garden, and from thence it
was parted, and became into foure
heads.
11 The name of the first is * Pison : 29. * Ecclus. 24.
that is it which compasseth the whole
land of Hauilah, where there is gold.
12 And
Manage inftituted. Chap.iij.
12 And the gold of that land is good
There is Bdellium and the Onix stone
13 And the name of the second riuei
is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth
t Heb. Cush the whole land of t Ethiopia.
14 And the name of the third riuei
II Or, East- is Hiddekel : that is it which goeth || to-
ward to As-
syria. ward the East of Assyria : and the fourth
riuer is Euphrates.
ii Or, Adam. 15 And the LORD God tooke || the
man, and put him into the garden of E-
den, to dresse it, and to keepe it.
16 And the LORD God comman-
ded the man, saying, Of euery tree of the
t Hebr. ea. garden thou mayest t freely eate.
ting thou
17 But of the tree of the knowledge
shalt eate.
of good and euill, thou shalt not eate of
it: for in the day that thou eatest there-
\Hebr.dy. of, thou shalt t surely die.
\iiir thou
shall die. 18 H And the LORD God said,
It is not good that the man should be a-
* Ecclus.
17. 5.
lone: I will make him * an helpe t meet
Hebr. as for him.
>efore him. 19 And out of y ground the LORD
God formed euery beast of the field, and
euery foule of the aire, and brought them
II Or, the
nan*
vnto ( [Adam, to see what he would call
them : and whatsoeuer Adam called
euery liuing creature, that was the name
thereof.
t Hebr. col. 20 And Adam tgaue names to all
led.
cattell, and to the foule of the aire, and to
euery beast of the fielde: but for Adam
there was not found an helpe meete
for him.
21 And the LORD God caused a
deepe sleepe to fall vpon Adam, and hee
slept; and he tooke one of his ribs, and
closed vp the flesh in stead thereof.
22 And the rib which the LORD
t Hebr. butt* God had taken from man, tmade hee a
ded.
woman, & brought her vnto the man.
23 And Adam said, This is now
3one of my bones, and flesh of my flesh:
she shalbe called woman, because shee
* 1 . Corin. was * taken out of man.
11. 8.
* Matt 19. 24 * Therefore shall a man leaue his
5. mar. 10. 'ather and his mother, and shall cleaue
',1. corin.
5.16. ephe. vnto his wife: and they shalbe one flesh.
5. 31.
25 And they were both naked , the
man & his wife, and were not ashamed.
C H A P . III.
1 The serpent deceiueth Eue. 6 Mans shame-
full fall. 9 God arraigneth them. H The
serpent is cursed. 15 The promised Seed.
16 The punishment of Mankind. 21 Their
first clothing. 22 Their casting out of
Paradise.
The fall of man.
I Ow the serpent was more
N
[ subtillthen any beast of the
'field, which the LORD
^ God had made, and he said
\ vnto the woman, tYea, tbecause, Heb. Yea,
Qc,
lhath God said. Ye shall not eat of euery
tree of the garden ?
2 And the woman said vnto the ser-
pent, Wee may eate of the fruite of the
trees of the garden :
3 But of the fruit of the tree, which
is in the midst of the garden, God hath
said, Ye shal not eate of it, neither shall ye
touch it, lest ye die.
4 And the Serpent said vnto the
woman, Ye shall not * surely die. *2. Cor. 11
3. i. tiro.
5 For God doeth know, that in the 2.' 14.
day ye eate thereof, then your eyes shal-
bee opened: and yee shall bee as Gods,
knowing good and euill.
6 And when the woman saw, that
the tree was good for food, and that it was
t pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be de- sire.
t Heb. a de-
sired to make one wise, she tooke of the
fruit thereof, *and did eate, and gaue al- 26. * Ecclus. 25
1. tim.
so vnto her husband with her, and hee 14.' 2.
did eate.
7 And the eyes of them both were
opened, & they knew that they were na-
ced, and they sewed figge leaues toge-
ther, and made themselues || aprons. II Or, things
to gird a-
8 And they heard the voyce of the bout.
LORD God, walking in the garden
n the t coole of the day : and Adam and t Heb. wind.
iis wife hid themselues from the pre-
sence of the LORD God, amongst
the trees of the garden.
9 And the LORD God called
vnto Adam, and said vnto him, Where
art thou ?
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in
the garden : and I was afraid, because
I was naked, and I hid my selfe.
11 And he said, Who told thee, that
thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the
tree, whereof I commanded thee, that
thou shouldest not eate ?
12 And the man said, The woman
whom thou gauest to be with mee, shee
gaue me of the tree, and I did eate.
13 And the LORD God said vnto
the woman, What is this that thou hast
done ? And the woman said, The Ser-
pent beguiled me, and I did eate.
14 And the LORD God said vn-
to the Serpent, Because thou hast done
this, thou art cursed aboue all cattel, and
aboue euery beast of the field: vpon thy
belly shalt thou goe, and dust shalt thou
eate,
The promifed feed. Genefis.
ate, all the dayes of thy life.
15 And I will put enmitie betweene
lee and the woman, and betweene thy
eedand her seed: itshal bruise thy head,
nd thou shalt bruise his heele.
16 Unto the woman he said, I will
jreatly multiply thy sorowe and thy
onception. In sorow thou shalt bring
11 Or, subiect brth children: and thy desire shall be ||to
to thy hus.
band. ly husband, and hee shall *rule ouer
* i. Corin. lee.
14. 34.
17 And vnto Adam he said. Because
lou hast hearkened vnto the voyce of
ly wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of
which I commaunded thee , saying,
?hou shalt not eate of it: cursed is the
ground for thy sake: in sorow shalt thou
ate of it all the dayes of thy life.
18 Thornes also and thistles shall it
t Heb. cause • bring forth to thee: and thou shalt eate
(o bud.
be herbe of the field.
19 In the sweate of thy face shalt
bou eate bread, till thou returne vnto
be ground : for out of it wast thou ta-
ten, for dust thou art, and vnto dust shalt
hou returne.
20 And Adam called his wiues name
t Heb. Cha- • Eue, because she was the mother of al
uah»
iuing.
21 Unto Adam also, and to his wife,
lid the LORD God make coates ol
skinnes, and cloathed them.
22 f And the LORD God said,
Jehold, the man is become as one o:
us, to know good & euill. And now lest
lee put foorth his hand, and take also o:
the tree of life, and eate and Hue foreuer :
23 Therefore the LORD God
sent him foorth from the garden of E-
den, to till the ground, from whence he
was taken.
24 So he droue out the man : and he
Jaced at the East of the garden of E-
den, Cherubims, and a flaming sword,
which turned euery way, to keepe the
way of the tree of life.
C H A P . IIII.
1 The birth, trade, and religion of Cain and A-
bel. 8 The murder of Abel. 9 The curse
of Cain. 17 Enoch the first citie. 19 La-
mech and his two wiues. 25 The birth of
fifth Qfi and "Rnnc
Nd Adam knew Eue his
P! wife, and shee concerned
and bare Cain, and said,'.
haue gotten a man from
the LORD.
2 And she againe bare his brothe
Abel murthered.
tAbel, and Abel was a tkeeper of sheep, Heb. He-
el.
but Cain was a tiller of the ground. Heb. a fee-
3 And tin processe of time it came to der, Heb. at the
passe, that Cain brought of the fruite end of dayes.
of the ground, an offering vnto the
LORD.
4 And Abel, he also brought of the
firstlings of his tflocke, and of the fat >rHeb. sheep.
goates.
thereof: and the LORD had *respect * Heb. 11. 4
vnto Abel, and to his offering.
5 But vnto Cain, and to his offring
he had not respect: and Cain was very
wroth, and his countenance fell.
6 And the LORD said vnto Cain,
Why art thou wroth? And why is thy
countenance fallen ?
7 If thou doe well , shalt thou not
||be accepted? and if thou doest not well, !heOr,excellen*
haue
sinne lieth at the doore: And || vnto thee tie?
1 Or, subiect
shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule o- vnto thee.
uer him.
8 And Cain talked with Abel his
brother : and it came to passe * when *HEttn. Wis. 10. 3
23.
they were in the field, that Cain rose vp 35. i. iohn
3.12. iude
against Abel his brother, and slew him. 11.
9 If And the LORD said vnto
Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And
hee said , I know not : Am I my bro-
thers keeper ?
10 And he said, What hast thou done ?
the voyce of thy brothers t blood cryeth t Heb. bloods
vnto me, from the ground.
11 And now art thou cursed from the
earth, which hath opened her mouth to
receiue thy brothers blood from thy
land.
12 When thou tillest the ground, it
shall not henceforth yeeld vnto thee her
strength : A fugitiue and a vagabond
shalt thou be in the earth.
13 And Cain said vnto the LORD,
| My punishment is greater, then I canquitie
II Or, my ini.
is
beare. greater ithen
that
14* Behold, thou hast driuen me out beforgiuen.it may
this day from the face of the earth, and
Prom thy face shall I be hid, and I shall
be a fugitiue, and a vagabond in the
earth : and it shall come to passe, that
euery one that findeth me, shall slay me
15 And the LORD said vnto him,
Therefore whosoeuer slayeth Cain
vengeance shalbe taken on him seuen
fold. And the LORD set a marke
vpon Cain, lest any finding him, shoulc
kill him.
16 IF And Cain went out from the
presence of the LORD, and dwelt in
the land of Nod, on the East of Eden
17 And Cain knew his wife, and she
concei-
 The genealogie Chap.v.
t Heb. Cha- concerned and bare t Enoch, and hee
noch.
builded a City, and called the name of
the City, after the name of his sonne,
Enoch.
18 And vnto Enoch was borne I-
rad : and Irad begate Mehuiael, anc
Mehuiael begate Methusael, and Me-
t Hebr. Le- thusael begate tLamech.
wiecti.
19 11 And Lamech tooke vnto him
two wiues: the name of the one was A-
dah, and the name of the other Zillah,
20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was
the father of such as dwell in tents, and
of such as haue cattell.
21 And his brothers name was Ju-
bal : hee was the father of all such as
handle the harpe and organ.
22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-
t Heb. whet- Cain, an t instructer of euery artificer in
ter.
brasse and iron: and the sister of Tubal-
Cain was Naamah.
23 And Lamech sayd vnto his
wiues, Adah and Zillah, Heare my
voyce, yee wiues of Lamech , hearken
\\ Or, I would vnto my speech : for || I haue slaine a
slayamanin
my wound t man to my wounding, and a yong man
*«•
II Or* in my
to my || hurt.
hurt. 24 If Cain shall bee auenged seuen
fold, truely Lamech seuenty and seuen
folde.
25 IF And Adam knew his wife a-
gaine, and she bare a sonne, & called his
t Hebr. name t Seth: For God, said she, hath ap-
Sheth*
pointed mee another seed in stead of A-
bel, whom Cain slew.
t Hebr. E-
nosn,
„ _ 0 JL 26 And to Seth, to him also there
II Or, to call was borne a sonne, and he called his
:hemselues name tEnos: then began men to ||call
!*y the NciinG
of the LORD. vpon the Name of the LORD,
Cn A jcP . V
TT A v.
1 The genealogie, age, and death of the Patri-
archs from Adam vnto Noah. 24 The god-
linesse and translation of Enoch.
* i. Chron. His is the *booke of the ge-
1.1.
im
il
nerations of Adam : In
the day that God created
man, in the likenes of God
made he him.
* Wisd. 8. 2 * Male and female created hee
23.
them, and blessed them, and called their
name Adam, in the day when they
were created.
3 IF And Adam lined an hundred
and thirtie yeeres., and begate a sonne in dred eithtie and seuen yeeres, and begat
bis owne likenes^e, after his image; and Lamech.
called his name Seth.
* i. Chron,
1.1. &c. 4? * And the dayes of Adam, after he begate t Lamech, seuen hundred, eightie mech.
of the Patriarchs, &c
had begotten Seth , were eight hun
dred yeeres: and he begate sonnes anc
daughters.
5 And all the dayes that Adam li
ued , were nine hundred and thirtie
yeeres : and he died.
6 And Seth liued an hundred anc
fiue yeeres: and begate tEnos. t Hebr. £.
TtOS/1.
7 And Seth liued, after he begate
Enos, eight hundred and seuen yeeres
and begate sonnes and daughters.
8 And all the dayes of Seth , were
nine hundred and twelue yeeres, and he
died.
9 IF And Enos liued ninetie yeeres,
and begate t Cain an. t Heb. Ke.
riQTi,
10 And Enos liued after hee begate
Cainan , eight hundred and fifteene
yeeres, and begate sonnes & daughters
11 And all the dayes of Enos were
nine hundred & fiue yeres; and he died
12 IF And Cainan liued seuentie (• Greeke*
Maleleel.
yeeres, and begate tMahalaleel.
13 And Cainan liued after he begate
Mahalaleel, eight hundred and fourtie
yeeres, & begate sonnes and daughters
14 And al the dayes of Cainan were
nine hundred & ten yeres ; and he died.
15 IF And Mahalaleel liued sixtie and
Sue yeeres, and begat t .Tared. \HebtIered.
16 And Mahalaleel liued after he be-
gate Jared, eight hundred and thirtie
yeeres, and begate sonnes & daughters.
17 And all the dayes of Mahalaleel,
were eight hundred ninetie and fiue
yeeres, and he died.
18 IF And Jared liued an hundred
sixtie and two yeeres, & he begat Enoch.
19 And Jared liued after he begate
Enoch, eight hundred yeres, and begate
sonnes and daughters.
20 And all the dayes of Jared were
nine hundred sixtie and two yeeres, and
ie died.
21 IF And Enoch lined sixtie and fiue
yeeres, and begate || Methuselah. II Gr. Ma.
thu-sala.
22 And Enoch walked with God,
after he begate Methuselah, three hun-
dred yeeres, and begate sonnes and
daughters.
23 And all the dayes of Enoch, were
three hundred sixtie and fiue yeeres.
24 And * Enoch walked with God :44.l6.heb.
* Ecclus.
and he was not ; for God tooke him. 11.5.
25 And Methuselah liued an hun-
26 And Methuselah liued, after hee
Hebr. Le-
and
Methufelah. Genelis.
nd two yeeres, and begate sonnes and
aughters.
27 And all the dayes of Methuselah
ere nine hundred, sixtie and nine
yeeres, and he died.
28 IF And Lamech liued an hun-
red eightie and two yeeres: and be-
ate a sonne.
Gr. Noe. 29 And he called his name ||Noah,
ay ing; This same shall comfort vs, con-
erning our woorke and toyle of our
lands, because of the ground, which the
LORD hath cursed.
30 And Lamech liued, after hee be-
ate Nftah, fiue hundred ninetie and
ue yeeres, and begate sonnes and
aughters.
31 And all the dayes of Lamech
were seuen hundred seuentie and seuen
yeeres, and he died.
32 And Noah was fiue hundred
'eeres older and Noah begate Sem,
lam, and Japheth.
C H A P . VI.
1 The wickednesse of the world, which prouo-
ked Gods wrath, and caused the Flood. 8
Noah findeth grace. 13 The order, forme
and end of the Arke.
Nd it came to passe, when
ill
men began to multiply on
the face .of the earth, and
daughters were borne vnT
to them:
2 That the sonnes of God saw the
daughters of men, that they were faire,
and they took them wines, of all which
they chose.
3 And the LORD said, My Spi-
rit shall not alwayes striue with man;
br that hee also is flesh: yet his dayes
shalbe an hundred and twenty yeeres.
4 There were Giants in the earth
in those daies: and also after that, when
the eonnes of God came in vnto the
daughters of men, & they bare children
to them; the same became mightie men
which were of old, men of renowme.
5 1F And God saw, that the wicked
II Or, the
nes of man was great in the earth, anc
whole "nofft- || that euery imagination of the thought
nation. The of his * heart was onely will t conti
Hebr.wordtig-
nifiethnotone- nually.
lytheimagina-
tion, but also
the purposes 6 And it fepented the LORD
and desire*.
* Chap. 8.
that he had made man on the earth, am
21. mat 15. it grieued him at his heart.
19.
t Hebr. eue- 7 And the LORD said, I wil
ry day. destroy man, whom I haue created
Noahs Arke.
rom the face of the earth: t both man' man Hcbr.from
vnto
nd beast, and the creeping thing, and beast.
le foules of the aire: for it repenteth me
bat I haue made them.
8 But Noah found grace in the
yes of the LORD.
9 IF These are the generations of
Noah: * Noah was a iust man, and 7.Ecclus. 2. pet.
44
perfect in his generations, and Noah .5.
Or. vp-
alked with God. right.
10 And Noah begate three sonnes:
Sem, Ham, and Japheth.
11 The earth also was corrupt be-
fore God; and the earth was filled with
violence.
12 And God looked vpon the earth,
and behold, it was corrupt: for all flesh
lad corrupted his way vpon the earth.
13 And God said vnto N,oah, The
end of all flesh is come before mee; for
he earth is filled with violence through
hem; and behold, I will destroy them
with the earth. I Or,/r0m
the earth.
14? II Make thee an Arke of Go-
)her-wood: troomes shalt thou make t Heb. nests.
n the arke, and shalt pitch it within and
without with pitch.
15 And this is the fashion, which thou
shalt make it of: the length of the arke
shalbe three hundred cubits, the breadth
of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thir-
tie cubits.
16 A window shalt thou make to
the arke, and in a cubite shalt thou fi-
nish it aboue; and the doore of the arke
ihalt thou set in the side thereof: With
Lower, second, and third stories shalt
thou make it.
17 And behold, I, euen I doe bring
a flood of waters vpon the earth, to de-
stroy all flesh, wherein is the breath ol
life from vnder heauen, and euery thing
that is in the earth shall die.
18 But with thee wil I establish my
Couenant: and thou shalt come into
the Arke, thou, and thy sonnes, and thy
wife, and thy sonnes wiues with thee.
19 And of euery liuing thing of all
flesh, two of euery sort shalt thou bring
into the Arke, to keepe them aliue with
thee: they shall be no ale and female.
20 Of fowles after their kinde, and
of cattel after their kinde: of euery cree-
ping thing of the earth after his kinde,
two of euery sort shall C9i»e vnto thee,
to keepe them aliue.
31 And take thou vnto thee of all
food that is eaten, and thou shalt ga-
ther it to thee; and it shall be for food,
for
Noah entreth Chap.vij.viij.
for thee, and for them.
* Heb. 11. 22 *Thus did Noah; according to
7.
all that God commanded him, so did he.
C H A P . VII.
1 Noah, with his familie, and the liuing crea-
tures, enter into the Arke. 17 The begin-
ning, increase, and continuance of the Flood.
* 2. Pet 2.5. Nd the *LORD saide
A vnto Noah, Come thou
and all thy house into the
Arke: for thee haue I
seene righteous before me,
in this generation.
2 Of euery cleane beast thou shalt
\Hebr.$euen take to thee t by seuens, the male and
s€uen»
his female : and of beastes that are not
cleane, by two, the male and his female.
3 Of fowles also of the aire, by
seuens, the male & the female; to keepe
seed aliue vpon the face of all the earth.
4 For yet sen en dayes, and I will
cause it to raine vpon the earth, fortie
dayes, and forty nights : and euery li-
uing substance that I haue made, will
t Heir, blot 1 1 destroy, fro off the face of the earth.
out.
5 And Noah did according vnto all
that the LORD commanded him.
6 And Noah was sixe hundred
yeeres old, when the flood of waters
was vpon the earth.
7 f And Noah went in, and his
sonnes, and his wife, and his sonnes
wiues with him, into the Arke, because
of the waters of the Flood.
8 Of cleane beasts, & of beasts that
are not cleane, & of fowles, and of eue-
ry thing that creepeth vpon the earth,
9 There went in two and two vn-
to Noah into the Arke, the male & the
female, as God had commanded Noah.
1 Or, on the
seuenth day. 10 And it came to passe || after seuen
dayes, that the waters of the Flood
were vpon the earth.
11 U In the sixe hundredth yeere of
Noahs life, in the second moneth, the se-
uenteenth day of the moneth, the same
day, were al the fountaines of the great 1 The waters asswage. 4 The Arke resteth on
BOr.^ood. deepe broken vp, and the ||wind_owes of
*o>tes»
heauen were opened.
1£ And the raine was vpon the
earth, fortie dayes, and fortie nights.
13 In the selfe same day entred No-
ah, and Sem, and Ham, and Japheth,
the sonnes of Noah, and Noahs wife,
and the three wiues of his sonnes with
them, into the Arke,
14 They, and euery beast after his
into the Arke.
kinde, & all the cattell after their kinde:
and euery creeping thing that creepeth
vppn the earth after his kinde, and eue-
ry foule after his kinde, euery birde of e-
uery tsort. t Heb. wingl
15 And they went in vnto Noah in^
to the Arke, two and two of all flesh.
wherein is the breath of life.
16 And they that went in, went in
male and female of all flesh, as God had
commaunded him : and the LORD
shut him in.
17 And the Flood was fortie dayes
vpon the earth, and the waters increa-
sed, and bare vp the Arke, and it was
lift vp aboue the earth.
18 And the waters preuailed, and
were encreased greatly vpon the earth :
and the Arke went vpon the face of the
waters.
19 And the waters preuailed excee-
dingly vpon the earth, and all the high
hils, that were vnder the whole heauen,
were couered.
20 Fifteene cubits vpward, did the
waters preuaile ; and the mountaines
were couered.
21 * And all flesh died, that mooued 4. » Wisd. 10.
vpon the earth, both of fowle, & of cat-
tell, and of beast, and of euery creeping
thing that creepeth vpon the earth,
and euery man.
22 All in whose nosethrils was the
t breath of life, of all that was in the breath
)Hebr.the
of the
dry land, died. spirit of life.
23 And euery liuing substance was
destroyed, which was vpon tile face of
the ground, both man and cattell, and
the creeping things, and the foule of the
heauen ; and they were destroyed from
the earth : and * Noah onely remained •Wisd. 10.
4. 2. pet. 2. 5
aliue, and they that were with him in
the Arke.
24 And the waters preuailed vpon
the earth, an hundred and fifty dayes.
C H A P . VIII.
Ararat. 7 The rauen and the doue. 15 Noah,
being commanded, 18 goeth forth of the
Arke. 20 He buildeth an Altar, and offe-
reth sacrifice, 21 which God accepteth, and
prorniseth to curse the earth np more.
Nd God remembred No-
A
ah, and euery liuing thing,
and all the cattell that was
with him in the Arke:
and God made a winde
to
The Arke refteth. Genefis.
to passe ouer the earth, and the waters
asswaged.
2 The fountaines also of the deepe,
and the windowes of heauen were
stopped, and the raine from heauen
was restrained.
3 And the waters returned from
t Hebr. in off the earth, tcontinually : and after the
going and
returning. end of the hundred and fiftie dayes, the
waters were abated.
4 And the Arke rested in the se-
uenth rrioneth, on the seuenteenth day
of the moneth, vpon the mountaines of
Ararat.
t Hebr. were 5 And the waters t decreased conti-
in going- and
decreasing. nually yntill the tenth moneth : in the
tenth moneth, on the first day of the mo-
neth, were the tops of the mountaines
scene.
6 IF And it came to passe at the end of
forty dayes, that Noah opened the win-
dow of the Arke which he had made.
7 And he sent forth a Rauen, which
t Hebr. in went foorth tto and fro, vntill the wa-
going foorth,
and retur- ters were dried vp from off the earth.
ning. 8 Also hee sent foorth a doue from
him, to see if the waters were abated
from off the face of the ground.
9 But the doue found no rest for the
sole of her foote, and she returned vnto
him into the Arke: for the waters were
on the face of the whole earth. Then he
put foorth his hand, and tooke her, and
t Hebr. cau- t pulled her in vnto him, into the Arke.
sed her to
come. 10 And hee stayed yet other seuen
dayes ; and againe hee sent foorth the
doue out of the Arke.
11 And the done came in to him in
the euening, and loe, in her mouth was
an Oliue leafe pluckt off: So Noah
knew that the Caters were abated
from off the earth.
12 And hee stayed yet other seuen
dayes, and sent forth the doue, which re-
turned not againe vnto him any more.
13 f And it came to passe in the sixe
hundredth and one yeere,inthe first mo-
neth, the first day of the moneth, the
waters were dryed vp from off the
earth: and Noah remooued the coue-
ring of the Arke, and looked, and be-
hold, the face of the ground was drie.
14 And in the second moneth, on the
seuen and twentieth day of the moneth,
was the earth dried.
15 IT And God spake vnto Noah,
saying,
16 Goe foorth of the Arke, thou,
and thy wife, and thy sonnes, and thy
Noah facrificeth.
sonnes wiues with thee :
17 Bring foorth with thee euery li-
uing thing that is with thee, of all flesh,
both of fowle, and of cattell, and of euery
creeping thing that creepeth vpon the
earth, that they may breed abundantly
in the earth, and be fruitful!, and multi-
ply vpon the earth.
18 And Noah went foorth, and his
sonnes, and his wife, and his sonnes
wiues with him :
19 Euery beast, euery creeping thing,
and euery fowle, and whatsoeuer cree-
peth vpon the earth, after their t kinds, milies.
r Hebr. fa- *
went foorth out of the Arke.
20 IT And Noah builded an Altar
vnto the LORD, and tooke of euery
cleane beast, and of euery cleane fowle,
and oflred burnt offrings on the Altar.
21 And the L O R D smelled a
tsweete sauour, and the LORD said uour t Hebr. a sa-
of rest.
in his heart, I will not againe curse the
ground any more for mans sake; for the
* imagination of mans heart is euil from • Chap. G.
his youth : neither will I againe smite 5.19.matt. 15.
any more euery thing liuing, as I haue
done.
22 tWhile the earth remaineth, seed- all t Heb. as yet
the dayes
time and haruest, and cold, and heat, of the earth.
and Summer, and Winter, and day
and night, shall not cease.
CHAP. IX.
1 God blesseth Noah. 4 Blood and murder
are forbidden. 9 Gods Couenant 13 sig-
nified by the Rainebow. 18 Noah reple-
nisheth the world, 20 planteth a Vineyard,
21 is drunken, and mocked of his sonne:
25 Curseth Canaan, 26 Blesseth Shem>
27 prayeth for laphet, 28 and dieth.
Nd God blessed Noah,
A and his sonnes, and said
vnto them, *Bee fruitfull 28.
and multiply, and reple- 17.
nish the earth.
*Chap. i.
and 8.
2 And the feare of you, & the dread
of you shall be vpon euery beast of the
earth, and vpon euery fowle of the aire,
vpon all that mooueth vpon the earth,
and vpon all the fishes of the sea; into
your hand are they deliuered.
3 Euery mouing thing that liueth,
shalbe meat for you; euen as the *greene * Chap. 1.
29.
herbe haue I giuen you all things.
4 *But flesh with the life thereof, * Leuit. 17.
which is the blood thereof, shall you not 14.
eate.
5 And surely your blood of your
Hues
The Rainbow. Chap.x.
liues will I require: at the hand of eue-
ry beast will I require it, & at the hand
of man, at the hand of euery mans bro-
ther will I require the life of man.
* Matt. 26.
52. rcucl.
6 *Who so sheddeth mans blood, by
13. 10. man shall his blood be shed : * for in the
*Chap. 1. image of God made he man.
27
7 And you, be ye fruitfull, and mul-
tiply, bring foorth aboundantly in the
earth, and multiply therein.
8 U And God spake vnto Noah, and
to his sonnes with him, saying ;
9 And I, behold, I establish my co-
uenant with you, and with your seede
after you :
10 And with euery liuing creature
that is with you, of the fowle, of the cat-
tell, and of euery beast of the earth with
you, from all that goe out of the Arke,
to euery beast of the earth.
* Esa. 54. 9. 11 And* I wil establish my couenant
with you, neither shal all flesh be cut off
any more, by the waters of a flood, nei-
ther shall there any more be a flood to
destroy the earth.
12 And God said, This is the token
of the Couenant which I make be-
tweene mee and you, and euery liuing
creature that is with you, for perpetuall
generations.
13 I doe set my bow in the cloud, and
it shall be for a token of a couenant, be-
tweene me and the earth.
* Ecclus. 43. 14 * And it shall come to passe, when
lit 12>
I bring a cloud ouer the earth, that the
bow shall be seene in the cloud.
15 And I will remember my coue-
nant, which is betweene mee and you,
and euery liuing creature of all flesh :
and the waters shall no more become a
flood to destroy all flesh.
16 And the bow shalbe in the cloud ;
and I will looke vpon it, that I may
remember the euerlasting couenant be-
tweene God and euery liuing creature,
of all flesh that is vpon the earth.
17 And God said vnto Noah, This
is the token of the couenant, which I
haue established betweene mee and all
flesh, that is vpon the earth.
18 H And the sonnes of Noah that
went forth of the Arke, were Shem,
and Ham , and laphet : and Ham is
i Heb. Che- the father of || Canaan.
naan.
19 These are the three sonnes of No-
ah : and of them was the whole earth
puerspread,
020 And Noah began to bee an hus-
bandman, and he planted a vineyard.
Noahs generations.
21 And he dranke of the wine, and
was drunken, and hee was vncouered
within his tent.
22 And Ham, the father of Canaan,
saw the nakednesse of his father, and
told his two brethren without.
28 And Shem and laphet tooke a
garment, and layed it vpon both their
shoulders, and went backward, and co-
uered the nakednesse of their father,
and their faces were backward, and they
saw not their fathers nakednesse.
24* And Noah awoke from his
wine, and knew what his yonger sonne
had done vnto him.
25 And he said, Cursed bee Canaan:
a seruant of seruants shall hee be vnto
his brethren.
26 And hee saide, Blessed bee the
LORD God of Shem, and Canaan
shalbe || his seruant.
27 God shall |[ enlarge laphet , to\ Orthem.
.seruant
and he shal dwel in the tents of Shem, I Or, per.
and Canaan shalbe his seruant. swade.
28 f And Noah liued after the flood,
three hundred and fifty yeeres.
29 And all the dayes of Noah were
nine hundred & fifty yeeres, and he died.
C H A P . X.
1 The generations of Noah. 2 The sonnes of
laphet. 6 The sonnes of Ham. 8 Nimrod
the first Monarch. 21 The sonnes of Shem.
Ow these are the gene-
N
rations of the sonnes of
Noah; Shem, Ham, and
laphet: and vnto them
were sonnes borne af-
ter the Flood.
2 * The sonnes of laphet : Go- * i. Chron.
1.5.
mer, and Magog, and Madai, and la-
uan, & Tubal, and Meshech, & Tiras.
8 And the sonnes of Gomer: Ash-
kenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 And the sons of lauan : Elishah,
and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5 By these were the lies of the
Gentiles diuided in their lands, euery
one after his tongue : after their fami-
lies, in their nations.
6 IT * And the sonnes of Ham: Cush, *i.1. 8*
Chroxu
and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
7 And the sonnes of Cush, Seba,
and tfauilah, and Sabtah, and Raa-
mah, and Sabtecha : and the sonnes of
Raamah : Sheba, and Dedan.
8 And Cush begat Nimrod : he be-
gan to be a mighty one in the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before
the
13
The firft Monarch. Genefis.
the LORD : wherefore it is saide,
Euen as Nimrod the mightie hunter
before the LORD.
10 And the beginning of his king-
Gr. Baby- dome was t Babel, and Erech, and Ac-
on.
cad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
I Or, he went 11 Out of that land || went forth As-
out into As-
syria. shur, and builded Nineueh, and the || ci-
II Or, the
streetesofthe
tie Rehoboth, and Calah,
Citie. 12 And Resen betweene Nineueh
and Calah : the same is a great citie.
13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and
Anamim , and Lehabim , and Naph-
tuhim,
14? And Pathrusim, and Casluhim
^out of whome came Philistiim) and
Caphtorim.
t Heb. Tzi. 15 IT And Canaan begate tSidon
On,
lis first borne, and Heth,
16 And the Jebusite, and the Emo-
rite, and the Girgasite,
17 And the Hiuite, and the Arkite,
and the Sinite,
18 And the Aruadite , and the Ze-
marite, and the Hamathite : and after-
ward were the families of the Canaa-
nites spread abroad.
19 And the border of the Canaa-
nites, was from Sidon, as thou com-
t Hebr. Az- mest to Gerar, vnto t Gaza, as thou go-
%o/h.
est vnto Sodoma and Gomorah, and
Admah, & Zeboim, euen vnto Lasha.
20 These are the sonnes of Ham, af-
ter their families, after their tongues,
in their countries, and in their nations.
21 f Vnto Shem also the father of
all the children of Eber, the brother of
laphet the elder, euen to him were
children borne.
*l. Chron. 22 The * children of Shem : Elam,
1.17.
t Hebr. Ar- and Asshur, and t Arphaxad, and Lud,
pachshad. and Aram.
23 And the children of Aram : Vz
and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
t Hebr. She
7/»fc
IQifl.
24 And Arphaxad begate t Salah
and Salah begate Eber.
* 1. Chron.
1. 19.
25 * And vnto Eber were borne two
sonnes : the name of one was Peleg, for
in his dayes was the earth diuided, anc
his brothers name was Joktan.
26 And Joktan begate Almodad
and Sheleph, and Hazarmaueth , anc
lerah,
27 And Hadoram, and Vzal, and
Diklah,
28 And Obal, and Abimael, anc
Sheba,
29 And Ophir, and Hauilah, & Io-
bab: all these were the sonnes of loktan
Babel builded.
30 And their dwelling was from
Vlesha, as thou goest vnto Sephar,
a mount of the East.
31 These are the sonnes of Shem, af-
;er their families, after their tongues,
n their lands after their nations.
32 These are the families of the
sonnes of Noah after their generati-
ons, in their nations: and by these were
the nations diuided in the earth after
the Flood.
C H A P . XI.
1 One language in the world. 3 The building
of Babel. 5 The confusion of tongues. 10
The generations of Shem. 27 The genera-
tions of Terah the father of Abrara. 31 Te-
rah goeth from Vr to Haran.
Nd *the whole earth was * Wis. 10. 5.
A of one t language, and of \Hebr.lippe.
one tspeach.
2 And it came to passe
as they iourneyed from
tHeb. words.
the East, that they found a plaine in the
land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
3 And tthey sayd one to another; \jaw Heb.aman
to his
Goe to, let vs make bricke, and t burne neighbour.
them thorowly. And they had bricke for them to burne
\ Heb.
CL
stone, and slime had they for morter. burning.
4 And they said; Goe to, let vs build
vs a city and a tower, whose top may
reach vnto heauen, and let vs make vs a
name, lest we be scattered abroad vpon
the face of the whole earth.
5 And the LORD came downe
to see the city and the tower, which the
children of men builded.
6 And the LORD said; Behold,
the people is one, and they liaue all one
language : and this they begin to doe :
and now nothing will be restrained
from them, which they haue imagined
to doe.
7 Goe to, let vs go downe, and there
cofound their language, that they may
not vnderstand one anothers speech.
8 So the LORD scattered them
abroad from thence, vpon the face of al
the earth: and they left off to build the
Citie.
9 Therefore is the name of it called
t Babel, because the LORD did there t That is.
confound the language of all the earth : Confusion.
and from thence did the LORD scat-
ter them abroad vpon the face of all the
earth.
10 f * These are the generations ol *11. I1.17/ .Chron.
Shem. Shem was an hundred yeres old,
anc
The generations Chap.xij.
and begate Arphaxad two yeeres after
the Flood.
11 And Shem liued, after he begate
Arphaxad, fiue hundred yeeres, and be-
gate sonnes and daughters.
12 And Arphaxad liued fiue and thir-
tie yeeres, and begate Salah.
18 And Arphaxad liued, after he be-
gate Salah, foure hundred and three
yeeres, and begate sonnes and daugh-
ters.
14 And Salah liued thirtie yeeres5
and begate Eber.
15 And Salah liued, after hee begate
Eter, foure hundred and three yeeres,
and begate sonnes and daughters.
* l.Chron. 16 * And Eber liued foure and thirty
1.19.
* Called yeeres, and begate * Peleg.
Luke 3. 35. 17 And Eber liued, after hee begate
Phalec.
Peleg, foure hundred and thirtie yeres,
and begate sonnes and daughters.
18 And Peleg liued thirtie yeeres,
and begate Reu*
19 And Peleg liued, after hee begate
Reu, two hundred and nine yeeres, and
begate sonnes and daughters.
£0 And Reu liued two and thirtie
* Luc. 5.35 yeeres, and begate * Serug.
Saruch.
21 And Reu liued, after hee begate
Serug, two hundreth and seuen yeres,
and begate sonnes and daughters.
22 And Serug liued thirtie yeeres,
and begate Nahor.
23 And Serug liued, after he begate
Nahor, two hundred yeeres, and begat
sonnes and daughters.
24 And Nahor liued nine and twen-
* Luc. a 34. tie yeeres, and begate * Terah.
Thara.
25 And Nahor liued, after he begate
Terah, an hundred & nineteene yeeres,
and begate sonnes and daughters.
26 And Terah liued seuen ty yeeres,
* losh. 24.! and * begate Abram, Nahor, £ Haran.
l.Chron. 1.
26. 27 1f Now these are the generati-
ons of Terah: Terah begate Abram,
Nahor, and Haran: And Haran be-
gate Lot.
28 And Haran died, before his father
Terah in the land of his natiuity, in Vr
of the Chaldees.
29 And Abram and Nahor tooke
them wiues: the name of Abrams wife
was Sarai, and the name of Nahors
wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran,
the father of Milcah, and the father of
Iscah.
SO But Sarai was barren; she had
no childe.
31 And Terah tooke Abram his
of Terah. Abram.
sonne, and Lot the sonne of Haran his
sonnes sonne, and Sarai his daughter
in lawe, his sonne Abrams wife, and
they went foorth with them from * Vr 9.7.* Nehem.
Judith.
of the Chaldees, to goe into the land of 5.7. acts. 7-
Canaan: and they came vnto Haran, 4.
and dwelt there.
32 And the dayes of Terah, were
two hundred and fiue yeres: and Te-
rah died in Haran.
CHAP. XH.
1 God calleth Abram, and blesseth him with a
promise of Christ. 4 He departeth with Lot
from Haran. 6 He iourneyeth through Ca-
naan, 7 which is promised him in a vision.
10 Hee is driuen by a famine into Egypt.
11 Feare maketh him fame his wife to be his
sister. 1 i Pharaoh hauing taken her from
him, by plagues is. compelled to restore her.
Ow the *LORD had *Act&?.3,
m
said vnto Abram, Get thee
out of thy countrey, and
from thykinred, and from
thy fathers house, vnto a
land that I will shew thee.
& And I will make of thee a great
nation, and I wil blesse thee, and make
thy name great; and thou shalt bee a
blessing.
3 And I will blesse them that blesse
thee, and curse him, that curseth thee:
*and in thee shal all families of the earth 18.
* Chap. 18.
and 22.
be blessed. 18. acts. 3.
! 1 So Abram departed, as the 25.galat3.
LORD had spoken vnto him, and
Lot went with him: And Abram was
seuen tie and fiue yeeres old when he de-
parted out of Haran.
5 And Abram tooke Sarai his wife,
and Lot his brothers sonne, and all
their substance that they had gathered,
and the soules that they had gotten in
Haran, and they went foorth to goe into
the land of Canaan: and into the land
of Canaan they came.
6 IT And Abram passed through the
land, vnto the place of Sichem, vnto
the plaine of Moreh. And the Canaa-
nite was then in the land,
7 And the LORD appeared vn-
to Abram, and said, * Vnto thy seed wil 15. * Chap. 13.
I giue this land: and there builded hee
an * altar vnto the LORD, who ap- 4. * Chap, 13
peared vnto him.
8 And he remoued from thence vn-
to a mountaine, on the East of Beth-el,
and pitched his tent hauing Beth-el on
the
Abram in Egypt. Genefis.
the West, and Hai on the East: and
there hee builded an altar vnto the
LORD, and called vpon the Name
of the LORD.
\ Heb. in go- 9 And Abram Journeyed, || going on
ing andiour-
twying. still toward the South.
10 *ff And there was a famine in the
land, and Abram went downe into E-
^ypt, to soiourne there : for the famine
was grieuous in the land.
11 And it came to passe when he was
come neere to enter into Egypt, that he
said vnto Sarai his wife, Behold now,
[ know that thou art a faire woman
to looke vpon.
1% Therefore it shall come to passe,
when the Egyptians shall see thee, that
they shall say, This is his wife : and
they will kill me, but they will saue thee
aliue.
13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my si-
ster, that it may be wel with me, for thy
sake; and my soule shall Hue, because of
thee.
14 11 And it came to passe, that when
Abram was come into Egypt, the E-
gyptians beheld the woman, that shee
was very faire.
15 The Princes also of Pharaoh saw
her, and commended her before Pha-
raoh : and the woman was taken into
Pharaohs house.
16 And he entreated Abram well for
her sake: and he had sheepe, and oxen,
and hee asses, and men seruants, and
maid seruants, and shee asses, and ca-
mels.
17 And the LORD plagued Pha-
raoh & his house with great plagues,
because of Sarai Abrams wife.
18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and
said, What is this that thou hast done
vnto me? Why diddest thou not tell me,
that she was thy wife ?
19 Why saidest thou, Shee is my si-
ster? so I might haue taken her to mee
to wife: now therfore behold, thy wife,
take her and goe thy way.
20 And Pharaoh comanded his men
concerning him : and they sent him a-
way, and his wife, and all that he had,
C H A P . XIII.
1 Abram and Lot returne out of Egypt. 7 By
disagreement they part asunder. 10 Lot go-
eth to wicked Sodom. 14- God renueth the
promise to 'Abram. 18 He remouetji |p Jle-
bron, and tfaerg buildeth an Altar.
Abram and Lot.
Nd Abram went vp out
A
of Egypt, he and his wife,
and all that he had, and
Lot with him, into the
SnufVi
2 And Abram was very rich in cat-
tell, in siluer, and in gold.
3 And hee went on his iourneyes
:rpm the South, euen to Beth-el, vnto
;he place where his tent had bene at the
Beginning, betweene Beth-el and Hai :
4 Vnto the * place of the altar, which * Chap, 12.
le had made there at the first: and there • *
Abram called on the Name of the
LORD.
5 IT And Lot also which went with
Abram, had flocks and heards, & tents.
6 And the land was not able to
beare them, that they might dwell to-
gether : for their substance was great,
so that they could not dwell together.
7 And there was a strife betweene
the heardmen of Abrams cattell, and
the heardmen of Lots cattell: And the
Canaanite, and the Perizzite dwelled
then in the land.
8 And Abram said vnto Lot, Let
there be no strife, I pray thee, betweene
mee and thee, and betweene my heard-
men and thy heardmen : for wee bee
t brethren. t Hebr. men
9 Is not the whole land before brethren.
thee ? Separate thy selfe, I pray thee,
from mee: ifihouwilt take the left hand,
then I will goe to the right : or if thou
depart to the right hand , then I will
goe to the left.
10 And Lot lifted vp his eyes, and
beheld all the plaine of lordane, that it
was well watered euery where before
the Lord destroyed Sodome and Go-
morah , euen as the garden of the
LORD, like the land of Egypt, as
thou commest vnto Zoar.
11 Then Lot chose him all the plaine
of lordane : and Lot iourneyed East ;
and they separated themselues the one
from the other.
12 Abram dwelled in the land of Ca-
naan, and Lot dwelled in the cities ol
the plaine, and pitched his tent toward
Sodome.
. 13 But the men of Sodome were
wicked, and sinners before the LORD
exceedingly.
14 f And the LORD said vnto
Abram, after that Lot was separated
from him, Lift vp now thine eyes, and
looke from the place where thou art,
North-
Gods promife. Chap.xiiij.
Northward , and Southward , and
Eastward, and Westward.
15 For all the land which thou seest,
* Chap. 12.
7. and 26.
*to thee will I giue it, and to thy seede
4. deut 34. for euer.
4* 16 And I will make thy seede as the
dust of the earth : so that if a man can
number the dust of the earth, then shall
thy seed also be numbred.
17 Arise, walke through the land, in
the length of it, and in the breadth of it :
for I will giue it vnto thee.
18 Then Abram remoued his tent,
\Hebr.
ylaines.
and came and dwelt in the t plaine of
Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built
there an altar vnto the LORD.
C H A P . XIIII.
1 The battell of foure Kings against fine. 1 1
Lot is taken prisoner. 14 Abram rescueth
him. 18 Melchi-zedek blesseth Abram. 20
Abram giueth him tithe. 22 The rest of the
spoile,his partners hauing had their portions,
he restoreth to the King of Sodom.
Nd it came to passe in the
H dayes of Amraphel King
of Shinar, Arioch King
of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer
King of Elam, and Ti-
dal King of nations :
2 That these made warre with Be-
ra King of Sodome, and with Birsha
King of Gomorrah , Shinab King of
Admah, and Shemeber King of Ze-
boiim , and the King of Bela , which
is Zoar.
3 All these were ioyned together in
the vale of Siddim ; which is the salt
Sea.
4 Twelue yeeres they serued Che-
dorlaomer, and in the thirteenth yeere
they rebelled.
5 And in the fourteenth yeere came
Chedorlaomer, and the Kings that
were with him, and smote the Repha-
ims, in Ashteroth Karnaim, & the Zu-
II Or, the zims in Ham, and the Emims in || Sha-
plaine ofKi-
riathaim. ueh Kiriathaim ;
6 And the Horites in their mount
H Or, the
plaine of Seir, vnto ||El-Paran, which is by the
Paran, wildernesse.
7 And they returned, and came to
En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, & smote
all the countrey of the Amalekites, and
also the Amontes, that dwelt in Haze-
zon-tamar.
8 And there went out the King of
Sodome, and the King of Gomorrah,
Melchizedek.
and the King of Admah, and the King
of Zeboiim, and the King of Bela, (the
same is Zoar) and they ioyned battell
with them, in the vale of Siddim,
9 With Chedorlaomer the King of
Elam , and with Tidal King of nati-
ons, and Amraphel King of Shinar,
and Arioch King of Ellasar ; foure
Kings with fiue.
10 And the vale of Siddim was full
of slime-pits: and the Kings of So-
dome & Gomorrah fled, and fell there :
and they that remained, fled to the
mountaine.
11 And they tooke all the goods of
Sodome and Gomorrah, and all their
victuals, and went their way.
12 And they tooke Lot, Abrams bro-
thers sonne, (who dwelt in Sodome)
and his goods, and departed.
13 H And there came one that had
escaped , and told Abram the Hebrew,
for hee dwelt in the plaine of Mamre
the A morite, brother of Eshcol, andbro-
ther of Aner : and these were confede-
rate with Abram.
14 And when Abram heard that his
H Or, led
brother was taken captiue , he || armed foorth.
his || trained seruants borne in his owne II Or, instru-
house, three hundred and eighteene,and cted.
pursued them vnto Dan.
15 And hee diuided himselfe against
them, he and his seruants by night, and
smote them , and pursued them vnto
Hoba, which is on the left hand of Da-
mascus :
16 And hee brought backe all the
goods, and also brought againe his bro-
ther Lot, and his goods, and the wo-
men also, and the people.
17 IT And the king of Sodome went
out to meete him , (after his returne
from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer,
and of the Kings that were with him)
at the valley of Saueh, which is the
* Kings dale. * 2. Sam. 18.
18 And * Melchizedek King of Sa- 18. * Heb. 7. 1.
lem brought foorth bread and wine:
and he was the Priest of the most high
God.
19 And hee blessed him , and saide ;
Blessed bee Abram of the most high
God, possessour of heauen and earth.
20 And blessed bee the most high
God, which hath deliuered thine ene-
mies into thy hand: and hee gaue him
* tithes of all. *Heb.7.4.
21 And the King of Sodome said
vnto Abram, giue rne the t persons, and Mlebr,
soutes*
take
jrods promiie. Genefis.
ake the goods to thy selfe.
22 And Abram said to the King of
odome, I haue lift vp my hand vnto
he LORD, the most high God, the
wssessour of heauen and earth,
83 That I wil not take from a threed
uen to a shoe latchet, and that I will
not take any thing that is thine, lest
hou shouldest say, I haue made A-
>ram rich:
24? Saue onely that which the yong
men haue eaten, and the portion of the
men which went with mee, Aner, Es-
chol, and Mamre; let them take their
>ortion.
C H A P . XV.
1 God encourageth Abram. 2 Abram com-
plaineth for want of an heire. 4 God pro-
miseth him a sonne, and a multiplying of his
seed. 6 Abram is iustified by faith. 7 Ca-
naan is promised againe, and confirmed by
a signe, 12 and a vision.
Fter these things, the
Ms
word of the LORD
came vnto Abram in a vi-
sion, saying; Feare not,
Abram: I am thy shield,
*PsaLl6.1G and thy exceeding * great reward.
2 And Abram said, Lord GOD,
what wilt thou giue me , seeing I goe
childlesse? and the steward of rny house
s this Eliezer of Damascus.
3 And Abram said ; Behold, to mce
thou hast giuen no seed : and loe , one
)orne in my house is mine heire.
4 And behold, the word of the
LORD came vnto him, saying ; This
shall not be thine heire: but he that shal
come foorth out of thy owne bowels,
shalbe thine heire.
5 And he brought him forth abroad,
and said , Looke now towards hea
uen, and tell the starres, if thou be able
to number them. And hee said vnto
* Rom. 4. him, *So shall thy seed be.
18.
* Rom. 4. 3 6 And he *beleeued in the LORD
galat3.6. and hee counted it to him for righte
am. 2. 23.
ousnesse.
7 And he said vnto him ; I am the
LORD that brought thee out of Vr
of the Caldees, to giue thee this land
to inherit it.
8 And he said, Lord GOD, where
by shal I know that I shall inherit it
9 And he said vnto him, Take me
an heifer of three yeeres old, and a shee
goat of three yeeres old, and a ramme
of three yeeres old, and a turtle doue
and a yong- pigeon.
Abrams vifion.
10 And he tooke vnto him all these,
and diuided them in the midst, and layd
each peece one against another: but the
)irds diuided he not.
11 And when the fowles came
owne vpon the cardases, Abram droue
them away.
12 And when the Sunne was go-
ng downe, a deepe sleepe fell vpon A-
)ram : and loe, an horrour of great
larkenesse fell vpon him.
13 And he said vnto Abram, Know
of a surety, * that thy seed shalbea stran- •* Acts 7. 6.
ger, in a land that is not theirs, and shal
serue them, and they shall afflict them
foure hundred yeeres.
14 And also that nation whom they
shall serue, wil I iudge: and afterward
shall they come out with great sub-
stance.
15 And thou shalt goe to thy fathers
in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good
old age.
16 But in the fourth generation they
shall come hither againe: for the iniqui-
tie of the Amorites is not yet full.
17 And it came to passe that when
the Sunne went downe, and it was
darke, behold, a smoking furnace, and a
t burning lampe that passed betweene aII Hebrewe.
lampe of
those pieces. fire.
18 In that same day the LORD
made a couenant with Abram, saying;
* Vnto thy seed haue I giuen this land 7.'* Chap. 12.
and 13.
Srom the riuer
. of Egypti vnto the great 15. & 26, 4.
deut 34. 4>
riuer, the riuer Euphrates :
19 The Kenites, and the Kenizites,
and the Kadmonites :
20 And the Hittites, and the Pe-
rizzites, and the Rephaims,
21 And the Amorites, and the Ca-
naanites, and the Girgashites, and the
lebusites.
C H A P . XVI.
1 Sarai, being barren, giueth Hagar to Abram
4 Hagar being afflicted for despising her mi-
stresse, runneth away. 7 An Angel sendeth
her backe to submit her selfe, 11 and telleth
her of her child. 15 Ishraael is borne.
Ow Sarai Abrams wife
N
bare him no children: anc
she had an handmaide, an
Egyptian , whose name
was Hagar.
2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Be-
hold now, the LORD hath restrai-
ned me from bearing: I pray thee go in
vnto my maid: it may bee that I may
t obtaine
 Hagar fleeth. Chap.xvij.
t Heb. bee t obtaine children by her : and Abram
Gilded by
her. hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
3 And Sarai Abrams wife , tooke
Hagar her maid, the Egyptian,, after A-
brarn had dwelt ten yeeres in the land
of Canaan , and gaue her to her hus-
band Abram, to be his wife.
4 1f And he went in vnto Hagar,
and she conceiued: And when shee saw
that shee had conceiued, her mistresse
was despised in her eyes.
5 And Sarai said vnto Abram, My
wrong be vpon thee : I haue giuen my
maid into thy bosome, and when shee
saw that she had conceiued, I was de-
spised in her eyes : the LORD iudge
betweene me and thee.
6 But Abram said vnto Sarai, Be-
hold, thy maid is in thy hand; doe to her
t Heb. that t as it please th thee. And when Sarai
which is good,
in thy eyes. t dealt hardly with her, shee fled from
t Heb. afti- her face.
,i€0t ncT*
ftta/t ho/»
7 If And the Angel of the LORD
found her by a fountaine of water, in
the wildernesse, by the fountaine, in the
way to Shur :
8 And he said, Hagar Sarais maid,
whence earnest thou ? and whither wilt
thou goe? And she said, I flee from the
face of my mistresse Sarai.
9 And the Angel of the LORD
said vnto her, Returne to thy mistresse,
and submit thy selfe vnder her hands.
10 And the Angel of the LORD
said vnto her, I will multiply thy seede
exceedingly, that it shall not benumbred
for multitude.
11 And the Angel of the LORD
said vnto her, Behold, thou art with
child, and shalt beare a sonne, and shalt
II That is. call his name || Ishmael ; because the
7orf shall
teare. LORD hath heard thy affliction.
1£ And he will be a wilde man ; his
hand will be against euery man, and e-
* Chap. 25. uery mans hand against him : *& he shal
18. dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
13 And shee called the name of the
LORD that spake vnto her, Thou
God seest me: for she said, Haue I also
here looked after him that seeth me ?
14 Wherefore the well was called,
* Chap. 24. * || Beer-lahai-roi : Behold, It is be-
62.
1! That is, tweene Cadesh and Bered.
the well of
hivn that li-
15 H And Hagar bare Abram a sonne:
uethandsee- and Abram called his sonnes name,
ethme. which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
16 And Abram was fourescore and
sixe yeeres old, when Hagar bare Ish-
mael to Abram.
Abraham.
CHAP XVII.
1 God reneweth the Couenant. 5 Abram his
name is changed, in token of a greater bles-
sing. 10 Circumcision is instituted. 15 Sa-
rai her name is changed, and she blessed. 17
Izsaac is promised. 23 Abram and Jshwael
are circumcised.
Nd when Abram was
A
ninetie yeres old and nine,
the LORD appeared
to Abram, and said vnto
him, I am the almightie
God, *walke before me, and be thou * Chap. 5.
22.
| perfect. t Or*vpright
% And I wil make my couenant be- or sincere.
tweene me and thee, and will multiply
thee exceedingly.
3 And Abram fell on his face, and
God talked with him, saying,
4 As for me, behold, my couenant
is with thee, and thou shalt be a * father
\ Heb. mul-
of || many nations. titude of na-
5 Neither shall thy name any more tions.
be called Abram, but thy name shall bee
Abraham : *for a father of many nati- * Rom. 4.17
ons haue I made thee.
6 And I will make thee exceeding
fruitfull, and I will make nations of
thee, and Kings shall come out of thee.
7 And I will establish my couenant
betweene me and thee, and thy seede af-
ter thee, in their generations for an e-
uerlasting couenant, to bee a God vnto
thee, and to thy seed after thee.
8 And I will giue vnto thee, and
to thy seed after thee, the land t wherein soiournings.
t Heb. of thy
thou art a stranger, all the land of Ca-
naan, for an euerlasting possession, and
I will be their God.
9 H And God said vnto Abraham,
Thou shalt keepe my couenant there-
fore, thou, and thy seede after thee, in
their generations.
10 This is my couenant, which yee
shall keepe betweene me and you, and
thy seed after thee: * euery man-child a- Acts 7- 8.
mong you shall be circumcised.
11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of
your foreskinne; and it shal be a * token * Acts 7.8.
of the couenant betwixt me and you. rom.4.11.
12 And he that is t eight dayes olde, sonneofeight
t Hebr. a
*shalbe circumcised among you, euery dayes.
man child in your generations, he that 3.* Leuit 12.
luke 2.21
is borne in the house, or bought with iohn7.22.
money of any stranger, which is not of
thy seed.
13 He that is borne in thy house, and
he that is bought with thy money, must
needs
Of Circumcifion. Genefis.
needs be circumcised : and my couenant
shall be in your flesh, for an euerlasting
couenant.
14? And the vncircumcised man-child,
whose flesh of his foreskinne is not cir-
cumcised, that soule shall be cut off from
lis people : hee hath broken my coue-
nant.
15 IF And God said vnto Abraham,
As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not
call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall
ler name be.
16 And I will blesse her, and giue
;hee a sonne also of her: yea I wil blesse
t Hebr. she ier,and ||she shalbe a mother of nations;
shall become
nations. Kings of people shall be of her.
17 Then Abraham fell vpon his
:ace, and laughed, and said in his heart,
Shall a child be borne vnto him that is
an hundred yeeres old ? and shal Sarah
that is ninetie yeeres old, beare ?
18 And Abraham said vnto God, O
that Ishmael might Hue before thee.
* Chapi 18. 19 And God said, * Sarah thy wife
10. and 21.
2. shall beare thee a sonne in deede, and
thou shalt call his name Isaac : and I
will establish my eouenant with him,
for an euerlasting couenant, and with
his seed after him.
20 And as for Ishmael , I haue
beard thee: behold, I haue blessed him,
and will make him fruitfull , and will
* Gene. 25. multiplie him exceedingly : * Twelue
12.
princes shall he beget, and I will make
him a great nation.
21 But my couenant wil I establish
with Isaac, which Sarah shall beare
vnto thee, at this set time, in the next
yeere.
22 And he left off talking with him,
and God went vp from Abraham.
23 IT And Abraham tooke Ishmael
his sonne, and all that were borne in his
house, and all that were bought with
his money, euery male, among the men
of Abrahams house , and circumcised
the flesh of their foreskinne, in the selfe-
same day, as God had said vnto him.
24 And Abraham was ninety yeeres
old and nine, when he was circumcised
in the flesh of his foreskinne.
25 And Ishmael his sonne was thir-
teene yeeres old, when he was circum-
cised in the flesh of his foreskinne.
26 In the selfe same day was A-
braham circumcised, and Ishmael his
sonne.
27 And all the men of his house,
borne in the house, and bought with
Three Angels.
money of the stranger, were circumci-
sed with him.
, C H A P. X V I I I .
1 Abraham entertaineth three Angels. 9 Sa-
rah is reproued for laughing at the strange
promise. 17 The destruction of Sodome is
reuealed to Abraham. 23 Abraham raa-
keth intercession for the men thereof.
Nd the * LORD ap- * Hebr. 13.
HKi peared vnto him, in the 2.
^/g'Ti^Y^I, plaines of Mamre: and he
sate in the tent doore,in the
heat of the day.
2 And he lift vp his eyes and loo-
ked, and loe, three men stood by him :
and when he saw them, hee ranne to
meete them from the tent doore, and
bowed himselfe toward the ground,
3 And said, My Lord, If now I
haue found fauour in thy sight, passe
not away, I pray thee, fro thy seruant:
4 Let a little water, I pray you, be
fetched, and wash your feete, and rest
your selues vnder the tree :
5 And I will fetch a morsell of
bread ; and t comfort ye your hearts, af- t Hebr. stay.
ter that you shall passe on : for therefore
t are you come to your seruant. And haue t Hebr. you
passed.
they said ; So doe, as thou hast said.
6 And Abraham hastened into the
tent, vnto Sarah, & said; tMake ready t Hebr. Ha-
quickly three measures of fine meale, sten.
knead it, and make cakes vpon the
hearth.
7 And Abraham ranne vnto the
heard, and fetcht a calfe, tender and
good, and gaue it vnto a yong man:
and he hasted to dresse it.
8 And he tooke butter, and milke,
and the calfe which he had dressed, and
set it before them ; and he stood by them
vnder the tree : and they did eate.
9 f And they said vnto him, Where
is Sarah thy wife ? And he said, Be-
hold, in the tent.
10 And he said, I will certainly re-
turne vnto thee according to the time of
life ; and loe , * Sarah thy wife shall * Chap. 17.
19. and 21.
haue a sonne. And Sarah heard it in a.
the tent doore, which was behind him.
11 Now Abraham and Sarah were
old, and well stricken in age: and it cea-
sed to be with Sarah after the maner
of women.
12 Therefore Sarah laughed with-
in her selfe, saying, After I am waxed
old, shall I haue pleasure, my * lord be- 6.* 1. Pet. 3.
ing old also ?
13 And
Abraham prayeth Chap.xix.
13 And the LORD said vnto A-
braham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh,
saying; Shall I of a surety beare a
childe, which am old ?
14 Is any thing too hard for the
LORD? At the time appointed will
I returne vnto thee, according to the
time of life, and Sarah shall haue a
sonne.
15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I
laughed not : for she was afraid. And
he said, Nay, but thou diddest laugh.
16 U And the men rose vp from
thence, and looked toward Sodome:
and Abraham went with them , to
bring them on the way.
17 And the LORD said, Shall I
hide from Abraham that thing which
I doe;
18 Seeing that Abraham shall sure-
ly become a great and mighty nation,
and all the nations of the earth shall be
* Cfiap. 12. * blessed in him ?
;i. and 22.
1 8. acts. 3. 19 For I know him, that hee will
25. galat.
3. It.
command his children, and his house-
hold after him, and they shall keepe the
way of the LORD, to doe iustice and
Judgement, that the LORD may
bring vpon Abraham, that which hee
hath spoken of him.
20 And the LORD said, Because
the cry of Sodome and Gomorrah is
great , and because their sinne is very
grieuous :
21 I will goe downe now, and see
whether they haue done altogether ac-
cording to the cry of it, which is come
vnto me : and if not, I will know.
22 And the men turned their faces
from thence , and went toward So-
dome: but Abraham stood yet before
the LORD.
23 IF And Abraham drew neere, and
said. Wilt thou also destroy the righ-
teous with the wicked ?
24 Peraduenture there be fifty righ-
teous within the citie; wilt thou also de-
stroy, and not spare the place for the fif-and he bowed himselfe with his face to-
tie righteous, that are therein ?
25 That be farre from thee, to do af-
ter this maner, to slay the righteous
with the wicked, and that the righteous
should be as the wicked, that be farre
from thee : Shall not the ludge of all
the earth doe right ?
26 And the LORD said, If I all night.
find in Sodom fiftie righteous, within
the citie, then I will spare all the place and they turned in vnto him, and en-
for their sakes.
for the Sodomites.
27 And Abraham answered, and
said, Behold now, I haue taken vpon
me to speake vnto the LORD, which
am but dust and ashes.
28 Peraduenture there shall lacke
fine of the fiftie righteous: wilt thou de-
stroy all the citie for lacke of fiue? And he
said, If I find there fourtie and fiue,
I will not destroy it.
29 And hee spake vnto him yet a-
gaine, and said, Peraduenture there
shall be fourtie found there: and he said,
I will not doe it for fourties sake.
30 And he said vnto him, Oh let not
the Lord be angry, and I will speake:
Peraduenture there shall thirtie bee
found there. And he said, I will not doe
it, if I find thirtie there.
31 And he said. Behold now, I haue
taken vpon mee to speake vnto the
Lord: Peraduenture there shall bee
twenty found there. And he said, I
will not destroy it for twenties sake.
32 And hee saide, Oh let not the
Lord be angry, and I will speake yet
but this once: Peraduenture ten shall be
found there. And he said, I will not de-
stroy it for tennes sake.
33 And the LORD went his way,
assoone as hee had left communing
with Abraham: and Abraham retur-
ned vnto his place.
CHAP. XIX.
1 Lot entertaineth two Angels. 4- The vici-
ous Sodomites are striken with blindnesse.
12 Lot is sent for safety into the mountaines.
18 Hee obtaineth leaue to goe into Zoar.
24 Sodome and Gomorrah are destroyed.
26 Lots wife is a pillar-of salt 30 Lot dwel-
leth in a caue. 31 The incestuous origin all
of Moab and Ammon.
Nd there came two An-
8
gels to Sodome at euen,
and Lot sate in the gate of
Sodome: and Lot seeing
^•m,rosevpto meet them,
ward the ground.
2 And he said, Beholde now my
Lords, turne in, I pray you, into your
seruants house, and tarie all night, and
*wash your feete, and ye shall rise vp * Chap. 18.
early and goe on your wayes. And they 4.
said, Nay: but we wil abide in the street
3 And he pressed vpon them greatly,
tred into his house: and he made them
a feast,
Lots houfe befet. Genefis.
feast, and did bake vnleauened bread.
smd they did eate.
4 IT But before they lay downe,
be men of the citie, euen the men of So-
om, compassed the house round, both
Id and yong, all the people from euery
uarter.
5 And they called vnto Lot, and said
vnto him, Where are the men which
ame in to thee this night? bring them
ut vnto vs, that we may know them.
6 And Lot went out at the doore
vnto them, & shut the doore after him,
7 And said , I pray you, brethren,
loe not so wickedly.
8 Behold now, I haue two daugh-
ers, which haue not knowen man ; let
mee, I pray you, bring them out vnto
rou, and doe ye to them, as is good in
rour eyes : onely vnto these men do no-
ihing: for therefore came they vnder the
hadow of my roofe.
9 And they said, Stand backe. And
ihey said againe, This one fellow came
n to soiourne, and he will needs bee a
'udge: Now wil we deale worse with
hee, then with them. And they pressed
ore vpon the man, euen Lot, and came
neere to breake the doore.
10 But the men put forth their hand,
and pulled Lot into the house to them,
and shut to the doore.
* Wifld. 19.
8.
11 And they smote the men * that
were at the doore of the house, with
)lindnes, both small and great: so that
they wearied themselues to finde the
doore.
12 1T And the men said vnto Lot,
Hast thou here any besides ? sonne in
aw, and thy sonnes, and thy daugh-
ters, and whatsoeuer thou hast in the
citie, bring them out of this place.
13 For we will destroy this place, be-
* Chap. 18, cause the * crie of them is waxen great
90.
before the face of the LORD: and the
LORD hath sent vs to destroy it.
14 And Lot went out, and spake vn-
to his sonnes in law, which married his
daughters, and said, Vp, get yee out of
this place : for the LORD wil destroy
this citie : but hee seemed as one that
mocked, vnto his sonnes in law.
15 IF And when the morning arose,
then the Angels hastened Lot, saying,
Arise, take thy wife, & thy two daugh-
t Heb. are ters, which tare here, lest tnou be consu-
found.
II Or, punish med in the ||iniquitie of the citie.
ment. 16 And * while he lingred, the men
* Wied. 10.
6. laid hold vpon his hand, and vpon the
Sodome burnt.
land of his wife, and vpon the hand of
lis two daughters, the LORD being
mercifull vnto him : and they brought
rim forth, and set him without the citie.
17 1T And it came to passe, when they
lad brought them forth abroad, that he
said, Escape for thy life, looke not behind
thee, neither stay thou in all the plaine :
escape to the mountaine, lest thou bee
consumed.
18 And Lot said vnto them, Oh not
so, my Lord.
19 Beholde now, thy seruant hath
bund grace in thy sight, and thou hast
magnified thy mercy, which thou hast
shewed vnto me, in sauing my life, and
[ cannot escape to the mountaine, lest
some euill take me, and I die.
20 Behold now, this citie is neere to
lee vnto, and it is a litle one: Oh let me
escape thither, (is it not a litle one ?) and
my soule shall Hue.
21 And he said vnto him, See, I haue
accepted t thee concerning this thing, t Heb. thy
that I will not ouerthrow this citie, for fcUW.
the which thou hast spoken.
22 Haste thee, escape thither : for I
cannot doe any thing till thou bee come
thither : therefore the name of the citie
was called Zoar.
23 IT The sunne was t risen vpon t Hebr gone
the earth, when Lot entred into Zoar. forth.
24 Then * the LORD rained vp- * Deut. 29.
on Sodome & vpon Gomorrah, brim- 23. luk. 17.
29. isa. id.
stone and fire, from the LORD out 40. 19. ier. 50.
JH1Y10S 4.
of heauen. 11. iude 7.
25 And he ouerthrew those cities, and
all the plaine, and all the inhabitants of
the cities, and that which grew vpon
the ground.
26 IT But his wife looked backe from
behind him, and she became a pillar of
salt.
27 IT And Abraham gate vp earely
in the morning, to the place, where hee
stood before the LORD.
28 And he looked toward Sodome
and Gomorrah, & toward all the land
of the plaine, and beheld, and loe, the
smoke of the countrey went vp as the
smoke of a furnace.
29 1f And it came to passe, when God
destroyed the cities of the plaine, that
God remembred Abraham , and sent
Lot out of the midst of the ouerthrow,
when he ouerthrew the cities , in the
which Lot dwelt.
30 11 And Lot went vp out of Zoar,
and dwelt in the mountaine, and his
two
Lots inceft. Chap.xx.
two daughters with him : for hee fea-
red to dwell in Zoar, and he dwelt in
a caue, he and his two daughters.
31 And the first borne saide vnto the
yonger, Our father is old, and there is
not a man in the earth, to come in vnto
vs, after the maner of all the earth.
3£ Come, let vs make our father
drinke wine, and we will lye with him,
that we may preserue seed of our father.
33 And they made their father drinke
wine that night, & the first borne went
in, and lay with her father: and he per-
ceiued not, when shee lay downe, nor
when she arose.
34 And it came to passe on the mor-
row, that the first borne said vnto the
yonger, Behold, I lay yesternight
with my father: let vs make him drinke
wine this night also, and goe thou in,
and lye with him, that we may preserue
seed of our father.
35 And they made their father drinke
wine that night also, and the yonger a-
rose, and lay with him: and he percei-
ued not, when she lay downe, nor when
she arose.
36 Thus were both the daughters
of Lot with childe by their father.
37 And the first borne bare a sonne,
and called his name Moab: the same is
the father of the Moabites vnto this
day,
38 And the yonger, she also bare a
sonne, and called his name, Ben-ammi:
the same is the father of the children of
Ammon, vnto this day,
C H A P . XX.
1 Abraham soiourneth at Gerar, 2 denieth
his wife, and loseth her. 3 Abimelech is re-
proued for her in a dreame. 9 He rebuketh
Abraham, 14- restoreth Sarah, 16 and
reprooueth her. 17 Hee is healed by A-
brahams prayer.
Nd Abraham iourneyed
lH
from thence, toward the
South - Countrey , and
dwelled betweene Ca-
desh and Shur, and so-
iourned in Gerar.
£ And Abraham said of Sarah his
wife, She is my sister: And Abimelech
King of Gerar sent, and tooke Sarah.
3 But God came to Abimelech in a
dreame by night, and said to him, Be-
hold, thou art but a deadman,for thewo-
t Heb. mar. man which thou hast taken: for shee is
ried to an
husband. t a mans wife.
Abraham in Gerar.
4 But Abimelech had not come
neere her : and he said, LORD, wilt
thou slay also a righteous nation ?
5 Said he not vnto me, She is my
sister? and she,euen she herselfe said, Hee
is my brother: in the ||integritie of my II Or, simvli-
citie or sin-
heart, and innocencie of my hands haue ceritie.
I done this.
6 And God saide vnto him in a
dreame, Yea, I know that thou didst
this in the integritie of thy heart: for I
also withheld thee from sinning against
mee , therefore suffered I thee not to
touch her.
7 Now therefore restore the man
his wifet for he is a Prophet, and he shal
pray for thee, and thou shalt Hue: and if
thou restore her not, know thou that
thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that
are thine.
8 Therefore Abimelech rose earely
in the morning, and called all his ser-
uants, and told all these things in their
eares : and the men were sore afraid.
9 Then Abimelech called Abra-
ham, and said vnto him, What hast thou
done vnto vs ? and what haue I offen-
ded thee, that thou hast brought on me,
and on my kingdome a great sinne ?
thou hast done deeds vnto mee that
ought not to be done.
10 And Abimelech said vnto Abra-
ham, What sawest thou, that thou hast
done this thing ?
11 And Abraham said, Because I
thought, Surely the feare of God is
not in this place: and they will slay mee
for my wiues sake.
12 And yet indeed shee is my sister:
she is the daughter of my father, but not
the daughter of my mother ; and shee
became my wife.
13 And it came to passe when God
caused me to wander from my fathers
house, that I said vnto her, This is thy
kindnesse which thou shalt shew vnto
me ; at euery place whither wee shall
come, *say of me, He is my brother. * Chap. 12.
14 And Abimelech tooke sheepe and 13.
oxen, and men - seruants, and women-
seruants, and gaue them vnto Abra-
ham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my
land is before thee ; dwel t where it plea- t H eb. as is
good in thine
seth thee. eyes.
16 And vnto Sarah hee said, Be-
hold, I haue giuen thy brother a thou-
sand pieces of siluer: behold, he is to thee
a couering of the eyes, vnto all that are
with
Ifaac is borne. Genelis.
with thee, and with all other: thus shee
was reproued.
17 H So Abraham prayed vnto
God: and God healed Abimelech, and
his wife, and his maid-seruants, and
they bare children.
18 For the LORD had fast closed
vp all the wombes of the house of Abi-
melech 9 because of Sarah Abrahams
wife.
CHAP. XXI.
1 Isaac is borne. 4 He is circumcised. 6 Sa-
rahs ioy. 9 Hagar & Ishmael are cast forth.
15 Hagar in distresse. 17 The Angel com-
forteth her. 22 Abimelechs couenant with
Abraham at Beer-sheba.
Nd the LORD visited
* Chap. 17.
19. and 18.
10.
B Sarah as he had said, and
the LORD did vnto
Sarah *as he had spoken.
2 For Surah *concei-
* Acts 7.8.
GaL 4.22.
ued, and bare Abraham a sonne in his
Heb. 11.11 old age, at the set time, of which God
had spoken to him.
3 And Abraham called the name of
his sonne, that was borne vnto him,
whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
4 And Abraham circumcised his
* Chap. 17.
12.
sonne Isaac, being eight dayes old, #as
God had commanded him.
5 And Abraham was an hundred
yeeres old, when his sonne Isaac was
borne vnto him.
6 1F And Sarah said, God hath
made me to laugh, so that all that heare,
will laugh with me.
7 And she said, Who would haue
said vnto Abraham, that Sarah should
haue giuen children sucke? for I haue
borne him a sonne in his old age.
8 And the child grew, and was wea-
ned: and Abraham made a great feast,
the same day that Isaac was weaned.
9 ^T And Sarah saw the sonne of
Hagar the Egyptian, which shee had
borne vnto Abraham, mocking.
10 Wherfore she said vnto Abraham,
* GaL 4,30 *Cast out this bond woman, and her
sonne: for the sonne of this bond wo-
man shall not be heire with my sonne,
euen with Isaac.
11 And the thing was very grieuous
in Abrahams sight, because of his
sonne.
12 *X And God said vnto Abraham,
Let it not be grieuous in thy sight, be-
cause of the lad, and because of thy bond
woman. In all that Sarah hath said
Hagar comforted.
vnto thee, hearken vnto her voice: for
in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
13 And also, of the sonne of the bond
woman will I make a nation, because
he is thy seed.
14 And Abraham rose vp earely in
the morning, and tooke bread, and a
bottle of water, and gaue it vnto Ha-
gar, (putting it on her shoulder,) and
the child, and sent her away: and shee
departed, and wandered in the wilder-
nesse of Beer-sheba.
15 And the water was spent in the
bottle, and shee cast the child vnder one
of the shrubs.
16 And she went, and sate her downe
ouer against him, a good way off, as it
were a bow shoot: for she said, Let me
not see the death of the child. And shee
sate ouer against him, and lift vp her
voice, and wept.
17 And God heard the voice of the
lad,.and the Angel of God called to Ha-
gar out of heauen, and said vnto her,
What aileth thee, Hagar? feare not: for
God hath heard the voice of the ladde,
where he is.
18 Arise, lift vp the lad, and hold him
in thine hand: for I will make him a
great nation.
19 And God opened her eyes, and
she saw a well of water, and shee went,
and filled the bottle with water, and
gaue the lad drinke.
20 And God was with the lad, and
he grew, and dwelt in the wildernesse,
and became an archer.
£1 And hee dwelt in the wildernesse
of Paran : and his mother tooke him a
wife out of the land of Egypt.
%% 1T And it came to passe at that
time, that Abimelech and Phichol the
chiefe captaine of his hoste spake vnto
Abraham, saying, God is with thee in
all that thou doest.
92 Now therefore sweare vnto mee
here by God, that thou wilt not tdeale f Hebrew, if
falsly with me, nor with my sonne, nor thmt shalt lie
vnto me.
with my sonnes sonne: but according to
the kindnesse that I haue done vnto
thee, thou shall doe vnto me, and to the
land wherein thou hast soiourned.
%4< And Abraham saide, I will
sweare.
25 And Abraham reproued Abime-
lech, because of a well of water, which
Abimelechs seruants had violently ta-
ken away.
£6 And Abimelech saide, I wote
not
Abraham is tempted. Chap.xxij.
not who hath done this thing: neither
didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I
of it, but to day.
27 And Abraham tooke sheepe and
oxen, and gaue them vnto Abimelech :
and both of them made a couenant.
28 And Abraham set seuen ewe
lambes of the flocke by themselues
29 And Abimelech said vnto Abra-
ham , What meane these seuen ewe
lambes, which thou hast set by them-
selues ?
30 And he said, For these seuen ewe
lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that
they may be a witnesse vnto me, that I
haue digged this well
81 Wherefore he called that place.
B That is, IIBeer-sheba; because there theysware
The well of
the otfie. both of them.
32 Thus they made a couenant at
Beeer-sheba: then Abimelech rose vp?
and Phichol the chiefe captaine of his
hoste, and they returned into the land
of the Philistines.
i! Or% Tree 33 H And Abraham planted a ||groue
in Beer-sheba, and called there on the
Name of the L O R D , the euerla-
sting God.
34 And Abraham soiourned in the
Philistines land* many dayes.
C H A P . XXII
1 Abraham is tempted to offer Isaac. 3 Hee
giueth proofe of his faith and obedience.
11 The Angel stayeth him. 13 Isaac is
exchanged with a ramme. 14 The place
is called lehouah-ijreh. 15 Abraham is
blessed againe. 20 The generation of Na-
horvnto Rebekah.
Nd it came to passe after
* Hebr. u,
17.
t Hebr. Be-
A these things, that #God
did tempt Abraham, and
said vnto him, Abraham.
And hee said, + Beholde,
hold me.
heere I am.
2 And he said, Take now thy sonne,
thine onely sanne Isaac, whom thou lo-
uest, and get thee into the land of Mo-
riah : and offer him there for a burnt
offering vpon one of the Mountaines
which I will tell thee of.
3 1T And Abraham rose vp earely
in the morning, and sadled his asse, and
tooke two of his yong men with him,
and Isaac his sonne, and claue the
wood for the burnt offering, and rose
vp, and went vnto the place of which
God had told him.
Ifaac fpared.
4 Then on the third day Abraham
lift vp his eyes, and saw the place a-
farre off
5 And Abraham said vnto his yong
men, Abide you here with the asse, and
I and the lad will goe yonder and wor-
ship> and come againe to you.
6 And Abraham tooke the wood of
the burnt offering, and layd it vpon I-
saac his sonne; and he tooke the fire in
his hand, and a knife : and they went
both of them together.
7 And Isaac spake vnto Abraham
his father, and said, My father : and he
said, tHere am I, my sonne. And hee hold t Hebr. be-
me
said, Behold the fire and wood: but
where is the ||lambe for a burnt ofrring? II Or, kidde.
8 And Abraham said , My sonne,
God will prouide himselfe a larnbe for a
burnt offering: so they went both of
them together,
9 And they came to the place which
God had tolde him of, and Abraham
built an Altar there, and layd the wood
in order, and bound Isaac his sonne,
and *layde him on the Altar vpon the lam. 2. 21,
wood.
10 And Abraham stretched foorth
his hand, and tooke the knife to slay his
sonne.
11 And the Angel of the L O R D
called vnto him out of heauen, and said,
Abraham, Abraham. And he said, Here
am I.
12 And he said, Lay not thine hand
vpon the lad, neither do thou any thing
vnto him : for now I know that thou
fearest God, seeing thou hast not with-
helde thy sonne , thine onely sonne
from mee.
13 And Abraham lifted vp his eyes,
and looked, and beholde, behinde him a
TJjimmp vcbUUilt
JLVOiUllJlc PDiirrVif in o tVii/^l/of
111 cl llllCKcl, hw
homes: And Abraham went and tooke
the Ramme, and offered him vp for a
UV Viio
Illb
burnt offering, in the stead of his sonne,
14 And Abraham called the name of
that place || lehouah-ijreh, as it is said HThe
That is,
LORD
to this day , In the Mount of the will see^ or,
LORD it shalbe seene. prouide.
15 H And the Angel of the LORD
called vnto Abraham out of heauen the
second time,
16 And said, *By my selfe haue I * Psal. 105.
9. ecclus.
sworne, saith the LORD, for because 44.21. hike
1.7.3. hebr.
thou hast done this thing, and hast not 6.13.
withheld thy sonne, thine onely sonne,
17 That in blessing I will blesse
thee, and in multiplying, I will mul-
tiply
Sarahs death. Genefis.
tiply thy seed as the starres of the hea-
uen, and as the sand which is vpon the
t Heb< Hppe. sea tshore, and thy seed shall possesse the
gate of his enemies.
* Chap. 12. 18 * And in thy seed shall all the nati-
3. and 18.
18. ecclus, ons of the earth be blessed, because thou
44. 22, acts.
3. 85, galat. hast obeyed my voice.
3.B. 19 So Abraham returned vnto his
yong men, and they rose vp, and went
together to Beer-sheba, and Abraham
dwelt at Beer-sheba.
20 IT And it came to passe after these
things, that it was told Abraham, say-
ing, Behold Milcah, shee hath also
borne children vntQ. thy brother JN"a-
hor,
21 Huz his fijst borne, and Buz his
brother , and Kemuel the father of
Aram,
22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pil-
dash, and lidlaph, and Bethuel.
* Called
ROTH. 9.10.
23 And Bethuel begate * Rebekah :
Rebecca. these eight Milcah did beare to Nahor,
Abrahams brother.
24? And his concubine whose name
was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and
Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah.
CHAP. XXIII.
1 The age and death of Sarah. 3 The purchase
of Machpelah, 1 9 where Sarah was buried.
Nd Sarah was an hun-
A
dred and seuen and twenty
y eeres olde : these were the
y eeres of th e life of Sarah .
2 And Sarah died in
Kiriath-arba, the same is Hebron in the
land of Canaan : And Abraham came
to mourne for Sarah, and to weepe for
her.
3 f And Abraham stood vp from
before his dead, & spake vnto the sonnes
of Heth, saying,
4 I am a stranger and a soiourner
with you: giue me a possession of a bu-
rying place with you, that I may bury
my dead out of my sight.
5 And the children of Heth answered
Abraham, saying vnto him,
6 Heare vs, my Lord, thou art a
t Hebr. a
Prince of
tmightie Prince amongst vs : in the
God. choise of our sepulchres bury thy dead :
none of vs shall withhold from thee his
sepulchre, but that thou rnayest bury
thy dead.
7 And Abraham stood vp and bow-
ed himselfe to the people of the land, e-
uen to the children of Heth.
8 And hee communed with them,
Her buriall.
saying, if it be your mind that I should
bury my dead out of my sight, heare me,
and entreat forme to Ephron the spnne
of Zohar .
9 That he may giue me the caue of
Machpelah, which he hath, which is in
the end of hisfield: for t as much money t Hebr. full
as it is worth he shall giue it mee, for a money.
possession of a burying place amongst
you.
10 And Ephron dwelt amongst the
children of Heth. And Ephron the Hit-
tite answered Abraham in the t audi- \Hebr.eares.
ence of the children of Heth, euen of all
that went in at the gates of his citie,
saying,
11 Nay, my lord, heare mee: the field
giue I thee, and the caue that is therein,
I giue it thee , in the presence of the
sonnes of my people giue I it thee : bu-
ry thy dead.
12 And Abraham bowed downe
himselfe before the people of the land.
13 And he spake vnto Ephron in the
audience of the people of the land, say-
ing, But if thou wilt giue it, I pray thee,
heare mee: I' will giue thee money for
the field: take it of me, and I will bury
my dead there.
14 And Ephron answered Abra-
ham, saying vnto him,
15 My lord, hearken vnto mee: the
land is worth foure hundred shekels of
siluer : what is that betwixt mee and
thee ? bury therefore thy dead.
16 And Abraham hearkened vnto
Ephron, and Abraham weighed to E-
phron the siluer, which he had named,
in the audience of the sonnes of Heth,
foure hundred shekels of siluer, currant
money with the merchant.
17 If And the field of Ephron which
was in Machpelah, which was before
Mamre, the fielde and the caue which
was therein, and all the trees that were
in the field, that were in all the borders
round about, were made sure
18 Vnto Abraham for a possession in
the presence of the children of Heth, be-
fore all that went in at the gates of his
Citie.
19 And after this Abraham buried
Sarah his wife in the caue of the field
of Machpelah, before Mamre: the same
is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
20 And the field, and the caue that \
is therein, were made sure vnto Abra- (
ham, for a possession of a burying place,
by the sonnes of Heth,
CHAP.
Care to prouide Chap.xxiiij.
C H A P . XXIIII.
1 Abraham sweareth his seruant. 10 The ser-
uants iourney: 12 His prayer: 14 His
signe. 15 Rebekah meeteth him, 18 ful-
filleth his signe, 22 receiueth iewels, 23
sheweth her kinred, 25 and inuiteth him
home. 26 The seruant blesseth God. 28 La-
ban enterteineth him. 34 The seruant shew-
eth his message. 50 Laban and Bethuel ap-
proue it. 58 Rebekah consenteth to goe.
62 Isaac meeteth her.
Nd Abraham was olde
WIelyr.gone
into dayes.
A awcZ twell stricken in age:
And the LORD hac
blessed Abraham in al
in ings.
8 And Abraham said vnto his eldes
seruant of his house, that ruled ouer al
* Chap. 47. that he had, *Put, I pray thee, thy
29.
hand vnder my thigh :
3 And I will make thee sweare by
the LORD the God of heauen, anc
the God of the earth, that thou shalt
not take a wife vnto my sonne of the
daughters of the Canaanites amongst
whom I dwell.
4} But thou shalt go vnto my coun-
trey, and to my kinred, and take a wife
vnto my sonne Isaac.
5 And the seruant said vnto him.
Peraduenture the woman will not bee
willing to follow mee vnto this land:
must I needes bring thy sonne againe,
vnto the land from whence thou ea-
rnest ?
6 And Abraham said vnto him, Be-
ware thou, that thou bring not my
sonne thither againe.
7 H The LORD God of heauen
which tooke mee from my fathers
house, and from the land of my kindred,
and which spake vnto me, and that
* Chap. 12. sware vnto me, saying, * Vnto thy seed
7. and 13.
15. and 15. will I giue this land, he shall send his
18. and 26.
4.
Angel before thee, and thou shalt take a
wife vnto my sonne from thence.
8 And if the woman wil not be wil-
ling to follow thee, then thou shalt bee
cleare from this my othe: onely bring
not my sonne thither againe.
9 And the seruant put his hand vn-
der the thigh of Abraham his master,
and sware to him concerning that
matter.
10 11 And the seruant tooke ten ca-
mels, of the camels of his master, and
1! Or, And departed, (||for all the goods of his ma-
ster were in his hand) and he arose, and
a wife for Ifaac.
went to Mesopotamia, vnto the citie
of Nahor.
11 And he made his camels to kneele
downe without the citie, by a well of
water, at the time of the euening, euen
the time t that women goe out to draw t Hebr. that
wome which
water. draw water,
12 And he said, O LORD, God o g-oefoorth.
my master Abraham, I pray thee senc
me good speed this day, and shew kind
nesse vnto my master Abraham.
18 Behold, * I stand here by the well '* Vers. 43.
of water; and the daughters of the
men of the Citie come out to draw
water:
14 And let it come, to passe, that the
damsell to whom I shall say , Le
downe thy pitcher, I pray thee, that ]
may drinke, and she shall say, Drinke
ana I will giue thy camels drinke also ,
let the same be shee that thou hast ap-
pointed for thy seruant Isaac : anc
thereby shall I know that thou hast
shewed kindnesse vnto my master.
15 U And it came to passe before hee
had done speaking, that behold, Rebe-
kah came out, who was borne to Be-
thuel, sonne of Milcah, the wife of Na-
hor Abrahams brother, with her pit-
cher vpon her shoulder.
16 And the damsell was tvery faire t Hebr. good
to looke vpon, a virgine, neither had a- ofnance.
counte-
ny man knowen her; and shee went
downe to the wel, and filled her pitcher.
and came vp.
17 And the seruant ranne to meete
her, and said, Let mee (I pray thee)
drinke a little water of thy pitcher.
18 And she said, Drinke, my lord: and
she hasted, and let downe her pitcher
vpon her hand, and gaue him drinke.
19 And when shee had done giuing
him drinke, she said, I will draw water
for thy camels also, vntill they haue
done drinking.
£0 And she hasted and emptied her
pitcher into the trough, and ranne a-
yaine vnto the well to draw water, and
drew for all his camels.
£1 And the man wondering at her,
lelde his peace, to wit, whether the
LORD had made his iourney pros-
perous, or not.
%2 And it came to passe as the camels
lad done drinking, that the man tooke
a golden || eare-ring, of halfe a shekel Or, tewett
Of tfUsjore0
weight, & two bracelets for her handes, wad.
of ten shekels weight of gold,
23 And said, Whose daughter art
thou?
Abrahams feruant, Genefis*
hou ? tell mee, I pray thee : is there
roome in thy fathers house for vs to
odge in ?
84 And she said vnto him, I am the
daughter of Bethuel the sonne of Mil-
cah, which she bare vnto Nahor :
£5 She said moreouer vnto him. We
laue both straw & prouender ynough,
and rooine to lodge in.
£6 And the man bowed downe his
lead, and worshipped the LORD.
£7 And hee saide , Blessed bee the
LORD God of my master Abraham,
who hath not left destitute my master
of his mercy, and his trueth: I being
n the way, the LORD led me to the
louse of my masters brethren.
£8 And the damsell ranne, and told
them of her mothers house, these things.
£9 IT And Rebekah had a brother,
and his name was Laban : and Laban
ranne out vnto the man, vnto the well.
30 And it came to passe when he saw
the eare-ring, and bracelets vpon his
sisters hands, and when hee heard the
wordes of Rebekah his sister, saying,
Thus spake the man vnto me, that he
came vnto the man ; and behold, hee
stood by the camels, at the well.
31 And he said, Come in, thou blessed
of the LORD, wherefore standest
thou without ? for I haue prepared the
house, and roome for the camels.
32 IT And the man came into the
house: and he vngirded his camels, and
gaue straw and prouender for the ca-
mels, and water to wash his feet, and
the mens feet that were with him.
33 And there was set meat before him
to eate: but he said, I will not eate, vn-
till I haue tolde mine errand. And hee
said, Speake on.
34 And he said, I am Abrahams ser-
uant.
35 And the LORD hath blessed
my master greatly, and hee is become
great : and hee hath giuen him flocks,
and heards, and siluer, and gold, and
men seruants, and mayd seruants, and
camels, and asses.
36 And Sarah my masters wife
bare a sonne to my master when shee
was old : and vnto him hath hee giuen
all that he hath.
37 And my master made me sweare,
saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to
my sonne, of the daughters of the Ca-
naanites, in whose land I dwell :
88 But thou shalt goe vnto my fa-
and Rebekah.
thers house, and to my kinred, and take
a wife vnto my sonne.
39 And I said vnto my master, Per-
aduenture the woman will not followe
me.
40 And hee saide vnto zne. The
LORD, before whom I walke, will
send his Angel with thee, and prosper
thy way: and thou shalt take a wife for
my sonne, of my kinred, and of my fa-
thers house.
4-1 Then shalt thou bee cleare from
this my oath, when thou commest to
my kinred, and if they giue not thee one,
thou ehalt be cleare from my oath.
4£ And I came this day vnto the
well, and said, O LORD God of my
master Abraham, if now thou doe pros-
per iny way, which I goe :
43 * Behold, I stand by the well of * Verse 13.
water ; and it shall come to passe, that
when the virgine commeth foorth to
draw watery and I say to her, Giue me,
I pray thee, a litle water of thy pitcher
to drinke ;
44 And she say to me, Both drinke
thou , and I will also draw for thy ca-
mels : let the same be the woman, who
the LORD hath appointed out for
my masters sonne.
45 And before I had done speaking
in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came
forth, with her pitcher on her shoulder;
and she went downe vnto the well, and
drew water : and I said vnto her, Let
me drinke, I pray thee.
46 And she made haste, & let downe
her pitcher from her shoulder •, and saide,
Drinke, and I will giue thy camels
drinke also: so I dranke, and she made
the camels drinke also.
47 And I asked her, and said, Whose
daughter art thou ? and she said, The
daughter of Bethuel, Nahors sonne,
whom Milcah bare vnto him: and I
put the earering vpon her face, and the
bracelets vpon her hands.
48 And I bowed downe my head,
and worshipped the LORD, and bles-
sed the LORD God of my master
Abraham, which had led mee in the
right way to take my masters brothers
daughter vnto his sonne.
49 And now if you wil deale kindly
and truely with my master, tell me: and
if not, tell me, that I may turne to the
right hand, or to the left.
50 Then Laban and Bethuel an-
swered and said, The thing proceedeth
from
She becommeth Chap.xxv.
from the LORD : we cannot speake
vnto thee bad or good.
51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee,
take her, and goe, and let her be thy ma-
sters sonnes wife, as the LORD hath
spoken.
5£ And it came to passe, that when
Abrahams seruant heard their words,
he worshipped the LORD, bowing
himselfe to the earth.
53 And the seruant brought foorth
t Hebr. ves. tiewels of siluer, and iewels of gold,
sets-
and raiment, and gaue them to Rebe-
kah : He gaue also to her brother, and
to her mother precious things.
54 And they did eate and drinke, he
and the men that were with him, and
tar led all night, and they rose vp in the
* Vers. 56. morning, and he said, * Send me away
and 59.
vnto my master.
55 And her brother and her mother
said, Let the damsell abide with vs
I Or, a full \\afezv dayes, at the least ten ; after that,
yeere^or^ten
moneths. she shall goe.
56 And he said vnto them, Hinder
me not, seeing the LORD hath pros-
pered my way: send me away* that I
may goe to my master.
57 And they said, Wee will call the
Damsell, and enquire at her mouth.
58 And they called Rebekah, and said
vnto her, Wilt thou go with this man?
and she said, I will goe.
59 And they sent away Rebekah
their sister, and her nurse, and Abra-
hams seruant, and his men.
60 And they blessed Rebekah, and
said vnto her, Thou art our sister, bee
thou the mother of thousands of milli-
ons, and let thy seed possesse the gate of
those which hate them.
61 IT And Rebekah arose, and her
damsels, & they rode vpon the camels,
and followed the man: and the seruant
tooke Rebekah, and went his way.
62 And Isaac came from the way
* Chap. 16. of the *well Lahai-roi, for he dwelt in
14. and 25.
11. the South countrey.
II Or, to pray. 63 And Isaac went out, to || meditate
in the field, at the euentide: and hee lift
vp his eyes, and saw, and behold, the
camels were comming.
64? And Rebekah lift vp her eyes,
and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off
the camel.
65 For she had said vnto the seruant,
What man is this that walketh in the
field to meet us ? and the seruant had
said, It is my master : therefore shee
wife to Ifaac.
tooke a vaile and couered her selfe.
66 And the seruant tolde Isaac all
things that he had done.
67 And Isaac brought her into his
mother Sarahs tent, and tooke Rebe-
kah, and she became his wife, and he lo-
ued her : and Isaac was comforted af-
ter his mothers death.
C H A P . XXV
1 The sonnes of Abraham by Keturah. 5 The
diuision of his goods. 7 His age and death.
9 His buriall. 12 The generations of Ish-
xnael. 17 His age, and death. 19 Isaac
prayeth for Rebekah being barren. 22 The
children striue in her wombe. 24 The birth
of Esau and lacob. 27 Their difference. 29
Esau selleth his birthright.
**^n againe 2\.uranam
T
tooke a wife, & her name
was Keturah,
2 And shee bare him
Zimran , and lokshan,
and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak,
and Shuah.
3 And * lokshan begat Sheba, and O£. *I.Chro. 1.
•in
Dedan. And the sonnes of Dedan were
Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leum-
mim.
4 And the sonnes of Midian, E-
phah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and A-
bida, and Eldaah : all these were the
children of Keturah.
5 If And Abraham gaue aH that he
had, vnto Isaac.
6 But vnto the sonnes of the con-
cubines which Abraham had, Abra-
ham gaue gifts , and sent them away
from Isaac his sonne (while he yet li-
ued) Eastward, vnto the East country.
.7 And these are the dayes of the
yeres of Abrahams life which he liued ;
an hundred, threescore & fifteene yeeres.
8 Then Abraham gaue vp the ghost,
and died in a good old age, an old man,
and full of yeeres, and was gathered to
his people.
9 And his sonnes Isaac and Ish-
mael buried him in the caue of Mach-
pelah, in the field of Ephron the sonne
of Zohar the Hittite, which is before
Mamre ;
10 *The field which Abraham pur- * Chap. 23.
chased of the sonnes of Heth: there was 1C.
Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
11 11 And it came to passe after the
death of Abraham , that God blessed
his sonne Isaac, and Isaac dwelt
by the *well Lahai-roi. * Chap. 16.
14. and 24.
12 11 Now 62.
 fhmael dieth. Genefis.
12 f Now these are the generations
of Ishmael Abrahams sonne, whom
hlagar the Egyptian. Sarahs hand-
may d, bare vnto Abraham.:
* l.Chron, 13 And * these are the names of the
1.29.
sonnes of Ishmael, by their names, ac-
cording to their generations; The first
}orne of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Re-
dar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and
Vlassa,
15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Na-
p>hish, and Kedemah.
16 These are the sonnes of Ishma-
e1, and these are their names, by their
townes and by their castels ; twelue
>rinces according to their nations.
17 And these are the yeeres of the life
of Ishmael; an hundred and thirty and
seuen yeeres: and he gaue vp the ghost
and died, and was gathered vnto his
p>eople.
18 And they dwelt from Hauilah
vnto Shur, that is before Egypt, as
thou goest towards Assyria: and hee
1 Hebr. fell. t• died in the presence of all his brethren.
19 IF And these are the generations
of Isaac, Abrahams sonne : Abraham
)egate Isaac..
20 And Isaac was fortie yeeres old
when hee tooke Rebekah to wife, the
daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Pa-
dan Aram , the sister to Laban the
Syrian.
21 And Isaac intreated the LORD
for his wife, because she was barren: and
the LORD was intreated of him,
and Rebekah his wife concerned.
22 And the children struggled toge-
ther within her ; and she said, If it be
so, why am I thus ? and shee went to
enquire of the LORD.
23 And the LORD said vnto her,
Two nations are in thy wombe, and
t;wo maner of people shall be separatee
fTom thy bowels : and the one people
shalbe stronger then the other people:
* Rom. 9. and *the elder shall serue the yonger.
12
24 IT And when her dayes to be de-
liuered were fulfilled, behold, there were
twinnes in her wombe.
25 And the first came out red, all o-
uer like an hairy garment: and they cal-
led his name, Esau.
26 And after that came his brother
* Ose. 12. 3 out, and *his hand tooke holde on E-
saus heele; and his name was callec
lacob : and Isaac was threescore yeres
old, when shee bare them.
Efaus birthright fold.
27 And the boyes grew ; and Esau
was a cunning hunter, a man of the
fielde : and lacob was a plaine man,
dwelling in tents.
28 And Isaac loued Esau, because the lison
t Hebr. ve-
was m
did eate of his venison : but Rebekah \i$ mouth.
loued Jacob.
29 H And lacob sod pottage: and
eisau came from the field, and hee was
faint.
30 And Esau said to lacob, Feed me,
I pray thee, t with that same red pot- rtfttHebr. with
1"€fli
tage: for I am faint; therefore was his with that red
name called Edom. pottage.
31 And lacob said, Sell me this day
thy birthright.
32 And Esau said, Behold, I am tat •ngHebr. to die*
go-
the point to die : and what profit shall
this birthright doe to me ?
33 And lacob said, Sweare to mee
this day: and he sware to him: and *he * Hebr. 12.
6.
sold his birthright vnto lacob.
34 Then lacob gaue Esau bread
and pottage of lentiles ; and he did eate
and drinke, and rose vp, and went his
way: thus Esau despised Aw birthright.
C H A P . XXVI.
1 Isaac because of famine went to Gerar. 2God
instructeth, and blesseth him. 7 Hee is re-
proued by Abimelech for denying his wife.
12 He groweth rich. 18 He diggeth Esek,
Sitnah, and Rehoboth. 23 Abimelech ma-
keth a couenant with him at Beersheba. 34
Esaus wiues.
Nd there was a famine in
A
the land, besides the first
famine that was in the
dayes of Abraham. And
Isaac went vnto Abime-
lech King of the Philistims , vnto
Gerar.
2 And the LORD appeared vn-
to him and said, Goe not downe into
Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall
tell thee of.
3 Soiourne in this land, and I wil
te with thee, and will blesse thee : for
vnto thee, and vnto thy seed *I will * Chap. 13.
giue all these countreys, and I wil per- 15.
18.
and 15.
Eorme the othe, which I sware vnto A-
braham thy father.
4 And I wil make thy seed to mul-
tiply as the starres of heauen, and wil
giue vnto thy seed all these countreys :
and in thy Seed shall all the nations of
the earth be * blessed: * Chap. 12.
5 Because that Abraham obeyei x18.and 15.
and 22.
my voyce , and kept my charge , my IB.
Com-
Ifaac foiourneth Chap.xxvj.
Commandements , my Statutes and
my Lawes.
6 U And Isaac dwelt in Gerar.
7 And the men of the place asked
him of his wife: and he said, She is my
sister : for he feared to say. She is my wife ;
lest, said he, the men of the place should
kill me for Rebekah, because shee was
Faire to looke vpon.
8 And it came to passe when he had
bene there a long time, that Abimelech
king of the Philistims looked out at a
window, and saw, and behold, Isaac
was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
9 And Abimelech called Isaac and
I said, Behold, of a suretie she is thy wife:
and how saidst thou, She is my sister?
And Isaac said vnto him, Because I
said, Lest I die for her.
10 And Abimelech said, What is this
thou hast done vnto vs ? one of the peo-
ple might lightly haue lien with thy
wife, and thou shouldest haue brought
guiltinesse vpon vs.
11 And Abimelech charged all his
people, saying, Hee that toucheth this
man or his wife, shall surely bee put to
death.
12 Then Isaac sowed in that land,
tffeb.found. and treceiued in the same yeere an hun-
dred fold : & the LORD blessed him.
13 And the man waxed great, and
\Heb.went twent forward, and grew vntill he be-
going. "]
came very great.
14 For he had possession of flocks,
and possession of heards, and great
II Or, hus- store of || seruants, and the Philistims
bandry.
enuied him.
15 For all the wels which his fathers
seruants had digged in the dayes of A-
braham his father, the Philistims had
stopped them, & filled them with earth.
16 And Abimelech said vnto Isaac,
Goe from vs : for thou art much migh-
tier then we.
17 IT And Isaac departed thence,
and pitched his tent in the valley of Ge-
rar, and dwelt there.
18 And Isaac digged againe the wels
of water, which they had digged in the
dayes of Abraham his father : for the
Philistims had stopped them after the
death of Abraham, and he called their
names after the names by which his
father had called them. > fore the name of the citie is || Beer-sheba DThatis,^
19 And Isaacs seruants digged in
the valley, and found there a well of
\Heb.liuing t springing water.
20 And the heardmen of Gerar did
at Beer-lheba.
striue with Isaacs heardmen, saying,
The water is ours ; and hee called the
name of the well, ||Esek, because they 1 That is,
stroue with him. Contention.
21 And they digged another well, and
stroue for that also: and hee called the
name of it, ||Sitnah. II That js,
Hatred.
22 And he remoued from thence, and
digged another well, and for that they
stroue not; and he called the name of it
|Rehoboth: and he said, For now the n That is,
LORD hath made roome for vs, and rQome.
we shall be fruitfull in the land.
23 And he went vp from thence to
Beer-sheba.
24 And the LORD appeared vn-
to him the same night, and saide, I am
the God of Abraham thy father: feare
not, for I am with thee, and will blesse
thee, and multiply thy seede, for my ser-
uant Abrahams sake.
25 And he builded an altar there, and
called vpon the name of the LORD,
and pitched his tent there : and there
Isaacs seruants digged a well.
26 1T Then Abimelech went to him
from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his
friends, and Phichol the chiefe captaine
of his armie.
27 And Isaac saide vnto them,
Wherefore come ye to me, seeingye hate
me, and haue sent me away from you ?
28 And they said, tWe saw certainly \Heb. seeing
that the LORD was with thee: and we saw.
wee said, Let there be now an othe be-
twixt vs, euen betwixt vs and thee, and
let vs make a couenant with thee,
29 t That thou wilt doe vs no hurt, t Heb.iftkvu
as we haue not touched thee, and as we Shalt fyc.
haue done vnto thee nothing but good,
and haue sent thee away in peace: thou
art now the blessed of the LORD.
30 And he made them a feast, and
they did eate and drinke.
31 And they rose vp betimes in the
morning, and sware one to another:
and Isaac sent them away, and they
departed from him in peace.
32 And it came to passe the same day,
that Isaacs seruants came, and tolde
him concerning the well which they
had digged, and said vnto him, We haue
found water.
33 And he called it ||Shebah: there- oatn.II That is, an
nnth
vnto this day. well of the
oath.
34 T And Esau was forty yeeres
old, when he tooke to wife ludith, the
daughter of Beeri the Hittite , and
Bashe-
Efau hunting, Genefis. lacob is blefled.
Bashemath the daughter of Elon the 13 And his mother said vnto him,
* Chap, 27. Hittite : Vpon me be thy curse, my sonne: onely
46.
fl€(jr. 02
X ffalvf htf(• 35 Which *were t a griefe of minde obey my voice, and goe fetch me them.
ternesse of vnto Isaac and to Rebekah. 14 And hee went, and fetched, and
spirit. >rought them to his mother, and his
C H A P . XXVII. mother made sauoury meat, such as his
1I Isaac sendeth Esau for venison. 5 Rebekah
'ather loued.
instructeth lacob to obtaine the blessing. 15 15 And Rebekah tooke t goodly rai- t ffebr. de-
sireabte.
lacob vnder the person of Esau obteineth it. ment of her eldest sonne Esau, which
SO Esau bringetn venison. 33 Isaac trem- were with her in the house, and put
bleth. 34 Esau complaineth, and by impor- them vpon lacob her yonger sonne :
tunitie obtaineth a blessing. 41 He threat-
neth lacob. 42 Rebekah disappointeth it. 16 And shee put the skinnes of the
dds of the goats vpon his hands, and
Nd it came to passe that vpon the smooth of his necke.

A
hen Isaac was old, and
Viia i^vf"! WPTP flinmnp fin and the bread, which she had prepared,
that he could not see, hee into the hand of her sonne lacob
called Esau his eldest son,
and said vnto him, My sonne. And hee
said vnto him, Behold, here am I.
2 And he said , Behold now, I am
old, I know not the day of my death.
& Now therefore take, I pray thee,
thy weapons, thy quiuer, and thy bow,
t Heb. hunt. and goe out to the field, and t take mee
some venison.
4 And make me sauoury meat, such
as I loue, and bring it to mee, that I
may £ate, that my soule may blesse thee
before I die.
5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac
spake to Esau his sonne: and Esau went
to the fielde to hunter venison, and to
bring it.
6 1T And Rebekah spake vnto Ja-
cob her sonne, saying, Behold, I heard
thy father speake vnto Esau thy bro-
ther, saying,
7 Bring me venison, and make mee
sauoury meat, that I may eate, and
blesse thee before the LORD, before
my death.
8 Now therefore, my sonne, obey
my voyce, according to that which J
command thee.
9 Goe now to the flocke, and fetch
me from thence two good kids of the
goates, and I will make them sauoury
meat for thy father, such as he loueth.
10 And thou shalt bring it to thy fa-
ther, that he may eate, and that he may
blesse thee, before his death,
11 And lacob said to Rebekah his
mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a
hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
12 My father peraduenture wil
feele me, and I shall seeme to him as a
deceiuer, and I shall bring a curse vpon
me, and not a blessing.
17 And she gaue the sauoury meate,
18
JLV/ ITit XAIIVI.
AnH TIP lie f*ATnp
cciiiic vrifrn
Y iit/ls liic
11 lo fWtliPT
lavlICl,
and said, My father: And he said, Here
am I : who art thou, my sonne ?
19 And lacob said vnto his father,
I am Esau, thy first borne; I haue done
according as thou badest mee : arise, I
pray thee, sit, and eate of my venison,
that thy soule may bksse me.
20 And Isaac said vnto his sonne,
How is it that thou hast found it so
quickly, my sonne? And he said, Be-
cause the 'LORD thy God brought
it tto me. t Hebr. be-
21 And Isaac saide vnto lacob, fore me.
Come neere, I pray thee, that I may
feele thee, my sonne, whether thou bee
my very sonne Esau, or not.
22 And lacob went neere vnto I-
saac his father : and hee felt him, and
said, The voyce is lacobs voyce, but the
hands are the hands of Esau.
23 And he discerned him not, because
his hands were hairie, as his brother
Esaus hands : So he blessed him.
24 And he said, Art thou my very
sonne Esau ? and he said, I am.
25 And he said, Bring it neere to me,
and I will eate of my sonnes venison,
that my soule may blesse thee: and hee
brought it neere to him, and he did eate :
and he brought him wine, & he dranke.
26 And his father Isaac saide vnto
him, Come neere now, and kisse me, my
sonne.
27 And hee came neere, and kissed
him : and he smelled the smell of his rai-
ment, and blessed him, and said, See, the
smell of my sonne is as the smell of a
field, which the LORD hath blessed.
28 Therefore *God giue thee of the *Heb. n.
dew of heauen, and the fatnesse of the 20.
earth, and plenty of come and wine.
29 Let
Efau mourneth. Chap.xxviij.
29 Let people serue thee, and nati-
ons bow downe to thee : bee lord ouer
thy brethren, & let thy mothers sonnes
bow downe to thee ; Cursed bee euery
one that curseth thee, and blessed be hee
that blesseth thee.
30 f And it came to passe, as soone
as Isaac had made an ende of blessing
lacob, and lacob was yet scarce gone
out from the presence of Isaac his fa-
ther, that Esau his brother came in
from his hunting.
31 And hee also had made sauoury
meate, and brought it vnto his father,
and said vnto his father, Let my father
arise, and eat of his sonnes venison, that
thy soule may blesse me.
32 And Isaac his father said vnto
him, Who art thou? and he said, I am
thy sonne, thy first borne Esau.
t Hebr. 83 And Isaac t trembled very excee-
trembled
with a great dingly, and said, Who? where is he that
trembling
greatly.
hath t taken venison, and brought it me,
t Hebr. hurt,. and I haue eaten of all before thou ea-
ted rnest, and haue blessed him? yea and he
shalbe blessed.
34 And when Esau heard the words
of his father, he cried with a great and
exceeding bitter cry, and said vnto his
father, Blesse mee, euen me also, O my
father,
35 And hee said, Thy brother came
with subtilty, and hath taken away thy
blessing.
36 And he said, Is not he rightly na-
1 That Is, A ned || lacob? for he hath supplanted me
supplanter.
these two times : hee tooke away my
birthright, and behold, now he hath ta-
ken away my blessing : and hee said,
Hast thou not reserued a blessing for
mee?
37 And Isaac answered and saide
vnto Esau , Bdhold, I haue made him
thy lord, and all his brethren haue I gi-
uen to him for seruants: and with corne
I! Or, suppor- and wine haue I ||susteined him: and
ted.
what shall I doe now vnto thee , my
sonne ?
38 And Esau said vnto his father,
Hast thou but one blessing, my father?
blesse mee, euen mee also, O my father.
* Heb. 12. And Esau lift vp his voyce, * and wept.
17* 39 And Isaac his father answered,
* Verse 28. and said vnto him, Behold, * thy dwel-
II Or, of the ling shall be ||the fatnesse of the earth,
fatnesse.
and of the dew of heauen from aboue.
40 And by thy sword shah thou liue,
and shalt serue thy brother: and it shall
come to passe when thou shall haue the
lacob is fent away.
dominion , that thou shalt breake his
yoke from off thy necke.
41 f And Esau hated lacob, because
of the blessing , wherewith his father
blessed him : and Esau said in his heart,
The dayes of mourning for my father
are at hand ; * then will I slay my bro- * Obad 10.
ther lacob.
42 And these words of Esau her el-
der sonne were told to Rebekah : And
shee sent and called lacob her yonger
sonne, and said vnto him, Behold, thy
brother Esau, as touching thee, doeth
comfort hiinselfe, purposing to kill thee.
43 Now therefore my sonne, obey
my voice : and arise, flee thou to Laban
my brother, to Haran.
44 And tary with him a few dayes,
vntill thy brothers furie turne away;
45 Vntill thy brothers anger turne
away from thee, and hee forget that,
which thou hast done to him :. then I
will send , and fetch thee from thence :
why should I be depriued also of you
both in one day ?
46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, *I * Chap. 26.
am weary of my life, because of the 39.
daughters of Heth ; If lacob take a
wife of the daughters of Heth, such as
these which are of the daughters of the
land, what good shall my life doe me ?
C H A P . XXVIII.
1 Isaac blesseth lacob, and sendeth him to Pa-
dan Aram. 6 Esau marrieth Mahalal the
daughter of Ishmael. 10 The Vision of
Jacobs ladder. 18 The stone of Bethel.
20 lacobs vow.
Nd Isaac called lacob,
A and blessed him, and char*
ged him, and saide vnto
him , Thou shalt not
take a wife, of the daugh-
ters of Canaan.
2 * Arise, goe to Padan Aram, to * Ose. 1 2.
the house of Bethuel thy mothers fa- 12.
ther, and take thee a wife from thence,
of the daughters of Laban thy mo-
thers brother.
3 And God Almighty blesse thee,
and make thee fruitftill, and multiply
thee, that thou mayest be ta multitude t Hebr. an
assembly of
of people : people*
4 And giue thee the blessing of A-
braham, to thee and to thy seede with
thee, that thou mayest inherit the lande
t wherein thou art a stranger , which n/yHebr of
sowttr -
God gaue vnto Abraham. nings.
5 And
acoIbs dreame: Genefis.
5 And Isaac sent away Jacob,
and hee went to Padan-Aratn vnto
lL,aban, sonne of Bethuel the Syrian,
the brother of Rebekah, Jacobs and
eSsaus mother.
6 IT When Esau sawe that Isaac
had blessed lacob, and sent him away
t Padan-Aram, to take him a wifee
from thence; and that as heblessed him.
le gaue him a charge, saying, Thou
shalt not take a wife of the daughters
of Canaan ;
7 And that lacob obeyed his fa-
ther 5 and his mother, and was gone to
pPadan-Aram;
8 And Esau seeing that the daugh-
Heb. were ters of Canaan t pleased not Isaac his
euill in the
eyes, <J-c. fBather.
9 Then went Esau vnto Ishmael,
and tooke vnto 4he wiues which hee
lad, Mahalath the daughter of Ish-
mael Abrahams sonne, the sister of Ne-
jaioth, to be his wife.
10 1T And lacob went out from
*CaUed Beer-sheba, and went toward * Haran.
Acts 7. 2.
Chair an. 11 And hee lighted vpon a certaine
place, and taried there all night, because
the sunne was set: and hee tooke of the
stones of that place, and put them for
his pillowes, and lay downe in that
place to sleepe.
12 And he dreamed, and beholde, a
[adder set vp on the earth, and the top
of it reached to heauen : and beholde
the Angels of God ascending and de-
scending on it.
* Chap. 35 13 *And behold, the LORD stood
1. & 48. 3
aboue it, and said, I am the LORD
God of Abraham thy father, and the
God of Isaac ; the land whereon thou
liest, to thee will I giue it, and to thy
seede.
14 And thy seed shall be as the dust
\ Heb. break of the earth, and thou shalt t spread a-
forth.
•* Dc\it. 12* broad *to the West, and to the East, am
3. to the North, and to the South: and in
* Cha. 12. 3
and is. 18. thee, and *in thy seed, shall all the fami-
and 22. 18. lies of the earth be blessed.
and 2G. 4.
15 And behold, I am with thee, am
will keepe thee in Q& places whither thou
goest, and will bring thee againe into
this land: for I will not leaue thee, vn-
till I haue done that which I haue spo-
ken to thee of.
16 U And lacob awaked out of his
sleepe, and he said, Surely the LORD
is in this place, and I knew it not.
17 And he was afraid, and said, How
dreadful is this place? this is none other,
He meeteth
but the house of God, and this is thegate
of heauen.
18 And lacob rose vp earely in the
morning, and tooke the stone that hee
lad put for his pillowes, and set it vp
br a pillar, and powred oile vpon the
top of it.
19 And hee called the name of that
)lace t Beth-el: but the name of that ci- That is,
t;ie was called Luz, at the first. the howse of
God.
20 And lacob vowed a vow, say-
ing, If God will be with me, and will
teepe me in this way that I goe, and
will giue me bread to eate, and raiment
to put on,
£1 So that I come againe to my fa-
thers house in peace: then shall the
LORD be my God.
22 Aud this stone which I haue set
for a pillar, shall be Gods house: and of
all that thou shalt giue me, I will sure-
ly giue the tenth vnto thee.
C H A P . XXIX.
1 lacob commeth to the well of Haran. .9 He
taketh acquaintance of Rachel. 13 Laban
enterteinetn him. 18 lacob couenanteth for
Rachel. 23 He is deceiued with Leah. 28
He marrieth also Rachel, and serueth for her
seuen yeeres more. 32 Leah beareth Reu-
ben, 33 Simeon, 34 Leui, 35 and ludali.
Hen lacob twent on his t Heb. lift
T
vp his feet.
iourney, and came into the
land of the t people of the t Heb. chil-
dren*
East.
22 And he looked, and
behold, a well in the field, and loe, there
were threeflocksof sheepe lying by it : for
out of that wel they watered the flocks:
and a great stone was vpon the welles
mouth.
3 And thither were all the flockes
gathered, and they rolled the stone from
the wels mouth, & watered the sheepe,
and put the stone againe vpon the wels
mouth in his place.
4 And lacob said vnto them, My
brethren, whence be ye? and they saide,
Of Haran are we.
5 And he said vnto them, Know ye
Laban the sonne of Nahor ? And they
sayde, We knowe him.
6 And he said vnto them, tls hee t Hebr. Is
well? and they said, He is well: and be- there peace
to him ?
hold , Rachel his daughter commeth
with the sheepe.
7 And hee said, Loe, t& is yet high ttheHeb. yet
day is
day, neither is it time that the cattel] great.
should
with Rachel, Chap.xxix.
should be gathered together: water yee
the sheepe, and goe and feed them.
8 And they said, We cannot, vntill
all the flockes bee gathered together,
and till they rolle the stone from the
welles mouth : then wee water the
sheepe.
9 IT And while hee yet spake with
them, Rachel came with her fathers
sheepe : for she kept them.
10 And it came to passe, when lacob
saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his
mothers brother, and the sheepe of La-
ban his mothers brother; that lacob
went neere, and rolled the stone from
the wels mouth, and watered the flocke
of Laban his mothers brother.
11 And lacob kissed Rachel, and lif-
ted vp his voyce, and wept.
1£ And lacob told Rachel, that hee
was her fathers brother, and that hee
was Rebekahs sonne: and she ranne,
and told her father.
13 And it came to passe, when Laban
t Heb. hea- heard the t tidings of lacob his sisters
ring. sonne, that he ranne to meete him, and
imbraced him, and kissed him, & brought
him to his house: and hee tolde Laban
all these things.
14 And Laban said to him, Surely
thou art my bone and my flesh: and he
\Hebr.amo- abode with him the t space of a moneth.
netho/ilaieSi
15 H And Laban said vnto lacob,
Because thou art my brother, shouldest
thou therefore serue me for nought? tell
me, what shall thy wages be ?
16 And Laban had two daughters :
the name of the elder was Leah, and
the name of the yonger was Rachel.
17 Leah was tender eyed: but Ra-
chel was beautiful and well fauoured.
18 And lacob loued Rachel, and
said, I will serue thee seuen yeeres for
Rachel thy yonger daughter.
19 And Laban said, It is better that
I giue her to thee, then that I should
giue her to another man : abide with
mee.
20 And lacob serued seuen yeeres
for Rachel : and they seemed vnto him
but a few dayes, for the loue hee had
to her.
21 IF And lacob said vnto Laban,
Giue me my wife (for my dayes are ful-
filled) that I may goe in vnto her.
22 And Laban gathered together
all the men of the place, and made a
feast.
23 And it came to passe in the eue-
and marieth her.
ning, that he tooke Leah his daughter,
and brought her to him, and he went in
vnto her.
24 And Laban gaue vnto his
daughter Leah, Zilpah his mayde, for
a handmayd.
25 And it came to passe, that in the
morning, behold it was Leah : and he
said to Laban, What is this thou hast
done vnto mee ? did not I serue with
thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast t Heb. place.
thou beguiled me ?
26 And Laban said, It must not be
so done in our t conn trey, to giue the
yonger, before the first borne.
27 Fulfill her weeke , and wee wil
giue thee this also, for the seruice which
thou shalt serue with mee, yet seuen o-
ther yeeres.
28 And lacob did so, and fulfilled
her weeke: and he gaue him Rachel his
daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gaue to Rachel his
daughter, Bilhah his handmayd, to be
her mayd.
30 And hee went in also vnto Ra-
chel, and he loued also Rachel more then
Leah, and serued with him yet seuen
other yeeres.
31 f And when the LORD saw
that Leah was hated, hee opened her
wombe : but Rachel was barren.
32 And Leah conceiued and bare a
sonne, and shee called his name || Reu- S€61 That is,
a SOtlfl&i
ben : for she said, Surely, the LORD
hath looked vpon my affliction ; now
therefore my husband will loue me.
33 And shee conceiued againe, and
bare a sonne, and saide, Because the
LORD hath heard that I was ha-
ted, hee hath therefore giuen mee this
sonne also, and she called his name || Si- 1 That is.
Hearing.
meon,
34 And shee conceiued againe, and
bare a sonne, and said, Now this time
will my husband be ioyned vnto me, be-
cause I haue borne him three sonnes :
therefore was his name called || Leui. I That is,
35 And shee conceiued againe, and oyned.
bare a sonne : and she said, Now wil I 2. *Matth.i.
praise the LORD : therefore she cal- I That is,
led his name *||Iudah, and tleft bea- Praise.
Hebr. stood
ring. t-om bearing.
r H AP XXX
1 Rachelin griefe forherbarrennesse,giueth Bil-
hah her mayd vnto lacob. 5 She beareth
Dan and Naphtali. 9 Leah giueth Zilpah
her mayd, who beareth Gad and Asher. 14
Reuben
Mandrakes. Genefis.
Reuben findeth Mandrakes, with which
Leah buyeth her husband of Rachel. 17
Leah beareth Issachar, Zebulun, and Di-
nah. 22 Rachel beareth Joseph. 25 la-
cob desireth to depart. 27 Laoan stayeth
him on a new couenant. 37 Jacobs policie.
whereby hee became rich.
Nd when Rachel saw
A
tat shee bare lacob no
children , Rachel enuied
ner sister, and said vnto
lacob , Giue mee chil-
dren, or els I die.
2 And Jacobs anger was kindled
against Rachel, and he said, Am I in
Gods stead, who hath withheld from
thee the fruit of the wombe ?
3 And she said, Behold my mayde
bilhah: goe in vnto her, and she shall
b>eare vpon my knees, that I may also
t Hebr. be thaue children by her.
built by her.
4 And shee gaue him Bilhah her
hlandmayd to wife : and lacob went in
vnto her.
5 And Bilhah conceiued and bare
i[acob a sonne.
6 And Rachel said, God hath iudged
me, and hath also heard my voyce, and
lath giuen me a sonne ; therefore called
\\ That is,
iudging.
she his name || Dan.
7 And Bilhah Rachels mayd con-
ceiued againe, and bare lacob a second
sonne.
Heb.wrast- 3 And Rachel saide , With t great
lingsofGod.
wrastlings haue I wrastled with my
sister, and I haue preuailed : and she cal-
II That is. led his name ||*Naphtali.
My wrast"
ling. 9 When Leah saw that she had left
* Called
Vlntt. 4. 13*
bearing, shee tooke Zilpah her mayde,
Nephtha- * and gaue her lacob to wife.
Km. 10 And Zilpah Leahs mayde bare
lacob a sonne.
11 And Leah said, A troupe com-
II That is, meth: and she called his name ||Gad.
A troupe *
or company. 12 And Zilpah Leahs mayde bare
lacob a second sonne.
t Hebr. in
my happines
13 And Leah said, t Happy am I, for
the daughters will call me blessed : ant
I That is,
Happy.
she called his name ||Asher.
14 If And Reuben went in the dayes
of wheat haruest, & found Mandrakes
in the field, and brought them vnto his
mother Leah. Then Rachel saide to
Leah, Giue me, I pray thee, of thy
sonnes Mandrakes.
15 And shee said vnto her, Is it a
small matter, that thou hast taken my
husband ? and wouldst thou take away
my sonnes Mandrakes also ? and Ra-
lofeph is borne.
chel said, Therefore hee shall lye with
thee to night , for thy sonnes Man-
drakes.
16 And lacob came out of the field
in the euening, and Leah went out to
meet him, and said, Thou must come in
vnto mee: for surely I haue hired thee
with my sonnes Mandrakes. And hee
ay with her that night.
17 And God hearkened vnto Leah,
and she conceiued, and bare Jacob the
fift sonne.
18 And Leah said, God hath giuen
mee my hire, because I haue giuen my
may den to my husband: and she called
lis name ||Issachar. I That is,
19 And Leah conceiued againe, and An hire.
>are lacob the sixth sonne.
20 And Leah said, God hath endued
me with a good dowry : Now will my
lusband dwel with me, because I haue
jorne him sixe sonnes: and shee called
bis name || * Zebulun. I That is,
21 And afterwardes shee bare a Dwelling.
T\ It'
* Called
daughter, and called her name || Dinah. Matth.o 7nhil
• <3.
4.
£tU(/Um
22 If And God remembred Rachel, on.
II That is,
and God hearkened to her, and opened ludff&ifi en t.
her wombe.
23 And shee concerned and bare a
sonne, and said ; God hath taken away
my reproch :
24 And ehee called his name || Jo- Adding.
11 That Is,
seph, and saide, The LORD shall
adde to me another sonne.
25 1F And it came to passe when Ra-
chel had borne loseph , that lacob said
vnto Laban, Send me away, that I
may goe vnto mine owne place, and to
my countrey.
26 Giue mee my wiues and my chil-
dren, for whom I haue serued thee, anc
let me goe: for thou knowest my seruice
which I haue done thee.
27 And Laban said vnto him, 1
pray thee, if I haue found fauour in
thine eyes, tary: for I haue learned by
experience, that the LORD hath
blessed me for thy sake.
28 And he said, Appoint me thy wa-
ges, and I will giue it.
29 And hee said vnto him, Thou
knowest how I haue serued thee, anc
how thy cattell was with me.
30 For it was little which thou hadsi
before I came; and it is now t increased t Hebr. bro-
vnto a multitude; and the LORD kenfoorth.
hath blessed thee t since my comming : t Hel>r. at
and now when shall I prouide for myfoote.
mine owne house also ?
31 And
lacob and Laban. Chap.xxxj.
31 And hee said, What shall I giue
thee ? and lacob said, Thou shalt not
giue me any thing; if thou wilt doe this
thing for mee, I will againe feed and
keepe thy flocke.
32 I wil passe through all thy flocke
to day, remoouing from thence all the
speckled and spotted cattell: and all the
browne cattell among the sheepe, and
the spotted and speckled among the
goates, and of such shalbe my hire.
33 So shall my righteousnesse an-
\ Hebr. to swere for mee tin time to come, when it
morrow. shall come for my hire, before thy face:
euery one that is not speckled and spot-
ted amongst the goates, and browne a-
mongst the sheepe, that shalbe counted
QfrnllpY"! WltVl TOP
&IU11C11 W J H I 11JCJ.
34 And Laban saide, Beholde, I
would it might bee according to thy
word.
35 And he remoued that day the hee
goates that were ring-straked, and
spotted, and all the shee goats that were
speckled and spotted, and euery one that
bad some white in it, and all the browne
amongst the sheepe, and gaue them into
the hand of his sonnes.
36 And hee set three dayes iourney
betwixt himselfe and lacob: and la-
cob fed the rest of Labans flocks.
37 f And lacob tooke him rods
of greene poplar, and of the hasel and
chesnut tree, and pilled white strakes in
them, and made the white appeare
which was in the rods. .
38 And he set the rods which he had
pilled, before the flockes in the gutters
:n the watering troughes when the
Jocks came to drinke, that they should
conceiue when they came to drinke.
39 And .the flockes conceiued before
the rods, and brought forth cattell ring-
straked, speckled and spotted.
40 And lacob did separate the
almbes, and set the faces of the flockes
toward the ring-straked, and all the
jrowne in the flocke of Laban : and he
mt his owne flocks by themselues, and
mt them not vnto Labans cattell.
41 And it came to passe whensoeuer
the stronger cattell did conceiue, that
lacob layd the rods before the eyes of
the cattell in the gutters, that they
might conceiue among the rods.
42 But when the cattel were feeble,
hlee put them not in: so the feebler were
lLabans, and the stronger lacobs.
43 And the man increased exceeding-
lacobs feruice.
ly, and had much cattell, and mayd-
seruants, and men seruants, and ca-
mels, and asses.
C H A P . XXXI.
1 lacob vpon displeasure departeth secretly
1 9 Rachel stealeth her fathers images. 22 La-
ban pursueth after him, 26 and complai-
neth of the wrong. 34 Rachels policie to
hide the images. 36 lacobs complaint o:
Laban. 43 The couenant of Laban and
Jacob at Galeed.
^ ^e heard the words oi
A Labans sonnes, saying,
lacob hath taken away
^11 that was our fathers ;
and of that which was
of our fathers, hath hee gotten all this
glory.
2 And lacob behelde the counte-
nance of Laban, and behold, it was not
toward him tas before. t Heir, as
3 And the L O R D said vnto la- yesterday
and the day
cob, Returne vnto the land of thy fa- before.
thers, and to thy kindred; and I wil be
with thee.
4 And lacob sent and called Rachel
and Leah, to the field vnto his flocke,
5 And said vnto them, I see your fa-
thers countenance, that it is not to-
ward mee as before: but the God of my
father hath bene with me.
6. And yee know, that with all my
power I haue serued your father.
7 And your father hath deceiued
mee, and cnanged my wages ten times:
but God suffered him not to hurt me.
8 If hee said thus, The speckled
shall be thy wages, then all the cattell
bare speckled : and if he said thus, The
ring-straked shalbe thy hire, then bare
all the cattell ring-straked.
9 Thus God Jiath taken away the
cattell of your father, and giuen them
to mee.
10 And it came to passe at the time
that the cattell conceiued, that I lifted
vp mine eyes and saw in a dreame, and
Dehold, the ||rammes which leaped vp- I Or, hee
on the cattell were ring-straked, speckled WQtes.
and grisled,
11 And the Angel of God spake vnto
me in a dreame, saying, lacob; And I
said, Here am I.
12 And hee said. Lift vp now thine
eyes, and see, all the rammes which
eape vpon the cattell are ring-straked.
speckled and grisled : for I haue scene
all
2
lacob fleeing, is Genefis.
all that Laban doeth vnto thee.
* Chap. 28. 13 I am the God of Bethel, 'where
18. thou annoyntedst the pillar, and where
thou vowedst a vow vnto mee : now a-
rise, get thee out from this land, and re-
turne vnto the land of thy kindred.
14 And Rachel and Leah answe-
red, and said vnto him; Is there yet a-
ny portion or inheritance for vs in our
fathers house ?
15 Are we not counted of him stran-
gers? for he hath sold vs, and hath quite
dleuoured also our money.
16 For all the riches which God hath
taken from our father, that is ours,
and our childrens: now then whatso-
euer God hath said vnto thee, doe.
17 IF Then lacob rose vp, and set
hdis sonnes and his wiues vpon camels.
18 And he caried away all his cattell,
and all his goods which he had gotten,
the cattell of his getting, which hee had
gotten in Padan Aram, for to goe to I-
saac his father in the land of Canaan.
19 And Laban went to sheare his
t Heltr. Te- sheepe: and Rachel had stollen the tl-
raphim.
mages that were her fathers.
1- Hebr. the
ieart of LCL*
20 And lacob stale away tvna-
ban. wares to Laban the Syrian, in that he
told him not that he fled.
21 So hee fled with all that hee had,
and he rose vp and passed ouer the Ri-
uer, and set his face toward the mount
Gilead.
22 And it was tolde Laban on the
third day, that laeob was fled.
23 And hee tooke his brethren with
him, and pursued after him seuen dayes
iourney, and they ouertooke him in the
mount Gilead.
24 And God came to Laban the
Syrian in a dreame by night, and saide
vnto him, Take heed that thou speake
iffebr.frvm not to lacob t either good or bad.
$QOtt tO oQOr.
25 f Then Laban ouertooke la-
cob. Now lacob had pitched his tent
in the mount: and Laban with his bre-
thren pitched in the mount of Gilead.
26 And Laban said to lacob, What
hast thou done, that thou hast stollen a-
way vnawares to me, and caried away
my daughters, as captiues taken with
the sword ?
27 Wherefore didst thou flie away
t Hebr. host secretly, and tsteale away from me, and
stollen me.
didst not tell mee ? that I might haue
sent thee away with mirth, and with
songs, with tabret, and with harpe,
28 And hast not suffered me to kisse
puriued by Laban.
my sonnes and my daughters? thou
last now done foolishly in so doing.
29 It is in the power of my hand
to doe you hurt : but the God of your
ather spake vnto mee yesternight, say-
ing, Take thou heed, that thou speake
not to lacob either good or bad.
30 And now though thou wouldest
needes bee gone, because thou sore lon-
gedst after thy fathers house; yet where-
fore hast thou stollen my gods ?
31 And lacob answered and said to
Laban, Because I was afraid : for I
said, Peraduenture thou wouldest take
:>y force thy daughters from me.
32 With whomsoeuer thou findest
thy gods, let him not Hue: before our
brethren discerne thou what is thine
with me, and take it to thee : for lacob
knew not that Rachel had stollen
them.
33 And Laban went into lacobs
tent, and into Leahs tent, and into the
two maid seruants tents : but he found
them not. Then went he out of Leahs
tent, and entred into Rachels tent.
34 Now Rachel had taken the i-
tnages, and put them in the camels fur-
niture, and sate vpon them: and La-
ban t searched all the tent, fcjut found \Hebr.fe\L
tlitm not.
35 And shee said fo her father, Let it
not displease my lofd, that I cannot
rise vp before thee ; for the custom e of
women is vpon mee : and he searched,
but found not the images.
36 f And lacob was wroth $ afid
chode with Laban : and lacob answe-
red and said to Laban, What is ffiy tf es-
passe? what is my sinne, that thou hast
so hotly pursued after me ?
37 Whereas thou hast f searched all f He fo. felt.
my stuffe, what hast thou found of all
thy houshold stuffe ? set it hefe before
my brethren, and thy brethren, that they
may iudge betwixt vs both.
38 This twentie yeefes haue I
bene with thee : thy ewes and thy shee
goates haue not cast their yong, and
the rammes of thy flocke haue I not
eaten.
39 That which was torne qfbeastsy I
brought not vnto thee: I bare the losse
of it; of *my hand didst thou require it, * Exod. 22.
whether stollen by day, or stollen by 12
night.
40 Thus I was in y day, the drought
consumed mee, and'the frost by night,
aud my sleep departed from mine eyes
41 Thus
Their couenant. Chap.xxxij.
41 Thus haue I bene twentie yeres
in thy house : I serued thee fourteene
yeeres for thy two daughters, and sixe
yeres for thy cattel; and thou hast chan-
ged my wages ten times.
42 Except the God of my father, the
God of Abraham , and the feare of I-
saac had bin with me, surely thou hadst
sent me away now emptie : God hath
seene mine affliction, and the labour of
my hands, & rebuked thee yesternight.
43 ^1 And Laban answered and said
vnto lacob, These daughters are my
daughters, and these children are my
children , and these cattell are my cat-
tell, and all that thou seest, is mine: and
what can I doe this day vhto these
my daughters , or vnto their children
which they haue borne ?
44 Now therefore come thou, let
vs make a couenant, I and thou: and
let it be for a witnesse betweene me and
thee.
45 And lacob tooke a stone, and set
it vp for a pillar.
4o And lacob saide vnto his bre-
thren , Gather stones : and they tooke
stones, and made an heape, and they
did eate there vpon the heape.
U That is, 47 And ' Laban called it || legar-
The heape
o/witnesse. Sahadutha : but lacob called it Ga-
leed.
48 And Laban said, This heape is
a witnesse betweene mee and thee this
day. Therefore was the name of it cal-
led Galeed,
P That Is, 49 And ||Mizpah: for he said, The
A beacon: LORD watch betweene me #nd thee
or, ivatqh
tower* when we are absent one from another.
50 If thou shalt afflict my daugh-
ters , or if thou shalt take other wiues
beside tny daughters, no man is with vs;
See, God is witnesse betwixt mee and
thee.
51 And Laban said to lacob , Be-
hold this heape, and behold this pillar.
which I haue cast betwixt me and thee.
52 This heape be witnesse, and this
pillar be witnesse, that I will not passe
ouer this heape to thee, and that thou
shalt not passe ouer this heape, and this
pillar vnto, me, for harme.
53 The God of Abraham, and the
God of Nahor , the God of their fa-
ther, iudge betwixt vs. And lacob
sware by the feare of his father Isaac.
1 Or, killed 54 Then lacob ||offred sacrifice vp-
beasts. on the mount, and called his brethren to
eate bread, and they did eate bread, and
Jacobs prayer.
taried all night in the mount.
55 And earely in the morning, La-
ban rose vp and kissed his sonnes, and
his daughters, and blessed them: and
Laban departed, and returned vnto
his place.
C H A P . XXXII.
1 Jacobs vision at Mahanaim. 3 His message
to Esau. 6 He is afraid of Esaus comming.
9 He prayeth for deliuerance. 13 Hee sen-
deth a present to Esau. 24, He wrestleth with
an Angel at Peniel, where hee is called Israel.
31 He halteth.
Nd lacob went on his
A wav* and fche Angels of
God met him.
2 And when lacob
saw them, he said, This is
Gods hoste: and hee called the name of
that place || Mahanaim. H that is,
two hostes
3 And lacob sent messengers before or campes.
him, to Esau his brother, vnto the land
of Seir, the tcountrey of Edom. t H eb. Field.
4 And he commaunded them , say-
ing, Thus shall ye speake vnto my lord
Esau, Thy seruant lacob saith thus,
I haue soiourned with Laban, and
stayed there vntill now.
5 And I haue oxen , and asses,
flockes, and men seruants and women
seruants : and I haue sent to tell my
lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
6 1f And the messengers returned
to lacob, saying, Wee came to thy bro-
ther Esau, and also he commeth to meet
thee, and foure hundred men with him.
7 Then lacob was greatly afraid,
and distressed, and he diuidedthe people
that was with him, and the flockes, and
herdes, and the camels into two bands,
8 And said, If Esau come to the one
company, and smite it, then the other
company which is left, shall escape.
9 f And lacob said, O God of my
father Abraham, and God of my father
Isaac, the LORD which saidst vnto
me, *Returne vnto thy countrey, and * Chap. 31.
to thy kinred, and I will deale well 13.
with thee :
10 1 1 am not worthy of the least oft Heb. lam
lesse then all
all the mercies, and of all the trueth, \c.
which thou hast shewed vnto thy ser-
uant : for with my staflfe I passed ouer
this lordan , and now I am become
two bands.
11 Deliuer me, I pray thee, from the
hand of my brother, from the hand of
Esau :
lacobs prefent. Genefis.
Esau: for I feare him, lest he will come,
t Heb. vpon. and smite me, and the mother t with the
children.
12 And thou saidst, I will surely doe
thee good, and make thy seed as the sand
of the sea, which cannot be numbred for
multitude.
13 IF And he lodged there that same
night, and tooke of that which came
to his hand, a present for Esau his
brother ;
14 Two hundred shee goats, and
twentie hee goats, two hundred ewes,
and twentie rammes,
15 Thirtie milch camels with their
colts, fortie kine, and ten bulles, twenty
shee ashes, and ten foales.
16 And hee deliuered them into the
hand of his seruants, euery droue" by
themselues, and said vnto his seruants,
Passe ouerbefore me, and put a space be-
twixt droue and droue.
17 And he commanded the formost,
saying, When Esau my brother mee-
teth thee, andasketh thee, say ing, Whose
art thou? and whither goest thou? and
whose are these before thee ?
18 Then thou shalt say, They be thy
seruant lacobs: it is a present sent vnto
my lord Esau: and behold also, he is be-
hind vs.
19 And so commanded he the second,
and the third, and all that followed the
droues, saying, On this maner shal you
speake vnto Esau, when youfindhim.
20 And say ye moreouer, Beholde,
thy seruant lacob is behind vs : for he
said, I will appease him with the pre-
sent that goeth before me, and after-
ward I will see his face ; peraduenture
t Heb. my he will accept tof me.
face.
21 So went the present ouer before
him: and himselfe lodged that night in
the company.
22 And hee rose vp that night, and
tooke his two wiues, and his two wo-
men seruants, and his eleuen sonnes,
and passed ouer the foord labbok.
t ffeb. cau-
sed to passe.
23 And he tooke them, andtsent them
ouer the brooke, and sent ouer that hee
had.
24* IF And lacob was left alone:
and there wrestled a man with him, vn-
t Hebr.
A scendwiff
till the t breaking of the day.
of the 77W- 25 And when he saw, that he preuai-
fling.
led not against him, he touched the hol-
low of his thigh : and the hollow oJ
lacobs thigh was out of ioynt, as hee
wrestled with him.
He is named Ifrael.
26 And he said, Let me goe, for the
day breaketh : and he said, * I will not * Ose. 12. 4.
let thee goe, except thou blesse me.
27 And he said vnto him, What Is
thy name ? and he said, lacob.
28 And he said, * Thy name shall be * Chap. 35.
called no more lacob, but Israel: for 10.
as a prince hast thou power with God,
and with men, and hast preuailed.
29 And lacob asked Aim, and saide,
Tell me, I pray thee, thy name: and he
said, Wherefore is it, that thou doest
aske after my name? and he blessed him
there.
30 And lacob called the name of the
place ||Peniel: for I haue scene God face The
1 That is,
face of
to face, and my life is preserued. God.
31 And as he passed ouer Penuel, the
sunne rose vpon him, and he halted vp-
on his thigh.
32 Therefore the children of Israel
eate not of the sinewe which shranke,
which is vpon the hollow of the thigh,
vnto this day : because hee touched the
hollow of lacobs thigh, in the einewe
that shranke.
C H A P . XXXIIL
1 The kindnesse of lacob and Esau at their mee-
ting. 17 Jacob commeth to Succoth, 18 At
Salem he buveth a field, and buildeth an Al-
tar called Elohe Israel.
Nd lacob lifted vp his
A yes, and looked, and be-
hold, Esau came, and with
him foure hundreth men :
and hee diuided the chil-
dren vnto Leah, and vnto Rachel, and
vnto the two handmaids.
2 And he put the handmaides, and
their chidren foremost , and Leah and
her children after, and Rachel and lo-
seph hindermost
3 And hee passed ouer before them,
and bowed himselfe to the ground se-
uen times, vntill hee came neere to his
brother.
4 And Esau ran to meete him, and
imbraced him, and fell on his necke, and
kissed him, and they wept.
5 And he lift vp his eyes, and sawe
the women, and the children, and said,
Who are those t with thee? And he said, tthee.
ffeb. To
The children which God hath graci-
ously giuen thy seruant.
6 Then the handmaidens came
neere; they and their children, and they
bowed themselues.
7 And
Jacob and Efau. Chap.xxxiiij.
7 And Leah also with her children
came neere, and bowed themselues: anc
after came loseph neere and Rachel,
and they bowed themselues.
t ffeb. what 8 And he said, t What meanest thou
is all this
band to the^t by all this droue , which I met ? Anc
he said, These are to find grace in the sigh t
of mv lord.
9 And Esau said, I haue enough:
t Heb. bee my brother, tkeepe that thou hast vnto
that to thee
that is thine. thy selfe.
10 And lacob saide, Nay, I pray
thee : if now I haue found grace in thy
sight, then receiue my present at my
hand: for therefore I haue scene thy
face, as though I had seene the face of
God ; and thou wast pleased with me.
11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing
that is brought to thee; because God
hath dealt graciously with mee, and be-
cause I haue enough : and hee vrged
him, and he tooke it.
12 And he said, Let vs take our iour-
ney , and let vs goe, and I will goe be-
fore thee.
13 And hee said vnto him, My lord
knoweth, that the children are tender,
and the flockes and beards with yong
are with mee: and if men should o-
uer-driue them one day, all the flocke
will die.
14 Let my lord, I pray thee, passe o-
uer before his seruant, and I will leade
f Beb. accor- on softly, according tas the cattell that
ding to the
foote of the goeth before me, and the children be able
worke* &c. to endure, vntill I come vnto my lord
&£ according
to the foot of vnto Seir.
the children. 15 And Esau said, Let me now tleaue
•f Jn.60.
T C/7/
tfat\ oet,
or place. with thee some of the folke that are with
t Heb wher- me: Andheesaid, tWhatneedeth it? let
f'OT
nmt 15 *7j,V9
gf6 i- UllS?
me finde grace in the sight of my lord.
16 IF So Esau returned that day, on
his way vnto Seir.
17 And lacob iourneyed to Suc-
coth, and built him an house, and made
boothes for his cattell: therefore the
II That is, name of the place is called || Succoth.
Soothes.
18 IT And lacob came to Shalem, a
* Called citie of * Shechem, which is in the land
Acts. 7. 16.
Sychem. of Canaan, when he came from Padan
Aram , and pitched his tent before the
Citie.
19 And he bought a parcell of a field
where hee had spread his tent, at the
* Called
Acts. 7. 16. land of the children of * Hamor She-
Smor.
Or laiubcs.
chems father, for an hundred || pieces of
II That is. money.
God, the
God of Is-
20 And hee erected there an Altar,
rael. and called it ||El-Elohe-Israel,
Dinah defiled.
C H A P . XXXIIII.
1 Dinah is rauished by Shechem. 4 He sueth
to marry her. 13 The sonnes of lacob offer
the condition of Circumcision to the She- i
chemites. 20 Hamor and Shechem per-
swade them to accept it 25 The sonnes of
lacob vpon that advantage slay them, 27
and spoile their citie. 30 lacob reprooueth
Simeon and Leui.
Nd Dinah the daughter
A of Leah, which shee bare
vnto lacob, went out to
see the daughters of the
land.
2 And when Shechem the sonne ol
Hamor the Hiuite, prince of the coun-
trey saw her, he tooke her, and lay with
her, and t defiled her. 'Hebr.hum-
» j her.
itsd t.
3 And his soule claue vnto Dinah
the daughter of lacob, and hee loued
the damsell, and spake t kindly vnto the • Hebr. to
ter heart.
damsell.
4} And Shechem spake vnto his fa-
ther Hamor, saying, Get mee this dam-
sell to wife.
5 And lacob heard that he had de-
filed Dinah his daughter (now his
sonnes were with his cattel in the field)
and lacob helde his peace vntill they
were come.
6 If And Hamor the father of She-
chem went out vnto lacob to com-
mune with him.
7 And the sonnes of lacob came
out of the field when they heard it, and
the men were grieued : and they were
very wroth, because hee had wrought
folly in Israel, in lying with lacobs
daughter; which thing ought not to
be done.
8 And Hamor communed with
them, saying, The soule of my sonne
Shechem longeth for your daughter:
[ pray you giue her him to wife.
9 And make ye manages with vs,
and giue your daughters vnto vs, and
take our daughters vnto you.
10 And ye shall dwell with vs, and
the land shall be before you: dwell and
trade you therein, and get you posses-
sions therein.
11 And Shechem said vnto her fa-
ther, and vnto her brethren, Let mee
inde grace in your eyes, and what yee
shall say vnto me, I will giue.
12 Aske mee neuer so much dowrie
and gift, and I will giue according as
yee
The Shechemites Genefis.
yee shall say vnto mee: but giue me the
damsell to wife.
13 And the sonnes of lacob answe-
red Shechem, and Hamor his father
deceitfully, and said, because he had de-
filed Dinah their sister.
14? And they saide vnto them, Wee
cannot doe this thing, to giue our sister
o one that is vncircumcised : for that
were a reproch vnto vs.
15 But in this will we consent vnto
rou : If ye will be as we be, that euery
male of you be circumcised :
16 Then wil we giue our daughters
vnto you, and we wil take your daugh-
ters to vs, and we will dwell with you,
and we will become one people.
17 But if ye will not hearken vnto
vs, to be circumcised, then will we take
our daughter, arid we will be gone.
18 And their words pleased Hamor,
and; Shechem Hamors sonne.
19 And the yong man deferred not
;0 doe the thing, because he had delight
n lacobs daughter : and he was more
honourable then all the house of his
father
IdVlldi-
20 If And H&n&r and Shechem his
sonne came vnto the gate of their citie,
and communed with the men of their
citie, saying i
21 These men are peaceable vith vs,
therefore let them dwel in the land, and
trade therein: for the land, behold, it is
large enough for them : let vs take
their daughters to vs for wiiies, and
let vs giue them our daughters.
22 Onely herein will the men con-
sent vnto vs, for to dwell with vs to be
one people, if euery male among vs bee
circumcised, as they are circumcised.
23 Shall not their cattell, and their
substance, and euery beast of theirs bee
ours ? onely let vs consent vnto them.
and they will dwell with vs.
24 And vnto Hamor and vnto She-
chem his sonne, hearkened all that
went out of the gate of his citie ; am
euery male was circumcised, all that
went out of the gate of his citie.
25 H And it came to passe on the
thirde day when they were sore, that
two of the sonnes of lacob, Simeon
and Leui, Dinahs brethren, tooke each
man his sword and came vpon the citie
* Chap. 49. boldly, and * slew all the males.
6.
26 And they slew Hamor and She-
t Hebr. chem his sopne, with the tedge of the
mouth*
sword , and tooke Dinah out of She-
are fpoiled.
chems house, and went out.
27 The sonnes of lacob came vpon
the slaine, and spoiled the citie, because
they had defiled their sister.
28 They tooke their sheepe, and
their oxen, and their asses, and that
which was in the citie, and that which
was in the field.
29 And" all their wealth, and all their
ittle ones, and their wiues tooke they
captiue, and spoiled euen all that was in
the house.
30 And lacob said to Simeon and
Leui, Ye haue troubled me to make me
to stinke among the inhabitants of the
and, amongst the Canaanites, and the
Perizzites : and I being few in num-
ber, they shall gather themselues toge-
;her against me, and slay me, and I shal
?e destroyed, I and my house.
31 And they said, Should hee deale
with our sister, as with an harlot ?
C H A P . XXXV.
1 God sendeth lacob to Bethel. 2 He purgeth
his house of idols. 6 He buildeth an Altar at
Bethel. 8 Deborah dieth at Allon Bachuth
9 God blesseth lacob at Bethel. 16 Rachel
traueileth of Beniamin., and dieth in the way
to Edar. 22 Reuben lieth with Bilhah. 23
The sonnes of lacob. 27 Jacob commeth
to Isaac at Hebron. 28 The age, death, and
buriall of Isaac.
Nd God said vnto lacob,
A Arise , goe vp to Bethel,
and dwel there: and make
there an Altar vnto God,
that appeared vnto thee,
* when thou fleddest from the face of E- * Chap, 27.
43.
sau thy brother.
2 Then lacob said vnto his house-
hold , and to all that were with him,
Put away the strange ;gods that are a-
mong you, and bee cLeane, and chajrge
your garments,
3 And let vs arise, and goe vp to
Bethel, .and 1 will make there an Al-
tar vnto God, tvho answered me in the
day of my disttesse, and was with me in
the way which I went.
4? And they gaue vnto Jacob al;
the strange gods which w£re in their
hand > and all their eare-rings whiclh
were in their eares, and lacob hid them
vnder Che -oke which was by She-
cbein.
5 And they ioiimeyed: and the ter-
rpur of God was vpon the cities that
were
Rachel dieth. Chap.xxxvj,
were round about them, and they did
not pursue after the sonnes of lacob.
6 f So lacob came to Luz, which
is in the land of Canaan (that is Bethel)
hee and all the people tjiat were with
him.
7 And hee built there an Altar,
Chap. 28. and*called theplace ||El-Bethel,because
19.
H That is, there God appeared vnto him 4 when he
The God of fled from the face of his brother.
Bethel.
8 But Deborah Rebekahs nurse
died, and she was buried beneath Beth-
el vnder an oke: and thenanie of it was
I That is, called ||Allon Bachuth.
The oke of
weeping. 9 If And God appeared vnto la-
cob againe, when he came ou.t of Padan
Aram, and blessed hini.
10 And God said vrito Jiirti , Thy
name is lacob: thy name shall not bee
* Chap. 32. called any more lacob , * but Israel
28.
shall bee thy name; and hfifi called his
name Israel.
11 And God saide vnto him, I am
God Almightie: be fruitful! and multi-
ply : a nation and a company of nations
shall he of thee, and Kings shall come
out of thy loynes.
12 And the land which I gaue Abra-
ham, and Isaac, to thee I will giue it,
and to thy seed after thee will I giue
the land.
13 And God went vp from him, in
the place where he talked with him.
14. And lacob set vp a pillar in the
place where he talked with him, euen a
pillar of stone: and hee powred a drinke
offering thereon, and he powred oile
thereon.
15 And lacob called the name of
the place where God spake with him,
Bethel.
16 IT And they iourneyed from
t Hebr. a Bethel : and there was but a tlitle way
title piece of
ground. to come to Ephrath; and Rachel tra-
ueiled, and she had hard labour.
17 And it came to passe when shee
was in hard labour, that the midwife
said vnto her, Feare not : thou shalt
haue this sonne also.
18 And it came to passe as her soule
was in departing, (for she died) that she
I! That is,
Thesonneof
called his name ||Ben-pni: but his fa-
my sorrow, ther called him || Beniamin.
H That is,
Thesonneof
19 And Rachel died, and was buried
the right in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-
hand. lehem.
20 And lacob set a pillar vpon her
graue: that is the pillar of Rachels
graue vnto this day.
Ifaac dieth
21 1F And Israel Journeyed and
spread his tent beyond tjie towre of
Edar.
22 And it came to passe when Is-
rael dwelt in that land, that Reuben
went & * lay with Bilhah his fathers Chap. 49.
concubine: and Israel heard it. Now 4.
the sonnes of lacob were twelue.
23 The sonnes of Leah: Reuben
lacobs first borne, and Simeon, and
Leui, and ludah, and Issacfaar, and
Zebulun.
24 The sonnes of Rachel : loseph,
and Beniamin.
25 And the sonnes of Bilhah, Ra-
chels handmaid : Dan and Naphtali.
26 And the sonnes of Zilpah, Le-
ahs handmaid: Gad, and Asher. These
are the sonnes of lacob, which were
borne to him in Padan Aram.
27 IT And lacob came vnto Isaac
his father vnto Mamre, vnto the citie
of Arbah (which is Hebron) where A-
braham and Isaac soiourned.
28 And the dayes of Isaac were an
hundred and fourescore yeeres.
29 And Isaac gaue vp the ghost and
died, and was * gathered vnto his peo- Chap. 25.
ple, being old and full of dayes: and his
sonnes Esau and lacob buried him.
C H A P . XXXVI.
1 Esaus three wiues. 6 His remouing to mount
Seir. 9 His sonnes. 15 The Dukes which
descended of his sonnes. 20 The sonnes and
dukes of Seir. 24 Anah findeth mules. 31
The kings of Edom. 40 The dukes that
descended of Esau.
Ow these are the genera-
N
^ons °f Esau, who is E-
dom.
2 Esau tooke his wiues
of the daughters of Cana-
an: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hit-
tite, and Aholibamah the daughter of
Anah the daughter of 2ibeon the Hi-
uite :
3 And Bashemath Ishmaels d§ugh-
ter, sister of Nebaioth.
4? And *Adah bare to Esau, Eli- 1. Chron.
phaz : and Bashemath bare Reuel. 1. 35.
5 And Aholibamah bare leush ,
and laalam, and Korah : these are the
sonnes of Esau, which were borne vnto
him in the land of Canaan.
6 And. Esau tooke his wiues, and
his sonnes, and his daughters, and all
the t persons of his house, and his cat- Wieb.soutes,
tell,
Efaus offfpring. Genefis.
tell, and all his beasts, and all his sub-
stance, which he had got in the lande of
Canaan: and went into the countrey
from the face of his brother lacob.
7 For their riches were more then
that they might dwell together: and
the land wherein they ivere strangers,
could not beare them , because of their
cattell.
• losh. 24. 8 Thus dwelt Esau in * mount Se-
4.
ir: Esau is Edom.
9 f And these are the generations
t Hebr. £. of Esau, the father of t the Edomites in
dvm.
mount Seir.
10 These are the names of Esaus
* I. Chro. 1. sonnes : * Eliphaz the sonne of Adah
35. &c.
the wife of Esau , Reuel the sonne oi
Bashemath, the wife of Esau.
11 And the sonnes of Eliphaz were,
Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam,
and Kenaz.
12 And Timna was concubine to
Eliphaz Esaus sonne, and shee bare to
Eliphaz Amalek : these were the sonnes
of Adah Esaus wife.
13 And these are the sonnes of Reuel :
Nahath and Zerah, Shammah, and
Mizzah : these were the sonnes of Ba-
shemath, Esaus wife.
14 f And these were the sonnes of
Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah,
daughter of Zibeon Esaus wife : and
she bare to Esau, leush and laalam,
and Korah.
15 f These were dukes of the sonnes
of Esau : the sonnes of Eliphaz the first
borne sonne of Esau, duke Teman,
duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Ke-
naz,
16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and
duke Amalek : These are the dukes that
came of Eliphaz, in the land of Edom :
These were the sonnes of Adah.
17 f And these are the sonnes of
Reuel Esaus sonne : duke Nahath,
duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke
Mizzah. These are the dukes that came
of Reuel, in the land of Edom : these
are the sonnes of Bashemath , Esaus
wife.
18 f And these are the sonnes of A-
fiolibamah. Esaus wife : duke leush,
duke laalam, duke Korah : these were
the dukes that came of Aholibamah the
daughter of Anah Esaus wife.
19 These are the sonnes of Esau,
[who M Edom) and these are theirdukes.
•i.Chro. i. 20 H * These are the sonnes of Seir
38.
the Horite,who inhabited the land, Lo-
Dukes, and Kings.
tan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and A-
nah.
21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Di-
shan: these are the dukes of the Horites
the children of Seir in the lande of E-
dom.
22 And the children of Lotan, were
Hori, and Hemam : and Lotans sister
was Timna.
23 And the children of Shobal were
these : Aluan, and Manahath, and E-
bal, Shepho, and Onam.
24 And these are the children of Zi-
beon, both Aiah, and Anah : this was
that Anah that found the mules in the
wilderiiesse, as he fed the asses of Zibe-
on his father.
25 And the children of Anah were
these : Dishon , and Aholibamah the
daughter of Anah.
26 And these are the children of Di-
shon: Hemdan and Eshban, & Ithran,
and Cheran.
27 The children of Ezer are these :
Bilhan and Zaauan, and Akan.
28 The children of Dishan are these:
Vz, and Aran.
29 These are the dukes that came of
the Horites: duke Lotan, duke Sho-
bal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke
Dishan : these are the dukes that came of
Hori, among their dukes in the land of
Seir..
31 U And these are the kings that
reigned in the land of Edom, before
there reigned any king ouer the chil-
dren of Israel.
32 And Bela the sonne of Beor
reigned in Edom : and the name of his
citie was Dinhabah.
33 And Bela died, and lobab the
sonne of Zerah of Bozra reigned in his
stead.
34 And lobab died, and Husham
of the land of Temani reigned in his
stead.
35 And Husham died, and Hadad the
sonne of Bedad, ( who smote Midian
in the field of Moab,) reigned in his
stead: & the name of his citie was Auith.
36 And Hadad died, and Samlah
of Masrekah, reigned in his stead.
37 And Samlah died, and Saul of
Rehoboth, by the riuer, reigned in his
stead.
38 And Saul died, and Baal-hanan
the sonne of Achbor reigned in his stead.
39 And Baal-hanan the sonne of
Achbor
tofephs Chap.xxxvij.
Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his
stead: and the name of his citiesmsPau,
and his wiues name was Mehetabel, the
daughter of Matred, the daughter of
Vfezahab.
40 And these are the names of the
dukes that came of Esau, according to
their families, after their places, by their
names : duke Timnah , duke Aluah,
duke Jetheth,
41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah,
duke Pinon,
43 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman,
duke Mibzar,
43 Duke Magdiel , duke Iram.
These be the dukes of Edom, according
to their habitations, in the land of their
iHebEdom possession : he is Esau the father oft the
Edomites.
C H A P . XXXVII.
2 loseph is hated of his brethren. 5 His two
dreames. 13 Jacob sendeth him to visite his
brethren. 1 8 His brethren conspire his death.
21 Reuben saueth him. 26 They sell him to
the Ishmeelites. 31 His father, deceiued by
the bloodie coat, mourneth for him. 36 Hee
is sold to Potiphar in Egypt.
A
Nd lacob dwelt in the
t Heb. of his ^ an<
^ t wherein his father
fathers so-
loumings. was a stranger , in the
land of Canaan.
% jLnese are tne gene-
rations of lacob : loseph being seuen-
teene yeeres old, was feeding the flocke
with his brethren, and the lad was with
the sonnes of Bilhah, and with the
sonnes of Zilpah, his fathers wiues :
and loseph brought vnto his father
their euill report.
3 Now Israel loued loseph more
then all his children, because he was the
sonne of his old age: and he made him
i Or, peeces a coat of many || colours.
4 And when his brethren saw that
their father loued him more then all his
brethren, they hated him, and could not
speake peaceably vnto him.
5 1T And loseph dreamed a dream e,
and he told it his brethren, and they ha-
ted him yet the more.
6 And he said vnto them, Heare, I
pray you, this dreame which I haue
dreamed.
7 For beholde, wee were binding
sheaues in the field, and loe, my sheafe
arose, and also stood vpright ; and be-
hold, your sheaues stood rotmd about,
dreames.
and made obeisance to my sheafe.
8 And his brethren saide to him,
Shalt thou indeed reigne ouer vs? or
sh$lt thou indeed haue dominion ouer
vs? and they hated him yet the more, for
tiis dreames, and for his words.
9 If And hee dreamed yet another
dreame , and told it his brethren , and
said, Behold, I haue dreamed a dreame
more : and behold , the sunne and the
moone, and the eleuen starres made o-
t>eisance to me.
10 And he told it to his father, and
to his brethren: and his father rebuked
him, and said vnto him, What is this
dreame that thou hast dreamed? shal I,
and thy mother, and thy brethren in-
deed come to bow downe our selues to
thee, to the earth ?
11 And his brethren enuied him : but
tris father obserued the saying.
12 1F And his brethren went to feed
their fathers flocke in Shechem.
13 And Israel saide vnto loseph,
Doe not thy brethren feed the flocke in
Shechem ? Come, and I will send thee
vnto them : & he said to him, Here am I.
14 And he said to him, Goe, I pray
thee, tsee whether it bee well with thy t Hebr. tee
brethren, and well with the flockes, and the peace of
thy Brethren
bring me word againe: so hee sent him 4"c-
out of the vale of Hebron, and he came
to Shechem.
15 IT And a certaine man found him,
and behold , hee was wandring in the
field, and the man asked him, saying,
What seekest thou ?
16 And he said, I seeke my brethren:
tell me, I pray thee, where they feede
their flockes.
17 And the man said, They are de-
parted hence: for I heard them say, Let
vs goe to Dothan. And loseph went
after his brethren, and found them in
Dothan.
18 And when they saw him a farre
off, euen before he came neere vnto
them, they conspired against him, to
slay him.
19 And they said one to another, Be-
hold, this t dreamer commeth. t Hebr.
master of
20 Come now therefore, and let vs dreames.
slay him, and cast him into some pit, and
we will say, Some euill beast hath de-
uoured him : and we shall see what will
become of his dreames.
21 And * Reuben heard it, and he de- * Chap. 42.
liuered him out of their hands, and said ; 22.
Let vs not kill him.
22 And
'23
lofeph is fold. Genefis.
22 And Reuben saide vnto them,
Shed no blood , but cast him into this
pit that is in the wildernesse, and lay no
band vpon him; that he might rid him
out of their hands, to deliuer him to his
father againe.
23 IF And it came to passe when Jo-
seph was come vnto his brethren, that
they stript Joseph out of his coate, his
f! Or, pieces. coat of many || colours that was on him.
24? And they tooke him and cast him
into a pit: and the pit was emptie, there
was no water in it.
25 And they sate downe to eat bread:
and they lift vp their eyes and looked.
and behold, a company of Ishmeelites
came from Gilead, with their camels.
bearing spicery, & baulme, and myrrhe,
going to cary it downe to Egypt.
26 And ludah saide vnto his bre-
thren, What profit is it if we slay our bro-
ther, and conceale his blood ?
27 Come, and let vs sell him to the
Ishmeelites, and let not our hand bee
vpon him : for he is our brother, and our
\Hebr. flesh ; and his brethren twere content.
hearkened.
28 Then there passed by Midianites
merchant men, and they drew and lift
* Peal 105. vp loseph out of the pit, and *sold lo-
17. wis. 10. seph to the Ishmeelites for twentie pie-
13* &CtB. 7»
9. ces of siluer: and they brought loseph
into Egypt.
29 f And Reuben returned vnto
the pit, and behold, loseph was not in
the pit : and he rent his clothes.
30 And hee returned vnto his bre-
thren and said, The childe is not, and
I, whither shall I goe ?
31 And they tooke losephs coat, and
killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the
coat in the blood.
32 And they sent the coat of many co-
lours, and they brought it to their fa-
ther, and said, This haue we found:
know now whether it bee thy sonnes
coat or no.
33 And he knew it, and said, It is my
* Chap. 44. sonnes coat: an *euil beast hath deuou-
28.
red him ; loseph is without doubt rent
in pieces.
34 And lacob rent his clothes, and
put sackcloth vpon his loines, & mour-
ned for his sonne many dayes.
35 And all his sonnes, and all his
daughters rose vp to comfort him : but
he refused to be comforted: and he said,
For I will goe downe into the graue
vnto my sonne, mourning; thus his fa-
ther wept for him.
ludahs marriage:
36 And the Medanites sold him into t Hebr. Eu.
Egypt vnto Potiphar, an t officer of nuch. But
the word doeth
sirnifienotonly
Pharaohs, and t 1| captaine of the guard. Eunuches,but
also Chamber-
laines, Courti-
ers, and Offi-
C H A P . XXXVIII. cers.
t Hek. chiefe
oftheslaughter
1 ludah begetteth Er, Onan, and Shelah. 6 Er men, or txecu-
marrieth Tamar. 8 The trespasse of Onan. tioners»
I! Or, chiefe
11 Tamar stayeth for Shelah. 13 She de- Marshall.
ceiueth ludah. 27 She beareth twinnes, Pha-
rez and Zarah.
Nd it came to passe at that
A time, that ludah went
downe from his brethren,
and turned in to a cer-
taine Adullamite, whose
name was Hirah :
2 And ludah saw there a daugh-
ter of a certaine Canaanite, whose
name was *Shuah: and he tooke her, 2.* i.3. Chron.
and went in vnto her.
3 And she concerned & bare a sonne,
and he called his name Er.
4 *And shee conceiued againe, and *19.Num. 26.
bare a sonne, and shee called his name,
Onan.
5 And she yet againe conceiued and
bare a sonne, and called his name She-
lah : and hee was at Chezib, when shee
bare him.
6 And ludah tooke a wife for Er
his first borne, whose name was Ta-
mar.
7 And *Er, ludahs first borne was * Num. 26.
wicked in the sight of the LORD, 19.
and the LORD slew him.
8 And ludah said vnto Onan, Goe
in vnto thy brothers wife, and marrie
her, and raise vp seed to thy brother.
9 And Onan knew that the seed
should not be his; and it came to passe
when hee went in vnto his brothers
wife, that hee spilled it on the ground,
least that hee should giue seed to his
brother.
10 And the thing which he did, t dis- guilt
t Hebr. was
in the
pleased the LORD: wherefore hee eyes of the
slew him also. Lord.
11 Then said ludah to Tamar his
daughter in law, Remaine a widow at
thy fathers house, til Shelah my sonne
be growen : (for he said, Lest peraduen-
ture he die also as his brethren did) and
Tamar went and dwelt in her fathers
house.
12 1T And tin processe of time, the dayest Hebr. The
were
daughter of Shuah ludahs wife died: multiplied.
and ludah was comforted, and went
vp vnto his sheepe-shearers to Tim-
nath,
His inceft. Chap.xxxix.
nath, he and his friend Hirah the Adul-
lamite.
13 And it was told Tamar, saying,
Behold , thy father in law goeth vp to
Timnath to sheare his sheepe.
14* And shee put her widowes gar-
ments oft' from her, and couered her
with a vaile, and wrapped her selfe, and
f Heb. the sate in tan open place, which is by the
dooreofeyes, way to Timnath: for shee sawe that
or, o/£.
naifm. Shelah was growen, and she was not
giuen vnto him to wife.
15 When ludah saw her, he thought
icr to be an harlot: because she had co-
uered her face.
16 And hee turned vnto her by the
way, and said, Goe to, I pray thee, let
me come in vnto thee: (for he knew not
that she was his daughter in law) and
she said, What wilt* thou giue mee, that
thou mayest come in vnto me ?
17 And hee said, I will send thee
t Heb. a kid ha kid from the flocke: and shee saide,
of ttie goats.
Wilt thou giue mee a pledge, till thou
send it ?
18 And he saidyWhat pledge shall I
jiue thee ? And she said, Thy signet, and
;hy bracelets, and thy staffe, that is in
;hine hand: and he gaue it her, & came
in vnto her, and she concerned by him.
19 And shee arose and went away,
and laid by her vaile from her, and put
on the garments of her -widowhood.
20 And ludah sent the kidde by the
tand of his friend the Adullamite, to
receiue his pledge from the worn an s
rioYifi • riiif tip firniYifl VIPT nnt
21 Then hee asked the men of that
place, saying, Where is the harlot, that
i! Or, in E- was || openly by the way side? And they
naijm. said, There was no harlot in this place.
22 And he returned to ludah , and
said, I cannot finde her : and also the
men of the place said, That there was
no harlot in this place.
23 And ludah said, Let her take it
t Heb. be- to her, lest we tbee shamed: behold, I
come a con~
tempt. sent this kidde, and thou hast not found
her.
24? IF And it came to passe about
three moneths after, that it was tolde
ludah, saying, Tamar thy daughter
in law hath played the harlot, and also
behold, she is with child by whoredom :
and ludah said, Bring her foorth, and
let her be burnt.
25 When she was brought forth, she
sent to her father in law, saying, By the
man whose these are, am I with child:
lofeph in Egypt.
and shee said, Discerne, I pray thee,
whose are these, the signet, and brace-
,ets> and staffe.
26 And ludah acknowledged them.
and said, She hath bin more righteous
then I : because that I gaue her not to
Shelah my sonne: and he knew her a-
jaine no more.
27 If And it came to passe in the time
of her trauaile, that beholde, twinnes
were in her wombe.
28 And it came to passe when shee
trauailed, that the one put out his hand,
and the midwife tooke and bound vpon
lis hand a skarlet threed, saying, This
came out first.
29 And it came to passe as he drewe
5acke his hand, that behold, his brother
came out : and she said, || How hast thou I Or, where*
Droken foorth? this breach bee vpon fore hast
thou made
this breach
thee : Therefore his name was called ifoinsttheB^
||*Pharez. II That is,
30 And afterward came out his a* breach. 1. Chron.
Brother that had the skarlet threed vp. 2. 4. matt.
on his hand , and his name was called 1.3.
Zarah.
C H A P . XXXIX.
1 Joseph aduanced in Potiphars house. 7 Hee
resisteth his mistresses temptation. 13 He is
falsly accused. 19 Hee is cast in prison. 21
God is with him there.
Nd loseph was brought
A downe to Egypt, and Po-
tiphar an Officer of Pha-
jaoh, captaine of y guard,
an Egyptian, bought him
of the hand of the Ishmeelites, which
had brought him downe thither.
2 And the LORD was with lo-
seph, and hee was a prosperous man,
and hee was in the house of his master
the Egyptian.
3 And his master sawe that the
LORD was with him, and that the
LORD made all that he did, to pro-
sper in his hand.
4 And loseph found grace in his
sight, and he serued him ; and hee made
him ouerseer ouer his house, and all
that he had he put into his hand.
5 And it came to passe from the time
that hee had made him ouerseer in his
house, and ouer all that he had, that the
LORD blessed the Egyptians house
for Josephs sake: and the blessing ol
the LORD was vpon all that he had
in the house, and in the field.
6 And he left all that he had, in lo-
sephs
lofeph imprifoned, Genefis.
sephs hand: and he knew not ought he
had, saue the bread which he did eate :
and loseph was a goodly person, and
well fauoured.
7 ^T And it came to passe after these
things, that his masters wife cast her
eyes vpon loseph, and shee said, Lie
with me.
8 But he refused, and said vnto his
masters wife, Behold, my master wot-
teth not what is with mee in the house,
and he hath committed all that he hath,
to my hand.
9 There is none greater in this
house then I : neither hath hee kept
backe any thing from me, but thee, be-
cause thou art his wife: how then can I
doe this great wickednesse, and sinne a-
gainst God ?
10 And it came to passe as she spake
to loseph day by day, that hee hearke-
ned not vnto her, to lie by her, or to bee
with her*
11 And it came to passe about this
time, that loseph went in to the house,
to doe his busines, and there was none
of the men of the house there within.
12 And shee caught him by his gar-
ment, saying, Lie with me: and he left
his garment in her hand, and fled, and
got him out.
13 And it came to passe, when she saw
that hee had left his garment in her
hand, and was fled forth ;
14 That she called vnto the men of
her house, and spake vnto them, say-
ing, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew
vnto vs, to mocke vs : he came in vnto
me to lie with me, and I cried with a
t Heb.gr 'eat. tloud voice.
15 And it came to passe, when hee
heard that I lifted vp my voice, and cri-
ed, that he left his garment with mee,
and fled, and got him out.
16 And she laid vp his garment by
her, vntill her lord came home.
17 And she spake vnto him, accor-
ding to these words, saying, The He-
brew seruant which thou hast brought
vnto vs, came in vnto me to mocke me.
18 And it came to passe as I lift vp
my voice, and cried, that he left his gar-
ment with me, and fled out.
19 And it came to passe when his ma-
ster heard the words of his wife, which
she spake vnto him, saying, After this
maner did thy seruant to me, that his
wrath was kindled.
20 And Josephs master tooke him,
is profperous.
and put him into the prison, a place,
where $ kings prisoners were bound:
and he was there in the prison.
21 IT But the LORD was with
loseph, and t shewed him mercie, and ttended
Neb. ex-
kind'
f*mJ-J F.,* J
gaue him fauour in the sight of the kee- nesvnto
per of the-prison. him.
£2 And the keeper of the prison com-
mitted to losephs hand all the priso-
ners that were in the prison, and what-
soeuer they did there, he was the doer
of it:
23 The keeper of the prison looked
not to any thing, that was vnder his
hand, because the LORD was with
him : & that which he did, the LORD
made it to prosper.
C H A P . XL.
1 The Butler and Baker of Pharaoh in prison.
4 loseph hath charge of them. 5 He inter-
preted! their dreames. 20 They come to
passe according to his interpretation. 23 The
ingratitude of the Butler.
Nd it came to passe after
A these things , that the
Butler of the King of E-
gyPt> an(* his Baker, had
offended their lord the
King of Egypt.
2 And Pharaoh was wroth against
two of his officers, against the chiefe of
the Butlers, and against the chiefe of
the Bakers.
3 And he put them in ward in the
house of the captaine of the guard, into
the prison, the place where loseph was
bound.
4 And the captaine of the guard
charged loseph with them, and he ser-
ued then), and they continued a season
in warde.
5 IT And they dreamed a dreame
both of them , each man his dreame in
one night, each man according to the
interpretation of his dreame, the But-
ler and the Baker of the king of Egypt,
which were bound in the prison.
6 And loseph came in vnto them
in the morning, and looked vpon them,
and behold, they were sad.
7 And he asked Pharaohs officers
that were with him in the warde of his
lords house, saying, Wherefore tlooke your t Heb. are
faces
ye so sadly to day? euill*
8 And they said vnto him, We haue
dreamed a dreame, and there is no in-
terpreter of it. And loseph said vnto
them,
He interpreted* Chap.xlj.
them, Doe not interpretations belong
to God? tell me them, I pray you.
9 And the chiefe Butler tolde his
dreame to Joseph, and said to him; In
my dreame, beholde, a vine was before
mee :
10 And in the vine were three bran-
ches, and it was as though it budded, and
her blossoms shot foorth ; and the clu-
sters thereof brought forth ripe grapes.
11 And Pharaohs cup was in my
hand, and I tooke the grapes and pres-
sed them into Pharaohs cup : and I
gaue the cup into Pharaohs hand.
12 And Joseph said vnto him, This
is the interpretation of it: thethree bran-
ches are three dayes,
13 Yet within three dayes shall Pha-
II Or, reckon. raoh ||lift vp thine head, and restore thee
vnto thy place, and thou shalt deliuer
Pharaohs cup into his hand, after the
former manner when thou wast his
Butler.
t Hebr. Re- 14 But ||thinke on me, when it shall
member mee
with thee. be well with thee, and shew kindenesse,
I pray thee, vnto mee, and make men-
tion of me vnto Pharaoh, and bring me
out of this house.
15 For indeed I was stollen away
out of the land of the Hebrewes : and
here also haue I done nothing, that
they should put me into the dungeon.
16 When the chiefe Baker saw, that
the interpretation was good, he said vn-
to loseph, I also was in my dreame,
II Or, full of and behold, I had three || white baskets
holes.
on my head.
17 And in the vppermost basket
t Hebr. meat there was of all maner of tbaker-meats
of Pharaoh,
the worke of for Pharaoh, and the birds did eat them
a baker ^ or out of the basket vpon my head.
yoofce*
18 And loseph answered, and said,
This is the interpretation thereof: the
three baskets are three dayes :
19 Yet within three dayes shall Pha-
\\ Or, reckon raoh || lift vp thy head from off thee, and
hee, and
ake thy o£- shall hang thee on a tree, and the birds
ice/rwn
*hpp.
IflCV*
shall eate thy flesh from off thee.
20 IF And it came to passe the third
day, which was Pharaohs birth day, that
bee made a feast vnto all his seruants :
li Or, recko- and he ||lifted vp the head of the chiefe
ned. Butler, and of trie chiefe Baker among
his seruants.
21 And he restored the chiefe Butler
vnto his Butlership againe , and hee
gaue the cup into Pharaohs hand.
22 But he hanged the chiefe Baker,
as loseph had interpreted to them.
feuerall dreames.
23 Yet did not the chiefe Butler re-
member loseph, but forgate him.
C TT
HA P . ^^
A T™>
XL I.
T T
1 Pharaohs, two dreames. 9 loseph interpre-
teth them. 33 Hee giueth Pharaoh coun-
sell. 38 loseph is aduanced. 50 Hee be-
getteth Manasseh and Ephraim. 54. The fa-
mine beginneth.
Nd it came to passe at the
A
end of two ful yeeres, thai
Pharaoh dreamed : anc
beholde, hee stood by the
riuer.
2 And behold, there came vp out oi
the riuer seuen well fauoured kme, anc
fat fleshed, and they fed in a medow.
3 And behold, seuen other kine came
vp after them out of the riuer, ill fauou-
red and leane fleshed, and stood by the o-
ther kine, vpon the brihke of the riuer.
4 And the ill fauoured and leane
fleshed kine, did eate vp the seuen well
fauoured and fat kine : So Pharaoh
awokfc.
5 And hee slept and dreamed the se-
cond time: and beholde, seuen eares of
corne came vp vpon one stalke, t ranke t Hebr. fat.
and good.
6 And beholde, seuen thinne eares
and blasted with the Eastwind, sprang
vp after them.
7 And the seuen thinne eares de-
uoured the seuen ranke and full eares :
and Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it
was a dreame.
8 And it came to passe in the mor-
ning, that his spirit was troubled, and
he sent and called for all the Magicians
of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof:
and Pharaoh tolde them his dreame ;
but there was none that could inter-
prete them vnto Pharaoh.
9 11 Then spake the chiefe Butler
vnto Pharaoh, saying, I dpe remem-
ber my faults this day.
10 Pharaoh was wroth with his
seruants, and put mee in warde, in the
captaine of the guards house, both mee,
and the chiefe Baker.
11 And we dreamed a dreame in one
night, I and he: we dreamed each man
accordipg to the interpretation of his
dreame.,
1 2 And there was there with vs a yong
man an Hebrew, seruant to the cap-
taine of the guard : and wee told him, ai Chftp 40
and he * interpreted to vs our dreames, 12. &c.'
to
Pharaohs dreames Genefis.
to each man according to his dreame, he
did interpret.
13 And it came to passe, as ho inter-
pacted to vs, so it was ; mee he restored
vnto mine office, and him he hanged.
* Psal. 105. 14 f *Then Pharaoh sent and cal-
20.
Hebr. made led loseph, and they t brought him ha-
him runne. stily out of the dungeon: And he shaued
hrimselfe, and changed his raiment, and
came in vnto Pharaoh.
15 And Pharaoh said vnto loseph,
I haue dreamed a dreame, and there is
none that can interpret it : and I haue
0 Or, When hleard sayof thee,//W ||thou canst vnder-
thou hearest
a dreame, stand a areame, to interpret it.
thou canst
interpret 16 And loseph answered Pharaoh,
it. saying; It is not in me: God shall giue
p*haraoh an answere of peace.
17 And Pharaoh said vnto loseph ;
In my dreame, behold, I stood vpon
the banke of the riuer.
18 And behold, there came vp out of
t;he riuer seuen kine, fat fleshed and well
fauoured, and they fed in a medow.
19 And behold, seuen other kine came
vp after them, poore and very ill fauou-
red, and leane fleshed, such as I neuer
saw in all the land of Egypt for badnes.
20 And the leane, & the ill fauoured
kdne, did eate vp the first seuen fat kine.
t Hebi\come 21 And when they had t eaten them
tothe inward
partsofthem. vp, it could not bee knowen that they
lad eaten them, but they were still ill fa-
uoured , as at the beginning : So ]
awoke.
22 And I saw in my dreame, and be-
lold, seuen eares came vp in one stalke,
full and good.
(1 Or, small. 23 And behold, seuen eares || withe-
red, thin & blasted with the East wind,
sprung vp after them.
24 And the thin eares deuoured the
seuen good eares: and I told this vnto
the magicians, but there was none that
could declare it to me.
25 1T And loseph said vnto Phara-
oh , The dreame of Pharaoh is one ;
God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is
about to doe.
26 The seuen good kine are seuen
yeeres: and the seuen good eares are se-
uen yeeres : the dreame is one.
27 And the seuen thin and ill fauou-
red kine that came vp after them, are se-
uen yeeres: and the seuen emptie eares
blasted with the East wind, shall bee se-
uen yeeres of famine.
28 This is the thing which I haue
spoken vnto Pharaoh : what God is a-
are interpreted.
bout to doe, he sheweth vnto Pharaoh.
29 Behold, there come seuen yeeres
of great plentie, throughout all the land
of Egypt.
30 And there shall arise after them,
seuen yeeres of famine, and all the plen-
tie shall be forgotten in the land of E-
jypt: and the famine shall consume the
and.
31 And the plentie shal not be knowen
n the land, by reason of that famine fol-
owing • for it shalbe very tgrieuous. Heb. heauy
32 And for that the dreame was dou-
bled vnto Pharaoh twice, it is because
the thing is || established by God: and red I Or» iprcpa*
of God.
God will shortly bring it to passe.
33 Now therfore let Pharaoh looke
out a man discreet and wise, and set him
ouer the land of Egypt.
34 Let Pharaoh doe this, and let him
appoint || officers ouer the land, & take (1 Or, ouer-
vp the fift part of the land of Egypt, in seerst
the seuen plenteous yeeres.
35 And let them gather all the food
of those good yeeres that come, and lay
vp corne vnder the hand of Pharaoh,
and let them keepe food in the cities.
36 And that food shall be for store to
the land, against the seuen yeeres of fa-
mine, which shall bee in the land of E-
gypt, that the land t perish not through cutoff*.
t Heb. be not
the famine.
37 IF And the thing was good in the
eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all
his seruants.
38 And Pharaoh said vnto his ser-
uants, Can we find such a one, as this
is, a man in whom the spirit of God is ?
39 And Pharaoh said vnto loseph,
Forasmuch as God hath shewed tnee
all this, there is none so discreete and
wise, as thou art :
40 *Thou shalt be ouer my house, * Psal. 105.
and according vnto thy word shall all 2.21.53. 1. mac.
act.
my people be t ruled: only in the throne T JtlCOf UT"
7.10.
will I be greater then thou. med: or,
41 And Pharaoh said vnto loseph, kisse.
See, I haue set thee ouer all the land oi
Egypt.
42 And Pharaoh tooke off his ring
from his hand, & put it vpon Josephs
hand , and arayed him in vestures o:
||fine linnen, and put a gold chaine about 11 Or, silke.
his necke.
43 And he made him to ride in the
second charet which he had : and they
cried before him, || Bow the knee : anc der U Or, Ten-
father:
he made him ruler ouer all the land o: Heb. Ab-
Egypt. rech.
44 And
lofeph exalted. Chap.xlij.
44 And Pharaoh said vnto Joseph,
I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall
no man lift vp his hand or foote, in all
the land of Egypt.
45 And Pharaoh called Josephs
name, Zaphnath-Paaneah, and he
gdue him to wife Asenath the daughter
\\Ot.Prinde of Poti-pherab, || priest of On: and lo-
seph went out ouer all the lande of E-
gyp46fc- ( If And Joseph was thirtie
yeeres old when he stood before Phara-
oh king of Egypt) and Joseph went
out from the presence of Pharaoh, and
went thorowout all the land of Egypt.
47 And in the seuen plenteous yeres
the earth brought forth by handfuls.
48 And he gathered vp all the foode
of the seuen yeeres, which were in the
land of Egypt, and laid vp the foode in
the cities: the foode of the field which
was round about euery citie, laid he vp
in the same.
49 And Joseph gathered come as
the sand of the sea, very much, vntill he
left numbring : for it was without
number.
* Chap. 46. 50 * And vnto Joseph were borne
20. & 48. 5.
two sonnes, before the yeeres of famine
came : which Asenath the daughter of
1 Or, Prince, Poti-pherah, || Priest of On bare vnto
him.
51 And Joseph called the name of the
I That is, first borne ||Manasseh : for God, said hee.
Forgetting.
hath made me forget all my toile, and
all my fathers house.
52 And the name of the second cal-
I! That Is, led he ||Ephraim: for God hath caused
Fruitful.
mee to be fruitfull in the land of my af-
fliction.
53 IT And the seuen yeeres of plen-
teousnesse, that was in the land of E-
gypt, were ended.
* Psal. 105. 54 * And the seuen yeeres of dearth
10.
beganne to come according as Joseph
had saide, and the dearth was in all
lands: but in all the land of Egypt there
was bread.
55 And when all the land of Egypt
was famished, the people cried to Pha-
raoh for bread : and Pharaoh said vnto
all the Egyptians, Goe vnto Joseph:
what he saith to you, doe.
56 And the famine was ouer all the
face of the earth; and Joseph opened all
t Hebr. All tthe storehouses, and solde vnto the E-
wherein ryptians: and the famine waxed sore in
was.
the land of Egypt.
57 And all countreys came into E-
His brethren.
gypt to Joseph, for to buy corne, be-
cause that the famine was so sore in all
lands.
C H A R XLII.
1 lacob sendeth his ten sonties to Buy corne in
Egypt. 6 They are imprisoned by Joseph
for spies. 18 They are set at libertie, on con-
dition to bring Beniamin. 21 They haue
remorse for loseph. 24 Simeon is kept for a
pledge. 25 They returne with corne, and
their money. 29 Their relation to lacob.
36 Jacob refuseth to send Beniamin.
Ow when * Jacob saw * Acts. 7.
N that there was corne in E- 12.
gyp* 9 Jacob said vnto his
sonnes, Why doc ye looke
one vpon an other ?
% And hee said, Beholde, I hauc
heard that there is corne in Egypt : get
you downe thither and buy for vs from
thence, that we may liue, and not die.
3 U And Josephs ten brethren went
downe to buy corne in Egypt.
4 But Beniamin Josephs bro-
ther, Jacob sent not with his brethren :
for he said, Lest peraduenture mischiefe
befall him.
5 And the sonties of Israel came to
buy corne among thdse that came : for
the famine wad in the land of Canaan.
6 And loseph was the gouernour
ouer the land, and hee it was that sold to
all the people of the land: and Josephs
brethren came, & bowed downe them-
selues before him, with their faces to the
earth.
7 And loseph saw his brethren,
and he knew them, but made himselfe
strange vnto them, and spake t roughly t Hebr. hard
vnto them ; and hee saide vnto them, them. things with,
Whence come ye? And they said, From
the land of Canaan, to buy food.
8 And loseph knew his brethren,
but they knew not him.
9 And loseph * remetnbred the * Chap. 37.
dreames which fiee dreamed of them, 5.
and said vnto thjem, Ye are spies: to see
the njikednes of the land you are come.
10 And they said vnto him, Nay, my
lord , but to buy food are thy seruants
come.
11 We are all oite mans sonnes; we
are true men : thy seruants are no spies.
12 And he said vnto them, Nay: but
to see the nakednesse of the land , you
are come.
13 And they said, Thy servants are
twelue
[ofeph talketh Genefis.
twelue brethren, the sonnes of one man
in the land of Canaan: and behold, the
yongest is this day with our father, and
one is not.
14 And loseph said vnto them,
That is it that I spake vnto you, say-
ing, Ye are spies.
15 Hereby ye shall be proued: by the
life of Pharaoh ye shall not goe foorth
lence, except your yongest brother come
lither.
16 Send one of you, and let him fetch
t Heb. bound four brother, and ye shalbe tkept in pri-
son , that your wordes may be proued,
whether tnere be any trueth in you : or
els by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are
spies.
Hebr. go.
tiered*
17 And he tput them all together in-
to warde, three dayes.
18 And loseph said vnto them the
third day, This doe, and Hue: for I
ftare God.
19 If ye be true men, let one of your
wethren be bound in the house of your
Drison : goe ye, carry corne for the famine
of your houses.
* Chap. 43. 20 But * bring your yongest brother
3.
vnto mee, so shall your wordes be ve-
rified, and yee shall not die: and they
did so.
21 f And they said one to another,
We are verily guiltie concerning our
brother, in that we saw the anguish of
bis soule, when he besought vs, and we
would not heare : therefore is this di-
stresse come vpon vs.
22 And Reuben answered them, say-
* Chap. 37. ing, * Spake I not vnto you, saying,
21.
Doe not sinne against the childe, and ye
would not heare ? therefore behold al-
so, his blood is required.
23 And they knew not that loseph
r Heir, an vnderstood them : for thee spake vnto
interpreter
was betweene them by an interpreter.
them. 24 And hee turned himselfe about
from them and wept, and returned to
them againe , and communed with
them, and tooke from them Simeon,
and bound him before their eyes.
25 f Then loseph commanded to
fill their sackes with corne, and to re-
store euery mans money into his sacke,
and to giue them prouision for the way:
and thus did he vnto them.
26 And they laded their asses with
the corne, and departed thence.
27 And as one of them opened his
sacke, to giue his asse prouender in the
Inne, he espied his money: for behold,
with his brethren.
it was in his sackes mouth.
28 And he said vnto his brethren,
My money is restored, and loe, it is euen
in ray sacke: and their heart t failed t Hebr. went
them, and they were afraid, saying one foorth.
to an other, What is this that God hath
done vnto vs ?
29 IF And they came vnto lacob
their father, vnto the land of Canaan,
and told him all that befell vnto them,
saying ;
30 The man who is the lord of the
land, spake t roughly to vs, and tooke ' Hebr. with
)S hard
vs for spies of the cpuntrey. things.
31 And we said vnto him , We are
true men ; we are no spies.
32 We be t welue brethren, sonnes of
our father: one is not, and the yongest
is this day with our father, in trie land
of Canaan.
33 And the man the lord of the coun-
trey said Viito vs, Hereby shall I know
that ye are true men: leaue one of your
brethren liere with me, and tskejbodc
for the famine of your housholds, and
be gone.
34t And bring your yongest brother
vnto me: .then shall I know that you
are no spies, but that you are true men : so
will I deliuer you your brother, and ye
shall traffique in the land.
35 IF And it came to passe as they
emptied their sacks, that behold, euery
mans bundle of money was in his sacke:
and when both they and their father
saw the bundels of money, they were
afraid.
36 And lacob their father said vnto
them, Me haue ye bereaued of my chil-
dren: loseph is not, and Simeon is
not, and ye wil take Beniamin away: all
these things are against me.
37 And Reuben spake vnto his fa-
ther, saying ; Slay my two sonnes, if I
bring him not to thee: deliuer him into
my hand, and I will bring him to thee
againe.
38 And he said, My sonne shall not
goe downe with you, for his brother is
dead, and he is left alone : if mischiefe
befall him by the way in the which yee
goe, then shall ye bring downe my gray
haires with sorrow to the graue*
CHAP XLIII
1 lacob is hardly perswaded to Send Beniamin
15 loseph entertaineth his brethren. 31 Hee
m^keth them a feast.
Anc
Beniamin goeth Chap.xliij.
Nd the famine was sore
A I am bereaued.
in the land.
2 And it came to passe
when they had eaten vp
the corne, which they had
brought out of Egypt, their father said
vnto them, Goe againe, buy vs a little
foode.
3 And ludah spake vnto him, say-
t Heb. pro- ing, The man did t solemnly protest vn-
TESTING HE
protested. to vs, saying, Ye shall not see my face,
* Chap. 42. except your * brother be with you.
20.
4 If thou wilt send our brother
with vs, we will goe downe and buy
thee food.
5 But if thou wilt not send him, we
will not goe downe : for the man saide
vnto vs, Ye shall not see my face, except
your brother be with you.
6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt
ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whe-
ther ye had yet a brother ?
iHeb.asking 7 And they said, The man tasked
he asked vs.
vs straitly of our state, and of our kin-
dred, saying, Is your father yet aliue ?
haue yee another brother? and we tolde
t Heb. mouth him according to the ttenour of these
t Heb. know-
ing could we words : t Could we certainely knowe
know? that he would say, Bring your brother
downe ?
8 And ludah said vnto Israel his
father, Send the lad Tvith me, and wee
will arise and go, that we may Hue, and
not die,both we, and thou, and also our
little ones.
9 I will be surety for him ; of my
* Chap. 44. hand shalt thou require him : * if I
32.
bring him not vnto thee, and set him be-
fore thee, then let me beare the blame for
euer.
10 For except we had lingred, surely
I! Or, twice now wee had returned ]|this second
by this.
time.
11 And their father Israel said vnto
them, If it must bee so now, doe this :
take of the best fruits in the land in your
vessels, and carie downe the man a Pre-
sent, a litle balme, and a litle honie, spi-
ces, and myrrhe, nuts, and almonds.
12 And take double money in your
hand, and the money that was brought
againe in the mouth of your sackes: ca-
rie it againe in your hand, peraduenture
it was an ouersight.
IS Take also your brother, and arise,
goe againe vnto the man.
14 And God Almightie giue you
mercie before the man, that he may send
away your other brother, and Benia-
with his brethren.
min : |( If I be bereaued of my children, 1 Or, and /,
as I haue
bene $c.
15 If And the men tooke that Pre-
sent, and they tooke double money in
their hand, and Beniamin, and rose vp,
and went downe to Egypt, and stood
before loseph.
16 And when losephr sawe Benia-
min with them , hee said to the ruler of
his house, Bring these men home, and
tslay, and make ready: for these men t Heb. km
a killing.
shall tdine with me at noone. t H ebr. eate.
17 And the man did as loseph bade :
and the man brought the men into lo-
sephs house.
18 And the men were afraid, because
they were brought into losephs house,
and they said, Because of the money
that was returned in our sackes at the
first time are we brought in, that hee
may tseeke occasion against vs, and fall ntmseife
ti •_,
Heb.j froll
00 a
vpon vs, and take vs for bondmen, and vpon vs.
our asses.
19 And they came neere to the ste-
ward of losephs house, and they com-
muned with him at the doore of the
house,.
20 And said, O Sir, *twe came in- t* Heb. Cha. 42. 3
com-
deed downe at the first time to buy food. ming downe
21 And it came to passe when wee downe* we came
came to the Inne, that wee opened our
sackes, and behold, euery mans money
was in the mouth of his sacke, our mo-
ney in ful weight: arid we haue brought
it againe in our hand.
22 And other money haue wee
brought downe in our handes to buy
food : we cannot tell who put our mo-
ney in our sackes.
23 And he said, Peace be to you, feare
not: your God, and the God of your fa-
ther, hath giuen you treasure in your
sackes: 1 1 had your money. And hee
t Heb. your
money cdme
brought Simeon out vnto them. to mee.
24 And the man brought the men
into losephs house, and *gaue them wa- * Chap. 18.
ter, and they washed their feete, and he 4. & 24. 32.
gaue their asses prouender.
25 And they made ready the Present
against loseph came at noone: for they
heard that they should eate bread there.
26 11 And when loseph came home,
they brought him the Present which
was in their hand, into the house, and
bowed themselues to him to the earth.
27 And he asked them of their t wel- t Heb.peace
t Hebr. Is
fare, and said, t Is your father well, the there peace
old man of whom ye spake ? Is he yet totheryour ?
fa-
aliue?
28 And
A cup put in Genelis.
28 And they answered, Thy seruant
our father is in good health, hee is yet a-
iue : & they bowed downe their heads,
and made obeisance.
29 And he lift vp his eyes, and sawe
lis brother Beniamin , his mothers
sonne, and said, Is this your yonger
)rother, of whom yee spake vnto mee ?
and he said, God be gracious vnto thee,
my sonne.
30 And Joseph made haste : for his
)owels did yerne vpon his brother:
and he sought where to weepe, and hee
entred into his chamber, & wept there.
31 And he washed his face, and went
out, and refrained himselfe, and saide,
Set on bread.
32 And they set on for him by himselfe,
and for them by themselues, and for the
Egyptians which did eate with him,
3y themselues : because the Egyptians
might not eate bread with the He-
brewes: for that is an abomination vnto
the Egyptians.
33 And they sate before him, the first
borne according to his birthright, and
the yongest according to his youth : and
the men marueiled one at another.
34? And hee tooke and sent measses
vnto them from before him ; but Ben-
iamins measse was fiue times so much as
t Heb. they
iTQfute
any of theirs : and they drunke , and
largely twere merry with him.
C H A P . XLIIII.
1 Josephs policie to stay his brethren. 14 lu-
dahs humble supplication to loseph.
Nd hee commaunded the
A
t Heb. him steward of his house, say-
that wets 0"
uerhishous ing, Fill the mens sackes
iwth food, as much as they
can carie, and put euery
mans money in his sacks mouth
2 And put my cup, the siluer cup, in
the sackes mouth of the yongest, and his
corne money : and he did according to
the word that loseph had spoken.
3 Assoone as the morning was light,
the men were sent away, they, and their
asses.
4 And when they were gone out
of the citie, and not yet farre off, loseph
said vnto his steward, Vp, follow after
the men ; and when thou doest ouer-
take them, say vnto them, Wherefore
haue ye rewarded euill for good ?
5 Is not this it, in which my Ion
1 Or, maket
triall. drinketh? and whereby indeed he ||di-
Reniamins facke.
uineth ? ye haue done euill in so doing.
6 f And he ouertooke them , and
le spake vnto them these same words.
7 And they said vnto him, Where-
bre saith my lord these words? God for-
>id that thy seruants should doe accor-
ding to this thing.
8 Behold , the money which wee
bund in our sackes mouthes , wee
wrought againe vnto thee, out of the
and of Canaan : how then should wee
steale out of thy lords house , siluer or
jolde ?
9 With whom soeuer of thy seruants
it be found, both let him die, and we also
will be my lords bondmen.
10 And he said. Now also let it be ac-
cording vnto your wordes- hee with
whom it is found, shall be my seruant:
and ye shall be blamelesse.
11 Then they speedily tooke downe
euery man his sacke to the ground, and
opened euery man his sacke.
12 And he searched, and began at the
eldest, and left at the yongest: and the
cup was found in Beniamins sacke.
13 Then they rent their clothes, anc
laded euery man his asse, and returnee
to the citie
14 f And ludah and his brethren
came to losephs house: (for he was yet
there) and they fell before him on the
ground.
15 And loseph said vnto them, What
deed is this that ye haue done? wote ye
not, that such a man as I can certaine-
ly ||diuine? II Or, make
16 And ludah said, What shall wee Mall?
say vnto my lord? what shal we speake?
or how shall we cleare our selues ? Goc
hath found out the iniquitie of thy ser-
uants: beholde, wee are my lords ser-
uants, both we, and he also with whom
the cup is found.
17 And he said, God forbid that I
should doe so: but the man in whose
hand the cup is found, he shal be my ser-
uant ; and as for you, get you vp in peace
vnto your father.
18 U Then ludah came neere vnto
him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy ser-
uant, I pray thee, speake a word in my
lords eares, & let not thine anger burne
against thy seruant : for thou art euen
as Pharaoh.
19 My lord asked his seruants, say-
ing, Haue ye a father, or a brother ?
20 And we said vnto my lord, Wee
haue a father, an olde man, and a childe
o
ludahs {application. Chap.xlv.
of his old age, a little one: and his bro-
ther is dead, and he alone is left of his
mother, and his father loueth him.
21 And thou saidst vnto thy seruants,
Bring him downe vnto mee, that I
may set mine eyes vpon him.
22 And we said vnto my lord, The
lad cannot leaue his father : for if hee
should leaue his father, hisfather would
die.
23 And thou saidst vnto thy seruants,
* Chap. 43. * Except your yongest brother come
3.
downe with you, you shall see my face
no more.
24? And it came to passe when wee
came vp vnto thy seruant my father, we
told him the words of my lord.
25 And our father said, Goe againe,
and buy vs a little food.
£6 And we saide , Wee cannot goe
downe : if our yongest brother be with
vs, then will we goe downe: for wee
may not see the mans face, except our
yongest brother be with vs.
27 And thy seruant my father said
vnto vs, Ye know that my wife bare
me two sonnes.
28 And the one went out from me,
* Chap. 37. and I said, * Surely he is torne in pie-
33.
ces : and I saw him not since.
29 And if ye take this also from me,
and mischiefe befall him , ye shall bring
downe my gray haires with sorrow to
the graue.
30 Now therefore when I come to
thy seruant my father, and the lad bee
not with vs ; ( seeing that his life is
bound vp in the lads life. )
31 It shall come to passe , when he
seeth that the lad is not with vs, that he
will die , and thy seruants shall bring
downe the gray haires of thy seruant
our father with sorrow to the graue.
32 For thy seruant became surety for
• Chap. 43. the lad vnto my father, saying, * If I
9.
bring him not vnto thee, then I shall
beare the blame to my father, for euer.
33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let
thy seruant abide in stead of the lad, a
bondman to my lord, and let the lad goe
vp with his brethren.
34 For how shall I goe vp to my fa-
ther, and the lad be not with mee, lest
peraduenture I see the euill that shall
\Hebr.jmde
f ,-f tcome on my father?
my father.
C H A R XLV.
1 Joseph maketh himselfe knowen to his bre-
thren. 5 Hee comforteth them in Gods eyes of my brother Beniamin, that it is
lofeph is knowen.
prouidence. 9 Hee sendeth for his father.
16 Pharaoh confirmeth it. 21 Joseph fur-
nisheth them for their iourney, and exhor-
teth them to concord. 25 Jacob is reuiued
witii the newes.
-"^n losepn could not re-
T fraine himselfe before all
them that stood by him :
anc^ 'ie CTie^ > Cause euery
man to goe out from me ;
and there stood no man with him, while
loseph made himselfe knowen vnto
his brethren.
2 And he twept aloud: and the E- WIebr.Gaue
gyptians, and the house of Pharaoh foorthhis
voice in wee-
heard. ping.
3 And loseph said vnto his bre-
thren, *I am loseph; Doeth my father * A&s. 7.
yet liue? and his brethren could not an- 13.
swere him: for they were || troubled at II Or, terri-
fied.
his presence.
4 And loseph said vnto his bre-
thren, Come neere to me, I pray you:
and they came neere; and he said, I am
loseph your brother, whom ye sold in-
to Egypt.
5 Now therefore bee not grieued,
tnor angry with your selues, that yee t Hebr. nei-
ther let there
sold me hither: *forGod did send me be- be anger in
fore you, to preserue life. yvur eyes.
* Chap. 50.
6 For these two yeeres hath the fa- 20.
mine bene in the land: and yet there are
flue yeeres, in the which there shall nei-
ther be earing nor haruest.
7 And God sent me before you, to
t preserue you a posteritie in the earth, t Hebr. to
and to saue your liues by a great deli- put for you
a remnant.
uerance.
8 So now it was not you that sent
me hither, but God: and he hath made
me a father to Pharaoh , and lord of all
his house, and a ruler throughout all
the land of Egypt.
9 Haste you, and goe vp to my fa-
ther, and say vnto him, Thus saith thy
sonne losepn ; God hath made me lord
of all Egypt; come downe vnto me, ta-
ry not.
10 And thou shalt dwell in the land
of Goshen, and thou shalt be neere vnto
me, thou, and thy children, and thychil-
drens children, and thy flockes, and thy
heards, and all that thou hast.
11 And there wil I nourish thee, (for
yet there are fiue yeeres of famine) lest
thou and thy houshold, and all that
thou hast, come to pouertie.
12 And behold, your eyes see, and the
my
lacob being fent for Genefis.
my mouth that speaketh vnto you.
13 And you shall tell my father of all
my glory in Egypt, and of all that you
iaue scene, and ye shall haste, and bring
downe my father hither.
14 And he fel vpon his brother Ben-
iamins necke, and wept: and Benia-
mm • wept vpon his
i • necke.
i C H A P . XLVI.
15 Moreouer hee kissed all his bre-
thren, and wept vpon them : and after
that, his brethren talked with him.
16 IF And the fame thereof was
heard in Pharaohs house, saying, lo-
t Hebr. was sephs brethren are come: and it tpleased
good in the
eyes of Pha- Pharaoh well, and his seruants.
raoh. 17 And Pharaoh said vnto Joseph,
Say vnto thy brethren, This doe yee,
lade your beasts and goe, get you vnto
the land of Canaan.
18 And take your father, and your
housholds, and come vnto mee: and I
wil giue you the good of the land of E-
gypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
19 Now thou art commanded, this
doe yee ; Take you wagons out of the
land of Egypt for your little ones, and
for your wiues , and bring your father,
and come.
t Hebr. let 20 Also t regard not your stuffe: for
not youf eye
spare% Sfc. the good of all the land of Egypt is
yours.
21 And the children of Israel did so :
and Joseph gaue them wagons, accor-
t Hebr. ding to the t commandement of Pha-
mouth.
raoh , and gaue them prouision for the
way.
22 To all of them he gaue each man
changes of raiment : but to Beniamin
hee gaue three hundred pieces of siluer,
and fiue changes of raiment.
23 And to his father hee sent after
t Hebr. car" this maner : ten asses t laden with the
rying.
good things of Egypt , and ten shee
asses laden with come, and bread and
meat for his father by the way.
24 So he sent his brethren away,
and they departed : and hee said vnto
them, See that yee fall not out by the
way.
25 IF And they went vp out of E-
gypt, and came into the land of Canaan
vnto lacob their father,
26 And told him, saying, Joseph is
yet aliue, and he is gouernour ouer all
t Hebr. his. the land of Egypt. And t Jacobs heart
fainted, for he beleeued them not.
27 And they told him all the words
of Joseph , which hee had saide vnto
them : and when hee saw the wagons
goeth to Egypt.
which Joseph had sent to carie him, the
spirit of Jacob their father reuiued.
28 And Israel said, It is enough;
[oseph my sonne is yet aliue : I will
goe and see him before I die.
1 lacob is comforted by God at Beersheba. 5
Thence hee with his company goeth into
Egypt. 8 The number of his family that
.went into Egypt. 28 Joseph meeteth lacob.
31 Hee instructeth his brethren how to an-
swere to Pharaoh.
Nd Israel tooke his
A iourney with all that hee
had, and came to Beer-
sheba , and offered sacri-
faes vnto the God of his
father Isaac.
2 And God spake vnto Israel in
the visions of the night, and said, la-
cob, lacob. And he said, Here am I.
3 And he said, I am God, the God
of thy father, feare not to goe downe in-
to Egypt: for I will there make of thee
a great nation.
4 I will goe downe with thee into
Egypt; and I will also surely bring
thee vp againe: and loseph shall put his
hand vpon thine eyes.
5 And lacob rose vp from Beer-
sheba : and the sonnes of Israel caried
lacob their father, and their litle ones,
and their wiues, in the wagons which
Pharaoh had sent to cary him.
6 And they tooke their cattell, and
their goods which they had gotten in
the land of Canaan, and came into E-
gypt,
Y'i *•
* lacob, and all his seed with * losh. 24.
4. psal. 105.
him: 23. esai. 62.
7 His sonnes, and his sonnes 4.
sonnes with him, his daughters, and
his sonnes daughters, and all his seed
brought he with him into Egypt.
8 U And * these are the names of the * Exod. 1. 1.
and 6. 14.
children of Israel, which came into E- num. 26. 8. 1
gypt, lacob and his sonnes: * Reuben and 5. 1.
i. chro.
lacobs first borne ; * Num. 26.
9 And the sonnes of Reuben , Ha- 5.
noch , and Phallu , and Hezron , and
Carmi.
10 f * And the sonnes of Simeon : 15. * Exod. 6.
i. chro.
lemuel , and lamin , and Ohad, and 4.24.
lachin , and Zohar , and Shaul the
sonne of a Canaanitish woman. 1« Chro. 6.
11 11 And the sonnes of *Leui: Ger- 1.
shon, Kohath, and Merari. *l.Chro. 2.
3. and 4. 21.
12 IT And the sonnes of * ludah : chap. 38. 3.
Er,
lacobs off-fpring. Chap.xlvij.
Er, and Onan* and Shelah, and Pha-
rez, and Zerah : But Er & Onan died
in the land of Canaan. And the sonnes
of Pharez, were Hezron, and Hamul.
13 H And the sonnes of Issachar :
Tola, and Phuuah, and Job, and
Shimron.
* l. Chron. 14? IF * And the sonnes of Zebulun :
7. l.
Ser£d, and Elon, and lahleel.
15 These bee the sonnes of Leah,
which she bare vnto Jacob in Padan-
Aram, with his daughter Dinah: all
the soules of his sonnes and his daugh-
ters, were thirtie and three.
16 IF And the sonnes of Gad: Zi-
phion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon,
Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.
* l. Chro. 7. 17 IF * And the sonnes of Asher:
30.
limnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and
Beriah, and Serah their sister: And
the sonnes of Beriah : Heber, and Mal-
chiel.
18 These are the sonnes of Zilpah,
whome Laban gaue to Leah his
daughter : and these she bare vnto la-
cob, euen sixteene soules.
19 The sonnes of Rachel lacobs
wife : loseph, and Beniamin.
20 IF And vnto loseph in the lande
of Egypt, were borne Manasseh and E-
*•fi Chap. 41. phraim, * which Asenath the daughter
Ov»
I Or, Prince. of Poti-pherah || Priest of On bare vn-
to him.
* 1. Chron. 21 IF * And the sonnes of Beniamin
7. 6. & 8. 1.
were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel,
Gera , and Naaman , Ehi and Rosh,
Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard,
22 These are the sonnes of Rachel
which were borne to lacob: all the
soules were fourteene.
23 IF And the sonnes of Dan : Hu-
shim.
24? IF And the sonnes of Naphtali :
lahzeel, and
T T - l
Gum,
J /"> *
andJ Tlezer, andJ
Shillem.
25 These are the sonnes of Bilhah,
which Laban gaue vnto Rachel his
daughter, and she bare these vnto la-
cob : all the soules were seuen.
* Deut. 10.
22.
26 All the * soules that came with
lacob into Egypt, which came out of
t Heb. thigh. his t Joines , besides lacobs sonnes
wiues, all the soules were threescore and
sixe.
27 And the sonnes of loseph, which
were borne him in Egypt, were two
soules: all the soules of the house of la-
cob, which came into Egypt, were
threescore and ten.
lofeph meeteth him.
28 IF And he sent ludah before him
vnto loseph, to direct his face vnto Go-
shen, and they came into the lande of
Goshen.
29 And loseph made ready his cha-
ret, and went vp to meet Israel his fa-
ther, to Goshen, and presented himselfe
vnto him: and he fell on his necke, and
wept on his necke a good while.
30 And Israel . saide vnto loseph.
Now let me die, since I haue seene thy
face, because thou art yet aliue.
31 And loseph said vnto his brethren,
and vnto his fathers house, I will goe
vp, and shew Pharaoh, and say vnto
him, My brethren, & my fathers house,
which were in the land of Canaan, are
come vnto me*
32 And the men are sheapheards, for
t their trade hath bene to feed cattell : are
t Hebr. ttey
men of
and they haue brought their flocks, and cattelL
their heards, and all that they haue.
33 And it shall come to passe when
Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say,
What is your occupation ?
34 That ye shall say, Thy seruants
trade hath bene about cattell, from our
youth euen vntill now, both we, and al-
so our fathers: that ye may dwell iii the
land of Goshen; for euery shepheard
is an abomination vnto the Egyptians.
C H A P . XLVII.
1 Joseph presenteth fine of his brethren, 7 and
his father, before Pharaoh. 11 Hee giueth
them habitation and maintenance. 13 He
getteth all the Egyptians money, 16 their
cattell, 18 their lands to Pharaoh. 22 The
Priestes land was not bought. 23 Hee let-
teth the land to them for a fift part. 28 la-
cobs age. 29 Hee sweareth loseph to burie
him with his fathers.
n l°seP" came and
T tolde Pharaoh, and saide,
My father and my bre-
^lren > an(l their nockes,
and their heards, and all
that they haue, are come out of the land
of Canaan: and behold, they are in the
land of Goshen.
2 And hee tooke some of his bre-
thren , euen fiue men, & presented them
vnto Pharaoh.
3 And Pharaoh said vnto his bre-
thren, What is your occupation ? And
they said vnto Pharaoh, Thy seruants
are shepheards , both wee and also
our fathers.
4 The
lacob and Pharaoh. Geneiis.
4 They said moreouer vnto Pha-
raoh , For to soiourne in the land are
we come : for thy seruants haue no pa-
sture for their flockes, for the famine is
sore in the land of Canaan : now there-
fore we pray thee, let thy seruants dwel
in the land of Goshen.
5 And Pharaoh spake vnto loseph,
saying, Thy father and thy brethren
are come vnto thee.
6 The land of Egypt is before thee:
in the best of the land make thy father
and brethren to dwell , in the lande of
Goshen let them dwell : and if thou
knowest any man of actiuitie amongst
them , then make them rulers ouer my
cattell.
7 And loseph brought in lacob
his father, and set him before Pharaoh :
and lacob blessed Pharaoh.
8 And Pharaoh said vnto lacob,
t Heb. how t How old art thou ?
many are the
dayes of the 9 And lacob said vnto Pharaoh,
yeeres of thy * The dayes of the yeeres of my pil-
lifgfy.
*Heb. 11. grimage are an hundred & thirtie yeres:
9, 13. few and euill haue the dayes of the
yeeres of my life bene, and haue not at-
tained vnto the dayes of the yeeres of
the life of my fathers, in the dayes of
their pilgrimage.
10 And lacob blessed Pharaoh, and
went out from before Pharaoh.
11 f And loseph placed his father,
and his brethren, and gaue them a pos-
session in the land of Egypt, in the best
of the land, in the land of Rameses, as
Pharaoh had commanded.
12 And loseph nourished his father
and his brethren , and all his fathers
II Or, as a li~ houshold with bread, ([according to their
tie childe is
nourished. families.
Heb. accor-
ding to the
13 IF And there was no bread in all
little ones. the land: for the famine was very sore,
so that the land of Egypt and all the
land of Canaan fainted by reason of the
famine.
14 And loseph gathered vp all the
money that was found in the land of
Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for
the corne which they bought : and lo-
seph brought the money into Phara-
ohs house.
15 And when money failed in the land
of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan,
all the Egyptiana came vnto loseph,
and said, Giue vs bread: for why should
we die in thy presence ? for the money
faileth.
16 And loseph gaid, Giue your cat-
Lands fold.
tell : and I will giue you for your cat-
tell, if money faile.
17 And they brought their cattel vn-
to loseph : and loseph gaue them
bread in exchange for horses, and for the
flockes, and for the cattell of the heards,
and for the asses, and the fed them with t Heb. led
bread, for all their cattel, for that yeere. them.
18 When that yeere was ended, they
came vnto him the second yeere , and
said vnto him, We will not hide it from
my lord, how that our money is spent,
my lord also had our heards of cattell :
there is not ought left in the sight of my
lord, but our bodies, and our lands.
19 Wherfore shall we die before thine
eyes, both we , and our land ? buy vs
and our land for bread, and we and our
land will be seruants vnto Pharaoh:
and giue vs seede that we may Hue and
not die, that the land be not desolate.
20 And loseph bought all the land
of Egypt for Pharaoh : for the Egypti-
ans sold euery man his field, because the
famine preuailed ouer them: so the land
became Pharaohs.
21 And as for the people, he remoued
them to cities from one end of the bor-
ders of Egypt , euen to the other ende
thereof.
22 Onely the land of the || Priests fl Or, Princes
bought he not: for the priests had a por-
tion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did
eate their portion which Pharaoh gaue
them : wherefore they solde not their
lands.
23 Then loseph said vnto the peo-
ple, Behold, I haue bought you this
day, and your land for Pharaoh : Loe,
here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the
land.
24 And it shall come to passe in the
increase, that you shall giue the fift part
vnto Pharaoh, and foure parts shall be
your owne, for seed of the field, and for
your food , and for them of your house-
holds, and for food for your litle ones.
25 And they said, Thou hast saued
our Hues : let vs find grace in the sight of
my lord, and we will be Pharaohs ser-
uants.
26 And loseph made it a law ouer
the land of Egypt vnto this day, that
Pharaoh should haue the fift part : ex-
cept the land of the || priests onely, which K Or, Princes
became not Pharaohs.
27 f And Israel dwelt in the land
of Egypt in the conn trey of Goshen,
and they had possessions therein , and
grew,
lacob blefleth Chap.xiviij.
grew, and multiplied exceedingly.
28 And lacob liued in the land of
t Hebr . the Egypt seuenteene yeres: so tthe whole
dayes qflhe
yeeres of Ms age of lacob was an hundred fourtie
life.
and seuen yeeres.
29 And the time drew nigh that Is-
rael must die, and he called his sonne
Joseph, and said vnto him, If now I
* Chap.
24. 2.
haue found grace in thy sight, *put, I
pray thee , thy hand vnder my thigh,
and deale kindly and truely with mee,
bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt.
30 But I will lie with my fathers,
and thou shalt carie mee out of Egypt,
and bury me in their burying place : and
he said, I will doe as thou hast said.
31 And he said, Sweare vnto mee:
*Heb. 11. and he sware vnto him. And * Israel
21.
bowed himselfe vpon the beds head.
C H A P . XLVIII.
1 Joseph with his sonnesvisitethhissicke father.
2 lacob strengthened himselfe to blesse
them. 3 He repeateth the promise. 5 He
taketh Ephraim and Manasseh as his owne.
7 Hee telleth him of his mothers graue. 9
Hee blesseth Ephraim and Manasseh. 17
Hee preferreth the yonger before the elder.
21 He prophesieth their returne to Canaan.
Nd it came to passe after
A these things, that one told
loseph , Behold , thy fa-
ther is sicke: and he tooke
with him his two sonnes,
Manasseh and Ephraim.
% And one told lacob, and said, Be-
hold, thy sonne loseph commeth vnto
thee: and Israel strengthened himselfe,
and sate vpon the bed.
3 And lacob saide vnto loseph,
God Almightie appeared vntb mee at
* Chap. 23.
13* ot 35* 6*
*Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed
mee,
4 And said vnto me, Behold, I wil
make thee fruitfull, and multiplie thee,
and I will make of thee a multitude of
people , and will giue this land to thy
seede after thee , for an euerlasting pos-
session.
* Chap. 41.
50. iosh.
5 f And now thy * two sonnes , E-
13.7- phraim and Manasseh , which were
borne vnto thee in the land of Egypt, be-
fore I came vnto thee into Egypt, are
mine : as Reuben and Simeon , they
shalbe mine.
6 And thy issue which thou beget-
best after them, shall be thine, and shall
be called after the name of their bre-
thren in their inheritance.
lofephs fonnes.
7 And as for me, when I came from * Gen. 3fl.
* Padan, Rachel died by me in the land 19.
of Canaan, in the way, when yet there
was but a little way to come vnto E-
phrath : and I buried her there in the
way of Ephrath, the same is Beth-
lehem.
8 And Israel behelde Josephs
sonnes, and said, Who are these ?
9 And loseph said vnto his father,
They are my sonnes, whom God hath
giuenmein this place: andhesaid, Bring
them, I pray thee, vnto me, and I will
blesse them.
10 ( Now the eyes of Israel were
t dimme forage, so mat he could not see,) t Heb. heauy
and hee brought them neere vnto him.
and he kissed them, and imbraced them.
11 And Israel said vnto loseph, I
had not thought to see thy face : and loe,
God hath shewed me also thy seed.
12 And loseph brought them out
from betweene his knees, and hee bow-
ed himselfe with his face to the earth.
13 And loseph tooke them both, E-
phraim in his right hand, toward Is-
raels left hand, and Manasseh in his
left hand towards Israels right hand,
and brought them neere vnto him.
14? And Israel stretched out his
right hand, and layd it vpon Ephraims
head who was the yonger; and his left
hand
1 •
his *
vpon
i
hands
Manassehs
. • ^
wittingly:
head
n
for
, guiding
Tl /T
Manasseh 1
was the first borne.
15 IT And * he blessed loseph and 21. * Hebr. 11.
said, God before whom my fathers A-
braham and Isaac did walke , the God
which fedde mee all my life long vnto
this day,
16 The Angel which redeemed mee
from all euill, blesse the laddes, and let
my name be named on them, and the
name of my fathers Abraham and I-
saac, and let them grow tinto a multi- fishes
t Hebr. as
doe in-
tude in the midst of the earth. crease.
17 And when loseph saw that his
father laide his right hand vpon the
head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and
he held vp his fathers hand, to remoue
it from Ephraims head , vnto Manas-
sehs head.
18 And loseph saide vnto his fa-
ther, Not so my father: for this is the
first borne; put thy right hand vpon his
•head.
i-i
19 And his father refused, and said,
I know it, my sonne, I know it: he also
shall become a people, and he also shall
be
lacob bleffeth Genefis.
be great: but truely his yonger brother
shall be greater then he; and his seede
t Hebr.ful- shall become a t multitude of nations.
nesse.
20 And he blessed them that day, say-
ing, In thee shall Israel blesse, saying,
God make thee as Ephraim, and as
Manasseh : and he set Ephraim before
Manasseh.
21 And Israel saide vnto loseph,
Behold, I die : but God shall be with
you, and bring you againe vnto the land
of your fathers.
22 Moreouer I haue giuen to thee
one portion aboue thy brethren, which
I tooke out of the hand of the Amorite
with my sword, and with my bow.
C H A P . XLIX.
1 lacob calleth his sonnes to blesse them. 3
Their blessing in particular. 29 He charg-
eth them about his buriall. 33 He dieth.
Nd lacob called vnto
A his sonnes, and said, Ga-
ther your selues together.
that I may tell you that
which shall befall you in
the last dayes.
2 Gather your selues together, and
heare ye sonnes of lacob, and hearken
vnto Israel your father.
3 f Reuben, thou art my first borne,
my might , and the beginning of my
strength, the excellencie of dignitie, and
the excellencie of power :
t Hebr. doe 4 Vnstable as water, tthou shalt
not thou ex-
cell. not excell, because thou * wentest vp to
* Chap. 35. thy fathers bed : then defiledst thou it.
22. 1. chro.
6. l. || He went vp to my couche.
1! Or, my
cowche is
5 If Simeon and Leui are brethren,
gone. || instruments of crueltie are in their ha-
» Or, their
swords are bitations.
weapons of
violence.
6 O my soule, come not thou into
their secret : vnto their assembly mine
honour be not thou vnited : for in their
anger they slew a man, and in their selfe
II Or houghed will they || digged downe a wall.
oxen.
7 Cursed be their anger , for it was
fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruell:
I will diuide them in lacob, and scat-
ter them in Israel.
8 f ludah, thou art he whom thy
brethren shall praise : thy hand shall be in
the necke of thine enemies , thy fathers
children shall bow downe before thee.
9 ludah is a Lyons whelpe: from
the pray my sonne thou art gone vp: he
stouped downe, hee couched as a Lyon,
and as an old Lyon : who shall rouse
him vp ?
his fonnes.
10 The scepter shall not depart from
ludah, nor a Law-giuer from be-
tweene his feete, vntill Shiloh come:
and vnto him shall the gathering of the
people be :
11 Binding his foale vnto the vine,
and his asses colt vnto the choice vine ;
he washed his garments in wine, and
his clothes in the blood of grapes.
12 His eyes shall be red with wine,
and his teeth white with milke.
13 IF Zebulun shall dwell at the ha-
uen of the sea, and hee shall be for an
Hauen of ships : and his border shall be
vnto Zidon.
14 U Issachar is a strong asse, couch-
ing downe betweene two burdens.
15 And he saw that rest was good, and
the land that it was pleasant: and bowed
his shoulder to beare, and became a ser-
uant vnto tribute.
16 1F Dan shall iudge his people, as
one of the tribes of Israel.
17 Dan shalbe a serpent by the way,
an t adder in the path, that biteth the row-snake.
horse heeles, so that his rider shall fall
backward.
iHeb.anar-
18 I haue waited for thy saluation,
0 LORD.
19 f Gad, a troupe shall ouercome
him: but he shall ouercome at the last.
20 If- Out of Asher his bread shall be
fat, and he shall yeeld royall dainties.
21 11 Naphtali is a hinde let loose:
He giueth goodly words.
22 1T loseph is a fruitfull bough,
euen a fruitfull bough by a well , whose
t branches runne ouer the wall. t Hebr.
daughters.
23 The archers haue sorely grieued
him, and shot at him, and hated him.
24 But his bow abode in strength,
and the armes of his hands were made
strong, by the hands of the mighty God
of lacob: from thence is the Sheap-
heard, the stone of Israel,
25 Euen by the God of thy father
who shall helpe thee , and by the Al-
mightie, who shall blesse thee with bles-
sings of heauen aboue, blessings of the
deepe that lyeth vnder, blessings of the
breasts and of the wombe.
26 The blessings of thy father haue
preuailed aboue the blessings of my pro-
genitors : vnto the vtmost bound of the
euerlasting hils , they shall bee on the
head of loseph, and on the crowne of
the head of him that was separate from
his brethren.
27 1F Beniamin shall rauine as a
wolfe :
His death. Chap. I.
wolfe: In the morning hee shall de-
uoure the pray, and at night he shall di-
uide the spoile.
28 IT All these are the twelue tribes
of Israel, and this is it that their father
spake vnto them, and blessed them : eue-
ry one according to his blessing he bles-
sed thqm.
29 And hee charged them and said
vnto them, I am to bee gathered vnto
* Chap. 47- my people: *burie me with my fathers,
30.
in the caue that is in the field of Ephron
the Hittite,
30 In the caue that is in the field of
Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in
* Chap. 23. the land of Canaan, * which Abraham
16.
bought with the field of Ephron the
Hittite , for a possession of a burying
place.
31 (There they buried Abraham and
Sarah his wife, there they buried I-
saac and Rebekah his wife , and there
I buried Leah.)
32 The purchase of the field and of
the caue that is therein, was from the
children of Heth.
33 And when lacob had made an
end of commanding his^ sonnes, he ga-
thered vp his feete into the bed, and
yeelded vp the ghost, and was gathered
vnto his people.
C H A P . L.
1 The mourning for lacob. 4 loseph getteth
leaue of Pharaoh to goe to bury him. 7 The
funerall. 15 loseph comforteth his brethren,
who craned his pardon. 22 His age. 23 He
seeth the third generation of his sonnes. 24
He prophesieth vnto his brethren of their re-
turne. 25 He taketh an oath of them for his
hones. 26 He dieth, and is chested.
Nd loseph fell vpon his
A
fathers face, and wept vp-
on him, and kissed him.
^ ^n^ loseph com-
manded his seruants the
physicians to imbalme his father : and
the physicians imbalmed Israel.
3 And fortie dayes were fulfilled for
him , (for so are fulfilled the dayes of
those which are imbalmed) and the E-
t Heb. wept. gyptians tmourned for him threescore
and ten dayes.
4 And when the dayes of his mour-
ning were past, loseph spake vnto the
house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I
haue found grace in your eyes, speake,
His buriall.
I pray you , in the eares of Pharaoh,
saying,
5 * My father made me sweare, say- * Chap. 47.
ing, Loe, I die : in my graue which I 29.
haue digged for me, in the land of Ca-
naan, there shalt thou bury me. Now
therfore let me goe vp, I pray thee, and
bury my father, and I wiU come a-
gaine.
6 And Pharaoh said, Goe vp, and
bury thy father, according as he made
thee sweare.
7 H And loseph went vp to bury
his father: and with him went vp all
the seruants of Pharaoh, the elders of
his house, and all the elders of the land
of Egypt,
8 And all the house of loseph, and
his brethren , and his fathers house :
onely their litle ones, and their flockes,
and their heards, they left in the land of
Goshen.
9 And there went vp with him both
charets and horsemen : and it was a
very great company.
10 And they came to the threshing
floore of Atad, which is beyond lor-
dan , and there they mourned with a
great and very sore lamentation : and
he made a mourning for his father se-
uen dayes.
, 11 And when the inhabitants of the
land, the Canaanites sawe the mour-
ning in the floore of Atad , they saide,
This is a grieuous mourning to the E-
gyptians : wherfore the name of it was
called, || Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the
H That is,
mou?~
lordan. ning of the
12 And his sonnes did vnto him ac- Egyptians.
cording as he commanded them.
13 For *his sonnes caried him into * Act. 7.18
the land of Canaan, and buried him in
the caue of the field of Machpelah,
which Abraham * bought with the field * Chap. 23.
16.
for a possession of a burying place, of E-
phron the Hittite, before Mamre.
14 11" And loseph returned into E-
gypt, he and his brethren, and all that
went vp with him, to bury his father,
after he had buried his father.
15 H And when losephs brethren
saw that their father was dead, they
said, loseph will peraduenture hate
vs, and will certainely requite vs all the
euill which we did vnto him.
16 And they tsent a messenger vnto t Heb. char.
gea.
ir*/t
loseph , saying , Thy father did com-
mand before he died, saying,
17 So shall ye say vnto loseph, For-
giue,
lofephs kindneffe. Exodus.
giue, I pray thee now, the trespasse of
thy brethren, and their sinne : for they
did vnto thee euill : And now wee pray
thee , forgiue the trespasse of the ser-
uants of the God of thy father. And
loseph wept, when they spake vnto
him.
18 And his brethren also went and
fell downe before his face, and they said,
Behold, we be thy seruants.
19 And loseph saide vnto them,
5.
Chap. 45. * Feare not : for am I in the place of
God?
20 But as for you, yee thought euill
against me, but God meant it vnto good,
to bring to passe, as it is this day, to saue
much people aliue.
21 Now therefore feare yee not: I
will nourish you , and your litle ones.
And hee comforted them , and spake
t Hebr.to t kindly vnto them.
their hearts.
THE
SECOND BOOKE
Mofes, called Exodus.
C H A P . I.
1 The children of Israel after losephs death do
multiply. 8 The more they are oppressed by
a new King, the more they multiply. 1 5 The
godlines of the Midwiues, in sailing the men
children aliue. 22 Pharaoh commandeth
the male children to be cast into the riuer.
Owe these are
N
the names of the
* Gten. 46. * children of Is-
8. exod. 6.
14. rael , which came
into Egypt, euery
man & his house-
hold, came with
lacob.
2 Reuben, Si-
meon , Leui , and ludah,
3 Issachar, Zebulun and Ben-
iamin,
4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and
Asher.
5 And all the soules that came out
His age, and death.
S£ f And loseph dwelt in Egypt,
he, and his fathers house : and loseph
liued an hundred and ten yeeres.
23 * And loseph sawe Ephraims * Num. 32.
children , of the third generation : the 39.
children also of Machir , the sonne of
Manasseh were t brought vp vpon Io- \Hebtbomc.
sephs knees.
24 And loseph saide vnto his bre-
thren, *I die: and God will surely visit * Heb. 11.
you, and bring you out of this land, vn- 22.
to the land which hee sware to Abra-
ham, to Isaac, and to lacob.
25 And loseph tooke an othe. of the
children of Israel, saying, * God will *19.Exod. 13,
surely visite you, and ye shal carie vp my
bones from hence.
26 So loseph died, being an hun-
dred and ten yeeres old : and they im-
balmed him, and he was put in a coffin,
in Egypt.
OF
of the tloynes of lacob, were *seuen- tHeb. thigh.
tie soules : for loseph was in Egypt 27. * Gen. 46.
deut.
already. 10. 22.
6 And loseph died, and all his bre-
thren, and all that generation.
7 f *And the children of Israel * Acts. 7.
were fruitrull, and increased aboun- 17.
dantly , and multiplied, and waxed ex-
ceeding mighty, and the land was filled
with them.
8 Now there arose vp a new King
ouer Egypt, which knew not loseph.
9 And he said vnto his people, Be-
hold, the people of the children of Is-
rael are moe and mightier then we.
10 Come on, let vs deale wisely with
them, lest they multiply, and it come to
passe that when there falleth out any
warre, they ioyne also vnto our ene-
mies , and fight against vs , and so get
them vp out of the land.
11 Therefore they did set ouer them
task-masters, to afflict them -with their
burdens :
 Pharaohs crueltie. Chap.ij.
burdens : And they built for Pharaoh
treasure- cities, Pithom and Raamses.
12 t But the more they afflicted them.
t Hebr. and
as they af-
flicted them, the more they multiplied and grew :
so they mul- and they were grieued because of the
tiplied, 4f&
children of Israel.
13 And the Egyptians made the chil-
dren of Israel to serue with rigour.
14 And they made their Hues bitter,
with hard bondage , in morter and in
bricke, and in all maner of seruice in the
fielde: all their seruice wherein they
made them serue, was with rigour.
15 U And the King of Egypt spake
to the Hebrew midwiues, (of which the
name of one was Shiphrah , and the
name of the other Puah.)
16 And he said, When ye do the office
of a midwife to the Hebrew - women,
and see them vpon the stooles, if it be a
sonne, then ye shall kill him : but if it be
a daughter, then shee shall Hue.
17 But the midwiues feared God,
and did not as the King of Egypt com-
manded them, but saued the men chil-
dren aliue.
18 And the King of Egypt called for
the midwiues, & said vnto them, Why
haue ye done this thing , and haue sa-
ued the men children aliue ?
19 And the midwiues said vnto Pha-
raoh, Because the Hebrew women are
not as the Egyptian women : for they
are liuely, and are deliuered ere the mid-
wiues come in vnto them.
20 Therefore God dealt well with
the midwiues : and the people multi-
plied and waxed very mighty.
£1 And it came to passe, because the
midwiues feared God, that hee made
them houses.
22 And Pharaoh charged all his
people, saying, Euery sonne that is
borne, yee shall cast into the riuer, and
euery daughter ye shall saue aliue.
C H A P . II.
1 Moses is bome, 3 and in an arke cast into
the flags. 5 He is found, and brought vp by
Pharaohs daughter. 1 1 He slayeth an Egyp-
tian. 13 He reproueth an Hebrew. 15 He
fleeth into Midian. 21 Hee marrieth Zip-
porah. 22 Gershom is borne. 23 God re-
specteth the Israelites cry.
Chap. 6. Nd there went *a man of
A
20. num. the house of Leui, & tooke
26. 59.
to wife a daughter of Leui.
2 And the woman con-
ceiued, and bare a sonne:
Mofes is found
and when shee saw him that hee was a
goodly childe, shee *hid him three mo- * Acts 7.
20. heb. 11.
neths. 23.
3 And when shee could not longer
hide him , she tooke for him an arke of
bul-rushes , and daubed it with slime,
and with pitch, and put the childe there-
in, and shee layd it in the flags by the ri-
uers brinke.
4 And his sister stood afarre off, to
wit what would be done to him.
5 f And the daughter of Pharaoh
came downe to wash her selfe at the ri-
uer, and her maydens walked along by
the riuer side : and when shee saw the
arke among the flags, she sent her maid
to fetch it.
6 And when she had opened it, she
saw the childe : and beholde, the babe
wept. And she had compassion on him,
and said, This is one of the Hebrewes
children.
7 Then said his sister to Pharaohs
daughter, Shall I goe, and call to thee
a nurse of the Hebrew-women, that she
may nurse the childe for thee ?
8 And Pharaohs daughter said to
her, Goe: And the mayd went and cal-
led the childs mother.
9 And Pharaohs daughter said vn-
to her, Take this child away, and nurse
it for me, and I will giue thee thy wa-
ges. And the woman tooke the childe,
and nursed it.
10 And the childe grew , and shee
brought him vnto Pharaohs daugh-
ter, and he became her sonne. And she
called his name || Moses: And she said, Drawen
I That is,
out.
Because I drew him out of the water.
11 IF And it came to passe in those
dayes, when Moses was growen, that
he went out vnto his brethren, and loo-
ked on their burdens , and he spied an
Egyptian smiting an Hebrew , one of
his brethren.
12 And he looked this way and that
way, and when he saw that there was
no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid
him in the sand.
13 And when he went out the second
day, behold, two men of the Hebrewes
stroue together : And hee said to him
that did the wrong , Wherefore smitest
thou thy fellow ?
14? And he said, Who made thee ta Man Hebr. a
a
Prince and a iudge ouer vs ? intendest Prince.
thou to kill me, as thou killedst the E-
gyptian ? And Moses feared, and said,
Surely this thing is knowen.
15 Now
Mofes in Midian. Exodus.
15 Now when Pharaoh heard this
thing , he sought to slay Moses. But
Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh,
and dwelt in the land of Midian : and
tie sate downe by a well.
I Qr9Prince. 16 Now the || Priest of Midian had
seuen daughters, and they came and
drew water, and filled the troughes to
water their fathers flocke.
17 And the shepheards came and
droue them away: but Moses stood vp
and helped them, & watred their flocke.
18 And when they came to Reuel
their father, he said, How is it that you
are come so soone to day ?
19 And they said, An Egyptian deli-
uered vs out of the hand of the shep-
lieards , and also drew water enough
for vs, and watered the flocke.
20 And he said vnto his daughters,
And where is he ? why is it that yee
haue left the man ? Call him, that nee
may eate bread.
21 And Moses was content to dwel
with the man, and he gaue Moses Zip-
porah his daughter.
22 And she bare him a sonne, and he
Chap. 18. called his name * Gershom : for he said,
3. I haue bene a stranger in a strange
land.
23 f And it came to passe in processe
of time, that the king of Egypt died, and
the children of Israel sighed by reason
of the bondage, and they cried, and their
cry came vp vnto God, by reason of the
bondage.
24 And God heard their groning,
* Gene. 15. and God remembred his * Couenant
14. and 46.
4. with Abraham, with Isaac, and with
lacob.
25 And God looked vpon the chil-
\tHeb. knew, dren of Israel, and God thad respect
vnto them.
C H A P . III.
1 Moses keepeth lethros flocke. 2 God appea-
reth to him in a burning bush. 9 He sendeth
him to deliuer Israel. 14 The name of God.
15 His message to Israel.
Owe Moses kept the
N
flocke of Iethro his fa-
her in law , the Priest of
idian : and hee led the
flocke to the backeside ol
the desert, and came to the mountaine
of God, euen to Horeb.
2 And the Angel of the LORD
• A&s. 7 appeared vnto him, in a * flame of fire
30. out of the midst of a bush , and he loo-
The bulh burning.
ked, and behold, the bush burned with
fire, and the bush was not consumed.
3 And Moses saide, I will nowe
turne aside , and see this great sight,
why the bush is not burnt.
4s And when the L O R D sawe
that he turned aside to see, God called
vnto him out of the midst of the bush,
and said, Moses, Moses. And he saide,
Here am I.
5 And he said, Drawe not nigh hi-
ther : * put off thy shooes from off thy lOSll. 5. 15.
feete , for the place whereon thou stan- acts. 7. 53.
dest, is holy ground.
6 Moreouer hee said , * I am the 32.Matth.acts 7.
22.
God of thy father , the God of Abra- 32.
ham, the God of Isaac, and the God of
lacob. And Moses hid his face: for he
was afraid to looke vpon God.
7 IT And the LORD said, I haue
surely seene the affliction of my people
which are in Egypt , and haue heard
their crie , by reason of their taske-ma-
sters : for I know their sorrowes,
8 And I am come downe to deliuer
them out of the hand of the Egyptians,
and to bring them vp out of that land,
vnto a good land and a large, vnto a
lande flowing with milke and hony,
vnto the place of the Canaanites , and
the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the
Perizzites, and the Hiuites, and the
lebusites.
9 Now therefore behold, the crie of
the children of Israel is come vnto me:
and I haue also seene the oppression
wherewith the Egyptians oppresse
them.
10 Come now therefore, and I will
send thee vnto Pharaoh , that thou
mayest bring forth my people the chil-
dren of Israel out of Egypt.
11 U And Moses saide vnto God,
Who am I , that I should goe vnto
Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth
the children of Israel out of Egypt ?
12 And he said, Certainely I will be
with thee , and this shall be a token vn-
to thee , that I haue sent thee : When
thou hast brought foorth the people out
of Egypt, ye shall serue God vpon this
mountaine.
13 And Moses saide vnto God, Be-
hold , when I come vnto the children
of Israel, and shall say vnto them,
The God of your fathers hath sent
me vnto you ; and they shall say to me,
What is his name? what shall I say
vnto them ?
14 And
The Name of God. Chap.iiij.
14< And God saide vnto Moses,
I AM THAT I AM : And he
said, Thus shalt thou say vnto the chil-
dren of Israel, I AM hath sent me
vnto you.
15 And God said moreouer vnto Mo-
ses, Thus shalt thou say vnto the chil-
dren of Israel; The L O R D God of
your fathers, the God of Abraham, the
God of Isaac, and the God of lacob
hath sent me vnto you: this is my name
for euer, and this is my memoriall vnto
all generations.
16 Goe and gather the Elders of Is-
rael together, and say vnto them, The
LORD God of your fathers, the
God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of la-
cob appeared vnto me, saying, I haue
surely visited you, and seene that which
is done to you in Egypt.
17 And I haue said, I will bring
you vp out of the affliction of Egypt,
vnto the land of the Canaanites, and
the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the
Perizzites, and the Hitiites, and the le-
busites, vnto a laud flowing with milke
and hony.
18 And they shall hearken to thy
voyce: and thou shalt come, thou and
the Elders of Israel vnto the King of
Egypt, and you shall say vnto him,
The LORD God of the Hebrewes
hath met with vs : and now let vs goe,
(wee beseech thee) three dayes iourney
into the wildernes , that we may sacri-
fice to the LORD our God.
19 11 And I am sure that the King
II Gttbutby of Egypt will not let you goe, ||no not
strong hand.
by a mightie hand.
20 And I will stretch out my hand,
and smite Egypt with all my wonders
which I will doe in the midst thereof:
and after that he will let you goe.
21 And I will giue this people fa-
uour in the sight of the Egyptians, and
it shall come to passe that when ye goe,
ye shall not goe empty :
* Chap. 11. 22 *But euery woman shal borrow
2. & 12. 35.
of her neighbour, and of her that so-
iourneth in her house, iewels of siluer,
and iewels of gold, and rayment: and
ye shall put them vpon your sonnes and
vpon your daughters, and yee shall
il Or, Egypt. spoile ||the Egyptians.
C H A P . IIII.
1 Moses rod is turned into a Serpent. 6 His
hand is leprous. 10 He is loath to bee sent. maketh the dumbe or deafe, or the see-
14- Aaron is appointed to assist him. 18 Mo- ing, or y blind? haue not I the LORD?
Mofes his fignes.
ses departeth from lethro. 21 Gods message
to Pharaoh. 24 Zipporah circumciseth her
sonne. 27 Aaron is sent to meet Moses. 31
The people beleeueth them.
Nd Moses answered, and
A said , But behold , they
will not beleeue mee, nor
hearken vnto my voice :
for they will say , The
LORD hath not appeared vnto thee.
2 And the LORD said vnto him,
What is that in thine hand ? and hee
said, A rod.
3 And he said, Cast it on the ground:
And he cast it on the ground, and it be-
came a serpent : and Moses fled from
before it.
4 And the LORD said vnto Mo-
ses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by
the taile: And he put foorth his hand,
and caught it, and it became a rod in his
hand :
5 That they may beleeue that the
LORD God of their fathers, the God
of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the
God of lacob hath appeared vnto
thee.
6 1f And the LORD said further-
more vnto him, Put now thine hand in-
to thy bosome. And he put his hand in-
to his bosome : and when hee tooke it
out, behold, his hand was leprous as
snowe.
7 And he said, Put thine hand into
thy bosome againe. And hee put his
hand into his bosome againe, and pluc-
ked it out of his bosome, and behold, it
was turned againe as his oilier flesh.
8 And it shall come to passe, if they
wil not beleeue thee, neither hearken to
the voice of the first signe, that they will
beleeue the voice of tne latter signe.
9 And it shall come to passe, if they
will not beleeue also these two signes,
neither hearken vnto thy voice, that
thou shalt take of the water of the ri-
uer, and powre it vpon the drie land : and
the water which thou takest out of the
riuer, t shall become blood vpon the drie and\f/eb.shalbe
shall be.
land.
10 1F And Moses saide vnto the
LORD, O my lord, I am not t elo- qftHeb.ama-n words.
quent, neither heretofore, nor tsince thou f Heb. since
hast spoken vnto thy seruant: but I am yesterday
nor since the
slow of speach, and of a slow tongue. third day.
11 And the LORD said vnto him,
Who hath made mans mouth ? or who
12 Now
Mofes and Aaron Exodus.
12 Now therefore goe, and I will
* Matth. 10 >e * with thy mouth , and teach thee
19. mar. 13, what thou shalt say.
11. luk» l$*
11. 13 And he said, O my Lord,, send, I
pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou
II Or, shoitt- jwilt send.
dest. 14 And the anger of the LORD
was kindled against Moses, and hee
said, Is not Aaron the Leuite thy bro-
ther ? I know that he can speake well.
And also behold, he commeth foorth to
meet thee: and when he seeth thee, hee
will be glad in his heart.
15 And thou shalt speake vnto him,
and put words in his mouth, and I wil
DC with thy mouth, & with his mouth,
and will teach you what ye shall doe.
16 And he shal be thy spokesman vn-
to the people: and he snail be, euen hee
shall be to thee in stead of a mouth, and
* Chap. 7.1. *thou shalt be to him in stead of God.
17 And thou shalt take this rod in
thine hand, wherewith thou shalt doe
signes.
18 U And Moses went and retur-
ned to lethro his father in law , and
said vnto him, Let me goe, I pray thee,
and returne vnto my brethren, which
are in Egypt, and see whether they bee
yet aliue. And lethro said to Moses,
Goe in peace.
19 And the LORD said vnto Moses
in Midian, Goe, returne into Egypt:
for all the men are dead which sought
thy life.
20 And Moses tooke his wife, and
his sonnes, and set them vpon an asse,
and he returned to the land of Egypt.
And Moses tooke the rod of God in
his hand.
21 And the LOJID said vnto Mo-
ses , When thou goest to returne into
Egypt, see that thou doe all those won-
ders before Pharaoh , which I haue
put in thine hand: but I wil harden his
heart, that hee shall not let the people
goe.
22 And thou shalt say vnto Phara-
oh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is
my sonne, euen my first borne.
23 And I say vnto thee, let my sonne
goe, that he may serue mee: and if thou
refuse to let him goe, behold, I will slay
thy sonne, euen thy first borne.
24 H And it came to passe by the
way in the Inne, that the LORD met
him, and sought to kill him.
25 Then Zipporah tooke a sharpe
li Or, knife. || stone, and cut off the foreskinne of her
goe to Pharaoh.
sonne, and tcast it at his feete, and said, ; Heb, made
Surely a bloody husband art thou to t touch*
mee.
26 So he let him goe. then she said,
A bloody husband thou art, because of
the Circumcision.
27 1T And the LORD said to Aa-
ron, Goe into the wilder nesse to meete
Moses. And hee went and met him in
the mount of God, and kissed him.
28 And Moses tolde Aaron all the
wordes of the LORD, who had sent
tiim, and all the signes which hee had
commanded him.
29 IT And Moses and Aaron went,
and gathered together all the elders of
the children of Israel.
30 And Aaron spake all the wordes
which the L O R D had spoken vnto
Moses, and did the signes in the sight of
the people.
31 And the people beleeued . And
when they heard that the L O R D
had visited the children of Israel, and
that he had looked vpon their affliction,
then they bowed their heads and wor-
shipped..
C H A P . V.
1 Pharaoh cllideth Moses and Aaron for their
message. 5 Hee encreaseth the Israelites
taske. 15 Hee checketh their complaints.
19 They cry out vpon JVIoses and Aaron.
, 22 Moses complaineth to God,
Nd afterward Moses and
A
Aaron went in , and tolde
Pharaoh, Thus saith the
LORD /.* God of Israel,
Let my people goe , that
they may holde a feast vnto mee in the
wildernesse.
2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the
LORD, that I should obey his voyce
to let Israel goe? I know not the
LORD, neither will I let Israel goe.
3 And they said , * The God of the * Chap. 3.
Hebrewes hath met with vs: let vs 18.
goe, we pray thee, three dayes iourney
into the desert , and sacrifice vnto the
LORD our God, lest hee fall vpon vs
with pestilence, or with the sword.
4 And the King of Egypt said vnto
them, Wherfore doe ye, Moses and Aa-
ron, let the people from their workes ?
get you vnto your burdens.
5 And Pharaoh said," Behold, the
people of the land now are many, & you
make them rest from their burdens.
6 And Pharaoh commanded the
same
Ifrael opprefled. Chap.vj.
same day .the taske-m asters of the peo-
ple, and their officers, saying ;
7 Yee shall no more giue the people
straw to make bricke, as heretofore: let
them goe and gather straw for thenu
selues.
8 And the tale of the brick es which
they did make heretofore, you shall
lay vpon them : you shall not diminish
ought thereof : for they be idle; therefore
they cry, saying, Let vs goe and sacrifice
to our God.
t Heb. let 9 t Let there more worke be layde
the worke be
heauy vpon vpon the men, that they may labour
the men. therein, and let them not regard vaine
wordes.
10 1[ And the taske-masters of the
people went out, and their officers, and
they spake to the people, saying, Thus
saith Pharaoh , I will not giue you
straw.
11 Goe ye, get you straw where you
can find it: yet not ought of your worke
shall be diminished.
12 So the people were scattered a-
broad throughout al the land of Egypt,
to gather stubble in stead of straw.
13 And the taske-masters hasted
them, saying ; Fulfill your workes, your
t Hebr. a tdayly taskes, as when there was
matter of a
day in his straw.
day. 14 And the officers of tlfe children of
Israel, which Pharaohs task-masters
had set ouer them, were beaten, and de-
manded, Wherefore haue ye not fulfil-
led your taske, in making bricke, both
yesterday and to day, as heretofore?
15 IF Then the officers of the chit
dren of Israel came and cryed vnto
Pharaoh , saying , Wherefore dealest
thou thus with thy seruants ?
16 There is no straw giuen vnto thy
seruants, and they say to vs , Make
bricke : and beholde, thy seruants are
beaten ; but the fault is in thine owne
people.
17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle:
therefore ye say, Let vs goe and doe sa-
crifice to the LORD.
18 Goe therefore now and worke:
for there shall no straw bee giueVyou,
yet shall ye deliuer the tale of brickes.
19 And the officers of the children of
Israel did see that they were in euill
case, after it was said, Yee shall not mi-
nish ought from your brickes of your
dayly taske.
20 f And they met Moses and Aa-
ron , who stood in the way , as they
Gods promife.
came foorth from Pharaoh.
21 And they said vnto them ; The
LORD looke vpon you, and iudge, be-
cause you haue made our sauour tto be t Hebr. to
abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, anc stinke.
in the eyes of his seruants , to put a
sword in their hand to slay vs.
22 And Moses returned vnto the
L O R D , and said, Lord, Wherefore
hast thou so euill intreated this people?
why is it that thou hast sent me ?
23 For since I came to Pharaoh to
speake in thy Name, he hath done euili uering-
t Heb. deli-
thou
to this people, neither hast thou tdeli- hast not de-
uered thy people at all. liuered.
C TT A T> "17 T
1 God renueth his promise by his Name IE-
HOVAH. 14 The genealogie of Reu-
ben, 15 of Simeon, 16 of Leui, of whom
came Moses and Aaron.
Hen the Lord said vn-
T
to moses, Now shalt
thou see what I will doe
to Pharaoh : for with a
strong hand shall hee let
them goe, and with a strong hand shall
he driue them out of his land.
2 And God spake vnto Moses, and
said vnto him, I am the LORD.
3 And I appeared vnto Abraham,
vnto Isaac, and vnto lacob, by the
Name of God Almighty , but by my
name IEHOVAH was I not knowen
to them.
4 And I haue also established my
Couenant with them, to giue them the
land of Canaan, the land of their pilgri-
mage, xwherein they were strangers.
5 And I haue also heard the Dro-
ning of the children of Israel, whom
the Egyptians keepe in bondage: and
I haue remembred my Couenant.
6 Wherefore say vnto the children
of Israel, I am the L O U D , and I
will bring you out from vnder the bur-
dens of the Egyptians, and I will rid
you out of their bondage : and I will
redeeme you with a stretched out arme,
and with great iudgements.
7 And I will take you to mee for a
people, and I will be to you a God: and
fe shall know that I am the L O R D
four God, which bringeth you put
?
from vnder the burdens of the Egyp-
tians.
8 And I will bring you in vnto the
lande concerning the which I did
tsweare
Mofes is fent Exodus.
t Heb. lift tsweare to giue it, to Abraham, to Isa-
vp my hand.
ac, and to lacob, and I will giue it you
for an heritage, I am the L O R D
9 U And Moses spake so vnto the
children of Israel: but they hearkened
t Heb. short- not vnto Moses, for t anguish of spirit,
ness?: or,
straitnex. and for cruell bondage.
10 And the L O U D spake vnto Mo-
ses, saying,
11 Goe in, speake vnto Pharaoh
King of Egypt, that he let the children
of Israel goe out of his land.
12 And Moses spake before the
L O R D , saying, Behold, the children
of Israel haue not hearkened vnto me :
low then shal Pharaoh heare me, who
am of vncircumcised lips ?
13 And the LORD spake vnto Moses
and vnto Aaron, & gaue them a charge
vnto the children of Israel , and vnto
Pharaoh King of Egypt, to bring the
children of Israel out of the land of E-
gyp'-
H f These be the heads of their fa-
* Gen. 46. 9
1. chro. 5. 3.
thers houses: * The sonnes of Reuben
:he first borne of Israel, Hanoch , and
Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the
families of Reuben.
• 1. Chron. 15 *And the sonnes of Simeon: le-
4. 24.
muel, and I am in, and Ohad and la-
chin, and Zohar, and Shaul the sonne
of a Canaanitish woman ; these are the
families of Simeon.
16 1F And these are the names of the
* Num. 3. 17 * sonnes of Leui, according to their ge-
1 chron. 6. 1
nerations : Gershon and Kohath and
Merari : and the yeeres of the life ol
Leui, were an hundred, thirtie and se-
uen yeeres.
17 The sonnes of Gershon : Libni
and Shimi, according to their families.
* Num. 20. 18 And *the sonnes of Kohath: Am-
57. I. chro.
6. 1. ram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uz-
ziel. And the yeeres of the life of Ko-
hath, were an hundred thirtie and three
yeeres.
19 And the sonnes of Merari : Ma-
hali and Mushi : these are the families o:
Leui, according to their generations.
* Chap. S. 2. 20 And *Amram tooke him loche-
num. 26. 59
bed his fathers sister to wife , and shee
bare him Aaron and Moses : and the
yeeres of the life of Amram were an
nundred, and thirtie and seuen yeeres.
21 11 And the sonnes of Izhar : Ko-
ran and Nepheg, and Zichri.
22 And the sonnes of Uzziel: Mi-
shael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri.
23 And Aaron tooke him Elisheba
to king Pharaoh.
daughter of Amminadab sister of Na-
ashon to wife, and she bare him Nadab
and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
24 And the sonnes of Korah, Assir,
and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are
the families of the Korhites.
25 And Eleazar Aarons sonne tooke
lim one of the daughters of Putiel to
wife , and * she bare him Phinehas : 11. * Num. 25.
ihese are the heads of the fathers of the
Leuites, according to their families.
26 These are that Aaron and Mo-
ses, to whom the LORD said , Bring
out the children of Israel from the land
of Egypt, according to their armies.
27 These are they which spake to
Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out
the children of Israel from Egypt :
These are that Moses and Aaron.
28 f And it came to passe on the day
when the L O R D spake vnto Moses
in the land of Egypt,
29 That the L O R D spake vnto
Moses, saying, I am the L O R D :
speake thou vnto Pharaoh king of E-
gypt, all that I say vnto thee.
30 And Moses said before the LORD,
Behold , I am of vncircumcised lips,
and how shall Pharaoh hearken vnto
mee?
C H A P . VII,
1 Moses is encouraged to go to Pharaoh. 7 His
age. 8 His rod is turned into a Serpent. 1 1
The sorcerers do the like. 13 Pharaohs heart
is hardened. 14 Gods message to Pharaoh.
19 The riuer is turned into blood.
Nd the LORD said vn-
A
to Moses , See , I haue
made thee a god to Pha-
raoh, and Aaron thy bro-
ther shalbe thy prophet.
2 Thou shalt speake all that I
command thee, and Aaron thy brother
shall speake vnto Pharaoh, that he send
the children of Israel out of his land.
3 And I will harden Pharaohs
heart, and multiplie my signes and my
wonders in the land of Egypt.
4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken
vnto you, that I may lay my hand vp-
on Egypt, and bring forth mine armies,
and my people the children of Israel,
out of the land of Egypt, by great iudg-
ments.
5 And the Egyptians shall knowe
that I am the LORD, when I stretch
forth mine hand vpon Egypt, and bring
out
The rod a ferpent. Chap.viij.
out the children of Israel from among
them.
6 And Moses and Aaron did as the
LORD commanded them, so did they.
7 And Moses was fourescore yeres
olde, and Aaron fourescore and three
yeeres old, when they spake vnto Pha-
raoh.
8 U And the LORD spake vnto
Moses, and vnto Aaron, saying :
9 When Pharaoh shall speake vnto
you, saying, Shew a miracle for you :
then thou shalt say vnto Aaron, Take
thy rod and cast it before Pharaoh, and
it shall become a serpent.
10 IT And Moses and Aaron went
in vnto Pharaoh, and they did so as the
Lord had commanded: and Aaron east
downe his rod before Pharaoh , and
before his seruants , and it became a
serpent.
11 Then Pharaoh also called the
wise men and the sorcerers ; now the
Magicians of Egypt , they also did in
like maner with their enchantments.
12 For they cast downe euery man
bis rod, and they became serpents: but
Aarons rod swallowed vp their rods.
13 And hee hardened Pharaohs
heart, that hee hearkened not vnto
them, as the LORD had said.
14 ^T And the L O R D saide vnto
Moses , Pharaohs heart is hardened :
he refuseth to let the people goe.
15 Get thee vnto Pharaoh in the
morning, loe, he goeth out vnto the wa-
ter, and thou shalt stand by the riuers
brinke, against hee come: and the rod
which was turned to a serpent , shalt
thou take in thine hand.
16 And thou shalt say vnto him,
The LORD God of the Hebrewes
hath sent me vnto thee, saying; Let my
people goe, that they may serue mee in
the wildernesse: and beholde, hitherto
thou wouldest not heare.
17 Thus saith the LORD, In this
thou shalt know that I am the LORD :
behold, I will smite with the rod that
is in my hand, vpon the waters which
are in the riuer, and they shalbe turned
to blood.
18 And the fish that is in the riuer
shall die, and the riuer shall stincke, and
the Egyptians shall loathe to drinke of
the water of the riuer.
19 IT And the L O R D spake vnto
Moses, Say vnto Aaron , Take thy
rod, & stretch out thine hand vpon the
Bloody waters.
waters of Egypt, vpon their streamer
vpon their riuers , and vpon their
ponds , and vpon all their t pooles of t Heb. Ga-
ther in&of
water, that they may become blood, their wa-
and that there may be blood through- ters.
out all the land of Egypt, both in vessels
o^woocl, and in vessels of stone.
20 And Moses and Aaron did so, as
the LORD commanded: and he *lift 5.* Chap. 17.
vp the rod and smote the waters that
were in the riuer, in the sight of Pha-
raoh, and in the sight of his seruants :
and all the * waters that were in the ri- 44.
" Psal. 78.
uer, were turned to blood.
21 And the fish that was in the riuer
died : and the riuer stunke , and the E-
jyptians could not drinke of the water
of the riuer : and there was blood
throughout all the land of Egypt.
22 * And the Magicians of Egypt •Wis. 17.7.
did so, with their enchantments : and
Pharaohs heart was hardened , nei-
ther did he hearken vnto them, as the
LORD had said.
23 And Pharaoh turned and went
into his house , neither did hee set his
beart to this also.
24 And all the Egyptians digged
round about the riuer for water to
drinke: for they could not drinke of the
water of the riuer.
25 And seuen dayes were fulfilled
after that the LORD had smitten the
riuer.
C H A P . VIII.
1 Frogges are sent. 8 Pharaoh sueth to Moses ,
12 and Moses by prayer remoueth them a-
way. 1 6 The dust is turned into lice, which
the Magicians could not doe. 20 The
swarmes of flies. 25 Pharaoh inclineth to
let the people goe, 32 but yet is hardened.
Nd the L O R D spake
A
vnto Moses , Goe vnto
Pharaoh, and say vnto
him ; Thus sayeth the
L O R D , Let my people
goe, that they may serue me.
2 And if thou refuse to let them goe,
beholde , I will smite all thy borders
with frogges.
3 And the riuer shall bring foorth
frogges abundantly, which shall goe
vp and come into thine house, and in-
to thy bed-chamber, and vpon thy bed,
and into the house of thy seruants, and
vpon thy people, and into thine ouens,
and into thy || kneading troughes. 1 Or, dough.
4 And
»3
Plagues of frogges, Exodus.
4? And the frogges shall come vp
both on thee, and vpon thy people, and
vpon all thy seruants.
5 IT And the LORD spake vnto
Moses ; Say vnto Aaron , Stretch
foorth thine hand with thy rodde ouer
the streames, ouer the riuers, and ouer
the ponds , and cause frogges to come
vp vpon the land of Egypt.
6 And Aaron stretched out his
hand ouer the waters of Egypt , and
the frogges came vp , and couered the
land of Egypt.
* Wfod. 17. 7 *And the Magicians did so with
7.
their inchantments , and brought vp
frogges vpon the land of Egypt.
8 f Then Pharaoh called for Mo-
ses, and Aaron, and said, In treat the
LORD , that hee may take away the
frogges from me, and from my people :
and I will let the people goe, that they
may doe sacrifice vnto the LORD.
9 And Moses saide vnto Pharaoh,
II Or haute || Glory ouer mee: ||when shall I en-
this honour
ouerme9fyc* treat for thee, and for thy seruants, and
II Or, against for thy people , to t destroy the frogges
when.
\ Hebr. to from thee , and thy houses, that they
cutoff. may remaine in the riuer onely?
\\ Or, against
to morrow* 10 And he said, || To morrow. And
hee said , Bee it according to thy word :
That thou mayest know that there is
none like vnto the LORD our God.
^ 11 And the frogs shall depart from
thee, and from thy houses , and from
thy seruants , and from thy people ;
they shall remaine in the riuer onely.
12 And Moses and Aaron went out
from Pharaoh , and Moses cried vnto
the LORD because of the frogs which
he had brought against Pharaoh.
13 And the LORD did according
to the word of Moses : and the frogges
died out of the houses , out of the vil-
lages, and out of the fields.
14 And they gathered them toge-
ther vpon heapes, and the land stanke.
15 But when Pharaoh saw that
there was respit, he hardned his heart,
and hearkened not vnto them, as the
LORD had said.
16 11 And the L O R D saide vnto
Moses, Say vnto Aaron, Stretch out
thy rod, and smite the dust of the land,
that it may become lice, thorowout all
the land of Egypt.
17 And they did so: for Aaron stret-
ched out his hand with his rod, and
smote the dust of the earth , and it be-
came lice, in man and in beast : all the
of lyce, of flyes,
dust of the land became lice throughout
all the land of Egypt..
18 And the Magicians did so with
their enchantments to bring foorth lice,
but they could not: so there were lice
vpon man and vpon beast.
19 Then the Magicians said vnto
Pharaoh ; This is the finger of God.
And Pharaohs heart was hardned,
and he hearkened not vnto them, as the
LORD had said.
20 1F And the LORD saide vnto
Moses, Rise vp early in the morning,
and stand before Pharaoh : loe, he com-
meth foorth to the water, and say vnto
him ; Thus saith the LORD, Let my
people goe, that they may serue me.
21 Els , if thou wilt not let my peo-
ple goe, beholde, I will send ||swarmes t Or, a 'mix-
of flies vpon thee , and vpon thy ser- ture ofnoy-
some beasts,
uants, and vpon thy people, and into &e.
thy houses : and the houses of the E-
gyptians shall bee full of swarmes of
flies, and also the ground whereon they
are.
22 And I will seuer in that day the
lande of Goshen in which my people
dwell, that no swarmes of flies shall be
there, to the end thou maiest know that
I am the L O R D in the midst of the
earth.
23 And I will put ta diuision be- demption.
t Hebr. a re-
tweene my people and thy people : ||to II Or, by to
morrow shall this signe be. morrow.
24 And the LORD did so: and
* there came a grieuous swarme of flies *Wisd. 16.
into the house of Pharaoh, and into his 9.
seruants houses, and into all the lande
of Egypt: the land was || corrupted by B Or•, de-
stroyed,
reason of the swarme of flies.
25 11 And Pharaoh called for Mo-
ses and for Aaron, and said, Goe yee, sa-
crifice to your God in the land.
26 And Moses said, It is not meete
so to doe; for we shal sacrifice the abomi-
nation of the Egyptians, to the LORD
our God: Loe, shall we sacrifice the a-
bomination of the Egyptians before
their eyes, and will they not stone vs ?
27 We will goe three dayes iourney
into the wildernesse, and sacrifice to the
L O R D our God, as * he shall com- * Chap. 3.
18.
mand vs.
28 And Pharaoh said, I wil let you
goe that ye may sacrifice to the LORD
your God, in the wildernes : onely you
shall not goe very farre away: intreate
for me.
29 And Moses said, Behold, I goe
out
of the murraine. Chap.ix.
out from thee, and I will intreate the
LORD that the swarmes of flies may
depart from Pharaoh, from his ser-
uants, and from his people to morrow:
but let not Pharaoh deale deceitfully
any more, in not letting the people goe
to sacrifice to the LORD.
30 And Moses went out from Pha-
raoh, and intreated the LORD :
31 And the LORD did according to
the word of Moses : and he remooued
the swarmes of flies from Pharaoh,
from his seruants, and from his people:
there remained not one.
32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart
at this time also, neither would bee let
the people goe.
C H A P . IX.
1 The murraine of beasts. 8 The plague of
boyles, and blaines. 13 His message about
the haile. 22 The plague of haile. 27 Pha-
raoh sueth to Moses, 35 but yet is hardened.
wen tne .LORD saiu vnto
T Moses, Goe in vnto Pha-
raoh, and tell him, Thus
saith the LORD God of
the Hebrewes , Let my
people goe, that they may serue me.
2 For if thou refuse to let them goe,
and wilt hold them still,
3 Behold, the hand of the LORD
is vpon thy cattell which is in the field,
vpon the horses, vpon the asses, vpon
the camels, vpon the oxen, and vpon
the sheepe : there shall be a very grieuous
murraine.
4 And the LORD shall seuer be-
tweene the cattel of Israel, and the cat-
tell of Egypt , and there shall nothing
die of all that is the childrens of Israel.
5 And the L O R D appointed a set
time, saying, To morrow the L O R D
shall doe this thing in the land.
6 And the L O R D did that thing
on the morrow; and all the cattell of E-
gypt died, but of the cattell of the chil-
dren of Israel died not one.
7 And Pharaoh sent, and beholde,
there was not one of the cattell of the
Israelites dead. And the heart of Pha-
raoh was hardened, and he did not let
the people goe.
8 U And the L O R D saide vnto
Moses, and vnto Aaron , Take to you
handfuls of ashes of the fornace , and
let Moses sprinkle it towards the hea-
uen, in the sight of Pharaoh :
Pharaoh obftinate.
9 And it shall become small dust in
all the land of Egypt , and shall bee a
boyle breaking forth with blaines, vpon
man and vpon beast, throughout all the
land of Egypt.
10 And they tooke ashes of the for-
nace , and stood before Pharaoh , and
Moses sprinkled it vp toward heauen :
and it became a boile breaking forth with
blaines, vpon man and vpon beast.
11 And the Magicians could not
stand before Moses , because of the
boiles : for the boile was vpon the ma-
gicians, and vpon all the Egyptians.
12 And the LORD hardened the
heart of Pharaoh, and hee hearkened
not vnto them , * as the LORD had * Chap. 4.
21.
spoken vnto Moses.
13 f And the LORD saide vnto
Moses, Rise vp earely in the morning,
and stand before Pharaoh, and say vnto
him, Thus saith the LORD God of
the Hebrewes, Let my people goe, that
they may serue me.
14 For I will at this time send all
my plagues vpon thine heart, and vpon
thy seruaunts , and vpon thy people :
that thou mayest knowe that tJiere is
none like me in all the earth.
15 For now I will stretch out my
hand , that I may smite thee and thy
people, with pestilence, and thou shalt
be cut off from the earth.
16 And in very deede, for *this cause * Rom. 9.
haue 1 1 raised thee vp, for to shewe in17. 1 Heb. made
thee my power, and that my name may hee stand.
be declared throughout all the earth.
17 As yet exaltest thou thy selfe a-
gainst my people, that thou wilt not let
them goe?
18 Behold , to morrow about this
time, I wil cause it to raine a very grie-
uous haile, such as hath not bene in E-
»ypt, since the foundation thereof euen
vntill now.
19 Send therefore now, and gather
thy cattell, and all that thou hast in the
field : for vpon euery man and beast
which shal be found in the field, and shal
not bee brought home , the haile shall
come downe vpon them, and they shall
die.
20 Hee that feared the word of the
LORD amongst the seruants of Pha-
raoh, made his seruants and his cattell
flee into the houses.
21 And he that t regarded not the Heb. set
word of, the LORD, left his seruants not his heart
vnto.
and his cattell in the field.
22 11 And
The plague of haile. Exodus.
9Si If And the LORD saide vnto
Moses, Stretch forth thine hand to-
ward heauen, that .there may be haile
m all the land of Egyy t, vpon man and
vpon beast 5 and vpon euery herbe of
the field, thorowout the land of Egypt.
£3 And Moses stretched foorth his
rod toward heauen , and the LORD
sent thunder and haile, and the fire
ranne along vpon the ground, and the
LORD rained haile vpon the land of
Egypt.
£i So there was haile, and fire
mingled with the haile, very grieuous,
such as there was none like it in all the
[and of Egypt, since it became a nation.
25 And the haile smote throughout
all the land of Egypt , all that was in the
ield, both man and beast: and the haile
smote euery herbe of the fielde , and
irake euery tree of the field.
£6 Onely in the land of Goshen
where the children of Israel were, was
there no haile.
87 IT And Pharaoh sent, and called
[or Moses and Aaron , and said vnto
them , I hatie sinned this time : the
LORD is righteous, and I and my
people are wicked.
£8 Entreat the LORD, (for it is
t Hebr. enough) that there be no more t mighty
voyces of thunderings and haile , and I will let
Ood.
you goe, and ye shall stay no longer.
£9 And Moses saide vnto him, As-
soone as I am gone out of the citie, I
will spread abroad my hands vnto the
LORD, and the thunder shall cease,
neither shall there be any more haile :
that thou mayest know how that the
* Psal. 24. l. * earth i^-the LORDS.
30 But as for thee and thy seruants,
I know that ye will not yet feare the
LORD God.
31 And the flaxe, and the barley was
smitten: for the barley was in the eare,
and the flaxe was boiled :
32 But the wheat and the rye were
t Hebr. hid- not smitten: for they were tnot grow en
den: or, vp.
dcwke.
33 And Moses went out of the city
from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his
hands vnto the LORD : and the thun-
ders and haile ceased, and the raine was
not powred vpon the earth.
34; And when Pharaoh saw that
the raine , and the haile and the thun-
ders were ceased , hee sinned yet more,
and hardened his heart, he and his ser-
uants.
Locufts threatned,
35 And the heart of Pharaoh was
lardened, neither would he let the chil-
dren of Israel goe, as the LORD had
spoken tby Moses. t Hebr. by
the hand of
Moses.
CH A P . X.
TT A T* XT
1 God threatneth to send locusts. 7 Pharaoh,
raoued byhis seruants, inclineth to let the Is-
raelites goe. 12 The plague of the locusts.
16 Pharaoh sueth to Moses. 21 The plague
of darkenesse. 24 Pharaoh sueth vnto Mo-
ses, 27 but yet is hardened.
Nd the LORD said vnto
A
Moses, Goe in vnto Pha-
raoh : for * I haue hard- 21* •Chap. 4.
ne
d his heart, and the
heart of his seruants, that
[ might shew these my signes before
lim :
% And that thou mayest tell in the
eares of thy sonne , and of thy sonnes
sonne, what things I haue wrought
in Egypt, and my signes which I haue
done amongst them, that ye may know
bow that I am the LORD.
3 And Moses and Aaron came in
vnto Pharaoh , and saide vnto him,
Thus saith the LORD God of the He-
brewes, How long wilt thou refuse to
bumble thy selfe before mee ? Let my
people goe, that they may serue me.
4 Els, if thou refuse to let my people
goe, behold, to morrow will I bring
the * locusts into thy coast. * Wisd. 16.
9.
5 And they shall couer the tface of t Hebr. eye.
the earth, that one cannot be able to see
the earth, and they shall eate the residue
of that which is escaped , which remai-
neth vnto you from the haile, and shall
eate euery tree , which groweth for you
out of the field.
6 And they shall fill thy houses, and
the houses of all thy seruants, and the
houses of all the Egyptians, which
neither thy fathers , nor thy fathers fa-
thers haue scene, since the day that they
were vpon the earth , vnto this day.
And he turned himselfe, and went out
from Pharaoh.
7 And Pharaohs seruants said vn-
to him, How long shall this man be a
snare vnto vs ? Let the men goe , that
they may serue the LORD their God:
Knowest thou not yet , that Egypt is
destroyed ?
8 And Moses and Aaron were
brought againe vnto Pharaoh : and he
said vnto them, Goe, serue the LORD
your
couer Egypt. Chap.xj.
t Heb. who [your God: but twho are they that shal
<y who* e[C.
goe?
9 And Moses said, We wil goe with
our yong , and with our old , with our
sonnes and with our daughters, with
our flockes and with our heards wil
we goe : for we must hold a feast vnto the
LORD.
10 And he said vnto them ; Let the
LORD bee so with you, as I will let
you goe, and your litle ones. Looke to
it, for euill is before you.
11 Not so: goe now yee that are men,
and serue the LORD, for that you did
desire : and they were driuen out from
Pharaohs presence.
12 IT And the LORD said vnto Mo-
ses , Stretch out thine hand ouer the
land of Egypt for the locusts , that they
may come vp vpon the land of Egypt,
and eate euery herbe of the land, euen
all that the haile hath left.
13 And Moses stretched forth his rod
ouer the land of Egypt, and the LORD
brought an East wind vpon the land all
that day, and all that night : and when
it was morning, the East wind brought
the locusts.
14* And the locusts went vp ouer all
the land of Egypt, and rested in all the
coasts of Egypt : very grieuous were
they : before them there were no such
locusts as they, neither after them shall
3e such.
15 For they couered the face of the
whole earth, so that the land was dark-
led, and they did eate euery herbe of the
land, and all the fruit of the trees, which
the haile had left , and there remained
not any greene thing in the trees, or in
t;he herbes of the field, through all the
l!and of Egypt.
t Heb. haste- 16 IF Then Pharaoh t called for Mo-
ned to call.
ses and Aaron in haste : and he said , I
laue sinned against the LORD your
jrod, and against you.
.17 Now therefore forgiue, I pray
thee, my sinne onely this once, and in-
treat the LORD your God, that hee
may take away from mee this death
onely.
18 And he went out from Pharaoh,
and intreated the LORD.
19 And the LORD turned a mighty
strong West wind, which tooke away
t Heb. faste- the locusts, and tcast them into the red
ned. sea : there remained not one locust in all
the coasts of Egypt.
20 But the LORD hardened Pha-
Thicke darkenes.
raohs heart, so that hee would not let
the children of Israel goe.
21 H And the LORD said vnto Mo-
ses, Stretch out thine hand towarc
heauen, that there may be darkenesse
ouer the land of Egypt, teuen darkenes t Heb. that
onemayfeele
which may be felt. darkenesse.
22 And Moses stretched foorth his
hand toward heauen : and there was a
thicke darkenesse in all the land of E-
gypt three dayes.
23 They saw not one another, nei-
ther rose any from his place for three
dayes : * but all the children of Israel *Wisd.iai
bad light in their dwellings.
24 IT And Pharaoh called vnto Mo-
ses, and said, Goe ye, serue the LORD:
onely let your flockes and your herds
be stayed : let your litle ones also goe
with you.
25 And Moses saide, Thou must
jiue tvs also sacrifices, and burnt offe- Heb. into
our hands.
rings , that we may sacrifice vnto the
LORD our God.
26 Our cattell also shall goe with
vs: there shall not an hoofe bee left be-
lind : for thereof must we take to serue
the LORD our God: and we knowe
not with what wee must serue the
LORD, vntill we come thither.
27 U But the L O R D hardened
Pharaohs heart, and he would not let
them goe.
28 And Pharaoh said vnto him, Get
thee from me, take heed to thy selfe : see
my face no more : for in that day thou
seest my face, thou shalt die.
29 And Moses said , Thou hast spo-
cen well, I will see thy face againe no
more.
C H A P . XI.
1 Gods message to the Israelites to borrow iew-
els of their neighbours. 4 Moses threatneth
Pharaoh with the death of the first borne.
Nd the LORD said vn-
A
to Moses , Yet will I
ring one plague more vp-
on Pharaoh , and vpon
Egypt , afterwards hee
will let you goe hence : when hee shall
et you goe, he shall surely thrust you out
lence altogether.
2 Speake now in the eares of the
)eople, and let euery man borrowe of
lis neighbour, and euery woman of
ler neighbour, * iewels of siluer , and *2.Chap. 3.
& 12.
iewels of gold. 35.
3 And the L O R D gaue the people
fauour
Mofes is angry. Exodus.
auour in the sight of the Egyptians,
* Ecclus.
5. 1.
Moreouer the man * Moses was very
jreat in the land of Egypt, in the sight
of Pharaohs seruants, and in the sight
of the people.
4 And Moses said, Thus saith the
* Chap. 12. L O R D , * about midnight will I goe
29*
out into the midst of Egypt.
5 And all the first borne in the lande
of Egypt shall die, from the first borne
of Pharaoh , that sitteth vpon his
throne, euen vnto the first borne of the
maid seruant that is behind the mill,
and all the first borne of beasts.
6 And there shall bee a great crie
throughout all the land of Egypt, such
as there was none like it, nor shall bee
1*1 it
like • i any more.
7 But against any of the children of
Israel, shal not a dog moue his tongue,
against man or beast: that ye may know
bow that the LORD doth put a diffe-
rence betweene the Egyptians and Is-
rael.
8 And all these thy seruants shall
come downe vnto me, and bow downe
themselues vnto me, saying, Get thee
t Hebr. that out, and all the people that t follow
\& at thy feet
thee; and after that I wil goe out: and
\ Heb. heat he went out from Pharaoh in ta great
Of anger. o nance thereof.
anger.
9 And the L O R D said vnto Mo-
ses, Pharaoh shall not hearken vnto
you, that my wonders may be multi-
plied in the land of Egypt.
10 And Moses and Aaron did al
these wonders before Pharaoh : anc
the LORD hardened Pharaohs heart,
so that he would not let the children oi
Israel goe out of his land.
C H A P . XII.
1 The beginning of the yeere is changed. <
The Passeouer is instituted. 1 1 The Rite of
the Passeouer. 15Vnleauenedbread. 29 The
first borne are slaine. 31 The Israelites are
driuen out of the lande. 37 They come to
Succoth. 43 The ordinance of the Passeouer.
Nd the LORD spake vn-
A
to Moses and Aaron in
the land of Egypt, saying,
2 This moneth fthalbe
vnto you the beginning oi
moneths: it shall be the first moneth oi
the yeere to you.
3 1f Speake ye vnto all the Congre-
gation of Israel, saying, In the tenth
day of this moneth they shall take to
The Pafleouer
them euery man a lambe , according to
the house of their fathers, a || lambe for Or, kidde.
an house.
4« And if the houshold be too little
'or the lambe , let him and his neigh-
Dour next vnto his house, take it accor-
ding to the number of the soules: euery
man according to his eating shall make
your count for the lambe.
5 Your lambe shall be without ble-
mish, a male tof the first yeere: yee shall ifh Heb, sonne
a yeere.
take it out from the sheepe or from the
goates.
6 And ye shall keepe it vp vntill the
fourteenth day of the same moneth:
and the whole assembly of the congre-
gation of Israel shall kill it tin the eue- t Hebr. be.
ning. tweene the
two eve-
7 And they shall take of the blood nings.
and strike it on the two side postes, and
on the vpper doore poste, of the houses
wherin they shall eate it.
8 And they shall eat the flesh in that
night roste with fire, and vnleauened
bread, and with bitter herbes they shall
eate it.
9 Eate not of it raw, nor sodden at
all with water, but roste ivith fire : his
head, with his legs, and with the purte-
10 And ye shall let nothing of it re-
maine vntill the morning : and that
which remaineth of it vntill the mor-
ning, ye shall burne with fire.
11 f And thus shall ye eate it: with
your loines girded , your shooes on
your feet, and your staffe in your hand:
and ye shall eate it in haste : it is the
LORDS Passeouer.
12 For I will passe through the land
of Egypt this night, and will smite all
the first borne in the land of Egypt, both
man & beast, and against all the ||gods \\Or9prin~
of Egypt I will execute Judgement : I ces.
am the LORD.
13 And the blood shall be to you for a
token vpon the houses where you are :
and when I see the blood, I will passe
ouer you, and the plague shall not bee
vpon you t to destroy you, when I smite t Heb. for
a de$truGi\~
the land of Egypt. on.
14 And this day shall be vnto you
for a memorial! : and you shall keepe it a
feast to the LORD, throughout your
generations : you shall keepe it a feast
by an ordinance for euer.
15 Seuen dayes shall ye eate vnlea-
uened bread, euen the first day yee shall
put away leauen out of your houses :
For
is inftituted. Chap.xij.
For whosoeuer eateth leauened bread,
from the first day vntil the seuenth day,
that soule shall be cut off from Israel.
16 And in the first day there shalbe an
holy conuocation , and in the seuenth
day there shall be an holy conuocation
to you: no maner of worke shalbe done
t Heb. soule. in them, saue that which euery tman
must eate, that onely may bee done of
you.
17 And yee shall obserue thejeast of
vnleauened bread : for in this selfe same
day haue I brought your armies out
of the land of Egypt; therefore shall ye
obserue this day in your generations,
by an ordinance for euer.
* Leuit. 23. 18 If * In the first moneth , on the
5. num. 28.
16. fourteenth day of the moneth at euen,
ye shall eate vnleauened bread vntill the
one and twentieth day of the moneth
at euen.
19 Seuen dayes shall there bee no
leauen found in your houses : for who-
soeuer eateth that which is leauened,
euen that soule shall be cut off from the
congregation of Israel, whether he be
a stranger, or borne in the land.
20 Yee shall eate nothing leauened :
in all your habitations shall ye eate vn-
leauened bread.
21 IT Then Moses called for all the
Elders of Israel, and said vnto them ;
I Or, kidde. Draw out and take you a || lambe , ac-
cording to your families , and kill the
Passeouer.
* Heb. 11. 22 * And ye shall take a bunch of hy-
28.
sope, and dip it in the blood that is in the
bason, and strike the lintel and the two
side postes with the blood that is in the
bason : and none of you shall goe out at
the doore of his house, vntill the mor-
ning.
23 For the LORD wil passe through
to smite the Egyptians : and when hee
seeth the blood vpon the lintel , and on
the two side-postes , the L O R D will
passe ouer the doore, and will not suffer
the destroyer to come in vnto your
houses to smite you.
24 And ye shall obserue this thing
for an ordinance to thee, and to thy
sonnes for euer.
25 And it shall come to passe when
yee bee come to the land , which the
LORD will giue you, according as he
hath promised, that ye shall keepe this
seruice.
* losh. 4. 6. 26 * And it shall come to passe, when
your children shall say vnto you, What
Firft-borne flaine.
meane you by this seruice ?
27 That ye shall say, It is the sacri-
fice of the LORDS Passeouer, who
passed ouer the houses of the children
of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the
Egyptians, and deliuered our houses.
And the people bowed the head , and
worshipped.
28 And the children of Israel went
away, and did as the LORD had com-
manded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
29 If * And it came to passe that at * Chap. 11.
4.
midnight the LORD smote all the first
borne in the land of Egypt , *from the * Wisd. 18.
first borne of Pharaoh that sate on his 11.
throne , vnto the first borne of the cap-
tiue that was in the tdungeon, and all off Heb. house
the pit.
the first borne of cattell.
30 And Pharaoh rose vp in the
night, hee and all his seruants, and all
the Egyptians ; and there was a great
cry in Egypt : for there was not & house,
where there was not one dead.
31 11 And hee called for Moses and
Aaron by night, and said, Rise vp, and
get you forth from amongst my people,
both you and the children of Israel :
and goe, serue the LORD, as ye haue
said.
32 Also take your flockes and your
heards, as ye haue said : and bee gone,
and blesse me also.
33 And the Egyptians were vrgent
vpon the people that they might send
them out of the land in haste: for they
said, We be all dead men.
34 And the people tooke their dough
before it was leauened, their || kneading II Or, dough.
trough es beeing bound vp in their
clothes vpon their shoulders.
35 And the children of Israel did ac-
cording to the word of Moses : and they
borrowed of the Egyptians *iewels of 22. * Chap. 3.
and 11.
siluer, and iewels of gold, and raiment. 2.
36 And the LORD gaue the people
fauour in the sight of the Egyptians, so
that they lent vnto them such things
as they required : and they spoiled the
Egyptians.
37 IT And * the children of Israel • Num. 33.
iourneyed from Rameses to Succoth, 3,
about sixe hundred thousand on foote
that were men, beside children.
38 And a t mixed multitude went vp t Hebr. a
also witfi them, and flocks and heards, great
ture.
mir-
euen very much cattell.
39 And they baked vnleauened cakes
of the dough, which they brought forth
out of Egypt ; for it was not leauened :
because
The Pafleouer muft Exodus.
because they were thrust out of Egypt,
and could not tarry , neither had they
prepared for themselues any victuall.
40 If Now the soiourning of the
children of Israel, who dwelt in E-
* Gen. l«. gypt , was * foure hundred and thirtie
13. acts 7. 6
gal. 3. 17. yeeres.
41 And it came to passe at the end of
the foure hundred and thirtie yeeres.
euen the selfe same day it came to passe,
that all the hosts of the LORD went
out from the land of Egypt.
t Hebr. a
night ofob*
42 It is a t flight to be much obser-
sertiaftons, ued vnto the LORD, for bringing them
out from the land of Egypt : This is
that night of the LORD to be obserued
of all the children of Israel, in their ge-
nerations,
48 *U And the LORD saide vnto
Moses and Aaron , This is the ordi-
nance of the Passeouer : there shall no
stranger eate thereof.
44 But euery mans seruant that is
bought for money, when thou hast cir-
cumcised him, then shall he eate thereof.
45 A forreiner, and an hired seruant
shall not eate thereof.
* Numb. 9. 46 * In one house shall it be eaten,
12.
thou shalt not carie foorth ought of the
* lofa. 19. flesh abroad out of the house, * neither
36-
shall ye breake a bone thereof.
47 AH the Congregation of Israel
iHeb.doeit. shall tkeepe it.
48 And when a stranger shall so-
iourne with thee, and will keepe the
Passeouer to the L O R D , let all his
males be circumcised, and then let him
come neere, and keepe it: and he shall be
as one that is borne in the land: for no
vncircumcised person shall eate thereof.
49 One law shall be to him that is
home-borne, and vnto the stranger
that soiourneth among you.
50 Thus did all the childreri of Is-
rael: as the L O R D commanded Mo-
ses and Aaron, so did they.
51 And it came to passe the selfe same
day, that the LORD did bring the chil-
dren of Israel out of the land of Egypt,
by their armies.
C H A P . XIII.
1 The first borne are sanctified to God. 3 The
memorial! of the Passeouer is commanded.
1 1 The firstlings of beasts are set apart. 17
The Israelites goe out of Egypt, and cary lo-
sephs bones with them. 20 They come to
IJtham. 21 God guideth them by a pillar of
a cloud, and a pillar of fire.
be remembred.
Nd the LORD spake vn-
A to Moses, saying,
% * Sanctifie vnto me * Chap. 22.
all the first borne, whatso- 29.
euer openeth the wombe, 26.
and 34.
19. leuit. 27
num. 3.
13. & 8. 16.
among the children of Israel, both of lufce 2. 23.
man and of beast: it is mine.
3 IF And Moses said vnto the peo-
ple, Remember this day, in which yee
came out from Egypt, out of the
house of t bondage : for by strength of uants.
t Hebr. ser-
hand the LORD brought you out from
this place: there shall no leauened bread
be eaten.
4 This day c_ame yee out, in the
moneth Abib.
5 IF And it shalbe when the LORD
shall bring thee into the land of the Ca-
naanites, and the Hittites, and the A-
morites, and the Hiuites, and the lebu-
sites, which he sware vnto thy fathers
to giue thee, a land flowing with milke
and hony, that thou shalt keepe this ser-
uice in this moneth.
6 Seuen dayes thou shalt eate vn-
leauened bread, and in the seuenth day
shall be a feast to the LORD.
7 Unleaueried bread shall be eaten
seuen dayes: and there shall no leaue-
ned bread bee scene with thee: neither
shall there be leauen scene with thee in
all thy quarters.
8 f And thou shalt shew thy sonne
in that day,say ing, Thisisdonebec&useof
that which the LORD did vnto mee,
when I came forth out of Egypt.
9 And it shall bee for a signe vnto
thee, vpon thine hand, and for a memo-
riall betweene thine eyes, that the
LORDS law may be in thy mouth :
for with a strong hande hath the
LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
10 Thou shalt therfore keepe this or-
dinance in his season from yeere to yere.
11 IF And it shalbe when the LORD
shall bring thee into the land of the Ca-
naanites as he sware vnto thee, and to
thy fathers, and shall giue it thee:
12 *That thou shalt tset apart vnto * Chap. 22.
the LORD all that openeth the matrix, 29. and 34.
19. ezek.
and euery firstling that commeth of a t44.Heb. 30.
came
beast, which thou hast, the males shall topasse ouer.
be the LORDS.
13 And euery firstling of an asse thou 0 Or, kidde.
shalt redeeme with a ]|lambe: and if
thou wilt not redeeme it, then thou
shalt breake his necke, and all the first
borne of man amongst thy schildren
shalt thou redeeme.
14 f And
 /Tl
A cloud and fire. Chap.xmj.
14 11 And it shalbe when thy sonne
Hebr. to asketh thee tin time to come, saying,
morrow.
What is this ? that thou shalt say vnto
hlim; By strength of hand the LORD
>rought vs out from Egypt, from the
hlouse of bondage.
15 And it came to passe when Pha-
raoh would hardly let vs goe, that the
L^ORD slew all the first borne in the
land of Egypt, both the first borne of
man, and the first borne of beast: There-
fore I sacrifice to the LORD all that
openeth the matrix, being males : but
all the first borne of my children I re-
dleeme.
16 And it shall be for a token vpon
thine hand, and for frontlets betweene
t;hine eyes. For by strength of hand the
lL.ORD brought vs foorth out of E-
gypt-
17 IF And it came to passe when Pha-
raoh had let the people goe, that God
led them not through the way of the
land of the Philistines, although that
was neere : For God saide, Lest per-
aduenture the people repent when
they see warre, and they returne to E-
:
gypt
18 But God ledde the people about
through the way of the wildernesse of
the Red-sea : and the children of Israel
Or, byjtue went vp ||harnessed out qf the land of
in 9 rankf. Egypt. • ic pursued after the children of Israel:
19 And Moses tooke the bones of
loseph with him : for hee had straitly
sworne the children of Israel, saying;
* Gene. 50. * God will surely visite you, and ye shall
25. iosh. 24.
32. cary vp my bones away hence with
you.
" Num. 33. 20 U And *they tooke their Journey
6. from Succoth, and encamped in E-
tham, in the edge of the wildernesse.
• Num. 14. 21 And * the L O R D went before
14. deut. i.
33. psal. 78. them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to
14. l.cor.
10. 1.
lead them the way, and by night in a
pillar of fire, to giue them light to goe
by day and night.
22 He tooke not away the pillar of
* Nehtm. 9 the cloud by day, * nor the pillar of fire
10.
by night,yr0m before the people.
C H A P . XIIII
1 God instructeth the Israelites in their iour-
ney. 5 Pharaoh pursueth after them. 10
The Israelites murmure. 13 Moses com-
forteth them. 15 God instructeth Moses.
19 The cloud remoueth behinde the campe.
21 The Israelites passe through the Red-sea,
S3 which drowneth the Egyptians.
•••*
Pharaoh purfueth.
Nd the LORD spake vn-
A
to Moses, saying,
2 Speake vnto the
children of Israel, that
they turne and encampe
b)efore * Pi-hahiroth, betweene Migdol * Num. 33.
and the sea, ouer against Baal-zephon: 7.
>efore it shall ye encanrpe by the sea,
3 For Pharaoh will say of the chil-
dIren of Israel, They are in tangled in
the land, the wildernesse hath shut
them in.
4 And I will harden Pharaohs
hleart, that he shall follow after them,
and I will be honoured vpon Phara-
oh , and vpon all his hoste, That the
EEgyptians may know that I am the
L^ORD. And they did so.
5 f And it was told the King of E-
gypt,that the people fled: And the heart
of Pharaoh and of his seruants was
turned against the people, and they said,
Why haue wee done this, that we haue
et Israel goe from seruhig vs ?
6 And hee made ready his charet,
and tooke his people with him.
7 And hee tooke sixe hundred cho-
sen charets, and all the charets of E-
yypt, and captaines ouer euery one of
them.
8 And the L O R D hardened the
leart of Pharaoh King of Egypt, and
and the children of Israel went out
with an high hand.
9 But the * Egyptians pursued after * losh. 24.
them (all the horses and charets of Pha- 6.4. 9,I. mace.
raoh, and his horsemen, and his army)
and ouertooke them encamping by the
sea, beside Pi-hahiroth before Baal-
zephon.
10 IF And when Pharaoh drew nigh,
the children of Israel lift vp their eyes,
and behold, the Egyptians marched af-
ter them, and they were sore afraid: anc
the children of Israel lift vp their eyes,
and beholde, the Egyptians rnarchec
after them, and they were sore afraid :
and the children of Israel cried out vn-
to the LORD.
11 And they said vnto Moses, Be-
cause there were no graues in Egypt,
hast thou taken vs away to die in the
wildernesse? Wherefore hast thou dealt
thus with vs, to cary vs foorth out o:f
Egypt?
12 *Is not this the word that wee * Chap. «.
did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let vs a- 9,
lone, that we may serue the Egyptians?
For
*33
The fea diuided. Exodus.
For it h$d bene better fur vs to serue the
Egyptians, then that wee should die in
the wildernesse.
13 H And Moses saide vnto the peo-
ple, Feare ye not, stand still, and see the
saluation of the LOUD, which he will
I Or, For shew to you to day: ||for the Egyptians
whereas yon
haue scene whom ye haue seene to day, ye shall see
the Egypti- them againe no more for euer.
ans to fay,
$c. 14 The LORD shall fight for you,
and ye shall hold your peace.
15 IF And the L O R D saide vnto
Moses, Wherefore criest thou vnto me?
Speake vnto the children of Israel,
that they goe forward.
16 But lift thou vp thy rodde, and
stretch out thine hand ouer the Sea,
and diuide it: and the children of Israel
shall goe on dry ground thorow the
mids of the Sea.
17 And I , beholde, I will harden
the hearts of the Egyptians, and they
shall follow them : and I will get mee
honour vpon Pharaoh, and vpon all
his hoste, vppn bis charets, and vpon
his horsemen.
18 And the Egyptians shall know
that I am the LORD, when I haue
gotten me honour vpon Pharaoh, vp-
on his charets, and vpon his horsemen.
19 If And the Angel of God which
went before the campe of Israel, remo-
ued and went behind them, and the pil-
lar of the cloud went from before their
face, and stood behinde them.
20 And it came betweene the campe
of the Egyptians, and the campe of Is-
rael, and it was a cloud and darkenesse
to tf/fom,butitgauelightby night to these:
so that the one came not neere the other
all the night.
%l And Moses stretched out his
hand ouer the Sea, and the L O R D
caused the Sea to goe backe by a strong
East winde all that night, and made
* losh. 4.
23. psalme
) I 4 . 3.
13. i. cor.
the Sea dry land, and the waters were
*diuided.
%% And * the children of Israel went
* Psal. 78. into the midst of the Sea vpon the dry
jo. i. hebr. ground, and the waters were a wall
11. ?9.
vnto them on their right hand, and on
their left.
23 1f And the Egyptians pursued,
and went in after them, to the midst of
the Sea, euen all Pharaohs horses, his
charets and his horsemen.
24 And it carrie to passe, that in the
morning watch the LORD looked vn-
to the hoste of the Egyptians, through
Pharaoh drowned.
the pillar of fire, and of the cloude, and
troubled the hoste of the Egyptians,
85 And tooke off their charet
wheeles, || that they draue them heauily: i Or, made
So that the Egyptians said, Let vs flee them to goe
heaw.li/.
from the face of Israel: for the LORD
fighteth for them , against the Egypti-
ans.
26 1T And the L O R D saide vnto
Moses, Stretch out thine hand ouer
the Sea, that the waters may come a-
gaine vpon the Egyptians, vpon their
charets, and vpon their horsemen.
27 And Moses stretched foorth his
hand ouer the sea, and the sea returned
to his strength when the morning ap-
peared : and the Egyptians fled against
it: and the Lord touerthrewthe Egyp- Hebr
shooke off.
tians in the midst of the sea.
28 And the waters returned, and co-
uered the charets, and the horsemen,
and all the hoste of Pharaoh that came
into the sea after them : there remained
not so much as *one of them. Psal. 106.
29 But the children of Israel wal- 11.
ked vpon drie land, in the midst of the
sea, and the waters were a wall vnto
them on their right hand, and on their
left.
30 Thus the L O R P saued Israel
that day out of the band of the Egypti-
ans : and Israel sawe the Egyptians
dead vpon the sea shore.
31 And Israel saw that great tworke t Hebr.
which the LORD did vpon the Egyp- liatld.
tians : & the people feared the LORD,
and beleeued the LoflD, and his ser-
uant Moses.
C H A P . XV.
1 Moses song. 22 The people want water. 23
The waters at Marah are bitter. 25 A tree
sweetneth them. 271 At Elim are twelue web,
and seuentie palnie . trees.
Hen;sang * Moses and the, * Wisd. 1.
T children of Israel this 20.
song vnto the L O R D ,
and spake, saying, I will
sing vnto the LORD : for
he hath triumphed gloriously, the horse
and his rider hath/he throwen into the
Sea.
2 The LORD is iny strength anc]
song, and he4s hfccome my saluation: he
is my God, and I will prepare him an
habitation, my fetheis Go.i and I wi]
exalt him.
3 The LORD is & ttian of warre;
the L6RD i? his Name.
4 Pha-
Ifraels fong of Chap.xv.xvj,
4 Pharaohs charets and his Jioste
hath he cast into the sea: his chosen cap-
taines also are drowned in the red Sea
5 The depths haue couered them :
they sanke into the bottome as a stone.
6 Thy right hand, O L O R D , is
become glorious in power, thy right
hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pie-
ces the enemie.
7 And in the greatnesse of thine ex-
cellencie thou hast ouerthrowen them,
that rose vp against thee : thou sentesl
forth thy wrath, which consumed them
as stubble.
8 And with the blast of thy nostrils
the waters were gathered together:
the floods stood vpright as an heape,
and the depths were congealed in the
heart of the Sea.
9 The enemie said, I will pursue,
I wil ouertake, I wil diuide the spoile:
my lust shall be satisfied vpon them: I
will draw my sword, mine hand shall
I Or, repos" || destroy them.
9689(1.
10 Thou didst blow with thy wind,
the sea couered them, they sanke as lead
in the mighty waters.
11 Who is like vnto thee, O LORD,
I Or, mighty amongst the ||gods? who is like thee,
<mt*$
glorious in holinesse, fearefull in prai-
ses, doing wonders!
12 Thou stretchedst out thy right
hand, the earth swallowed them.
13 Thou in thy mercie hast led forth
the people which thou hast redeemed :
thou hast guided them in thy strength
vnto thy holy habitation.
* Deut. 2. 14 *The people shall heare, and be a-
25. iosh, 2.
9. fraid: sorrow shall take hold on the in-
habitants of Palestina.
15 Then the dukes of Edom shal be
amased : the mighty men of Moab
trembling shall take hold vpon them :
all the inhabitants of Canaan shal melt
away.
* Deut 2. 16 *Feare and dread shall fall vpon
29. iosh. 2.
5. them, by the greatnesse of thine arme
they shall be as still as a stone, till thy
people passe ouer, O LORD, till the
people passe ouer which thou hast pur-
chased.
17 Thou shalt bring them in, and
pJant them in the mountaine of thine
inheritance, in the place, O LORD,
which thou hast made for thee to dwell
in, in the Sanctuary, O LORD, which
thy hands haue established.
18 The LORD shal reigne for euer
and euer.
ttiankefgiuing.
19 For the horse of Pharaoh went in
with his charets and with his horse-
men into the sea, and the L O R D
brought againe the waters of the Sea
vpon them: But the children of Israel
went on drie land in the mids of the sea.
20 IT And Miriam the prophetesse
the sister of Aaron, tooke a timbrell in
her hand, and all the women went out
after her, with timbrels & with dances.
21 And Miriam answered them,
Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath tri-
umphed gloriously : the horse and his
rider hath he throwen into the sea.
22 So Moses brought Israel from
the red sea, and they went out into the
wildernesse of Shur : and they went
three dayes in the wildernesse, and
found no water.
23 f And when they came to Ma-
rah, they could not drinke of the waters
of Marah, for they were bitter: there-
fore the name of it was called || Marah. Bitter
II That is,
tiesse.
24 And the people murmured a-
ainst Moses, saying, What shall wee
§ rinke ?
25 And he cried vnto the LORD :
and the LORD shewed him a * tree, * Ecclus.
which when hee had cast into the wa- 38. 5.
ters, the waters were made sweete :
there he made a statute & an ordinance,
and there he proued them,
26 And said, If thou wilt diligently
hearken to the voice of the LORD thy
God, and wilt doe that which is right
in his sight, and wilt giue eare to his
Commandements, and keepe all his
Statutes, I will put none of these dis-
eases vpon thee, which I haue brought
vpon the Egyptians : for I am the
LORD that healeth thee.
27 If * And they came to Elini: * Num. 33.
where were twelue wels of water, and 9.
threescore and ten palme trees, and they
encamped there by the waters.
CHAP. XVL
1 The Israelites come to Sin. 2 They mur-
mure for want of bread. 4 God promiseth
them bread from heauen. 11 Quailes are
sent, 14 and Manna. 16 The ordering of
Manna. 25 It was not to bee found on the
Sabbath. 32 An Omer of it is presemed.
Nd they tooke their tour-
A ney from Elim, and all the
Congregation of the chil-
dren of Israel came vnto
the wildernesse of Sin,
which
Murmuring. Exodus. Quailes. Manna.
which is betweene Ehm and Sinai, on of the children of Israel: Speake vnto
the fifteenth day of the second moneth tlem, saying, At euen ye shall eat flesh,
after their departing out of the land of and in the morning ye shalbe filled with
Egypt. b)read : and ye shal know that I am the
2 And the whole Congregation of l_<ORD your God.
the children of Israel murmured a- 13 And it came to passe, that at euen
gainst Moses and Aaron in the wilder- *the Quailes came vp, and couered the * Numb. 11
nesse. campe: and in the morning the dew lay 31.
3 And the children of Israel saide round about the hoste.
vnto them, Would to God wee had 14 And when *the dewe that lay * Numb. 11
died by the hand of the LORD in the was gone vp, behold, vpon the face of 24. 7. psal. 78.
wisd. 16
land of Egypt, when wee sate by the tle wildernesse there lay a small round 20.
flesh pots, and when we did eate bread tling, as small as the hoare frost on thee
to the full: for ye haue brought vs forthgground.
into this wildernesse, to kill this whole 15 And when the children of Israel
assembly with hunger. saw it, they said one to another, ||It is 1 Or\what is
4 IF Then said the L O R D vnto Manna: for they wist not what it was. ahis^ of it is
portion.
Moses, Behold, I will raine bread And Moses said vnto them, * This is 1. a lob. 6. 31.
from heauen for you : and the people tle bread which the LORD hath gi- Cor. 10. 3
t Hebr. the shall goe out, and gather t a certaine uen you to eate.
portion of a
day in hts rate euery day, that I may proue them, 16 IF This is the thing which the
day. whether they will walke in my Law, l ^ O R D hath commanded: gather of
or no. it euery man according to his eating:
5 And it shall come to passe, that on an Omer tfor euery man, according to polleorhead.
Heb. bathe
the sixt day, they shall prepare that ttie number of your t persons, take yee Hebtsouks.
which they bring in, and it shall be twice
euery man for them which are in his
as much as they gather dayly. tents.
6 And Moses and Aaron said vnto 17 And the children of Israel did so,
all the children of Israel, At euen, thenand gathered some more, some lesse.
ye shall know that the LORD hath 18 And when they did mete it with
brought you out from the land of E- an Omer, *he that gathered much, hac 15. * 2. Cor. 8.
gypt- nothing ouer, and he that gatherad
7 And in the morning, then ye shall itle, had no lacke: they gathered euer
see the glory of the LORD, for that he man according to his eating.
heareth your murmurings against the 19 And Moses saide, Let no man
LORD : And what are wee, that yee eaue of it till the morning.
murmure against vs ? 20 Notwithstanding they hearke-
8 And Moses said, This shalbe when ned not vnto Moses, but some of them
the LORD shal giue you in the euening eft of it vntill the morning, and it bre<
flesh to eate, and in the morning bread wormes, and stanke : and Moses was
to the full : for that the LORD hea- wroth with them.
reth your murmurings which ye mur- 21 And they gathered it euery mor-
mure against him ; and what are wee ? ning , euery man according to his ea-
four murmurings are not against vs, ing: and when the Sunne waxed hot,
but against the LORD. it melted.
9 IF And Moses spake vnto Aaron, 22 IF And it came to passe that on
Say vnto all the Congregation of the the sixt day they gathered twice as
children of Israel, Come neere before much bread, two Omers for one man:
the LORD : for hee hath heard your and all the rulers of the Congregation
murmurings. came and told Moses.
10 And it came to passe as Aaron 23 And he said vnto them, This is
spake vnto the whole Congregation of that which the LORD hath said, To
the children of Israel, that they looked morrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath
toward the wildernesse, and behold, the vnto the LORD : bake that which you
* Chap. 13. glory of the LORD * appeared in the will bake, to day, and seethe that ye will
21. cloude. seethe, and that which remaineth ouer,
11 f And the L O R D spake vnto lay vp for you to be kept vntill the mor-
Moses, saying, ning.
12 I haue heard the murmurings 24? And they laid it vp till the mor-
ning,
Manna referued. Chap.xvij.
ning, as Moses bade : and it did not
stinke, neither was there any worme
therein.
25 And Moses saide, Eate that to
day, for to day is a Sabbath vnto the
LORD : to day yee shall not finde it in
the field.
£6 Sixe dayes ye shall gather it, but
on the seuenth day which is the Sabbath,
in it there shall be none.
£7 11 And it came to passe, that there
went out some of the people on the se-
uenth day for to gather, and they found
none.
28 And the LORD said vnto Mo-
ses , How long refuse yee to keepe my
Commandements, and my Lawes ?
29 See, for that the L O R D hath
giuen you the Sabbath, therefore hee
giueth you on the sixt day the bread of
two dayes : abide yee euery man in his
place: let no man goe out of his place on
the seuenth day.
30 So the people rested on the se-
uenth day.
31 And the house of Israel called the
name thereof Manna : and it was like
Coriander seed, white : and the taste of
it was like wafers made with hony.
32 IF And Moses said, This is the
thing which the LORD commandeth:
Fill an Omer of it to bee kept for your
generations, that they may see the
bread wherewith I haue fed you in the
wildernesse, when I brought you forth
from the land of Egypt.
33 And Moses sayd vnto Aaron,
Take a pot, and put an Omer full of
Manna therein, and lay it vp before the
LORD, to be kept for your generati-
ons.
34« As the L O R D commaunded
Moses, so Aaron layd it vp before the
Testimonie, to be kept.
35 And the children of Israel did eat
* losh.«. Manna fortie yeeres, *vntill they came
12. nehem.
9.15. to a land inhabited : they did eate Man-
na, vntill they came vnto the borders of
the land of Canaan.
36 Now an Omer is the tenth part
of an Ephah.
C H A P , XVII.
1 The people murmure for water at Rephidim.
5 God sendeth him for water to the rocke in
Horeb. 8 Amalek is ouercome by the hol-
ding vp of Moses hands. 15 Moses buil-
deth the Altar IEHOVAH Nissi.
Murmuring.
Nd all the Congregation
A
of the children of Israel
iourneyed from the wil-
dernesse of Sin after their
iourneys, according to the
commandement of the L O R D , and
pitched in Rephidim r and there was no
water for the people to drinke.
2 Wherefore * the people did chide * Num. 20.
with Moses and said, Giue vs water 4.
that wee may drinke. And Moses said
vnto them, Why chide ytfu with mee ?
Wherefore doe ye tempt the LORD?
3 And the people thirsted there for
water, and the people murmured a-
gainst Moses, and said, Wherefore is
this that thou hast brought vs vp out
of Egypt, to kill vs and our children,
and our cattell with thirst ?
4 And Moses cried vnto the LORD,
saying, What shall I doe vnto this peo-
ple? they be almost ready to stone me.
5 And the L O R D said vnto Mo-
ses, Goe on before the people, and take
with thee of the Elders of Israel : and
thy rod wherewith *thou smotest the * Chap. 7.
riuer, take in thine hand, and goe. 20.
6 * Behold, I will stand before thee * Num. 20.
there, vpon the rocke in Horeb, and 9.15.psal. 78.
and 105
thou shalt smite the rocke, and there 41. wis. 11.
4. l. cor. 10.
shall come water out of it, that the peo- 4.
ple may drinke. And Moses did so, in
the signt of the Elders of Israel.
7 And hee called the name of the
place || Massah, and || Meribah, because H That is,
of the chiding of the children of Israel, IITentation.
That is,
and because they tempted the LORD, strife. Chiding: or,
saying, Is the L O R D amongst vs,
or not ?
8 U *Then came Amalek, & fought * Deut. 25.
17. wis. II.
with Israel in Rephidim. 3.
9 And Moses said vnto * loshua, * Called Ie-
Choose vs out men, and goe out, fight sus, 45.
Acts. 7.
with Amalek : to morrow I will stand
on the top of the hill, with the rodde of
God in mine hand.
10 So loshua did as Moses had
said to him, and fought with Amalek:
and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went vp
to the top of the hill.
11 And it came to passe when Moses
held vp his hand, that Israel preuai-
led : and when he let downe his hand,
Amalek preuailed.
12 But Moses hands were heauie,
and they tooke a stone, and put it vnder
him , and he sate thereon : and Aaron
and Hur stayed vp his hands, the one
on the one side, and the other on the o-
ther
VTofes his fonnes. Exodus. lethros counfell to
bher side, and his handes were steady t•come vpon them by the way, and how t Heb. found
them.
vntill the going downe of the Sunne. the LORD deliuered them.
13 And loshua discomfited Ama- 9 And lethro reioyced for all the
lek, and his people, with the edge of the goodnesse which the LORD had done
sword. t;o Israel : whom he had deliuered out
14 And the LORD said vnto Mo- of the hand of the Egyptians.
ses , Write this for a memoriall in a 10 And lethro said, Blessed be the
booke, and rehearse it in the eares of LORD, who hath deliuered you out
* Num. 24. loshua : for *I will vtterly put out the of the hand of the Egyptians, and out
20. 1. sam,
1fl. 3. remembrance of Amalek from vnder of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath deli-
That is,
The LORD
heauen. uered the people from vnder the hand
my banner. 15 And Moses built an Altar, and of the Egyptians.
Or. because 11 Now I know that the LORD
the hand of called the name of it ||IEHOVAH
Amalek is Nissi. is greater then all gods : * for in the *Chap. i.
against the 10,16, 22.
throne of the 16 For he said, || Because the LORD thing wherein they dealt proudly, hee and 5. 7.
LORD, ther- hath sworne that the LORD witt haue was aboue them. and 14. 18.
fore &c.
Hebr. The warre with Amalek from generation 12 And lethro, Moses father in
handvpon to generation. law, tooke a burnt offering and sacri-
t\e throne of
the Lord. fices for God : and Aaron came, and all
C H A P . XVIII. the Elders of Israel, to eat bread with
1 lethro bringeth to Moses his wife and Vloses father in law before God.
two sonnes. 7 Moses entertaineth him. 13 f And it came to passe on the mor-
13 lethros counsel! is accepted. 27 le- row, that Moses sate to iudge the peo-
thro departeth.
ple : and the people stood by Moses,
Hen * lethro the Priest of Vom the morning vnto the euening.

W
Chap. 2.
15. Midian, Moses father in 14 And when Moses father in law
law, heard of all that God saw all that he did to the people, he said,
had done for Moses, and What is this thing that thou doest to
for Israel his people, ana ;he people ? Why sittest thou thy selfe a-
that the LORD had brought Israe. llone, and all the people stand by thee
out of Egypt: fTom morning vnto euen ?
2 Then lethro Moses father in 15 And Moses said vnto his father
aw tooke Zipporah Moses wife, after n law, Because the people come vnto
he had sent her backe, me to enquire of God.
3 And her two sonnes, of which the 16 When they haue a matter, they
* Chap. 2. * name of the one was \\ Gershom : for he come vnto mee, and I iudge betweene
22.
II That IB, said, I haue bene an alien in a strange tone and another, and I doe make t Hebr. a
A stranger and. man and his
them know the statutes of God and his fellow.
there.
II That is, 4 And the name of the other was ||E- Lawes.
my God is an iezer: for the God of my father, said he, 17 And Moses father in law saide
helpe.
was mine helpe, and deliuered me from vnto him, The thing that thou doest,
the sword of Pharaoh. is not good.
5 And lethro Moses father in law 18 tThou wilt surely weare away, t Hebr. Fa-
came with his sonnes and his wife vn- both thou, and this people that is with ding thou,
wilt fade.
to Moses into the wildernes, where he thee : for this thing is too heauy for
encamped at the mount of God. thee; *thou art not able to performe it * Deut. 1.9.
6 And he said vnto Moses, I thy thy selfe alone.
father in law lethro am come vnto 19 Hearken now vnto my voyce, I
thee, and thy wife, and her two sonnes will giue thee counsell, and God shall
with her. be with thee: Be thou for the people to
7 f And Moses went out to meete Godward, that thou mayest bring the
his father in law, and did obeysance, causes vnto God:
and kissed him: and they asked each o- 20 And thou shalt teach them ordi-
t Heb. peace ther of their t welfare, and they came in- nances and lawes, and shalt shew them
to the tent. the way wherein they must walke, and
8 And Moses told his father in law, the worke that they must doe.
all that the LOUD had done vnto 21 Moreouer thou shalt prouide out
Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians for Is- of all the people able men, such as feare
raels sake, and all the trauaile that hac God, men of trueth, hating couetous-
nesse,
 Mofes, obeyed. The Chap.xix.
nesse, and place such oner them, to bee
rulers of thousands, and rulers oi
hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers
of tennes.
22 And let them iiidgfc tlie people at
all seasons: and it shall bee that euery
great matter they shall bring vnto thee,
but euery small matter they shal iudge:
so shall it be easier for thy selfe, and they
shall beare the burden with thee.
23 If thou shalt doe this thing, and
God command thee so, then thou shalt
bee able to endure, and all this people
shall also goe to their place in peace.
24 So Moses hearkened, to the
voice of his father in law, and did all
that he had said.
25 And Moses chose able men out of
all Israel, and made them heads ouer
the people, rulers of thousands, rulers
of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and ru-
lers of tennes.
26 And they iudged the people at all
seasons: the hard causes they brought
vnto Moses, but euery small matter
they iudged themselues.
27 f And Moses let his father in
law depart, and he went his way into
bis owne land.
C H A P , XIX,
1 The people 6bifte to Sinai. 3 Gods message
by Moses vnto the people out of the mount.
8 The peoples answere. returned againe.
10 The people are prepared against the third
day. 12 The mountaine must not be tou-
ched. 16 The fearefull presence of God
vpon the Mount.
N the third hioneth when
I
the children of Israel
were gone forth out of the
land of Egypt, the same
day came they into the
wildernesse of Sinai.
2 For they were departed frohi Re-
pjhidim, and were come to the desert of
•Jinai, and had pitched in the wilder-
nesse, and there Israel camped before
the mount.
* Acts 7. 38 3 And * Moses went vp vnto God:
and the LORD called Vnto him out of
the mountaine* saying, Thus shalt
thou say to the hous£ of lacob, and tell
the children of Israel:
* iteut. 29. 4 * Ye haue scene what I did vnto
2. the Egyptians, and how I bare you on
Eagles wings, and brought you vnto
rny selfe.
peoples promife
5 Now * therfore if ye will obey nr * Deut. 5.2
voice indeed, and keepe my couenant,
then ye shall be a peculiar treasure vnto
* Deut. 10.
me aboue all people: for * all the earth I4.psal. 24.
is mine. 1.
*1. Pet.
6 And ye shall be vnto tne a *king- reucl. i. e>. 2.9
dofne of Priestes, and an holy nation
These are the wordes which thou shalt
speake vnto the children of Israel.
7 IT And Moses came and called for
the Elders of the people, and layd be-
fore their faces all these wordes which
the LOUD commanded him.
8 And *all the people answered to- * Chap. 24.
gether, and said, All that the LORD 3; 7. deut. 5,
27. & 26.
tath spoken, we will doe. And Moses 17.
returned the wordes of the people vnto
the LOUD.
9 And the L O R D said vnto Mo-
ses, Loe, I come vnto thee in a thicke
cloud, that the people may heare when
[ speake with thee, and beleeue thee for
euer : And Moses told the wordes of
the people vnto the LORD.
10 IF And the LORD saide vnto
VToses, Goe vnto the people, and san-
ctifie them to day and to morrow, and
et them wash their clothes.
11 And be ready against the thirde
day: for the third day the L O R D will
come downe in the sight of all the peo-
p)le, vpon mount Sinai.
12 And thou shalt set bounds vnto
t;he people round about, saying, Take
hiced to your selues, that ye goe not vp
into the mount, or touch the border of it: * Heb. 12.
*whosoeuer toucheth the mount, shall 20.
>e surely put to death.
13 There shall not a hand touch it,
>ut he shall surely be stoned or shot tho-
row, whether it be beast, or man, it shall
not liue : when the || trumpet soundeth (I Or, Cornet
lorig, they shall come vp to the mount.
14H And Moses went downe from
the mount vnto the people, and sancti-
fJed the people; and they washed their
clothes.
15 And hee said vnto the people, Be
ready against the third day: come not at
your wines'.
16 If And it came to passe on the third
day in the morning, that there were
thunders and lightnings, and a, thicke
cloud vpon the mount, and the voyce
of the trumpet exceeding lowd, so
that all the people that was in the
campe, trembled,
17 And Moses brought foonh the
pjeople out of the Campe to meete with
God,
The tenne Exodus.
GJod, and they stood at the nether part
of the mount.
* Deal. 4. 18 And *mount Sinai was altoge-
11. tler on a smoke, because the LORDd
descended vpon it in fire: and the smoke
tlereof ascended as the smoke of a fur-
nace $ and the whole mount quaked
ggreatly.
19 And when the voyce of the trum-
p)et sounded long, and waxed lowder
amd lowder, Moses spake, and God an-
swered him by a voyce.
20 And the LORD came downe
vpon mount Sinai, on the top of the
mount: and. the LORD called Moses
vp to the top of the mount, and Moses
went vp.
£1 And the LORD said vnto Mo-
Bel. em* ses, Goe downe, t charge the people, lest
test.
they breake thorow vnto the L O R D
t0 gaze, and many of them perish.
22 And let the Priestes also which
come neere to the L O R D , sanctifie
themselues, lest the LORD breake
fborth vpon them.
23 And Moses said Vilto the LORD,
The people cannot come vp to mount
Sinai: for thou chargedst vs, saying,
Set bounds about the mount, and san-
ctifie it.
24 And the LORD said vnto him,
Away, get thee downe, and thou shalt
come vp, thou, and Aaron with thee:
>ut let not the Priestes and the people
b>reake through, to come vp vnto the
L O R D , lest hee breake foorth vpon
them.
25 So Moses went downe vnto the
people, and spake vnto them.
C H A R XX.
1 The ten Commandements. 18 The people nor his maid seruant, nor his oxe, nor
are afraid. 20 Moses comforteth them. his asse, nor any thing that is thy neigh-
22 Idolatrie is forbidden, 24 Of what sort
the Altar should be.
Nd God spake all these thundrings, and the lightnings, anc IB.
Commandements.
water vnder the earth.
5 Thou shalt not bow downe thy
selfe to them, nor serue them: For I the
l J O R D thy God am a iealous God, vi-
siting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon
tic children, vnto the thirde and fourth
generation of them that hate me:
6 And shewing mercy vnto thou-
sands of them that loue mee, and keepe
my Commandements.
7 *Thou shalt not take the Name *2.Leuit. 19.
deut. 5.
of the L O R D thy God in vaine : for 11. matt. 5.
ttie LORD will not holde him guilt- 33.
esse, that taketh his Name in vaine.
8 Remember the Sabbath day, to
keepe it holy,
9 * Sixe dayes shalt thou labour, * Chap. 23.
12. ezech.
and doe all thy worke : 20. 12. luke
10 But the seuenth day is the Sab- 13. 14.
)ath of the LORD thy God: in it thou
shalt not doe any worke, thou, nor thy
sonne, nor thy daughter, thy man ser-
uant, nor thy mayd seruant, nor thy
cattell, nor thy stranger that is within
thy gates:
11 For * in sixe dayes the L O R D * Gene. 2. 2.
made heauen and earth, the sea, and al
that in them is, and rested the seuenth
day: wherefore the LORD blessed the
Sabbath day, and halowed it,
12 U * Honour thy father and thy * Deut. .1.
mat. 15.
mother : that thy dayes may bee long 4.6.ephes. 6.
vpon the land, which the L O R D thy 2.
jrod giueth thee.
13 * Thou shalt not kill. * Matth..',.
14? Thou shalt not commit adultery. 21.
15 Thou shalt not steale.
16 Thou shalt not beare false witnes
against thy neighbour.
17 * Thou shalt not couet thy neigh- * ftom. 7. 7
bours house, thou shalt not couet thy
neighbours wife, nor his man seruant,
bours.
18 f And * all the people saw the * Hebr. 12.

A
words, saying, the noise of the trumpet, and the moun-
*Dftlt.S.G.
Pttl. 81. 10.
2 *I am the LORD taine smoking : and when the people
thy God, which haue saw it, they remooued, and stood a
brought thee out of the farre off.
itodr. ser. land of Egypt, out of the house of t bon- 19 And they saide vnto Moses
uants.
dage : * Speake thou with vs, and wee willl 24.* Deut. 5.
3 Thou sfcalt haue no other Gods heare : But let not God speake witlh 16. and itt.
before me. vs, lest we die.
* Leuit. 26 4 *Thou shalt not make vnto thee 20 And Moses said vnto the people,
1. psal. 97.
7- any grauen Image, or any likenesse of Feare not : for God is come to prooue
anything that is in heauen aboue, orthat you, and that his feare may bee before
is in the earth beneath, or that is in the your faces, that ye sinne not.
21 And
Diuers lawes, Chap.xxj.
21 And the people stood afarre off,
and Moses drew neere vnto the thicke
darkenes, where God was.
22 IF And the LORD said vnto Mo-
ses, Thus thou shalt say vnto the chil-
dren of Israel, Yee haue scene that I
haue talked with you from heauen.
23 Ye shall not make with me gods
of siluer, neither shall ye make vnto you
gods of gold,
24 11 An Altar of earth thou shalt
make vnto me, and shalt sacrifice there-
on thy burnt offerings, and thy peace
offerings, thy sheepe, and thine oxen:
In all places where I record my
Name, I will come vnto thee, and I
will blesse thee.
* Deut. 27.
5. iosh. 8.
25 And * if thou wilt make mee an
31. Altar of stone, thou shalt not t build it
iHebr. build of hewen stone : for if thou lift vp thy
Mem with
hewing. toole vpon it, thou hast polluted it.
26 Neither shalt thou goe vp by
steps vnto mine Altar, that thy naked-
nesse be not discouered thereon.
C H A P . XXL
1 Lawes for men seruants. 5 For the seruant
whose eare is boared. 7 For women ser-
uants. 12 For manslaughter. 16 For stea-
lersofmen. 17 For cursers of parents. 18
For smiters. 22 For a hurt by chance. 28
For an oxe that goareth. 33 For him that is
an occasion of harme.
Ow these are the ludge-
N
ments which thou shalt
set before them.
* Leult. 25.
41. deut. is
2 * If thou buy an He-
12. iere. 34. brew seruant, sixe yeeres
14.
he shall seme, and intheseuenthhe shall
goe out free for nothing.
t Hebr. with 3 If he came in tby himselfe, he shal
his body.
goe out by himselfe : if he were married,
then his wife shall goe out with him.
4 If his master haue giuen him a
wife, and she haue borne him sonnes or
daughters; the wife and her children
shall be her masters, and he shall go out
by himselfe.
t Hebr. say. 5 And if the seruant t shall plainely
ingjhallsay. say, I loue my master, my wife, and my
children, I will not goe out free:
6 Then his master shall bring him
vnto the ludges, hee shall also bring
him to the doore, or vnto the doore post,
and his master shall boare his eare
through with an aule, and he shall serue
him for euer.
7 11 And if a man sell his daughter
and ordinances.
to be a mayd seruant, shee shall not goe
out as the men seruants doe.
8 If she t please not her master, who t Hebr. be
hath betrothed her to himselfe, then euiUmthe
eyes of, $c.
shall he let her be redeemed: To sell her
vnto a strange nation hee shall haue no
power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully
with her.
9 And if he haue betrothed her vn-
to his sonne, he shall deale with her af-
ter the maner of daughters.
10 If he take him another wife, her
food, her rayment, and her duety of ma-
riage shall he not diminish.
11 And if he doe not these three vnto
ber, then shall she goe out free without
money.
12 f * He that smiteth a man, so that * Leuit. 24.
he die, shalbe surely put to death. 17.
13 And if a man lye not in wait, but
God deliuer him into his hand, then * I * Deut. 19.
will appoint thee a place whither hee 3.
shall nee:
14 But if a man come presumptu-
ously vpon his neighbour to slay him
with guile, thou shalt take him from
mine Altar, that he may die.
15 IF And he that smiteth his father,
or his mother, shall bee surely put to
death.
16 f And he that stealeth a man, and
selleth him, or if he be found in his hand,
he shall surely be put to death,
17 f And *hee that ||curseth his fa- * Leult. 20.
ther or his mother, shall surely bee put 9. prou. 20.
20. matth.
to death. 15. 4. marke
7. 10.
18 H And if men striue together, and I! Or, reui-
one smite || another with a stone, or leth. II Or, his
with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth neighbour.
his bed:
19 If hee rise againe, and walke a-
broad vpon his staffe, then shall hee
that smote him, be quit: onely he shall
pay for t the losse of his time, and shall sing.
t Hebr. cea-
cause him to be throughly healed.
20 1F And if a man smite his seruant,
or his mayd, with a rod, and hee die vn-
der his hand, hee shall bee surely t pu- t Hebr. a-
nished : uenged.
21 Notwithstanding, if he continue
a day or two, hee shall not be punished,
for he is his money.
22 IF If men striue, and hurt a wo-
man with child, so that her fruit depart
from her, and yet no mischiefe follow,
he shalbe surely punished, according as
the womans husband will lay vpon
him, and hee shall pay as the ludges
determine.
23 And
Diners lawes, Exodus.
23 And if any mischiefe follow, then
thou shalt giue life for life,
* Leuit. 24. 24 *Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand
20. deut. 19
21. matth. for hand, foote for foote,
5.38.
25 Burning for burning, wound for
wound, stripe for stripe.
26 IT And if a man smite the eye of
h)is seruant, or the eye of his mayd, that
it perish, hee shall let him goe free for
hlis eyes sake.
27 And if he smite out his man ser-
uants tooth, or his mayde seruants
tooth, hee shal let him goe free for his
tooths sake.
28 f If an oxe gore a man, or a wo-
* Gene. 9. man, that they die, then *the oxe shal be
».
surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be
eaten: but the owner of the oxe shall be
quitte.
29 But if the oxe were wont to push
with his home in time past, and it hath
bene testified to his owner, and he hath
not kept him in, but that he hath killed
a man or a woman; the oxe shall be sto-
ned, and his owner also shall bee put to
death.
30 If there be layed on him a summe
of money, then he shall giue for the ran-
some of his life, whatsoeuer is layd vp-
on him.
31 Whether hee haue gored a sonne,
orhaue gored a daughter, according to
this iudgement shall it bee done vnto
him.
32 If the oxe shall push a man ser-
uant, or*a mayd seruant, hee shall giue
vnto their master thirty shekels, anc
the oxe shalbe stoned.
33 IF And if a man shall open a pit, or
if a man shall digge a pit, and not couer
it, and an oxe or an asse fall therein:
84« The owner of the pit shall make
it good, and giue money vnto the owner
of them, and the dead beast shalbe his.
35 IT And if one mans oxe hurt an-
others, that he die, then they shall sel
the liue oxe, and diuide the money of it,
and the dead oxe also they shall diuide.
36 Or if it bee knowen that the oxe
hath vsed to push in time past, and his
owner hath not kept him in, hee shall
surely pay oxe for oxe, and the dead shall
be his owne.
C H A P . XXII.
1 Of theft. 5 Of dararaage. 7 Of trespasses.
14 Of borrowing. 16 Of fornication. 18
Of witchcraft. 19 Of bestialitie. 20 Of
idolatrie. 21 Of strangers, widowes, and
and ordinances.
fatherlesse. 25 Of vsurie. 26 Of pledges.
28 Of reuerence to Magistrates. 29 Of
the first fruits.
Fa man shal steale an oxe,
I
or a ||sheepe, and kill it, or Or, goate.
sell it; he shall restore fiue
oxen for an oxe, and *foure *2. Sam. 12.
sheepe for a sheepe. 6.
2 f If a thiefe bee found breaking
vp,and be smitten that he die, there shal
no blood be shed for him.
8 If the Sunne be risen vpon him,
there shall be bloodshed for him :^rhee
should make full restitution : if he haue
nothing, then he shall bee sold for his
theft.
4 If the theft be certainely found
in his hand aliue, whether it bee oxe or
asse, or sheepe, he shall restore double.
5 If If a man shall cause a field or
vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in
his beast, and shall feede in another
mans field : of the best of his owne field,
and of the best of his owne vineyard
shall he make restitution.
6 U If fire breake out, and catch in
thornes, so that the stackes of corne, or
the standing corne, or the field be consu-
med therewith; hee that kindled the fire,
shall surely make restitution.
7 1f If a man shal deliuer vnto his
neighbour money or stuffe to keepe, and
it be stollen out of the mans house; if the
thiefe be found, let him pay double.
8 If the thiefe be not found, then
the master of the house shall be brought
vnto the ludges, to see whether he haue
put his hande vnto his neighbours
goods.
9 For all maner of trespasse, whether
it be for oxe, for asse, for sheepe, for rai-
ment, or for any maner of lost thing,
which another challengeth to be his : the
cause of both parties shall come before
the ludges, and whome the ludges
shall condemne, he shall pay double vn-
to his neighbour.
10 If a man deliuer vnto his neigh-
bour an asse, or an oxe, or a sheepe, or
any beast to keepe, and it die, or be hurt,
or driuen away, no man seeing it,
11 Then shall an othe of the LORD
be betweene them both, that hee hath
not put his hand vnto his neighbours
goods: and the owner of it shall accept
thereof, and he shall not make it good.
12 And *if it be stollen from him, he *Gene. 31.
shall make restitution vnto the owner 39.
thereof.
13 If
Diuers lawes, Chap.xxiij.
13 If it be torne m pieces, then let him
bring it for witnesse, and hee shall not
make good that which was torne.
14? IF And if a man borrowe ought
of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die,
the owner thereof being not with it, he
shall surely make it good.
15 But if the owner thereof be with
it, he shall not make it good: If it bee
an hired thing, it came for his hire.
* Deut. 22. 16 If And * if a man entice a maide
28.
that is not betrothed, and lie with her,
he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
17 If her father vtterly refuse to
t Heb* weigh giue her vnto him, he shall f pay money
according to the dowrie of virgins.
18 IF Thou shalt not suffer a witch
to Hue.
19 IF Whosoeuer lieth with a beast,
shall surely be put to death.
* Deut. 13. 20 IF * Hee that sacrificeth vnto any
13, 14, 15.
1. mac. 2.24 god saue vnto the L O R D onely, hee
shall be vtterly destroyed.
* Leuit. 19. SI IF * Thou shalt neither vexe a
33.
stranger, nor oppresse him : for ye were
strangers in the land of Egypt.
* Zac. 7. 10. 22 f * Yee shall not afflict any wi-
dow, or fatherlesse child.
23 If thou afflict them in any wise,
and they crie at all vnto mee, I will
surely heare their crie.
24 And my wrath shall waxe hote,
and I will kill you with the sword:
and your wiues shall be widowes, and
your children fatherlesse.
* Leuit. 25. 25 IF * If thou lend money to any of
37. deut. 23
19. psal. 15. my people that is poore by thee, thou
5.
shalt not be to him as an vsurer^ neither
shalt thou lay vpon him vsurie.
26 If thou at all take thy neighbors
raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliuer it
vnto him by that the sun goeth downe.
27 For that is his couering onely, it
is his raiment for his skinne: wherein
shal he sleepe ? and it shal come to passe,
when he crieth vnto mee, that I will
heare : for I am gracious.
* Acts 23. 5 28 IT * Thou shalt not reuile the
II Or, Judges || Gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
29 IF Thou shalt not delay to offer
t Heb. thy the t first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy
fulnesse.
\Heb.Teare tliquors: *the first borne of thysonnes
* Chap. 13. shalt thou giue vnto me.
2,12. & 34.
19. 30 Likewise shalt thou do with thine
oxen, and with thy sheepe: seuen dayes
it shall be with his damme, on the eight
day thou shalt giue it me.
31 IF And ye shall be holy men vnto
* Leuit. 22. me: "neither shall ye eate any flesh that
8. ezek. 44.
31.
and ordinances.
is torne of beasts in the field: yee shall
cast it to the dogs.
C H A P . XXIII.
1 Of slander and false witnesse. 3.6 Of iustice.
4 Of charitablenesse. 10 Of the yeere of
rest 12 Of the Sabbath. 13 Of idolatrie.
14 Of the three feasts. 18 Of the blood
and the fat of the sacrifice. 20 An Angjel is
promised, with a blessing, if they obey him.
Houshalt not ||raise a false II Or, receius
T report: put not thine hand
with the wicked to bee an
vnrighteous witnesse.
2 If Thou shalt not
follow a multitude to doe euill: neither
shalt thou t speake in a cause, to decline t Heb. an-
after many, to wrest Judgement: swere.
3 ^F Neither shalt thou countenance
a poore man in his cause.
4 IF If thou meete thine enemies
oxe or his asse going astray, thou shalt
surely bring it backe to him againe.
5 * If thou see the asse of him that * Deu. 22.4
hateth thee, lying vnder his burden,
||and wouldest forbeare to helpe him, II Or, wilt
thou shalt surely helpe with him. thou cease to
helpe him?
6 Thou shalt not wrest the iudge- or, $ woul-
dest cease to
ment of thy poore in his cause. leaue thy
7 Keepe thee farre from a false mat- for businesse
him:
ter: and the innocent and righteous thou shaU
rarely leauc
slay thou not: for I will not iustifie the it toioyne
wicked. with him,
8 IF And * thou shalt take no gift: * Deut. 16.
19. ecclus.
for the gift blindeth tthe wise, and per- 20. 28.
uerteth the words of the righteous. t Hebr. the
seeing.
9 IF Also thou shalt not oppresse a
stranger: for yee know the t heart of a tHeb.soule.
stranger, seeing yee were strangers in
the land of Egypt.
10 And *sixe yeres thou shalt sow thy * Leuit. 25.
land, and shalt gather in the fruites 3.
thereof:
11 But the seuenth yeere thou shalt
let it rest, and lie still, that the poore of
thy people may eate, and what they
leaue, the beasts of the field shall eate.
In like maner thou shalt deale with
thy vineyard, and with thy ||oliue yard. I Or, oliue
trees.
12 * Sixe dayes thou shalt doe thy * Chap. 20.
worke, and on the seuenth day thou 8. deut. 5.
13. hike 13.
shalt rest: that thine oxe and thine asse 14.
may rest, and the sonne of thy hand-
may d, & the stranger may be refreshed.
13 And in all things that I haue said
vnto you, be circumspect: and make no
mention of the names of other gods,
neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
14 IF * Three
Three folemne feafts. Exodus.
* Deut. 16. 14 IT * Three times thou shalt keepe
1G.
a feast vnto me in the yeere.
* Chap. 13. 15 * Thou shalt keepe the feast of vn-
3. & 34. 18.
[eauened bread: thou shalt eate vnlea-
uened bread seuen dales, as I comman-
ded thee in the time appointed of the
moneth Abib: for in it thou earnest out
* Deut. 16. from Egypt: * and none shall appeare
6. ecclus.
35. 4. before me emptie :
16 And the feast of haniest, the first
fruits of thy labours, which thou hast
sowen in the field: and the feast of inga-
thering which is in the end of the yeere,
when thou hast gathered in thy la-
bours out of the field.
17 Three times in the yeere all thy
males shall appeare before the LORD
God.
18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of
my sacrifice with leauened bread, nei-
II Or, feast. ther shall the fat of my || sacrifice re-
maine vntill the morning.
* Chap. 34. 19 * The first of the first fruits of thy
26. deut. 14
22. land thou shalt bring into the house of
the LORD thy God: thou shalt not
seethe a kid in his mothers milke.
*• Chap. 33.
>^ 20 11 * Behold, I send an Angel be-
fore thee to keepe thee in the way, and to
bring thee into the place which I haue
prepared.
21 Beware of him, and obey his
voice, prouoke him not: for he will not
pardon your transgressions : for my
name is in him.
22 But if thou shalt indeed obey his
voice, and doe all that I speake, then
I wil be an enemie vnto thine enemies,
I Or, / will and || an aduersarie vnto thine aduersa-
afflict them ries.
that afflict
thee. 23 *For mine Angel shall goe before
* Chap. 33.
2. thee, and * bring thee in vnto the Amo-
* Idsh. 24. rites, and the Hittites, and the Periz-
11.
zites, and the Canaanites, the Hiuites,
and the lebusites : and I will cut
them off.
24 Thou shalt not bow downe to
their gods, nor serue them, nor doe after
* Deut. 7. their workes: * but thou shalt vtterly
25.
ouerthrowe them, ^and quite breake
downe their images.
25 And yee shall serue the LORD
your God, and he shall blesse thy bread,
and thy water: and I will take sicknes
away from the midst of thee.
* Deut. 7.
14.
26 H * There shall nothing cast their
yong, nor bee barren in thy land : the
number of thy dayes I will fulfill.
27 I will send my feare before thee,
and will destroy all the people to whom
Gods promife.
thou shalt come, and I will make all
thine enemies turne their tbackes vnto Heb. tiecks.
thee.
28 And *I will send hornets before * Iosh. 24.
thee, which shall driue out the Hiuite, 12.
the Canasmte, and the Hittite from be-
ffore thee.
29 I will not driue them out from
Defore thee in one yeere, lest the land be-
come desolate, and the beast of the field
multiply against thee.
30 By little and little I will driue
;hem out from before thee, vntill thou
3e increased and inherit the land.
31 And I will set thy bounds from
the Red sea, euen vnto the sea of the
Philistines, and from the desert vnto
the riuer : for I will deliuer the inhabi-
tants of the land into your hand : and
thou shalt driue them out before thee.
32 * Thou shalt make no couenant * Chap. 34.
16. deut. 7.
with them, nor with their gods. 2.
33 They shall not dwell in thy land,
lest they make thee sinne against me: for
iif thou serue their gods, * it will surely * Deut. 7.
16. iosh. 23.
be a snare vnto thee. 13. iudg. 2.
3.
C H A P . XXIIII.
1 Moses is called vp into the Mountaine. 3 The
people promise obedience. 4 Moses buil-
deth an Altar, and twelue pillars. 6 Hee
sprinkleth the blood of the Couenant. 9 The
glory of God appeareth. 14 Aaron and
Hur haue the charge of the people. 15 Mo-
ses goeth into the Mountaine, wnere he con-
tinueth 40.dayes,and 40.nights.
A
Nd hee said vnto Moses,
Come vp vntfc ^ LORD,
thou, and Aaron, Nadab
and Abihu, and seuentie
of the Elders of Israel:
and worship ye a farre on.
2 And Moses alone shall come
neere the LORD: but they shall not
come nigh, neither shall the people goe
vp with him.
3 f And Moses came and told the
people all the words of the LORD,
and all the iudgements: and all the peo-
ple answered with one voyce, and said,
*A11 the words which the LORD hath * Chap. 19.
8. and 24.
said, will we doe. 3,7. deut. 5.
4 And Moses wrote all the words 27.
of the LORD, and rose vp early in the
morning, and builded an Altar vnder
the hill, and twelue pillars, according to
the twelue tribes of Israel.
5 And he sent yong men of the chil-
dren
The people promife. Chap.xxv.
dren of Israel, which offered burnt
offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings
of oxen, vnto the LORD.
6 And Moses tooke halfe of the
blood, and put it in basons, and halfe of
the blood he sprinkled on the Altar.
7 And he tooke the booke of the co-
uenant, and read in the audience of the
* Verse 3. people: and they saide , * All that the
LORD hath said, will we doe, and be
obedient.
8 And Moses tooke the blood and
sprinkled it on the people, and said, Be-
* i. Pet. i. hold * the blood of the Couenant which
2. hebr. 9.
20. the LORD hath made with you, con-
cerning all these words.
9 1T Then went vp Moses and Aa-
ron, Nadab and Abihu, and seuenty of
the Elders of Israel:
10 And they saw the God of Israel:
and there was vnder his feet, as it were
a paued worke of a Saphire stone, and
as it were the body of heauen in his
clearenesse.
11 And vpon the Nobles of the chil-
dren of Israel he layd not his hand: al-
so they saw God, and did eate and
drinke.
12 IF And the L O R D sayd vnto
Moses, Come vp to me into the mount,
and be there, and I will giue thee Ta-
bles of stone, and a Law , and Com-
m an dements which I haue written,
that thou mayest teach them.
13 And Moses rose vp, and his mi-
nister loshua: and Moses went vp in-
to the mount of God.
14 And hee saide vnto the Elders,
Tary ye here for vs, vntill wee come a-
gaine vnto you : and behold, Aaron
and Hur are with you • If any man
haue any matters to doe, let him come
vnto them.
15 And Moses went vp into the
Mount, and a cloud couered the
Mount.
16 And the glory of the LORD a-
bode vpon mount Sinai, and the cloud
couered it sixe dayes: and the seuenth
day hee called vnto Moses out of the
midst of the cloud.
17 And the sight of the glory of the
LORD was like deuouring fire, on the
top of the mount, in the eyes of the chil-
dren of Israel.
IS And Moses went into the midst
of the cloud, and gate him vp into the
* Chap. 34. mount: and * Moses was in tne mount
*8. deut. 9. forty dayes, and forty nights.
9.
Free offerings.
CHAP. XXV.
1 What the Israelites must offer for the making
of the Tabernacle. 10 The forme of the
Arke. 17 The Mercy-seat, with the Che-
rubims. 23 The table, with the furniture
thereof. 31 The candlesticke, with the in-
struments thereof.
Nd the LORD spake vn-
A to Moses, saying,
2 Speake vnto the chil-
dren of Israel, that they
tbring me an |[offering: *of t Hebr. take
euery man that giueth it willingly with forme.
I' Or, heaue
offering.
his heart, ye shall take my offering.
* Chap. 35.
3 And this is the offering which ye 5.
shall take of them; Gold, and siluer, and
brasse,
4 And blew, and purple, and scar-
let, and fine ||linnen, and goats haire: I Or, silke.
5 And rammes skinnes died red,
and badgers skinnes, and Shittim
wood:
6 Oile for the light, spices for anoin-
ting oile, and for sweet incense:
7 Onix stones, and stones to be set
in the *Ephod, and in the *brest plate. * Chap. 28.
8 And let them make mee a San- 4.* Chap. 28.
ctuary, that I may dwell amongst 10.
them:
9 According to all that I shew thee,
after the patterne of the Tabernacle,
and the patterne of all the instruments
thereof, euen so shall ye make it.
10 If * And they shall make an Arke * Chap. 37-
of Shittim wood: two cubites and a 1.
halfe shalbe the length thereof, and a cu-
bite and an halfe the breadth thereof,
and a cubite & a halfe the height thereof.
11 And thou shalt ouerlay it with
pure gold, within and without shalt
thou ouerlay it: and shalt make vpon
it a crowne of gold round about.
12 And thou shalt cast foure rings of
gold for it, and put them in the foure
corners thereof, and two rings shal be in
the one side of it, and two rings in the o-
ther side of it.
13 And thou shalt make staues of
Shittim wood, and ouerlay them with
E£old.
14 And thou shalt put the staues in-
to the rings, by the sides of the Arke,
that the Arke may be borne with them.
15 The staues shall be in the rings of
the Arke: they shal not be taken from it
16 And thou shalt put into the Arke
the Testimonie which I shall giue
thee.
17 And
The Merciefeat, Exodus.
17 And thou shalt make a Mercie-
seat of pure gold : two cubites and a
halfe shalbe the length thereof, and a cu-
bite and a halfe the breadth thereof.
18 And thou shalt make two Cheru-
bims of gold : of beaten worke shalt
thou make them, in the two endes of
the Mercie-seat.
19 And make one Cherub on the one
end, and the other Cherub on the other
il Or, of the end: euen ||of the Mercie-seat shall yee
matter of
the Mercie make the Cherubims, on the two ends
seaie. thereof.
20 And the Cherubims shall stretch
forth their wings on high, couering the
Mercie-seat with their wings, and
their faces sJiall looke one to another: to-
toward the Mercie-seat shall the faces
of the Cherubims be.
21 And thou shalt put the Mercie-
seat aboue vpon the Arke, and in the
Arke thou shalt put the Testimonie
that I shall giue thee.
£2 And there I wil meet with thee,
and I will commune with thee, from
* Numb. 7. aboue the Mercie-seat, from *betweene
89.
the two Cherubims which are vpon
the Arke of the Testimonie, of all
things which I will giue thee in com-
maundement vnto the children of Is-
rael.
* Chap. 37.
10.
88 f * Thou shalt also make a table
of Shittim wood: two cubites shall bee
the length thereof, and a cubite the
bredth thereof, and a cubite and a halfe
the height thereof.
24. And thou shalt ouerlay it with
pure gold, and make thereto a crowne
of gold round about.
25 And thou shalt make vnto it a
border of an hand bredth round about,
and thou shalt make a golden crowne
to the border thereof round about.
26 And thou shalt make for it foure
rings of gold, and put the rings in the
foure corners that are on the foure feete
thereof.
27 Ouer against the border shall the
rings be for places of the staues to beare
the table.
28 And thou shalt make the staues
of Shittim wood, and ouerlay them
with gold, that the table may be borne
with them.
29 And thou shalt make the dishes
thereof, and spoones therof, and couers
II Or, to thereof, and bowles thereof, ||to couer
powre out
withall. withall : of pure gold shalt thou make
them.
and Candlefticke.
30 And thou shalt set vpon the Ta-
ble Shew-bread before me alway.
31 1T * And thou shalt make a Can- * Chap. 37.
dles ticke of pure gold : of beaten worke 17.
shall the candlesticke bee made; his
shaft and his branches, his bowles, his
knops, and his flowers shall be of the
same.
32 And sixe branches shall come out
of the sides of it: three branches of the
candlesticke out of the one side, and three
branches of the candlesticke out of the
other side:
33 Three bowles made like vnto al-
monds , with a knop and a flower in
one branch: and three bowles made like
almonds in the other branch, with a
knop and a flower: so in the sixe bran-
ches that come out of the candlesticke.
34 And in the candlesticke shall bee
foure bowles made like vnto almonds,
with their knops and their flowers.
35 And there shal be a knop vnder two
branches of the same, and a knop vnder
two branches of the same, and a knop
vnder two branches of the same, accor-
ding to the sixe branches that proceede
out of the candlesticke.
36 Their knops and their branches
shall be of the same: all it shall bee one
beaten worke of pure gold.
37 And thou shalt make the seuen
lamps thereof: and they shall || light the I Or, cause
lampes thereof, that they may giue to ascend.
light ouer against tit. t Heb. the
38 And the tongs thereof, and the face of it.
snuffe dishes therof shalbe of pure gold.
39 Of a talent of pure gold shall hee
make it, with all these vessels.
40 And * looke that thou make them * Acts 7. 44
after their patterne, t which was shew- theb. 8. 5.
Heb. which
ed thee in the mount. thou wast
caused to
see.
C H A P . XXVI.
1 The ten curtaines of the Tabernacle. 7 The
eleuen curtaines of coats haire. 14 The co-
uering of Rammes skinnes. 15 The boards
of the Tabernacle, with their sockets and
barres. 31 The Vaile for the Arke. 36 The
hanging for the doore.
Oreouer thou shalt make
M
the Tabernacle with ten
curtaines of fine twined
linnen, and blew, and pur- t Heb. the
ple, and scarlet: with Che- worke of a
rubims of t cunning worke shalt thou cunning
worJceman
make them. orEmbro-
2 The length of one curtaine shalbe derer.
eight
The Tabernacle Chap.xxvj.
eight and twenty cubits, and the bredth
of one curtaine, foure cubits : and euery
one of the curtaines shall haue one mea-
sure.
3 The fiue curtaines shalbe coupled
together one to another: and other fiue
curtaines shalbe coupled one to another.
4 And thou shalt make loopes of
blew vpon the edge of the one curtaine.
from the seluedge in the coupling, and
likewise shalt thou make in the vtter-
mostedge of another curtaine, in the cou-
pling of the second.
5 Fiftie loopes shalt thou make in
the one curtaine, and fiftie loopes shalt
thou make in the edge of the curtaine,
that is in the coupling of the second,
that the loopes may take hold one of a-
nother.
6 And thou shalt make fiftie taches
of gold, and couple the curtaines toge-
ther with the taches: and it shall be one
tabernacle.
7 f And thou shalt make curtaines
of goats haire, to be a couering vpon the
tabernacle : eleuen curtaines shalt thou
make.
8 The length of one curtaine shalbe
thirtie cubites , and the bredth of one
curtaine foure cubites : and the eleuen
shalbe all of one measure.
9 And thou shalt couple fiue cur-
taines by themseluesj and sixe curtaines
by themselues, and shalt double the sixt
curtaine in the forefront of the taber-
nacle.
10 And thou shalt make fiftie loopes
on the edge of the one curtaine, that is
outmost in the coupling, and fiftie
loopes in the edge of the curtaine which
coupleth the second.
11 And thou shalt make fiftie taches
of brasse , and put the taches into the
II Or, coue- loopes, and couple the ||tent together,
fi/l^*.
that it may be one.
12 And the remnant that remaineth
of the curtaines of the tent , the halfe
curtaine that remaineth shall hang o-
uer the backe side of the tabernacle.
13 And a cubite on the one side, and a
•f Heb. in the cubite on the other side tof that which
remainder
or turplusage remaineth in the length of the cur-
taines of the tent, it shall hang ouer the
sides of the tabernacle, on this side, and
on that side to couer it.
14 And thou shalt make a couering
for the tent of rammes skinnes died
red, and a couering aboue of badgers
skinnes.
and appertinances.
15 f And thou shalt make boards
for the Tabernacle of Shittim w_ood
standing vp.
16 Ten cubits shall be the length of
a board, and a cubite and an halfe shall
be the breadth of one board.
17 Two t tenons $hall there be in one t Heb. hands
board set in order one against another:
thus shalt thou make for all the boards
of the Tabernacle.
18 And thou shalt make the boards
for the Tabernacle, twentie boards on
the Southside Southward.
19 And thou shalt make four tie soc-
kets of siluer, vnder the twenty boards :
two sockets vnder one board for his
two tenons , and two sockets vnder
another board for his two tenons.
20 And for the second side of the Ta-
bernacle on the Northside there shall bee
twentie boards,
21 And their fourtie sockets of siluer:
two sockets vnder one board, and two
sockets vnder another board.
22 And for the sides of the Taber-
nacle Westward thou shalt make sixe
boards.
23 And two boards shalt thou make
for the corners of the tabernacle in the
two sides.
24 And they shall be t coupled toge- t Heb. twin-
ther beneath, and they shall be coupled ned.
together aboue the head of it vnto one
ring : thus shall it bee for them both ;
they shall be for the two corners.
25 And they shall be eight boards,
and their sockets of siluer sixteene soc-
kets: two sockets vnder one board, and
two sockets vnder another board.
26 IT And thou shalt make barres of
Shittim wood : fiue for the boards of
the one side of the Tabernacle,
37 And fiue barres for the boards of
the other side of the Tabernacle, and
fiue barres for the boards of the side of
the Tabernacle for the two sides West-
ward.
28 And the middle barre in the mids
of the boards, shall reach from ende to
ende.
29 And thou shalt ouerlay the boards
with gold, and make their rings of
gold for places for the barres: and thou
shalt ouerlay the barres with gold.
30 And thou shalt reare vp the Ta-
bernacle * according to the fashion ther- * Chap. 25
of, which was shewed thee in the 9,40. iCtS 7* 44.
mount. aeb. 8» 5*
31 1T And thou shalt make a Vaile of
blew,
The Altar of Exodus*
b>lew, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
twined linnen of cunning worke: with
Cherubims shall it be made.
32 And thou shalt hang it vpon
fibure pillars of Shittim wood, ouer-
layd with gold: their hookes shalbe of
gold, vpon the foure sockets of siluer.
33 f And thou shalt hang vp the
Vaile vnder the taches, that thou maist
bring in thither within the Vaile, the
Arke of the Testimony: and the Vaile
shall diuide vnto you, betweene the ho-
lly place and the most holy.
34 And thou shalt put the Mercie-
seat vpon the Arke of the Testimony,
in the most holy place.
35 And thou shalt set the table with-
out the Vaile, and the candlesticke ouer
against the table, on the side of the Ta-
bernacle toward the South: and thou
shalt put the table on the North side.
36 And thou shalt make an Hanging
for the doore of the Tent, of blew, and
purple and scarlet, and fine twined lin-
nen, wrought with needle worke.
37 And thou shalt make for the
Hanging fiue pillars of Shittim wood,
and ouerlay them with gold, and their
hookes shalbe of gold : and thou shalt
cast fiue sockets olbtassfi for them.
C H A P . XXVII.
1 The Altar of burnt offering, with the ves-
sels thereof. 9 The Court of the Taber-
nacle inclosed with hangings and pillars.
18 The measure of the Court ^£0 The
oile for the lanine.,
Nd thou shalt make an
A
Altar of Shittim wood,
fiue cubits long, and fiue
cubites broad : the Altar
shall be foure square, anc
the height thereof shalbe three cubits.
2 And thou shalt make the homes
of it vpon the foure corners thereof: his
homes shall be of the same: and thou
shalt ouerlay it with brasse.
3 And thou shalt make his pannes
to receiue his ashes, and his shouels,
and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and
his firepannes : all the vessels thereoi
thou shalt make of brasse.
4 And thou shalt make for it a grate
of networke of brasse; and vpon the net
shalt thou make foure brasen rings in
the foure corners thereof.
5 And thou shalt put it vnder the
compare of the Altar beneath, that the
burnt offering.
net may bee euen to the midst of the
Altar.
6 And thou shalt make staues for
the Altar, staues of Shittim wood, ancl
ouerlay them with brasse.
7 And the staues shalbe put into the
rings, and the staues shall be vpon the
two sides of the Altar, to beare it.
8 Hollow with boards shalt thou
make it: as tit was shewed thee in the t Hebr. he
shewed.
mount, so shall they make it.
9 f And thou shalt make the Court
of the Tabernacle for the Southside,
Southward: there shall be hangings
for the Court, of fine twined linnen of
an hundred cubits long, for one side.
10 And the twenty pillars thereof,
and their twenty sockets , shall be of
brasse: the hookes of the pillars, and
their fillets shalbe of siluer.
11 And likewise for the Northside in
length, there shall be hangings of an
hundred cubits long, and his twenty
pillars, and their twenty sockets of
brasse : the hookes of the pillars, and
their fillets of siluer.
12 U And for the breadth of the
Court, on the Westside shalbe hangings
of fifty cubits : their pillars tenne, and
their sockets ten.
13 And the breadth of the Court on
the Eastside Eastward, shall bee fiftie
cubits.
14 The hangings of one side of the
gate shalbe fifteene cubits : their pillaxs
three, and their sockets three.
15 And on the other side shalbe hang-
ings, fifteene cubits: their pillars three,
and their sockets three.
16 f And for the gate of the Court
shall be an hanging of twenty cubits of
blew, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
twined linnen, wrought with needle
worke: and their pillars shall be foure,
and their sockets foure.
17 All the pillars round about the
Court shalbe filletted with siluer : their
hookes shalbe of siluer, and their sockets
of brasse.
18 f The length of the Court shalbe
an hundred cubits, and the breadth t fif-t Hebr. fifty
tie euery where, and the height fiue cu- by fiftie.
bits of fine twined linnen, and their soc-
kets of brasse.
19 All the vessels of the Tabernacle
in all the seruice thereof, and all the
pinnes thereof, and all the pinnes of
the Court, shalbe of brasse.
20 f And thou shalt command the
children
Aarons garments, Chap.xxviij.
children of Israel, that they bring thee
pure oyle Oliue beaten, for the light, to
t Hebr. to cause the lampe tto burne alwayes.
ascend vp.
21 In the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation without the Vaile, which is
before the Testimony, Aaron and his
sonnes shall order it from euening to
morning before the LORD: It shall
be a statute for euer/vnto their genera-
tions, on the behalfe of the children of
Israel.
C H A P . XXVIII.
I Aaron and his sonnes are set apart for the
Priests office. 2 Holy garments are appoin-
ted. 6 The Ephod. 15 The breastplate,
with twelue precious stones. 30 The Vrim
and Thummiiri. 31 The robe of the Ephod,
with pomegranates and belles. 36 The
plate of the Miter. 39 The imbroidered
coate. 40 The garments for Aarons sonnes.
Nd take thou vnto thee
A Aaron thy brother, and
his sonnes with him,
from among the children
of Israel, that he may mi-
nister vnto me in the Priests office, euen
Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar,
and Ithamar, Aarons sonnes.
2 And thou shalt make holy gar-
ments for Aaron thy brother, for glory
and for beauty.
3 And thou shalt speake vnto all
that are wise hearted, whom I haue
filled with the spirit of wisedome, that
they may make Aarons garments to
consecrate him, that hee may minister
vnto me in the Priests office.
4 And these are the garments which
they shall make; a breastplate, and an
Ephod, and a robe, and a broidered
coat, a Miter, and a girdle : and they
shall make holy garments for Aaron
thy brother, and his sonnes, that hee
may minister vnto mee in the Priestes
office.
5 And they shall take gold, and
blew, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
linnen.
6 f And they shall make the Ephod
of gold, of blew and of purple, of scarlet,
and fine twined linnen, with cunning
worke.
7 It shall haue the two shoulder
pieces thereof, ioyned at the two edges
thereof; and so it shall bee ioyned to-
S Or, Jmbrfri- gether.
dered. 8 And the || curious girdle of the E-
and his formes,
phod which is vpon it, shall bee of the
same, according to the worke thereof,
euen of gold, of blew, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linnen.
9 And thou shalt take two Onix
stones, and graue on them the names of
the children of Israel:
10 Sixe of their names on one stone,
and the other sixe names of the rest on
the other stone, according to their birth:
11 * With the worke of an engrauer * Wisd. 18.
in stone; like the engrauings of a signet 24.
shalt thou engraue the two stones,
with the names of the children of Is-
rael; thou shalt make them to be set in
ouches of gold.
12 And thou shalt put the two stones
vpon the shoulders of the Ephod, for
stones of memoriall vnto the children
of Israel. And Aaron shall beare their
names before the L O R D , vpon his
two shoulders for a memoriall.
13 11 And thou shalt make ouches
of gold;
14 And two chaines of pure gold at
the ends; of wreathen worke shalt thou
make them, and fasten the wreathen
chaines to the ouches.
15 1F And thou shalt make the brest-
plate of ludgement, with cunning
worke, after the worke of the Ephod
thou shalt make it: of gold, of blew, and
of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twi-
ned linnen shalt thou make it.
16 Foure square it shall be being dou-
bled; a spanne shalbe the length thereof,
and a span shalbe the breadth thereof.
17 And thou shalt tset in it settings \Hebr.fillin
fillings of
of stones; euen foure rowes of stones: itstone.
the first row shalbe a || Sardius, a Topaz, H 0r, Ruby.
and a Carbuncle : this shall be the first
row.
18 And the second row shall be an E-
meraude, a Saphir, and a Diamond.
19 And the third row a Lygure, an
Agate, and an Amethist.
20 And the fourth row, a Berill, and
an Onjx, and a lasper: they shalbe set
in gold in their tinclosings. \ Hcbr. fil-
lings.
21 And the stones shall bee with the
names of the children of Israel, twelue,
according to their names, like the engra-
uings of a signet: euery one with his
name shall they bee according to the
twelue tribes.
22 f And thou shalt make vpon the
brestplate chaines at the ends, of wrea-
then worke, of pure gold.
23 And thou shalt make vpon the
brest-
Aarons garments, Exodus.
brestplate two rings of gold, and shalt
put the two rings on the two endes of
the brestplate.
24 And thou shalt put the two
wreathen chaines of gold in the two
rings, which are on the ends of the brest-
plate.
25 And the other two endes of the
two wreathen chaines, thou shalt fasten
in the two ouches, and put them on the
shoulder pieces of the Ephod before it.
26 f And thou shalt make two rings
of gold, and thou shalt put them vpon
the two ends of the breastplate, in the
border thereof, which is in the side of
the Ephod inward.
27 And two other rings of gold thou
shalt make, and shalt put them on the
two sides of the Ephod vnderneath to-
wards the forepart thereof, ouer a-
gainst the other coupling thereof, aboue
the curious girdle of the Ephod.
28 And they shall bind the brestplate
by the rings thereof, vnto the rings of
the Ephod with a lace of blewe, that it
may be aboue the curious girdle of the
Ephod, and that the breastplate be not
loosed from the Ephod.
29 And Aaron shal beare the names
of the children of Israel in the breast-
plate of iudgement, vpon his heart,
when hee goeth in vnto the holy placep,
for a memoriall before the LORD con-
tinually.
30 If And thou shalt put in the breast-
plate of iudgement, the Vrim and the
Thummim, and they shall bee vpon
Aarons heart, when he goeth in before
the L O R D : and Aaron shall beare
the iudgement of the children of Israel
vpon his heart, before the LORD con-
tinually.
31 f And thou shalt make the robe
of the Ephod all of blew.
32 And there shall bee an hole in the
top of it, in the mids thereof: it shall
haue a binding of wouen worke, round
about the hole of it, as it were the hole
of an habergeon, that it be not rent.
II Or» 9kirts. 33 f And beneath vpon the ||hemme
of it thou shalt make pomegranates of
blew, and of purple, and of scarlet,
round about the hemme thereof, and
belles of gold betweene them round a-
bout.
34 A golden bell and a pomegranate,
a golden bell and a pomegranate, vpon
* Ecclus. the hemme of the robe round about.
45. 10. 35 * And it shall be vpon Aaron, to
and his sonnes.
minister: and his sound shall be heard
when he goeth in vnto the holy place be-
fore the LORD, and when he commeth
out, that he die not.
36 If And thou shalt make a plate of
pure gold, and graue vpon it, like the en-
grauings of a signet, HO L I N E S
TO THE LORD.
37 And thou shalt put it on a blewe
lace, that it may be vpon the miter; vp-
on the forefront of the miter it shall be.
38 And it shall be vpon Aarons fore-
head, that Aaron may beare the iniqui-
tie of the holy things, which the chil-
dren of Israel shall hallow, in all their
holy gifts: and it shall be alwayes vpon
his forehead, that they may be accepted
before the LORD.
39 If And thou shalt embroider the
coat of fine linnen, and thou shalt make
the miter of fine linnen, and thou shalt
make the girdle of needle worke.
40 If And for Aarons sonnes thou
shalt make coats, and thou shalt make
for them girdles, and bonnets shalt
thou make for them, for glory and for
beautie.
41 And thou shalt put them vpon
Aaron thy brother, and his sonnes
with him: and shalt annoint them, and
tconsecrate them, and sanctifie them, ^ Heb. Jill
that they may minister vnto mee in the their hand.
Priests office.
42 And thou shalt make them lin-
nen breeches, to couer t their nakednes, t Heb. flesh
of their na-
from the loines euen vnto the thighes kednesse.
they shall t reach. t Heb. bee.
43 And they shall be vpon Aaron,
& vpon his sonnes, when they come in
vnto the Tabernacle of the Congrega-
tion, or when they come neere vnto the
Altar to minister in the holy place, that
they beare not iniquitie, and die. It shall
be a statute for euer vnto him and his
seede after him.
C H A P . XXIX.
1 The sacrifice and ceremonies of consecrating
the Priests. 38 The continuall burnt offe-
ring. 45 Gods promise to dwell among
the children of Israel.
Nd this is the thing that
A
thou shalt doe vnto them,
to hallow them, to mini-
ster vnto me in the Priests
office: * Take one yong *Leuit.9.2.
bullocke, and two rammes without
blemish,
2 And vnleauened bread, and cakes
vnlea-
The confecration Chap.xxix.
vnleauened, tempered with oyle, and
wafers vnleauened, annointed with
oile : of wheaten flowre shalt thou
make them.
3 And thotr shalt put them into one
basket, and bring them in the basket,
with the bullocke and the two rammes.
4 And Aaron and his sonnes thou
shalt bring vnto the doore of the Taber-
nacle of the Congregation , and shalt
wash them with water.
5 And thou shalt take the garments,
and put vpon Aaron the coat, and the
robe of the Ephod, and the Ephod, and
the brestplate, and gird him with the cu-
rious girdle of the Ephod.
6 And thou shalt put the Miter vp-
on his head, and put the holy Crowne
vpon the Miter.
7 Then shalt thou take the annoin-
* Chap. 30. ting *oyle, and powre it vpon his head,
25.
and annoint him.
8 And thou shalt bring his sonnes,
and put coats vpon them.
9 And thou shalt gird them with
girdles, (Aaron and his sonnes) and
t Heb. bind. tput the bonnets on them : and the
priests office shall be theirs for a perpe-
tHeb.JM tuall statute: and thou shalt t* conse-
the hand of. crate Aaron and his sonnes.
* Chap. 28.
41. 10 And thou shalt cause a bullocke to
bee brought before the Tabernacle of
*Leuit.l.4 the Congregation : and * Aaron and
his sonnes shall put their hands vpon
the head of the bullocke.
11 And thou shalt kill the bullocke be-
fore the LORD, by the doore of the
Tabernacle of the Congregation.
12 And thou shalt take of the blood
of the bullocke , and put it vpon the
homes of the altar with thy finger, and
powre all the blood beside the bottome
of the Altar.
* Leuit. 3. 3 13 And *thou shalt take all the fat
1! It seemeth that couereth the inwards, and ||the
byAnatomy, caule that is aboue the liuer, and the two
and the He-
brewe Do- kidneis, and the fat that is vpon them,
ctourSi to be
the midriff's. and burne them vpon the altar.
14 But the flesh of the bullocke, and
his skinne, and his doung shalt thou
burne with fire without the campe, it is
a sinne offering.
15 IT Thou shalt also take one ram,
and Aaron and his sonnes shall put
their hands vpon the head of the ram.
16 And thou shalt slay the ramme,
and thou shalt take his blood, and sprin-
kle it round about vpon the altar.
17 And thou shalt cut the ramme in
of the Priefts.
pieces, and wash the inwards of him,
and his legs, and put them vnto his pie-
ces, and || vnto his head. II (JTt VJJOfl*
18 And thou shalt burne the whole
ramme vpon the Altar: it is a burnt of-
fering vnto the LORD : It is a sweet
sauour , an offering made by fire vnto
the LORD.
19 IT And thou shalt take the other
ramme : and Aaron and his sonnes
shall put their hands vpon the head of
the ramme.
20 Then shalt thou kill the ramme,
and take of his blood, and put it vpon
the tip of the right eare of Aaron , and
vpon the tip of the right eare of his
sonnes, and vpon the thumbe of their
right hand, and vpon the great toe of
their right foot, and sprinckle the blood
vpon the Altar round about.
21 And thou shalt take of the blood
that is vpon the Altar, and of the anoin-
ting oyle, and sprinkle it vpon Aaron,
and vpon his garments , and vpon his
sonnes, and vpon the garments of his
sonnes with him : and hee shall be hal-
lowed , and his garments , and his
sonnes, and his sonnes garments with
him.
22 Also thou shalt take of the ram
the fat and the rumpe, and the fat that
couereth the inwards, & the caule aboue
the liuer, and the two kidneis, and the
fat that is vpon them , and the right
shoulder , for it is a ram of consecration :
23 And one loafe of bread, and one
cake of oyled bread, and one wafer out
of the basket of the vnleauened bread,
that is before the LORD.
24 And thou shalt put all in the
hands of Aaron, and in the hands of
his sonnes, and shalt ||waue them for a 1! Or, shake
to and fro.
waue-offering before the LORD.
25 And thou shalt receiue them of
their hands, and burne them vpon the
Altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet
sauour before the LORD : it is an offe-
ring made by fire vnto the LORD.
26 And thou shalt take the brest of
the ramme of Aarons consecrations,
and waue it for a waue-offering before
the LORD, and it shalbe thy part.
27 And thou shalt sanctifie the brest
of the waue-offering, and the shoulder
of the heaue offering, which is waued,
and which is heaued vp of the ramme
of the consecration, euen of that which
is for Aaron, and of that which is for his
sonnes.
28 And
The confecration Exodus.
%8 And it shalbe Aarons, and his
sonnes by a statute for euer, from the
children of Israel: for it is an heaue of-
ffering: and it shall be an heaue offering
from the children of Israel, of the sa-
crifice of their peace offrings, euen their
hleaue offering vnto the LORD.
29 If And the holy garments of Aa-
ron shall be his sonnes after him, to bee
anoynted therein, and to be consecrated
in them.
Hebr. Hfe 30 And tthat sonne that is Priest in
fhissonnes. hiis stead, shal put them on seuen dayes,
when he commeth into the Tabernacle
of the Congregation to minister in the
hloly place.
31 IF And thou shalt take the ramme
of the consecration, and seethe his flesh
in the holy place.
32 And Aaron and his sonnes shall
eate the flesh of the ramme, and the
• Leuit. 8. * bread that is in the basket, by the doore
31. matth.
12. 4. of the Tabernacle of the Cogregation.
33 And they shall eate those things,
wherewith the atonement was made,
to consecrate and to sanctifie them : but
a stranger shall not eate thereof, because
they are holy.
34 And if ought of the flesh of the
consecrations, or of the bread remaine
vnto the morning, then thou shalt
mrne the remainder with fire: it shall
not be eaten, because it is holy.
35 And thus shalt thou doe vnto Aa-
ron, and to his sonnes -9 according to al
things which I haue commaundec
thee: seuen dayes shalt thou consecrate
them.
36 And thou shalt offer euery day a
mllocke for a sinne offering, for atone-
ment: and thou shalt dense the Altar,
when thou hast made an atonemeni
for it, and thou shalt anoynt it, to san-
ctifie it.
37 Seuen dayes thou shalt make an
atonement for the Altar, and sanctifie it:
and it shalbe an Altar most holy: what-
soeuer toucheth the Altar, shalbe holy.
38 1[ Now this is that which thou
« Num. 20. shalt offer vpon the Altar; *two lambs
3.
of the first yere, day by day continually.
39 The one lambe thou shalt offer
in the morning : and the other lambe,
thou shalt offer at euen:
40 And with the one lambe a tent!
deale of flowre mingled with the fourth
part of an Hin of beaten oyle: and the
fourth part of an Hin of wine for a
drinke offering.
of the Priefts.
41 And the other lambe thou shalt
offer at Euen, and shalt doe thereto, ac-
cording to the meat offering of the mor-
ring, and according to the drinke of-
fering thereof, for a sweet sauour, an
offering made by fire vnto the LORD.
42 This shalbe a continuall burnt of-
fering throughout your generations,
at the doore of the Tabernacle of the
Congregation , before the LORD,
where I wil meete you, to speake there
vnto thee.
43 And there I will meet with the
children of Israel: and \\the Tabernacle Or, Israel.
shalbe sanctified by my glory.
44 And I will sanctifie the Taber-
nacle of the Congregation, and the Al-
tar : I will sanctifie also both Aaron
and his sonnes, to minister to me in the
P:*riests office.
45 IF And * I will dwell amongst *12.Leuitt26.
2. cor.
the children of Israel, and will be their 6. 1G.
God.
46 And they shall know that I am
the L O R D their God, that brought
them foorth out of the land of Egypt,
that I may dwell amongst them : I
am the LORD their God.
CHAP. XXX.
1 The Altar of incense. 11 The ransome of
soules, 17 The brasen lauer. 22 The ho-
ly anoynting oyle. 31 The composition
of the perfume.
Nd thou shalt make an
A Altar to burne incense vp-
on : of Shittim wooc
shalt thou make it.
2 A cubite shall bee the
length thereof, and a cubite the breadth
thereof, (foure square shall it bee) anc
;wo cubits shalbe the height thereof: the
homes thereof shalbe of the same.
3 And thou shalt ouerlay it with
pure gold, the ttop therof, and thetsides t Hebr. the
thereof round about, and the homes roo/e walls.
widthe
thereof: and thou shalt make vnto it a iHeb. walls
crowne of gold round about.
4 And two golden rings shalt thou
make to it vnder the crowne of it, by
the two tcorners thereof, vpon the two t K&. Ribs
sides of it shalt thou make it: and they
shalbe for places for the staues to beare
it withall.
5 And thou shalt make the staues
of Shittim wood, and ouerlay them
with gold.
6 And thou shalt put it before the
Vaile,
Ranfome of foules. Chap.xxx.
Vaile, that Is by the Arke of the Testi-
monie before the Mercie-seat, that is, o-
uer the Testimonie where I will meet
with thee.
7 And Aaron shall burne thereon
t ffebr. in- t sweet incense euery morning : when he
cense of spi-
ces. dresseth the lamps he shal burne incense
vpon it.
II Or, setteth 8 And when Aaron ||lighteth the
vp. heb. cau- lampes tat euen, he shall burne incense
se th tO OS-
cend. vpon it, a perpetuall incense before the
t Heb. be-
tweene the L O R D , throughout your generati-
two evens. ons.
9 Ye shall offer no strange incense
thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meate
offering, neither shall ye powre drinke
offering thereon.
10 And Aaron shall make an atone-
ment vpon the homes of it once in a
yeere, with the blood of the sinne offe-
ring of atonements : once in the yeere
shall hee make atonement vpon it,
throughout your generations : it ts most
holy vnto the LORD.
11 1T And the L O H D spake vnto
Moses, saying,
* Num. I. 12 *When thou takest the summe of
2,5.
t Heb. them the children of Israel, after t their num-
that are to be ber, then shall they giue euery man a
nurtured*
ransome for Iris soule vnto the LOUD,
when thou numbrest them, that there
be no plague amongst them, when thou
numbrest them.
13 This they shall giue, euery one
that passeth among them that are
numbred: halfe a shekel after the shekel
• Leuit. 27. of the Sanctuary: *A shekel is twenty
25. num. 3.
47. ezek. gerahs: an halfe shekel shatt be the offe-
45. 12. ring of the LORD.
14 Euery one that passeth among
them that are numbred from twentie
yeeres old and aboue, shall giue an offe-
ring vnto the LORD.
t Heb. mtO-
tiplie,
15 The rich shal not tgiue more, and
t Heb. dimi- the poore shall not tgiue lesse then halfe
nish. a shekel, when they giue an offering vn-
to the LORD, to make an atonement
for your soules.
16 And thou shalt take the atone-
ment money of the children of Israel,
and shalt appoint it for the seruice of the
Tabernacle of the Congregation, that
it may be a memoriall vnto the children
of Israel before the LORD, to make
an atonement for your soules.
17 H And the LORD spake vnto
Moses, saying,
18 Thou shalt also make a Lauer of
brasse , and his foote also of brasse, to
Anointing oyta
wash withall, and thou shalt put it be-
tweene the Tabernacle of the Congre-
gation, and the altar, and thou shalt put
water therein.
19 For Aaron and his sonnes shall
wash their hands and their feet thereat.
20 When they goe into the Taber-
nacle of the Congregation, they shall
wash with water, that they die not : or
when they come neere to the altar to
minister, to burne offering made by fire
vnto the LORD.
21 So they shall wash their handes
and their feet, that they die not : and it
shall be a statute for euer to them, euen to
him and to his seed throughout their ge-
nerations.
22 f Moreouer the L O R D spake
vnto Moses, saying,
23 Take thou also vnto thee princi-
pall spices, of pure myrrhe fiue hundred
shekels, and of sweet cinamon halfe so
much, euen two hundred and fifty she-
kels, and of sweet calamus two hundred
and fiftie shekels^
24 And of Cassia fiue hundred shekels,
after the shekel of the Sanctuary, and
of oyle oliue an *Hin. * Chap. 29.
25 And thou shalt make it an oyle of 40.
holy oyntment , an oyntment com-
pound after the arte of the || Apotheca- UQrt perfu-
rie : it shalbe an holy anointing oyle. mer.
26 And thou shalt anoint the Ta-
bernacle of the Congregation there-
with , and the Arke of the Testimo-
nie.
27 And the Table and all his vessels,
and the Candlesticke , and his vessels,
and the Altar of incense :
28 And the Altar of burnt offering
with all his vessels, and the Lauer and
his foot.
29 And thou shalt sanctifie them, that
they may bee most holy: whatsoeuer
toucheth them, shall be holy,
30 And thou shalt annoint Aaron
and his sonnes, and consecrate them,
that they may minister vnto mee in the
priests office.
31 And thou shalt speake vnto the
children of Israel, saying, This shall
bee an holy anointing oile vnto mee,
throughout your generations.
32 Vpon mans flesh shall it not bee
powred, neither shall ye make any other
like it, after the composition of it: it is
holy, and it shall be holy vnto you.
33 Whosoeuer compoundeth any
like it , or whosoeuer putteth any of it
vpon
Bezaleel and Exodus.
vpon a stranger, shall euen be cut off
from his people.
34 U And the L O R D said vnto
VIoses, Take vnto. thee sweete spices,
Stacte, and Onicha, and Galbanum:
these sweete spices with pure frankin-
cense, of each.shail there be a like weight.
35 And thou shalt make it a perfume,
a confection after the arte of the Apo-
t He b. salted thecarie, t tempered together, pure and
hioly.
36 And thou shalt beat some of it very
small, and put of it before the testimony
in the tabernacle of the Congregation,
where I will meet with thee: it shalbe
vnto you most holy.
37 And as for the perfume which
thou shalt make, you shall not make to
your selues, according to the compositi-
on thereof • it shall be vnto thee holy for
the LORD.
Aholiab called.
9 And the Altar of burnt offering,
with all his furniture, and the Lauer
and his foote:
10 And the clothes of seruice, and the
hloly garments for Aaron the Priest,
and the garments of his sonnes, to mi-
nister in the Priests office:
11 And the anointing oyle, and sweet
incense for the Holy place: according to
all that I haue commanded thee, shall
they doe.
12 IF And the L O R D spake vnto
Moses, saying,
13 Speake thou also vnto the chil-
dren of Israel, saying, Verely my Sab-
saths ye shall keepe: for it is a signe be-
tweene me and you, throughout your
generations, that ye may know that I
am the LORD, that doth sanctifie you.
14 * Yee shall keepe the Sabbath * Chap. 20.
therefore: for it is holy vnto you: Euery 8.12.deut.
ezek.
5.

38 Whosoeuer shall make like vnto
that, to smell thereto, shall euen bee cut
off from his people.
C H A P . XXXI.
1 Bezaleel and Aholiab are called and made
meet for the worke of the Tabernacle. 12 The
observation of the Sabbath is againe com-
manded. 18 Moses receiueth the two Tables.
Nd the LORD spake vn-
one that defileth it, shall surely be put to 20. 12.
death : for whosoeuer doth any worke
therein, that soule shall be cut off from
amongst his people.
15 Sixe dayes may worke bee done,
nit in the seuenth is the Sabbath of rest,
t holy to the LORD : whosoeuer doth t Heb. holi.
any worke in the Sabbath day, he shall 'inesse.
surely be put to death.
16 Wherefore the children of Israel

a
to Moses, saying,
2 See, I haue called
by name, Bezaleel the
* i. Chron. * sonne of Vri, the sonne
2. 20.
of Hur, of the tribe of ludah :
3 And I haue filled him with the
Spirit of God, in wisedome, and in vn-
derstanding, and in knowledge, and in
all maner of workemanship,
4 To deuise cunning workes, to
worke in golde, and in siluer, and in
brasse,
5 And in cutting of stones, to set
them, and in caruing of timber, to
worke in all maner of workemanship.
6 And I, behold, I haue giuen with
him, Aholiab the sonne of Ahisamach,
of the tribe of Dan, and in the hearts
of all that are wise hearted I haue put
wisedome, that they may make all that
I haue commanded thee:
7 The Tabernacle of the Congre-
gation, and the Arke of the Testimony,
and the Mercie-seat that is thereupon,
t Hehvessels & all the t furniture of the Tabernacle:
8 And the Table, and his furniture,
and the pure Candlesticke, with all his
furniture, and the Altar of incense:
shall keepe the Sabbath, to obserue the
Sabbath throughout their generati-
ons, for a perpetuall couenant.
17 It is a signe betweene me and the
children of Israel for euer : for *in sixe • Gen. 1. 31
dayes the LORD made heauen and and 2. 2.
earth, and on the seuenth day he rested,
and was refreshed.
18 1T And he gaue vnto Moses, when
tiee had made an end of communing
with him vpon mount Sinai, * two * Deut. 9.
tables of Testimonie, tables of stone, 10.
written with the finger of God.
C H A P . XXXII.
1 The people in the absence of Moses, cause A-
aron to make a calfe. 7 God is angred there-
by. 11 At the intreatie of Moses he is appea-
sed. 15 Moses commeth downe with the
Tables. 19 He breaketh them, 20 He de-
stroyeth the calfe. 22 Aarons excuse forhim-
selfe. 25 Moses causeth the Idolaters to bee
slaine. 30 He prayeth for the people.
Nd when the people saw
A that Moses delayed to
come downe out of the
mount, the people gathe-
red themselues together
vnto
The molten calfe. Chap.xxxij.
* Acts. 7- vnto Aaron, and said vnto him, * Vp,
40.
make vs gods which shall goe before
vs : for as for this Moses, the man that
brought vs vp out of the land of Egypt,
we wot not what is become of him.
% And Aaron saide vnto them,
Breake off the golden earerings which
are in the eares of your wiues, of your
sonnes, and of your daughters, and
bring them vnto me.
3 And all the people brake off the
golden earerings, which were in their
eares, and brought them vnto Aaron.
* Psal. 106. 4 * And hee receiued them at their
19. 1. king. hand, and fashioned it with a grauing
12. 28.
toole, after hee had made it a molten
calfe : and they said, These be thy gods,
O Israel, which brought thee vp out
of the land of Egypt.
5 And when Aaron saw it, he built
an altar before it, and Aaron made pro-
clamation, and said, To morrow is a
feast to the LORD.
6 And they rose vp early on the mor-
row, and offered burnt offerings, and
*l.Cor. 10. brought peace offerings : and the *peo-
7.
ple sate downe to eate and to drinke,
and rose vp to play.
7 1F And the LORD said vnto
* Deut. 9. Moses, *Goe, get thee downe : for thy
12.
people which thou broughtest out of
the land of Egypt, haue corrupted them-
selu.es.
* Deut. 9. 8. S * They haue turned aside quickly
out of the way which I commaunded
them : they haue made them a molten
Calfe , and haue worshipped it , and
haue sacrificed thereunto , and saide,
These bee thy gods, O Israel, which
haue brought thee vp out of the land of
Egypt.
9 And the LORD said vnto Mo-
* Chap. 33. ses, * I haue scene this people, and be-
3. deut. 9.
13. hold, it is a stiffenecked people.
10 Now therefore let me alone, that
my wrath may waxe hot against them,
and that I may consume them : and I
will make of thee a great nation.
* Psal. 106, 11 * And Moses besought tthe LORD
25.
t Hebr. the his God, and said, LORD, why doeth
face of the thy wrath waxe hot against thy people,
Lord.
which thou hast brought foprth out of
the land of Egypt, with great power,
and with a mighty hand ?
* Num. 14. 12 * Wherefore should the Egypti-
13. ans speake and say, For mischiefe did he
bring them out, to slay them in the
mountaines, & to consume them from
the face of the earth ? Turne from thy
Tables broken.
fierce wrath, and repent of this euill a-
gainst thy people.
13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and
Israel thy seruants, to whom thou
swarest by thine owne selfe, and saidest
vnto them , * I will multiply your seed * Gene. 12.
7. and 15. 7,
as the starres of heauen : and all this and 48. 16.
land that I haue spoken of, will I
giue vnto your seed, and they shall inhe-
rit it for euer.
14 And the LORD repented of the
euill which he thought to doe vnto his
people.
15 f And Moses turned, and went
downe from the Mount, and the two
Tables of the Testimony were in his
hand : the Tables were written on
both their sides; on the one side, and on
the other were they written.
16 And the * Tables were the worke * Chap. 31.
of God ; and the writing was the wri- 18.
ting of God, grauen vpon the Tables.
17 And when loshua heard the
noise of the people as they shouted, hee
said vnto Moses , There is a noise of
warre in the campe.
18 And he said, It is not the voyce of
them that shout for mastery, neither is it
the voyce of them that cry for t being o- ^Heb.weak-
uercome : but the noyse of them that nesse.
sing doe I heare.
19 IF And it came to passe, assoone
as he came nigh vnto the campe, that he
saw the Calfe , and the dancing : and
Moses anger waxed hot, and he cast the
Tables out of his hands, and brake
them beneath the mount.
20 * And he tooke the Calfe which * Deut. 9.
they had made, and burnt it in the fire, 21.
and ground it to powder, and strawed
it vpon the water, and made the chil-
dren of Israel drinke of it.
21 And Moses said vnto Aaron,
What did this people vnto thee, that
thou hast brought so great a sinne vpon
them ?
22 And Aaron said, Let not the an-
ger of my lord waxe hot: thou knowest
the people , that they are set on mis-
chiefe*
23 For they said vnto me, Make vs
gods which shall goe before vs : for as
for this Moses, the man that brought
vs vp out of the land of Egypt, we wot
not what is become of him.
24 And I said vnto them, Whoso-
euer hath any gold, let them breake it
off: So they gaue it mee : then I cast it
into the fire, & there came out this Calfe.
25 f And
Mofes prayer: He Exodus.
25 If And when Moses saw that the
people were naked, (for Aaron had
made them naked vnto their shame, a-
\Hebr.those mongst t their enemies)
that rose vp
against 26 Then Moses stood in the gate of
them. the campe, and saide, Who is on the
LOUDS side ? let him come vnto mee.
And all the sonnes of Leiii gathered
themselues together vnto him.
27 And hee said vnto them, Thus
saith the LORD God of Israel, Put
euery man his sword by his side, and go
in and out from gate to gate through-
out the campe, and slay euery man his
brother, and euery man his compani-
on, and euery man his neighbour.
28 And the children of Leui did ac-
cording to the word of Moses; and
there fell of the people that day about
three thousand men.
ii Or, And 291| For Moses had said, t Consecrate
Moses said,
Consecrate your selues to day to the LORD, euen
your selues (c euery man vpon his sonne, and vpon
day to the
LORD, be- his brother, that he may bestow vpon
cause euery
man hath you a blessing this day.
bene.against 30 U And it came to passe on the mor-
his sonne,
and against row, that Moses said vnto the people,
his brothert
*>•
Yehaue sinned'a great sinne: And now
t Hebr.JUl I will goe vp vnto the LORD ; per-
your hands. aduenture I shall make an atonement
for your sinne.
31 And Moses returned vnto the
LORD, and said, Oh, this people haue
sinned a great sinne, and haue made
them gods of gold.
32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgiue their
sinne; and if not, blot me, I pray thee,
out of thy Booke, which thou hast
written.
33 And the LORD said vnto Mo-
ses, Whosoeuer hath sinned against me,
him will I blot out of my Booke.
34 Therefore now goe, leade the
people vnto the place of which I haue
spoken vnto thee: Behold, mine Angel
shall goe before thee; Neuerthelesse in
the day when I visit, I will visit their
sinne vpon* them.
35 And the L O R D plagued the
people, because they made the Calfe,
which Aaron made.
C H A P . XXXIII.
1 The Lord refuseth to goe as he had promised
with the people. 4 The people murmure
thereat. 7 The Tabernacle is remoued out
of the Campe. 9 The Lord talketh fami-
liarly with Moses. 12 Moses desireth to see
the Glory of God.
talketh with God.
Nd the LORD said vn-
a
to Moses, Depart, and goe
vp hence, thou and the
people which thou hast
brought vp out pf the land
of Egypt, vnto the land wmch>I sware
vnto Abraham, to Isaac, & to lacob,
saying, * Vnto thy seed will I giue it. * Gene. 12.
2 * And I will send an Angel be- 7.* Deut. 7.
fore thee, and I will driue out the Ca- 22.11.
iosh. 24.
naanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite,
and the Perizzite, the Hiuite, and the
lebusite:
3 Vnto a land flowing with milke
and hony : For I will not goe vp in the
midst of thee: for thou art a*stiffenecked 9.* Chap. 32.
deut. 9.
people, lest I consume thee in the way.13.
4 f And when the people heard
these euill tidings, they mourned : and
no man did put on him his ornaments.
5 For the LORD had saide vnto
Moses, Say vnto the children of Is-
rael, Ye are a stiffenecked people: I wil
come vp into the midst of thee in a mo-
ment, & consume thee : Therefore now
put off thy ornaments from thee, that
I may know what to doe vnto thee.
6 And the children of Israel stript
themselues of their ornaments, by the
mount Horeb.
7 And Moses tooke the Taber-
nacle, & pitched it without the campe, a
farre off from the campe, and called it
the Tabernacle of the Congregation:
And it came to passe, that euery one
which sought the LORD , went out
vnto the Tabernacle of the Congrega-
tion, which was without the campe.
8 And it came to passe when Moses
went out vnto the Tabernacle, that all
the people rose vp, and stood euery man
at his tent doore, and looked after Mo-
ses, vntill he was gone into the Ta-
bernacle.
9 And it came to passe as Moses en-
tred into the Tabernacle, the cloudy
pillar descended, and stood at the doore
of the Tabernacle, and the Lord talked
with Moses.
10 And all the people saw the cloudy
pillar stand at the Tabernacle doore:
and all the people rose vp, and worship-
ped euery man in his tent doore.
11 And the LORD spake vnto Mo-
ses face to face, as a man speaketh vnto
his friend. And he turned againe into
the campe, but his seruant loshua the
sonne of Nun, a yong man, departed
not out of the Tabernacle.
12 If And
God not feene. Chap.xxxiiij.
12 H And Moses saide vnto the
L O R D , See, thou sayest vnto mee,
Bring vp this people, and thou hast not
let mee know whome thou wilt send
with me. Yet thou hast said, I knowe
thee by name, and thou hast also found
grace in my sight.
13 Now therefore , I pray thee , If
I haue found grace in thy sight, shewe
mee now thy way that I may know
thee, that I may find grace in thy sight:
and consider that this nation is thy
people.
li And he said, My presence shall go
with thee, and I will giue thee rest.
15 And he said vnto him, If thy pre-
sence goe not with mee, carie vs not vp
hence.
16 For wherein shall it bee knowen
here, that I and thy people haue found
grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou
goest with vs ? So shall we be separa-
ted, I and thy people, from all the peo-
ple that are vpon the face of the earth.
17 And the LORD said vnto Mo-
ses, I will doe this thing also that thou
hast spoken : for thou hast found grace
in my sight, and I know thee by name.
18 And he said, I beseech thee, shew
me thy glory.
19 And he said, I will make all my
goodnesse passe before thee, and I will
proclaime the name of the LORD be-
• Rom. 9. fore thee . *and will bee gracious to
15.
whom I wil be gracious, and wil shew
mercie on whom I will shew mercie.
20 And he said , Thou canst not see
my face : for there shall no man see mee,
and liue.
21 And the L O R D said, Beholde,
there is a place by mee, and thou shalt
stand vpon a rocke.
22 And it shall come to passe, while
my glory passeth by, that I will put
thee in a clift of the rocke, and will couer
thee with my hand, while I passe by.
23 And I wil take away mine hand,
and thou shalt see my backe parts: but
my face shall not be seene.
C H A P . XXXIIII.
I The Tables are renued. 5 The Name of the
Lord proclaimed. 8 Moses intreateth God
to go with them. 10 God maketh a couenant
with them, repeating certaine dueties of the
first Table. 28 Moses after fourtie dayes in
the Mount commeth downe with the Ta-
bles, 29 His face shineth, and he couereth it
with a vaile.
Two new Tables.
Nd the LORD said vn-
a
to Moses, *Hew thee two * Deut. 10.
Tables of stone, like vnto 1.
the first : and I will write
vpon these Tables, the
words that were in the first Tables
which thou brakest.
2 And be ready in the morning, and
come vp in the morning vnto mount
Sinai, and present thy selfe there to me,
in the top of the mount.
3 And no man shall * come vp with * Chap. 19.
thee, neither let any man bee seene 12.
throughout all the mount, neither let
the flockes nor herds feede before that
mount.
4 If And he hewed two Tables of
stone, like vnto the first, and Moses rose
vp earely in the morning, and went
vp vnto mount Sinai, as the LORD
had commanded him, and tooke in his
hand the two tables of stone.
5 And the LORD descended in the
cloud, and stood with him there, and
proclaimed the Name of the LORD.
6 And the L O R D passed by be-
fore him, and proclaimed, The LORD,
The LORD God, mercifull and gra-
cious, long suffering, and abundant in
goodnesse and trueth,
7 Keeping mercie for thousands,
forgiuing iniquitie and transgression
and sinne, and that will by no meanes
cleere the guiltie, * visiting the iniquitie of * Exod. 20.
5. deut. 5.9.
the fathers vpon the children, and vpon ererji. 32.
the childrens children, vnto the third 18.
and to the fourth generation.
8 And Moses made haste, and bow-
ed his head toward the earth, and wor-
shipped.
9 And he said, If now I haue found
space in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord,
I pray thee, goe amongst vs, (for it is a
stiffenecked people,) and pardon our
iniquitie, and our sinne, and take vs for
thine inheritance.
10H And he said, Behold, * I make Deut. -v. 2.
a couenant: before all thy people, I wil
doe marueiles, such as haue not beene
done in all the earth, nor in any nation:
and all the people amongst which thou
art, shall see the worke of the LORD :
for it is a terrible thing that I will doe
with thee.
11 Obserue thou that which I com-
mand thee this day: Behold, I driue
out before thee the Amorite, and the Ca-
naanite, and the Hittite, and the Periz-
zite* and the Hiuite, and the lebusite.
12 *Take
*4
/Vgainft idolatrie. Exodus.
* Chap. ss. 12 *Take heed to thy selfe, lest thou
32. deut. 7*
2. make a couenant with the inhabitants
of the land whither thou goest, lest it
b>e for a snare in the midst of thee.
13 But ye shall destroy their altars,
t Hebr. sta- b)reake their t images, and cut downe
tues.
their groues.
14 For thou shalt worship no other
grod : for the LORD, whose name is
* Chap. 20. [elous, is a * lelous God :
5.
15 Lest thou make a couenant with
the inhabitants of the land, and they
joe a whoring after their gods, and doe
sacrifice vnto their gods, and one call
thee, and thou eate of his sacrifice,
* 1. King. 16 And thou take of * their daugh-
11.8.
ters vnto thy sonnes, and their daugh-
ters goe a whoring after their gods,
and make thy sonnes goe a whoring af-
ter their gods.
17 Thou shalt make thee no molten
gods.
* Chap. 23.
15.
18 U The feast of * vnleauened bread
shalt thou keepe : Seuen dayes thou
shalt eate vnleauened bread, as I com-
manded thee in the time of the moneth
* Chap. 13. Abib : for in the * moneth Abib thou ea-
4.
rnest out from Egypt.
* Chap. 22.
29. ezech.
19 * All that openeth the matrixe is
44. 30. mine : and euery firstling amongst thy
cattell,whetheroxeorsheepe,^atfitfraafe.
20 But the firstling of an Asse thou
1! Or, kid. shalt redeeme with a || lambe : and if
thou redeeme him not, then shalt thou
breake his necke. All the first borne of
thy sonnes thou shalt redeeme : and
* Chap. 23. none shall appeare before me * empty.
15.
* Chap. 23. 21 f *Sixe dayes thou shalt worke,
12. deut. 5. but on the seuenth day thou shalt rest:
12. lake 13.
14. in earing time and in haruest thou
shalt rest.
* Chap. 23. 22 f * And thou shalt obserue the
16.
feast of weekes , of the first fruits of
wheat haruest, and the feast of ingathe-
t Hebr. re- ring at the tyeeres end.
uolution of
the yeere. 23 f * Thrice in the yeere shall all
* Chap. 23. your men children appeare before the
14, 17. deu.
16. 16. Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
24 For I will cast out the nations
before thee , and enlarge thy borders :
neither shall any man desire thy land,
when thou shalt goe vp to appeare be-
fore the LORD thy God, thrice in the
yeere.
* Chap. 23.
18.
25 *Thou shalt not offer the blooc
of my sacrifice with leauen, neither shal
the sacrifice of the feast of Passeouer be
left vnto the morning.
26 The first of the first fruits of thy
Moles face thineth.
and thou shalt bring vnto the house of
the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not
seethe a *kid in his mothers milke. * Exod. 23.
19. deut.
27 And the LORD said vnto Mo- 1421.
ses, Write thou * these words : for after * Deut. 4.
the tenour of these wordes, I haue 13.
made a couenant with thee, and with
[grael.
28 * And hee was there with the * Chap. 24.
LORD forty dayes and forty nights: 9.18. deut. 9.
le did neither eat bread, nor drinke wa-
ter ; and he wrote vpon the Tables the
words of the couenant, the ten tCom- \Hebr.
words.
mandements.
29 IF And it came to passe when
Moses came downe from mount Si-
nai (with the two Tables of Testimo-
ny in Moses hand, when hee came
downe from the mount ^ that Moses
wist not that the skin of his face shone,
while he talked with him.
30 And when Aaron and all the chil-
dren of Israel saw Moses, behold, the
skinne of his face shone, and they were
afraid to come nigh him.
31 And Moses called vnto them, and
Aaron and all the rulers of the Con-
gregation returned vnto him, and Mo-
ses talked with them.
32 And afterward all the children of
Israel came nigh : and he gaue them in
commandement all that the LORD
bad spoken with him in mount Sinai.
33 And till Moses had done speaking
with them, he put *a vaile on his face. * a. Cor. 3.
34 But when Moses went in before 13.
the LORD to speake with him, hee
tooke the vaile off, vntill he came out:
And hee came out and spake vnto the
children of Israel, that which he was
commanded.
35 And the children of Israel saw
the face of Moses, that the skinne of
Moses face shone : and Moses put the
vaile vpon his face againe, vntill hee
went in to speake with him.
C H A P . XXXV.
1 The Sabbath. 4 The free gifts for the Ta-
bernacle. 20 The readinesse of the people
to offer. SO Bezaleel and Aholiab are cal-
led to the worke.
Nd Moses gathered all
a the Congregation of the
children of Israel toge-
ther, and said vnto them;
These are the wordes
which the LORD hath commanded,
that
 Free gifts Chap.xxxv.
that yee should doe them.
2 Chap. 20. % * Sixe dayes shall worke be done,
9. leuit. 23*
3. deut. 5. but on the seuenth day there shall be to
12. luke 13. you an tholy day, a Sabbath of rest to
14.
t Hebr. Ho- the L O R D : whosoeuer doeth worke
linesse.
therein, shall be put to death.
3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout
your habitations vpon the Sabbath
day.
4 IF And Moses spake vnto all the
Congregation of the children of Israel,
saying, This is the thing which the
LORD commanded, saying,
5 Take ye from amongst you an of-
* Chap. 25. fring vnto the LORD : * Whosoeuer is
2*
of a willing heart, let him bring it, an
offering of the LORD, gold, and sil-
uer, and brasse,
6 And blew, and purple, and scar-
let, and fine linnen, and goats haire,
7 And rammes skinnes died red,
& badgers skinnes, and Shittim wood,
8 And oyle for the light, and spices
For anoynting oyle, and for the sweet
incense :
9 And Onix stones, and stones to
be set for the Ephod, and for the brest-
plate.
10 And euery wise hearted among
you, shall come and make all that the
LORD hath commanded :
* Chap. 26.
ni
11 *The Tabernacle, his tent, and
bis couering, his taches, & his barres,
Ol.
bis pillars, and his sockets :
12 The Arke and the staues thereof,
with the Mercy seat, and the Vaile of
the couering :
18 The Table and his staues, and
all his vessels, and the Shewbread,
14 The Candlesticke also for the
ight, and his furniture, and his lamps,
with the oyle for the light,
* Chap. 30. 15 *And the incense Altar, and his
1.
staues, and the anoynting oyle, and the
sweet incense, and the hanging for the
doore, at the entring in of the Taber-
nacle :
* Chap. 27. 16 * The Altar of burnt offering
*• with his brasen grate, his staues, and
all his vessels, the Lauer and his foot:
17 The hangings of the Court, his
pillars, and their sockets, and the han-
Gging for the doore of the Court :
18 The pinnes of the Tabernacle,
and the pinnes of the Court, and their
coards :
19 The cloathes of seruice, to doe ser-
uice in the holy place, the holy garments
for Aaron the Priest, and the garments
are offered.
of his sonnes to minister in the Priests
office.
20 IF And all the Congregation o1
the children of Israel departed from
the presence of Moses.
21 And they came euery one whose
foeart stirred him vp, and euery one
whom his spirit made willing, and they
brought the LORDS offering to the
worke of the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation, and for all his seruice, and for
the holy garments.
22 And they came both men and wo-
men, as many as were willing hearted,
and brought bracelets, and earerings,
and rings, & tablets, all iewels of gold:
and euery man that offered, offered an
offering of gold vnto the LORD.
23 And euery man with whom was
found blew, and purple, and scarlet, and
fine linnen, and goates haire, and red
skinnes of rammes , and badgers
skinnes, brought them.
24 Euery one that did offer an of-
fering of siluer and brasse., brought the
L'ORDS offering : and euery man
with whom was found Shittim wood
for any worke of the seruice, brought it.
25 And all the women that were
wise hearted, did spin with their hands,
and brought that which they had spun,
both of blew, and of purple, and of scar*
let, and of fine linnen.
26 And all the women whose heart
stirred them vp in wisedome, spunne
joats haire.
27 And the rulers brought Onix
stones , and stones to be set for the E-
:>hod, and for the brestplate :
28 And * spice and oyle for the light, * Chap. 30.
23.
and for the anoynting oyle, and for the
sweet incense.
29 The children of Israel brought
a willing offering vnto the LORD,
euery man and woman, whose heart
made them willing to bring for all ma-
ner of worke, which the LORD had
commanded to be made by the hands of
Moses.
30 IT And Moses said vnto the chil-
dren of Israel, See, *the LORD hath * Chap. 31.
called by name Bezaleel the sonne of 2*
Vri, the sonne of Hur? of the tribe of
[udah.
31 And he hath filled him with the
Spirit of God, in wisedome, in vnder-
standing, and in knowledge, and in all
maner of workemanship :
32 And to deuise curious workes, to
worke
The people liber all. Exodus.
worke in gold, & in siluer, and in brasse,
33 And in the cutting of stones, to set
them, and in caruing of wood, to make
any maner of cunning worke.
34? And he hath put in his heart that
he may teach, both he and Aholiab the
sonne of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan.
35 Them hath hee filled with wise-
dome of heart, to worke all manner of
worke, of the ingrauer, and of the cun-
ning workeman, and of the embroide-
rer, in blew, and in purple, in scarlet,
and in fine linnen, and of the weauer,
euen of them that doe any worke, and
of those that deuise cunning worke.
C H A P . XXXVI.
1 The offerings are deliuered to the workemen.
5 The llberalitie of the people is restrained.
8 The curtaines of Cherubims. 14 The
curtaines of goats haire. 19 The couering of
skinnes. 20 The boards with their sockets.
31 The barres. 35 The vaile. 37 The hang-
ing for the doore.
Hen wrought Bezaleel
t and Aholiab, and euery
wise hearted man, in
whome the LOED put
wisedome and vnderstan-
ding, to know how to worke all maner
of worke for the seruice of the Sanctu-
ary, according to all that the LORD
had commanded.
£ And Moses called Bezaleel and
Aholiab, and euery wise hearted man,
in whose heart the L O R D had put
wisedome, euen euery one whose heart
stirred him vp to come vnto the worke
to doe it.
3 And they receiued of Moses all the
offering which the children of Israel
had brought, for the worke of the ser-
uice of the Sanctuarie, to make it with-
all. And they brought yet vnto him free
offerings euery morning.
4? And al the wise men that wrought
all the worke of the Sanctuary, came
euery man from his worke which they
made.
5 IF And they spake vnto Moses,
saying, The people bring much more
then enough for the seruice of the worke
which the L O R D commaunded to
make.
6 And Moses gaue commandement,
and they caused it to bee proclaimed
throughout the campe, saying, Let nei-
ther man nor woman make any more
Curtaines, boards.
worke for the offering of the Sanctua-
rie : so the people were restrained from
bringing.
7 For the stuffe they had was suf-
ficient for all the worke to make it, and
too much.
8 H *And euery wise hearted man, * Chap. 26.
3,4.
among them that wrought the worke
of the Tabernacle, made ten curtaines,
of fine twined linnen, and blew, and
purple, and scarlet: with Cherubims
of cunning worke made he them.
9 The length of one curtaine was
twentie & eight cubites, and the breadth
of one curtaine foure cubites: the cur-
taines were all of one cise.
10 And he coupled the fiue curtaines
one vnto another : and the other fiue
curtaines he coupled one vnto another.
11 And he made loopes of blew, on
the edge of one curtaine, from the sel-
uedge in the coupling: likewise hee
made in the vttermost side of another
curtaine, in the coupling of the second.
12 * Fiftie loopes made he in one cur- * Chap. 26.
taine, and fiftie loopes made hee in the 10.
edge of the curtaine which was in the
coupling of the second: the loopes held
one curtaine to another.
13 And he made fiftie taches of gold,
and coupled the curtaines one vnto a-
nother with the taches. So it became
one tabernacle.
14 IT And he made curtaines of goats
haire, for the tent ouer the Tabernacle:
eleuen curtaines he made them.
15 The length of one curtaine was
thirtie cubites, and foure cubites was
the breadth of one curtaine: the eleuen
curtaines were of one cise.
16 And he coupled fiue curtaines by
themselues, and sixe curtaines by them-
selues.
17 And he made fiftie loopes vpon
the vttermost edge of the curtaine in the
coupling, and fiftie loopes made he vp-
on the edge of the curtaine, which cou-
pleth the second.
18 And he made fiftie taches of brasse
to couple the tent together that it might
be one.
19 And he made a couering for the
tent of rammes skinnes died red, and
a couering of badgers skinnes aboue
that.
20 IT And hee made boards for the
Tabernacle of Shittim wood, stan-
ding vp.
21 The length of a board was ten
cubites,
The Vaile. Chap.xxxvij.
cubites, and the breadth of a board one
cubite and a halfe.
22 One board had two tenons, e-
qually distant one from another : thus
did he make for all the boards of the ta-
bernacle.
23 And he made boards for the Ta-
bernacle : twentie boards for the
South side, Southward.
24 And fourtie sockets of siluer hee
made vnder the twentie boards: two
sockets vnder one board for his two te-
nons, an4 two sockets vnder another
board, for his two tenons.
25 And for the other side of the Ta-
bernacle which is toward the North cor-
ner, he made twentie boards.
26 And their fourtie sockets of sil-
uer : two sockets vnder one board, and
two sockets vnder another board.
27 And for the sides of the Taber-
nacle Westward, he made sixe boards.
28 And two boards made he for the
corners of the Tabernacle, in the two
sides.
t Heb. twin, 29 And they were t coupled beneath
ned.
and coupled together at the head there-
of, to one ring: thus hee did to both of
them in both the corners.
30 And there were eight boards, and
their sockets were sixteene sockets of sil-
1 Heb. two uer : vnder teuery board two sockets.
sockets, two 31 1F And he made *barres of Shit-
sockets vn-
der one
board.
tim wood: fiue for the boards of the
* Chap. 25. one side of the Tabernacle,
28. & 30. 5. 32 And flue barres for the boards of
the other side of the Tabernacle, and
fiue barres for the boards of the Ta-
bernacle for the sides Westward.
33 And he made the middle barre to
shoot thorow the boards from the one
end to the other.
34 And he ouerlaid the boards with
gold, and made their rings of golde to
be places for the barres, and ouerlaide
the barres with gold.
35 IF And he made a Vaile of blew,
and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined
linnen : with Cherubims made he it of
cunning worke.
36 And he made thereunto foure pil-
lars of Shittim wood, and ouerlaide
them with golde: their hookes were of
gold : and he cast for them foure sockets
of siluer.
t Hebr. the 37 IT And hee made an hanging for
worke of a the Tabernacle doore of blew and pur-
needle wor-
ker, or em- ple, and scarlet, and fine twined linnen,
broiderer. t of needle worke,
The Arke.
38 And the fiue pillars of it with their
hooks: and he ouerlaid their chapiters
and their fillets with gold : but their
fiue sockets were of brasse.
C H A P . XXXVII.
1 The Arke. 6 The Mercie seat with Cheru-
bims. 10 The Table with his vessels. 17 The
Candlesticke with his lamps and instruments.
25 The Altar of incense. 29 The anointing
oyle and sweet incense.
Nd Bezaleel made *the 4 Chap. 25.
A Arke of Shittim wood: 10.
two cubites and a halfe
was the length of it, and
a cubite and a halfe the
breadth of it, and a cubite and a halfe
the height of it.
2 And he ouerlaid it with pure gold
within & without, and made a crowne
of gold to it round about.
3 And hee cast for it foure rings of
gold, to be set by the foure corners of it:
euen two rings vpon the one side of it.
and two rings vpon the other side of it.
4 And he made staues of Shittim
wood, and ouerlaid them with gold.
5 And hee put the staues into the
rings, by the sides of the Arke, to beare
the Arke.
6 IT And he made the * Mercie seat * Chap. 25.
of pure gold: two cubites and an halfe 17.
was the length thereof, and one cubite
and an halfe the breadth thereof.
7 And he made two Cherubims of
gold, beaten out of one piece made hee
them, on the two endes of the Mercie
seate:
8 One Cherub ||on the end on this II Or, out of
side, and another Cherub ||on the other $c. t Or, out of
end, on that side: out of the Mercie seat $c.
made hee the Cherubims on the two
ends thereof.
9 And the Cherubims spread out
their wings on high, and couered with
their wings ouer the Mercie seat with
their faces one to another: euen to the
Mercie seat ward were the faces of the
Cherubims.
10 11 And hee made the Table of
Shittim wood : two cubites was the
length thereof, and a cubite the breadth
thereof, and a cubite and a halfe the
height thereof.
11 And he ouerlaid it with pure gold,
and made thereunto a crowne of gold
round about.
12 Also he made thereunto a border of
an
The Candlefticke, Exodus.
an handbreadth, round about : and
made a crowne of gold for the border
thereof round about.
13 And hee cast for it foure rings of
gold, and put the rings vpon the foure
corners that were in the foure feete
thereof.
14 Ouer against the border were the
rings, the places for the staues, to beare
the Table,
15 And he made the staues of Shit-
tim wood, and ouerlayed them with
jold, to beare the Table.
16 And hee made the vessels which
* Chap. 25. were vpon the Table, his * dishes, and
29.
his spoones, and his bowles, and his
II Or, to couers ||to couer withall, of pure gold.
powre out
17 f And he made the * Candlesticke
withall.
* Chap. 25.
31.
of pure gold, of beaten worke made he
;he Candlesticke, his shaft & his branch,
lis bowles, his knops, and his flowers
were of the same.
18 And sixe branches going out of
the sides thereof: three branches of the
candlesticke out of the one side thereof,
and three branches of the candlesticke
out of the other side thereof.
19 Three bowles made he after the
"ashion of almonds, in one branch, a
mop and a flower: and three bowles
made like almonds, in another branch,
a knop and a flower: so throughout the
sixe branches, going out of the Candle-
sticke.
20 And in the candlesticke were foure
bowles made like almonds, his knops,
and his flowers:
21 And a knop vnder two branches
of the same, & a knop vnder two bran-
ches of the same, and a knop vnder two
branches of the same, according to the
sixe branches going out of it.
22 Their knops and their branches
were of the same: all of it was one beaten
worke of pure gold.
23 And he made his seuen lampes,
and his snuffers, and his snuffe-dishes
of pure gold.
24? Of a talent of pure gold made he
it, and all the vessels thereof.
* Chap. 30 25 f * And he made the incense Altar
34.
of Shittim wood : the length of it was a
cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit: it was
foure square, and two cubites was the
height of it; the homes thereof were ol
the same.
26 And he ouerlayed it with pure
gold, both the top of it and the sides
thereof round about, and the homes oi
Altar, brafen Lauer,
it: also he made vnto it a crowne of gold
round about.
27 And he made two rings of gold
for it vnder the crowne thereof, by the
two corners of it, vpon the two sides
thereof, to bee places for the staues to
aeare it withall.
28 And he made the staues of Shit-
tim wood, and ouerlaued them with
gold.
29 IF And he made *the holy anoyn- * Chap. 30.
ting oyle, and the pure incense of sweet 35.
spices, according to the worke of the
Apothecary.
C H A P . XXXVIII.
1 The Altar of burnt offerings. 8 The Lauer
of brasse. 9 The Court. 21 The summe
of that the people offered.
Nd *he made the Altar of i.
A
* Ohap. 27.
burnt offring of Shittim
wood: flue cubits was the
length thereof, and flue
cubits the breadth there-
of: it was foure square, and three cubits
the height thereof.
2 And hee made the homes thereof
on the foure corners of it: the homes
thereof were of the same, and he ouer-
layed it with brasse.
3 And he made all the vessels of the
Altar, the pots and the shouels, and the
basons, and the fleshhookes, and the
firepannes: all the vessels thereof made
he of brasse.
4 And he made for the Altar a bra-
sen grate of networke, vnder the com-
passe thereof, beneath vnto the midst
of it.
5 And hee cast foure rings for the
foure ends of the grate of brasse, to bee
places for the staues.
6 And he made the staues of Shit-
tim wood, and ouerlayed them with
brasse.
7 And hee put the staues into the
rings on the sides of the Altar, to beare
it withall; hee made the Altar hollow
with boards.
8 f And hee made the Lauer of
brasse, and the foot of it of brasse, of the
|| looking glasses of the women i assem- B Or, brasen
bling, which assembled at the doore of glasses.
t Hebr. As-
the Tabernacle of the Congregation. sembling by
9 1i And he made the Court: on the troupes.
Southside Southward, the hangings
of the Court were of fine twined linnen,
a hundred cubits.
10 Their
Court, and fumme Chap.xxxix
10 Their pillars were twenty, and
their brasen sockets twentie : the hooks
of the pillars, and their fillets were of
siluer.
11 And for the North side, the hangings
were an hundred cubites, their pillars
were twentie, and their sockets of brasse
twentie: the hoopes of the pillars, and
their fillets of siluer.
12 And for the West side were hang-
ings of fiftie cubites, their pillars ten,
and their sockets ten : the hookes of the
pillars, and their fillets of siluer.
13 And for the East side Eastward fif-
tie cubites.
14 The hangings of the one side of
the gate were fifteene cubites, their pill ars
three, and their sockets three.
15 And for the other side of the court
gate on this hand and that hand were
hangings of fifteene cubites, their pil-
lars three, and their sockets three.
16 All the hangings of the court
round about, were of fine twined linnen.
17 And the sockets for the pillars
were of brasse, the hookes of the pillars,
and their fillets of siluer, and the ouer-
laying of their chapiters of siluer, and
all the pillars of the court were filleted
with siluer.
18 And the hanging for the gate of
the Court was needle worke, of blew,
and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined
linnen : and twentie cubites was the
length, and the height in the breadth
was flue cubites, answerable to the
hangings of the Court.
19 And their pillars were foure, and
their sockets of brasse foure, their
hookes of eiluer, and the ouerlaying of
their chapiters, & their fillets of siluer.
* Chap. 27. 20 And all the * pinnes of the Ta-
19.
bernacle, and of the court round a-
bout, were of brasse.
21 1F This is the summe of the Ta-
bernacle, euen of the Tabernacle of Te-
stimonie, as it was counted, according
to the commaundement of Moses, for
the seruice of the Leuites, by the hand
of Ithamar, son to Aaron the Priest.
22 And Bezaleel the sonne of Vri,
the eonne of Hur, of the tribe of lu-
dah, made all that the LOUD com-
manded Moses.
23 And with him was Aholiab, sonne
of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an
engrauer, and a cunning workeman,
and an embroiderer in blew, and in
purple, and in scarlet, and fine linnen.
of the offerings.
24 All the gold that was occupied
for the worke in all the worke of the
holy place, euen the gold of the offring,
was twentie and nine talents, and se-
uen hundred and thirtie shekels, after
the shekel of the Sanctuary.
25 And the siluer of them that were
numbred of the Congregation, was an
hundred talents, and a thousand, seuen
hundred and threescore and fifteene she-
kels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary.
26 A Bekah for teuery man, that is, \Hcb.apoll.
halfe a shekel, after the shekel of the
Sanctuary, for euery one that went to
be numbred, from twentie yeeres olde
and vpward, for sixe hundred thousand,
and three thousand, and fiue hundred,
and fiftie men.
27 And of the hundred talents of sil-
uer, were cast the sockets of the San-
ctuary, and the sockets of the vaile: an
hundred sockets of the hundred talents,
a talent for a socket.
28 And of the thousand, seuen hun-
dred, seuentieand fiue shekels, he made
hookes for the pillars, and ouerlaide
their chapiters, and filleted them.
29 And the brasse of the offring was
seuentie talents, and two thousand and
foure hundred shekels.
30 And therewith he made the soc-
kets to the doore of the Tabernacle of
the Congregation, and the brasen Al-
tar, and the brasen grate for it, and all
the vessels of the Altar,
31 And the sockets of the court round
about, and the sockets of the court gate,
and all the pinnes of the Tabernacle,
and all the pinnes of the court round a-
bout.
C H A P . XXXIX.
I The clothes of seruice and holy garments. 2
The Ejphod. 8 The Brestplate. 22 The
robe of the Ephod. 27 The Coates, Miter
and girdle of fine linnen. 30 The plate of
the holy Crowne. 32 All is viewed and ap-
proued by Moses.
Nd of the blew, and pur-
A
ple, and scarlet, they made
clothes of seruice, to doe
seruice in the holy place,
and * made the holy gar- * Chap. 31.
ments for Aaron, as the LORD com- 10. 19.
and 35.
manded Moses.
2 And he made the Ephod of gold,
blew, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
twined linnen.
3 And they did beate the golde into
thinne
The Ephod, and Exodus.
thinne plates, and cut it into wiers, to
worke it in the blew, and in the purple.
and in the scarlet, and in the fine linnen,
with cunning worke.
4 They made shoulder pieces for
t , to couple it together; by the two
edges was it coupled together.
5 And the curious girdle of his E-
)hod that was vpon it, was of the same,
recording to the worke thereof: of gold*
)lew, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
twined linnen, as the LORD com-
manded Moses.
* Chap. 28.
(.
6 11 * And they wrought Onix
stones enclosed in ouches- of gold , gra-
uen as signets are grauen , with the
names of the children of Israel.
7 And hee put them on the shoul-
ders of the Ephod, that they should be
* Chap. 28. stones for a *memoriall to the children
12.
of Israel, as the LORD commanded
Moses.
8 11 And he made the brestplate of
cunning worke, like the worke of the
Ephod, of gold, blew, and purple, and
scarlet, and fine twined linnen.
9 It was foure square, they made
the brestplate double : a spanne was the
length therof, and a spanne the breadth
thereof being doubled.
10 And they set in it foure rowes of
1! Or, Ruby. stones . tlnejfirxt row was a ||Sardius, a
Topaz, and a Carbuncle: this was the
first row*
1 1 And the second row an Emeraude,
a Saphire and a Diamond.
12 And the third row a Lygure, an
Agate, and an Amethist.
13 And the fourth row, a Berill, an
Onix and a lasper : they were enclo-
sed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
14 And the stones were according to
the names of the children of Israel,
twelue according to their names , like
the ingrauings of a signet, euery one
with his name, according to the twelue
tribes.
15 And they made vpon the brestplate
chaines, at the ends, of wrethen worke
of pure gold.
16 And they made two ouches of gold,
and two gold rings : and put the two
rings in the two ends of the brestplate.
17 And they put the two wreathen
chaines of golde in the two rings on
the ends of the brestplate.
18 And the two endes of the two
wreathen chaines they fastened in the
two ouches, and put them on the shoul-
the Breftplate.
der pieces of the Ephod, before it.
1 9 And they made two rings of gold,
and put them on the two endes of the
brest plate vpon the border of it, which
was on the side of the Ephod inward.
20 And they made two other golden
rings, and put them on the two sides
of the Ephod vnderneath, toward the
forepart of it, ouer against the other cou-
3ling thereof, aboue the curious girdle
of the Ephod.
21 And they did bind the brest plate
by his rings vnto the rings of the E-
phod, with a lace of blew, that it might
be aboue the curious girdle of the E-
phod, and that the brest plate might not
bee loosed from the Ephod , as the
LORD commanded Moses.
22 U And he made the robe of the E-
phod of wduen worke, all of blew.
23 And there was a hole in the midst
of the robe as the hole of an habergeon,
with a band round about the hole, that
it should not rent.
24 And they made vpon the hemrnes
of the robe pomegranates, of blew, and
purple, and scarlet, and twined linnen.
25 And they made * belles of pure * Chap. 28.
gold, and put the belles betweene the 33.
pomegranates, vpon the hemme of the
robe, round about betweene the pome-
granates.
26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell
and a pomegranate round about the
hemme of the robe to minister in, as the
LORD commanded Moses.
27 11 And they made coats of fine
linnen, of wouen worke, for Aaron and
for his sonnes.
28 And a miter of fine linnen , and
goodly bonnets of fine linnen, and * lin- * Chap.. 28.
42.
nen breeches of fine twined linnen,
29 And a girdle of fine twined linnen
and blew, and purple, and scarlet of nee-
dle worke, as the LORD commanded
Moses.
30 U And they made the plate of the
holy Crowne of pure gold, and wrote
vpon it a writing, like to the engrauings
of a signet, * H O L I N E S TO * Chap. 28.
36.
THE LORD.
31 And they tied vnto it a lace of blew
to fasten it on high vpon the mitre, as
the LORD commanded Moses.
32 U Thus was all the worke of the
Tabernacle of the tent of the Congre-
gation finished : and the children of Is-
rael did according to al that the LORD
commanded Moses, so did they.
33 IF And
The Tabernacle Chap.xl.
83 f And they brought the Taber-
nacle vnto Moses, the tent, and all his
furniture, his taches, his boards, his
banres, and his pillars, and his sockets,
84 And the eouering of rammes
skinnes died red, and the eouering of
badgers skinnes, and the vaile of the
eouering:
85 The Arke of the Testimony, and
the staues thereof, and the Mercie seat,
36 The Table, cmd all the vessels
thereof, and the Shew bread :
87 The pure Candlesticke, with the
lampes thereof, euen with the lampes
to be set in order, and all the vessels
thereof, and the oyle for light:
38 And the golden altar, and the an-
t Heb. the ointing oyle, and the tsweet incense, and
incense of
sweet spices. the hanging for the Tabernacle doore:
39 The brasen altar, and his grate of
brasse, his staues, and all his vessels,
the lauer and his foote:
40 The hangings of the Court, his
pillars, and his sockets, and the hang-
iing for the court gate, his coards, and
bis pinnes, and all the vessels of the
seruice of the Tabernacle, for the tent of
the Congregation:
41 The clothes of seruice to doe ser-
uice in the holy place, and the holy gar-
ments for Aaron the Priest, and his
sonnes garments to minister in the
Priests office.
42 According to all that the LOUD
commanded Moses, so the children of
Israel made all the worke.
43 And Moses did looke vpon all
the worke, and behold, they had done it
as the LORD had commanded, euen
so had they done it: and Moses blessed
them.
C H A P . XL.
1 The Tabernacle is commanded to be reared,
9 and anointed. 13 Aaron and his sonnes
to be sanctified. 16 Moses performeth all
things accordingly. 34 A cloude couereth
the Tabernacle.
Nd the LORD spake
A
vnto Moses, saying,
2 On the first day of
the first moneth shalt
thou set vp the Taberna-
cle of the Tent of the Congregation.
3 And thou shalt put therein the
Arke of the Testimonie, and couer the
* Chap. 26.
35. Arke with the Vaile:
t Heb. the
order there-
4 And *thou shalt bring in the Ta-
of. ble, and set in order t the things that are
is reared vp.
to be set in order vpon it, and thou shalt
bring in the Candlesticke, and light the
lampes thereof.
5 And thou shalt set the Altar of gold
for the incense before the Arke of the
Testimonie, and put the hanging of
the doore to the Tabernacle.
6 And thou shalt set the Altar of the
burnt offering, before the doore of the
Tabernacle of the Tent of the Con-
gregation.
7 And thou shalt set the Lauer be-
tweene the Tent of the Congregation
and the Altar, and shalt put water
therein.
8 And thou shalt set vp the Court
round about, and hang vp the hanging
at the Court gate.
9 And thou shalt take the annoyn-
ting oyle, and annoynt the Tabernacle
and all that is therein, and shalt hallow
it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shal-
be holy.
10 Aud thou shalt annoynt the Al-
tar of the burnt offering, and all his
vessels, and sanctifie the Altar : and it
shalbe an Altar tmost Holy. t Heb. Holt,
nes ofHoli-
11 And thou shalt annoynt the La- nesses.
uer and his foot, and sanctifie it.
12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and
his sonnes vnto the doore of the Ta-
bernacle of the Congregation, and
wash them with water.
13 And thou shalt put vpon Aaron
the holy garments, and anoynt him,
and sanctifie him, that he may minister
vnto me in the Priests office.
14 And thou shalt bring his sonnes,
and clothe them with coats.
15 And thou shalt anoynt them, as
thou didst anoynt their father, that they
may minister vnto mee in the Priests
office: For their anoynting shall surely
be an euerlasting Priesthood, through-
out their generations.
16 Thus did Moses : according to
all that the LORD commanded him,
so did he.
17 1T And it came to passe in the first
moneth, in the second yeere, on the first
dayot the moneth, that the * Tabernacle * Num. 7.1.
was reared vp.
18 And Moses reared vp the Ta-
bernacle, and fastened his sockets, and
set vp the boards thereof, and put in the
barres thereof, and reared vp his
pillars.
19 And he spread abroad the tent o-
uer the Tabernacle, and put the eoue-
ring
'43
The Tabernacle Leuiticus.
ring of the Tent aboue vpon it, as the
LORD commanded Moses.
20 H And he tooke and put the testi-
mony into the Arke, and set the staues
on the Arke, and put the Mercie-seat a-
boue vpon the Arke.
21 And he brought the Arke into the
* Chap. 35.
12.
Tabernacle, and * set vp the Vaile of
the couering, and couered the Arke of
the Testimony, as the LORD com-
manded Moses.
22 If And hee put the Table in the
Tent of the Congregation, vpon the
side of the Tabernacle Northwaed,
without the Vaile.
23 And he set the bread in order vpon
it, before the LORD, as the LORD
had commanded Moses.
24 IF And he put the candlesticke in
the Tent of the Congregation, ouer a-
gainst the Table, on the side of the Ta-
bernacle Southward.
25 And he lighted the lampes before
the L O R D , as the L O R D com-
manded Moses.
26 1T And he put the golden Altar in
the Tent of the Congregation, before
the Vaile.
27 And he burnt sweet incense there-
on as the LORD commanded Moses.
28 If And hee set vp the hanging, at
the doore of the Tabernacle.
29 And he put the Altar of burnt of-
fering by the doore of the Tabernacle
of the Tent of the Congregation, and
offered vpon it the burnt offering, and
1[THE T H I R D
of JVfofes, called Leuiticus.
C H A P . I.
1 The burnt offerings 3 Of the herd, 10 Of man of you bring an offering vnto the
theflockes, 13 Of the fonles.
Nd the LORD
A
called vnto Mo-
ses , and spake
vnto him out of
the Tabernacle
of the Congrega-
tion, saying,
2 Speake vn-
to the children of
is reared vp.
the meat offring, as *the LORD com- * Exod. 30.
9.
manded Moses.
30 IT And he set the Lauer betweene
the Tent of the Congregation and the
Altar, & put water there, to wash withall.
31 And Moses, and Aaron and his
sonnes, washed their hands, and their
feet thereat.
32 When they went into the Tent of
the Congregation, and when they
came neere vnto the Altar, they wash-
ed, as the LORD commanded Moses.
33 And hee reared vp the Court
round about the Tabernacle, and the
Altar, & set vp the hanging of the Court
gate : so Moses finished the worke.
34 f * Then a cloud couered the * Numb. 0.
15. 1. king.
Tent of the Congregation, and the glo- 8.10.
ry of the LORD filled the Tabernacle.
35 And Moses was not able to enter
into the Tent of the Congregation, be-
cause the cloud abode thereon, and the
glory of the LORD filled the Taber-
nacle.
36 And when the cloud was taken
vp from ouer the Tabernacle, the chil-
dren of Israel twent onward in all neyed. \Hebr. iour-
their iourneys:
37 But if the cloud were not taken
vp, then they iourneyed not, till the day
that it was taken vp.
38 For the cloud of the LORD was
vpon the Tabernacle by day, and fire
was on it by night, in the sight of all the
house of Israel, throughout all their
iourneys.
BOOKE
Israel, and say vnto them, If any
LORD, ye shall bring your offering of
the cattell, euen of the herd, and of the
flocke.
3 * If his offering be a burnt sacri- Exod* 29.
fice of the herd, let him offer a male 10.
without blemish : he shall offer it of his
owne voluntary will, at the doore of
the Tabernacle of the Congregation
before the LORD.
4 And he shall put his hand vpon
the
 The burnt offring. Chap.ij.
the head of the burnt offering: and it
shall be accepted for him to make atone-
ment for him.
5 And he shall kill the bullocke be-
fore the LORD : and the Priests Aa-
rons sonnes shall bring the blood, and
sprinkle the blood round about vpon
the altar, that is by the doore of the Ta-
bernacle of the Congregation.
6 And hee shall nay the burnt offe-
ring, and cut it into his pieces.
7 And the sonnes of Aaron the
Priest shall put fire vpon the Altar, and
lay the wood in order vpon the fire.
8 And the Priests Aarons sonnes
shall lay the parts, the head and the fat
in order vpon the wood that is in the fire
which is vpon the altar.
9 But the inwards and his legges
shall he wash in water, and the Priest
shall burne all on the altar, to be a burnt
sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a
sweet sauour vnto the LORD.
10 f And if his offring be of the flocks,
namely of the sheepe, or of the goates for
a burnt sacrifice, he shall bring it a male
without blemish.
11 And hee shall kill it on the side
of the Altar Northward, before the
L O R D : and the Priestes Aarons
sonnes shall sprinkle his blood round
about vpon the altar.
12 And he shall cut it into his pieces,
with his head and his fat: and the
Priest shall lay them in order on the
wood that is on the fire, which is vpon
the altar:
13 But hee shall wash the inwards
and the legs with water, and the Priest
shall bring it all, and burne it vpon the
altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering
made by fire, of a sweet sauour vnto the
LORD,
14? f And if the burnt sacrifice for
his offting to the LORD be of foules,
then he shall bring his offering of turtle
doues, or of yong pigeons.
15 And the Priest shall bring it vnto
I Or, pinch the altar, and || wring off his head, and
off the head
with the burne it on the altar : and the blood
nailc. thereof shall be wrung out at the side of
the altar.
16 And he shall plucke away his crop
II Or the with ||his feathers, and cast it beside the
filth thereof.
altar on the East part, by the place of
the ashes.
17 And hee shall cleaue it with the
wings thereof, but shall not diuide it a-
sunder : And the Priest shall burne it
The meat offring.
vpon the altar, vpon the wood that is
vpon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an
offering made by fire of a sweet sauour
vnto the LORD.
C H A P . II.
1 The meate offering of flower with oile and
incense, 4 either baken in the ouen, 5 or on
a plate, 7 or in a frying pan, 12 Or of the
first fruits in the eare. 13 The salt of the
meate offering.
Nd when any will offer
A a meate offering vnto the
LORD, his ofrring shall
be of fine flowre : and hee
shall powre oyle vpon it,
and put frankincense thereon.
9. And he shall bring it to Aarons
sonnes the Priests: and hee shall take
thereout his handfull of the flowre
thereof, and of the oile thereof, with all
the frankincense thereof, and the Priest
shall burne the memoriall of it vpon the
altar, to be an offering made by fire of a,
sweet sauour vnto the LORD.
3 And *the remnant of the meat of- 31. * Ecclus. 7-
fering shall be Aarons and his sonnes:
it is a thing most holy of the offerings of
the LORD made by fire.
4 IT And if thou bring an oblation
of a meate offering baken in the ouen,
it shall bee an vnleauened cake of fine
flowre mingled with oyle, or vnleaue-
ned wafers anointed with oyle.
5 11 And if thy oblation be a meate
offering baken ||in a panne, it shall bee of It Or, onaflat
plate or,
fine flowre vnleauened, mingled with slice.
oyle.
6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and
powre oyle thereon : it is a meate offe-
ring.
7 IF And if thy oblation be a meate
offering baken in the frying pan, it shalbe
made of fine flowre with oyle.
8 And thou shalt bring the meat of-
fering that is made of these things vnto
the LORD, and when it is presented
vnto the Priest, he shall bring it vnto
the Altar.
9 And the Priest shall take from the • Verse 2.
meat offering *a memoriall thereof, and * Exod. 29.
shall burne it vpon the Altar, it is an Cof- 18.
fering made by fire of a sweet sauour
vnto the LORD.
10 And that which is left of the meat
offering, shalbe Aarons and his sonnes:
It is a thing most holy, of the offerings
of the LORD made by fire.
11 No
Meat offering. Leuiticus.
11 No meat offering, which ye shall
}ring vnto the LORD, shall be made
with leauen: For ye shall burne no lea-
uen, nor any hony, in any offering of the
LORD made by nre.
1£ 1T As for the oblation of the first
Fruits, yee shall offer them vnto the
MIebr. LORD, but they shall not +be burnt
ascend.
on the Altar for a sweet sauour.
13 And euery oblation of thy meat
* Marke 9. offering * shalt thou season witn salt;
49. neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the
Couenant of thy God to bee lacking
from thy meat offering: with all thine
offerings thou shalt offer salt.
14 And if thou offer a meat offering
of thy first fruits vnto the LOUD,
thou shalt offer for the meat offering oi
thy first fruits, greene eares of corne
dried by the fire,ewm corne beaten out oi
full eares.
15 And thou shalt put oyle vpon it,
and lay frankincense theron; it is a meat
offering.
16 And the Priest shall burne the me-
moriall of it, part of the beaten corne
thereof, and part of the oyle thereof,
with all the frankincense thereof : it is
an offering made by fire vnto the
lLORD.
CHAP. III.
1 The meat offering of the herde, 6 of the bernacle of the Congregation: and the
flocke, 7 either alambe, 12 or a goat.
Nd if his oblation be a sa- slood thereof vpon the Altar, rounc
Peace offering.
sweet sauour vnto the LORD.
6 II And if his offering for a sacri-
fice of peace offering vnto the LORD,
>e of the flocke, male or female, he shall
offer it without blemish.
7 If hee offer a lambe for his of-
fering, then shall he offer it before the
lL.ORD.
8 And he shall lay his hand vpon
the head of his offering, and kill it be-
fbre the Tabernacle of the Congrega-
tion: Aud Aarons sonnes shall sprinkle
the blood thereof, round about vpon
the Altar.
9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice
of the peace offering, an offering made
)y fire vnto the LORD : the fat there-
of and the whole rumpe, it shall he take
off hard by the backe bone: and the fat
that couereth the inwards, and all the
fat that is vpon the inwards.
10 Ana the two kidneys, and the fat
that is vpon them, which is by the
flankes, and the caule aboue the liuer,
with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
11 And the Priest shall burne it vpon
the Altar: it is the food of the offering
made by fire vnto the LORD.
12 1F And if his offering be a goat,
then he shall offer it before the LORD.
13 And he shall lay his hand vpon
t;he head of it, and kill it before the Ta-
sonnes of Aaron shall sprinckle the

A crifice of peace offering, if about.

hee offer it of the herd, 14 And he shall offer thereof his of-
whether it be a male or fe- fering, euen an offering made by fire vn-
male, he shal offer it with- to the LORD; the fat that couereth
out blemish before the LORD. the inwards, and al the fat that is vpon
£ And he shall lay his hand vpon the inwards.
the head of his offering, and kil it at the 15 And the two kidneys, and the fat
doore of the Tabernacle of the Congre- that is vpon them, which is by the
gation : and Aarons sonnes the Priests flancks, and the caule aboue the liuer
shall sprinckle the blood vpon the Al- with the kidneys, it shall he take away
tar round about. 16 And the Priest shall burne them
3 And he shall offer of the sacrifice vpon the Altar: it is the food of the of-
of the peace offering, an offering made fering made by fire, for a sweet sauour:
* Exod. 29. by fire vnto the LORD ; *the ||fat that *A11 the fat is the LORDS. * Chap. 7.
22.
« Or, suet. couereth the inwards, and all the fat 17 It shall be a perpetuall statute for 26.
that is vpon the inwards. your generations, throughout all youi * Gene. 9.
4t And the two kidneys, and the fa dwellings, that ye eat neither fat, nor 4. chap. 7.
26. and 17-
that is on them, which is by the flanks *blood. 14.
II 0r, Mid- and the ||caule aboue the liuer with the
riffeouer the kidneys, it shall he take away.
liner, and o
uer the kid- 5 And Aarons sonnes shall burne
C H A P . IIII.
neys. it on the Altar vpon the burnt sacrifice, 1 The sinne offering of ignorance, 3 for the
which is vpon the wood that is on the Priest, 13 for the Congregation, 22 for
fire: it is an offering made by fire of a the Ruler, 27 for any of the people.
An<d
Offerings for Chap.iiij.
Nd the LORD spake vn-
A
to Moses, saying,
2 Speake vnto the
children of Israel, say-
ing, If a soule shall sinne
through ignorance against any of the
commandements of the LORD (con-
cerning things which ought not to bee
done) and shall do against any of them:
3 If the Priest that is anointed, doe
sinne according to the sinne of the peo-
ple , then let him bring for his sinne
which he hath sinned, a yong bullocke
without blemish, vnto the LORD for
a sinne offering.
4 And hee shall bring the bullocke
vnto the doore of the Tabernacle of the
Congregation before the LORD, and
shall lay his hand vpon the bullockes
head, and kill the bullocke before the
LORD,
5 And the Priest that is anointed,
shall take of the bullocks blood, and
bring it to the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation.
6 And the Priest shall dip his finger
in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood
seuen times before the LORD, before
the Vaile of the Sanctuary.
7 And the Priest shall put some of
the blood vpon the homes of the Altar
of sweet incense before, the L O R D ,
which is in the Tabernacle of the Con-
* Chap. 5.9. gregation, and shal powre *all the blood
of the bullocke at the bottome of the
altar of the burnt offering, which is at
the doore of the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation.
8 And he shall take off from it all
the fat of the bullocke for the sinne offe-
ring: the fat that couereth the inwards,
and all the fat that is vpon the in-
wards,
9 And the two kidneis, and the fat
that is vpon them, which, is by the
flankes, and the caule aboue the liuer
with the kidneis, it shall he take away,
10 As it was taken off from the bul-
locke of the sacrifice of peace offerings:
and the Priest shall burne. them vpon
the altar of the burnt offering.
* Exod. 29.
H. numb.
11 *And the skinne of the bullocke,
19. 5. and all his flesh, with his head, and
with his legs, and his inwards, and his
doung,
t Hebr. To 12 Euen the whole bullocke shall he
without the carle foorth t without the campe, vnto
campe.
* Heb. 13. a cleane place, where the ashes are
11. powred out, and * burne him on the
finnes of ignorance.
wood with fire: t where the ashes are powring
t Heb. at the
out
powred out, shall he be burnt. Of the ashes.
13 1[ And if the whole Congregation
of Israel sinne through ignorance, *and 2,* Chap
3, 4.
.5.
the thing be hid from the eyes of the as-
sembly, and they haue done somewhat
against any of the Commandements of
the LORD, concerning things which
should not be done, and are guiltie:
14 When the sinne which they haue
sinned against it, is knowen, then the
Congregation shall offer a yong bul-
locke for the sinne, and bring him before
the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
15 And the Elders of the Congrega-
tion shall lay their hands vpon the head
of the bullocke, before the LORD : and
the bullocke shall be killed before the
LORD.
16 And the Priest that is anointed,
shall bring of the bullockes blood to the
Tabernacle of the Congregation.
17 And the Priest shall dip his finger
in some of the blood, and sprinkle it se-
uen times before the LORD, eiten be-
fore the vaile.
18 And he shal put some of the blood
vpon the homes of the altar, which is
before the LORD, that is in the Taber-
nacle of the Congregation, and shall
powre out all the blood at the bottome
of the altar of the burnt offring, which
is at the doore of the Tabernacle of the
Congregation.
19 And he shall take all his fat from
him, and burne it vpon the altar.
20 And he shall do with the bullocke
as he did with the bullocke for a sinne of-
fring, so shall he do with this: And the
Priest shall make an atonement for
them, and it shall be forgiuen them.
81 And he shall carie foorth the bul-
locke without the campe, and burne
him as he burned the first bullocke: it is
a sinne offering for the Congregation.
22 U When a ruler hath sinned and
done somewhat through ignorance a-
gainst any of the Commandements of
the LORD his God, concerning things
which should not be done> and is guilty:
23 Or if his sinne wherein hee hath
sinned, come to his knowledge: he shall
bring his offering, a kid of the goates,
a male without blemish.
24 And hee shall lay his hand vpon
the head of the goate, and kill it in the
place where they kill the burnt offe-
ring before the LORD : it is a sinne of-
fring.
25 And
Sinne of ignorance. Leuiticus.
25 And the Pnest shall take of the
blood of the sinne offering with his fin-
ger, and put it vpon the homes of the
Altar of burnt offring, and shall powre
out his blood at the bottome of the Al-
tar of burnt offering.
26 And he shall burne all his fat vp-
on the Altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of
peace offerings : and the Priest shall
make an atonement for him, as concer-
ning his sinne, and it shall be forgiuen
him.
t H ebr. any 27 f And if t any one of the t com-
soule.
t Hebr. peo- mon people sinne through ignorance,
ple of the
land.
while he doeth somewhat against any
of the commandements of the LORD,
concerning things which ought not to
be done, and be guiltie:
28 Or if his sinne which he hath sin-
ned come to his knowledge, then hee
shall bring his offering, a kidde of the
goats, a female without blemish, for his
sinne which he hath sinned.
29 And he shall lay "his hand vpon
the head of the sinne offering, and slay
the sin offering in the place of the burnt
offering.
30 And the Priest shall take of the
blood thereof with his finger, and put
it vpon the homes of the Altar of burnt
offering, and shall powre out all the
blood thereof at the bottome of the
Altar.
* Leuit. 3, 31 And *he shall take away all the
14.
fat thereof, as the fat is taken away
from off the sacrifice of peace offerings:
and the Priest shall burne it vpon the
* Exod. 29. Altar, for a * sweet sauour vnto the
18.
LORD, and the Priest shall make an
atonement for him , and it shall be for-
giuen him.
32 And if he bring a lambe for a sinne
offering, he shall bring it a female with-
out blemish.
33 And he shall lay his hand vpon
the head of the sinne offering, and slay
it for a sinne offering, in the place where
they kill the burnt offering.
34 And the Priest shall take of the
blood of the sinne offering with his fin-
ger, and put it vpon the homes of the
Altar of burnt offring, and shall powre
out all the blood thereof at the bottome
of the Altar.
35 And he shall take away all the fat
thereof, as the fat of the lambe is taken
away from the sacrifice of the peace of-
ferings: and the Priest shall burnt them
vpon the Altar, according to the of-
A rafh vow.
ferings made by fire vnto the LORD,
and the Priest shall make an atonement
for his sinne that he hath committed,
and it shalbe forgiuen him.
C H A P . V.
1 He that sinneth in concealing his knowledge,
2 in touching an vncleane thing, 4 or in
making an oath. 6 His trespasse offering,
of the flocke, 7 of foules, 11 or of flowre.
14 The trespasse offering in sacriletlge, 17
and in sinnes of ignorance.
Nd if a soule sinne, and
A
heare the voyce of swea-
ring, and is a witnesse,
whether he hath scene or
know en of it, if he doe not
vtter it, then he shall beare his iniquity.
2 Or if a soule touch any vncleane
thing, whether it be a carcase of an vn-
cleane beast, or a carcase of vncleane cat-
tell, or the carcase of vncleane creeping
things, and if it be hidden from him, he
also shall be vncleane, and guilty:
3 Or if he touch the vncleannesse of
man, whatsoeuer vncleannesse it be
that a man shalbe defiled withall, and it
be hid from him, when he knoweth of
it, then he shalbe guilty.
4 Or if a soule sweare, pronouncing
with his lips to do euill, or to do good,
whatsoeuer it be that a man shall pro-
nounce with an oath, and it be hid from
him , when he knoweth of it, then he
shalbe guilty in one of these.
5 And it shalbe when he shalbe guil-
tie in one of these things, that he shall
confesse that hee hath sinned in that
thing.
6 And he shall bring his trespasse
offering vnto the LORD for his sinne
which he hath sinned, a female from
the flocke, a lambe, or a kidde of the
goates, for a sinne offering : And the
Priest shal make an atonement for him
concerning his sinne.
7 And if thee be not able to bring a t Hebr. his
lambe, then he shall bring for his tres- hand cannot
reach to the
passe which hee hath committed, two sufficiencie
of a lambe.
turtle doues, or two yong pigeons vn-
to the LORD : one for a sinne offring,
and the other for a burnt offering.
8 And he shall bring them vnto the
Priest, who shall offer that which is for
the sinne offering first, and * wring off * Chap. 1.
his head from his necke, but shall not 15.
diuide it asunder.
9 And he shall sprinckle of the blood
of the sinne offering vpon the side of the
Altar,
Sinne of ignorance. Chap.vj.
Altar, and the rest of the blood shall be
wrung out at the bottome of the altar:
it is a sinne offering.
10 And hee shall offer the second for
II Or, ordi- a burnt offering, according to the ||ma-
nance.
ner: and the Priest shal make an atone-
ment for him for his sinne, which he had
sinned, and it shall be forgiuen him.
11 1F But if hee be not able to bring
two turtle doues, or two yong pige-
ons; then he that sinned, shall bring for
lis offiring the tenth part of an Ephah
of fine flowre for a sinne offering: hee
shall put no oyle vpon it, neither shall
le put any frankincense thereon: for it
is a sinne offering.
12 Then shall hee bring it to the
Priest, and the Priest shall take his
* Chap. 2. 2. landfull of it, *euen a memoriall there-
* Chap. 4. of, and burne it on the altar, * according
35. to the offerings made by fire vnto the
LORD : it is a sinne offering.
13 And the Priest shall make an at-
onement for him as touching his sinne
that he hath sinned in one of these, and
it shall be forgiuen him: andtheremnant
shall be the Priests, as a meat offering.
14 H And the LOED spake vnto
Moses, saying,
15 If a soule commit a trespasse, and
sinne through ignorance, in the holy
things of the LORD; then hee shall
bring for his trespasse vnto the LORD,
a ramme without blemish, out of the
flockes, with thy estimation by shekels
of siluer, after the shekel of the Sanc-
tuarie, for a trespasse offering.
16 And hee shall make amends for
the harme that he hath done in the holy
thing, and shall adde the fift part there-
to, and giue it vnto the Priest: and the
Priest shall make an atonement for him
with the ramme of the trespasse offe-
ring, and it shall be forgiuen him.
* Chap. 4. 2. 17 H And if a * soule sinne, and com-
mit any of these things which are for-
bidden to be done by the commaunde-
ments of the LORD, though he wist
it not, yet is hee guiltie, and shall beare
his iniquitie.
18 And he shall bring a ramme with-
out blemish out of the flocke, with thy
estimation, for a trespasse offering vnto
the Priest: and the Priest shall make an
atonement for him concerning his ig-
norance wherein he erred, and wist it
not: and it shall be forgiuen him.
19 It is a trespasse offiring: he hath
certainly trespassed against the LORD.
Diuers offerings.
C H A P . VI.
1 The trespasse offering for sinnes done wit-
tingly. 8 The Law of the burnt offering,
14 and of the meate offering. 19 The of-
fering at the consecration of a Priest 24 The
Law of the sinne offering.
Nd the L O R D spake
A vnto Moses, saying,
2 If a soule sinne, and
commit a trespasse against
the LORD, and lie vnto
his neighbour in that which was deli-
uered him to keepe, or in ||fellowship, I Or, in dea-
or in a thing taken away by t violence, ling.
\ Heb. put-
or hath deceiued his neighbour: 'ing of the
hand.
3 Or haue found that which was
lost, and lieth concerning it, and *swea- * Num. 5.6.
reth falsly: in any of all these that a
man doth, sinning therein:
4? Then it shall be, because he hath
sinned, and is guiltie, that hee shall re-
store that which he tooke violently a-
way, or the thing which he hath deceit-
fully gotten, or that which was deliue-
red him to keepe, or the lost thing which
he found:
5 Or all that about which hee hath
sworne falsly: hee shall euen * restore it *is.Chap. 5.
in the principall, and shall adde the fift
part more thereto, and giue it vnto him
to whom it apperteineth, ||in the day of dayII Or, in the
of his
his trespasse offering. being found
guilty. Heb.
6 And hee shall bring his trespasse the day of
offering vnto the LORD, a ramme his trespasse.
without blemish out of the *flocke,with *15.Chap. 5.
thy estimation, for a trespasse offering
vnto the Priest.
7 And the Priest shall make an at-
onement for him, before the LORD :
and it shall bee forgiuen him, for any
thing of all that he hath done, in tres-
passing therein.
8 IT And the L O R D spake vnto
Moses, saying,
9 Command Aaron and his sonnes,
saying, This is the law of the burnt of-
fring: (It is the burnt offiing, ||because I! Or,/or the
of the burning vpon the Altar all night burning.
vnto the morning, and the fire of the
altar shall be burning in it.)
10 And the Priest shal put on his lin-
nen garment, & his linnen breeches shal
he put vpon his flesh, and take vp the
ashes which the fire hath consumed
with the burnt offering on the Altar,
and he shall put them besides the Altar.
11 And he shal put off his garments,
and put on other garments, and carry
foorth
Burnt offering. Leuiticus.
foorth the ashes without the Campe,
vnto a cleane place.
12 And the fire vpon the Altar shall
be burning in it: it shall not be put out;
And the Priest shall burne wood on it
euery morning, and lay the burnt of-
fering in order vpon it, and he shall
burne thereon the fatte of the peace
offerings.
13 The fire shall euer be burning vp-
on the Altar : it shall neuer goe out.
* Chap. 21.
1. num. 15,
14 1T *And this is the law of the
4. meat offering : the sonnes of Aaron
shall offer it before the LORD, before
the Altar.
15 And he shall take of it his hand-
full, of the flowre of the meat offering,
and of the oyle therof, and all the frank-
incense which is vpon the meat offiing,
and shall burne it vpon the Altar, for a
* Chap. 2.9. sweet sauour, euen the * memorial! of it
vnto the LORD.
16 And the remainder thereof shall
Aaron and his sonnes eat: with vnlea-
uened bread shall it be eaten in the holy
place: in the court of the Tabernacle of
the Congregation they shall eat it.
17 It shall not be baken with lea-
uen : I haue giuen it vnto them for
their portion of my offerings made by
fire: it is most holy, as is the sin offering,
and as the trespasse offering.
18 All the males among the children
of Aaron shall eat of it: It shalbe a sta-
tute for euer in your generations con-
cerning the offerings of the L O R D
* Exod. 29. made by fire: * euery one that toucheth
37. them shalbe holy.
19 1F And the LORD spake vnto
Moses, saying,
20 This is the offering of Aaron,
and of his sonnes which they shall offer
vnto the LORD, in the day when he
* Exod. 16. is anoynted: The tenth part of an * E-
36.
phah of fine flowre for a meat offering
perpetuall, halfe of it in the morning,
and halfe thereof at night.
21 In a panne it shalbe made with
oyle, and when it is baken, thou shalt
bring it in : and the baken pieces of the
meat offering shalt thou offer for a
sweet sauour vnto the LORD.
22 And the Priest of his sonnes that
is anoynted in his stead, shal offer it: It
is a statute for euer vnto the LORD,
it shalbe wholly burnt.
23 For euery meat offering for the
Priest shal be wholly burnt: it shall not
be eaten.
Meat offering.
24? 1T And the LORD spake vnto
Moses, saying,
25 Speake vnto Aaron and to his
sonnes, saying, This is the law of the
sinne offering: In the place where the
burnt offering is killed, shall the sinne
offering be killed before the LORD:
it is most holy.
26 The Priest that offereth it for
sinne, shall eat it: In the holy place shal
it be eaten, in the court of the Taber-
nacle of the Congregation.
27 Whatsoeuer shall touch the flesh
thereof, shalbe holy: and when there is
sprinckled of the blood thereof vpon
any garment, thou shalt wash that
whereon it was sprinckled, in the holy
place.
28 But the earthen vessell wherein
it is sodden, *shall be broken : And if it * Chap. u.
be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both 33.
scowred, and rinsed m water.
29 All the males among the Priests
shall eate thereof: it is most holy.
30 *And no sinne offering whereof 11. * Hebr. 13.
any of the blood is brought into the
Tabernacle of the Congregation to re-
concile withall in the holy place, shall be
eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.
CHAP. VII.
1 The law of the trespasse offering, 11 and of
the Peace offerings, 12 whether it be for a
Thankesgiuing, 16 or a Vow, or a Free-
will-offering. 22 The fat, 26 and the
blood are forbidden. 28 The Priests por-
tion in the Peace offerings.
Ikewise this is the lawe
L
of the trespasse offering: it
is most Holy.
2 In the place where
they kil the burnt offring,
shall they kil the trespasse ottering; and
the blood thereof shall hee sprinckle
round about vpon the Altar.
3 And he shall offer of it, all the fat
thereof; the rumpe, and the fat that co-
uereth the inwards,
4 And the two kidneys, and the fat
that is on them, which is by the flankes,
and the caule that is aboue the liuer,
with the kidneys, it shall he take away.
5 And the Priest shall burne them
vpon the Altar, for an offering made
by fire vnto the LORD: it is a tres-
passe offering.
6 Euery male among the Priestes
shall eate thereof: it shall be eaten in the
holy place: it is most holy.
7 As
The eating of Chap.vij.
7 As the shine offering i<?, so is the
trespasse offering : there is one law for
them : the Priest that maketh atone-
ment therewith, shall haue it.
8 And the Priest that offereth any
mans burnt offering , euen the Priest
shall haue to himselfe the skinne of the
burnt offering which he hath offered.
9 And all the meate offering that is
baken in the ouen, and all that is dressed
1 Or, en the in the frying panne, and ||in the panne,
Jiat plate, shall be the Priests that offereth it.
or, slice.
10 And euery meate offering ming-
led with oyle , and drie , shall all the
sonnes of Aaron haue, one as much as
another.
1 1 And this is the law of the sacrifice
of peace offerings, which he shall offer
vnto the LORD.
12 If hee offer it for a thankes-
giuing, then he shall offer with the sa-
crifice of thankesgiuing vnleauened
cakes mingled with oyle, and vnleaue-
ned wafers anointed with oile, and
cakes mingled with oyle of fine flowre
fried.
13 Besides the cakes, hee shall offer
for his offiring leauened bread, with the
sacrifice of thankesgiuing of his peace
offerings.
14 And of it he shall offer one out of
the whole oblation , for an heaue offe-
ring vnto the LORD, and it shall bee
the Priests that sprinkleth the blood of
the peace offerings.
15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of his
peace offerings for thankesgiuing, shall
be eaten the same day that it is offered:
he shall not leaue any of it vntill the
morning.
16 But if the sacrifice of his offering
be a vow , or a voluntary offering , it
shall be eaten the same day that he offe-
reth his sacrifice : and on the morrowe
also the remainder of it shall be eaten.
17 But the remainder of the flesh of
the sacrifice on the third day shall bee
burnt with fire.
18 And if any of the flesh of the sacri-
fice of his peace offerings be eaten at all
on the third day, it shall not be accepted,
neither shal it be imputed vnto him that
offereth it : it shall be an abomination,
and the soule that eateth of it , shall
beare his iniquitie.
19 And the flesh that toucheth any
vncleane thing, shal not be eaten : it shal
be burnt with fire, and as for the flesh,
all that be cleane shall eate thereof.
blood is forbidden.
20 But the soule that eateth of the
flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings
that pertaine vnto the L O R D ,
* hauing his vncleannesse vpon him, * Chap. 15.
3.
euen that soule shall be cut off from his
people.
21 Moreouer , the soule that shal
touch any vncleane thing , as the vn-
cleannesse of man, or any vncleane beast,
or any abominable vncleane thing, and
eate of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace
offerings which pertaine vnto the
L O R D , euen that soule shall be cut
off from his people.
22 IF And the L O R D spake vnto
Moses, saying,
23 Speake vnto the children of Is-
rael, saying, * Ye shall eat no maner fat * Chap. 3.
17•
of oxe, or of sheepe, or of goat.
k
24 And the fat of the t beast that caise. Heb. car-
dieth of it selfe, and the fat of that which
is torne with beasts, may be vsed in any
other vse: but yee shall in no wise eate
of it.
25 For whosoeuer eateth the fat of
the beast, of which men offer an offring
made by fire vnto the L O R D , euen
the soule that eateth it, shall be cut off
from his people.
26 * Moreouer ye shall eat no maner * Gene. 9. 4
chap. 3. 17.
of blood , whether it bee of foule or of and 17. 14.
3east in any of your dwellings.
27 Whatsoeuer soule it be that ea-
teth any maner of blood, euen that
soule shalbe cut off from his people.
28 If And the L O R D spake vnto
Moses, saying,
29 Speake vnto the children of Is-
rael, saying, Hee that offereth the sacri-
ice of his peace offerings vnto the
LORD, shall bring his oblation vnto
the LORD, of the sacrifice of his peace-
offerings.
30 His owne hands shall bring the
offerings of the LORD made by fire,
the fat with the brest, it shall hee bring,
that *the brest may be waued for a waue * Exod. 29.
offering before the LORD. 24.
31 And the Priest shall burne the fat
vpon the Altar: but the brest shalbe Aa-
rons and his sonnes.
32 And the right shoulder shall ye
gjiue vnto the Priest for an heaue of-
ffering of the sacrifices of your peace of-
fferings.
33 Hee among the sonnes of Aaron
that offereth the blood of the peace of-
ferings, and the fat, shall haue the right
shoulder for his part.
34 For
The confecration Leuiticus.
34« For the waue brest and the heaue
shoulder haue I taken of the children
of Israel, from off the sacrifices of their
peace offerings, and haue giuen them
vnto Aaron the Priest, and vnto his
sonnes, by a statute for euer, from a-
mong the children of Israel.
35 f This is the portion of the anoin-
ting of Aaron, and of the anointing of
his sonnes, out of the offerings of the
LORD made by fire, in the day when
he presented them, to minister vnto the
LOUD in the Priests office:
36 Which the L O R D commanded
to be giuen them of the children of Is-
rael, in the day that hee anointed them,
by a statute for euer, throughout their
generations.
37 This i? the law of the burnt offe-
ring, of the meate offering, and of the
sinne offering, and of the trespasse offe-
ring, and of the consecrations, and of
the sacrifice of the peace offerings •
38 Which the L O R D commanded
Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that
he commanded the children of Israel to
offer their oblations vnto the LORD,
in the wildernesse of Sinai.
C H A P . VIII.
1 Moses consecrateth Aaron and his sonnes.
14 Their sinne offering. 18 Their burnt of-
fring. 22 The ram of consecrations. 31 The
place and time of their consecration.
Nd the LORD spake vn-
* Exod. 28.
2,4.
* Exod. 30.
24.
A to Moses, saying,
2 *Take Aaron and
his sonnes with him, and
the garments, and * the
anointing oyle, and a bullocke for the
sinne offering, and two rammes, and
a basket of vnleauened bread.
3 And gather thou all the Congre-
gation together vnto the doore of the
Tabernacle of the Congregation.
4- And Moses did as the L O R D
commanded him, & the assembly was
gathered together vnto the doore of
the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
5 And Moses saide vnto the Con-
* Exod. 29.
4.
gregation , * This is the thing which
the LORD commanded to be done.
6 And Moses brought Aaron and
his sonnes, and washed them with wa-
ter.
7 And he put vpon him the coate,
and girded him with the girdle, and clo-
thed him with the robe, and put the E-
of Aaron, and
phod vpon him, and he girded him with
the curious girdle of the Ephod, and
bound it vnto him therewith.
8 And hee put the brest plate vpon
him: also he * put in the brest plate the * Exod. 28.
30.
Vrim and the Thummim.
9 And he put the miter vpon his
head; also vpon the miter, euen vpon
his forefront did hee put the golden
plate, the holy crowne, as the LORD
* commanded Moses* *Exod. 28.
10 And Moses tooke the anointing 39. &C.
oile, and anointed the tabernacle and
all that was therein, and sanctified
them.
11 And he sprinkled thereof vpon the
altar seuen times, and anointed the al-
tar and all his vessels, both the lauer
and his foot, to sanctifie them.
12 And he *powred of the anointing * Ecclus.
15. psal.
oile vpon Aarons head, and anointed 45. 133. 2.
him, to sanctifie him.
13 And Moses brought Aarons
sonnes, and put coats vpon them, and
girded them with girdles, and tput bon- \Heb.bvund
nets vpon them, as the LORD com-
manded Moses.
14 * And he brought the bullocke for * Exod. 29.
the sinne offering, and Aaron and his 1.
sonnes laid their hands vpon the head
of the bullocke for the sinne offering.
15 And he slew it, and Moses tooke
the blood, and put it vpon the homes of
the altar round about with his finger,
and purified the altar, and powred the
blood at the bottome of the altar, and
'sanctified it, to make reconciliation vp-
on it.
16 And he tooke all the fat that was
vpon the inwards, and the kail aboue
the liuer, and the two kidneis, and their
fat, and Moses burned it vpon the Al-
tar.
17 But the bullocke, and his hide,
his flesh and his doung, he burnt with
fire without the campe, as the LORD
* commanded Moses. * Exod. 29.
18 11 And he brought the ramme for 14.
the burnt offring: and Aaron and his
sonnes laid their hands vpon the head
of the ramme.
19 And he killed it, and Moses sprink-
led the blood vpon the Altar round a-
bout.
£0 And he cut the ramme into pieces,
and Moses burnt the head, and the pie-
ces, and the fat.
21 And he washed the inwards and
the legges in water, and Moses burnt
the
of his formes. Chap.ix.
the whole ramme vpon the Altar: It
was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet sauour,
and an offering made by fire vnto the
LORD, as the LOED commanded
Moses.
* Exod* 29. 22 f And * hee brought the other
31.
ramme, the ramme of consecration:
and Aaron and his sonnes layd their
hands vpon the head of the ramme.
23 And he slew it, and Moses tooke
of the blood of it, and put it vpon the tip
of Aarons right eare, and vpon the
thumbe of his right hand, and vpon the
great toe of his right foot.
24? And he brought Aarons sonnes,
and Moses put of the Wood vpon the
tippe of their right eare, and vpon the
thumbs of their right hands, and vpon
the great toes of their right feete: and
Moses sprinkled the blood vpon the Al-
tar round about.
25 And hee tooke the fat, and the
rumpe, and all the fat that was vpon
the inwards, and the caule aboue the li-
uer, and the two kidneys and their fat,
and the right shoulder.
26 And out of the basket of vnleaue-
ned bread, that was before the LORD,
he tooke one vnleauened cake, and a
cake of oyled bread, and one wafer, and
put them on the fat, and vpon the right
shoulder.
27 And hee put all *vpon Aarons
* Exod. 29.
24. &C.
hands, and vpon his sonnes hands, and
waued them for a waue offering before
the LORD.
28 Arid Moses tooke them from off
their hands, and burnt them on the Al-
tar, vpon the burnt offering: They were
consecrations for a sweet sauour: It
is an offering made by fire vnto the
LORD.
29 And Moses tooke the brest, and
waued it for a waue offering before the
LORD : For of the ramme of consecra-
* Exod. 29. tion it was Moses *part, as the LORD
23.
commanded Moses.
30 And Moses tooke of the anoyn-
ting oyle, and of the blood which was
vpon the Altar, and sprinckled it vpon
Aaron, and vpon his garments, and vp-
on his sonnes, and vpon his sunnes
garments with him: and sanctified Aa-
ron, and his garments, and his sonnes,
and his sonnes garments with him.
31 IT And Moses said vnto Aaron
and to his sonnes, Boile the flesh at the
doore of the Tabernacle of the Congre-
* Exod. 89. gation : and there *eat it with the bread
39.
Aarons offrings.
that is in the basket of consecrations,
as I commanded, saying, Aaron and
his sonnes shall eat it.
32 And that which remaineth of the
flesh, and of the bread, shall yee burne
with fire.
33 And ye shall not goe out of the
doore of the Tabernacle of the Congre-
gation in seuen dayes, vntill the dayes
of your consecration be at an end : for
* seuen dayes shall he consecrate you. 35.
* Exod. 29.
34 As he hath done this day, so the
L O R D hath commanded to doe, to
make an atonement for you.
35 Therefore shall ye abide at the
doore of the Tabernacle of the Congre-
gation day and night, seuen dayes, and
keepe the charge of the LORD, that
ye die not: for so I am commanded.
36 So Aaron and his sonnes did all
things which the L O R D comman-
ded by the hand of Moses.
C H A P IX.
1 The first offerings of Aaron, for himselfe and
the people. 8 The sinne-offering, 12 and
the burnt offering for himselfe. 15 The of-
ferings for the people. 23 Moses and Aa-
ron blesse the people. 24 Fire commeth
from the Lord, vpon the Altar.
Nd it came to passe on the
A eight day, that Moses cal-
led Aaron and his sonnes,
and the elders of Israel.
2 And hee saide vnto
Aaron, *Take thee a yohg calfe for a * Exod. 29.
sinne offering, and a ramme for a burnt 1.
offering, without blemish, and offer
them before the LORD.
3 And vnto the children of Israel
thou shalt speake, saying, Take ye a kid
of the goats, for a sinne offering, and a
calfe, and a lam be, both of the first ^reere
without blemish, for a burnt offering.
4* Also a bullocke and a ramme, for
peace offerings, to sacrifice before the
LORD, and a meat offring mingled
with oyle : for to day the L O R D
will appeare vnto you.
5 11 And they brought that which
Moses commanded, before the Taber-
nacle of the Congregation : and all the
Congregation drew neere and stood be-
fore the LORD.
6 And Moses said, This is the
thing which the LORD commanded
that ye should doe: and the glory of the
LORD shall appeare vnto you.
7 And
Aarons offerings. Leuitieus.
7 And Moses said vnto Aaron,
Goe vnto the Altar, and offer thy sinne
offering, and thy burnt offering, and
make an atonement for thy selfe, and
Tor the people : and offer the offering of
the people, and make an atonement for
them, as the LORD commanded.
8 f Aaron therefore went vnto
the Altar, and slew the calfe of the sinne
offering, which was for him selfe.
9 And the sonnes of Aaron brought
the blood vnto him, and he dipt his fin.
»er in the blood, and put it vpon the
homes of the Altar, and powred out the
blood at the bottome of the Altar.
10 But the fat and the kidneys,- and
the caule aboue the liuer of the sinne of-
fering he burnt vpon the Altar, as the
LORD commanded Moses.
11 And the flesh and the hide he burnt
with fire, without the campe.
12 And hee slew the burnt offering,
and Aarons sonnes presented vnto him
the blood, which he sprinckled round a~
bout vpon the Altar.
13 And they presented the burnt of-
fering vnto him, with the pieces there-
of, and the head : and he burnt them vp-
on the Altar.
14 And he did wash the inwards,
and the legs, and burnt them vpon the
burnt offering on the Altar.
15 U And he brought the peoples of-
fering, and tooke the goat, which was
the sinne offering for the people, and
slew it, and offered it for sinne, as the
first.
16 And he brought the burnt offring,
I Or, ordi- and offered it according to the ||maner.
nance.
17 And he brought the meat offring,
^Hebr. filled and ttooke an handfull thereof, and
his hand out
ofit. burnt it vpon the Altar, * beside the
* Exod. 29. burnt sacrifice of the morning.
38.
18 He slew also the bullocke and the
ramme, for a sacrifice of peace offerings,
which was for the people: And Aarons
sonnes presented vnto him the blood,
(which hee sprinckled vpon the Altar
round about)
19 And the fat of the bullocke and of
the ramme, the rumpe, and that which
couereth the inwards, and the kidneys,
and the caule aboue the liuer,
20 And they put the fat vpon the
brests, & he burnt the fat vpon the altar:
21 And the breasts and the right
sh'oulder, Aaron waued for a waue of-
fering before the L O R D , as Moses
commanded.
His fonnes burnt.
22 And Aaron lift vp his hand to-
wards the people, and blessed them,
and came downe from offering of the
sinne offering, and the burnt offering,
and peace offerings.
23 And Moses and Aaron went in-
to the Tabernacle of the Congrega-
tion, and came out, and blessed the peo-
ple : and the glory of the LORD ap-
peared vnto all the people.
24 And * there came a fire out from *l.king.
Gen. 4. 4.
18.
before the LORD, and consumed vp- 38. 2. chro.
7.1.2.
on the Altar the burnt offering, and 10. 11. mace.
the fat: which when all the people saw,
they shouted, and fell on their faces.
C H A P . X.
1 Nadab and Abihu, for offering of strange fire,
are burnt by fire. 6 Aaron and his sonnes
are forbidden to mourne for them. 8 The
Priests are forbidden wine when tbey are to
goe into the Tabernacle. 12 The law of ea-
ting the holy things. 16 Aarons excuse for
transgressing thereof.
Nd * Nadab and Abi- and * Num. 3.4,
A
26. 61.
hu, the sonnes of Aaron, l.chron. 24.
tooke either of them his 2.
censer, and put fire there-
in, and put incense there-
on, and offered strange fire before the
L O R D , which hee commaunded
them not.
2 And there went out fire from the
LORD and deuoured them, and they
died before the LORD.
3 Then Moses said vnto Aaron,
This i? it that the LORD spake, say-
ing, I will bee sanctified in them that
come nigh me, and before all the people
I will be glorified : And Aaron held
his peace.
4 And Moses called Mishael and
Elzaphan the sonnes of Vzziel, the vn-
cle of Aaron, and said vnto them, Come
neere, cary your brethren from before
the Sanctuary, out of the campe.
5 So they went neere, and caried
them in their coats out of the campe, as
Moses had said.
6 And Moses said vnto Aaron, and
vnto Eleazar and vnto Ithamar his
sonnes, Vncouer not your -heads, nei-
ther rend your clothes, lest you die, and
lest wrath come vpon all the people:
But let your brethren, the whole house
of Israel, bewaile the burning which
the LORD hath kindled.
7 And ye shal not goe out from the
doore
Wine forbidden. Chap.xj.
doore of the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation , lest you die : for the anoin-
ting oyle of the LORD is vpon you:
and they did according to the word of
Moses.
8 1f And the LORD spake vnto
Aaron, saying,
9 Doe not drinke wine nor strong
drinke, thou, nor thy sonnes with thee,
when ye goe into the Tabernacle of the
Congregation, lest yee die: It shall bee a
statute for euer, throughout your gene-
rations :
10 And that ye may put difference be-
tweene holy and vnholy, and betweene
vncleane and cleane:
11 And that ye may teach the children
of Israel all the statutes which the
L O R D hath spoken vnto them by
the hand of Moses.
1£ f And Moses spake* vnto Aaron,
and vnto Eleazar and vnto Ithamar
his sonnes that were left, Take the
meate offering that remaineth of the
offerings of the LORD made by fire,
and eate it without leauen, beside the
altar: for it is most holy.
13 And ye shal eat it in the holy place,
because it is thy due, and thy sonnes due
of the sacrifices of the LORD, made
by fire : for so I am commanded.
* Exod. 29. 14 And *the waue breast and heaue
24.
shoulder shall ye eate in a cleane place,
thou, and thy sonnes, and thy daugh-
ters with thee: For they be thy due and
thy sonnes due, which are giuen out of
the sacrifice of peace offerings, of the
children of Israel.
15 The heaue shoulder, and the waue
breast shal they bring, with the offrings
made by fire of the fat, to waue it for a
waue offering before the LORD: and
it shall bee thine, and thy sonnes with
thee, by a statute for euer, as the LORD
hath commanded.
16 IT And Moses diligently sought
the goate of the sinne offering, and be-
hold, it was burnt: and he was angry
with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sonnes
of Aaron, which were left aliuey say-
ing*
17 Wherefore haue ye not eaten the
sinne offering in the holy place, seeing it
is most holy, and God hath giuen it you
to beare the iniquitie of the Congrega-
tion, to make atonement for them, be-
fore the LORD ?
18 Behold, the blood of it was not
brought in, within the holy place: yee
Beafts cleane, &c.
should indeed haue eaten it in the holy
place, *as I commanded. * Chap. 6.
19 And Aaron said vnto Moses, Be- 20.
hold, this day haue they offered their
sinne offering, and their burnt offering
before the LORD : and such things
haue befallen me: and if I had eaten
the sinne offering to day, should it haue
bin accepted in the signt of the LORD ?
20 And when Moses heard that, he
was content.
C H A R XL
1 What beasts may, 4 and what may not bee
eaten. 9 What fishes. 13 What foules. 29
The creeping things which are vncleane.
Nd the LORD spake vn-
A
to Moses, and to Aaron,
saying vnto them,
k Speake vnto the chil-
dren of Israel, saying,
* These are the beasts which ye shal eat * Dcut. H.
among all the beasts that are on the 4.14.act 10.
earth :
3 Whatsoeuer parteth the hoofe, and
is clouen footed, $ cheweth cud among
the beasts, that shall ye eate.
4 Neuerthelesse, these shall ye not
eate, of them that chewe the cud, or of
them that diuidethe hoofe: as the camel,
because hee cheweth the cud, but diui-
deth not the hoofe, he is vncleane vnto
you.
5 And the conie, because he cheweth
the cud, but diuideth not the hoofe, he is
vncleane vnto you.
6 And the hare, because he cheweth
the cud, but diuideth not the hoofe,he is
vncleane vnto you.
7 And *the swine, though he diuidc * 2. Mace,
the hoofe, and be clouen footed, yet hee 6. 18.
cheweth not the cud: he is vncleane to
you.
8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and
their carcase shall ye not touch : they are
vncleane to you.
9 f These shal ye eat, of all that are
in the waters : whatsoeuer hath finnes
and scales in the waters, in the seas, and
in the riuers, them shall ye eate.
10 And all that haue not finnes nor
scales in the seas, and in the riuers, of all
that moue in the waters, and of any li-
uing thing which is in the waters, they
shalbe an abomination vnto you:
11 They shalbe euen an abomination
vnto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh,
but you shall haue their carcases in a-
bomination.
12 What-
Meates cleane, Leuiticus.
12 Whatsoeuer hath no finnes nor
scales in the waters, that shalbe an abo-
mination vnto you.
13 H And these are they which ye
shall haue in abomination among the
foules, they shall not be eaten, they are
an abomination : The Eagle, and the
Ossifrage, and the Ospray,
14 And the Vulture, and the Kite,
after his kinde:
15 Euery Rauen after his kinde:
16 And the Owle, and the night-
hauke, & the Cuckow, and the Hawke
after his kinde,
17 And the little Owle, and the Cor-
morant, and the great Owle,
18 And the Swanne, and the Pelli-
cane, and the Gier-eagle,
19 And the Storke, the Heron after
her kinde, and the Lapwing, and the
Batte.
20 All foules that creepe, going vp-
on all foure, shalbe an abomination vn-
to you.
21 Yet these may ye eat, of euery fly-
ing creeping thing that goeth vpon all
foure, which haue legges aboue their
feet, to leape withall vpon the earth.
22 Euen these of them ye may eate:
the Locust, after his kinde, and the
Bald-locust after his kinde, and the
Beetle after his kinde, and the Grasse-
hopper after his kinde.
23 But al other flying creeping things
which haue foure feet, shall be an abo-
mination vnto you.
24 And for these ye shalbe vncleane:
whosoeuer toucheth the carkasse of
them, shall be vncleane vntill the euen.
25 And whosoeuer beareth ought of
the carkasse of them, shall wash his
clothes, & be vncleane vntill the euen.
26 The carkasses of euery beast which
diuideth the hoofe, and is not clouen
footed, nor cheweth the cud, are vn-
cleane vnto you : euery one that touch-
eth them, shalbe vncleane.
27 And whatsoeuer goeth vpon his
pawes, among all maner of beasts, that
goe on all foure, those are vncleane vnto
you : who so toucheth their carkasse,
shall be vncleane vntill the Euen.
28 And he that beareth the carkasse
of them, shall wash his clothes, and be
vncleane vntill the Euen : they are vn-
cleane vnto you.
29 f These also shalbe vncleane vn-
to you, among the creeping things that
creepe vpon the earth : the Weasell, and
and vncleane.
t;he Mouse, and the Tortois, after his
kinde,
30 And the Ferret, and the Camele-
on, and the Lyzard, and the Snaile,
and the Molle.
31 These are vncleane to you among
all that creepe t whosoeuer doth touch
them when they bee dead, shall be vn-
cleane vntill the Euen.
32 And vpon whatsoeuer any of
them, when they are dead, doeth fall, it
shalbe vncleane, whether it be any vessel
of wood, or raiment, or skinne, or sacke,
whatsoeuer vessell it be, wherein any
worke is done, it must be put into wa-
ter, and it shall be vncleane vntill the
Euen; so it shalbe cleansed.
33 And euery earthen vessel, where-
into any of them falleth, whatsoeuer is
in it shall bee vncleane; and *yee shall 28.* Chap. 6.
breake it.
34 Of all meat which may be eaten,
that on which such water commeth,
shall be vncleane : And all drinke that
may be drunkein euery such vessell, shal-
be vncleane.
35 And euery thing, whereupon any
part of their carkasse falleth, shall be
vncleane, whether it be ouen, or ranges
for pots, they shalbe broken downe : for
they are vncleane, and shall be vncleane
vnto you.
36 Neuerthelesse, a fountaine or pit,
•\wherein there is plenty of water, shalbe t Hehr. a ga-
cleane : but that which toucheth their thering toge-
ther o/iva-
carkasse shalbe vncleane. ters.
37 And if any part of their carkasse
fall vpon any sowing seed which is to
be sowen, it shalbe cleane:
38 But if any water be put vpon the
seed, and any part of their carkasse fall
thereon, it shalbe vncleane vnto you.
39 And if any beast of which ye may
eat, die, he that toucheth the carkasse
thereof, shall be vncleane vntill the
Euen.
40 And hee that eateth of the car-
kasse of it, shall wash his clothes, and
be vncleane vntil the Euen: he also that
beareth the carkasse of it, shal wash his
clothes, and bee vncleaae vntill the
Euen.
41 And euery creeping thing that
creepeth vpon the earth, shalbe an abo-
mination : it shall not be eaten.
42 Whatsoeuer goeth vpon the bel-
lie, and whatsoeuer goeth vpon all
foure, or whatsoeuer t hath more feet a- t Help, doth
multiply
mong all creeping things that creepe y££
vpon
The purification Chap.xij.xiij.
vpon the earth, them ye shall not eate,
for they are an abomination.
\Heb.soute 43 Yee shall not make your tselues
abominable with any creeping thing
that creepeth, neither shall ye make
your selues vncleane with them, that
ye should be defiled thereby.
44 For I am the L O R D your
God : yee shall therefore sanctifie your
* Chap, 19. selues, and *ye shall be holy, for I am
2. and 20. 7. holy: neither shall ye defile your selues
1. pet. u 15
with any maner of creeping thing that
creepeth vpon the earth.
45 For I am the LORD that brin-
geth you vp out of the land of Egypt to
be your God: ye shal therefore be holy,
for I am holy.
46 This is the law of the beasts, and
of the foule, and of euery liuing creature
that moueth in the waters, and of eue-
rie creature that creepeth vpon the
earth:
47 To make a difference betweene
the vncleane and the cleane, & betweene
the beast that may be eaten, and the
beast that may not be eaten.
CHAP. XII.
1 The purification of women after childbirth.
6 Her offerings for her purifying.
Nd the LORD spake vn-
* Chap. 15.
19.
A to Moses-, saying,
£ Speake vnto the
children of Israel, saying,
If a * woman haue con-
cerned seed, and borne a man child, then
she shal be vncleane seuen dayes: accor-
ding to the dayes of the separation for
her infirmitie shall she be vncleane.
* Luk. 2. 21 3 And in the * eight day, the flesh of
iohn 7. 22.
his foreskinne shall be circumcised.
4 And she shal then continue in the
blood of her purifying three and thirtie
dayes; Shee shall touch no hallowed
thing, nor come into the Sanctuary,
vntill the dayes of her purifying be ful-
filled.
5 But if she beare a maid child, then
she shalbe vncleane two weekes, as in
her separation: and she shall continue
in the blood of her purifying threescore
and sixe dayes.
6 And when the dayes of her puri-
2 ing are fulfilled, for a sonne, or for a
tughter, she shall bring a lambe of the
t Heb. sonne t first yeere for a burnt oflfring, & a yong
of his yeere.
pigeon, or a turtle done for a sinne offe-
ring, vnto the doore of the Tabernacle
of women.
of the Congregation , vnto the Priest:
7 Who shall offer it before the
LORD, and make an atonement for
her, and she shall be cleansed from the
issue of her blood. This is the law for
her that hath borne a male or a female.
8 * And if t she be not able to bring a * Luke 2.
lambe, then she shall bring two turtles, 24.
t Hebr. her
or two yong pigeons, the one for the handfindnott
sufficiencye
burnt offering, and the other for a sinne of.
offering: and the Priest shall make an
atonement for her, and shee shall bee
cleane.
C H A P . XIII.
1 The Lawes and tokens whereby the Priest is
to be guided in discerning the Leprosie.
A
Nd the L O R D spake
vnto Moses and Aaron,
saying,
£ When a man shall
haue in the skinne of his
flesh, a || rising, a scabbe, or bright spot, I Or, swel-
and it bee in the skinne of his flesh like ling.
the plague of leprosie, then he shall bee
brought vnto Aaron the Priest, or vnto
one of his sonnes the Priests.
3 And the Priest shall looke on the
plague in the skinne of the flesh : and
when the haire in the plague is turned
white, and the plague in sight be deeper
then the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of
leprosie: and the Priest shall looke on
him, and pronounce him vncleane.
4 If the bright spot be white in the
skinne of his flesh, and in sight bee not
deeper then the skinne, and the haire
thereof be not turned white, then the
Priest shall shut vp him that hath the
plague, seuen dayes.
5 And the Priest shall looke on him
the seuenth day; and beholde, if the
plague in his sight be at a stay, and the
plague spread not in the skinne, then the
Priest shall shut him vp seuen dayes
more.
6 And the Priest shall looke on him
againe the seuenth day • and beholde, if
the plague be somewhat darke, and the
plague spread not in the skin, the Priest
shall pronounce him cleane : it is but a
scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and
be cleane.
7 But if the scab spread much abroad
in the skinne after that hee hath beene
scene of the Priest, for his cleansing hee
shall be seene of the Priest againe.
8 And if the Priest see, that behold,
the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the
Priest
How to difcerne Leuiticus.
Priest shall pronounce him vncleane: it
is a leprosie.
9 H When the plague of leprosie is
in a man, then he shall be brought vnto
the Priest;
10 And the Priest shall see him : an
behold, if the rising be white in the skin,
and it haue turned'the haire white, and
Miebr.the there be tquicke raw flesh in the rising:
quickening
ofliuinffg 11 It is an old leprosie in the skinne
flesh. of his flesh, and the Priest shall pro-
nounce him vncleane, and shal not shut
rim vp: for he is vncleane.
12 And if a leprosie breake out abroad
in the skin, and the leprosie couer all the
skin of him that hath the plague, from his
hlead euen to his foot, wheresoeuer the
Priest looketh:
13 Then the Priest shall consider:
and behold, if the leprosie haue couered
al his flesh, he shal pronounce AMH cleane
that hath the plague, it is all turned
white; he is cleane.
14 But when raw flesh appeareth
in him, he shall be vncleane.
15 And the Priest shall see the raw
lesh, and pronounce him to bee vn-
cleane: for the raw flesh is vncleane: it
is a leprosie.
16 Or if the raw flesh turne againe,
and bee changed vnto white, hee shall
come vnto the Priest:
17 And the Priest shall see him: and
beholde, if the plague bee turned into
white, then the Priest shall pronounce
him cleane that hath the plague; hee is
cleane.
18 f The flesh also, in which, euen in
the skinne thereof was a bile, and is
healed,
19 And in the place of the bile there
be a white rising, or a bright spot white,
and somewhat reddish, and it be shew-
ed to the Priest:
20 And if when the Priest seeth it,
behold, it.be in sight lower then the
skinne, and the haire thereof be turnec
white, the Priest shall pronounce him
vncleane : it is a plague of leprosie bro-
ken out of the bile.
21 But if the Priest looke on it, and
behold, there be no white haires there-
in, and if it be not lower then the skin,
but be somewhat darke; then the Priest
shall shut him vp seuen dayes.
22 And if it spread much abroad in
the skinne, then the Priest shall pro-
nounce him vncleane; it is a plague.
23 But if the bright spot stay in his
the Leprofie.
>lace, and spread not, it ts a burning
>ile; and the Priest shall pronounce him
cleane.
24 1F Or if there be any flesh in the
skin whereof there is a thot burning, burning Hebr. a
tf
and the quicke flesh that burneth haue fire.
a white bright spot, somewhat reddish,
or white;
25 Then the Priest shall looke vpon
it: and behold, if the haire in the bright
spot be turned white, and it bee in sight
deeper then the skinne, it is a leprosie
>roken out of the burning: wherefore
the Priest shal pronounce him vncleane:
it is the plague of leprosie.
26 But if the Priest looke on it, and
bBehold, there be no white haire in the
wight spot, and it be no lower then the
other skin, but be somewhat darke, then
the Priest shal shut him vp seuen dayes.
27 And the Priest shall looke vpon
lim the seuenth day: and if it be spread
much abroad in the skin, then the Priest
shall pronounce him vncleane; it is the
plague of leprosie.
28 And if the bright spot stay in his
place, and spread not in the skin, but it be
somewhat darke; it is a rising of the
burning, and the Priest shall pronounce
iiim cleane: for it is an inflammation of
the burning.
29 IF If a man or woman hath a
plague vpon the head or the beard,
30 Then the Priest shall see the
plague: and behold, if it be in sight dee-
per then the skin,and there be in it a yel-
low thin haire, then the Priest shall pro-
nounce him vncleane, it is a dry skall,
euen a leprosie vpon the head or beard.
31 And if the Priest looke on the
plague of the skall, and behold, it be not
in sight deeper then the skin, and that
there is no blacke haire in it; then the
Priest shall shut vp him that hath the
plague of the skall, seuen dayes.
32 And in the seuenth day the Priest
shall looke on the plague: and behold,
if the skall spread not, and there be in it
no yellow haire, and the skall be not in
sight deeper then the skin;
33 He shall be shauen, but the skal!
shall he not shaue : and the Priest shal
shut vp him that hath the skall, seuen
dayes more.
34 And in the seuenth day the Priest
shall looke on the skall: and behold, if
the skalll)e not spread in the skin, nor
be in sight deeper then the skin, then the
Priest shall pronounce him cleane: anc
he
Difeerning of Chap.xiij.
he shall wash his clothes, and be cleane.
35 But if the skall spread much in the
skinne after his cleansing,
36 Then the Priest shall looke on
him, and behold, if the skall be spread in
the skinne, the Priest shall not seeke for
yellow haire : he is vncleane.
37 But if the skall be in his sight at
a stay, and that there is blacke haire
growen vp therein : the skall is healed,
he is cleane, and the Priest shall pro-
nounce him cleane.
38 11 If a man also or a woman haue
in the skinne of their flesh bright spots,
euen white bright spots,
39 Then the Priest shall looke : and
behold, if the bright spots in the skinne
of their flesh bee darkish white, it is a
freckled spot that groweth in the skin :
he is cleane.
t Hebr. head 40 And the man whose t haire is fal-
is pilled.
len off his head, he is bald : yet is hee
cleane.
41 And he that hath his haire fallen
off from the part of his head toward
his face, he is forehead-bald : yet is hee
cleane.
42 And if there be in the bald head,
or bald forehead a white reddish sore, it
is a leprosie sprung vp in his bald-head,
or his bald forehead.
43 Then the Priest shall looke vp-
on it : and beholde, if the rising of the
sore bee white reddish in his balde
head, or in his bald forehead, as the
leprosie appeareth in the skinne of the
flesh,
44 Hee is a leprous man, he is vn-
cleane: the Priest shall pronounce him
vtterly vncleane , his plague is in his
head.
45 And the leper in whom the
plague -w, his clothes shall be rent, and
his head bare, and he shall put a coue-
ring vpon his vpper lip, and shall cry,
Vncleane, vncleane.
46 All the dayes wherein the
plague shall bee in him, he shall bee de-
filed, hee is vncleane : he shall dwell a-
* Num. 5. 2. lone , * without the campe shall his habi-
2. king. 15.
5. tation be.
47 11 The garment also, that the
plague of leprosie is in , whether it bee
a woollen garment , or a linnen gar-
ment,
48 Whether it bee in the warpe, or
woofe of linnen or of woollen., whe-
tHebr. ther in a skin, or in any t thing made of
ivorke of skinne:
the leprofie.
49 And if the plague be greenish or
reddish in the garment, or in the skin,
either in the warpe, or in the woofe, or
in any t thing of skinne, it is a plague of OF Web.vessell
iiutnt"
leprosie, and shall be shewed vnto the men/.
Priest.
50 And the Priest shall looke vpon
the plague, and shut vp it that hath the
plague, seuen dayes.
51 And he shall looke on the plague
on the seuenth day : if the plague be
spread in the garment, either in the
warpe, or in the woofe, or in a skin, or
in any worke that is made of skinne,
the plague is a fretting leprosie ; it is vn-
cleane.
5% Hee shall therefore burne that
garment, whether warpe or woofe, in
wollen or hi linnen , or any thing of
skinne, wherein the plague is: for it is
a fretting leprosie; it shall bee burnt in
the fire.
53 And if the Priest shall looke, and
behold the plague be not spread in the
garment, either in the warpe, or in the
woofe, or in any thing of skinne ;
54 Then the Priest shall command
that they wash the thing wherein the
plague is, and he shall shut it vp seuen
dayes more.
55 And the Priest shall looke on the
plague after that it is washed : and be-
hold, if the plague haue not changed his
colour, and the plague be not spread, it
is vncleane, thou shalt burne it in the
fire, it is fret inward, whether it be tbare t Heb. whe-
within or without. ther it be
bauld in the
56 And if the Priest looke , and be- Of, head there-
or in the
hold, the plaine be somewhat darke af- forehead
ter the washing of it, then he shall rend thereof.
it out of the garment, or out of the skin,
or out of the warpe , or out of the
woofe.
57 And if it appeare still in the gar-
ment, either in the warpe, or in the
woofe, or in any thing of skinne, it is a
spreading plague, thou shalt burne that
wherein the plague w, with fire.
58 And the garment, either warpe,
or woofe, or whatsoeuer thing of skin
it bee, which thou shalt wash , if the
plague be departed from them, then it
shall be washed the second time , and
shalbe cleane.
59 This is the law of the plague of
leprosie in a garment of woollen or lin-
nen, either in the warpe, or woofe, or
any thing of skinnes, to pronounce it
cleane, or to pronounce it vncleane.
CHAP
Cleanfing of Leuiticus. the Leprofie.
lambe, and offer him for a trespasse of-
C H A P . XIIII. ering, and the log of oile, and *waue * Exod. 29.
1 The rites and sacrifices in clensing of the Le-
them for a waue offering before the 24.
per. 33 The signes of leprosie in a house. LORD.
43 The clensing of that house. IB And he shall slay the lam be in the
)lace where he shall kil the sin-offering,
Nd the Lord spake ind the burnt offring in the holy place:

A
* Matt. 8. 2.
mark. 1. 40.
vnto Moses, saying,

his cleansing: he * shall be

lakes. 12. >rought vnto the Priest.
ibr *as the sinne offering is the Priests, * Chap. 7. 7.
2 This shalbe the law so is the trespasse offering : it & most
of the leper, in the day of Holy.
14 And the Priest shall take some of
the blood of the trespasse offering, and
3 And the Priest shall goe forth out the Priest shall put it vpon the tip of the
of the carape, and the Priest shall looke: right eare of him that is to be cleansed,
and beholde, if the plague of leprosie be and vpon the thumbe of his right
lealed in the leper, band, and vpon the great toe of his
4? Then shall the Priest command right foot.
td take for him that is to bee cleansed, 15 And the Priest shall take some of
II Or, spar- two ([birds aliue, and cleane, and Cedar the log of oile, and powre it into the
rowes.
wood, and scarlet, and hysope. palme of his owne left hand :
5 And the Priest shall command 16 And the Priest shall dip his right
that one of the birds bee killed in an finger in the oile that is in his left hand,
earthen vessell, ouer running water. and shall sprinckle of the oile with his
6 As for the liuing bird, he shal take finger, seuen times before the LORD.
t, and the Cedar woofd, and the scarlet, 1 7 And of the rest of the oile that is in
and the hysope, and shall dip them and his hand, shall the Priest put vpon the
the liuing bird in the blood of the bird tip of the right eare of him that is to be
that was killed ouer the running cleansed, and vpon the thumbe of his
water. right hande, and vpon the great toe of
7 And he shall sprinckle vpon him his right foot, vpon the blood of the
that is to be cleansed from the leprosie, trespasse offering.
seuen times, and shall pronounce him 18 And the remnant of the oile that
cleane, and shall let the liuing bird loose is in the Priests hand, he shall powre
Hebr. vpon tinto the open field.
hC jQGG Of
vpon the head of him that is to be clean-
the field. 8 And he that is to be cleansed shall sed : and the Priest shall make an atone-
wash his clothes, and shaue off all his ment for him before the LORD.
baire, and wash himselfe in water, that 19 And the Priest shal offer the sinne
be may be cleane : And after that hee offering, and make an atonement for
shall come into the Campe, and shall ta- him that is to be cleansed from his vn-
ry abroad out of his tent seuen dayes. cleannesse, and afterward he shall kill
9 But it shall be on the seuenth day, the burnt offering.
that he shall shaue all his haire off his 20 And the Priest shall offer the
bead and his beard, and his eyebrowes, burnt offering, and the meat offering
euen all his haire he shal shaue off: And vpon the Altar : and the Priest shall
lie shall wash his clothes, also he shall make an atonement for him, and he
wash his flesh in water, and he shall be shalbe cleane.
cleane. 21 And if he be poore, and t cannot t Hebr. his
10 And on the eight day he shall take get so much, then hee shall take one hand not.
reach

two hee lambes without blemish, anc lam be for a trespasse offring t to be wa- at Hebr. for
waning.
t Hebr. the one ewe-lambe of t the first yeere, with- ued, to make an atonement for him, and
daughter of
her yeere. out blemish, and three tenth deales o1 one tenth deale of fine flowre mingled
fine flowre for a meat offering, mingled with oile, for a meat offering, and a log
with oyle, and one log of oyle. of oile,
11 And the Priest that maketh him 22 And two turtle doues, or two
cleane, shall present the man that is to yong pigeons, such as he is able to get:
be made cleane, and those things before and the one shalbe a sinne offering, and
the LORD, at the doore of the Taber- the other a burnt offering.
nacle of the Congregation : 23 And hee shall bring them on the
12 And the Priest shall take one hee eight day, for his cleansing vnto the
Priest,
Cleanfing of Chap.xiiij.
Priest , vnto the doore of the Taber-
nacle of the Congregation , before the
LORD.
24 And the Priest shall take the
lambe of the trespasse offering, and the
log of oile , and the Priest shall waue
them for a waue offering before the
LORD.
25 And he shall kill the lambe of the
trespasse offering , and the Priest shall
take some of the blood of the trespasse
offering, and put it vpon the tip of the
right eare of him that is to be cleansed,
and vpon the thumbe of his right hand,
and vpon the great toe of his right
foote.
26 And the Priest shall powre of the
oyle into the palme of his owne left
hand.
£7 And the Priest shal sprinkle with
his right finger, some of the oile that is
in his left hand, seuen times before the
LORD.
28 And the Priest shall put of the oile
that is in his hand > vpon the tip of the
right eare of him that is to be cleansed,
and vpon the thumbe of his right hand,
and vpon the great toe of his right
foot; vpon the place of the blood of the
trespasse offering.
29 And the test of the oile that is in
the Priests hand, he shall put vpon the
head of him that is to bee cleansed, to
make an atonement for him before the
LORD.
30 And he shall offer the one of the
turtle doues , or of the yong pigeons,
such as he can get :
31 Euen such as he is able to get, the
one for a sinne offering, and the other
for a burnt offering , with the meat of-
fering. And the Priest shall make an
atonement for him that is to be clean-
sed, before the LORD.
32 This is the law of him in whom
is the plague of leprosie, whose hand is
not able to get that which pertaineth
to his cleansing.
33 11 And the LORD spake vnto
Moses, and vnto Aaron, saying,
34 When ye be come into the land of
Canaan, which I giue to you for a pos-
session, and I put the plague of lepro-
sie in a house of the land of your pos-
session ;
35 And hee that oweth the house
shall come, and tell the Priest, saying,
It seemeth to me there is as it were a
plague in the house :
the leprofie.
36 Then the Priest shall command
that they ||emptie the house, before the H Or, pre-
Priest goe into it to see the plague, that pare.
all that is in the house be not made vn-
cleane : and afterward the Priest shall
goe in, to see the house.
37 And he shal looke on the plague:
and behold, if the plague be in the walls
of the house, with hollow strakes, gree-
nish or reddish, which in sight are lower
then the wall;
38 Then the Priest shall goe out oi
the house, to the doore of the house, and
shut vp the house seuen dayes.
39 And the Priest shall come againe
the seuenth day, and shall looke : and
behold, if the plague bee spread in the
walls of the house ;
40 Then the Priest shall command
that they take away the stones in
which the plague is, and they shall cast
them into an vncleane place without
the Citie.
41 And hee shall cause the house to
be scraped within round about, and
they shall powre out the dust that they
scrape off, without the citie into an vn-
cleane place.
42 And they shall take other stones,
and put them in theplace of those stones;
and hee shall take other morter , and
shall plaister the house.
43 And if the plague come againe,
and breake out in the house, after that
he hath taken away the stones, and af-
ter he hath scraped the house, and after
it is plastered ;
44 Then the Priest shall come and
[ooke , and behold , if the plague bee
spread in the house, it is a fretting lepro-
sie in the house; it is vncleane.
45 And he shall breake downe the
house, the stones of it, and the timber
thereof, and all the morter of the house:
and he shall cary them foorth out of the
city into an vncleane place.
46 Moreouer, he that goeth into
the house all the while that it is shut
vp, shalbe vncleane vntill the Euen.
47 And hee that lieth in the house,
shall wash his clothes : and hee that
eateth in the house, shall wash his
clothes.
48 And if the Priest t shall come in, t Heir, in
and looke vpon i£,andbehold, the plague shallcamming in,
come
bath not spread in the house, after the 'n, $c.
liouse was plastered : then the Priest
shall pronounce the house cleane , be-
cause the plague is healed.
49 And
How to purge Leuiticus.
49 And he shall take to cleanse the
hlouse, two birds, and Cedar wood, and
scarlet, and hyssope.
50 And he shall kill the one of the
)irds in an earthen vessell , ouer run-
ning water.
51 And he shall take the Cedar-wood
and the hyssope, and the scarlet, and the
liuing bird, and dip them in the blood
of the slaine bird, and in the running
water, and sprinkle the house seuen
times.
52 And he shall dense the house with
the blood of the bird, and with the run-
ning water, and with the liuing bird,
and with the Cedar wood, and with
the hyssope, and with the scarlet.
53 But hee shall let goe the liuing
brird out of the citie into tne open fields.
and make an atonement for the house :
and it shall be cleane.
54 This is the law for all manner
• Chap. 13. )lague of leprosie and *skall,
30.
55 And for the leprosie of a garment,
and of an house,
56 And for a rising, and for a scabbe,
and for a bright spot :
tHeb..inlhe 57 To teach twhen it is vncleane,
day of the
vncleanc. and when it is cleane: this is the lawe oi
and in the eprosie.
fifty of the
cleane
C H A P XV.
1 The vncleatines of men in their issues. 13 The 3athe his flesh in running water, and
clensing of them. 19 The vnclearmesse of
women in their issues. 28 Their clensing.
Nd the LORD spake vn- take to him two turtle doues, or two
vncleane iflues.
in water , and bee vncleane vntill the
eSuen.
7 And he that toucheth the flesh of
hlim that hath the issue, shall wash his
clothes, and bathe himselfe in water, and
)e vncleane vntill the Euen.
8 And if he that hath the issue, spit
vpon him that is cleane, then hee shall
wash his clothes, and bathe himselfe in
water, and bee vncleane vntill the
e2uen.
9 And what saddle soeuer he rideth
vpon, that hath the issue, shall bee vn-
cleane.
10 And whosoeuer toucheth any
thing that was vnder him, shall be vn-
cleane vntil the Euen : And he that bea-
reth any of those things, shall wash his
clothes, and bathe himselfe in water, and
>e vncleane vntill the Euen.
11 And whomsoeuer hee toucheth
hat hath the issue (and hath not rinsed
iis hands in water) he shall wash his
clothes, and bathe himselfe in water, and
>e vncleane vntill the Euen.
IS And the *vessell of earth that hee * Chap. 6.
toucheth which hath the issue, shall bee 8.
)roken : and euery vessell of wood shall
)e rinsed in water.
13 And when hee that hath an issue,
s cleansed of his issue, then hee shall
number to himselfe seuen dayes for his
cleansing, and wash his clothes, and
shall be cleane.
14 And on the eight day hee shall

A to Moses, and to Aaron, yong pigeons, and come before the

saying, LORD, vnto the doore of the Taber-
2 Speake vnto the chil- nacle of the Congregation, and giue
dren of Israel , and say them vnto the Priest.
vnto them, When any man hath a 15 And the Priest shall offer them,
\,0r,running | running issue out of hisflesh,because the one for a sinne offering, and the o-
ofthereines
of his issue he is vncleane. ther for a burnt offering, and the Priest
3 And this shall be his vncleannesse shall make an atonement for him before
iti his issue : whether his flesh run with the LORD for his issue.
his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his 16 And if any mans seede of copula-
issue, it is his vncleannesse. tion goe out from him , then hee shall
4 Euery bed whereon he lieth, that wash all his flesh in water, and bee vn-
hath the issue, is vncleane: and euery cleane vntill the Euen.
tHeb. vessel t thing whereon he sitteth, shall bee vn- 17 And euery garment and euerj
cleane. skinne whereon is the seede of copula-
5 And whosoeuer toucheth his bed tion, shall be washed with water, anc
shall wash his clothes, and bath himselfe be vncleane vntill the Euen.
in water, and bee vncleane vntill the 18 The woman also with whom
Euen. man shall lie with seed of copulation
6 And hee that sitteth on any thing they shall both bath themsetues in water
whereon hee sate that hath the issue, and be vncleane vntill the Euen.
shall wash his clothes, and bath himselfe 19 11 And if a woman haue an issue
anc
Vncleane iffues. Chap.xvj.
and her issue in her flesh be blood, shee
t Hebr. in shall bee tput apart seuen dayes: and
her separa-
tion. whosoeuer toucheth her, shall bee vn-
cleane vntil the Euen.
20 And euery thing that she lieth vp-
on in her separation, shall be vncleane:
euery thing also that she sitteth vpon,
shalbe vncleane.
21 And whosoeuer toucheth her
bed, shall wash his clothes, and bathe
himselfe in water, and be vncleane vntill
the Euen.
22 And whosoeuer toucheth any
thing that she sate vpon, shall wash his
clothes, and bathe himselfe in water, and
be vncleane vntill the Euen.
23 And if it be on her bed, or on any
thing whereon she sitteth , when hee
toucheth it, he shall be vncleane vntill
the Euen.
24 And if any man lye with her at
all, and her flowers be vpon him, hee
shall be vncleane seuen dayes : and all
the bed whereon he lyeth, shall be vn-
cleane.
25 And if a woman haue an issue of
her blood many dayes out of the time
of her separation, or if it runne beyond
the time of her separation, all the dayes
of the issue of her vncleannesse, shall be
as the dayes of her separation: she shal-
be vncleane.
26 Euery bed whereon she lyeth all
the dayes of her issue, shall be vnto her
as the bed of her separation: and what-
soeuer shee sitteth vpon, shall bee vn-
cleane, as the vncleannesse of her sepa-
ration.
27 And whosoeuer toucheth those
things, shalbe vncleane, and shall wash
his clothes, and bathe himselfe in water,
and be vncleane vntill the Euen.
28 But if she be cleansed of her issue,
then she shall number to her selfe seuen
dayes : and after that, she shalbe cleane.
29 And on the eight day she shall
take vnto her two turtles or two yong
pigeons, & bring them vnto the Priest,
to the doore of the Tabernacle of the
Congregation.
30 And the Priest shall offer the one
for a sinne offering, and the other for a
burnt offering, and the Priest shall
make an atonement for her before the
LORD, for the issue of her vnclean-
nesse.
31 Thus shall yee separate the chil-
dren of Israel from their vncleannesse,
that they die not in their vncleannesse,
The Scape goat.
when they defile my Tabernacle that
is among them.
32 This is the law of him that hath
an issue , and of him whose seed goeth
from him, and is defiled therewith ;
33 And of her that is sicke of her
flowers, and of him that hath an issue,
of the man, and of the woman, & of him
that lyeth with her which is vncleane.
CHAP. XVI.
1 How the hie Priest must enter into the Holy
place. 11 The sinne -offering for himselfe.
15 The sinne -offering for the people. .20
The Scape Goat. 29 The yeerely Feast of
the Expiations.
Nd the LORD * spake vn- * Leuit. 10.
A
to Moses, after the death 2.
of the two sonnes of Aa-
*on, when they offered be-
fore the LORD, and died.
2 And the L O R D sayd vnto
Moses , Speake vnto Aaron thy bro-
ther, that hee *come not at all times in * Exod. 30.
to the Holy place within the Vaile, 7.10. heb. 9.
before the Mercy seat , which is vpon
the Arke , that hee die not : for I will
appeare in the cloud vpon the Mercy
seat.
3 Thus shall Aaron come in to the
Holy place : with a yong bullocke for a
sinne offering, and a ramme for a burnt
offering.
4 Hee shall put on the holy linnen
coate, and he shall haue the linnen bree-
ches vpon his flesh, and shall be girded
with a linnen girdle, and with the lin-
nen Miter shall hee be attired. These
are holy garments : therefore shall he
wash his flesh in water, and so put
them on.
5 And he shall take of the Congre-
gation of the children of Israel , two
kiddes of the Goates for a sinne of-
fering, and one ramme for a burnt of-
fering.
6 And Aaron shall offer his bul-
locke of the sinne offering, which is for
himselfe, and *make an atonement for • Hebr. 9. 7-
himselfe, and for his house.
7 And he shall take the two goats,
and present them before the L O R D
at the doore of the Tabernacle of the
Congregation.
8 And Aaron shall cast lottes vp-
on the two Goates : one lot for the
LORD , and the other lot for the
t Scape goat. t Hebr. A-
9 And zazel.
The Scape goat. Leuiticus.
9 And Aaron shall bring the goate
Hebr. went vpon which the lords lot fell, and
vp. offer him for a sinne offering.
10 But the goat on which the lot fell
to be the Scape goate, shalbe presented
aliue before the LORD, to make an at-
onement with him, and to let him goe
for a Scape goate into the wilder-
nesse.
11 And Aaron shal bring the bullocke
of the sinne offeringj which is for him-
selfe, and shall make an atonement for
limselfe, and for his house, and shal kill
lie bullocke of the sinne offering which
w for himselfe.
12 And he shall take a eenser full of
)urning coales of fire from off the Al-
tar before the LORD, and his handes
full of sweet incense beaten small, and
b>ring it within the vaile.
13 And he shall put the incense vpon
the fire before the L O R D , that the
cloud of the incense may couer the mer-
cie seate that wvpon the testimonie, that
le die not.
* Heb. 9. 13 14 And * he shall take of the blood of
and 10. 4. the bullocke, and * sprinkle it with his
* Chap. 4. 6
inger vpon the Mercie seat Eastward :
and before the Mercie seate shall hee
sprinkle of the blood with his finger se-
uen times.
15 f Then shall he kill the goate of
the sinne offering that is for the people,
and bring his blood within the Vaile>
and doe with that blood as he did with
the blood of the bullocke, and sprinkle it
vpon the Mercie seat, and before the
Mercie seat.
16 And he shall make an atonement
for the holy place , because of the vn-
cleannesse of the children of Israel,
and because of their transgressions in
all their sinnes: and so shallhee doe for
the Tabernacle of the Congregation
t Heb. dwel- that tremaineth among them, in the
leth. middest of their vncleannesse.
* Luk. 1. 10 17 *And there shall bee no man in
the Tabernacle of the Congregation,
when hee goeth in to make an atone-
ment in the holy place, vntill hee come
out, and haue made an atonement for
himselfe, and for his houshold, and for
all the Congregation of Israel.
18 And he shall goe out vnto the Al-
tar that is before the LORD, and make
an atonement for it, & shall take of the
blood of the bullocke, and of the bloo<
of the goate, and put it vpon the homes
of the Altar round about.
A finne offring
19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood
vpon it with his finger seuen times, and
dense it , and hallow it from the vn-
cleannesse of the children of Israel
£0 1f And when hee hath made an
end of reconciling the holy place , and
the Tabernacle of the Congregation,
and the Altar , hee shall bring the Hue
yoate .
21 And Aaron shall lay both his
lands vpon the head of the liue goate,
and confesse ouer him all the iniquities
of the children of Israel, and all their
transgressions in all their sinnes, put-
ting them vpon the head of the goate,
and shall send him away by the hand of
ta fit man into the wildernesse Hebr. a
man of op-
22 And the goate shall beare vpon portunitie.
iim all their iniquities, vnto a land tnot par
Heb. ofse-
ion.
nhabited ; and he shall let goe the goat
in the wildernesse.
23 And Aaron shall come into the
Tabernacle of the Congregation , and
shal put off the linnen garments which
ae put on, when he went in to the holy
alace, and shall leaue them there.
24 And he shall wash his flesh with
water in the holy place, and put on his
garments, and come foorth , and offer
bis burnt offering , and the burnt
offering of the people , and make an
atonement for himselfe , and for the
people.
25 And the fat of the sinne offering
shall he burne vpon the Altar
26 And he that let goe the goat for
the Scape-goat, shal wash his clothes,
and bathe his flesh in water, and after-
ward come into the Campe
27 And the bullocke for the sinne of-
fering, and the goat for the sin offering
whose blood was brought in, to make
atonement in the holy place, shall one
cary foorth * without the Campe, anc * Leuit. 6.
30. heb. 13.
they shal burne in the fire their skinnes H.
and their flesh, and their doung.
28 And he that burneth them, shal
wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in
water, and afterward he shall come in
to the Campe.
29 1f And this shall be a statute for
euer vnto you : that in the seuenth mo
neth, on the tenth day of the moneth, ye
shall afHict your soules, & doe no worke
at all, whether it bee one of your owne
countrey , or a stranger that soiour
neth among you.
30 For on tnat day shalthe Priest make
an atonement for you, to cleanse you
tha
for atonement. Chap.xyij.
that yee may bee cleane from all your
shines before the LOED.
31 It skull be a Sabbath of rest vnto
you, and ye shall afflict your soules by a
statute for euer.
32 And the Priest whom he shall an-
iHebr.fitt oynt, and whom he shall t consecrate to
his hand. minister in the Priests office in his fa-
thers stead, shall make the atonement,
and shal put on the linnen clothes, euen
the holy garments.
33 And he shall make an atonement
for the holy Sanctuary, and hee shall
make an atonement for the Tabernacle
of the Congregation, and for the Altar:
and he shall make an atonement for the
Priests , and for all the people of the
Congregation.
34 And this shall be an euerlasting
statute vnto you, to make an atonement
for the children of Israel, for all their
* Exod. 30. sinnes *once a yeere. And he did as the
10. heb 9.
7- LORD commanded Moses.
C H A P . XVII.
1 The blood of all slalne beasts must be offered
to the Lord at the doore of the Tabernacle.
7 They must not offer to deuils. 10 All ea-
ting of blood is forbidden, 15 and all that
dieth alone, or is torne.
Nd the LORD spake un-
A
co Moses, saying,
2 Speake vnto Aaron
and vnto his sonnes, and
vnto all the children of Is-
rael, and say vnto them; This is the
thing which the LORD hath com-
manded, saying;
3 What man soeuer there bee of the
house of Israel, that killeth an oxe, or
lambe, or goat in the Campe, or that kil-
leth it out of the Campe,
4 And bringeth it not vnto the
doore of the Tabernacle of the Congre-
gation, to offer an offering vnto the
LORD before the Tabernacle of the
LORD, blood shall be imputed vnto
that man; he hath shed blood, and that
man shall be cut off from among his
people :
5 To the end that the children of Is-
rael may bring their sacrifices, which
they, offer in the open field, euen that
they may bring them vnto the LORD,
vnto the doore of the Tabernacle of
the Congregation vnto the Priest, and
offer them for peace offerings vnto the
LOUD.
No blood eaten.
D And the rriest snail sprinckle the
blood vpon the Altar of the LORD, at
the doore of the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation, and burne the fat for a * sweet 18.
* Exod. 29.
chap. 4.
sauour vnto the LORD. 31.
7 And they shall no more offer theif
sacrifices vnto deuils, after whom they
haue gone a whoring : This shall be a
statute for euer vnto them throughout
their generations.
8 1f And thou shalt say vnto them,
Whatsoeuer man there be of the house of
Israel, or of the strangers which so-
iourne among you, that offreth a burnt
offering or sacrifice,
9 And bringeth it not vnto the doore
of the Tabernacle of the Congrega-
tion, to offer it vnto the LORD, euen
that man shall be cut off from among
his people.
10 H And whatsoeuer man there be
of the house of Israel, or of the stran-
gers that soiourne among you, that ea-
teth any maner of blood, I will euen
set ray face against that soule that ea-
teth blood, and will cut him off from a-
mong his people.
11 For the life of the flesh is in the
blood, and I haue giuen it to you vpon
the Altar, to make an atonement for
your soules : for it is the blood, that ma-
keth an atonement for the soule.
12 Therefore I said vnto the chil-
dren of Israel, No soule of you shall eat
blood , neither shall any stranger that
soiourneth among you, eat blood.
13 And whatsoeuer man there be of
the children of Israel, or of the stran-
gers that soiourne among you, which
thunteth and catcheth any beast or foule t Heb. that
hunt eth any
that may be eaten , he shall euen powre hunting.
out the blood thereof, and couer it with
dust.
14 For it is the life of all flesh, the
blood of it is for the life thereof: there-
fore I said vnto the children of Israel,
* Ye shall not eat the blood of no maner * Gen. 9. 4.
of flesh : for the life of all flesh is the
blood thereof : whosoeuer eateth it,
shalbe cut off.
15 And euery soule that eateth that
which tdied qfitselfe, or that which was t Heb. a car-
torne with beasts^ whether it bee one of caise.
your owne countrey, or a stranger, he
shall both wash his clothes, and bathe
himselfe in water, and.be vncleane vntill
the Euen : then shall he be cleane.
16 But if he wash them not, nor bathe
his flesh, then he shal beare his iniquity.
CHAP.
Vnlawfull Leuiticus.
C H A P . XVUI,-
Vnlawfull Marriages. 1 9 Vnlawfull lusts.
Nd the L O R D spake
A vnto Moses, saying,
2 Speak e vnto the
children of Israel , and
say vnto them, I am the
LORD your God.
3 After the doings of the land of E-
jypt wherein ye dwelt, shal ye not doe:
and after the doings of land of Canaan
whither I bring you , shall ye not doe ;
neither shall yee walke in their ordi-
nances.
4 Ye shall doe my Judgements, and
ceepe mine ordinances, to walke there-
in : I am the LORD your God.
* Ezek. 20. 5 * Yee shall therefore keepe my sta-
11. rom.
10. 5. galat. tutes, and my Judgements : which if a
3. 12. man doe, hee shall liue in them : I am
the LORD.
6 1f None of you shall approche to
Hebr. re- any that is tneere of kinne to him, to
mainder of
his flesh. vncouer their nakednesse : I am the
LORD.
7 The nakednesse of thy father, or
the nakednesse of thy mother , shalt
thou not vncouer : she is thy mother,
thou shalt not vncouer her nakednesse.
* Chap. 20.
11.
8 *The nakednesse of thy fathers
wife shalt thou not vncouer : it is thy fa-
thers nakednesse.
9 The nakednesse of thy sister, the
daughter of thy father, or daughter oi
thy mother, whether shee be borne at
home, or borne abroad, euen their naked-
nesse thou shalt not vncouer.
10 The nakednesse of thy sonnes
daughter, or of thy daughters daugh-
ter, euen their nakednesse thou shalt not
vncouer : for theirs Is thine owne na-
kednesse.
11 The nakednesse of thy fathers
wiues daughter , begotten of thy fa-
ther, (she is thy sister,) thou shalt not vn-
couer her nakednesse.
« Chap. 20.
19.
12 *Thou shalt not vncouer the na-
kednesse of thy fathers sister: she is thy
fathers neere kinswoman.
13 Thou shalt not vncouer the na-
kednesse of thy mothers sister : for she is
thy mothers neere kinswoman.
* Chap. 20.
9ft
14 *Thou shalt not vncouer the na-
kednesse of thy fathers brother, thou
£\)*
shalt not approche to his wife : shee is
thine aunt.
* Chap. 20.
12.
15 *Thou shalt not vncouer the na-
marriages.
kednesse of thy daughter in law : shee is
thy sonnes wife, thou shalt not vnco-
uer her nakednesse. .
16 *Thou shalt not vncouer the na- * Chap. 20.
cednesse of thy brothers wife : it is thy 21.
Brothers nakednesse.
17 Thou shalt not vncouer the na-
iednesse of a woman and her daugh-
ter, neither shalt thou take her sonnes
daughter, or her daughters daughter,
to vncouer her nakednesse : For they
are her neere kinsewomen : it is wic-
kednesse.
18 Neither shalt thou take a wife ||to II Or, one
tier sister, to vexe her, to vncouer her na- wife
ther.
to ano-
kednes besides the other, in her life time.
19 * Also thou shalt not approche vn- * Chap. 20.
to a woman to vncouer her nakednes, 18.
as long as shee is put apart for her vn-
cleannesse.
520 Moreouer, thou shalt not lie car-
nally with thy neighbours wife, to de-
file thy selfe with her.
21 And thou shalt not let any of thy
seed * passe through thejire to *Molech, * Chap. 20.
neither shalt thou prophane the Name 2. 2. king".
23. 10.
of thy God : I am the LORD. * Called
22 Thou shalt not lie with man- Acts. Moloc.
7. 43.
kinde, as with womankinde : it is abo^
mination.
23 * Neither shalt thou lie with any * Chap. 20.
beast, to defile thy selfe therewith : nei- 15.
ther shall any woman stand before a
beast to lie downe thereto : It is con-
fusion.
24 Defile not you your selues in any
of these things: for in all these, the na-
tions are defiled which I cast out be*
fore you.
25 And the land is defiled : There*
fore I doe visit the iniquitie thereof vp-
on it, and the land it selfe vomiteth out
her inhabitants.
26 Ye shall therefore keepe my Sta-
tutes and my Judgements, and shal
not commit any of these abominations;
neither any of your owne .nation , nor
any stranger that soiourneth among
you :
27 (For all these abominations haue
the men of the land done, which were
before you, and the land is defiled.)
28 That the land spew not you out
also, when ye defile it, as it spewed- out
the nations that were before you.
29 For whosoeuer shall commit a-
ny of these abominations, euen the
soules that commit them, shall be cut of
from among their people.
30 There-
 Diuers lawes, Chap.xix. and ordinances.
30 Therefore shal ye keepe mine Or- 14? f Thou shalt not curse the deafe
dinance , that ye commit not any one o *nor put a stumbling blocke before the * Deut. 27.
these abominable customes , which blind, but shalt feare thy God: I am the 16,
were committed before you, and that ye LORD.
defile not your selues therein: I am the 15 IF Ye shall doe no vnrighteousnes
LORD your God. in iudgement ; thou shalt not *respec * Aa\\t Exod.i23.
the person of the poore, nor honour the a17. and 16.
. UCUl. 1 .

person of the mightie: but in righteous- 23. 16. prou. 24

C H A P . XIX. iam. 2. 9
nesse shalt thou iudge thy neighbour.
1 A repetition of sundry Lawes. 16 IF Thou shalt not goe vp anc
Nd the LORD spake downe as a tale-bearer among thy peo-

A
vnto Moses, saying. ple : neither shalt thou stand against the
2 Speake vnto all the blood of thy neighbour: I am the
Congregation of the chil-
LORD.
dren of Israel , and say 17 IF *Thou shalt not hate thy bro- 11. * I. loh. 2.
mat. 8. 5
* Chap. 11. vnto them, * Ye shalbe holy : for I the ther in thine heart : thou shalt in any ecclu. 19. 13
l.pet. 1. 16. LORD your God am holy.
44. & 20. 7. wise rebuke thy neighbour, ||and not flOU oeare
Or, that
3 IF Yee shall feare euery man his suffer sinne vpon him. not sinne for
mother, and his father, and keepe my 18 IF Thou shalt not auenge nor him.
Sabbaths : I am the L O R D your scare any grudge against the children
God. of thy people, *but thou shalt loue thy *HidMatt 6. 43
22 39.
4 IF Turne ye not vnto idoles, nor neighbor as thy selfe: I am the LOUD. rom. 13. 9.
make to your selues molten gods: I am 19 IF Yee shall keepe my Statutes: galat. 5. U.
am. 9. 8.
the LORD your God. Thou shalt not let thy cattell gender
with a diuerse kinde : Thou shalt not
5 11 And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace
offerings vnto the L O R D , ye shall sowe thy field with mingled seed : Nei-
offer it, at your owne will. ther shall a garment mingled of linnen
6 It shall be eaten the same day ye and woollen come vpon thee.
offer it, and on the morrow : and if 20 IF And whosoeuer lieth carnally
ought remaine vntill the third day, it with a woman that is a bondmaid, || be- tiy I Or, abused
any. Heb*
shalbe burnt in the fire. trothed to an husband, and not at all reproched
y Lor for}
7 And if it be eaten at all on the redeemed, nor freedome giuen her, ||she man.
t;hird day, it is abominable; it shall not
shall be scourged: they shall not be put I Or, they.
hieo. there
b>e accepted. to death, because she was not free : shall bee a
8 Therefore euery one that eateth it, 21 And he shall bring his trespasse scvwrging.
shal beare his iniquitie, because he hath
offering vnto the L O R D , vnto the
p>rophaned the halowed thing of the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congre-
LORD ; and that soule shalbe cut off gation , euen a ramme for a trespasse of-
from among his people. fering.
* Chap. 23. 9 1F And * when ye reape the bar- 22 And the Priest shall make an at-
22,
nest of your land, thou shalt not whollyonement for him with the ramme of
reape the corners of thy field, neither the trespasse offering before the LORD
shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy for his sinne which hee hath done: and
laruest. the sinne which he hath done shall bee
10 And thou shalt not gleane thy brgiuen him.
vineyard, neither shalt thou gather eue- 23 ^F And when yee shall come in to
ry grape of thy vineyard ; thou shalt the land, and shall haue planted all ma-
leaue them for the poore and stranger: ner of trees for food, then ye shall count
i! am the LORD your God. the fruit therof as vncircumcised: three
11 1F Ye shall not steale, neither deale
yeeres shall it be as vncircumcised vnto
falsly, neither lie one to another. rou : it shall not be eaten of.
* Bxod. 20. 18 IT And ye shall not *sweare by my 24 But in the fourth yeere all the
7. deut. 6.
11. matt. 5. tfame falsly, neither shalt thou pro- Vuit thereof shall be tholy to praise the praises
Holmes of
to um
34. iam. 5. )hane the Name of thy God: I am the I.ORD withalL LORD.
12.
^ORD. 25 And in the fift yeere shall ye eate
* Eccles. 10. 13 1F * Thou shalt not defraud thy of the fruit thereof, that it may yeelde
7. deut. 24.
14. tobi. 4 neighbour, neither rob him : the wages vnto you the increase thereof: I am the
15. of him that is hired, shal not abide with lL.ORD your God.
thee all night, vntill the morning. 26 IF Ye shall not eate any thing with
the
*5
Diuers lawes, Leuiticus.
the blood, neither shall ye vse inchant-
ment, nor obserue times.
* Chap. n. 27 * Ye shall not round the corners
t.
of your heads, neither shalt thou marre
the corners of thy beard.
• Deut. 14. 28 Ye shall not *make any cuttings
1.
in your flesh for the dead, nor print any
markes vpon you: I am the LORD.
f Heir, pro- 29 1F Doe not t prostitute thy daugh-
vhone.
ter, to cause her to be a whore, lest the
land fall to whoredome , and the land
become full of wickednesse.
30 IF Ye shall keepe my Sabbaths,
and reuerence my Sanctuary: I am
the LORD.
31 1F Regard not them that haue fa-
miliar spirits , neither seeke after Wi-
zards, to be defiled by them : I am the
LORD your God.
32 IF Thou shalt rise vp before the
hoary head, and honour the face of the
old man, and feare thy God: I am the
LORD.
9
Exod. 22. 33 IF And * if a stranger soiourne
21.
with thee in your land, yee shall not
Wrpppresse ||vexe him.
* Exod. 22. 34? * But the stranger that dwelleth
21.
with you, shalbe as one borne amongst
you, and thou shalt loue him as thy
selfe, for ye were strangers in the land of
Egypt : I am the LORD your God.
- 35 IF Ye^shall doe no vnrighteousnes
in iudgment, in meteyard, in weight, or
in measure.
* Prou. 11.
l. and 16.
36 *Iust ballances, iust tweights, a
11. and 20. iust Ephah,and a iustHin shall ye haue:
10.
Heb.stones. I am the L O R D your God , which
brought you out of the land of Egypt.
37 Therefore shall ye obserue all my
Statutes , and all my ludgements,
and doe them : I am the LORD.
C H A P . XX.
1 Of him that giueth of his seed to Molech. 4
of him that fauoureth such an one. 6 Oi
going to Wizards. 1 Of sanctification. 9
Of him that curseth his parents. 10 Of adul-
terie. 11. 14. 17. 19 Of Incest. 13 Of So-
domie. 15 Of Beastialitie. ISOfvnclean-
nesse. 22 Obedience is required with holi-
nesse. 27 Wizards must be put to death.
Nd the LORD spake
* Chap. 18.
21.
A vnto Moses, saying,
2* Againe, thou shalt
say to the children of Is-
raej. Whosoeuer he be of
the children of Israel, or of the stran-
gers that soiourne in Israel, that
and ordinances.
giueth any of his seed vnto Molech, he
shall surely be put to death : the people
of the land shall stone him with stones.
3 And I wil set my face against that
man, and will cut him off from among
his people : because he hath giuen of his
seed vnto Molech, to defile my Sanctu-
ary, and to prophane my holy Name.
4 And if the people of the land doe
any wayes hide their eyes from the
man, when he giueth of his seed vnto
Molech, and kill him not :
5 Then I will set my face against
that man, and against his family, and
will cut him off, and all that goe a who-
ring after him, to commit whoredome
with Molech , from among their
people.
6 1F And the soule that turneth af-
ter such as haue familiar spirits, and af-
ter wizards , to goe a whoring after
them, I will euen set my face against
that soule, and will cut him off from a-
mong his people.
7 1F * Sanctifie your selues there- * Chap. 11.
44. and 1».
fore , and bee yee holy : for I am the 2. i.pet. l.
LORD your God. 16.
8 And ye shall keepe my Statutes,
and do them : I am the LORD which
sanctifie you.
9 IF *For euery one that curseth his * Exod. 21.
17. pro. 20.
father or his mother, shalbe surely put 20. matth.
to death : hee hath cursed his father or 15. 4.
his mother; his blood shalbe vpon him.
10 IF And * the man that committeth * Deut. 22.
adulterie with another mans wife, euen 22. 4.
iohn 8.
he that committeth adulterie with his
neighbours wife, the adulterer, and
the adulteresse shall surely bee put to
death.
11 * And the man that lieth with his * Chap. 18
fathers wife, hath vncouered his fa- 8.
thers nakednesse : both of them shal-
be put to death; their blood shalbe vpon
them.
12 And if a man lie with his daugh-
ter in law, both of them shall surely be
put to death : they haue wrought con-
fusion ; their blood shall be vpon them.
13 *If a man also lie with mankind, 23. * Chap. 18.
as hee lyeth with a woman f both of
them haue committed an abomina-
tion : they shall surely be put to death;
their blood shalbe vpon them.
14 And if a man take a wife, and her
mother, it is wickednesse: They shalbe
burnt with fire, both he and they, that
there be no wickednesse among you.
15 * And if a man lie with a beast, he * Chap. 18.
9.
shall
 Diuers lawes, Chap.xxj.
shall surely be put to death : and ye shall
slay the beast.
16 And if a woman approch vnto a-
ny beast, and lie downe thereto, thou
shalt kill the woman and the beast : they
shall surely be put to death, their blooc
shalbe vpon them.
17 And if a man shall take his sister,
his fathers daughter , or his mothers
daughter, and see her nakednesse, and
she see his nakednesse , it is a wicked
thing, and they shall bee cut off in the
sight of their people: he hath vncouered
his sisters nakednesse, he shall beare his
iniquitie.
* Chap. 18. 18 * And if a man shall lie with a wo-
19.
man hauing her sickenesse, and shal vn-
t Heb. made couer her nakednesse: he hath tdiscoue-
naked.
red her fountaine, and she hath vncoue-
red the fountaine of her blood: and
both of them shall bee cut off from a-
mong their people.
19 And thou shalt not vncouer the na-
kednesse of thy mothers sister, nor of thy
fathers sister: for hee vncouereth his
neere kinne : they shall beare their ini-
quitie.
20 And if a man shall lie with his
vncles wife, he hath vncouered his vn-
cles nakednesse : they shall beare their
sinne, they shall die childlesse.
21 And if a man shall take his bro-
Heb. a se- tthers wife, it is tan vncleane thing : hee
paralion.
hath vncouered his brothers naked-
nesse, they shall be childlesse.
22 If Ye shall therefore keepe all my
* Chap. 18. * Statutes, and all my Judgements,
6.
and doe them : that the lande whither
* Chap. 18. [ bring you to dwell therein, *spue you
25.
not out.
23 And ye shall not walke in the ma-
ners of the nation, which I cast out be-
fore you : for they committed all these
* Deut. 9. 5, things, & * therefore I abhorred them.
24 But I haue said vnto you, Yee
shall inherit their land, and I will giue
it vnto you, to possesse it, a land that
floweth with millce and hony: I am the
LORD your God, which haue sepa-
rated you from other people.
* Chap. 11.
2. d^ut 14.
25 * Ye shall therefore put difference
4. b)etweene cleane beasts, and vncleane,
and betweene vncleane foules , and
cleane: & ye shall not make your soules
abominable by beast or by foule, or by
il Or, moueth any maner of liuing thing, that ||cree-
p>eth on the ground , which I haue se-
* Chap. 19. rrated from you as vncleane.
2. and 20. 7. 26 And ye shal be holy vnto me: *for
1. pet. 1.18.
and ordinances.
I the LORD am holy, & haue seuerec
you from other people, that ye should be
mine.
27 IF *A man also or woman tha *11.Deut. 18.
I.Sam.
hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wiz- 28. 7.
zard, shall surely be put to death : they
shall stone them with stones : their
blood shalbe vpon them.
C T.T A "D "V "V T
1 Of the Priests mourning. 6 Of their holi-
nesse, 8 Of their estimation. 7. 13 Of their
Mariages. 16 The Priests that haue blemi-
shes must not minister in the Sanctuarie.
Nd the LORD said vnto
A
Moses ; Speake vnto the
Priests the sonnes of Aa-
ron, and say vnto them,
There shall none be defi-
led for the dead among his people :
2 But for his kinne, that is neere
vnto him, that is, for his mother, and for
lis father , and for his sonne , and for
lis daughter, and for his brother,
3 And for his sister a virgin, that is
nigh vnto him, which hath had no hus-
)and : for her may he be defiled.
4> But hee shall not defile himselfe
| being a chiefe man among his people, Ihusband
Or^beingan
a-
;o prophane himselfe. mong-his
5 * They shall not make baldnesse shall people hee
not de-
vpon their head , neither shall they file himselfe
or his wife
shaue off the corner of their beard, nor &c.
make any cuttings in their flesh : * Chap. 19.
6 They shalbe holy vnto their God, 7.
and not profane the name of their God:
or the offrings of the LORD made by
fire, and the bread of their God they doe
offer : therefore they shall be holy.
7 They shall not take a wife that is
a whore, or profane, neither shall they
t;ake a woman put away from her hus-
>and : for he is holy vnto his God.
8 Thou shalt sanctifie him therfore.
for he offereth the bread of thy God: he
shalbe holy vnto thee : for I the LORD
which sanctifie you, am holy.
9 11 And the daughter of any Priest,
if she profane her selfe, by playing the
whore , she profaneth her father : shee
shall be burnt with fire.
10 Arid he that is the high Priest a-
mong his brethren, vpon whose head
the anointing oyle was powred , and
that is consecrated to put on the gar-
ments, shall not vncouer his head, nor
rent his clothes :
11 Neither shall he goe in to any dead
body,
Diuers lawes, Leuiticus.
body, nor defile himselfe for his father,
or for his mother :
12 Neither shall hee goe out of the
Sanctuary, nor prophane the Sanctu-
ary of his God ; for the crowne of the
anointing oile of his God is vpon him :
I am the LORD.
13 And he shall take a wife in her vir-
ginitie.
14? A widow, or a diuorced woman,
or prophane, or an harlot, these shall he
not take : but he shall take a virgine of
his owne people to wife.
15 Neither shal he prophane his seed
among his people: for I the LORD
doe sanctifie him.
16 IF And the LORD spake vnto
Moses, saying,
17 Speake vnto Aaron , saying,
Whosoeuer he be of thy seed in their ge-
nerations, that hath any blemish , let
H Or, food. him not approche to offer the || bread of
his God :
18 For whatsoever nian hee be that
hath a blemish, he shall not approche: a
blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a
* Chap. 22. flat nose, or any thing * superfluous,
23.
19 Or a man that is broken footed,
or broken handed,
II Or, too £0 Or crooke-backt, or a ||dwarfe, or
slender*
that hath a blemish in his eye , or be
scuruy, or scabbed, or hath his stones
broken :
21 No man that hath a blemish, of
the seed of Aaron the Priest, shall come
nigh to offer the offrmgs of the LORD
made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall
not come nigh to offer the bread of his
God.
22 He shall eat the bread of his God,
both of the most Holy, and of the holy:
23 Onely he shall not goe in vnto
the Vaile, nor come nigh vnto the Al-
tar, because he hath a blemish, that he
prophane not my Sanctuaries : for I
the LORD doe sanctifie them.
24 And Moses told it vnto Aaron,
and to his sonnes, and vnto all the chil-
dren of Israel.
C H A P . XXII.
1 The Priests in their vncleannesse must ab-
staine from the holy things. 6 How they
shall bee cleansed. 6 Who of the Priests
house may eate of the holy things. 17 The
sacrifices must be without blemish. 26 The
age of the sacrifice. 29 The law of eating
the sacrifice of thankesgiuing.
and ordinances.
Nd the LORD spake vn-
A
t° Moses, saying,
^ Speake vnto Aa-
ron 9 and to his sonnes,
that they separate them-
selues from the holy things of the chil-
dren of Israel , and that they prophane
not my holy Name,m those things which
they halow vnto me : I am the LORD.
3 Say vnto them, Whosoeuer he be
of all your seed, among your generati-
ons, that goeth vnto the holy things,
which the children of Israel hallow
vnto the LORD, hauing his vnclean-
nesse vpon him, that soule shalbe cut off
from my presence : I am the LORD.
4t What man soeuer of the seed of
Aaron is a leper, or hath a t running t Hebr. run-
issue, he shall not eat of the holy things, ning
reines.
of the
vntill he be cleane. And * who so touch- * Chap. 15.
eth any thing that is vncleane by the 2.
dead, or a man whose seed goeth from
him :
5 Or whosoeuer toucheth any cree-
ping thing , whereby he may be made
vncleane, or a man of whom hee may
take vncleannesse , whatsoeuer vn-
cleannesse he hath :
6 The soule which hath touched
any such, shalbe vncleane vntill Euen,
and shall not eate of the holy things.
vnlesse he wash his flesh with water.
7 And when the Sunne is downe,
he shall be cleane, and shall afterward
eate of the holy things, because it is his
f> i
food.
8 * That which dieth of it selfe, or is * Exod. 22.
torne with beasts, hee shall not eate to 31. ezech.
44. 31.
defile himselfe therewith : I am the
LORD.
9 They shall therefore keepe mine
Ordinance, lest they beare sinne for it,
and die therefore, if they prophane it: I
the LORD doe sanctifie them.
10 There shall no stranger eat of the
holy thing ; a soiourner of the Priests,
or an hired seruant shall not eate of the
Koly thing.
11 But if the Priest buy any soule
twith his money, he shall eat of it, and t Hebr. with
he that is borne in his house : they shall the purchase
of his money.
eat of his meat.
12 If the Priests daughter also bee
married vnto ta stranger, she may not \ Heb.aman
eate of an offering of the holy things. a stranger.
18 But if the Priests daughter be a
widow, or diuorced, and haue no childe,
and is returned vnto her fathers house,
*as in her youth, she shall eat of her fa- * Chap. 10.
thers 14.
What oblations Chap.xxiij.
thers meat, but there shall no stranger seuen dayes vnder the damme , and
' eate thereof. from the eight day and thencefoorth, it
14 IF And if a man eate of the holy
thing vnwittingly, then he shall put the
5ft part thereof vnto it, and shall giue it
vnto the Priest, with the holy thing.
15 And they shall not profane the
loly things of the children of Israel,
which they offer vnto the LORD :
II Or, lade 16 Or || suffer them to beare the ini-
themselues
with the ini- quitie of trespasse, when they eate their
quity oftres- loly things: for I the LORD do san-
xisseintheir
eating. ctifie them.
17 f And the L O R D spake vnto
Moses, saying,
18 Speake vnto Aaron and to his
sonnes, and vnto all the children of Is-
rael, and say vnto them, Whatsoeuer
le be of the house of Israel, or of the
strangers in Israel, that will offer his
oblation for all his vowes, and for all
lis free will offerings, which they will
offer vnjo the LORD for a burnt offe-
ring:
19 Ye shot offer at your ownewil a male
without blemish, of the beeues, of the
sheepe, or of the goats.
20 But whatsoeuer hath a blemish,
that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be
acceptable for you.
* Deut. 15.
21. & 17. 1.
£1 *And whosoeuer offereth a sacri-
fice of peace offerings vnto the LORD,
to accomplish his vow, or a free will of-
U Or, goats. fring in beeues or || sheepe, it shalbe per-
fect, to be accepted : there shall be no ble-
mish therein.
££ Blind, or broken, or maimed, or
hauing a wenne, or scuruie, or scabbed,
ye shal not offer these vnto the LORD,
nor make an offring by fire of them vp-
on the Altar vnto the LORD.
11 Or, kidde. 23 Either a bullocke, or a ||lambe that
* Chap. 21. hath any thing * superfluous or lacking
1.8«
in his parts, that mayest thou offer for
a free will offring : but for a vow it shal
not be accepted.
24 Ye shal not offer vnto the LORD
that which is bruised, or crushed, or bro-
ken, or cut, neither shall you make any
offering thereof in your land.
25 Neither from a strangers hand
shall ye offer the bread of your God of
any of these ; because their corruption
is in them, and blemishes bee in them :
they shall not be accepted for you.
2o f And the L O R D spake vn.to
Moses, saying,
27 When a bullocke, or a sheepe, or
a goat is brought forth, then it shall bee
muft be offred.
shal be accepted for an offering rnade by
fire vnto the LORD.
28 And whether it be cowe or ||ewe, II Or, shee
fe shall not kill it, *and her yong, both goat.
* Deu. 22. (r
n one day.
29 And when yee will offer a sacri-
fice of thankesgiuing vnto the LORD,
offer it at your owne will.
30 On the same day it shall be eaten
vp, ye shall leaue * none of it vntill the *5.Chap. 7.
morrow : I am the LORD.
31 Therefore shall ye keepe my Com-
mandements, and doe them : I am the
LORD.
32 Neither shal ye * profane my holy *1. Leuit. 10.
Name, but I will be hallowed among
the children of Israel : I am the LORD
which hallow you,
33 That brought you out of the land
of Egypt, to be your God : I am the
LORD.
C H A P . XXIII.
1 The feasts of the Lord. 3 The Sabbath. 4
The Passeouer. 9 The Sheafe of first fruits.
15 The Feast of Pentecost. 22 Gleanings to
be left for the poore. 23 The Feast of Trum-
pets. 26 The day of atonement. 33 The
Feast of Tabernacles.
Nd the LORD spake vn-
A
to Moses, saying,
2 Speake vnto the chil-
dren of Israel, and say vn-
to them, Concerning the
feasts of the L O R D , which yee shall
proclaime to be holy conuocations, euen
these are my feasts.
3 *Sixe dayes shall worke be done, * Kxo. 20. 9
deut. 5. 13.
but the seuenth day is the Sabbath of luke 13. 14.
rest, an holy conuocation; ye shall doe
no worke therein : it is the Sabbath of
the LORD in all your dwellings.
4? IT These are the feastes of the
LORD, euen holy conuocations, which
ye shall proclaime in their seasons.
5 *In the fourteenth day of the first * Exod. 12.
18. num. 28
moneth at euena is the LORDS Passe- 17.
ouer,
6 And on the fifteenth day of the
same moneth, is the feast of vnleauened
bread vnto the LORD: seuen dayes
ye must eate vnleauened bread.
7 In the first day ye shall haue an
holy conuocation : ye shall do no se^uile
worke therein.
8 But ye shal offer an offring made
by fire vnto the LORD seuen dayes;
in
The firft fruites. Leuiticus.
in the seuenth day is an holy conuocati-
on,Ye shall doe no seruile worke therein.
9 f And the L O R D spake vnto
Moses, saying,
10 Speake vnto the children of Is-
rael, and say vnto them, When yee be
come into the land which I giue vnto
you, and shal reape the haruest thereof.
H Or* hand- then ye shall bring a ||sheafe of the first
full: Hebr.
an Omer. fruits of your haruest vnto the Priest :
11 And hee shall waue the sheafe be-
fore the LORD to be accepted for you :
on the morrow after the Sabbath the
Priest shall waue it.
12 And ye shall offer that day, wheto
ye waue the sheafe, an hee lambe with-
out blemish of the first yeere, for a burnt
offering vnto the LORD.
13 And the meat offring thereof shall
be two tenth deales of fine flowre, min-
gled with oile, an offering made by fire
vnto the LORD, for a sweet sauour:
and the drinke offering thereof shalbe of
wine, the fourth part of an Hin.
1 4 And ye shall eate neither bread,
nor parched corne, nor greene eares,
vntill the selfe same day that yee haue
brought an offering vnto your God :
It shalbe a statute for euer, throughout
your generations , in all your dwel-
lings.
* Deut. 16.
9.
15 f And *ye shall count vnto you
from the morrow after the Sabbath,
from the day that ye brought the sheafe
of the waue offering; seuen Sabbaths
shalbe complete.
16 Euen vnto the morrow after the
seuenth Sabbath, shall ye number fifty
dayes, and ye shall offer a new meat of-
fering vnto the LORD.
17 Ye shall bring out of your habita-
tions two waue-loaues, of two tenth
deales : they shalbe of fine flowre, they
shall be baken with leauen, they are the
first fruits vnto the LORD.
18 And ye shall offer with the bread
seuen lambes without blemish, of the
first yeere, and one yong bullocke and
two rammes : they shall be for a burnt
offering vnto the LORD, with their
meat offring and their drinke offrings,
euen an offering made by fire of sweet
sauour vnto the LORD.
19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of
the goates, for a sinne offering, and two
lambes of the first yeere, for a sacrifice of
peace offerings.
20 And the Priest shall waue them
with the bread of the first fruits, for a
Solemne feafts, and
waue-offting before the LORD, with
the two lambs : they shalbe holy to the
LORD for the Priests.
21 And ye shal proclaime on the selfe
same day, that it may be an holy conuo-
cation vnto you : ye shall doe no seruile
worke therein : it shall be a statute for euer
in all your dwellings throughout your
generations.
22 ^ And * when ye reape the har- * Chap. 19.
uest of your land, thou shall not make 9.
cleane riddance of the corners of the
field, when thou reapest, * neither shalt1Q * Deut. 24.
iy.
thou gather any gleaning of thy har-
uest : thou shalt leaue them vnto the
poore, and to the stranger : I am the
LORD your God.
23 f And the LORD spake vnto
Moses, saying,
24 Speake vnto the children of Is-
rael, saying, In the * seuenth moneth, i>• Num. 29.
in the first day of the moneth shall yee
haue a Sabbath, a memoriall of blow-
ing of trumpets, an holy conuocation.
25 Ye shall do no seruile worke there-
in ; but ye shall offer an offering made
by fire vnto the LORD.
26 IF And the LORD spake vnto
Moses, saying,
27 * Also on the tenth day of this se- 30. * Chap. 16.
num.
uenth moneth, there shalbe a day of at- 29. 7-
onement, it shalbe an holy conuocation
vnto you, & ye shall afflict your soules,
and offer an offering made by fire vnto
the LORD.
28 And ye shall doe no worke in that
same day : for it is a day of atonement,
to make an atonement for you, before
the LORD your God.
29 For whatsoeuer soule it bee that
shall not bee afflicted in that same day,
hee shall bee cut off from among his
people.
30 And whatsoeuer soule it bee that
doeth any worke in that same day, the
same soule will I destroy from among
his people.
31 Ye shall doe no maner of worke :
it shall be a statute for euer throughout
your generations, in all your dwel-
lings.
32 It shalbe vnto you a Sabbath of
rest, and yee shall afflict y6ur soules in
the ninth day of the moneth at Euen,
from Euen vnto Euen shall ye t cele- \Hebr.rtst.
brate your Sabbath.
33 1F And the LORD spake vnto
Moses, saying,
34 Speake vnto the children of
Israel,
holy conuocations. Chap.xxiiij.
* Num. 29. Israel, saying, * The fifteenth day of
12. iohn 7.
37. this seuenth moneth, shall be the feast of
Tabernacles for seuen dayes vnto the
LORD.
oo On the nrst day shcilbc an holy con-
uocation : ye shall doe no seruile worke
therein.
86 Seuen dayes ye shall offer an of-
fring made by fire vnto the LORD, on
the eight day shall be an holy conuocati-
on vnto you, and ye shall offer an offe-
ring made by fire vnto the LORD : It
t Heb. day is a tsolemne assembly, and ye shall doe
of restraint.
no seruile worke therein.
37 These are the feasts of the LORD
which ye shall proclaime to be holy con-
uocations, to offer an offering made by
fire vnto the LORD, a burnt offering,
and a meat offering, a sacrifice, & drinke tenth deales shall be in one cake.
offerings, euery thing vpon his day;
38 Beside the Sabbaths of the
LORD, and beside your gifts, and be-
side all your vowes, and beside all your
free will offerings, which ye giue vnto
the LORD.
39 Also in the fifteenth day of the se-
uenth moneth when yee haue gathered
in the fruit of the land, ye shall keepe a order before the L O R D continually,
feast vnto the LORD seuen dayes. On
the first day shall bee a Sabbath, and on
the eight day shall bee a Sabbath.
40 And ye shall take you on the first
t Heb. fruit. day the tboughes of goodly trees, bran-
ches of Palme trees, and the boughes
of thicke trees, and willowes of the
brooke, and yee shall reioyce before the
LORD your God seue.n dayes.
41 And yee shall keepe it a feast vnto
the LORD seuen dayes in the yeere:
It shalbe a Statute for euer in your ge-
nerations, ye shall celebrate it in the se- gether in the campe.
uenth moneth.
42 Ye shall dwell in boothes seuen
dayes: all that are Israelites borne,
shall dwell in boothes ;
43 That your generations may
know that I made the children of Is-
rael to dwell in boothes , when I
brought them out of the land of Egypt:
I am the LORD your God.
44 And Moses declared vnto the
children of Israel the feaste_s of the
LORD.
C H A P . XXIIII.
1 The oyle for the lampes. 5 The Shewbread. stone him.
10 Shelomiths sonne blasphemeth. 13 The
Law of Blasphemie. 17 Of Murther. 18 Of
Damage. 23 The blasphemer is stoned.
The Shewbread.
Nd the LORD spake vn-
A
to Moses, saying,
2 Command the chil-
dren of Israel, that they
bring vnto thee pure oyle
Oliue, beaten, for the light, tto cause the cause
t Hebr. to
to as-
lampes to burne continually. cend.
3 Without the Vaile of the Testi-
monie, in the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation, shal Aaron order it from the
euening vnto the morning, before the
LORD continually: It shall be a Sta-
tute for euer in your generations.
4 He shall order the lampes vpon
* the pure Candlesticke before the *Exo. 31.8
LORD continually.
5 H And thou shalt take fine flowre,
and bake twelue * cakes thereof: two * Exod. 25.
30.
6 And thou shalt set them in two
rowes, sixe on a row vpon the pure Ta-
ble, before the LORD.
7 And thou shalt put pure frankin-
cense vpon ech row, that it may bee on
the bread for a memoriall, euen an offe-
ring made by fire vnto the LORD.
8 Euery Sabbath he shall set it in
being taken from the children of Israel
by an euerlasting couenant.
9 And *it shall be Aarons and his * Exod. 2.9.
33. chap. fl.
sonnes, and they shall eate it in the holy 31. mat. 12.
place: for it is most holy vnto him, of the 1,6.
offerings of the LORD made by fire,
by a perpetuall statute.
10 f And the sonne of an Israelitish
woman, whose father was an Egypti-
an, went out among the children of Is-
rael : and this sonne of the Israelitish
woman, and a man of Israel stroue to-
11 And the Israelitish womans sonne
blasphemed the name of the L O R D ,
and cursed, and they brought him vnto
Moses: and his mothers name was
Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of
the tribe of , Dan.
12 And they *put him in ward, tthat * Numb. 15
34.
the minde of the L O R D might bee \Heb. to ex-
shewed them. pound vnto
them occor-
13 H And the LORD spake vnto Mo- ding to the
mouth of the
ses, saying, LORD.
14 Bring forth him that hath cursed,
without the Campe , and let all that
heard him, * lay their hands vpon his * Deut. 13.
head , and let all the Congregation 9. and 17. 7
15 And thou shalt speake vnto the
children of Israel, saying, Whosoeuer
curseth
Againft murder. Leuiticus.
curseth his God, shall beare his sinne.
16 And hee that blasphemeth the
Name of the LORD, he shall surely
be put to death , and all the Congrega-
tion shall certainely stone him: Aswell
the stranger , as he that is borne in the
land, when he blasphemeth the Name
of the LORD, shall be put to death.
* Exod. 91. 17 f * And he that t killeth any man,
12. deu. 19.
21. shall surely be put to death.
t Hebr smi- 18 And he that killeth a beast, shall
teth the life
of a man. make it good ; t beast for beast.
t Hebr. life 19 And if a man cause a blemish in
for life.
* Exod. 21. his neighbour; as *he hath done, so shal
24. deu. 19.
31. matth. it be done to him :
5. 38. 20 Breach, for breach, eye for eye,
tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a ble-
mish in a man, so shall it be done to him
againe.
21 And hee that killeth a beast, hee
shall restore it : and hee that killeth a
man, he shall be put to death.
* Exod. 12. 22 Ye shall haue *one maner of law,
40
VS.
aswell for the stranger, as for one of
your owne countrey : for I am the
LORD your God.
23 U And Moses spake to the children
of Israel, that they should bring foorth
him that had cursed, out of the Campe,
and stone him with stones: and the chil-
dren of Israel did as the LORD com-
manded Moses.
C TT A p YYV
1 The Sabbath of the seuenth yeere. 8 The
lubile in the fiftieth yeere. 14 Of oppres-
sion. I S A blessing of obedience. 23 The
redemption of land, 29 Of houses. 35
Compassion of the poore* 39 The vsage of
bondmen. 47 The redemption of seruants.
Nd the LORD spake vn-
A t° Moses in Mount Si-
naij saying,
2 Speake vnto the chil-
ddrf*n of Isrftpl find sav vn
to them : When yee come into the land
which I giue you, then shall the land
IHebf.rest. tkeepe *a Sabbath vnto the LORD.
* Exod. 23. 3 Sixe yeeres thou shalt sow thy
10.
field, and sixe yeeres thou shalt prune
thy Vineyard, and gather in the fruit
thereof.
4 But in the seuenth yeere shalbe a
Sabbath of rest vnto the land, a Sab-
bath for the LORD : thou shalt nei-
ther sow thy field, nor prune thy Vine-
yard.
5 That which groweth of it owne
The labile.
accord of thy haruest , thou shalt not
reape, neither gather the grapes t of thy (• Hebr. of
'hy separati-
Vine vndressed: for it is a yeere of rest ons.
vnto the land.
6 And the Sabbath of the land shall
be meat for you ; for thee, and for thy ser-
uant, and for thy mayd, and for thy hi-
red seruant, and for the stranger that so-
iourneth with thee,
7 And for thy cattel, and for the beast
that are in thy land, shal all the encrease
thereof be meat.
8 11 And thou shalt number seuen
Sabbaths of yeeres vnto thee, seuen
times seuen yeeres, and the space of the
seuen Sabbaths of yeeres, shall be vn-
to thee fourtie and nine yeeres.
9 Then shalt thou cause the trum-
t Hebr.
pet t of the lubile to sound, on the tenth lowde oj
day of the seuenth moneth; in the day of sound.
atonement shall ye make the trumpet
sound throughout all your land.
10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth
yeere, and proclaime libertie through-
out all the land, vnto al the inhabitants
thereof: It shalbe a lubile vnto you,
and ye shall returne euery man vnto
his possession, and ye shall returne eue-
ry man vnto his family.
11 A lubile shall tnat fiftieth yeere
be vnto you : Ye shall not sow, neither
reape that which groweth of it selfe in
it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy Vine
vndressed.
12 For it is the lubile, it shall be ho-
ly vnto you : ye shall eate the encrease
tnereof out of the field.
13 In the yeere of this lubile yee
shall returne euery man vnto his pos-
1 11 A. 1 »
session.
14 And if thou sell ought vnto thy
neighbour, or buyest ought of thy
neighbours hand, ye shall not oppresse
one another.
15 According to the number of yeres
after the lubile, thou shalt buy of thy
neighbour, and according vnto the
number of yeeres of the fruits, he shall
sell vnto thee.
16 According to the multitude of
yeeres, thou shalt encrease the price
thereof, and according to the fewnesse
of yeeres, thou shalt diminish the price
of it : for according to the number of the
yeeres of the fruites doeth hee sell vnto
thee.
17 Yee shall not therefore oppresse
one another ; but thou shalt feare thy
God : For I am the LORD your God.
18 1T Where-
Redeeming of Chap.xxv.
18 1F Wherefore ye shall do my Sta-
tutes, and keepe my ludgements, and
doe them, and ye shall dwell in the land
in safetie.
19 And the land shall yeeld her fruit,
and ye shal eat your fill, and dwell ther-
in in safetie.
20 And if ye shall say, What shall
we eate the seuenth yeere ? Behold, we
shall not sow , nor gather in our in-
crease :
21 Then I will command my bles-
sing vpon you in the sixt yeere, and it
shall bring forth fruit for three yeeres.
22 And ye shall sow the eight yeere,
and eat yet of old fruit, vntill the ninth
yeere : vntill her fruits come in, ye shall
eate of the old store.
II Or, to bee 23 If The land shall not be sold ||for
quite cut off.
Hebr.for euer : for the land is mine, for ye were
cutting off. strangers and soiourners with me.
24 And in all the land of your pos-
session, ye shall grant a redemption for
the land;
25 f If thy brother be waxen poore,
and hath sold away some of his posses-
sion, and if any of his kinne come to re-
deeme it, then shall hee redeeme that
which his brother sold.
26 And if the man haue none to re-
t Hebr. his deeme it, and thimselfe bee able to re-
hand hath,
deeme it :
attained,
and/ound 27 Then let him count the yeeres of
sujficiencie.
the sale therof, and restore the ouerplus
vnto the man, to whom he sold it, that
he may returne vnto his possession.
28 But if he be not able to restore it
to him, then that which is sold, shall re-
maine in the hand of him that hath
bought it, vntill the yeere of lubile:
and in the lubile it shall goe out, and
he shall returne vnto his possession.
29 And if a man sell a dwelling house
in a walled citie, then he may redeeme it
within a whole yeere after it is solde :
within a full yeere may he redeeme it.
30 And if it be not redeemed within
the space of a full yeere, then the house
that is in the walled citie, shall be stabli-
shed for euer to him that bought it,
throughout his generations : it shall
not goe out in the lubile.
31 But the houses of the villages
which haue no walles round about
them, shall bee counted as the fields of
t Hebr. r*. the countrey : tthey may ee redeemed,
demptitm
belonpHh and they shall goe out in the lubile.
vnto it. 32 Notwithstanding , the cities of
the Leuites, and the houses of the cities
lands and houfes.
of their possession, may the Leuites re-
deeme at any time.
33 And if || a man purchase of the H Or, one of
Leuites, then the house that was sold. the Leuites
redeeme
and the citie of his possession shall goe them.
out in the yeere of lubile : for the hou-
ses of the cities of the Leuites are their
possession among the children of Is-
rael.
34? But the field of the suburbs of
their cities may not be sold, for it is their
perpetuall possession.
35 f And if thy brother bee waxen
poore, and t fallen in decay with thee, t Hebr. his
then thou shalttrelieue him, yea though hand/aileth
t Hebr.
he be a stranger, or a soiourner, that hee strengthen.
may Hue with thee.
36 * Take thou no vsurie of him, or * Exod. 22.
25. deut. 23
increase : but feare thy God, that thy 1 9. pro. 28. 8
ezek. is. 8
brother may Hue with thee. and 22. 12.
37 Thou shalt not giue him thy mo-
ney vpon vsurie, nor lend him thy vic-
tuals for increase.
38 I am the LOED your God,
which brought you foorth out of the
land of Egypt, to giue you the land of
Canaan, and to be your God.
39 If And * if thy brother that dwel- * Exo. 21.2.
deut. 15. 12
leth by thee be waxen poore, and be sold ierem. 34.
vnto thee, thou shalt not tcompell him t14.Heb. serue
to serue as a bond seruant. thy seife
40 But as an hired seruant, and as with with him
the ser-
a soiourner he shall be with thee, and uice, <£•£.
shall serue thee vnto the yere of lubile.
41 And then shall hee depart from
thee, both he and his children with him,
and shall returne vnto his owne fami-
lie , and vnto the possession of his fa-
thers shall he returne.
42 For they are my seruants, which
I brought forth out of the land of E-
gypt: they shall not be sold tas bond the t Hebr. with
sale of a
men. bondman.
43 *Thou shalt not rule ouer him • Ephe. 6. 9.
with rigour, but shalt feare thy God. coloss. 4. 1.
44 Both thy bondmen , and thy
bondmaids, which thou shalt haue,
shall be of the Heathen, that are round
about you : of them shall ye buy bond-
men and bondmaids.
45 Moreouer, of the children of the
strangers that do soiourne among you.
of them shall ye buy, and of their fami-
lies that artfwith you, which they begat
in your land : and they shalbe your pos-
session.
46 And ye shall take them as an in- t Hebr. ys>
heritance for your children after you, to shall tente
your seluit
inherite them for a possession, tthey shal with them.
bee
'53
Of redemption. Leuiticus.
>ee your bondmen for euer : but ouer
your brethren the children of Israel, ye
shall not rule one ouer another with
rigour.
47 H And if a soiourner or stranger
t Hebr. his r waxe rich by thee, and thy brother that
handobteine,
TI*fC. dwelleth by him waxe poore, and sell
limselfe vnto the stranger or soiourner
)y thee, or to the stocke of the strangers
family :
48 After that he is sold, hee may be
redeemed againe : one of his brethren
may redeeme him.
49 Either his vncle, or his vncles
sonne may redeeme him, or any that is
nigh of kinne vnto him, of his family,
may redeeme him : or if he be able, hee
may redeeme himselfe.
50 And he shall reckon with him
that bought him, from the yeere that
he was sold to him , vnto the yeere of
lubile, and the price of his sale shalbe
according vnto the number of yeeres,
according to the time of an hired ser-
uant shall it be with him.
51 If there be yet many yeeres be-
binde, according vnto them hee shall
*iue againe the price of his redemp-
tion , out of the money that hee was
bought for.
52 And if there remaine but few
yeeres vnto the yeere of lubile > then he
shall count with him,and according vn-
to his yeeres shall he giue him againe
the price of his redemption.
53 And as a yeerely hired seruani
shall he be with him : and the other shal
not rule with rigour ouer him in thy
sight.
\\0r,bythes 54 And if hee be not redeemed ||in
meanes.
these yeereS) then he shall goe out in the
yeere of lubile, both he, and his children
with him.
55 For vnto me the children of Isra-
el are seruants, they are my seruants
whom I brought forth out of the lam
of Egypt : I am the LORD your God.
C H A R . XXVI.
1 Of Idolatry. 2 Religiousnes. 3 A blessing
to them that keepe the Commandements. 1<
A curse to those that breake them. 40 God
promised) to remember them that repent.'
* Exo'd. w
t
*-*G snail maKe you w no
Y
4, deut. 5. 8
and 16. 22. Idoles nor grauen I-
psal. 97. 7- mage , neither reare you
I Or, pillar. vp a || standing image, nei-
ther shall yee set vp any
Blefsings promifed.
IIIImage of stone in your land, to bowI «-,'•' Or, figured
%/.,i_
dlowne vnto it : For I am the LORD alone. Hear,
stone of pi-
your God. cture.
£ * Ye shal keepe my Sabbaths, and 30. * Chap. 19.
reuerence my Sanctuary : I am the
lLORD.
3 IF * If ye walke in my Statutes, * Deut. 28.
and keepe my Commandements, and
doe them ;
4 Then I will giue you raine in
due season , and the land shall veeld her
increase, and the trees of the field shall
yeeld their fruit.
5 And your threshing shall reach
vnto the vintage, and the vintage shall
reach vnto the sowing time : and yee
shal eat your bread to the full, and *dwel Mobil.
9.
in your land safely.
6 And I wil giue peace in the land,
and ye shall lye downe, and none shall
make you afraid: and I will trid euill '•oHeb.cease.
cause
seasts out of the land, * neither shall the •lob n.
sword goe through your land. 19.
7 And ye shall chase your enemies,
and they shall fall before you by the
sword.
8 And *fiue of you shal chase an hun- * losh. 23.
dred , and an hundred of you shall put 10.
ten thousand to flight : and your ene-
mies shall fall before you by the sword.
9 For I wil haue respect vnto you,
and make you fruitfull, and multiply
you, & establish my couenant with you.
10 And yee shall eate old store , anc
bring forth the old, because of the new.
11 *And I will set my Tabernacle * Ezech. 37
amongst you : and my soule shall not 26.
abhorre you.
12 *And I will walke among you, * 2 Cor. 6.
and will be your God, and ye shall be 16.
my people.
13 I am the L O R D your God
which brought you forth out of the lane
of Egypt, that yee should not be their
bondmen, & I haue broken the bandes
of your yoke, and made you go vpright
14 11 * But if ye will not hearken vn * Deut. 28.
to me , and will not doe all these Com- 2.15 17. lament.
mala.
mandements : 2.2.
15 And if ye shall despise my Sta
tutes , or if your soule abhorre my
ludgements, so that ye wil not doe al
my Commaundements , but that yee
breake my Couenant :
16 I also will doe this vnto you, ]
will euen appoint toner you terrour t Hebr. vpon
consumption , and the burning ague you.
that shall consume the eyes, and cause
sorrow of heart : and ye shall sow your
seede
Plagues threatned Chap.xxvj.
seede in vaine , for your enemies shall
eate it.
17 And I will set my face against
you, and ye shall be slaine before your e-
nemies : they that hate you shall reigne
* Pro, 28. i. ouer you, and *ye shall flee when none
mrsueth you.
18 And if ye will not yet for all this
learken vnto me, then I will punish
you seuen times more for your sinnes.
19 And I will breake the pride of
your power, and I will make your
tieauen as yron , and your earth as
brasse :
20 And your strength shall be spent
in vaine : for your land shall not yeeld
tier increase , neither shall the trees of
the land .yeeld their fruits.
n Or, at all 21 IT And if yewalke || contrary vnto
adventures
with me, $ me, and will not hearken vnto mee, I
so verse 24. will bring seuen times moe plagues vp-
on you, according to your sinnes.
22 I will also send wilde beasts a-
mong you, which shall rob you of your
children, and destroy your cattell, and
make you few in number, and your high
wayes shall be desolate.
23 And if ye will not be reformed by
these things, but will walke contrary
vnto me :
* 2. Sam.
no o*f ncnl
££• At* J>5«1.
24 * Then will I also walke con-
18. 26. trary vnto you, and will punish you
yet seuen times for your sinnes.
25 And I will bring a sword vpon
you, that shall auenge the quarrell of my
couenant : and when yee are gatherec
together within your cities, I wil senc
the pestilence among you, and ye shalbe
deliuered into the hand of the eneraie.
26 And when I haue broken the
stafle of your bread, ten women shal
bake your bread in one ouen, and they
shall deliuer you your bread againe by
weight : and ye shall eate, and not bee
satisfied.
27 And if ye wil not for all this hear-
ken vnto me, but walke contrary vnto
mee,
28 Then I wil walke contrary vn-
to you also in fury, and I, euen I wil
chastise you seuen times for your sinnes.
* Deut. 28.
*•% 29 * And ye shal eate the flesh of your
OOt
sonnes, and the flesh, of your daughters
shall ye eate.
30 And I will destroy your high
* 2. Chro. places, and *cut downe your images,
34. 7-
and cast your carkeises vpon the carkei-
ses of your idoles , and my soule shall
abhorre you.
for diibbedience.
31 And I wil make your cities waste,
and bring your sanctuaries vnto deso-
ation, and I will not smell the sauour
of your sweet odours.
32 And I will bring the land into de-
solation : and your enemies which dwel
therein, shall be astonished at it.
33 And I will scatter you among
the heathen, and will draw out a sword
after you : and your land shall be deso-
ate, and your cities waste.
34 Then shall the lande enioy her
Sabbaths, as long as it Heth desolate,
and yee be in your enemies land, euen
then shall the land rest, and enioy her
Sabbaths.
35 As long as it lieth desolate, it shall
rest : because it did not rest in your Sab-
baths, when ye dwelt vpon it.
36 And vpon them that are left a-
liue of you, I will send a faintnesse into
their hearts in the lands of their ene-
mies, and the sound of a t shaken leafe ven. t Heb. dri-
shall chase them, and they shall flee, as
fleeing from a sword: and they shall
fall, when none pursueth.
37 And they shall fall one vpon ano-
ther, as it were before a sword, when
none pursueth : and yee shall haue no
power to stand before your enemies.
38 And yee shall perish among the
Heathen, and the land of your enemies
shall eate you vp.
39 And they that are left of you shal
pine away in their iniquitie in your ene-
mies lands, and also in the iniquities pi
their fathers shall they pine away with
i
them.
40 If they shall confesse the iniqui-
tie of their fathers, with their trespasse
which they trespassed against me, anc
that also they haue walked contrary
vnto me :
41 And that I also haue walked con-
trary vnto them, and haue brought
them into the land of their enemies : ij
then their vncircumcised hearts bee
humbled , and they then accept of the
punishment of their iniquitie :
42 Then will I remember my co-
uenant with lacob, and also my coue-
nant with Isaac, and also my couenant
with Abraham will I remember, anc
I will remember the land.
43 The land also shalbe left of them,
and shall enioy her Sabbaths, while
she lieth desolate without them : anc
they shall accept of the punishment oi
their iniquitie : because , euen because
they
Of vowes, and LeuiticuSe
they despised my Judgements, and be-
cause their soule abhorred my Statutes
44 And yet for all that, when they
* Deut. 4, be in the land of their enemies, *I will
31. rom.
11. 26. not cast them away, neither will I ab-
horre them, to destroy them vtterly,
and to breake my couenant with them :
for I am the LORD their God.
45 But I wil for their sakes remem-
ber the couenant of their Ancestours,
whom I brought forth out of the land
of Egypt, in the sight of the Heathen,
that I might be their God : I am the
LORD.
46 These are the Statutes, and
Judgements, and Lawes which the
LORD made betweene him and the
children of Israel, in mount Sinai, by
the hand of Moses.
C H A P XXVII.
1 He that maketh a singular vow must bee the
Lords. 2 The estimation of the person. 9
Of a beast giuen by vow. 14 Of a house. 16
Of a field and the redemption thereof. 28
No deuoted thing may be redeemed. 32 The
tithe may not be changed.
Nd the LORD spake
A vnto Moses, saying,
2 Speake vnto the chil-
dren of Israel, and say vn-
to them, When a man shal
make a singular vow, the persons shall
be for the LORD, by thy estimation.
3 And thy estimation shall be: Of
the male from twentie yeeres old, euen
vnto sixtie yeeres old: euen thy estima-
tion shall be fiftie shekels of siluer, after
the shekel of the Sanctuary.
4 And if it be a female, then thy esti-
mation shall be thirtie shekels.
5 And if it be from fiue yeeres olde,
euen vnto twentie yeeres old, then thy
estimation shall be of the male twentie
shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
6 And if it be from a moneth old, e-
uen vnto flue yeeres old, then thy esti-
mation shall be of the male, fiue shekels
of siluer, and for the female, thy estima-
tion shall be three shekels of siluer.
7 And if it be from sixtie yeeres old,
and aboue, if it be a male, then thy esti-
mation shall be fifteene shekels, and for
the female ten shekels.
8 But if he bee poorer then thy esti-
mation , then he shall present himselfe
tafore the Priest, and the Priest shall va-
lue him : according to his abilitie that
their redemption.
vowed, shall the Priest value him.
9 And if it be a beast whereof men
bring an offering vnto the LORD, al]
that any man giueth of such vnto the
LORD, shall be holy.
10 He shall not alter it, nor change it.
a good for a bad , or a bad for a good :
And if hee shall at all change beast for
beast, then it, and the exchange thereof
shall be holy.
11 And if it be any vncleane beast, of
which they doe not offer a sacrifice vnto
the LORD, then he shall present the
beast before the Priest :
12 And the Priest shall value it, whe-
ther it be good or bad : as thou t valuest t Hebr. ac-
it who art the Priest : so shall it be. cording to
thy estimate
13 But if hee will at all redeeme it, %C. ow,
A-*
0 Priest,
then he shall adde a fift part thereof vn-
to thy estimation.
14 T And when a man shall sancti-
fie his house to be holy vnto the LORD,
then the Priest shal estimate it, whether
it be good or bad : as the Priest shall esti-
mate it, so shall it stand.
15 And if he that sanctified it, will re-
deeme his house, then he shall adde the
fift part of the money of thy estimation
vnto it, and it shall be his.
16 And if a man shall sanctifie vnto
the LORD some part of a field of his
possession, then thy estimation shall be
according to the seed thereof: \\ An Ho- \ Or, the
and of an
mer of barley seed shall be valued at fiftie Homer, <Jc,
shekels of siluer.
17 If hee sanctifie his field from the
yeere of lubile , according to thy esti-
mation it shall stand.
18 But if hee sanctifie his field after
the lubile, then the Priest shall reckon
vnto him the money , according to the
yeeres that remaine, euen vnto the
yeere of the lubile, and it shall be aba-
ted from thy estimation.
19 And if he that sanctified the field,
will in any wise redeeme it, then he shal
adde the fift part of the money of thy
estimation vnto it, and it shall be assu-
red to him.
20 And if hee will not redeeme the
field, or if he haue sold the field to ano-
ther man , it shall not be redeemed any
more.
21 But the field , when it goeth out
in the lubile, shall be holy vnto the
LORD, as a field deuoted : the posses-
sion thereof shalbe the Priests.
22 And if a man sanctifie vnto the
LORD a field which he hath bought,
which
 Redeeming of Chapj.
which is not of the fieldes of his pos-
session :
23 Then the Priest shall reckon vn-
to him the worth of thy estimation , e-
uen vnto the yeere of the lubile, and
hee shall giue thine estimation in that
day, as a holy thing vnto the LORD.
£4 In the yeere of the lubile, the
field shall returne vnto him of whom it
was bought, euen to him to whom the
possession of the land did belong.
25 And all thy estimations shall be
according to the shekel of the Sanc-
* Exod. 30. tuarie : * twentie Gerahs shall bee the
id. num. 3.
47. ezech. shekel.
45. 12. 26 If Onely the t firstling of the
t Hebr.firs
borne, %o. beasts which should be the LORDS
firstling, no man shall sanctifie it, whe-
ther it bee oxe , or sheepe : It w the
LORDS.
27 And if it be of an vncleane beast,
then hee shall redeeme it according to
thine estimation, and shall adde a fifth
part of it thereto: Or if it be not redee-
med, then it shalbe sold according to thy
estimation.
* losh. 6, 28 * Notwithstanding , no deuoted
19.
thing that a man shall deuote vnto the
^THE FOVRTH BOOKE
of Mofes, called Numbers.
C H A P . I.
1 God coramaundeth Moses to number the
people. 5 The Princes of the Tribes. 1 7
The number of euery Tribe. 47 The Leuites
are exempted for the Sendee of the Lord.
iNa tne JLORD
A
spake vnto Mo-
ses in the wilder,
nesse of Sinai, in
the Tabernacle
of the Congrega-
tion, on the first
day of the second
inon eth, in these-
cond yeere, after the1y were come out of
the land of Egypt, saying,
* Exod. 30.
12.
Q * Take yee the summe of all the
Congregation of t!i e children of Is-
the Tythes.
L O R D , of all that he hath, both of
man and beast, and of the field of his
possession, shall be sold or redeemed :
euery deuoted thing is most holy vnto
the LORD.
29 None deuoted, which shalbe de-
uoted of men, shall be redeemed : but
shall surely be put to death.
30 And all the tithe of the land, whe-
ther of the seed of the land, or of the fruit
of the tree, is the LORDS : it is holy
vnto the LORD.
31 And if a man will at all redeeme
ought of his tithes, he shall adde there-
to the fifth part thereof.
32 And concerning the tithe of the
herde, or of the flocke, euen of whatso-
euer passeth vnder the rod , the tenth
shalbe holy vnto the LORD.
33 He shall not search whether it be
good or bad, neither shall he change it :
and if he change it at all, then both it,
and the change thereof, shall be holy; it
shall not be redeemed.
34 These are the Commandements
which the L O R D commanded Mo-
ses, for the children of Israel in mount
Sinai.
rael, after their families, by the house of
their fathers, with the number of their
names, euery male by their polle :
$ From twentie yeeres old and vp~
ward, all that are able to goe foorth to
warre in Israel : thou and Aaron shall
number them by their armies.
4 And with you there shalbe a man
of euery Tribe : euery one head of the
house of his fathers.
5 f And these are the names of the
men that shall stand with you : of the
tribe of Reuben , Elizur the sonne of
Shedeur.
6 Of Simeon : Shelumiel the son
of Zurishaddai.
7 Of ludah : Nahshon, the sonne
of Amminadab.
8 Of Issachar : Nethaneel , the
sonne of Zuar.
9 Of
Vfen of warre Numbers.
9 Of Zebulun : Eliab the sonne of
hlelon.
10 Of the children of loseph : of E-
p>hraim, Elishama the sonne of Ammi-
huid : of Manasseh, Gamaliel the sonne
of Pedahzur.
11 Of Beniamin : Abidan, the sonne
of Gideoni.
12 Of Dan : Ahiezer, the sonne of
Ammishaddai.
13 Of Asher : Pagiel the sonne of
Ocran.
14 Of Gad: Eliasaph, the sonne of
dDeuel.
15 Of Naphtali : Ahira the sonne of
eSnan.
16 These were the renowned of the
cCongregation , Princes of the tribes o1
their fathers, heads of thousands in
i'srael.
17 IF And Moses and Aaron tooke
these men, which are expressed by their
names.
18 And they assembled all the Con-
gregation together on the first day o
the second moneth, and they declarec
their pedegrees after their families, by
the house of their fathers, according to
the number of the names, from twen-
ty yeres old and vpward by their polle.
19 As the L O R D commaundec
Moses, so he numbred them in the wil-
dernesse of Sinai.
20 And the children of Reuben Is-
raels eldest sonne, by their generations
after their families, by the house o:
their fathers, according to the number
of the names, by their polle, euery male
Tom twenty yeeres old and vpward
all that were able to go forth to warre :
21 Those that were numbred o
ihem, euen of the tribe of Reuben, were
fourty and sixe thousand and fiue hun-
dred.
22 IF Of the children of Simeon by
their generations , after their families,
by the house of their fathers, those that
were numbred of them , according to
the number of the names , by their
polles, euery male from twenty yeeres
old and vpward, all that were able to
goe foorth to warre :
23 Those that were numbred of them,
euen of the tribe of Simeon , were fiftie
and nine thousand, and three hundred.
24 IF Of the children of Gad by their
generations, after their families by the
house of their fathers, according to the
number of the names , from twenty
are numbred.
yreeres old and vpward, all that were
able to goe foorth to warre :
25 Those that were numbred of
tlem, euen of the tribe of Gad, were four-
ty and fiue thousand , sixe -hundred and
fiftie.
26 f Of the children of ludah by
tleir generations, after their families
b>y the house of their fathers, according
to the number of the names , from
twenty yeeres old and vpward, all that
were able to goe foorth to warre :
27 Those that were numbred oi
them, euen of the tribe of ludah, were
threescore and fourteene thousand, and
sixe hundred.
28 IF Of the children of Issachar, by
their generations, after their families
>y the house of their fathers , according
to the number of the names, from
twenty yeres old and vpward, all that
were able to goe foorth to warre :
29 Those that were numbred o1
them, euen of the tribe of Issachar, were
iftie and foure thousand , and foure
hlundred.
30 f Of the children of Zebulun, by
t;heir generations, after their families,
>y the house of their fathers, according
to the number of the names, from
twenty yeres old and vpward, all tha
were able to goe foorth to warre :
31 Those that wece numbred o
them, euen of the tribe of Zebulun, were
iftie and seuen thousand and foure
lundred..
32 IF Of the children of loseph
namely of the children of Ephraim , b;
;heir generations, after their families
by the house of their fathers, according
to the number of the names, from
twenty yeres old and vpward, all tha
were able to goe foorth to warre :
33 Those that were numbred o
them, euen of the tribe of Ephraim, wer
fourty thousand and fiue hundred.
34 1F Of the children of Manassel
by their generations, after their fami
lies , by the house of their fathers ac
cording to the number of the names
from twenty yeeres old and vpward
all that were able to go forth to warre
35 Those that were numbred o
them, euen of the tribe of Manasseh
were thirty and two thousand, and tw
hundred.
36 1F Of the children of Beniamin
by their generations , after their fami
lies, by the house of their fathers, accor
din
The Leuites Chap.ij.
ding to the number of the names from
twenty yeeres old and vpward, all that
were able to goe foorth to warre :
37 Those that were numbred of
them , euen of the tribe of Beniamin,
were thirtie and fiue thousand, and foure
hundred.
38 1[ Of the children of Dan, by their
venerations, after their families, by the
iiouse of their fathers, according to the
number of the names , from twentie
yeeres old and vpward, all that were a-
^le to goe forth to warre :
39 Those that were numbred of
them, euen of the tribe of Dan, were
threescore and two thousand, and seuen
hundred.
40 If Of the children of Asher, by
their generations, after their families,
Dy the house of their fathers, according
to the number of the names , from
twentie yeres old and vpward, all that
were able to goe forth to warre :
41 Those that were numbred of
them, euen of the tribe of Asher, were
Pourtie and one thousand, and fiue hun-
dred.
42 IT Of the children of Naphtali,
throughout their generations , after
their families by the house of their fa-
thers, according to the number of the
names, from twentie yeeres olde and
vpward, all that were able to goe forth
to warre :
43 Those that were numbred. of
them, euen of the tribe of Naphtali, were
fiftie and three thousand, and foure
hundred.
44 These are those that were num-
bred, which Moses and Aaron num-
bred, and the Princes of Israel, being
twelue men : each one was for the house
of his fathers.
45 So were all those that were
numbred of the children of Israel, by
the house of their fathers, from twenty
yeeres old and vpward, all that were
able to goe forth to warre in Israel :
46 Euen all they, that were num-
bred, were sixe hundred thousand, and
three thousand , and fine hundred and
fiftie.
47 ^ But the Leuites after the
tribe of their fathers, were not num-
bred among them.
48 For the L O R D had spoken vn-
to Moses, saying,
49 Onely thou shalt not number the
tribe of Leui, neither take the summe
office and charge.
of them among the children of Israel.
50 But thou shalt appoint the Le-
uites ouer the Tabernacle of Testimo-
nie, and ouer all the vessels thereof, and
ouer all things that belong to it : they
shall beare the Tabernacle, and all the
vessels thereof, and they shall minister
vnto it, and shall encampe round about
the Tabernacle.
51 And when the Tabernacle setteth
forward , the Leuites shall take it
downe : and when the Tabernacle is to
be pitched, the Leuites shall set it vp:
and the stranger that commeth nigh,
shall be put to death.
5? And the children of Israel shall
pitch their tents euery man by his own
campe, and euery man by his owne
standerd, throughout their hostes.
53 But the Leuites shall pitch round
about the Tabernacle of Testimonie,
that there be no wrath vpon the Con-
gregation of the children of Israel :
and the Leuites shall keepe the charge
of the Tabernacle of Testimonie.
54 And the children of Israel did
according to all that the LORD com-
manded Moses, so did they.
C H A P . II.
1 The order of the Tribes in their tents.
Nd the L O R D spake
A
vnto Moses, and vnto A-
aron, saying,
2 Euery man of the
children of Israel shall
pitch by his owne standerd, with the
ensigne of their.fathers house : t farre off t Heb. ouer
about the Tabernacle of the Congre- against.
gation shall they pitch.
3 And on the East side toward the
rising of the Sunne, shall they of the
standerd of the campe of ludah pitch,
throughout their armies : and Nah-
shon the sonne of Amminadab, shall bee
captaine of the children of ludah.
4 And his hoste, and those that
were numbred of them, were threescore
and fourteene thousand, and sixe hun-
dred.
5 And those that doe pitch next vnto
him, shall be the tribe of Issachar : and
Nethaneel the sonne of Znar, shall bee
captaine of the children of Issachar.
o And his hoste, and those that were
numbred thereof, were fiftie and foure
thousand, and foure hundred.
7 Then the tribe of Zebulun : and
Eliab
The order of Numbers.
Eliab the sonneiof Helon, shalbe captaine
of the children of Zebulun.
8 And his ho'ste and those that were
numbred thereof, were fiftie and seuen
thousand, and foure hundred.
9 All that were numbred in the
Campe of ludah , were an hundred
thousand, and fourescore thousand, and
sixe thousand , and foure hundred,
throughout their armies : these shall
first set foorth.
10 IF On the Southside shall.be the
standerd of the Campe of Reuben , ac-
cording to their armies : and the cap-
taine of the children of Reuben shall be
Elizur the sonne of Shedeur.
1 1 And his hoste, and those that were
numbred thereof, were fourtie and sixe
thousand, and fiue hundred.
12 And those which pitch by him,
shall bee the tribe of Simeon, and the
captaine of the children of Simeon shall
be Shelumiel the sonne of Zurishad-
dai.
13 And his hoste, and those that were
numbred of them , were fiftie and nine
thousand, and three hundred.
14 Then the tribe of Gad : and the
captaine of the sonnes of Gad shall be E-
liasaph the sonne of Reuel.
15 And his hoste, and those that
were numbred of them, were fourtie and
fiue thousand , and sixe hundred and
fiftie.
16 All that were, numbred in the
Campe of Reuben were an hundred
thousand , and fiftie and one thousand,
and foure hundred and fiftie through-
out their armies : and -they shall set
foorth in the second ranke.
17 f Then the Tabernacle of the
Congregation shall set forward with
the Campe of the Leuites, in the midst
of the Campe: as they encampe> so shall
they set forward, euery man in his place
by their standerds.
18 f On the West side shall bee the
standerd of the Campe of Ephraim, ac-
cording to their armies : and the cap-
taine of the sonnes of Ephraim , shall be
Elishama the sonne of Ammihud.
1 9 And his hoste, and those that were
numbred of them, were fourtie thousand
and fiue hundred.
20 And by him shall be the tribe of
Manasseh : and the captaine of the chil-
dren of Manasseh, shalbe Gamaliel the
sonne of Pedahzur.
21 And his hoste , and those that
the Tents.
were numbred of them, were thirtie and
two thousand, and two hundred.
22 Then the tribe of Beniamin
and the captaine of the sonnes of Ben-
iamin , shall bee Abidan the sonne o1
Gideoni.
23 And his hoste, and those that were
numbred of them, were thirtie and fiue
thousand^ and foure hundred.
24 All that were numbred of the
Campe of Ephraim , were an hundred
thousand, and eight thousand, and an
hundred , throughout their armies :
and they shall goe forward in the thirc
ranke.
25 IF The standerd of the Campe of
Dan shall be on the Northside by their
armies: and the captaine of the children
of Dan shalbe Ahiezer, the sonne of Am-
mishaddaL
26 And his hoste, and those that were
numbred of them , were threescore and
two thousand, and seuen hundred.
27 And those that encampe by him,
shalbe the tribe of Asher : and the cap-
taine of the children of Asher, shalbePa-
giel the sonne of Ocran.
28 And his hoste , and those that
were numbred of them, were fourtie
and one thousand, and fiue hundred.
29 IF Then the tribe of Naphtali:
and the captaine of the children of
Naphtali , shall bee Ahira the sonne of
En an.
3Q And his hoste, and those that were
numbred of them , were fiftie and three
thousand, and foure hundred.
31 All they that were numbred in
the Campe of Dan, were an hundred
thousand, and fifty and seuen thousand,
and sixe hundred : they shall goe hind-
most with their standerds.
32 H These are those which were
numbred of the children of Israel, by
the house of their fathers;, all those that
were numbred of the Campes through-
out their hostes, were sixe hundred thou-
sand, and three thousand, and fiue hun-
dred and fiftie.
33 But the Leuites were not num-
bred among the children of Israel, as
the LORD commanded Moses.
34 And the children of Israel did
according to all that the LORD com-
manded Moses: so they pitched by their
standerds, and so they set forward eue-
ry one after their families, according to
the house of their fathers.
CHAP.
The Leuites Chap.iij.
C H A P . III.
1 The sonnes of Aaron. 5 The Leuites are gi-
uen to the Priests for the seruice of the Ta-
bernacle, 11 in stead of the first "borne. 14
The Leuites are numbred by their families.
21 The families, number and charge of the
Gershonites, 27 Of the Kohathites, 33 Of
theMerarites. 38 The place & charge of Mo-
ses & Aaron. 40 The first borne are freed by
the Leuites. 44 The ouerplus are redeemed
hese also are the generati-
T ns of Aaron and Mo-
es, in the day that the
oED spake with Mo-
ses in Mount Sinai.
2 And these are the names of the
* Kxod. 6. sonnes of Aaron : Nadab the * first
23.
borne, and Abihu, Eleazar and Itha-
mar.
3 These are the names of the sonnes
of Aaron the Priests, which were an-
\Heb. whose ointed, t whom he consecrated to mini-
handhe filled
ster in the Priests office.
" Leuit. 10. 4 * And Nadab and Abihu died be-
1. chap. 26.
6H. chro. fore the L O R D , when they offeree
24. 2. strange fire before the LORD in the
wildernesse of Sinai , and they hac
no children : and Eleazar and Itha-
mar ministred in the Priests office in the
sight of Aaron their father.
5 1T And the L O R D spake vnto
Moses, saying,
6 Bring the tribe of Leui neere, and
piresent tnem before Aaron the Priest,
t;hat they may minister vnto him.
7 And they shall keepe his charge,
and the charge of the whole Congrega-
tion before the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation, to doe the seruice of the Ta-
b>ernacle.
8 And they shall keepe all the instru-
ments of the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation, and the charge of the chil-
dIren of Israel, to doe the seruice of the
Tabernacle.
9 And thou shalt giue the Leuites
vnto Aaron and to his sonnes : they are
wholly giuen vnto him out of the chil-
dren of Israel.
10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron
and his sonnes, and they shall waite on
their priests office : and the stranger
that commeth nigh , shall bee put to
death.
11 And the L O R D spake vnto Mo-
ses, saying,
12 And I, behold, I haue taken the
l-euites from among the children of
are numbred.
Israel, in stead of all the first borne tha
openeth the matrice among the chil
dren of Israel : therefore the Leuite
filial! Kp mi TIP
Ollct&l L/C 11 1111C,
13 Because all the first borne are mine
*for on the day that I smote all the firs * Exod. 13.
1. leuit. 27.
borne in the land of Egypt, I halowec 26. chap. 8.
16. luke 2.
vnto me 6 all the first borne in Israel 23.
both man, and beast, mine they shall be
I am the LORD.
14* 1T And the LORD spake vnto
Moses, in the wildernesse of Sinai, say
ing,
15 Number the children of Leui, af
ter the house of their fathers, by their
families : euery male from a moneth
old and vpward shalt thou number
them.
16 And * Moses numbred them ac * Gene. 46.
11. exod 6.
cording to the t word of the LORD 16. chap. 26
as he was commanded. 57. l. chro.
5. 11.
17 And these were the sonnes of Le- 1\ Hebr.
ui, by their names : Gershon, and Ko- mouth.
hath, and Merari.
18 And these are the names of the
sonnes of Gershon, by their families
Libni, and Shimei.
19 And the sonnes of Kohath by their
families : Amram , and Izehar , He-
bron and Vzziel.
20 And the sonnes of Merari by their
families : Mahli, and Mushi : these are
the families of the Leuites, according
to the house of their fathers.
21 Of Gershon was the familie of the
Libnites, and the familie of the Shi-
mites : these are the families of the Ger-
shonites.
22 Those that were numbred oi
them , according to the number of all
the males, from a moneth old and vp-
ward, euen those that were numbred of
them, were seuen thousand andfiuehun-
dred.
23 The families of the Gershonites
shal pitch behind the Tabernacle West-
ward.
24 And the chiefe of the house of the
ather of the Gershonites, shall be Elia-
saph the sonne of Lael.
25 And the charge of the sonnes of
Gershon, in the Tabernacle of the Con-
g;regation, shall be the Tabernacle, and
the tent, the couering thereof, and the
hlanging for the doore of the Taberna-
cle of the Congregation :
26 And the hangings of the Court,
and the curtaine for the doore of the
court, which is by the Tabernacle, and
by
The Leuites Numbers.
by the Altar round about, and the cords
of it, for all the seruice therof.
27 1T And of Kohath was the fami-
lie of the Amramites, and the familie of
the Izeharites, and the familie of the
Hebronites, and the familie of the Vzzi-
elites : these are the families of the Ko-
hathites.
28 In the number of all the males,
from a moneth olde and vpward, were
eight thousand, and sixe hundred, kee-
ping the charge of the Sanctuary.
29 The families of the sonnes of
Kohath, shall pitch on the side of the
Tabernacle Southward.
30 And the chiefe of the house of the
father of the families of the Kohathites
shalbe Elizaphan the sonne of Vzziel.
31 And their charge shall be the Arke,
and the Table, and the Candles ticke,
and the altars, and the vessels of the
Sanctuarie, wherewith they minister,
and the hanging, and all the seruice
thereof.
32 And Eleazar the sonne of Aaron
the Priest, shall be chiefe ouer the chiefe
of the Leuites, and Uaue the ouersight of
them that keepe the charge of the San-
ctuary.
33 f Of Merari was the family of the
Mahlites , and the family of the Mu-
shites : these are the families of Merari.
34 And those that were numbred of
them, according to the number of all the
males from a moneth old & vpward,
were sixe thousand and two hundred.
35 And the chiefe of the house of the
father of. the families of Merari, was
Zuriel the sonne of Abihail : these shall
pitch on the side of the Tabernacle
Northwards.
t Heb. the
office of the
36 And t vnderthe custody and charge
charge. of the sonnes of Merari, shall bee the
boards of the Tabernacle, and the
barres thereof, and the pillars thereof,
and the sockets thereof, & all the vessels
thereof, and all that serueth thereto :
37 And the pillars of the Court
round about, and their sockets, and
their pinnes, and their cords.
38 U But those that encampe before
the Tabernacle toward the East, euen
before the Tabernacle of the Congre-
gation Eastward, shall be Moses and
Aaron , and his sonnes , keeping the
charge of the Sanctuary, for the charge
of the children of Israel : and the stran-
ger that commeth nigh, shall be put to
death.
feuerall charges.
39 All that were numbred of the Le-
uites , which Moses and Aaron num-
bred at the commaundement of the
L O E D , throughout their families,
all the males from a moneth old and
vpward , were twenty and two thou-
sand.
40 1F And the L O R D said vnto
Moses , Number all the first borne of
the males of the children of Israel,
from a moneth old and vpward, and
take the number of their names.
41 And thou shalt take the Leuites
for me, ( I am the LORD ) in stead of
all the first borne among the children of
Israel, and the cattell of the Leuites,
in stead of all the firstlings among the
cattell of the children of Israel.
42 And Moses numbred as the
L O R D commanded him, all the first
borne among the children of Israel.
43 And all the first borne males, by
the number of names, from a moneth
old & vpward, of those that were num-
bred of them, were twenty and two thou-
sand, two hundred, and threescore and
thirteene.
44 1F And the L O R D spake vnto
Moses, saying,
45 Take the Leuites in stead of all
the first borne among the children of Is-
rael, and the cattell of the Leuites in
stead of their cattell , and the Leuites
shalbe mine : I am the LORD.
46 And for those that are to be re-
deemed of the two hundred and three-
score and thirteene, of the first borne of
the children of Israel, which are more
then the Leuites ;
47 Thou shalt euen take fiue she-
kels a piece, by the polle, after the shekel
of the Sanctuary shalt thou take them ;
*the shekel is twenty gerahs. * Exod. 30
13. leuit.
48 And thou shalt giue the money, 27. 25.
wherewith the odde number of them ID* €«cJt< chap.
I f!
18.
pypjf
is to be redeemed , vnto Aaron and to 45. 12.
his sonnes.
49 And Moses tooke the redemp-
tion money, of them that were ouer
and aboue them that were redeemed
by the Leuites.
50 Of the first borne of the children
of Israel tooke he the money ; a thou-
sand, three hundred, and threescore and
fiue shekels, after the shekel of the San-
ctuary.
51 And Moses gaue the money of
them that were redeemed, vnto Aaron
and to his sonnes , according to the
word
The Leuites Chap.iiij. feuerall charges.
word of the LORD, as the L O R D with a couering of badgers skinnes,
commanded Moses. and shall put to the staues thereof.
12 And they shall take all the instru-
C H A P . IIII. ments of ministery, wherewith they
minister in the Sanctuary , and put
1 The age and time of the Leuites sendee. 4 them in a cloth of blew, and couer them
The carriage of the Kohathites when the
Priestes haue taken downe the Tabernacle. with a couering of badgers skinnes,
16 The charge of Eleazar. 17 The office and shall put them on a barre.
of the Priests. 21 The carriage of the Ger- 13 And they shall take away the
shonites. 29 The carriage of the Merarites. ashes from the Altar, and spread a pur-
34. The number of the Kohathites, 38 of
the Gershonites, 42 and of the Merarites. ple cloth thereon :
14 And they shall put vpon it all the
Nd the L O R D spake vessels thereof, wherewith they mini-

A
vnto Moses , and vnto ster about it , euen the censers, the flesh-
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n A II MA II Or, bowlest
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2 Take the summe of sons, all the vessels of the Altar : and
the sonnes of kohath, they shall spread vpon it a couering of
from among the sonnes of Leui, after badgers skinnes, and put to the staues
their families, by the house of their fa- of it.
thers. 15 And when Aaron and his sonnes
3 From thirty yeeres old and vp- haue made an end of couering the San-
ward, euen vntil fifty yeres old, all that ctuary, and all the vessels of the San-
enter into the hoste, to doe the worke in ctuary, as the campe is to set forward ;
the Tabernacle of the Congregation. after that, the sorines of Kohath shall
4 This shall bee the seruice of the come to beare it : but they shal not touch
sonnes of Kohath , in the Tabernacle any holy thing , lest they die. These
of the Congregation, about the most Ho- things are the burden of the sonnes of
ly things. Kohath in the Tabernacle of the Con-
5 IF And when the Campe setteth gregation.
forward, Aaron shall come, and his lo 1F And to the office of Eleazar
sonnes, and they shall take downe the the sonne of Aaron the Priest, perteineth
couering Vaile, and couer the Arke of the oile for the light, and the *sweet in- * Exod. 30.
Testimony with it : cense, and the dayly meat offering, and 34.
6 And shall put thereon the coue- the * anoynting oyle, and the ouersight * Exod. 30.
ring of badgers skinnes, & shall spread of all the Tabernacle, and of all that 23.
ouer it a cloth wholly of blew, and shall therein is, in the Sanctuary, and in the
put in the staues thereof. vessels thereof.
* Exod. 25. 7 And vpon the * table of Shew- 17 H And the L O R D spake vnto
30.
bread they shall spread a cloth of blew, Moses, and vnto Aaron, saying,
and put thereon the dishes, and the 18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the fa-
spoones, and the bowles, and couers to milies of the Kohathites, from among
1! Or,powre || couer withall : and the continual bread the Leuites.
out withall.
shalbe thereon. 19 But thus doe vnto them, that
8 And they shall spread vpon them they may liue, and not die : when they
a clothe of scarlet , and couer the same approche vnto the most Holy things,
with a couering of badgers skinnes, Aaron and his sonnes shall goe in, and
and shall put in the staues thereof. appoint them euery one to his seruice,
9 And they shall take a cloth of and to his burden.
* Exod. 25. blew, and couer the * candlesticke of the 20 But they shall not goe in to see
24.
light, and his lampes, and his tongs, when the holy things are couered, lest
* Exod. 25. *and his snuffe dishes, and all the oyle they die.
38.
vessels thereof, wherewith they mini- 21 1f And the L O R D spake vnto
ster vnto it. Moses, saying,
10 And they shall put it, and all the 22 Take also the summe of the
vessels thereof, within a couering of sonnes of Gershon , throughout the
badgers skinnes, and shall put it vpon houses of their fathers , by their fami-
a barre. lies :
11 And vpon the golden Altar they 23 From thirtie yeeres old and vp-
shall spread a cloth of blew, and couer it ward, vntill fiftie yeeres old shalt thou
num-
The Leuites charge. Numbers.
t Heir, to number them : all that enter in tto per-
warrethe
warfare. forme the seruice , to doe the worke in
the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
24 This is the seruice of the families
of the Gershonites , to serue , and for
I Or, car- || burdens.
riage.
25 And they shall beare the cur-
taines of the Tabernacle, and the Ta-
bernacle of the Congregation ; his co-
uering, and the couering of the badgers
skinnes that is aboue vpon it, and the
hanging for the doore of the Taber-
nacle of the Congregation :
26 And the hangings of the Court,
and the hanging for the doore of the
gate of the Court which is by the Ta-
bernacle, and by the Altar round about,
and their cords, and all the instruments
of their seruice, and all that is made for
them : so shall they serue.
iHebr. 27 At the t appointment of Aaron
mouth.
and his sonnes, shall be all the seruice of
the sonnes of the Gershonites , in all
their burdens, and in all their seruice :
and yee shall appoint vnto them in
charge all their burdens.
28 This is the seruice of the families
of the sonnes of Gershon, in the Taber-
nacle of the Congregation : and their
charge shdLbe vnder the hande of Itha-
mar the sonne of Aaron the Priest.
29 f As for the sonnes of Merari,
thou shalt number them after their fa-
milies, by the house of their fathers :
30 From thirty yeeres old and vp-
ward, euen vnto fiftie yeeres old shalt
thou number them, euery one that en-
t Hebr . war. treth in to the t seruice, to doe the worke
fare.
of the Tabernacle of the Congrega-
tion.
31 And this is the charge of their bur-
den, according to all their seruice, in the
* Exod. 26. Tabernacle of the Congregation, * the
15.
boards of the Tabernacle, and the
barres thereof, and the pillars thereof,
and sockets thereof:
32 And the pillars of the Court
round about, and their sockets, and
their pinnes, and their coards, with all
their instruments, and with all their
seruice : and by name yee shall reckon
the instruments of the charge of their
burden.
33 This is the seruice of the families
of the sonnes of Merari, according to all
their seruice in the Tabernacle of the
Congregation, vnder the hand of I-
thamar the sonne of Aaron the Priest.
34 f And Moses and Aaron, and
Their number.
the chiefe of the Congregation , num-
bred the sonnes of the Kohathites , af-
ter their families, and after the house of
their fathers ;
35 From thirtie yeeres old and vp-
ward, euen vnto fiftie yeeres old, euery
one that entreth in to the seruice, for the
worke in the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation.
36 And those that were numbred of
them by their families, were two thou-
sand, seuen hundred and fiftie.
37 These were they that were num-
bred of the families of the Kohathites ;
all that might doe seruice in the Taber-
nacle of the Congregation, which Mo-
ses and Aaron did number, according
to the commandement of the LORD,
by the hand of Moses.
38 And those that were numbred of
the sonnes of Gershon , throughout
their families, and by the house of their
fathers ;
39 From thirtie yeeres old and vp-
ward, euen vnto fiftie yeeres old, euery
one that entreth in to the seruice, for
the worke in the Tabernacle of the
Congregation :
40 Euen those that were numbred
of them, throughout their families, by
the houses of their fathers, were two
thousand, and sixe hundred and thirtie.
41 These are they that were num-
bred of the families of the sonnes of
Gershon, of all that might doe seruice
in the Tabernacle of the Congrega-
tion, whom Moses and Aaron did
number, according to the commande-
ment of the LORD.
42 H And those that were numbred
of the families of the sonnes of Merari,
throughout their families, by the house
of their fathers ;
43 From thirtie yeeres old and vp-
ward, euen vnto fiftie yeeres old, euery
one that entreth in to the seruice, for
the worke in the Tabernacle of the
Congregation :
44 Euen those that were numbred
of them after their families, were three
thousand and two hundred.
45 These be those that were num-
bred of the families of the sonnes of Me-
rari, whom Moses & Aaron numbred
according to the word of the L O R D
by the hand of Moses
46 All those that were numbred of
the Leuites, whom Moses and Aaron,
and the chiefe of Israel numbred, after
their
Of reftitution. Chap.v.
their families , and after the house of
their fathers :
47 From thirty yeeres old and vp-
ward, euen vnto fifty yeeres old, euery
one that came to doe the seruice of the
ministery , and the seruice of the burden
in the Tabernacle of the Congrega-
tion:
48 Euen those that were numbred
of them, were eight thousand, and fiue
hundred, and fourescore.
49 According to the commandement
of the LORD, they were numbred by
the hand of Moses, euery one according
to his seruice, and according to his bur-
den : Thus were they numbred of him,
as the LORD commanded Moses.
r HAP V
1 The vncleane are remoued out of the campe.
5 Restitution is to be made in trespasses. 1 1
The trial! of lealousie.
Nd the L O R D spake
A
vnto Moses, saying,
2 Commaund the chil-
dren of Israel, that they
* Leuit. 13.
3.
* put out of the campe eue-
ry leper , and euery one that hath an
* Leuit. 15. * issue, and whosoeuer is defiled by the
2.
* Leuit. 21. *dead:
1. 3 Both male and female shal ye put
out, without the campe shall yee put
them, that they defile not their campes
in the middest whereof I dwell.
4 And the children of Israel did so,
and put them out, without the campe :
as the LORD spake vnto Moses, so
did the children of Israel.
5 IF And the L O R D spake vnto
Moses, saying, •
6 Speake vnto the children of Is-
* Leuit. 8. rael , * When a man or woman shall
3.
commit any sinne that men commit, to
doe a trespasse against the LORD, and
that person be guiltie ;
7 Then they shall confesse their
sinne, which they haue done: and hee
* Leui. 6. 5. shall recompense his trespasse , * with
the principall thereof, and adde vnto it
the fifth part thereof, and giue it vnto
him against whom he hath trespassed.
8 But if the man haue no kinsman
to recompense the trespasse vnto, let
the trespasse be recompensed vnto the
LORD, euen to the Priest: beside the
ramme of the atonement, whereby an
1 Ort hfaue atonement shall be made for him.
offering. 9 And euery || offering of all the
Of iealoufie.
holy things of the children of Israel,
which they bring vnto the Priest, shall
be his.
10 And euery mans halowed things
shall be his : whatsoeuer any man gi-
ueth the Priest, it shall be * his. * Leuit. 10.
12.
11 If And the L O R D spake vnto
Moses, saying,
12 Speake vnto the children of Is-
rael, and say vnto them, If any mans
wife goe aside, and commit a trespasse a-
gainst him ;
13 And a man lye with her carnally,
and it be hid from the eyes of her hus-
band, and be kept close, and she be defi-
led, and there be no witnesse against
her, neither she be taken with the maner ;
14 And the spirit of ielousie come
vpon him, and he be ielous of his wife,
and shee be defiled : or if the spirit of ie-
lousie come vpon him , and nee be ie-
lous of his wife, and she be not defiled :
15 Then shall the man bring his
wife vnto the Priest, and he shall bring
her offering for her, the tenth part of
an Ephah of barley meale : hee shall
powre no oyle vpon it, nor put frankin-
cense thereon ; for it is an offering of ie-
lousie, an offering of memorial!, bring-
ing iniquitie to remembrance :
16 And the Priest shall bring her
neere, and set her before the LORD.
17 And the Priest shall take holy
water in an earthen vessell, and of the
dust that is in the floore of the Taber-
nacle the Priest shall take, and put it in-
to the water :
18 And the Priest shall set the wo-
man before the L O R D , and vncouer
the womans head, and put the offering
of memoriall in her hands, which w the
Ielousie offering : and the Priest shall
haue in his hand the bitter water that
causeth the curse.
19 And the Priest shall charge her
by an othe, and say vnto the woman,
If no man haue lyen with thee, and if
thou hast not gone aside to vnclean-
nesse || with another fai stead of thy hus- 1 Or, being
in the vower
band, be thou free from this bitter wa- ofthynvs-
ter that causeth the curse. btmd. Hebr.
vnder thy
20 But if thou hast gone aside to an- husband.
other in stead of thy husband, and if thou
be defiled, and some man hath lien with
thee beside thine husband :
21 Then the Priest shall charge the
woman with an othe of cursing, and
the Priest shall say vnto the woman,
The LORD make thee a curse, and an
othe
The law of ieloufie. Numbers.
othe among thy people, when the
t Hebr. fall. L O R D doth make thy thigh to trot,
and thy belly to swell.
22 And this water that causeth the
curse, shall go into thy bowels, to make
thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot :
and the woman shall say , Amen^
Amen.
23 And the Priest shall write these
curses in a booke , and hee shall blot
them out with the bitter water :
24 And he shall cause the woman to
drinke the bitter water, that causeth the
curse : and the water that causeth the
curse shall enter into her, and become
bitter.
25 Then the Priest shall take the
ielousie offering out of the womans
hand, and shall waue the offering be-
fore the LORD, and offer it vpon the
Altar.
26 And the Priest shal take an hand-
full of the offering, euen the memoriall
thereof, and burne it vpon the Altar,
and afterward shall cause the woman
to drinke the water.
27 And when he hath made her to
drinke the water, then it shall come to
passe, that if shee be defiled, and haue
done trespasse against her husband,
that the water that causeth the curse,
shall enter into her, and become bitter,
and her belly shall swell, and her thigh
shal rot : and the woman shalbe a curse
among her people.
28 And if the woman be not defiled,
but be cleane, then she shall be free, and
shall conceiue seed.
29 This is the law of ielousies,
when a wife goeth aside to another in
stead of her husband, and is defiled :
30 Or when the spirit of ielousie com-
meth vpon him, and hee be ielous ouer
his wife, and shall set the woman before
the LORD, and the Priest shal execute
vpon her all this law.
31 Then shall the man bee guiltlesse
from iniquitie , and this woman shall
beare her iniquitie.
C H A P . VI.
1 The Law of the Nazarites. 22 The forme
of blessing the people.
Nd the L O R D spake
A vnto Moses, saying,
2 Speak e vnto the chil-
ren of Israel, and say vn-
to them, When either man
The law of
or woman shall || separate themselues to II Or, make
vow a vow of a Nazarite , to separate themselues
Nazarites.
themselues vnto the LORD :
3 Hee shall separate hirnselfe from
wine, and strong drinke, and shal drinke
no vineger of wine, or vineger of strong
drinke, neither shal he drinke any liquor
of grapes , nor eate moist grapes , or
dried.
4 All the dayes of his || separation II Or, Naza-
shall he eat nothing that is made of the rtteship.
tvine tree, from the kernels euen to the t Heb. Fin*
of the wine.
huske.
5 All the dayes of the vow of his se-
paration, there shall no * rasour come * ludg. 13.
vpon his head : vntill the dayes bee ful- 5.11.1. sain. i.
filled in the which hee separateth him-
selfe vnto the LORD, he shall be holy,
and shall let the lockes of the haire of his
head grow.
6 All the dayes that he separateth
himselfe vnto the L O R D , hee shall
come at no dead body.
7 Hee shall not make himselfe vn-
cleane for his father, or for his mother,
for his brother, or for his sister, when
they die : because the t consecration of t Hebr. se-
paration.
his God is vpon his head.
8 All the dayes of his separation he
is holy vnto the LORD.
9 And if any man die very suddenly
by him, and he hath defiled the head of
his consecration, then he shall shaue his
head in the day of his cleansing, on the
seuenth day shall he shaue it.
10 And on the eight day he shal bring
two turtles or two yong pigeons to the
Priest, to the doore of the Tabernacle
of the Congregation.
12 And the Priest shall offer the one
for a sinne offering, and the other for a
burnt offering, and make an atone-
ment for him, for that hee sinned by the
dead, and shall hallow his head that
same day.
12 And hee shall consecrate vnto the
L O R D the dayes of his separation,
and shall bring a lambe of the first yeere
for a trespasse offering : but the dayes
that were before shall be tlost, because t Hebr. fall.
his separation was defiled.
13 f And this is the Lawe of the
Nazarite : when the dayes of his sepa-
ration are fulfilled, he shall be brought
vnto the doore of the Tabernacle of the
Congregation.
14 And he shall offer his ofrring vn-
to the L O R D , one hee lambe of the
first yeere without blemish, for a burnt
offering,
the Nazarites. Chap.vij.
offering, and one ewe lambe of the first
yeere without blemish, for a sinne offe-
ring, and one lambe without blemish
for peace offerings,
15 And a basket of vnleauened bread,
cakes of fine flowre mingled with oyle,
and wafers of vnleauened bread anoin-
ted with oyle, and their meate offering,
and their drinke offerings!.
1 6 And the Priest shall bring them be-
fore the L O R D , and shall offer his
sinne offering, and his burnt offering.
17 And he shall offer the ramme for
a sacrifice of peace offerings vnto the
LORD, with the basket of vnleaue-
ned bread : the Priest shall offer also his
meate offering, and his drinke offe-
ring.
* Acts 21. 18 *And the Nazarite shal shaue the
24.
head of his separation, at the doore of
the Tabernacle of the Congregation,
and shall take the haire of the head of
his separation , and put it in the fire
which is vnder the sacrifice of the peace
offerings.
19 And the Priest shall take the sod-
den shoulder of the ramme, and one vn-
leauened cake out of the basket, and
one vnleauened wafer, and shall put
them vpon the hands of the Nazarite,
after the haire of his separation is sha-
uen.
20 And the Priest shall waue them
* Exod. 29. *for a waue ofrring before the LORD :
27.
this is holy for the Priest, with the
waue breast, and heaue shoulder : and
after that, the Nazarite may drinke
wine.
21 This is the Law of the Nazarite,
who hath vowed, and of his offering
vnto the L O R D for his separation, be-
sides that, that his hand shall get : accor-
ding to the vow which he vowed, so he
must do after the law of his separation.
22 U And the L O R D spake vnto
Moses, saying,
23 Speake vnto Aaron, and vnto his
sonnes, saying , On this wise ye shall
blesse the children of Israel, saying vn-
to them :
24 The L O R D blesse thee, and
keepe thee :
25 The L O R D make his face shine
vpon thee, and be gracious vnto thee :
26 The L O R D lift vp his counte-
nance vpon thee, and giue thee peace.
27 And they shall put my Name
vpon the children of Israel, and I will
blesse them,
The Princes offer.
CHAP. VII.
1 The offering of the Princes at the dedication
of the Tabernacle. 10 Their seuerall of-
frings at the dedication of the Altar. 89 God
speaKeth to Moses from the Mercie seat.
Nd it came to passe on the
A
day that Moses had fully
'* set vp the Tabernacle, * Exod. 40.
and had anointed it , and 18*
sanctified it, and all the in-
struments thereof, both the Altar, and
all the vessels thereof, and had anoin-
ted them, and sanctified them :
2 That the Princes of Israel, heads
of the house of their fathers , ( who
were the Princes of the tribes , t and \ Heb. who
stood.
were ouer them that were numbred)
offered :
& And they brought their offering
before the LORD, sixe centered wa-
gons, and twelue oxen : a wagon for
two of the Princes, and for each one an
oxe, and they brought them before the
Tabernacle.
4 And the LORD spake vnto Mo-
ses, saying,
5 Take it of them, that they may be
to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle of
the Congregation , and thou shalt giue
them vnto the Leuites, to euery man
according to his seruice.
6 And Moses tooke the wagons ,
and the oxen, and gaue them vnto the
Leuites.
7 Two wagons and foure oxen he
gaue vnto the sonnes of Gershon , ac-
cording to their seruice.
8 And foure wagons and eight
oxen he gaue vnto the sonnes of Mera-
ri , according vnto their seruice, vnder
the hand of Ithamar the sonne of Aa-
ron the Priest.
9 But vnto the sonnes of Kohath
he gaue none : because the seruice of the
Sanctuary belonging vnto them , was
that they should beare vpon their shoul-
ders.
10 U And the Princes offered for de-
dicating of the Altar, in the day that it
was anointed, euen the Princes offered
their offering before the Altar.
11 And the L O R D said vnto Mo-
ses, They shall offer their offering eche
Prince on his day, for the dedicating of
the Altar.
12 IT And he that offered his offring
the first day, was Nahshon the sonne
of Amminadab, of the tribe of ludah.
13 And
The offerings Numbers.
13 And his offering was one siluer
charger, the weight thereof was an
hmndred and thirty shekels , one siluer
b)owle of seuentie shekels, after the she-
eel of the Sanctuary ; both of them
were full of fine flow re mingled with
*Leuit.2.l. oile for a * meat offering :
14 One spoone of ten shekels of
£old, full of incense:
15 One yong bullocke, one ramme,
one lambe of the first yeere, for a burnt
offering,
* Leuit. 4. 16 One kid of the goats for * a sinne
23.
offering :
17 And for a sacrifice of peace of-
f"erings, two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue hee
joats, fiue lambes of the first yeere : this
was the offering of Nahshon the sonne
of Amminadab.
18 f On the second day Nethaneel
the sonne of Zuar, Prince of Issachar
did offer.
1 9 He offered for his offering one sil-
uer charger, the weight whereof was
an hundred and thirtie shekels, one sil-
uer bowle of seuenty shekels, after the
shekel of the Sanctuary, both of them
full of fine flowre mingled with oile, for
a meat offering :
20 One spoone of gold of ten shekels,
full of incense :
21 One yong bullocke, one ramme,
one lambe of the first yeere for a burnt
offering :
22 One kid of the goats for a sinne
offering:
23 And for a sacrifice of peace of-
ferings, two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue hee
goats, fiue lambes of the first yeere : this
was the offering of Nethaneel the sonne
of Zuar.
24 f On the third day Eliab the
sonne of Helon, Prince of the children oi
Zebulun did offer.
25 His offering was one siluer char-
ger, the weight whereof was an hun-
dred and thirtie shekels, one siluer bowle
of seuentie shekels, after the shekel oi
the Sanctuary, both of them full of fine
flowre mingled with oile, for a meat
offering :
26 One golden spoone of ten shekels,
full of incense :
27 One yong bullocke, one ramme,
one lambe of the first yeere for a burni
offering :
28 One kid of the goats for a sinne
offering :
29 And for a sacrifice of peace of-
of the Princes.
ferings, two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue hee
roats , fiue lambes of the first yeere :
This was the offring of Eliab the sonne
of Helon.
30 IT On the fourth day Elizur the
sonne of Shedeur, Prince of the chil-
dren of Reuben did offer.
31 His offering was one siluer char-
jer of an hundred and thirty shekels, one
siluer bowle of seuentie shekels , after
the shekel of the Sanctuary , both of
them full of fine flowre mingled with
oyle, for a meat offering :
32 One golden spoone of tenne she-
kels, full of incense :
33 One yong bullocke , one ramme,
one lambe of the first yeere for a burnt
offering :
34 One kid of the goats for a sinne
offering :
35 And for a sacrifice of peace of-
ferings, two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue hee
roats, fiue lambs of the first yere : This
was the offering of Elizur the sonne of
Shedeur.
36 f On the fifth day Shelumiel the
sonne of Zurishaddai Prince of the
children of Simeon, did offer.
37 His offring was one siluer charger,
the weight whereof was an hundred
and thirtie shekels, one siluer bowle of se-
uentie shekels, after the shekel of the
Sanctuary , both of them full of fine
flowre, mingled with oyle, for a meate
offering :
38 One golden spoone of ten shekels,
full of incense :
39 One yong bullocke, one ramme,
one lambe of the first yeere for a burnt
offering :
40 One kidde of -the goates for a
sinne offering :
41 And for a sacrifice of peace offe-
rings, two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue hee
goates , fiue lambes of the first yeere :
This was the offering of Shelumiel the
sonne of Zurishaddai.
42 IT On the sixt day, Eliasaph the
sonne of Deuel, Prince of the children
of Gad, offered:
43 His offering was one siluer char-
ger of the weight of an hundred and
thirtie shekels, a siluer bowle of seuentie
shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctua-
rie, both of them fill of fine flowre ming-
led with oyle, for a meate offering :
44 One golden spoone of ten she-
kels, full of incense :
45 One yong bullocke, one ramme,
one
The offerings Chap.vij.
one lambe of the first yeere, for a burnt
offering :
46 One kid of the goates for a sinne
offering :
47 And for a sacrifice of peace offe-
rings, two oxen, flue rammes, fiue hee
goates , fiue lambes of the first yeere.
This was the offering of Eliasaph the
sonne of Deuel.
48 If On the seuenth day, Elishama
the sonne of Ammiud, Prince of the chil-
dren of Ephraim offered.
49 His offering was one siluer char-
ger, the weight whereof was an hun-
dred and thirtie shekels, one siluer bowle
of seuentie shekels , after the shekel of
the Sanctuarie , both of them full of
fine flowre mingled with oile for a meat
offering :
50 One golden spoone of ten shekels,
full of incense :
51 One yong bullocke, one ramme,
one lambe of the first yeere, for a burnt
offering :
52 One kid of the goates for a sinne
offering :
53 And for a sacrifice of peace offrings,
two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue hee goats,
fiue lambes of the first yeere. This was
the offering of Elishama the sonne of
Ammiud.
54 If On the eight day offered Ga-
maliel the sonne of Pedazur, Prince of
the children of Manasseh.
55 His offering was one siluer charger
of an hundred and thirtie shekels, one sil-
uer bowle of seuentie shekels, after the
shekel of the Sanctuary, both of them
full of fine flowre mingled with oile, for
a meate offering :
56 One golden spoone of ten shekels,
full of incense :
57 One yong bullocke, one ramme,
one lambe of the first yeere, for a burnt
offering :
58 One kid of the goates fo'r a sinne
offering:
59 And for a sacrifice of peace offe-
rings, two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue hee
goats , fiue lambes of the first yeere.
This was the offering of Gamaliel the
sonne of Pedazur.
60 If On the ninth day, Abidan the
sonne of Gideoni, prince of the children
of Beniamin offered.
61 His offering was one siluer char-
ger, the weight whereof was an hun-
dred and tllirtie shekels, a siluer bowle of
seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the
of the Princes.
Sanctuary , both of them full of fine
flowre mingled with oyle , for a meate
offering :
62 One golden spoone of ten shekels,
full of incense :
63 One yong bullocke, one ramme,
one lambe of the first yeere for a burnt
offering :
64 One kid of the goats for a sinne
offering :
65 And for a sacrifice of peace offe-
rings, two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue hee
goates , fiue lambes of the first yeere.
This was the offering of Abidan , the
sonne of Gideoni.
66 f On the tenth day Ahiezer the
sonne of Ammishaddai , Prince of the
children of Dan offered.
67 His offring was one siluer charger,
the weight whereof was an hundred
and thirtie shekels, one siluer bowle of se-
uentie shekels , after the shekel of the
Sanctuarie , both of them full of fine
flowre mingled with oyle, for a meate
offering :
68 One golden spoone of ten shekels,
full of incense :
69 One yong bullocke, one ramme,
one lambe of the first yeere, for a burnt
offering :
70 One kid of the goates for a sinne
offering :
71 And for a sacrifice of peace offe-
rings, two oxen, fiue rammes, fiue hee
goats , fiue lambes of the first yeere.
This was the offering of Ahiezer the
sonne of Ammishaddai.
72 f On the eleuenth day, Pagiel
the sonne of Ocran, Prince of the chil-
dren of Asher offered.
73 His offering was one siluer char-
ger, the weight whereof was an hun-
dred and thirtie shekels, one siluer bowle
of seuentie shekels , after the shekel of
the Sanctuarie , both of them full of
fine flowre mingled with oyle , for a
meat offering :
74 One golden spoone of ten shekels,
full of incense :
75 One yong bullocke, one ramme,
one lambe of the first yeere for a burnt
offering :
76 One kid of the goates for a sinne
offering :
77 And for a sacrifice of peace offe-
rings, two oxen, fine rammes, fiue hee
goats , fiue lambes of the first yeere.
This was the offering of Pagiel the
sonne of Ocran.
78 If On
Princes offerings. Numbers.
78 f On the twelfth day, Ahira
the sonne of Enan , Prince of the chil-
dren of Naphtali, offered.
79 His offering was one siluer char-
§er, the weight whereof was an hun-
dred and thirtie shekels, one siluer bowle
of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of
the Sanctuary, both of them full of fine
fSowre mingled with oyle, for a meate
offering :
80 One golden spoone of ten shekels.
full of incense :
81 One yong bullocke,, one ramme,
one lambe of the first yeere for a burnt
offering :
83 One kidde of the goats for a sinne
offering :
83 And for a sacrifice of peace of-
firings, two oxen, fiue rammes, fine hee
goats, fiue lambs of the first yeere. This
was the offering of Ahira the sonne of
Enan.
84 This was the dedication of the Al-
t;ar (in the day when it was annointed)
by the Princes of Israel : twelue char-
gers of siluer, twelue siluer bowles,
twelue spoones of gold :
85 Each charger of siluer weighing
an hundred and thirtie shekels , each
3owle seuentie : all the siluer vessels
weighed two thousand and foure hun-
dred shekels, after the shekel of the San-
ctuary.
86 The golden spoones were twelue,
?uttQfmcense 9weighingtenshekelsa,piece9
after the shekel of the Sanctuary : all
the gold of the spoones, was an hundred
and twentie shekels.
87 All the oxen for the burnt of-
fering, were twelue bullocks , the rams
twelue, the lambes of the first yeere
twelue , with their meat offering : and
the kids of the goats for sinne offering,
twelue.
88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice
of the peace offerings , were twenty and
foure bullocks , the rammes sixtie, the
hee goates sixtie, the lambes of the
first yeere sixtie. This was the dedicati-
on of the Altar, after that it was an-
oynted.
89 And when Moses was gone into
the Tabernacle of the Congregation,
t f . Ood . to speake with thim, then he heard the
voyce of one speaking vnto him , from
oft the Mercie seat, that was vpon the
Arke of Testimony from betweene
the two Cherubims : and he spake vn-
to him.
The cleanfing
C H A P . VIII.
1 How the lampes are to be lighted. 6 The
consecration of the Leuites. 23 The age
and time of their seruice.
Nd the LORD spake
A vnto Moses, saying,
® Speake vnto Aa-
ron , and say vnto him,
When thou * lightest the *Y] ,Exod. 25.
find 40*
liampes, the seuen lampes shall giue 25.
light, ouer against the candlesticke.
3 And Aaron did so ; he lighted the
iampes therof, oue? against the candle-
stick, as the LORD * comanded Moses. * Exod. 25.
31.
4? And this worke of the candlestick
was of beaten gold, vnto the shaft there-
of, vnto the flowres thereof was * bea- * Exod. 25.
18.
ten worke : according vnto the paterne
which the L O R D had shewed Mo-
ses, so he made the candlesticke.
5 IT And the L O R D spake vnto
Moses, saying,
6 Take the Leuites from among
the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
7 And thus shalt thou doe vnto
them, to cleanse them : sprinkle water of
purifying vpon them , and t let them t Hebr, let
them cause a
shaue all their flesh, and let them wash rasortopasse
their clothes , and so make themselues ouer* %c.
cleane.
8 Then let them take a yong bul-
locke with his meat offering , euen fine
flowre mingled with oyle, and an other
yong bullock shalt thou take for a sinne
offering.
9 And thou shalt bring the Le-
uites before the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation ; and thou shalt gather the
whole assembly of the children of Is-
rael together.
10 And thou shalt bring the Leuites
before the LORD, and the children of
Israel shall put their hands vpon the
Leuites.
11 And Aaron shall t offer the Le- Wiebywaue.
uites before the LORD for an toffring MIeb. watte
offering.
of the children of Israel, that t they may t Hebr. they
execute the seruice of the LORD. may be to
execute, $c.
12 And the Leuites shall lay their
hands vpon the heads of the bullocks :
and thou shalt offer the one for a sinne
offering , and the other for a burnt of-
fering vnto the L O R D , to make an
atonement for the Leuites.
13 And thou shalt set the Leuites
before Aaron, and before his sonnes,
and offer them for an offering vnto the
LORD.
14 Thus
the Leuites. Chap.ix.
14 Thus shalt thou separate the Le-
uites from among the children of Is-
* Chap. 3. rael : and the Leuites shalbe * mine.
45.
15 And after that, shall the Leuites
g2joe in, to doe the seruice of the Taber-
nacle of the Congregation : and thou
shalt dense them, and offer them for an
offering.
16 For they are wholly giuen vnto
me, from among the children of Israel :
in stead of such as open euery wombe,
* Chap. 3. *euen in stead o^the first borne of all the
13. exod.
13. 2. lukq children of Israel, haue I taken them
2. 23. vnto me.
17 For all the first borne of the chil-
dIren of Israel, are mine, both man and
jeast : on the day that I smote euery
first borne in the land of Egypt, I sanc-
tified them for my selfe.
18 And I haue taken the Leuites
for all the first borne of the children of
i"srael.
19 And I haue giuen the Leuites as
tHeb. giuen. a tgift to Aaron, and to his sonnes, from
among the children of Israel, to do the
seruice of the children of Israel, in the
Tabernacle of the Congregation, anc
to make an atonement for the children
of Israel : that there bee no plague a-
mong the children of Israel, when the
children of Israel come nigh vnto the
Sanctuarie.
20 And Moses and Aaron, and al
the Congregation of the children of Is-
rael did to the Leuites according vnto
all that the LORD commanded Mo-
ses, concerning the Leuites, so did the
children of Israel vnto them.
21 And the Leuites were purified,
and they washed their clothes : and Aa-
ron offered them as an offering before
the LORD, and Aaron made an at-
onement for them to cleanse them.
22 And after that, went the Leuites
in, to do their seruice in the Tabernacle
of the Congregation before Aaron anc
and before his sonnes: as the LORD
had commanded Moses concerning the
Leuites, so did they vnto them.
23 IT And the LORD spake vnto
Moses, saying,
24 This is it that belongeth vnto the
Leuites : from twentie and fiue yeeres
old, and vpward, they shall goe in tto
t Heb. to waite vpon the seruice of the Taberna-
Warre thg
warfare of cle of the Congregation.
&e.
fHebr. re- 25 And from the age of fiftie yeeres
turnefrom they shall t cease waiting vpon the ser-
the warfare
oftheseruic uice thereof, and shall serue no more :
The Paffeouer.
26 But shall minister with their bre-
thren in the Tabernacle of the Congre-
gation, to keepe the charge , and shall
doe no seruice : thus shalt thou doe vnto
the Leuites, touching their charge.
C H A P . IX,
1 The Passeouer is commanded againe. 6 A
second Passeouer allowed for them that were
vncleane or absent. 15 The cloude guideth
theremouings & incampings of the Israelites.
Nd the LORD spake
A
vnto Moses in the wilder-
dernesse of Sinai , in the
first moneth of the second
yeere , after they were
come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
2 Let the children of Israel also
ceepe *the Passeouer, at his appointed *. Exod. 12.
&c. leuit.
season. 23. 5. chap.
3 In the fourteenth day of this 28.16. 6 2
deut.
moneth t at euen, ye shall keepe it in his Hebr. be-
appointed season : according to all the two weene the
eve-
rites of it, and according to all the cere- nings.
monies thereof shall ye keepe it.
4 And Moses spake vnto the chil-
dren of Israel that they should keepe
the Passeouer.
5 And they kept the Passeouer on
the fourteenth day of the first moneth
at Euen , in the wildernesse of Sinai :
according to all that the LORD com-
manded Moses , so did the children oi
Israel.
6 1F And there were certaine men
who were defiled by the dead body of a
man, that they could not keepe the
Passeouer on that day : and they came
before Moses, and before Aaron on
that day.
7 And those men said vnto him, We
are defiled by the dead body of a man :
wherefore are we kept backe, that wee
may not offer an onring of the LORD
in nis appointed season among the chil-
dren of Israel ?
8 And Moses saide vnto them ,
Stand still, and I will heare what the
LORD wil command concerning you
9 f And the LORD spake vnto
Moses, saying,
10 Speake vnto the children of Is-
srael, saying, If any man of you, or o^
your posteritie shall be vncleane by rea-
son of a dead body, or bee in a iourney
afarre off, yet he shall keepe the Passe-
ouer vnto the LORD.
11 The fourteenth day of the second
moneth
Cloud and fire. Numbers.
moneth at Euen they shall keepe it, and
eat it with vnleauened bread and bitter
herbes.
18 They shall leaue none of it vnto
the morning, nor breake any bone of it :
* Exod. 12. * according to all the ordinances of the
46. ioh. 19*
36. Passeouer they shall keepe it.
13 But the man that is cleane, and is
not in a iourney, and forbeareth to
keep the Passeouer, euen the same soule
shall be cut off from his people, because
liee brought not the offering of the
L O K D in his appointed season : that
man shall beare his sinne.
14 And if a stranger shall soiourne
among you , and will keepe the Passe-
ouer vnto the L O R D ; according to
the ordinance of the Passeouer, and ac-
cording to the maner thereof, so shall he
* Exod. 12. doe: *ye shall haue one ordinance, both
49.
for the stranger, and for him that was
borne in the land.
* Exod. 40. 15 f And * on the day that the Ta-
34.
bernacle was reared vp, the cloud coue-
red the Tabernacle, namely the Tent of
the Testimony : and at Euen there
was vpon the Tabernacle , as it were
the appearance of fire , vntill the mor-
ning.
16 So it was alway : the cloud coue-
red it by day, and the appearance of fire
by night.
17 And when the cloud was taken
vp from the Tabernacle , then after
that, the children of Israel iourneyed,
and in the place where the cloud abode,
there the children of Israel pitched
their tents.
18 At the commandement of the
L O R D the children of Israel iour-
neied, and at the commandement of the
* l . Corin. L O R D they pitched: * as long as the
10. 1.
cloud abode vpon the Tabernacle, they
rested in the tents.
t He br. pro- 19 And when the cloud ttaried long
tonfca.
}evna*n1
vpon the Tabernacle many daies, then
the children of Israel kept the charge
of the LORD, and iourneyed not.
20 And so it was when the cloude
was a few daies vpon the Tabernacle,
according to the commandement of the
LORD, they abode in their tents, and
according to the commandement of the
LORD, they iourneyed.
21 And so it was when the cloude
t Hebr. was. t abode from Euen vnto the morning,
and that the cloude was taken up in the
morning, then they iourneyed : whe-
ther it was by day or by night that the
Sihier trumpets.
cloude was taken vp, they iourneyed.
22 Or whether it were two dayes, or
a moneth , or a yeere that the cloude
taried vpon the Tabernacle , remay-
ning thereon, the children of Israel *a- * Exod. 40.
bode in their tents, and iourueyed not : 36. 37.
but when it was taken vp , they iour-
neyed.
23 At the commandement of the
LORD they rested in the tents, and at
the commaundement of the LORD
they iourneyed: they kept the charge of
the LORD, at the commandement of
the LORD by the hand of Moses.
CHA P . X.
/~1 TT
A T» "\T
1 The vse of the siluer Trumpets. 1 1 The Is-
raelites remoue from Sinai to Paran. 14 The
order of their march. 29 Hobab is in trea-
ted by Moses not to leaue them. 33 The
blessing of Moses at the remoouing and re-
sting of the Arke.
Nd the L O R D spake
A vnto Moses, saying,
2 Make thee two trum-
pets of siluer •: of an whole
piece snan tnou maite
them, that thou mayest vse them for the
calling of the assembly, and for the iour-
neying of the campes.
3 And when they shall blow with
them , all the assembly shall assemble
themselues to thee, at the doore of the
Tabernacle of the Congregation.
4 And if they blow but with one
trumpet ,ihen thePrinces, which arehe&ds
of the thousands of Israel, shall gather
themselues vnto thee.
5 When ye blow an alarme, then
the campes that lie on the East parts,
shall goe forward.
6 When you blow an alarme the se-
cond time, then the campes that lye on
the Southside, shall take their iourney:
they shall blow an alarme for their
iourneys.
7 But when the Congregation is
to be gathered together, you shal blow :
but you shall not sound an alarme.
8 And the sonnes of Aaron the
Priests shall blow with the trumpets;
and they shalbe to you for an ordinance
for euer throughout your generations.
9 And if ye goe to warre in your
land, against the enemie that oppresseth
you, then ye shall blow an alarme with
the trumpets, and ye shalbe remembred
before the LORD your God, and yee
shalbe
 The remouings Chap.x.
shalbe saued from your enemies.
10 Also in the day of your gladnesse,
and in your solemn e dayes , and in the
beginnings of your monethes, ye shall
blow with the trumpets ouer your
burnt offerings, and ouer the sacrifices
of your peace offerings, that they may
bee to you for a memoriall before your
God : I am the LORD your God.
11 H And it came to passe on the
twentieth day of the second moneth, in
the second yeere , that the cloude was
taken vp from off the Tabernacle of
the Testimony.
12 And the children of Israel tooke
their iourneys out of the wildernesse of
Sinai ; and the cloud rested in the wil-
dernesse of Paran.
13 And they first tooke their iourney,
according to the commandement of the
LORD, by the hand of Moses.
* Chap. 2. 3. 14? If *In the first place went the stan-
derd of the campe of the children of lu-
dali, according to their armies, and o-
*Chap. 1.7. uer his hoste was * Nahshon the sonne
of Amminadab.
15 And ouer the hoste of the tribe of
the children of Issachar, was Nethaneel
the sonne of Zuar,
16 And ouer the hoste of the tribe of
the children of Zebulun, was Eliab the
sonne of Helon.
17 And the Tabernacle was taken
downe, and the sonnes of Gershon, and
the sonnes of Merari set forward, bea-
ring the Tabernacle.
181? And the standerd of the campe
of Reuben set forward according to
their armies : and ouer his hoste was E-
lizur the sonne of Shedeur.
19 And ouer the hoste of the tribe of
the children of Simeon, was Shelumiel
the sonne of Zurishaddai.
20 And ouer the hoste of the tribe of
the children of Gad, was Eliasaph the
sonne of Deuel.
21 And the Kohathites set forward,
* Chap. 4. 4. bearing the * Sanctuary, and the Mother
t That iy,
*he Gersho- did set vp the Tabernacle against they
uites, and the came.
Merarites,
Seev. 17. 22 H And the standerd of the campe
of the children of Ephraim set forward,
according to their armies, and ouer his
hoste was Elishama the sonne of Am-
miud.
23 And ouer the hoste of the tribe of
the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel
the sonne of Pedazur.
24? And ouer the hoste of the tribe of
i charge.
of the campe.
the children of Beniamin, was Abidan
the soune of Gideoni.
25 f And t)ie standerd of the campe
of the children of Dan set forward,
which was the rere-ward of all the
canapes throughout their hostes : and
ouer his hoste was Ahiezer the sonne of
Ammishaddai.
26 And ouer the hoste of the tribe of
the children of Asher, was Pagiel the
sonne of Ocran.
27 And ouer the hoste of the tribe of
the children of Naphtali was Ahira the
sonne of Enan.
28 t Thus were the iourneyings of MJebr. fnese.
fhaoa
the children of Israel, according to their
armies, when they set forward.
29 1T And Moses said vnto Hobab
the sonne of Raguel the Midianite Mo-
ses father in law , Wee are iourneying
vnto the place of which the L O R D
said, I wil giue it you : come thou with
vs, and we will doe thee good : for the
L O R D hath spoken good concerning
Israel.
30 And he said vnto him, I will not
goe, but I will depart to mine owne
land, and to my kinred.
31 And he said, Leaue vs not, I pray
thee, forasmuch as thou knowest how
we are to eneampe in the wilderuesse,
and thou mayest bee to vs in stead of
eyes.
32 And it shall bee if thou goe with
vs, yea it shall be, that what .goodnesse
the LORD shall doe vnto vs, the same
will we doe vnto thee.
33 11 And they departed from the
Mount of the L O R D three dayes
iourney : and the Arke of the Couenant
of the LORD went before them in the
three dayes iourney, to search out a re-
sting place for them.
34 And the cloude of the L O R D
was vpon them by day, when they went
out of the campe.
35 And it came to passe when the
Arke set forward, that Moses said,
* Rise vp LORD, and let thine ene- * Psal. 68.
mies be scattered, and let them that 1, 2.
hate thee, flee before thee.
36 And when it rested, he said, Re-
turne, O L O R D , vnto the tmany t ttebr. fen
thousand
thousands of Israel. thousands.
C H A P . XL
1 The burning at Taberah quenched by Moses
prayer. 4 The people fust for flesh, and
lotfrJVf anna. 10 Moses complayneth of his
Manna is loathed. Numbers.
charge. 16 God diuideth his burden vnto
seuentie Elders. 31 Quailes are giuen in
wrath at Kibroth-Hattaauah.
11 Or, were Nd when the people || com-
A
as it were
cotnplai- plained , t it displeased -the
ners.. L O R D : and the LORD
I Heb. it was
euill in the heard it : and his anger
cares of^c.
was kindled, and the fire
* Psal. 78. of the L O R D burnt * among them,
21.
and consumed them that wmnthevtter-
most parts of the campe.
£ And the people cried vnto Moses,
and when Moses prayed vnto the
t Hebr. lL.ORD, the fire t was quenched.
sunke.
3 And hee called the name of the
II That is, p)lace ||Taberah : because the fire of the
a burning.
LORD burnt among them.
* As Exod. 4 11 And the *mixt multitude that
12. 38,
t Heb. lusted was among them, tfell a lusting, and
a lust. the children of Israel talso wept a-
Hebr. re-
turned and jaine, and said, * Who shal giue vs flesh
wept. ;o eate ?
* 1. Cor. 10.
5 We remember the fish which wee
did eate in Egypt freely : the cucumbers
and the melons, and the leekes, and the
onions, and the garlicke.
6 But now our soule is dried away,
there is nothing at all, besides this
Manna, before our eyes.
* Exod. 16. 7 And * the Manna was as Cori-
14, 31*
Hebr. eye ander seed, and the t colour thereof as
qfit, as the the colour of Bdelium :
eye oj.
p-f, a (\f
8 And the people went about, anc
gathered it, and ground it in milles, or
seat it in a morter, and baked it in pans,
and made cakes of it : and the taste of it
was as the taste of fresh oyle.
9 And when the dew fell vpon the
campe in the night, the Manna fell vp-
on it.
10 1f Then Moses heard the people
weepe throughout their families, euery
man in the doore of his tent, and the
anger of the L O R D was kindlec
greatly, Moses also was displeased.
11 And Moses said vnto the LORD,
Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy ser-
uant ? and wherefore haue I not founc
fauour in thy sight, that thou layest the
burden of all this people vpon me ?
12 Haue I concerned all this people ?
haue I begotten them, that thou shoul-
dest say vnto me, Gary them in thy bo-
some ( as a nursing father beareth the
sucking child) vnto the land which thou
swarest vnto their fathers ?
13 Whence should I haue flesh to
giue vnto all this people ? for they wee]
Seuenty Elders.
vnto me, saying, Giue vs flesh , that we
may eate.
14 I am not able to beare all this
>eop!e alone, because it is too heauie for
mee.
15 And if thou deale thus with mee.
cill me, I pray thee out of hand, if I
laue found fauour in thy sight, and let
me not see my wretchednesse.
16 IF And the LORD said vnto Mo-
ses, Gather vnto me seuentie men , of
the Elders of Israel , whome thou
mowest to be the elders of the people,
and officers ouer them : and bring them
vnto the Tabernacle of the Congrega-
tion , that they may stand there with
thee.
17 And I will come downe and
talke with thee there, and I will take
of the spirit which is vpon thee, and wil
3ut it vpon them, and they shall beare
,he burden of the people with thee, that
thou beare it not thy selfe alone.
18 And say thou vnto the people,
Sanctifie your selues against to mor-
row, and yee shall eate flesh : (for you
laue wept in the eares of the LORD,
saying, Who shall giue vs flesh to eate?
for it was well with vs in Egypt : )
therfore the LORD wil giue you flesh,
and ye shall eate.
19 Ye shall not eate one day, nor two
dayes, nor fiue dayes, neither ten ddyes,
nor t wen tie dayes :
20 But euen a t whole morieth, vntil \ Heb. mo*
it come out at your nostrels, and it bee neth of
dayes.
loathsome vnto you , because that yee
haue despised the LORD which is a-
mong you, and haue wept before him,
saying, Why came we foorth out of E-
t?
gyp21 And Moses said , The people a-
mongst whome I am, are sixe hundrec
thousand footmen, and thou hast said
I will giue them flesh, that they may
eate a whole moneth.
22 Shall the flockes and the herds
be slaine for them to suffice them ? or sha
all the fish of the sea bee gathered toge-
ther for them, to suffice them ?
23 And the L O R D said vnto Mo
ses , * Is the LORDS hand waxec * Esa. 50. 2.
short ? thou shalt see now whether nr and 59. 1.
word shall come to pass vnto thee, or
not.
24? IT And Moses went out, anc
tolde the people the wordes of the
LORD, and gathered the seuenty men
of the Elders of the people , and se
them
Eldad and Medad. Chap.xij.
them round about the Tabernacle.
25 And the L O R D came downe in
a cloude, and spake vnto him, and tooke
of the spirit that was vpon him , and
gaue it vnto the seuentie Elders : and it
came to passe that when the spirit rested
vpon them, they prophesied, and did not
cease.
26 But there remained two of the
men in the campe, the name of the one
was Eldad, & the name of the other Me-
dad : and the Spirit rested vpon them,
(and they were of them that were writ-
ten, but went not out vnto the Taber-
nacle) and they prophesied in the campe. vpon the face of the earth.)
27 And there ranne a yong man,
and tolde Moses, and said, Eldad and
Medad doe prophesie in the campe.
28 And loshua the sonne of Nun
the seruant of Moses , one of his yong
men, answered and said, My lord Mo-
ses, Forbid them.
29 And Moses said vnto him, Eri-
uiest thou for my sake ? Would God
that all the L O R D S people were
Prophets, and that the L O R D would
put his Spirit vpon them.
30 And Moses gate him into the
campe, he, and the Elders of Israel.
* Exod. 16. 31 f And there went forth a * winde
13. psal. 78.
26. from the LORD, and brought quailes
from the sea, and let them fall by the
t Hebr. an campe , t as it were a dayes iourney on
it were the
way of ft day. this side, and as it were a dayes iour-
ney on the other side round about the
campe, and as it were two cubits high
vpon the face of the earth.
32 And the people stood vp all that
day, and all that night, and all the next
day, and they gathered the quailes : he
that gathered least, gathered ten ho-
mers : and they spread them all abroad
for themselues round about the campe.
* Psal. 78. 33 And while the * flesh was yet be-
31.
tweene their teeth, yer it was chewed,
the wrath of the L O R D was kindled
against the people, and the L O R D
smote the people with a very great
plague.
34 And he called the name of that
li That w, place, || Kibroth-Hattaauah : because
Tlte grants
of lust. there they buried the people that lusted.whom the flesh is halfe consumed,
35 And the people iourney ed from
t Hebr. they
Kibroth - Hattaauah , vnto Hazeroth :
were in, SfC. and t abode at Hazeroth.
C H A P . XII.
1 God rebuketh the sedition of Miriam and Aa-
ron. 10 Miriams leprosie is healed at the Moses , If her father had but spit in
Miriam leprous.
prayer of Moses. 14 God comraandeth her
to be shut out of the hoste.
Nd Miriam and Aaron
A
spake against Moses, be-
cause of the || Ethiopian \\Or,Cu.
woman , whom hee had shite.
married : for he had t mar- t Hebr. ta-
ken.
ried an Ethiopian woman.
2 And they said, Hath the L O R D
indeed spoken onely by Moses ? Hath
hee not spoken also by vs ? And the
LORD heard it.
3 (Now the man Moses was * very * Ecclu. 45.
meeke , aboue all the men which were 4.
4 And the L O R D spake sudden-
ly vnto Moses, and vnto Aaron, and
vnto Miriam, Come out ye three vnto
the Tabernacle of the Congregation:
and they three came out.
5 And the L O R D came downe in
the pillar of the cloude, and stood in the
doore of the Tabernacle, and called Aa-
ron and Miriam : and they both came
foorth.
6 And hee saide , Heare now my
words : If there be a Prophet among
you, I the L O R D will make my selfe
knowen vnto him in a vision, and will
speake vnto him in a dreame :
7 *My seruant Moses is not so, who •« Hebr. 3.2.
is faithfull in all mine house.
8 With him will I speake * mouth * Exod. 33.
to mouth euen apparantly, and not in 11.
darke speeches, and the similitude of the
L O R D shall hee behold : wherefore
then were yee not afraid to speake a-
gainst my seruant Moses ?
9 And the anger of the L O R D
was kindled against them, and he de-
parted.
10 And the cloud departed from off
the Tabernacle, and behold , Miriam
became leprous , white as snow : and
Aaron looked vpon Miriam , and be-
hold, she was leprous.
11 And Aaron said vnto Moses, A-
las my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the
sinne vpon vs, wherein we haue done
foolishly, and wherein we haue sinned :
12 Let her not bee as one dead, of
when he commeth out of his mothers
wombe.
13 And Moses cryed vnto the
L O R D , saying, Heale her now, O
God, I beseech thee.
14 If And the L O R D said vnto
her
Spies are fent to Numbers.
her face, should she not bee ashamed se-
* Leuit. 13. uen dayes? let her be *shut out from the
4U.
campe seuen dayes , and after that let
her be receiued in againe.
15 And Miriam was shut out from
the campe seuen dayes : and the people
iourneied not, til Miriam was brought
in againe.
16. And afterward the people remo-
ued from Hazeroth, and pitched in the
wildernesse of Paran.
C T-T A T> V TTT
1 The names of the men who were sent to search
the land. 17 Their instructions. 21 Their
actes. 26 Their relation.
Nd the L O R D spake
A
vnto Moses, saying,
2 Send thou men, that
they may search the lande
of Canaan, which I giue
vnto the children of Israel : of euery
tribe of their fathers shal ye send a man.
euery one a ruler among them.
3 And Moses by the commaunde-
ment of the L O U D , sent them from
the wildernes of Paran : all those men
were heads of the children of Israel.
4 And these were .their names. Of
the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the
sonne of Zaccur.
5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Sha-
phat the sonne of Hori.
6 Of the tribe of ludah, Caleb the
sonne of lephunneh.
7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal
the sonne of loseph.
8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea
the sonne of Nun.
9 Of the tribe of Beniamin, Palti
the sonne of Raphu.
10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel
the sonne of Sodi.
1 1 Of the tribe of loseph , namely of
the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the sonne
of Susi.
12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the
sonne of Gemalli.
13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the
sonne of Michael.
14? Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi
the sonne of Vophsi.
15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the
sonne of Machi.
16 These are the names of the men
which Moses sent to spie out the land :
and Moses called Oshea the sonne of
Nun, lehoshua.
fearch the land.
17 IF And Mouses sent them to spie
out the land of Canaan, and said vnto
them , Get you vp this way South-
ward, and goe vp into the mountaine :
18 And see the lande what it is, and
the people that dwelleth therein, whe-
ther they bee strong or weake, fewe or
many :
19 And what the lande is that they
dwell in, whether it be good or bad, and
what cities they bee that they dwell in,
whether in tents, or in strong holds :
20 And what the land isy whether it
be fat or leane, whether there be wood
therein, or not. And be ye of good cou-
rage, and bring of the fruit of the land :
(Now the time was the time of the first
ripe grapes)
21 IF So they went vp, and searched
the land, from the wildernesse of Zin,
vnto Rehob, as men come to Hamatli.
O£k A 1 j.1 J J I
22 And they ascended by j.l~
the OSouth,i.'L.
and came vnto Hebron : where Ahi-
man, Sheshai, and Talmai , the chil-
dren of Anak were : Now Hebron
was built seuen yeeres before Zoan in
Egypt.
23 * And they came vnto the ||brooke * Deut. i .
24.
of Eshcol, and cut downe from thence H Or, valley.
a branch with one cluster of grapes, and
they bare it betweene two vpon a staffe,
and they brought of the pomegranates
and of the figs.
24 The place was called the || brooke 1 Or, valley.
|| Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes 1 i. a cluster
which the children of Israel cut downe of grapes.
from thence.
25 And they returned from sear-
ching of the land after fourty dayes.
26 1F And they went and came to
Moses , and to Aaron , and to all the
Congregation of the children of Israel
vnto the wildernesse of Paran, to Ka-
desh, and brought backe word vnto
them, and vnto all the Congregation,
and shewed them the fruit of the land.
27 And they told him, and said, We
came vnto the land whither thou sen-
test vs, & surely it floweth with * milke * Exod. 33.
and honie ; and this is the fruit of it. J.
28 Neuerthelesse , the people bee
strong that dwell in the land, and the ci-
ties are walled and very great : and
moreouer, we saw the children of Anak
there.
29 The Amalekites dwell in the
land of the South : and the Hittites,
and the lebusites, and the Amorites
dwell in the mountaines : and the Ca-
naan it es i
Murmuring. Chap.xiiij.
naanites dwell by the sea, and by the
coast of lordane.
30 And Caleb stilled the people be-
fore Moses, and said, Let vs goe vp at
once, and possesse it, for we are well able
to ouercome it.
31 But the men that went vp with
him, said, Wee be not able to goe vp a-
gainst the people, for they are stronger
then we.
32 And they brought vp an euill re-
port of the land which they had sear-
ched, vnto the children of Israel, say-
ing, The land through which we haue
gone, to search it, is a land that eateth
vp the inhabitants thereof, and all the
\ Heb. men people that we saw in it, are t men of a
of statures.
great stature.
33 And there we saw the* giants, the
sonnes of Anak, which come of the gi-
ants : and wee were in our owne sight
as grashoppers, and so wee were in
their sight.
C HAP XTTTT
1 The people murmure at the newes. 6 lo-
shua and Caleb labour to stil them. 1 1 God
threatneth them. IS Moses perswadeth God
and obtaineth pardon. 26 The murmurers
are depriued of entring into the land. 36
The men who raised the euill report, die by a
plague. 40 The people that would inuade
the land against the wil of God, are smitten.
Nd all the Congregation
A lifted vp their voyce and
cried; and the people wept
that night.
2 And all the children
of Israel murmured against Moses,
and against Aaron : and the whole
Congregation said vnto them, Would
God that we had died in the land of E-
gypt, or would God we had died in this
wifdernesse.
3 And wherefore hath the L O R D
brought vs vnto this land, to fall by the
sword, that our wiues, and- our children
should be a pray ? were it not better for
vs to returne into Egypt ?
4 And they saide one to another,
Let vs make a captaine, and let vs re-
turne into Egypt.
5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on
their faces before all the assembly of the
Congregation of the children of Israel.
6 IF And loshua the sonne of Nun,
and Caleb the sonne of lephlmneh.
which were of them that searched the
land, rent their clothes.
Mofes prayeth.
7 And they spake vnto all the com-
pany of the children of Israel , saying,
The land which wee passed thorow to
search it, is an exceeding good land.
8 If the L O R D delight in vs.
then he will bring vs into this land, and
giue it vs, a land which floweth with
milke and hony.
9 Onely rebell not yee against the
LORD, neither feare yee the people
of the land , for they are bread for vs :
their t defence is departed from them, t Hebr. sha-
and the L O R D is with vs: feare dow.
them not.
10 But all the Congregation bade
stone them with stones : and the glory
of the LORD appeared in the Taber-
nacle of the Congregation, before all
the children of Israel.
11 f And the L O R D said vnto
Moses, How long will this people pro-
uoke me? and how long will it bee, yer
they beleeue me, for all the signes which
I haue shewed among them ?
12 I will smite them with the pesti-
lence, and disinherite them, and will
make of thee a greater nation, and
mightier then they.
13 1F And * Moses said vnto the * Exod. 32.
L O R D , Then the Egyptians shall 2.
leare it, (for thou broughtest vp this
Deople in thy might from among
;hem :)
14 And they will tell it to the inha-
bitants of this land: for they haue heard
that thou LORD art among this peo-
ple, that thou LORD art scene face to
ttce, and that *thy cloud stahdeth ouer * Exod. 13.
;hem, and that thou goest before them, 1.
>y day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in
a pillar of fire by night.
15 IF Now if thou shalt kill all this
people, as one man, then the nations
which haue heard the fame of thee, will
speake, saying,
16 Because the LORD was not *a- * Deut. 9.
>le to bring this people into the lande 8.
which he sware vnto them, therefore he
hlath slaine them in the wildernesse.
17 And now, I beseech thee, let the
>ower of my LORD be great, accor-
ding as thou hast spoken, saying,
18 The L O R D is *long suffering, * Exod. 34.
. psal. 103.
and of great mercie, forgiuing iniquitie 8.
and transgression, and by no meanes
clearing theguiltie^* visiting the iniquity * Exod. 20.
of the fathers vpon the chldren, vnto . and 34. 7.
the third and fourth generation.
19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the ini-
quitie
*6
[nfidelitie is Numbers.
q[uitie of this people, according vnto the
gpeatnesse of thy mercie, and as thou
hlast forgiuen this people, from Egypt,
y Or, hither- euen ||vntill now.
to. 20 And the L O R D said, I haue
>ardoned, according to thy word.
21 But as truely as I Hue, all the
earth shalbe filled with the glory of the
LORD.
2£ Because all tho§e men which
iaue scene my glory, and my miracles
which I did in Egypt, and in the wil-
dernesse, and haue tempted mee now
these ten times , and haue not hearke-
ned to my voice,
t Hebr. if 23 t Surely they shall not see the
(hey see the
and. land which I sware vnto their fa-
thers , neither shall any of them that
prouoked me, see it.
•Iosh.u.6 24 But my seruant * Caleb, because
hee had another spirit with him, (and
hath followed mee fully) him will 1
bring into the land, whereinto he went,
and his seed shall possesse it.
25 (Now the Amalekites, and the
Canaanites dwelt in the valley) to mor-
row turne you and get you into the
wildernesse, by the way of the Red sea.
26 f And the L O R D spake vnto
Moses, and vnto Aaron, saying,
27 How long shall I bearewith this eui
congregation which murmure against
mee? I haue heard the murmurings
of the children of Israel , which they
murmure against mee.
* Chap. 26. 28 Say vnto them, *As truely as ]
65. and 32.
10. Hue, saith the LORD, as ye haue spo-
ken in min.e eares, so will I doe to you:
29 Youi* carcases shall fall in this
* Deut. 1. wildernesse, and all that were *num-
36. bred of you , according to your whole
number from twentie yeeres old anc
vpward, which haue murmured a-
gainst mee,
30 Doubtlesse ye shall not come into
t Heb. lifted the land concerning which I t sware to
vp my hand
make you dwell therein, saue Caleb the
sonne of lephunneh , and loshua the
sonne of Nun.
31 But your little ones, which yee
said should be a pray, them will 1 bring
in, and they shall know the land whicl
ye haue despised.
3$ But as for you, your carkases,
they shall fall in this wildernesse.
tt Or, feed. 33 And your children shall || wander
In the wildernes forty yeres, and beare
your whoredomes, vntill your carka-
ses be wasted in the wildernesse.
threatened.
34 After the number of the dayes in
which ye searched the land, euen *fortie 6.Ezech. 4.
. psal-95.
dayes (each day for a yeere) shall yee 10.
)eare your iniquities, euen forty yeeres,
and yee shall know my ([breach of pro- I Or, alte-
ingofmy
mise. purpose.
35 I the LORD haue said, I will
surely doe it vnto all this euill Congre-
gation , that are gathered together a-
rainst mee: in this wildernesse they
shalbe consumed, & there they shall die.
36 And the men which Moses sent
to search the land, who returned, and
made all the Congregation to mur-
mure against him , by bringing vp a
slander vpon the land,
37 Euen those men that did bring vp
the euill report vpon the land, * died by •l.Cor. 10.
10. hebr. 3.
the plague, 'before the LORD. 10. iud. 5.
38 But loshua the sonne of Nun,
and Caleb the sonne of lephunneh,
which were of the men that went to
search the land, Hued still
39 And Moses told these sayings vn-
to all the children of Israel, and the
people mourned greatly.
40 If And they rose vp early in the
morning, and gate them vp into the
top of the mountaine, saying, Loe, we
* be here, and will goe vp vnto the place * Deut, l.
which the LORD hath promised : foi 41.
we haue sinned.
41 And Moses said, Wherefore now
doe you transgresse the commaunde-
ment of the LORD ? but it shall not
prosper.
42 Goe not vp, for the LORD is
not among you, that ye be not smitten
before your enemies.
43 For the Amalekites, and the Ca-
naanites are there before you, and yee
shall fall by the sword, because yee are
turned away from the L O R D ; there-
fore the L O R D will not bee with
you.
44 But they presumed to go vp vn
to the hill top: neuertheles the Arke o
the Couenant of the LORD, and Mo-
ses departed not out of the campe.
45 Then l the Amalekites came
downe , and the Canaanites which
dwelt in that hill, and smote them, anc
* discomfited them, euen vnto Hormah * Deut. l.
44.
CH A P . XV.
TJT \ T> ""VX7
1 The hfw of the meat offering and the drinke
offring. 13. 29 The stranger is vnder the same
law. 17 The law of the first of the dougl
for a heaue offering. 22 The sacrifice fo
sinn
Offerings. Chap.xv.
sinne of ignorance. 30 The punishment
of presumption. 32 Hee that violated the
Sabbath, is stoned. 37 The law of fringes.
Nd the L O R D spake
A
vnto Moses, saying,
* Leuit. 23. 2 * Speake vnto the
10. children of Israel, and say
vnto them, When ye be
come into the land of your habitations,
which I giue vnto you,
3 And will make an offering by fire
vnto the LORD, a burnt offering or
• Leuit. 22. a sacrifice *in t perform ing a vow, or in a
21. free will offering , or in your solemne
t fieo.
t-fah sepa-
OOMft
rating. feasts, to make a * sweet sauour vnto the
* Exod. 29. LORD, of the herd or of the flocke :
18.
* Leuit. 2.1. 4 Then * shall he that offereth his
offering vnto the LORD, bring a meat
offring of a tenth deale of flowre, ming-
led with the fourth part of an Hyn of
oyle.
5 And the fourth part of an Hyn of
wine for a drinke offring shalt thou pre-
pare, with the burnt offering or sacri-
fice for one lambe.
6 Or for a ramme, thou shalt pre-
pare for a meate offering two tenth
deales of flowre mingled with the third
part of an Hyn of oyle.
7 And for a drinke offering, thou
shalt offer the third part of an Hyn of
wine, for a sweete sauour vnto the
LORD.
8 And when thou prepares! a bul-
locke for a burnt offering, or for a sacri-
fice in performing a vow, or peace offe-
rings vnto the LORD :
9 Then shall hee bring with a bul-
locke a meate offering of three tenth
deales of flowre, mingled with halfe an
Hyn of oyle.
10 And thou shalt bring for a drinke
offering halfe an Hyn of wine, for an
offering made by fire of a sweet sauour
vnto the LORD.
11 Thus shall it be done for one bul-
locke, or for one ramme, or for a lambe,
or a kidde.
12 According to the number that yee
shall prepare, so shall yee doe to euery
one, according to their number.
13 All that are borne of the countrey
shall doe these things after this maner,
in offering an offering made by fire of a
sweet sauour, vnto the LORD.
14 And if a stranger soiourne with
you, or whosoeuer bee among you in
your generations, and will offer an of-
fering made by fire of a sweete sauour
Offerings.
vnto the L O R D : as ye doe, so hee
shall doe.
15 * One ordinance shall be both for * Exod. 12.
you of the Congregation, and also for 49. 14.
chap. 9.
the stranger that soiourneth with you.
an ordinance for euer in your generati-
ons: as ye are, so shall the stranger bee,
before the LORD.
16 One law, and one maner shall be
for you, and for the stranger that soiour-
neth with you.
17 f And the L O R D spake vnto
Moses, saying,
18 Speake vnto the children of Is-
rael, and say vnto them, When ye come
into the land whither I bring you,
19 Then it shall be that when ye eate
of the bread of the land, yee shall offer
vp an heaue offring vnto the LORD.
20 Ye shall offer vp a cake of the first
of your dough, for an heaue offring : as
ye doe the heaue offering of the thresh-
ing floore, so shall ye heaue it.
21 Of the first of your dough ye shal
giue vnto the LORD, an heaue offe-
ring in your generations.
22 1F And if yee haue erred, and not
obserued all these Commaundements
which the L O R D hath spoken vnto
Moses,
23 Euen all that the LORD hath
commanded you, by the hand of Moses
from the day that the LORD comman-
ded Moses, and henceforward among
your generations :
24 Then it shalbe, if ought be com-
mitted by ignorance t without the t Hebr.from
knowledge of the Congregation, that the eyes.
all the Congregation shall offer one
yong bullocke for a burnt offering, for
a sweet sauour vnto the LORD, with
his meate offering, and his drinke offe-
ring, according to the || manner, and one 1 Or, ordi.
kid of the goats for a sinne offering. nance.
25 And the Priest shall make an at-
onement for all the Congregation of
the children of Israel, and it shal be for-
giuen them, for it is ignorance : and they
shall bring their offring, a sacrifice made
by fire vnto the LORD, and their sinne
offering before the L O R D , for their
ignorance.
26 And it shall bee forgiuen all the
Congregation of the children of Is-
rael, and the stranger that soiourneth
among them, seeing all the people were
in ignorance.
27 f And * if any soule sinne through * Leuit. 4.
27.
ignorance, then hee shall bring a shee
goat
Sabbath broken. Numbers.
goat of the first yeere for a sinne offring.
28 And the Priest shall make an at-
onement for the soule that sinneth igno-
rantly, when he sinneth by ignorance
before the LORD, to make an atone-
ment for him, & it shalbe forgiuen him.
£9 You shall haue one law for him
iHebr that t sinneth through ignorance, both
doeth*
for him that is borne amongst the chil-
dren of Israel, and for the stranger that
soiourneth among them.
30 IT But the soule that doeth ought
tHebr,with t presumptuously, whether he be borne
an high
hand. in the land, or a stranger, the same re-
procheth the L O R D : and that soule
shall be cut off from among his people.
31 Because he hath despised the word
of the L O R D , and hath broken his
commandement, that soule shall vtter-
ly be cut off: his iniquitie shall be vpon
him.
32 f And while the children of Is-
rael were in the wildernes, they found
a man that gathered stickes vpon the
Sabbath day.
33 And they that found him gathe-
ring sticks, brought him vnto Moses
and Aaron, and vnto all the Congre-
gation.
* Leuit. 24. 34 And they put him *in ward, be-
12.
cause it was not declared what should
be done to him.
35 And the L O R D said vnto Mo-
ses , The man shall bee surely put to
death : all the Congregation shall stone
him with stones without the campe.
36 And all the Cogregation brought
him without the campe, and stoned him
with stones, and he died, as the LORD
commanded Moses.
37 1F And the L O R D spake vnto
Moses, saying,
38 Speake vnto the children of Is-
* Deut. 22. raels and bidde *them that they make
12. matth.
23. 5. them fringes in the borders of their
garments, throughout their generati-
ons, and that they put vpon the fringe
of the borders a ribband of blew,
39 And it shall bee vnto you for a
fringe, that ye may looke vpon it, and
remember all the commandements of
the LORD, and doe them ; and that
ye seeke not after your owne heart, and
your owne eyes, after which ye vse to
goe a whoring :
40 That ye may remember, and doe
all my commandements, and be holy
vnto your God. *
i 41 I am the L O R D your God,
Korahs rebellion.
which brought you out of the land of
Egypt, to bee your God : I am the
LORD your God.
\^> XA J\. JL . A. VI.
1 The rebellion of Korah, Dathan and Abiram,
23 Moses separateth the people from the re-
bels tents, 31 The earth swalloweth vp Ko-
rah, and a fire consumeth others. 36 The
censers are reserued to holy vse. 41 Foure-
teene thousand and seuen hundred are slaine
by a plague for murmuring against Mo-
ses ana Aaron. 46 Aaron by incense stay-
eth the plague.
Ow * Korah the sonne of 3.* Chap. 27.
ecclus.
N
Izhar, the sonne of ko- 45. 21. iud,
hath, the sonne of Leui, 11.
and Dathan, and Abiram
the sonnes of Eliab, and
On the sonne of Peleth, sonnes of Reu-
ben, tooke men.
% And they rose vp before Moses,
with certaine of the children of Israel,
two hundred and fiftie Princes of the
assembly, * famous in the Congregati- * Chap. 26.
9.
on, men of renowne.
3 And they gathered themselues to-
gether against Moses > and against Aa-
ron, and said vnto them, t Ye take too tHebr. It is
muchfor
much vpon you, seeing all the Con- you.
gregation are holy euery one of them,
and the LORD is among them :
wherfore then lift you vp your selues a-
boue the Congregation of the LORD ?
4 And when Moses heard it, he fell
vpon his face.
5 And hee spake vnto Korah, and
vnto all his company, saying, Euen to
morrow the LORD will shew who
are his, and who is holy, and will cause
him to come neere vnto him -. euen him
whom he hath chosen, will he cause to
come neere vnto him.
6 This doe : take you censers, Ko-
rah, and all his company :
7 And put fire therein , and put in-
cense in them , before the LORD to
morrow; And it shall be, that the man
whom the LORD doeth choose, hee
shall be holy : yee take too much vpon
you, ye sonnes of Leui.
8 And Moses saide vnto Korah,
Heare, I pray you, ye sonnes of Leui.
9 Seemeth it but a small thing vn-
to you, that the God of Israel hath se-
parated you from the Congregation of
Israel, to bring you neere to himselfe,
to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle of
the L O R D , and to stand before the
Con-
He, Dathan &c. Chap.xvj.
Congregation to minister vnto them ?
10 And he hath brought thee neere
to him, and all thy brethren the sonnes of
Leui with thee : and seeke ye the Priest-
hood also ?
11 For which cause both thou, and all
thy company are gathered together a-
gainst the L O R D : and what is Aa-
ron, that ye murmure against him ?
12 If And Moses sent to call Da-
than and Abiram the sonnes of Eliab :
which said. We will not come vp.
13 Is it a small thing that thou hast
brought vs vp out of a land that flow-
eth with milke and hony , to kill vs in
the wildernesse, except thou make thy
selfe altogether a prince ouer vs ?
14. Moreouer, thou hast not brought
vs into a land that floweth with milke
and hony, or giuen vs inheritance of
t Heb. boare fields and vineyards : wilt thou tput
out*
out the eyes of these men ? we will not
come vp.
15 And Moses was very wroth, and
* Gen, 4, 4. said vnto the L O R D , * Respect not
thou their offering: I haue not taken
one asse from them, neither haue I
hurt one of them.
16 And Moses said vnto Korah, Be
thou and all thy company before the
LORD, thou, and they, arid Aaron to
morrow.
17 And take euery man his censer.
and put incense in them , and bring yee
before the LORD euery man his cen-
ser, two hundred and fiftie censers, thou
also and Aaron, each of you his censer.
18 And they tooke euery man his
censer, and put fire in them, and laide
incense thereon, and stood in the doore
of the Tabernacle of the Congregati-
on with Moses and Aaron.
19 And Korah gathered all the Con-
gregation against them, vnto the doore
of the Tabernacle of the Congregati-
on : and the glory of the LORD appea-
red vnto all the Congregation.
20 And the LORD spake vnto Mo-
ses, and vnto Aaron, saying,
21 Separate your selues from a-
rnong this Congregation, that I may
consume them in a moment.
22 And they fell vpon their faces,
and said, O God, the God of the spirits
of all flesh, shal one man sinne, and wilt
thou be wroth with all the Congrega-
tion?
23 1T And the LOED spake vnto
Moses, saying,
are fwalldwed vp.
24? Speake vnto the Congregation,
saying, Get you vp from about the ta-
bernacle of Korah, Dathan, and A-
biram.
25 And Moses rose vp, and went vn-
to Dathan and Abiram : and the El-
ders of Israel followed him.
26 And hee spake vnto the Congre-
gation, saying, Depart, I pray you,
from the tents of these wicked men, and
touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be con-
sumed in all their sinnes.
27 So they gate vp from the taber-
nacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram,
on euery side: and Dathan and Abiram
came out, and stood in the doore of their
tents, and their wiues, & their sonnes,
and their little children.
28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall
know that the LORD hath sent me to
doe all these workes : for Ihaue not done
them of mine owne mind.
29 If these men die t the common Hebr. as e-
ueryman
death of all men, or if they be visited af- dieSt.
ter the visitation of all men , then the
LORD hath not sent me :
30 But if the LORD tmake a new Hebr. cre-
thing, and the earth open her mouth, ate a crea-
ture.
and swallow them vp, with all that ap-
pertaine vnto them, and they go downe
quicke into the pit: then ye shall vnder-
stand that these men haue prouoked the
LORD.
31 11 * And it came to passe as he had *t. Chap. 27.
deut. 11*
made an ende of speaking all these 6. psal. 106.
words, that the ground claue asunder 7.
that was vnder them :
32 And the earth opened her mouth,
and swallowed them vp, and their hou-
ses, and all the men that appertained
vnto Korah, and all their goods.
33 They , and all that appertained
to them, went downe aliue into the pit,
and the earth closed vpon them .- and
they perished from among the Congre-
gation.
34 And all Israel that were round
about them, fled at thecrie of them: for
they said, Lest the earth swallow vs vp
also.
35 And there came out a fire from the
LORD, and consumed the two hun-
dred and fiftie men that oflered in-
cense.
36 If And the LORD spake vnto
Moses, saying,
37 Speake vnto Eleazar the sonne
of Aaron the Priest, that he take vp the
censers out of the burning, and scatter
thou
The plague flayed.
thou the fire yonder , for they are hal-
lowed.
38 The censers of these sinners a-
gainst their owne soules, let them make
them broad plates for a couering of the
Altar : for they offered them before the
L O R D , therefore they are hallowed,
and they shall be a signe vnto the chil-
dren of Israel.
39 And Eleazar the Priest tooke the
brasen censers , wherewith they that
were burnt had offered, and they were
made broad plates for a couering of the
Numbers. Aarons rodde.
were foureteene thousand and seuen
hundred, beside them that died about
the matter of Korah.
50 And Aaron returned vnto Mo-
ses, vnto the doore of the Tabernacle of
the Congregation ; and the plague was
stayed.
C H A P . XVII.
1 Aarons rod among all the rods of the Tribes
onely flourished!. 10 It is left for a monu-
ment against the rebels.
Nd *ke LORD spake

Altar :
40 To bee a memoriall vnto the chil-
dren of Israel, that no stranger, which
ic
lo not of thp
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to offer incense before the LORD, that
he be not as Korah, and as his compa-
ny, as the LORD said to him by the
hand of Moses.
41 f But on the morrow, all the
Congregation of the children of Israel
murmured against Moses and against
Aaron, saying, Ye haue killed the peo-
ple of the LORD.
42 And it came to passe when the
Congregation was gathered against
Moses and against Aaron , that they
looked toward the Tabernacle of the
Congregation : and behold, the cloud
couered it, and the glory of the LORD
appeared.
43 And Moses and Aaron came be-
fore the Tabernacle of the Congrega-
tion.
44 If And the L O R D spake vnto
Moses, saying,
45 Get you vp from among this
Congregation , that I may consume
them, as in a moment : and they fell vp.
on their faces.
46 IF And Moses said vnto Aaron,
Take a censer, and put fire therein from
off the Altar, and put on incense, and
goe quickly vnto the Congregation,
and make an atonement for them : for
there is wrath gone out from the
LORD ; the plague is begun.
47 And Aaron tooke as Moses
commanded, and ranne into the midst
of the Congregation: and behold, the
plague was begun among the people,
and he put on incense, and made an at-
onement for the people.
48 And he stood betweene the dead
and the liuing, and the plague was
stayed.
49 Now they that died in the plague,
A
vnto Moses, saying,
9, Speake vnto the chil-
dren of Israel, and take of
euery one of them a rod,
according to the house of their fathers,
of all their princes , according to the
house of their fathers, twelue rods:
write thou euery mans name vpon his
rodde.
3 And thou shalt write Aarons
name vpon the rod of Leui: for one rod
shall be for the head of the house of their
fathers.
4 And thou shalt lay them vp in the
Tabernacle of the Congregation , be-
fore the Testimony , * where I will 22. * Exod. 25.
meet with you.
5 And it shall come to passe, that the
mans rod whom I shall choose, shall
blossom e : and I will make to cease
from mee the murmurings of the chil-
dren of Israel, whereby they murmure
against you.
6 11" And Moses spake vnto the chil-
dren of Israel, and euery one of their
Princes gaue him ta rod a piece, for each trodHebr. a
for one
Prince one, according to their fathersPrincet o.
houses, euen twelue rods: and the rod of rod for one
Prince.
Aaron was among their rods.
7 And Moses layd vp the rods be-
fore the LORD, in the Tabernacle of
Witnesse.
8 And it came to passe that on the
morrow Moses went into the Taber-
nacle of Witnesse, and behold, the rod of
Aaron for the house of Leui was bud-
ded, and brought forth buds, and bloo-
med blossomes, and yeelded almonds.
9 And Moses brought out all the
rods from before the LORD, vnto all
the children of Israel: and they looked,
and tooke euery man his rod,
10 1? And the L O R D said vnto
Moses, * Bring Aarons rod againe be- * Hebr. 9. 4.
fore the Testimony, to be kept for a to- t Hebr.chU-
ken against the t rebels, and thou shalt dren o/re-
bellum.
quite
 The Priefts charge, Chap.xviij.
quite take away their murmurings
from me, that they die not.
11 And Moses did so: as the LORD
commanded him, so did he.
12 And the children of Israel spake
vnto Moses, saying, Behold, wee die,
we perish, we all perish.
13 Whosoeuer commeth any thing
neere vnto the Tabernacle of the
LORD, shall die: Shall wee be con-
sumed with dying ?
C H A P . XVIII.
1 The charge of the Priests and Leuites. 9 The
Priests portion. 21 The Leuites portion.
25 The heaue offering to the Priests out of
the Leuites portion.
Nd the L O R D sayd vn-
A
to Aaron, Thou and thy
sonnes , ana cny latners
house with thee, shall
beare the iniquitie of the
Sanctuary : and thou and thy sonnes
with thee, shall beare the iniquitie of
your Priesthood. ,
2 And thy brethren also of the tribe
of Leui , the tribe of thy father, bring
thou with thee, that they may be ioyned
vnto thee, and minister vnto thee : but
thou and thy sonnes with thee shatt mini-
ster before the Tabernacle of Witnesse.
3 And they shall keepe thy charge,
and the charge of all the Tabernacle :
onely they shall not come nigh the ves-
sels of the Sanctuarie, and the Altar,
that neither they, nor you also die.
4 And they shall bee ioyned vnto
thee , and keepe the charge of the Ta-
bernacle of the Congregation , for all
the seruice of the Tabernacle : and a
stranger shall not come nigh vnto you.
5 And yee shall keepe the charge of
the Sanctuary, and the charge of the
Altar, that there be no wrath any more
vpon the children of Israel.
* Chap. 3. 6 And I , beholde, I haue * taken
45.
your brethren the Leuites from among
the children of Israel : to you they are
giuen as a gift for the LORD, to doe
the seruice of the Tabernacle of the
Congregation.
7 Therefore thou and thy sonnes
with thee, shall keepe your Priests of-
fice for euery thing of the Altar, and
within the Vaile, and yee shall serue :
I haue giuen your Priests office vnto
you, as a seruice of gift: and the stran-
ger that commeth nigh, shall bee put to
death.
and portion.
8 H And the L O R D spake vnto
Aaron, Behold, I also haue giuen thee
the charge of mine heaue offerings, oi
all the hallowed things of the children
of Israel, vnto thee haue I giuen them
by reason of the anointing, and to thy
sonnes by an ordinance for euer.
9 This shall bee thine of the most
holy things, reserued from the fire: euery
oblation of theirs, euery meat offering
of theirs , and euery sinne offering oi
theirs, and euery trespasse offering oi
theirs, which they shal render vnto me,
shall be most holy for thee, and for thy
sonnes.
10 In the most holy place shalt thou
eate it, euery male shall eate it: it shall
be holy vnto thee.
11 And this is thine : the heaue offe-
ring of their gift, with all the waue of-
frings of the children of Israel : I haue
giuen them vnto thee, & to thy sonnes,
and to thy * daughters with thee, by a * Leuit. 10
14.
statute for euer : euery one that is cleane
in thy house, shall eate of it.
1 2 All the tbest of the oyle, and all theiHeb.fat.
best of the wine, and of the wheat, the
first fruits of them which they shall of-
fer vnto the LORD, them haue I gi-
uen thee.
13 And whatsoeuer is first ripe in the
land, which they shall bring vuto the
LORD, shall be thine, euery one that
is cleane in thine house, shall eat of it.
14 * Euery thing deuoted in Israel, 28. * Leuit 27-
shall be thine.
15 Euery thing that openeth *the ma- * Exod. 13.
2. & 22. 29.
trice in all flesh, which they bring vnto leuit. 27. 26
the LORD, whether it bee of men or chap* 3. 13.
Beasts, shall be thine : Neuertheles the
irst borne of man shalt thou surely re-
deeme, and the firstling of vncleane
Beasts shalt thou redeeme.
1 6 And those that are to be redeemed,
Torn a moneth old shalt thou redeerae
according to thine estimation , for the
money of fiue shekels, after the shekel
of the Sanctuary, * which is twentie * Exod. 30. i q IAII!* O*T
. J. iculi. &l
gerahs. 25. chap. 3.
17 But the firstling of a cowe, or the 2. ezek. 45
47.
firstling of a sheepe, or the firstling of a
roat thou shalt not redeeme , they are
loly : thou shalt sprinckle their blood
vpon the Altar, and shalt burne their
at for an offering made by fire, for a
sweet sauour vnto the LORD.
18 And the flesh of them shall bee
thine: as the *waue breast, and as the * Exod. 23.
!6.
right shoulder are thine.
19 All
The tythes giuen Numbers.
19 All the heaue offerings of the ho-
ly things, which the children of Israel
offer vnto the LORD, haue I giuen
thee and thy sonnes, and thy daughters
with thee, by a statute for euer : it is a
couenant of salt for euer, before the
L O R D vnto thee, and to thy seed
with thee.
20 ^1 And the L O R D spake vnto
Aaron, Thou shalt haue no inheritance
in their land , neither shalt thou haue
* Deut. 10. any part among them : * I am thy part,
9. and 18. 2.
iosh. 13. and thine inheritance among the chil-
14. 33.
czech. 44.
dren of Israel.
28. 21 And behold, I haue giuen the chil-
dren of Leui all the tenth in Israel, for
an inheritance, for their seruice which
they serue, euen the seruice of the Ta-
bernacle of the Congregation.
22 Neither must the children of Is-
rael hencefoorth come nigh the Taber-
nacle of the Congregation, lest they
t Uebr. to beare sinne, tand die.
die
HtCt
23 But the Leuites shall doe the ser-
uice of the Tabernacle of the Congre-
gation, and they shal beare their iniqui-
tie : it shall be a statute for euer through-
out your generations, that among the
children of Israel they haue no inheri-
tance.
24? But the tithes of the children of
Israel which they offer as an heaue of-
fering vnto the LORD, I haue giuen
to the Leuites to inherite : therefore I
haue said vnto them, Among the chil-
dren of Israel they shall haue no inhe-
ritance.
25 H And the L O R D spake vnto
Moses, saying,
26 Thus speake vnto the Leuites,
and say vnto them, When ye take of the
children of Israel the tithes, which I
haue giuen you from them for your in-
heritance, then ye shal offer vp an heaue
offering of it for the LORD, euen a
tenth part of the tithe.
27 And this your heaue offering
shall be reckoned vnto you, as though
it were the corne of the threshing floore,
and as the fulnesse of the wine presse.
28 Thus you also shal offer an heaue
offering vnto the L O R D of all your
tithes which ye receiue of the children
of Israel, and ye shall giue thereof the
L O R D S heaue offering to Aaron
the Priest.
29 Out of aft your gifts ye shal offer
euery heaue offering of the LORD,
t Hebr.fat. of all the tbest thereof, euen the hal-
to the Leuites.
lowed part thereof, out of it.
30 Therefore thou shalt say vnto
them , When yee haue heaued the best
thereof from it, then it shall be counted
vnto the Leuites, as the encrease of the
threshing floore, and as the encrease of
the wine presse.
31 And ye shall eate it in euery place,
ye and your housholds : for it is your re-
ward for your seruice , in the Taber-
nacle of the Congregation.
32 And yee shall beare no sinne by
reason of it, when ye haue heaued from
it the best of it : neither shall ye pollute
the holy things of the children of Is-
rael, lest ye die.
CHAP. XIX.
1 The water of separation made of the ashes of
a red heifer. 11 The law for the vse of it in
purification of the vncleaue.
Nd the LORD spake
A
vnto Moses , and vnto
Aaron, saying,
^ This is the ordinance
of the law, which the
L O R D hath commaunded, saying,
Speake vnto the children of Israel,
that they bring thee a red heifer with-
out spot, wherein is no blemish, and vp-
on which neuer came yoke.
3 And ye shall giue her vnto Elea-
zar the Priest, that hee may bring her
* forth without the campe, and one shall 11.
* Hebr. 13.
slay her before his face.
4 And Eleazar the Priest shall
take of her blood with his finger, and
*sprinckle of her blood directly before * Heb. 9. 13.
the Tabernacle of the Congregation
seuen times.
5 And one shall burne the heifer in
his sight : *her skinne, and her flesh, 14.
* Bxod. 29.
leuit. 4.
and her blood, with her doung, shall he 11, 12.
burne.
6 And the Priest shall take Cedar-
wood, and hysope, and scarlet, and cast
it into the midst of the burning of the
heifer.
7 Then the Priest shall wash his
clothes, and hee shall bathe his flesh in
water, and afterward he shall come in-
to the campe, and the Priest shalbe vn-
cleane vntill the euen.
8 And he that biifiieth her, shall
wash his clothes in water, and bathe
his flesh in water, and shall be vncleane
vntill the Euen.
9 And a man that is cleane, shall ga-
ther
Purifications. Chap.xx.
ther vp the ashes of the heifer, and lay
them vp without the campe in a cleane
place, and it shall bee kept for the Con-
gregation of the children of Israel, for
a water of separation : it is a purificati-
on for sinne.
10 And he that gathereth the ashes
of the heifer, shall wash his clothes, and
be vncleane vntil the Euen : and it shall
be vnto the children of Israel, and vnto
the stranger that soiourneth among
them, for a statute for euer.
\Heb.swle. 11 IF He that toucheth the dead body
of any t man, shall bee vncleane seuen
dayes.
12 He shall purifie himselfe with it on
the third day, and on the seuen th day he
shall be cleane : but if he purifie not him-
selfe the third day, then the seuenth day
be shall not be cleane.
13 Whosoeuer toucheth the dead bo-
die of any man that is dead, and purifi-
eth not himselfe, defileth the Taberna-
cle of the LORD, and that soule shall
be cut off from Israel, because the wa-
ter of separation was not sprinckled
vpon him : he shall be vncleane, his vn-
cleannesse is yet vpon him.
14 This is the law, when a man di-
eth in a tent; all that come into the tent,
and all that is in the tent, shalbe vnclean
seuen dayes.
15 And euery open vessel which hath
no couering bound vpon it, is vncleane.
16 And whosoeuer toucheth one that
is slaine with a sword in the open fields,
or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a
graue, shall be vncleane seuen dayes.
17 And for an vncleane person they
tHeb.Dust. shall take of the t ashes of the burnt
*Heb.liumg
waters shall heifer of purification for sinne, and *run-
be giuen. nirig water shall bee put thereto in a
vessell :
18 And a cleane person shall take
hysope, and dippe it in the water, and
sprinckle it vpon the tent, and vpon all
the vessels, and vpon the persons that
were there, and vpon him that touched
a bone, or one slaine, or one dead, or a
graue.
1 9 And the cleane person shal sprinkle
vpon the vncleane on the third day, and
on the seuenth day : and on the seuenth
day he shall purifie himselfe, and wash
his clothes, and bathe himselfe in wa-
ter, and shall be cleane at Euen.
20 But the man that shall bee vn-
cleane , and shall not purifie himselfe,
that soule shall bee cut off from among
Miriam dieth.
the Congregation : because he hath de-
filed the Sanctuary of the LORD,
the water of separation hath not beene
sprinkled vpon him, he is vncleane.
21 And it shall be a perpetuall statute
vnto them, that he that sprinkleth the
water of separation , shall wash his
clothes : and he that toucheth the wa-
ter of separation, shall be vncleane vn-
till Euen.
22 And whatsoeuer the vncleane
person toucheth, shall be vncleane : and
the soule that toucheth it, shall bee vn-
cleane vntill Euen.
C H A P . XX.
1 The children of Israel come to Zin, where
Miriam dieth. 2 They nmrmure for want
of water. 7 Moses smiting the rocke brin-
geth forth water at Meribah. 14 Moses at
Kadesh desireth passage thorow Edom,
which is denied him. 22 At Mount Hor Aa-
ron resigneth his pkce to Eleazar, and dieth.
n.en came me cnnciren 01
T
^srae^ 9 eiien the whole
Congregation , into the
, in the firstn, in the first
moneth : and the people a-
bode in Kadesh, and Miriam died
there, and was buried there.
2 And there was no water for the
Congregation : and they gathered
themselues together against Moses
and against Aaron.
3 And the people chode with Moses.
and spake, saving, Would God that we
had died * when our brethren died be- * Chap. 11.
33.
fore the LORD.
4 And * why haue yee brought vp '*2. Bxod. 17-
the Congregation of the LOED into
this wildernesse , that we and our cat-
tell should die there ?
5 And wherefore haue ye made vs
to come vp out of Egypt, to bring vs in
vnto this euil place? it isno place of seed,
or of figges , or vines , or of pomegra-
nates, neither is there any water to
drinke.
6 And Moses and Aaron went
from the presence of the assembly, vnto
the doore of the Tabernacle of the con-
gregation , and they fell vpon their fa-
ces : and the glory of the LORD ap-
peared vnto them.
7 If And the Lord spake vnto Mo-
ses, saying,
8 Take the rodde, and gather thou
the assembly together, thou and Aaron
thy
*63
The rocke fmitten. Numbers.
thy brother , and speake yee vnto the
rocke before their eyes, and it shall giue
borth his water, and thou shalt bring
berth to them, water out of the rocke :
so thou shalt giue the Congregation,
and their beasts drinke.
9 And Moses tooke the rod from
Before the LORD, as he commanded
lim.
10 And Moses and Aaron gathered
the Congregation together before the
rocke, and nee said vnto them , Heare
now, ye rebels ; must we fetch you wa-
ter out of this rocke ?
11 And Moses lift vp his hand, and
with his rod he smote the rocke twice :
and the water came out abundantly,
and the Congregation dranke, and
their beasts also.
12 IF And the LORD spake vnto
Moses and Aaron, Because ye beleeue
me not, to sanctifie me in the eyes of the
children of Israel, therefore ye shall not
bring this Congregation into the land
which I haue giuen them.
* Psal. 100.
32. &C*
13 * This is the water of || Meribah,
!l That is, because the children of Israel stroue
strife. with the L O R D ; and he was sancti-
fied in them.
14 If And Moses sent messengers
from Kadesh, vnto the King of Edom ;
Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou
t Hebr, knowest all the trauaile that hath t be-
found vs.
fallen vs :
15 How our fathers went dowrie in-
to Egypt, and we haue dwelt in Egypt
a long time : and the Egyptians vexed
vs, and our fathers.
16 And when wee cryed vnto the
LORD, he heard our voyce, and sent
an Angel, and hath brought vs foorth
out of Egypt : and behold, wee are in
Kadesh, a citie in the vttermost of thy
border.
17 Let vs passe, I pray thee, thorow
thy countrey : we will not passe thorow
the fields, or thorow the Vineyards,
neither will we drinke of the water of
the wells : wee will goe by the Kings
W^A-way, we wil not turne to the right
hand nor to the left , vntill wee haue
passed thy borders.
18 And Edom said vnto him, Thou
shalt not passe by me, lest I come out a-
gainst thee with the sword.
19 And the children of Israel said vn-
to him, We will goe by the high-way :
and if I and my cattell drinke of thy
water, then I will pay for it : I will
Aaron dieth.
onely (without doing any thing else) go
thorow on my feet.
20 And he said, Thou shalt not goe
horow, And Edom came out against
lim with much people, and with a
strong hand.
21 Thus Edom refused to giue Is-
rael passage thorow his border : where-
"ore Israel turned away from him.
22 f And the children of Israel, euen
the whole Congregation , iourneyed
Tom * Kadesh , and came vnto mount * Chap. 33.
Hor. 37.
23 And the LORD spake vnto
Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by
the coast of the land of Edom, saying;
24 Aaron shall bee gathered vnto
bis people : for hee shall not enter into
the land which I haue giuen vnto the
children of Israel , because yee rebel-
led against my t word at the water of t Hebr.
mouth.
Meribah.
25 * Take Aaron , and Eleazar his * Chap. 33.
sonne, and bring them vp vnto mount 38. deut.
32. 50.
Hor.
26 And strippe Aaron of his gar-
ments, and put them vpon Eleazar his
sonne, and Aaron shall be gathered vn-
to his people, and shall die there.
27 And Moses did as the L O R D
commaunded : and they went vp into
mount Hor, in the sight of all the Con-
gregation.
28 And Moses stripped Aaron of
his garments, and put them vpon E-
leazar his sonne, and * Aaron died there * Deut. 10,
in the top of the mount : and Moses and 6.50.and 32.
Eleazar came downe from the mount.
29 And when all the Congregation
saw that Aaron was dead, they mour-
ned for Aaron thirty dayes, euen all the
house of Israel.
CHAP. XXI,
1 Israel with some losse destroy the Canaanites
at Hormah. 4 The people murmuring are
plagued with fiery serpents. 7 They repen-
ting are healed by a brasen serpent. 10 Sun-
dry iourneyes of the Israelites. 21 Sihon is
ouercome, 33 and Og.
Nd when * king Arad the * Chap. 33.
A Canaanite , which dwelt 40.
in the South , heard tell
ttiat Israel came by the
way of the spies , then hee
fought against Israel, and tooke some
of them prisoners.
2 And Israel vowed a vow vnto
the
Fierie ferpents. Chap.xxj.
the LORD, and said, If thou wilt in
deed deliuer this people into my hand,
then I wil vtterly destroy their cities.
3 And the L O R D hearkened to
the voyce of Israel , and deliuered vp
the Canaanites : and they vtterly de-
stroyed them, and their cities, and hee
II That is, vt- called the name of the place ||Hormah.
ter destru-
ction. 4 f And they Journeyed from
mount Hor, by the way of the red sea,
to compasse the land of Edom : and the
II Or, grie- soule of the people was much ([ discou-
lied. Hebr
shortened. raged because of the way.
5 And the people spake against God
and against Moses, Wherefore haue ye
brought vs vp out of Egypt, to die in
the wildernesse ? for there is no bread,
neither is there any water , and our
* Chap.
n • eO. soule * loatheth this light bread.
* Wisd. 16. 6 And * the L O R D sent fierie ser-
1 , 5. i . cor. pents among the people, and they bit
10. 9.
the people, and much people of Israel
died
7 f Therefore the people came to
Moses, and said, We haue sinned : for
wee haue spoken against the L O R D ,
and against thee : pray vnto the LORD
that hee take away the serpents from
vs : and Moses prayed for the people.
8 And the L O R D said vnto Mo-
ses, Make thee a fierie serpent, and set it
vpon. a pole : and it shall come to passe,
that euery one that is bitten, when hee
looketh vpon it, shall Hue.
* 2. King. 18
4. ioh. 3. 14. 9 And * Moses made a serpent of
brasse , and put it vpon a pole , and it
came to passe, that if a serpent had bit-
ten any man, when hee beheld the ser-
pent of brasse, he liued.
10 f And the children of Israel set
* Chap. 33 forward, and * pitched in Oboth.
43.
11 And they iourneyed from Oboth,
1! Or, heapes and pitched at ||Iie-Abarim, in the wil-
ofAbarim.
dernes which is before Moab, toward
the Sunne rising.
12 1[ From thence they remooued,
and pitched in the valley of Zared.
18 From thence they remooued, and
pitched on the other side of Arnon,
which is in the wildernesse that com-
meth out of the coasts of the Amorites :
for Arnon is the border of Moab , be-
tweene Moab and the Amorites.
14 Wherefore it is said in the booke
II Or, Vaheb of the warres of the LORD, || what he
in Suphoh*
did in the Red sea, and in the brookes
of Arnon,
15 And at the streame of the brookes
that goeth downe to the dwelling of)
' giuen
Sihon fmitten.
Ar, & tlieth vpon the border of Moab. t Heb. lea-
16 And from thence they went to Beer: neth.
that is the well whereof the L O R D
spake vnto Moses, Gather the people
together, and I will giue them water.
17 f Then Israel sang this song,
t Spring vp O well, ||Sing ye vnto it: \Hebascend
H Or9an-
18 The Princes digged the well, the swere.
nobles of the people digged it, by the di-
rection of the Law-giuer, with their
staues. And from the wildernesse they
went to Mattanah :
19 And from Mattanah, to Naha-
liel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth :
20 And from Bamoth in the valley,
that is in the tcountrey of Moab, to the t Heb. field.
toppe of || Pisgah, which looketh to- II Or, hill.
ward || leshimon. II Or, the
21 1F And Israel sent messengers wildernesse.
vnto Sihon king of the Amorites,
saying,
22 * Let me passe thorow thy land, 27. * Deut. 2.
iudges
we will not turne into the fields, or into 11. 19.
the vineyards, we will not drinke of the
waters of the well : but we will goe a-
long by the kings high way, vntifl wee
be past thy borders.
23 *And Sihon would not suffer * Deut.
Israel to passe thorow his border : but 29. 7.
Sihon gathered all his people toge-
ther, and went out against Israel into
the wildernes : and he came to lahaz,
and fought against Israel.
24 And * Israel smote him with the *Iosh.135.12. 2
edge of the sword , and possessed his psal.ll. amos
land from Arnon vnto labok, euen 29.
vnto the children of Ammon : for the
border of tfte children of Ammon was
strong.
25 And Israel tooke all these cities :
and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the
Amorites , in Heshbon , and in all the
t villages thereof. t Hebr.
daughters.
26 For Heshbon was the citie of Si-
hon the King of the Amorites, who
had fought against the former King of
Moab, and taken all his land out of his
hand, euen vnto Arnon.
27 Wherefore they that speake in
prouerbes , say , Come into Heshbon :
let the citie of Sihon bee built and pre->
pared.
28 For there is a fire gone out of
Heshbon, a flame from the citie pf Si-
hon : it hath consumed Ar of Moab,
and the lordes of the high places of
Arnon.
29 Woe to thee, Moab, thou art vn- * i. King, ll
done, O people of * Chemosh : he hath 7,33.
Og ilaine. Balak Numbers.
jiuen his sonnes that escaped, and his
aughters, into captiuitie vnto Sihon
£ing of the Amorites.
30 We haue shot at them ; Heshbon
s perished euen vnto Dibon, and we
laue layde them waste euen vnto No-
>hah, which reacheik vnto Medeba.
31 IT Thus Israel dwelt in the land
f the Amorites.
3£ And Moses sent to spy out laa-
er, and they tooke the villages thereof,
and droue out the Amorites that were
here,
Deut, 3. i. 33 11 *And they turned and went
nd 2D. 7.
vp by the way of Bash an : and Og
the King of Bashan went out against
them, he, and all his people, to the bat-
tell at Edrei.
34 And the L O R D said vnto Mo-
ses , Feare him not : for I haue deliue-
red him into thy hand, and all his peo-
* Psal. 135. ple, and his land, and * thou shalt doe to
11. lim as thou didst vnto Sihon King of
the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
35 So they smote him & his sonnes,
and all his people, vntill there was
none left him aliue, and they possessed
lis land.
C H A P . XXII.
1 Balaks first message for Balaam is refused. 1 5
His second message obtaineth him. 22 An
Angel would haue slaine him , if his asse hac
not saued him. 36 Balak intertaineth him.
Nd the children of Israei
HI
set forward, and pitched in
the plaines ef Moab, on
this side lordane by le-
richo.
£ IT And Balak the sonne of Zip-
por, saw all that Israel had done to the
Amorites.
8 And Moab was sore afraid of the
people, because they were many, anc
Moab was distressed , because of the
children of Israel.
4 And Moab said vnto the elders
of Midian ; Now shall this company
licke vp all that are round about vs, as
the oxe licketh vp the grasse of the field.
And Balak the sonne of Zippor, was
King of the Moabites at that time.
* lOSh. 24.
9.
5 *He sent messengers therefore vn-
to Balaam the sonne of Beor, to Pe-
thor, which is by the riuer of the land of
the children of his people, to call him,
saying, Behold, there is a people come
out from Egypt : beholde , they couer
fendeth for Balaam.
he tface of the earth, and they abide o- Hvbr. eye.
uer against me.
6 Come now therefore, I pray thee,
curse mee this people, for they are too
mightie for mee : peraduenture I shall
weuaile , that we may smite them, and
;hat I may driue them out of the land:
br I wot that he whom thou blessest,
s blessed , and hee whom thou cursest,
is cursed.
7 And the elders of Moab, and the
elders of Midian departed, with the re-
wards of diuination in their hand;
and they came vnto Balaam, and spake
vnto him the words of Balak.
8 And hee said vnto them, Lodge
lere this night, and I will bring you
word againe as the LORD shal speake
vnto mee : and the Princes of Moab a-
x>de with Balaam.
9 And God came vnto Balaam, and
said, What men are these with thee ?
10 And Balaam said vnto God, Bar-
ak the sonne of Zippor, King of Mo-
ab, hath sent vnto me, saying ;
11 Behold, there is a people come out
of Egypt, which couereth the face of the
earth : Come now, curse me them; per-
aduenture tl shal be able to ouercome t Hebr. 1
shall preuailc
them, and driue them out. infightings
1£ And God saide vnto Balaam; gainst him.
Thou shalt not goe with them , thou
shalt not curse the people : for they are
i>lessed.
13 And Balaam rose vp in the mor-
ning, and said vnto the Princes of Ba-
lak, Get you into your land : for the
LOED refuseth to giue mee leaue to
roe with you.
14 And the Princes of Moab rose
vp , and they went vnto Balak , am
said, Balaam refuseth to come with vs
15 IT And Balak sent yet againe
Princes, moe, and more honourable
then they.
16 And they came to Balaam, anc
said to him, Thus saith Balak the son
of Zippor; tLet nothing, I pray thee t Hebr. Be
hinder thee from comming vnto me : not thou let-
ted from $c.
17 For I wil promote thee vnto ve-
ry great honour, and I will do what
soeuer thou saiest vnto me: Come there-
fore, I pray thee, curse me this people.
18 And Balaam answered and sak
vnto the seruants of Balak, *If Ba- * Chap. 24.
lak would giue me his house full of sil 13.
uer and gold, I cannot goe beyond the
word of the LORD my God, to doe
lesse or more.
19 Now
The affe fpeaketh. Chap.xxij.
1ft Now therefore, I pray you, tarie
yee also here this* night> that I may
know what the L O R D will say vnto
me more.
20 And God came vnto Balaam at
night, and said vnto him, If the men
come to call thee, rise vp, and goe with
them : but yet the word which I shall
say vnto thee, that shalt thou doe.
21 And Balaam rose vp in the mor-
ning, and sadled his asse, and went with
the princes of Moab.
22 1T And Gods anger was kind-
led, because he went : and the Angel of
the LORD stood in the way for an ad-
uersarie against him : Now he was ri-
ding vpon his asse, and his two ser-
uants were with him.
* 1. Pet. 2. 23 And * the Asse sawe the Angel of
1G, ittde 11
the L O R D standing in the way, and
his sword drawen in his hand: and the
asse turned aside out of the way , and
went into the field : and Balaam smote
the asse, to turne her into the way.
24 But the Angel of the L O R D
stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall
being on this side, & a wall on that side.
25 And when the asse saw the Angel
of the LORD, she thrust her selfe vnto
the wall, and crusht Balaams foote a-
gainst the wall : and hee smote her a-
gaine.
26 And the Angel of the LORD
went further , and stood in a narrowe
place, where was no way to turne, ei-
ther to the right hand, or to the left.
27 And when the asse sawe the An-
gel of the LORD, shee fell downe vn-
der Balaam, and Balaams anger was
kindled, and hee smote the asse with a
staffe.
28 And the LORD opened the
mouth of the asse, and shee saide vnto
Balaam, What haue I done vnto thee,
that thou hast smitten mee these three
times ?
29 And Balaam said vnto the asse,
Because thou hast mocked mee : I
would there were a sword in mine
hand, for now would I kill thee.
30 And the asse said vnto Balaam,
t Heir, who Am not I thine asse, tvpon which thou
host TlftdCTl
upon me. hast ridden || euer since I was thine,
!! Or, euer vnto this day ? was I euer wont to do
since thou
wast, $c. so vnto thee ? And he said, Nay.
31 Then the LORD opened the eyes
of Balaam, and hee saw the Angel of
the L O R D standing in the way, and
his sword drawen in his hand: and hee
Balak and Balaam.
bowed downe his. head, and ||feli flat t#OH>l4
on his face. kimselfe.
32 And the Angel of the LORD
said vnto him, Wherefore hast thou
smitten thine asse these three times? Be-
hold, I went out t to withstand thee, t Heto. to be
because thy way is peruerse before me. an aduersa*
rie vnto thee
33 And the asse saw me, and turned
from me these three times:- vnlesse shee
had turned from me, surely now also I
had slaine thee, and saued.her aliue.
34 And Balaam said vnto the An-
gel of the LORD, I haue sinned : for
I knew not that thou stoodest in the
way against mee : Now therefore if it
t displease thee* I will get mee backe a- ' Jfeb, be e-
gaine. uill in thine
eyes.
35 And the Angel of the L O R D
said vnto Balaam, Goe with the men :
but onely the word that I shall speake
vnto thee, that thou shalt speake : So
Balaam went with the princes of
Balak.
36 1T And when Balak heard that
Balaam was come, hee went out to
meete him, vnto a citie of Moab, which
is in the border of Arnon, which is in the
vtmost coast.
37 And Balak said vnto Balaam,
Did I not earnestly send vnto thee to
call thee? wherefore earnest thou not
vnto me ? Am I not able indeed to pro-
mote thee to honour ?
38 And Balaam saide vnto Balak,
Loe, I am come vnto thee : haue I
now any power at all to say any thing?
the worde that God putteth in my
mouth, that shall I speake.
39 And Balaam went with Balak,
and they came vnto || Kiriath-Huzoth. ofI Or, a citie
40 And Balak offered oxen , and streets.
sheepe, and sent to Balaam, and to the
princes that were with him.
41 And it came to passe on the mor-
row, that Balak tooke Balaam, and
brought him vp into the high places of
Baal, that thence hee might see the vt-
most part of the people.
C H A P . XXIII.
1.13.28 Balaks sacrifice. 7.18 Balaams parable.
Nd Balaam saide vnto
A
Balak, Build me here se-
uen Altars, and prepare
mee here seuen oxen, and
seuen rammes,
2 And Balak did as Balaam had
spoken, and Balak & Balaam offered
on euery altar a bullocke and a ramme.
3 And
 Balaam blefTeth Numbers.
3 And Balaam said vnto Balak,
Stand by thy burnt offring, and I wil
joe : peraduenture the L O R D will
ome to meete mee ; and whatsoeuer he
« Or, he went heweth me, I will tell thee. And ||he
solitary.
went to an high place.
4 And God met Balaam, and he
aid vnto him , I haue prepared seuen
altars, and I haue offered vpon euery
altar a bullocke and a ramme.
5 And the LORD put a word in
Balaams mouth, and said, Returne
vnto Balak, & thus thou shalt speake.
6 And he returned vnto him, and
oe, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, hee.
and all the Princes of Moab.
7 And he tooke vp his parable, and
said, Balak the King of Moab hath
>rought mee from Aram , out of the
mountaines of the East, saying, Come,
curse me lacob, and come, defie Israel.
8 How shall I curse, whom God
lath not cursed ? or how shall I defie,
whom the LORD hath not defied ?
9 For from the top of the rockes I
see him , and from the hilles I behold
lim : loe , the people shall dwell alone,
and shall not bee reckoned among the
nations.
10 Who can count the dust of lacob,
and the number of the fourth part oi
ffebr. my Israel ? Let t mee die the death of the
soule, or my
life. righteous, & let my last end be like his.
11 And Balak saide vnto Balaam,
What hast thou done vnto me? I tooke
thee to curse mine enemies, and behold,
thou hast blessed them altogether.
12 And he answered, and said, Must
I not take heede to speake that which
the LORD hath put in my mouth ?
13 And Balak said vnto him, Come,
I pray thee, with me, vnto another
place, from whence thou mayest see
them : thou shalt see but the vtmost
part of them, and shalt not see them all:
and curse me them from thence.
14 1F And hee brought him into the
fielde of Zophim, to the toppe of ||Pis-
II Of, the gah , and built seuen altars , and offe-
hill.
red a bullocke and a ramme on euery al-
tar.
15 And he said vnto Balak, Stanc
here by thy burnt offering , while ]
meete the LORD yonder.
16 And the L O R D met Balaam,
* Chap. 22. and * put a word in his mouth , anc
35.
saide , Goe againe vnto Balak , and say
thus.
17 And when hee came to him, be-
the Ifraelites, and
hold, he stood by his burnt offring, and
the Princes of Moab with him. And
3alak said vnto him , What hath the
L.ORD spoken ?
18 And he tooke vp his parable, and
said, Rise vp Balak, & heare ; hearken
vnto me, thou sonne of Zippor :
19 God is not a man that he should
ie, neither the sonne of man, that hee
should repent : hath he said , and shall
ie not doe it? or, hath hee spoken, and
shall he not make it good ?
20 Behold, I haue receiued comman-
dement to blesse : and hee hath blessed.
and I cannot reuerse it.
21 Hee hath not beheld iniquitie in
[acob, neither hath he seene peruerse-
nesse in Israel : the LORD his God
is with him , and the shoute of a King is
among them.
22 * God brought them out of E- * Num. 24.
*ypt; he hath as it were the strength of j.
an Vnicorne.
23 Surely there is no inchantment
[against lacob, neither is there any 1 Or, in.
diuination against Israel : according
to this time it shalbe said of lacob, and
of Israel, What hath God wrought !
24 Beholde, the people shall rise vp
as a great Lion, and lift vp himselfe as
a yong Lion : hee shall not lie downe
vntill he eate of the pray, and drinke the
blood of the slaine.
25 IT And Balak said vnto Balaam,
Neither curse them at all , nor blesse
them at all.
26 But Balaam answered , and said
vnto Balak, Told not I thee, saying,
All that the L O R D speaketh, that I
must doe ?
27 11 And Balak saide vnto Ba-
laam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring
thee vnto another place, peraduenture
it will please God, that thou mayest
curse me them from thence.
28 And Balak brought Balaam
vnto the top of Peor , that looketh to-
ward leshimon.
29 And Balaam saide vnto Balak,
Build mee here seuen altars , and pre-
pare me here seuen bullocks, and seuen
rammes.
30 And Balak did as Balaam hac
said, and offred a bullocke and a ramme
on euery altar.
C H A R XXIIII.
1 Balaam leauing cliuinations, prophesieth the
happinesse of Israel. 10 Balak in anger dis-
misseth
prophefieth. The Chap.xxiiij.
misseth him. 15 He prophesieth or the starre goe beyond the commandement of the
of lacob, and the destruction of some nations. L O R D , to doe either good or bad of
Nd when Balaam sawe
8 that it pleased the LORD
to blesse Israel, hee went
* Chap, 23. not, as at other * times to
3, 15.
t Heb. to the
tseeke for inchantments,
meeting of but hee set his face toward the wilder-
inchant- nesse.
ments.
2 And Balaam lift vp his eyes, and
he saw Israel abiding in his tents, ac-
cording to their Tribes : and the Spirit
of God came vpon him.
* Chap. 23. 3 *And he tooke vp his parable, and
7,18. said, Balaam the sonne of Beor hath
t Heb. who said, and the man t whose eyes are open
had his eyes
shut, but hath said :
now open. 4} Hee hath said , which heard the
words of God, which saw the vision of
the Almightie, falling into a trance, but
hauing his eyes open :
5 How goodly are thy tents, O la-
cob, and thy Tabernacles, O Israel!
6 As the valley es are they spread
forth, as gardens by the riuer side, as
the trees of Lign- Aloes which the
L O R D hath planted, and as Cedar
trees beside the waters.
7 He shall powre tlie water out of
his buckets, and his seed shall be in many
waters , and his King shall be higher
then Agag, and his Kingdome shall be
exalted.
8 God brought him forth out of E-
* Chap. 23. gypt, * he hath as it were the strength of
22.
an Vnicorne : he shall eate vp the nati-
ons his enemies, and shall breake their
bones, and pierce them thorow with his
arrowes.
* Gen. 49. 9 * Hee couched , he lay downe as a
9.
Lyon, and as a great Lyon : who shal
stirre him vp ? Blessed is hee that bles-
seth thee, and cursed is hee that curseth
thee.
10 If And Balaks anger was kind-
led against Balaam, aud hee smote his
hands together : and Balak said vnto
Balaam , I called thee to curse mine
enemies, and behold, thou hast altoge-
ther blessed them these three times.
11 Therefore now , flee thou to thy
place : I thought to promote thee vnto
at honour, but loe , the LORD
C h kept thee backe from honour.
12 And Balaam said vnto Balak,
Spake I not also to thy messengers
which thou sentest vnto me, saying,
13 If Balak would giue mee his
house full of sillier and gold, I cannot
Starre of Jacob.
mine owne mind? but what the LORD
saith, that will I speake.
14 And now beholde, I goe vnto
my people: come therefore, and I will
aduertise thee , what this people shall
doe to thy people in the latter dayes.
15 IT And hee tooke vp his parable,
and said , Balaam the sonne of Beor
hath said, and the man whose eyes are
open, hath said :
16- He hath said which heard the
words of God, and knewe the know-
ledge of the most High, which sawe the
vision of the Almightie , falling into a
trance, but hauing his eyes open.
17 I shall see him, but not now: I
shall behold him, but not nigh : There
shall come a starre out of lacob, and a
Scepter shall rise out of Israel , and
shall || smite the corners of Moab, and J Or% smite
through the
destroy all the children of Sheth. Princes of
18 And Edom shall bee a possession, Moab.
Seir also shall be a possession for his e-
nemies , and Israel shall doe vali-
antly.
19 Out of lacob shall come he that
shall haue dominion, and shall destroy
him that remaineth of the citie.
20 H And when he looked on Ama-
lek, he tooke vp his parable, and sayd,
Amalek was \\ the first of the nations. a The first of
'he nations
but his latter end \\shatt bee, that hee pe- thai warred
rish for euer. against Is-
rael, Exod.
21 And hee looked on the Kenites, 17-
and tooke vp his parable, and saide, euen i Or, shalbe
to de,
Strong is thy dwelling place, and thou struction.
puttest thy nest in a rocke :
22 Neuerthelesse, t the Kenite shall t Heb. Kain
be wasted, || vntil Asshur shal carie thee \ Or, how
away captiue. ong shall it
36 ere? A -
23 And he tooke vp his parable, and shur carry
thee away
said , Alas ! who shall liue when God captiue.
doeth this ?
24 And shippes shall come from the
coast of Chit tim, and shal afflict Asshur,
and shall afflict Eber, and hee also shall
perish for euer.
25 And Balaam rose vp, and went
and returned to his place : and Balak
also went his way.
C H A P . XXV.
1 Israel at Shittim comnrii . whoredome and
Jdolatrie. 6 Phinehas killeth Zimri and
Cozbi. 10 God therefore giueth him an
euerlasting Priesthood. 16 The Midianites
are to be vexed.
And
 Phinehas killeth Numbers.
* Chap. 33. Nd Israel abode in *Shit-
49.
m* Chap. 3 .49.
tim,and the people begun
to> commit whoredome
with the daughters of
Moab.
2 And they called the people vnto
the sacrifices of their gods : and the peo-
ple did eate, and bowedwdowne to their
jods.
3 And Israel ioyned himselfe vn-
to Baal -Peor: and the anger of the
LORD was kindled against Israel.
4 And the LOUD said vnto Mo-
* Deut. 4. 3. ses** Take all the heads of the people.
OSh. 22. 17*
and hang them vp before the L O R D
against the Sunne , that the fierce an-
ger of the LORD may be turned a-
way from Israel.
5 And Moses gaid vnto the ludges
of Israel , Slay ye euery one his men.
that were ioyned! vnto Baal-Peor.
6 IF And behold; one. of the children
of Israel; came and brought vnto his
brethren a Midianitish woman , in the
sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the
Congregation of the children of Is-
rael , wha were weeping before the
doore of the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation.
* Psal. 106. 7 And *when Phinehas the sonne of
30. l. mace.
2. 45. Eleazar, the sonne of Aaron the Priest
saw it, hee rose vp from amongst the
Congregation , and tooke a iauelin in
his hand.
8 And he went after the man of Is-
rael into the tent , and thrust both of
them thorow, the man of Israel, and
the woman, thorow her belly : So the
plague was stayed from the children of
Israel.
M.Cor. 10. 9 And * those that died in the plague,
8.
were twentie and foure thousand.
10 H And the LORD spake vnto
Moses, saying,
* Psal. 106. 11 * Phinehas the sonne of Eleazar,
30.
the sonne of Aaron the Priest, hath tur-
ned my wrath away from the children
of Israel, (while hee was zealous for
my sake among them) that I consu-
med not the children of Israel in my
ieloiisie.
* Ecclus. 12 Wherefore say, * Behold, I giue
45. 24. 1.
mace. 2. 54. vnto him my Couenant of peace.
13 And he shall haue it, and his seed
after him, euen the Couenant of an euer-
lasting Priesthood , because he was zea-
lous for his God , and made an atone-
ment for the children of Israel.
14 Now the name of the .Israelite
Zimri and Cozbi.
that was slaine, euen that was. slaine
with the Midianitish woman , was
Zimri the sonne of Salu, a Prince of t a t JJeb. house
of a father.
chiefe house among the Simeonites.
15 And the name of the Midianitish
woman that was slaine, was Cozbi, the
daughter of Zur , hee was head, ouer a
people, and of a chiefe house in Midian.
16 it And the L O R D spake vnto
Moses, saying,
17 *Vexe the Midianites, and smite * Chap. 31.
2.
them :
18 For they vexe you with their
wiles ,. wherewith they haue beguiled
you, in the matter of Peor, and in the
matter of Cozbi , the daughter of a
Prince of Midianv their sister , which
was slaine in the day of the plague, for
Peors sake.
C H A P . XXVI.
1 The summe of all Israel is taken in the plaines
of Moab. 52 The Jaw of diuiding among
them the inheritance of the land. 57 The
.families.and number of the Leuites. 63 None
were left of them which were numhred at Si-
nai, but Caleb and loshua.
Nd it came to passe af-
•
ter the plague, that the
L O R D spake vnto Mo-
ses*, and vnto Eleazar
the sonne of Aaron the
Priest, saying,
£ Take the summe of all the Con-
gregation of the children of Israel,
* from twenty yeeres old and vpward. • Chap. 1.3.
throughout their fathers house, all that
are able to goe to warre in Israel.
3 And Moses & Eleazar the Priest
spake with them in the plaines of Mo-
ab by Jordan e neere lericho, saying,
4 Take the summe of the people from
twenty yeeres old and vpward, as the
L O R D * commanded Moses, and the *Chap. 1. 1.
children of Israel which went foorth
out of the land of Egypt.
5 f * Reuben the eldest sonne of Is- 8.* Gene. 46.
exod. 6.
rael : the children of Reuben , Hanoch, 14. J. cftro.
of whom commeth the family of the Ha- 5,1.
nochites : of Pallu the family of the
Palliates :
-6 Of Hesron the family of the Hes-
ronites : of Carmi the family of the
Carmites.
7 These are the families of the Reu-
benites : and they that were numbred
of them, were fourtie and three thou-
sand, and seuen hundred and thirtie.
8 And the sonnes of Pallu, Eliab.
9 And
[frae.1 is numbred Chap.xxvj.
9 And the sonnes of Eliab, Nemuel,
and Dathan, and Abiram : this is that
Dathan & Abiram, which were famous
* Chap. 16. in the Congregation , who * stroue a-
«.
gainst Moses and against Aaron in the
companie of Korah, when they stroue
against the LORD :
10 And the earth opened her mouth,
and swallowed them vp together with
Korah when that companie died, what
time the fire deuoured two hundred and
fiftie men : and they became a signe.
11 Notwithstanding, the children of
Korah died not.
12 1T The sonnes of Simeon, after
their families : Of Nemuel, the family
of the Nemuelites : Of lamin, the fa-
milie of the laminites : Of lachin, the
familie of the lachinites :
13 Of Zerah, the familie of the Zar-
hites: Of Shaul, the familie of the
Shaulites,
14 These are the families of the Si-
meonites, twentie and two thousand,
and two hundred.
15 f The children of Gad after their
families: Of Zephon, the familie of the
Zephonites: of Haggi the familie of the
Haggites : of Shuni the familie of the
Shunites.
16 Of Ozni, the familie of the Oz-
nites : Of Eri the familie of the Erites.
17 Of Arod the familie of the Aro-
dites : of Areli the familie of the Are-
lites.
18 These are the families of the chil-
dren of Gad , according to those that
were numbred of them, fourtie thou-
sand and fiue hundred.
* Gen. 38. s 19 IF * The sonnes of ludah , were
&c. and 46.
12. Er and Onan : and Er and Onan died
in the land of Canaan.
20 And the sonnes of ludah after
their families were : Of Shelah the fa-
milie of the Shelanites : Of Pharez
tht familie of the Pharzites : Of Ze-
rah the familie of the Zarhites.
21 And the sonnes of Pharez were :
Of Hesron the familie of the Hesro-
nites : Of Hamul the familie of the Ha-
mulites.
22 These are the families of ludah
according to those that were numbred
of them , threescore and sixteene thou-
sand and fiue hundred.
23 f Of the sonnes of Issachar af-
ter their families : Of Tola the familie
of the Tolaites : of Pua the familie of
the Punites.
by their tribes.
24 Of lashub the familie of the
lashubites : of Shimron the familie
of the Shimronites.
25 These are the families of Issachar
according to those that were numbred
of them, threescore and foure thousand,
and three hundred.
26 1F Of the sonnes of Zebulun af-
ter their families, of Sered the familie
of the Sardites : Of Elon the familie
of the Elonites : of lahleel the familie
of the lahleelites.
27 These are the families of the Ze-
bulunites, according to those that were
numbred of them, threescore thousand
and fiue hundred.
28 f The sonnea of loseph after
their families, were Manasseh and E-
phraim.
29 Of the sonnes of Manasseh : Of
*Machir the familie of the Machirites: * losh. 17. 1
and Machir begate Gilead : Of Gilead
come the familie of the Gileadites.
30 These are the sonnes of Gilead :
Of leezer the family of the leezerites :
Of Helek the familie of the Helekites.
31 And of Asriel the family of the As-
rielites : and of Shechem the familie of
the Shechemites.
32 And of Shemida the familie of
the Shemidaites : and of Hepher the
familie of the Hepherites.
33 If And * Zelophehad the sonne of * Chap. 27.
Hepher had no sonnes, but daughters: l.
and the names of the daughters of Ze-
lophehad , were Mahlah , and Noah,
Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
34 These are the families of Manas-
seh , and those that were numbred of
them, fiftie and two thousand and seuen
hundred.
35 H These are the sonnes of Ephra-
im, after their families : Of Shutnelah
the familie of the Shuthalhites : Of
Becher the familie of the Bachrites:
Of Tahan the familie of the Taha-
nites.
36 And these are the sonnes of Shu-
thelah : Of Eran the familie of the E-
ranites.
37 These are the families of the
sonnes of Ephraim, according to those
that were numbred of them, thirtie and
two thousand, and fiue hundred. These
are the sonnes of loseph after their fa-
milies.
38 f The sonnes of Beniamin after
their families : Of Bela the familie of
the Belaites ; Of Ashbel the familie of
the
Iffael is numbred Numbers.
the Ashbelites : Of Ahiram the family j
of the Ahiramites :
39 Of Shupham the family of the
Shuphamites : Of Hupham the family
of the Hupham ites.
40 And the sonnes of Bela were
Ard and Naaman : ofArd, the family of
the Ardites: and of Naaman the family
of the Naamites.
41 These are the sonnes of Benia-
min after their families ; and they that
were numbred of them, were fourty and
fiue thousand, and sixe hundred.
42 1T These are the sonnes of Dan
after their families : Of Shuham the
irmly of the Shuhamites. These are
the families of Dan, after their fa-
milies.
43 All the families of the Shuha-
mites, according to those that were
numbred of them , were three score and
imre thousand, and foure hundred.
44 1[ Of the children of Asher after
their families : Of limna the family of
the limnites : Of lesui the family of
the lesuites : Of Beriah the family of
the Beriites.
45 Of the sonnes of Beriah ; of He-
:>er the family of the Heberites : of Mal-
chiel, the family of the Malchielites.
46 And the name of the daughter of
Asher, was Sarah.
47 These are the families of the
sonnes of Asher, according to those that
were numbred of them ; who were fiftie
and three thousand, and foure hundred.
48 Of the sonnes of Naphtali, after
their families , of lahzeel the family of
the lahzeelites: Of Guni, the family
of the Gunites :
49 Of lezer, the family of the le-
zerites : Of Shillem the family of the
Shillemites.
50 These are the families of Naph-
tali, according to their families : and
they that were numbred of them, were
fourty and fiue thousand, and foure
hundred.
51 These were the numbred of the
children of Israel , sixe hundred thou-
sand , and a thousand , seuen hundred
and thirtie.
5% IF And the L O R D spake vnto
Moses, saying,
58 Vnto these the land shall be diui-
ded for an inheritance, according to the
* Chap. 33.
54. number of names.
t Hebr. mul- 54 *To many thou shalt tgiue the
tiply his in-
hsniance. more inheritance, and to few thou shalt
by their tribes.
tgiue the lesse inheritance : to eueryone t Hebr. di-
shall his inheritance begiuen, according minish his
inheritance.
to those that were numbred of him.
55 Notwithstanding the land shall
jee * diuided by lot : according to the * Chap. 33.
names of the tribes of their fathers, 54. iosn. 11,
23. and 14:
they shall inherite. 2.
56 According to the lot shall the
possession thereof be diuided betweene
many and few.
57 IF * And these are they that were * ExOd. 6.
numbred of the Leuites, after their fa- 16,17,18,
19,
milies : Of Gershon , the family of the
Gershonites : Of Kohath the family of
the Kohathites : Of Merari the family
of the Merarites.
58 These are the families of the Le-
uites : the family of the Libnites, the fa-
mily of the Hebronites, the family of the
Mahlites, the family of the Mushites,
the family of the Korathites : and Ko-
hath begate Am ram.
59 And the name of Amrams wife
was * lochebed the daughter of Leui, * Exod. 2. 2.
whom her mother bare to Leui in E- and 6. 20.
yypt : And shee bare vnto Amram,
Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their
sister.
60 And vnto Aaron was borne Na-
dab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
61 And *Nadab and Abihu died, * Leuit. 10.
when they offered strange fire before 2.i. chap. 3. 4.
chro. 24.
the LORD. 2.
62 And those that were numbred of
them, were twenty and three thousand,
all males from a moneth old and vp-
ward : for they were not numbred a-
mong the children of Israel, because
there was no inheritance giuen them
among the children of Israel.
63 11 These are they that were num-
bred by Moses and Eleazar the Priest,
who numbred the children of Israel in
the plaines of Moab , by lordane neere
lericho.
64 But among these there was not
a man of them , whom Moses and Aa-
ron the Priest numbred , when they
numbred the children of Israel in the
wildernesse of Sinai.
65 For the LORD had said of them.
They * shall surely die in the wilder- * Chap. 14.
nesse : and there was not left a man of 28. i. corin*
10. 5. 6.
them, saue Caleb the sonne of lephun-
neh, and loshua the sonne of Nun.
C H A P . XXVII.
1 The daughters of Zelophehad sue for an in-
heritance. 6 The law of inheritances
12 Moser
Zelophehad. Chap.xxvij.
12 Moses beeing told of his death, sueth
for a successour. 18 loshua is appointed
to succeed him.
Hen came the daughters
T
* chap. 26. of * Zelophehad, the sonne
33. iosh.
17.3. of Hepher, the sonne of Gi-
lead, the sonne of Machir,
the sonne of Manasseh, of
the families of Manasseh, the sonne of
loseph ; and these are the names of his
daughters : Mahlah, Noah, and Hog-
lah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
8 And they stood before Moses, and
before Eleazar the Priest, and before the
Princes, and all the Congregation, by
the doore of the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation, saying,
* Chap. 14. 3 Our father * died in the wilder-
35. and 26.
64, 65. nesse, and he was not in the company of
them that gathered themselues toge-
ther against the L O R D in the com-
pany of Korah : but died in his owne
sinne, and had no sonnes.
4 Why should the name of our fa-
f Hebr. di- ther be tdone away from among his fa-
minished.
mily, because he hath no sonne ? Giue
vnto vs therefore a possession among the
brethren of our father
5 And Moses brought their cause
before the LORD.
6 f And the L O R D spake vnto
Moses, saying,
7 The daughters of Zelophehad
speake right : thou shalt surely giue
tnem a possession of an inheritance a-
rnong their fathers brethren, and thou
shalt cause the inheritance of their fa-
ther to passe vnto them.
8 And thou shalt speake vnto the
children of Israel , saying , If a man
die, and haue no sonne, then yee shall
cause his inheritance to passe vnto his
daughter.
9 And if he haue no daughter, then
yee shall giue his inheritance vnto his
brethren.
10 And if he haue no brethren, then
yee shall giue his inheritance vnto his
fathers brethren.
11 And if his father haue no bre-
thren, then ye shall giue his inheritance
vnto his kinseman that is next to him
of his family, and hee shall possesse it:
And it shall be vnto the children of Is-
rael a statute of iudgement , as the
LOUD commanded Moses.
12 'IT And the L O R D saide vnto
* Deut. 32. Moses, *Get thee vp into this mount
4f).
Abarim, and see the land which I haue
loihua ruler.
giuen vnto the children of Israel.
13 And when thou hast scene it, thou
also shalt be gathered vnto thy people,
as * Aaron thy brother was gathered. * Chap. 20.
14 For ye * rebelled against my Com- 14. * Chap. 20.
mandement (in the desart of Zin, in the 24.
strife of the Congregation) to sanctifie
me at the water, before their eyes : that
is the * water of Meribah in Kadesh in * Exod. 17,
the wildernesse of Zin. 7.
15 1f And Moses spake vnto the
LORD, saying,
16 Let the L O R D , the God of the
spirits of all flesh , set a man ouer the
Congregation,
17 Which may goe out before them,
and which may goe in before them, and
which may lead them out, and which
may bring them in , that the Congrega-
tion of the L O R D bee not as sheepe
which haue no shepheard.
18 If And the L O R D saide vnto
Moses, Take thee loshua the sonne
of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit,
and lay thine hand vpon him.
19 And set him before Eleazar the
Priest, and before all the Congregation :
and giue him a charge in their sight.
20 And thou shalt put some of thine
honour vpon him, that all the Congre-
gation of the children of Israel may be
obedient.
21 And he shall stand before Eleazar
the Priest, who shall aske counsel! for
him, * after the iudgement of Vrim be- * Exod. 28.
fore the LORD : at his word shal they 3D.
goe out, and at his word they shal come
in, both he, and al the children of Israel
with him, euen all the Congregation.
2£ And Moses did as the L O R D
commanded him : and he tooke loshua
and set him before Eleazar the Priest,
and before all the Congregation.
23 And hee layd his handes vpon
him , and gaue him a charge , as the
L O R D commaunded by the hand of
Moses.
C H A P . XXVIII.
1 Offerings are to be obserued. 3 The con-
tinual! burnt offering. 9 The offering on
the Sabbath, 11 on the New-moones, 16
at the Passeouer, 26 in the day of first fruits.
Nd the L O R D spake
Hf
vnto Moses, saying,
% Command the chil-
dren of Israel, and say vn-
to them, My offering, and
my bread for my sacrifices, made by fire
for
Solemne feafts, Numbers. and their offrings.
t Hebr. a
sauour of
or a t sweet sauour vnto mee, shall yee vnto a lambe : This is the burnt offring
my rest. bserue, to offer vnto me, in their due of euery moneth, throughout the mo-
eason. neths of the yeere.
3 And thou shalt say vnto them, 15 And one kidde of the goates for a
* Exod. 29. *This is the offering made by fire, sinne offering vnto the LORD shalbe
}»i
which ye shall offer vnto the LORD : offered, besides the continuall burnt of-
Two lambes of the first yeere without ring and his drinke offering.
tieb* in a pot t day by day, for a continual! burnt 16 * And in the fourteenth day of the * Exod. 12.
day.
offering. irst moneth , is the Passeouer of the 8.euit. 23. 5.
4 The one lambe shalt thou offer in LOUD.
he morning, and the other lambe shalt 17 And in the fifteenth day of this
Hefrt be- hou offer tat Euen. moneth is the feast : seuen dayes shall
tweene the
twoeuenings 5 And a tenth part of an Ephah of vnleauened bread be eaten.
* Leuit. 2. 1. flowre for a * meate offering, mingled 18 In the * first day sliall bee an holy * Leuit. 23.
*(\ Exod. 29. vith the fourth part of an * Hyn of bea- conuocation, yee shall doe no maner of '•
u«
ten oyle. seruile worke therein.
6 It is a continuall burnt offering 19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice made
which was ordeined in mount Sinai jy fire for a burnt offering vnto the
or a sweete sauour, a sacrifice made by LORD, two yong bullockes, and. one
fire vnto the LORD. ramme, and seuen lambes of the first
7 And the drinke offering thereof yeere : they shall be vnto you without
shall be the fourth part of an Hyn for Blemish.
the one lambe : in the holy place shalt 20 And their meate offering shall be
thou cause the strong wine to bee pow- of flowre mingled with oyle : three
red vnto the L O R D for a drinke of- tenth deales shall ye offer for a bullocke,
fring. and two tenth deales for a ramme,
8 And the other lambe shalt thou of- 21 A seuerall tenth deale shalt thou
fer at Euen : as the meate offring of the offer for euery lambe , throughout the
morning, and as the drinke offering seuen lambes :
thereof, thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice 22 And one goat for a sinne offering,
made by fire of a sweet sauour vnto the to make an atonement for you.
LORD. 23 Ye shal offer these beside the burnt
9 f And on the Sabbath day, two offering in the morning, which is for a
lambes of the first yeere without spot, continuall burnt offering.
and two tenth deales of flowre for i 24 After this maner yee shall offer
meate offering mingled with oyle, anc dayly throughout the seuen dayes, the
the drinke offering thereof. meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a
10 This is the burnt offring of euery sweet sauour vnto the LORD : it sha
Sabbath, beside the continuall burnt be offred beside the continuall burnt of-
offering, and his drinke offering. fring, and his drinke offering.
11 IF And in the beginnings of your 25 And on the seuenth day yee shal
moneths, ye shall offer a burnt offering haue an holy conuocation : yee shall doe
vnto the LORD : Two yong bullocks no seruile worke.
and one ramme, seuen lambs of the first 26 U Also in the day of the first fruits
yeere, without spot, when ye bring a new meat offering vn-
12 And three tenth deales of flowre to the LORD, after your weekes bee
for a meate offering, mingled with oyle, out : ye shall haue an holy conuocation
for one bullocke, and two tenth deales ye shall doe no seruile worke.
of flowre for a meat offering, minglec 27 But yee shall offer the burnt of
with oyle, for one ramme : fering for a sweete sauour vnto the
13 And a seueral tenth deale of flowre L O R D , two yong bullockes , one
mingled with oyle for a meate offering, ramme. seuen lambes of the first yeere
vnto one lambe, for a burnt offering o 28 And their meat offering of flowre
a sweet sauour, a sacrifice made by fire mingled with oyle, three tenth deales
vnto the LORD. vnto one bullocke , two tenth deale
14 And their drinke offerings shal be vnto one ramme,
halfe an Hin of wine vnto a bullocke, 29 A seuerall tenth deale vnto one
and the third part of an Hin vnto a lambe, thorowout the seuen lambes,
ramme, and a fourth part of an Hin 30 And one kidde of the goates, to
make
Solemne feafts, Chap.xxix.
make an atonement for you.
31 Ye shall offer them besides the con-
tinuall burnt offering, and his meat of-
fering, (they shall be vnto you without
blemish) and their drinke offerings.
C H A P . XXIX.
1 The offering at the feast of Trumpets, 7 at
the day of afflicting their soules., 13 and on
the eight dayes of the feast of Tabernacles.
Nd in the seuenth moneth,
* Leuit. 23.
A on the first day of the mo-
neth,ye shall haue an holy
conuocation, yee shall doe
no seruile worke : *it is a
24.
dav of blowing the trumpets vnto vou.
2 And ye shall offer a burnt offering
for a sweet sauour vnto the LORD,
one yong bullocke, one ramme, and
seuen lambes of the first yeere without
blemish.
3 And their meat offering shall be o\
floure mingled with oyle, three tenth
deales for a bullocke , and two tenth
deales for a ramme :
4 And one tenth deale for one lambe
thorowout the seuen lambes :
5 And one kidde of the goats for a
sinne offering to make an atonement
for you :
6 Beside the burnt offering of the
moneth, and his meat offering, and the
dayly burnt offering , and his meat of-
fering, and their drinke offerings, accor-
ding vnto their maner, for a sweet sa-
uour , a sacrifice made by fire vnto the
LORD.
* Leuit. 16. 7 f And * ye shall haue on the tenth
29. and 23.
27. day of this seuenth moneth an holy
conuocation ; and yee shall afflict your
soules : yee shall not doe any worke
therein.
8 But ye shall offer a burnt offering
vnto the LORD for a sweet sauour,
one yong bullock, one ramme, and seuen
ambes of the first yeere, they shall bee
vnto you without blemish.
9 And their meate offering shall be
of floure mingled with oyle, three tenth
deales to a bullocke , and two tenth
deales to one ramme :
10 A seuerall tenth deale for one
ambe, thorowout the seuen lambes ;
11 One kidde of the goats for a sinne
offering, beside the sinne offering of at-
onement, and the continuall burnt of-
fering, and the meat offering of it, and
their drinke offerings.
and their offerings*
12 1f And on the fifteenth day of the
seuenth moneth, yee shall haue an holj
conuocation, yee shall doe no seruil
worke, and ye shall keepe a feast vntc
the LORD seuen dayes.
13 And ye shall offer a burnt offiing
a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet sauou
vnto the LORD, thirteene yong bul
locks , two rammes, and fourteenc
lambes of the first yeere: They shall be
without blemish.
14 And their meat offering shall b
of floure mingled with oyle, three tent!
deales vnto euery bullocke of the thir
teene bullocks, two tenth deales to each
ramme of the two rarames:
15 And a seuerall tenth deale to each
lambe of the foureteene lambes:
16 And one kidde of the goats for a
sinne offiing, beside the continual burn
offering, his meate offering, and his
drinke offering.
17 If And oil the second day ye shal of-
fer twelue yong bullocks, two rammes
foureteene lambes of the first yeere
without spot.
18 And their meat oflring, and their
drinke offerings for the bullockes, for
the rammes, and for the hmbes, shall be
according to their number, after the
maner :
19 And one kidde of the goats for a
sinne offering, beside the continual
3urnt offering, and the meate offering
thereof, and their drinke offerings.
20 IF And on the third day eleuen
jullocks , two rammes , foureteene
ambs of the first yere without blemish.
21 And their meate offering, and
their drinke offerings for the bullocks,
for the rammes, and for the lambes,
shall be according to their number after
the maner :
22 And one goat for a sinne offering,
jeside the continuall burnt offering,
and his meate offering, and his drinke
offering.
23 If And on the fourth day ten bul-
ocks, two rammes , and foureteene
ambs of the first yere without blemish.
24 Their meat offering, and their
Irinke offerings, for the bullocks, for
the rammes, and for the lambes, shall be
according to their number after the
maner:
25 And one kidde of the goats for a
sin offering, beside the continuall burnt
offering, his meate offering, and his
drinke offering.
26 If And
Offrings at feafts. Numbers.
26 f And on the fift day, nine bul-
lockes , two rammes , and fourteene
lambes of the first yeere, without spot :
27 And their meat offring and their
drinke offerings, for the bullockes, for
the rammes, and for the lambes, shall be
according to their number after the
maner :
28 And one goate for a sinne offring,
beside the continuall burnt offring, and
his meate offering and his drinke of-
fering.
29 If And on the sixt day eight bul-
lockes , two rammes , and fourteene
lambes of the first yeere without ble-
mish :
30 And their meat offring, and their
drinke offerings, for the bullockes, for
the ramraes , and for the lambes , shall
be according to their number, after the
maner :
31 And one goat for a sinne offering,
beside the continuall burnt offering, his
meate offering and his drinke offering.
32 IF And on the seuenth day, seuen
bullockes, two rammes, and fourteene
lambes of the first yeere without ble-
mish.
83 And their meate offring, and their
drinke offerings, for the bullockes, for
the rammes, and for the lambes, shall be
according to their number, after the
maner :
34 And one rgoat for a sinne offring,
beside the cofi tin ualL burnt offering, his
meate offering, and his drinke offring.
35 1F On the eight day, ye shall haue
* Leuit. 23. a *solemne assembly : ye shall do no ser-
3$.
uile worke therein :
36 But ye shal offer a burnt offring,
a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet sauour
vnto the LORD, one bullocke, one
ramme, seuen lambes of the first yeere
without blemish :
37 Their meate offering, and their
drinke offrings, for the bullocke, for the
ramme, and for the lambes shall be accor-
ding to their number, after the maner:
38 And one goat for a sinne offering,
beside the continuall burnt offring, and
his meate offering, and his drinke of-
fering.
1 Or, offer. 39 These things ye shall || doe vnto
the L O R D in your set feasts, besides
your vowes , and your free will of-
ferings , for your burnt offerings, and
for your meate offerings, and for your
drinke offerings, and for your peace of-
ferings.
Of Vowes.
40 And Moses tolde the children of
Israel, according to all that the LORD
commanded Moses.
CHAP. XXX.
I Vowes are not to be broken. 3 The excepti-
on of a maids vow, 6 Of a wiues, 9 Of
a widowes, or her that is diuorced.
Nd Moses spake vnto the
m
heads of the tribes, con-
cerning the children of Is-
rael, saying, This is the
thincr whirh the T,nRT»
hath commanded.
2 If a man vowe a vow vnto the
LORD, or sweare an othe to bind his
soule with a bond: he shall not tbreake fane.
t Hebr. pro-
his word,hee shall doe according to all
that proceedeth out of his mouth.
3 If a woman also vow a vow vn-
to the LORD, and binde her selfe by a
bond, being in her fathers house in her
youth ;
4 And her father heare her vow,
and her bond wherewith shee hath
bound her soule, and her father shall
holde his peace at her : then all her
vowes shall stand , and euery bond
wherewith shee hath bound her soule,
shall stand.
5 But if her father disallow her in
the day that he heareth; not any of her
vowes or of her bonds, wherewith she
hath bound her soule, shall stand: and
the LORD shall forgiue her, because
her father disallowed her.
6 And if she had at all an husband
when tshe vowed, or vttered ought out t Hebr. her
were
of her lips, wherewith shee bound her vowesvponher.
soule,
7 And her husband heard it, and
held his peace at her in the day that hee
heard it : then her vowes shall stand,
and her bonds wherewith shee bound
her soule, shall stand.
8 But if her husband disallowe her
on the day that he heard it, then he shall
make her vowe which she vowed, and
that which she vttered with her lippes
wherewith shee bound her soule , of
none effect, and the L O R D shall for-
giue her.
9 But euery vow of a widow, and
of her that is diuorced, wherewith they
haue bound their soules , shall stand a-
gainst her.
10 And if she vowed in her husbands
house , or bound her soule by a bond
with an oath ;
11 And
Of Vowes. Chap.xxxj.
11 And her husband heard it, and
held his peace at her, and disallowed her
not: then all her vowes shall stand, and
euery bond wherewith shee bound her
soule, shall stand.
12 But if her husband hath vtterly
made them voyd on the day hee heard
them: then whatsoeuer proceeded out of
her lips concerning her vowes, or con-
cerning the bond of her soule, shall not
stand : her husband hath made them
voyd, and the LORD shal forgiue her.
13 Euery vow, and euery binding
othe to afflict the soule, her husband
may establish it, or her husband may
make it voyd.
14 But if her husband altogether
hold his peace at her, from day to day,
then he established all her vowes, or
all her bonds which are vpon her : hee
confirmeth them , because hee held his
peace at her, in the day that hee heard
them.
15 But if hee shall any wayes make
them voyd after that he hath heard tfiem,
then he shall beare her iniquitie.
16 These are the statutes which the
L O R D commanded Moses betweene
a man and his wife, betweene the fa-
ther and his daughter, being yet in her
youth, in her fatners house.
C H A P . XXXI.
1 The Midianites are spoyled, and Balaam
slaine. 13 Moses is wrotn with the officers,
for sauing the women aliue. 19 How the
souldiers with their captiues and spoile, are to
be purified. 25 The proportion wherehy the
pray is to be diuided. 48 The voluntary ob-
lation vnto the Treasury of the Lord.
|Nd the L O R D spake
m •vnto Moses, saying,
* Chap. 25. £ * Auenge the children
17. of Israel of the Midia-
nites : afterward shalt
* Chap. 27. thou *be gathered vnto thy people.
13. 3 And Moses spake vnto tne people,
saying, Arme some of your selues vnto
Jie warre, and let them goe against the
Midianites, and auenge the L O R D
of Midian*
Hebr. a 4 t Of eu.ery tribe a thousand,
thousandofa
tribe, a thou- throughout all the tribes of Israel,
sand of a
tribe.
shall ye send to the warre.
5 So there were deliuered out of
the thousands of Israel , a thousand
of euery tribe , twelue thousand armed
for warre.
Balaam flaine.
6 And Moses sent them to the
warre, a thousand of euery tribe, them
and Phinehas the sonne of Eleazar the
Priest, to the warre, with the holy in-
struments, and the trumpets to blow.
in his hand.
7 And they warred against the Mi-
dianites, as the LORD commanded
Moses, and they slew all the males.
8 And they slew the Kings of Mi-
dian , beside the rest of them that were
slaine; namely *Eui, and Rekem, and 21, * Ipsh. 13.
Zur, and Hur, and Beba, fiue Kings of
Midian ; Balaam also the sonne of Be-
or they slew with the sword.
9 And the children of Israel tooke
all the women of Midian captiues, and
their little ones, and tooke the spoile of
all their cattell, and all their flocks, and
all their goods. .
10 And they burnt all their cities
wherein they dwelt, and all their good-
ly castles with fire :
11 And they tooke all the spoile, and
all the pray, both of men and of beasts.
12 And they brought the captiues,
and the pray, and the spoile vnto Moses
and Eleazar the Priest, and vnto the
Congregation of the children of Israel,
vnto the campe at the plain es of Moab,
which are by lordan neere lericho.
13 f And Moses and Eleazar the
Priest, and all the Princes of the Con-
gregation went foorth to meete them
without the campe.
14 And Moses was wroth with the
officers of the hoste, with the captaines •
ouer thousands , and captaines ouer
hundreds, which came from the tbattel. Hebr. hoste
15 And Moses said vnto them, Haue of warre.
ye saued all the women aliue ?
16 Behold', * these caused the children * Chap. 25.
of Israel, through the *counsell of Ba- * 2. Pet. 2.
laam, to commit trespasse against the 5.
L O R D in the matter of Peor , and
there was a plague among the Con-
gregation of the LORD.
17 Now therefore *kill euery male *1.ludg. 21.
among the little ones, and kill euery
woman that hath knowen man, by ly-
ing with thim. t Hebr. a
18 But all the women children that male.
haue not knowen a man by lying with
him, keepe aliue for your selues.
19 And doe yee abide without the
campe seuen dayes : whosoeuer hath
killed any person, and * whosoeuer hath *.1.1 Chap.
ffr
OLC.
19.
touched any slaine , purifie both your
selues , and your captiues , on the
third
The diuiding Numbers.
third day , and on the seuenth day.
20 And purifie all yaitr raiment, and
t Hebr. in- all that is tmade of skinnes, and all
strument or
vessell of worke of goates kaire9 and all things
skinnes. made of wood.
21 IF And Eleazar the Priest said vn-
to 'the men of warre which went to the
Dattell , This is the ordinance of the
aw which the L O R D commaunded
Moses.
22 Onely the gold, and the siluer, the
brasse, the yron, the tinne,and the lead,
,23 Euery thing that may abide the
fire, yee shall make it goe through the
fire, audit shall be cleaneineuerthelesse,
it shall be purified with the water of se-
paration : and all that abideth not the
fire, yee shall make goe through the
water.
24 And ye shall wash your clothes
on the seuenth day, and ye shalbe cleane,
and afterward yee shall come into the
campe.
25 1f And the L O R D spake vnto
Moses, saying,
26 Take the summe of the pray,
t Hebr. of tthat was taken, both of man and oi
the captiuity
beast, thou and Eleazar the Priest, anc
the chiefe fathers of the Congrega-
tion t
27 And diuide the pray into two
parts , betweene them that tooke the
warre vpon them , who went out to
battell, and betweene all the Congre-
gation.
28 And leuie a tribute vnto the
L O R D of the men of warre which
went out to battell : one soule of fiue
hundred, both of the persons, and oi
the beeues, and of the asses, and of the
sheepe.
29 Take it of their halfe, and giue it
vnto Eleazar the Priest, for an heaue
offering of the LORD.
30 And of the children of Israels
halfe, thou shall take one portion of fif-
tie, of the persons, of the beeues, of the
II Or, goats. asses, and of the ||flockes, of all maner
of beasts, and giue them vnto the Le-
uites, which keepe the charge of the
Tabernacle of the LORD.
31 And Moses and Eleazar the Priest
did as the LORD commanded Moses.
32 And the bootie being the rest of the
pray which the men of war had caught,
was six hundred thousand, and seuenty
thousand, and fiue thousand sheepe,
33 And threescore and twelue thou-
sand beeues,
of the pray.
34 And threescore and one .thousand
asses :
35 And thirtie and two thousand
)ersons in all, of women that had not
cnowen man by lying with him.
36 And the halfe which was the portion
of them that went out to warre, was in
number three hundred thousand , and
seuen and thirtie thousand, and fiue
lundred sheepe.
37 And the LORDS tribute of the
sheepe was sixe hundred and threescore
and fifteene.
38 And the beeues were thirtie and
sixe thousand, of which the LORDS
tribute was threescore and twelue.
39 And the asses were thirtie thou-
sand and fiue hundred , of which the
L O R D S tribute was threescore and
one.
40 And the persons were sixteene
thousand, of which the LORDS tri-
bute was thirtie and two persons.
41 And Moses gaue the tribute
which was the LORDS heaue offering,
vnto Eleazar the Priest, as the LORD
commanded Moses.
42 And of the children of Israels
halfe, which Moses diuided from the
men that warred :
43 (Now the halfe that perteinec
vnto the Congregation, was three hun-
dred thousand, and thirtie thousand
and seuen thousand, and fiue hundrec
sheepe :
44 And thirtie and sixe thousanc
beeues:
45 And thirtie thousand asses, anc
fiue hundred :
46 And sixteene thousand persons'
47 Euen of the children of Israels
halfe, Moses tooke one portion of fiftie
both of man and of beast , and gaue
them vnto the Leuites, which keip
the charge of the Tabernacle of the
L O R D , as the L O R D commantlec
Moses.
48 1F And the officers which were
ouer thousands of the hoste, the cap
taines of thousands, and captaines o
hundreds came neere vnto Moses.
49 And they said vnto Moses, Th]
seruants haue taken the summe of the
men of warre which are vnder our
t charge, and there lacketh not one man t Heb. hand.
of vs,
50 Wee haue therefore brought an
oblation for the LORD, what eue-
rie man hath t gotten , of Jewels o found.
f Hebr.
golde
The requeft of Chap.xxxij.
golde chaines , and bracelets , rings ,
earerings , and tablets , to make an
atonement for our soules before the
LORD.
51 And Moses and Eleazar the
Priest tooke the gold of them : euen all
wrought iewels.
t Heb. heaue 52 And all the gold of the t offring
offering.
that they offered vp to the LORD, of
the captaines of thousands , and of the
captaines of hundreds , was sixteene
thousand , seuen hundred and fiftie
shekels.
53 (For the men of warre had taken
spoile, euery man for himselfe. )
54 And Moses and Eleazar the
Priest tooke the gold of the captaines,
of thousands , and of hundreds , and
brought it into the Tabernacle of the
Congregation , for a memoriall for the
children of Israel before the LORD,
C H A P . XXXII.
1 The Reubenites and Gadites sue for their in-
heritance on that side lorden. 6 Moses re-
proueth them. 16 They offer him conditi-
ons to his content. 33 Moses assigneth them
the land. 39 They conquere it.
Ow the children of Reu-
1
ben , and the children of
Gad , had a very great
multitude of cattell : and
y^M£J when they saw the land of
lazer, and the land of Gilead, that be-
hold, the place was a place for cattell;
2 The children of Gad, and the chil-
dren of Reuben , came and spake vnto
Moses, and to Eleazar the Priest, and
vnto the Princes of the Congregation,
saying,
3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and lazer,
and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elea-
leh, and Shebam , and Nebo, and
Beon,
4 Euen the countrey which the
L O R D smote before the Congregati-
on of Israel, is a land for cattell, and
thy seruants haue cattell.
5 Wherefore, said they , if wee haue
found grace in thy sight* let this lande
be giuen vnto thy seruants for a posses-
sion, and bring vs not ouer lordane.
6 H And Moses said vnto the chil-
dren of Gad, and to the children.of Reu-
ben, Shall your brethren goe to warre,
and shall ye sit here ?
\Hebr.
breake.
7 And wherefore t discourage yee
the heart of the children of Israel from
Reuben and Gad.
going ouer into the lande , which the
LORD hath giuen them ?
8 Thus did your fathers, when I
sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see
the land.
9 For * when they went vp vnto the * Chap, 13.
valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they 24.
discouraged the heart of the children of
Israel, that they should not goe into
the land which the L O R D had giuen
them.
10 And the L O R D S anger was
kindled the same time, and hee sware.
saying,
11 Surely none of the men that came
vp out of Egypt, * from twentie yeeres * Chap. 14.
old and vpward , shall see the lande 28, 29.
which I sware vnto Abraham, vnto
Isaac , and vnto lacob , because they
haue not t wholly followed me : \Heb.fulfU-
12 Saue Caleb the sonne of lephun- kd after me.
neh the Kenezite , and loshua the
sonne of Nun : for they haue wholly
followed the LORD.
13 And the LORDS anger was
kindled against Israel, and hee made
them wander in the wildernesse fourty
yeeres , vntill all the generation that
had done euill in the sight of the LORD
was consumed.
14 And beholde, ye are risen vp in
your fathers stead , an increase of sin-
full men, to augment yet the fierce an-
ger of the LORD toward Israel.
15 For if yee turne away from after
him , hee will yet againe leaue them in
the wildernesse, and ye shall destroy all
this people.
16 11 And they came neere vnto him,
and said , Wee will build sheepfoldes
here for our cattell , and cities for our
litle ones.
17 But we our selues will goe ready
armed before the children of Israel, vn-
till wee haue brought them vnto their
place : and our litle ones shall dwell in
the fenced cities , because of the inhabi-
tants of the land.
18 Wee will not returne vnto our
houses , vntill the children of Israel
haue inherited euery man his inheri-
tance :
19 For wee will not inherite with
them on yonder side lordane, or for-
ward, because our inheritance is fallen
to vs on this side lordane Eastward.
20 f And * Moses said vnto them, *Iosh.l.l3
If ye will doe this thing, if ye will goe
armed before the LORD to warre,
21 And
ieubens and Gads Numbers.
21 And will goe all of you armed o-
er lordane before the LORD, vntill
le hath driiien Qut his enemies from
)efore him,
22 And the lafld bee subdued before
be L O R D : then afterward ye shall
eturne , and bee guiltlesse before the
jORD, and before Israel; and this
and shall be your possession before the
L.ORD.
23 But if ye will not doe so, behold,
ree haue sinned against the L O R D :
nd bee sure your sinne will finde you
out.
24 Build ye cities for your litle ones,
and folds for your sheepe, and doe that
which hath proceeded out of your
mouth.
25 And the children of Gad, and the
children of Reuben spake vnto Moses,
aying , Thy seruants will doe as my
ord commandeth.
26 Our little ones, our wiues, our
locks, and all our cattell shall be there
n the cities of Gilead.
* losh. 4. 12. 27 But *thy seruants will passe o-
uer, euery man armed for warre, before
he LORD to battell, as my lord saith.
28 So concerning them Moses com-
maunded Eleazar the Priest , and lo-
shua the sonne of Nun , and the chiefs
others of the tribes of the children oi
[srael :
29 And Moses said vnto them , Ii
the children of Gad, and the children o<
Reuben will passe with you ouer lor-
dane, euery man armed to battell before
the LORD , and the land shall be sub-
dued before you, then ye shall giue them
the land of Gilead for a possession :
30 But if they will not passe ouer
with you armed, they shall haue posses-
sions among you in the land of Ca-
naan.
31 And the children of Gad, and the
children of Reuben answered , saying,
As the LORD hath said vnto thy ser-
uants, so will we doe.
32 Wee will passe ouer armed before
the L O R D into the land of Canaan
that the possession of our inheritance
on this side lordane may be ours.
* Deut. 3.
12. iosh. 13
33 And * Moses gaue vnto ihem,euen
9.. &asU?4- to the children of Gad, $nd to the chil
dren of Reuben , and vnto halfe th
tribe of Manasseh the sonne of Joseph
the kingdome of Sihon King of th
Amorites , and the kingdome of O
King of Bashan, the land with the ci
inheritance. The
ics thereof, in the coastes,£&enthe cities
f the countrey round about.
34? 1f And the children of Gad built
)ibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
35 And Atroth, Sboph§n, and la-
azer, and logbehah,
36 And Bethnimrah , and Beth-
laran , fenced cities : and foldes for
sheepe.
37 And the children 6f Reuben built
rlesbbon , and Elealeh , and Kiria-
thaim,
38 And Nebo, and Baalmeon (their
names being changed ) and Shibmah :
and t gaue other names vnto the cities Heir, they
ailed by
which they builded. names the
39 And the children of *Machir, the 'i tics i of the
tames
sonne of Manasseh , went to Gilead, * Gene, so.
and tooke it, and dispossessed the Amo- 3.
rite which was in it.
40 And Moses gaue Gilead vnto
Machir the sonne of Manasseh, and he
dwelt therein.
41 And * lair the sofctte of Manas- * Deut. 3.
seh went and tooke the small townes 14.
thereof, and called them Hauoth-Iair.
42 And Nobah went and tooke
Kenath, and the villages thereof, anc
called it Nobah, after his owne name.
C H A P . XXXIII.
1 Two and fourtie iourneyes of the Israelites
50 The Canaanites are to be destroyed.
Hese are the iourneyes o
n the children of Israel ,
which went foorth out o
the land of Egypt, with
^-™_ _„ their armies, v
tiand of Moses and Aaron.
2 And Moses wrote their goings
out according to their iourneyes, by the
commandement of the L O R D : anc
these are their iourneyes according to
their goings out.
3 And they * departed frofti Rame- * Ejtod. 12.
ses in the first moneth, on the fifteenth 37.
day of the first moneth : on the morrow
after the Passeouer, the children of Is-
rael went out with an high hand in the
sight of all the Egyptians.
4 ( For the Egyptians buried al
their first borne, which the L O R D
had smitten among them : vpon their
gods also the LORD executed iudge-
ments.)
5 Anji1 tjie children of Israel remo-
ued from Barneses , and .pitched in
Succoth.
6 And
refliouings of ^Chap.xxxiij,
•'"Exoi. 13. 6 And they departed from * Suc-
20.
coth, and pitched in Etham, which is in
the edge of the wildernesse.
7 And they remoued from Etham,
and turned againe vnto Pihahiroth,
which is before Baal-zephon : and they
pitched before Migdol.
8 And they departed fr6m before
* Exod. 15. Pihahiroth , and * passed thorow the
22.
midst of the sea, into the wildernes, and
went three dayes iourney in the wilder-
nesse of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
9 And they remoued from Marah,
* Exod. 15. and * came vnto Elim, and in Elim were
27. twelue fountaines of water, and three
score and ten palme trees, and they pit-
ched there.
10 And they f£rn6oued from Elim,
and encamped by the red sea.
11 And they remooued from the red
* Exod. 16.1 sea, and encamped in the * wildernesse
of Sin.
12 And they tooke their iourney out
of the wildernesse of Sin, and encam-
ped in Dophkah.
13 And they departed from Doph-
kah, and encamped in Alush.
14 And they remoued from Alush,
* Exod. 17.1 and encamped at * Rephidim , where
was no water for the people to drinke.
15 And they departed from Rephi-
* Exod. 19.1 dim, and pitched, in the * wildernesse of
Sinai.
16 And they remoued from the de-
* Chap. 11. sert of Sinai, and pitched *at ||Kibroth
34.
I! That is, Hattaauah.
Tfie grows
oj lust,
f J i A
17 And they departed from Kibroth
* Chap. 11. Hattaauah , and * encamped at Haze-
,35. roth.
18 And they departed ,from Haze-
roth, and pitched in Rithmah.
19 And they departed from Rith-
mah , and pitched at Rimmon Parez.
20 And they departed from Rim-
mon Parez, and pitched in Libnah.
21 And they remoued from Libnah,
and pitched at Rissah.
22 And they iourney ed from Rissah,
and pitched in Kehelathah.
23 And they went from Kehela-
thah , and pitched in mount Shapher.
24? And they remoued from mount
Shapher, and encamped in Haradah.
25 And they remooued from Hara-
dah, and pitched in Makheloth.
26 And they remooued from Mak-
heloth,, and encamped at Tahath.
27 And they departed from Ta-
hath, and pitched at Tarah.
the Ifraelites.
28 And they remoued from T^rah,
and pitched in Mithcah.
#9 Arid they went from Mithcah,
and pitched in Hashmonah.
30 And they departed frohi Hash-
monah, and * encamped at Moseroth. * r>eu. 10. 6
31 And they departed from Mose-
roth, and pitched in Bene-Iaakan.
32 And they remooued from Bene-
Iaakan, & encamped at Horhagidgad.
33 And they went from Horhagid-
gad, and pitched in lotbathah.
34 And they remooued from lot-
bathah, and encamped at Ebronah.
35 And they departed from Ebro-
nah, and encamped at Ezion-gaber.
36 And they remoued from Ezion-
gaber, and pitched in the * wildernes of i.* Chap. 20.
Zin, which is Kadesh.
37 And they remooued from * Ka- * CJiap. 20,
00 '"*""''
desh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the
£<£•
edge of the land of Edom.
38 And * Aaron the Priest went vp * Chap. 20.
into mount Hor, at the coinmandement 25. deut.
32. 50.
of the LORD, and died there in the
fourtieth yeere, after the children of Is-
rael were come out of the lande of E-
gypt,in the first day of the fift moneth.
39 And Aaron was an hundred and
twentie and three yeeres ojcjj when hee
died in mount Hor.
40 And * King Arad the Canaanite * Chap. 21,
(which dwelt in the South, in the land 1, &C.
of Canaan) heard of the txmuning of
the children of Israel.
41 And they departed from mount
* Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah. * Clia. 21.4
42 And they departed from Zalmo-
nah, and pitched in Punon.
43 And they departed from Punon,
and pitched in Oboth.
44 And they departed from Oboth,
and pitched in ||Iie-Abarim , in the 1 Or, heapes
border of Moab. Qfdtori™'
45 And they departed from lim,
and pitched in Dibon Gad.
46 And they remoued from Dibon
Gad, and enc&nped ift ^Ij^ioji-Dibla-
thaim.
47 Afid they *emooue<$ from Al-
mon-Diblathaim , and pitched in the
mountaines of Abarim, before Nebp.
48 And they departed from the
mountaines of Abarim, and pitched in
the plaines of Moab, jby Morgan neere
lericho.
49 And they jpitched by lordane Ijfaines or, the
of
from Beth-Iesimoth, euen vnto || * A- Shittim.
* Chap. 25.
bel Shittim, in the pl^jnea of Moab. 1.
50 1f And
The borders Numbers.
50 IF And the L O R D spake vnto
Moses, in the plaines of Moab by lor-
dane, neere lericho, saying,
51 Speake vnto the children of Is-
* Deut. 7. 2. rael, and say vnto them, * When ye are
iosh. 11. 12.
passed ouer lordane into the land of
Canaan ;
52 Then ye shall driue out all the in-
habitants of the land from before you,
and destroy all their pictures , and de-
stroy all their molten images, and quite
plucke downe all their high places,
53 And ye shall dispossesse the inhabi-
tants of the land, and dwell therein : for
I haue giuen you the land to possesse it.
* Chap. 26. 54} And * ye shall diuide the land by
53.
lot , for an inheritance among your fa-
t Hebr. mul- milies, and to the moe ye shall tgiue the
tiply his in-
herttance. more inheritance, and to the fewer yee
t Hebr. di- shall tgiue the lesse inheritance: euery
minish his
inheritance. mans inheritance shall bee in the place
where his lot falleth , according to the
tribes of your fathers, ye shall inherite.
55 But if ye will not driue out the in-
habitants of the land from before you,
then it shall come to passe that those
which ye let remaine of them , shall be
* Iosh. 23. * prickes in your eyes , and thornes in
13. iudff. 2.
3. your sides, and shal vexe you in the land
wherein ye dwell.
56 Moreouer, it shall come to passe,
that I shall do vnto you, as I thought
to doe vnto them.
C H A P . XXXIIII.
1 The borders of the land. 16 The names of
the men which shall diuide the land.
Nd the L O R D spake
A vnto Moses, saying,
2 Command the chil-
dren of Israel, and say vn-
to them,When yecome in-
to the land of Canaan, (this is the land
that shall fall vnto you for an inheri-
tance, euen the land of Canaan, with
the coasts thereof.)
* Iosh. 15.1. 3 Then * your South quarter shall
be from the wildernesse of Zin, along
by the coast of Edom, and your South
border shall be the outmost coast of the
salt Sea Eastward.
4 And your border shal turne from
the South to the ascent of Akrabbim,
and passe on to Zin : and the going
foorth thereof shall be from the South
to Kadesh-Barnea, and shall goe on to
Hazar-Addar, and passe on to Azmon.
5 And the border shall fetch a com-
of Canaan.
compasse from Azmon vnto the riuer
of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall
be at the sea.
6 And as for the Westerne border.
you shall euen haue the great sea for a
border : this shall be your West border.
7 And this shall be your North bor-
der : from the great sea, you shall point
out for you, mount Hor.
8 From mount Hor, ye shall point
out your border vnto the entrance of Ha-
math : and the goings foorth of the bor-
der shall be to Zedad.
9 1[ And the border shall goe on to
Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall
bee at Hazar Enan : this shall be your
North border
10 And ye shall point out your East
border , from Hazar Enan to She-
pham.
11 And the coast shall goe downe
from Shepham to Riblah, on the East
side of Ain: and the border shall descend
and shall reach vnto the t side of the sea t Hebr.
shoulder.
of Chinnereth Eastward.
12 And the border shall goe downe
to lordane, and the goings out of it
shall be at the salt sea : this shall be your
land with the coastes thereof round
about.
13 And Moses commanded the chil-
dren of Israel, saying, This is the land
which ye shall inherite by lot, which the
L O R D commanded to giue vnto the
nine tribes, and to the halfe tribe.
14 * For the tribe of the children of * Chap. 32.
Reuben, according to the house of their 33. 2,3.
iosh. 14.
fathers, and the tribe of the children of
Gad, according to the house of their fa-
thersj\a,uerecei\ie& their inheritance, and
halfe the tribe of Manasseh haue recei-
ued their inheritance.
15 The two tribes , and the halfe
tribe haue receiued their inheritance on
this side lordane neere lericho , East-
ward, toward the Sunne rising.
16 And the LORD spake vnto Mo-
ses, saying,
17 These are the names of the men
which shall diuide the land vnto you :
* Eleazar the Priest , and loshua the * Iosh. 19,
51.
sonne of Nun.
18 And yee shall take one Prince of
euery tribe, to diuide the land by inhe-
ritance.
19 And the names of the menamhese:
Of the tribe of ludah, Caleb the sonne
of lephunneh.
£0 And of the tribe of the children
of
The Leuites cities. Chap.xxxv.
of Simeon, Shemuel the sonne of Am
mihud.
21 Of the tribe of Beniamin, Elidad
the sonne of Chislon.
22 And the Prince of the tribe of the
children of Dan, Bukki the sonne 01
logli.
23 The Prince of the children of lo-
seph: for the tribe of the children of Ma-
nasseh, Hanniel the sonne of Ephod.
24 And the Prince of the tribe of the
children of Ephraim, Kemuel the sonne
of Shiphtan.
25 And the Prince of the tribe of the
children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the
sonne of Parnach.
26 And the Prince of the tribe of the
children of Issacbar, Paltiel the sonne
of Azzan.
27 And the Prince of the tribe of the
children of Asher, Ahihud the sonne of
Shelomi.
28 And the Prince of the tribe of the
children of Naphtali, Pedahel the
sonne of Ammihud.
29 These are they whom the LORD
commaunded to diuide the inheritance
vnto the children of Israel in the land
of Canaan.
C H A P. XXXV.
1 Eiglfi and fourtie Cities for the Leuites with
their suburbs, and measure thereof. 6Sixe of
them are to be cities of refuge. 9 The lawes
of murder. 31 No satisfaction for murder.
Nd the L O R D spake
\&J vRb"jVt3Bv *77i
im
vnto Moses in the plaines
of Moab by lordane,
neere lericho, saying,
* Iosh. 21. 2 * Command the chil-
2.
dren of Israel, that they giue vnto the
Leuites of the inheritance of their pos-
session, cities to dwell in : and yee shall
giue also vnto the Leuites suburbs for
;he cities round about them.
3 And the cities shall they haue to
dwell in, and the suburbs of them shall
3e for their cattell, and for their goods,
and for all their beasts,
4 And the suburbs of the cities,
which yee shall giue vnto the Leuites,
shall reach from the wall of the citie, and
outward, a thousand cubites round
about.
5 And ye shall measure from with-
out the city on the Eastside two thou-
sand cubites, and on the Sbuthside two
thousand cubites, and on the Westside
Cities of refuge.
two thousand cubites, & on the North
side two thousand cubites : and the citi
shall be in the midst; this shalbe to them
the suburbs of the cities.
6 And among the cities which ye
shal giue vnto the Leuites, there shalb
*sixe cities for refuge, which ye shall ap * Deut. 4.
point for the manslayer, that hee may 2.41.and iosh. 20
21. 3
flee thither : And to them ye shall taddet Hebr. a-
boue them y
fourty and two cities. shall giue.
7 So all the cities which ye shall giue
to the Leuites, shall be fourty and eigh
cities: them shall yee giue with their sub
urbs.
8 And the cities which ye shal giue
shalbe of the possession of the children o
Israel : from them that haue many ye
shall giue many ; but from them tha
haue few, ye shall giue few. Euery one
shal giue of his cities vnto the Leuites
according to his inheritance which the \ Hebr. the
inheriteth. inherite.
9 If And the L O R D spake vnto
Moses, saying,
10 Speake vnto the children of Is-
rael, and say vnto them, * When ye bee * Deut. 19.
come ouer lordane, into the land oi 2.2. iosh. 20.
Canaan:
11 Then ye shall appoint you cities,
to be cities of refuge for you ; that the
slayer may flee thither which killeth a-
ny person tat vnawares. t Hebr. by
12 And they shall be vnto you cities error.
?
or refuge from the auenger , that the
man-slayer die not, vntill he stand be-
fore the Congregation in iudgement.
13 And of these cities which ye shal
giue, sixe cities shall ye haue for refuge.
14 Yee shall giue three cities on this
side lordane, and three cities shall yee
riue in the land of Canaan, which shall
?e cities of refuge.
15 These sixe cities shall be a refuge,
)oth for the children of Israel, and for
the stranger , and for the soiourner a-
mong them : that euery one that kil-
eth any person vnawares , may flee
thither.
16 * And if he smite him with an in- Exod. si.
strument of Iron, (so that he die,) hee 4.
s a murderer : the murderer shall sure-
y be put to death.
17 And if he smite him twith throw-
ing a stone, (wherewith hee may die) Hebr. with
and he die, he is a murderer: the murde- stone
and.
of the
rer shall surely be put to death.
18 Or if he smite him with an hand-
weapon of wood, (wherewith he may
die) and he die, hee is a murderer : the
murderer
 ^awes for Numbers.
murderer shall surely be put to death.
1§ The reuenger of blood himselfe
ball slay the murtherer : when he mee-
eth him, he shall slay him.
* Deut. 19. 20 * But if he thrust him of hatred,
r hurle at him by laying of waite that
ic die,
21 Or in enmitie smite him with his
land, that he die : hee that smote him
hall surely be put to death, for hee is a
murderer : the reuenger of blood shall
lay the murderer, when hee meeteth
vim.
22 But if hee thrust him suddenly
* Ex<Sd. 21. * without enmitie, or haue cast vpon
13.
lim any thing without laying of wait,
23 Or with any stone wherewith a
man may die, seeing him not, and cast
t vpon him, that he die, and was not
lis enemie, neither sought his harme:
24 Then the Congregation shall
udge betweene the slayer, and the re-
lenger of blood , according to these
udgeraents.
25 And the Congregation shall deli-
uer the slayer out of the hand of the re-
uenger of blood, and the Congregation
hal restore him to the city of his refuge,
whither he was fled : and he shall abide
n it vnto the death of the high Priest,
which was annoynted with the holy
oyle.
26 But if the slayer shall at any time
come without the border of the citie ol
his refuge, whither he was fled :
27 And the reuenger of blood finde
lim without the borders of the citie o
lis refuge, and the reuenger of blooc
Rebr. no
blood shalbe dll the slayer, he t shall not be guiltie o:
to him. blood:
28 Because he should haue remainec
in the citie of his refuge, vntill the death
of the high Priest : but after the death
of the hie Priest, the slayer shal returne
into the land of his possession.
29 So these things shall be for a sta-
tute of iudgment vnto you, thorowout
your generations in al your dwellings.
30 Who so killeth any person , the
murderer shall be put to death, by the
* Deut. 17. * mouth of witnesses : but one witnesse
6. and 19.
15. matt. 18 shall not testifie against any person, to
16. 2. cor. cause him to die.
13. i. heb.
10. 28. 31 Moreouer, yee shall take no satis-
faction for the life .of a murderer, whicl
^Heb.fault is t guiltie of death, but he shalbe surely
tn QMS.
10 t?»o
put to death.
32 And yee shall take no satisfaction
for him that is fled to the citie of his re-
fliedding of blood.
uge , that hee should come againe to
[well in the land, vntil the death of the
Driest.
33 So ye shall not pollute the lande
wherein ye are: for blood, it defileth the
and : and the t land cannot bee cleansed anHeb. there
be no ex-
of the blood that is shed therein, but by piationfor
the blood of him that shed it. he land.
34? Defile not therefore the lande
which yee shall inhabite , wherein I
dwell: for I the L O R D dweJJ among
the children of Israel.
C H A P . XXXVI.
1 The inconuenience of the inheritance of
daughters, 5 is remedied by marying in
their owne tribes, 7 lest the inheritance
should be remoued from the tribe. 10 The
daughters of Zelophehad marrie their fa-
thers brothers sonnes.
Nd the chiefe fathers of
H
the families of the children
of Gilead, the sonne oi
Machir, the sonne of Ma-
nasseh, of the families of
the sonnes of loseph, came neere, and
spake before Moses, and before the
Princes the chiefe fathers of the chil-
dren of Israel.
2 And they said, * The L O R D * Chap. 27.
commanded my lord to giue the lande i.iosh. 17.3
for an inheritance by lot to the children
of Israel : and my lord was comman-
ded by the LORD, to giue the inheri-
tance of Zelophehad our brother, vnto
his daughters.
3 And if they bee married to any ol
the sonnes of the other tribes of the chil-
dren of Israel, then shall their inheri-
tance be taken from the inheritance of
our fathers, and shall bee put to the in-
heritance of the tribe, twhereinto they t Heb. vnto
whom they
are receiued : so shal it be taken from the shall be.
lot of our inheritance.
4? And when the lubile of the chil-
dren of Israel shall be, then shall their
inheritance be put vnto the inheritance
of the tribe, whereunto they are recei-
ued: So shal their inheritance be taken
away from the inheritance of the tribe
of our fathers.
5 And Moses commanded the chil-
dren of Israel, according to the worde
of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the
sonnes of loseph hath said well.
6 This is the thing which the
L O R D doeth command concerning
the daughters of Zelophehad, saying
Let
Lawes for Chap.j.
t Hebr. be Let them tinarry to whom they thinke
wiues.
* Tob. i. 9. best : *onely to the family of the tribe of
their father shall they marry.
7 So shall not the inheritance of
the children of Israel remooue from
tribe to tribe : for euery one of the chil-
t Hebr. dren of Israel shall tkeepe himselfe to
cleaue to
the $c. the inheritance of the tribe of his fa-
thers.
8 And euery daughter that posses-
seth an inheritance , in any tribe of the
children of Isratel , shall be wife vnto
one of the family of the tribe of her fa-
ther, that the children of Israel may
enioy euery man the inheritance of his
fathers.
9 Neither shall the inheritance re-
moue from one tribe to another tribe :
but euery one of the tribes of the chil-
THE F I F T H BOOKE OF
Mofes, called Deuteronomie.
C H A P . I.
1 Moses speech in the end of the fortieth yeere,
briefly rehearsing the story, 6 of Gods pro-
mise, 9 of gluing them officers, 19 of sending
the spies to search the land, 34 of Gods anger
for their incredulitie, 41 and disobedience.
HESE bee the
woordes which
T
Moses spake vn-
to all Israel, on
this side lordane
in the wildernes,
in the plaine ouer
I Or, Zupk. against |[the Red
sea,) betweene Pa-
ran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Ha-
zeroth, and Dizahab.
% (Thereareeleueu dales iourneyfrom
Horeb, by the way of mount Seir, vnto
Kadesh-Barnea.)
3 And it came to passe in the four-
tieth yeere, in the eleuenth moneth, on
the first day of the moneth, that Moses
spake vnto the children of Israel, accor-
ding vnto all that the L O R D had gi-
uen him in commandement vnto them:
inheritances.
dren of Israel , shall keepe himselfe to
his owne inheritance.
10 Euen as the L O R D comman-
ded Moses, so did the daughters of Ze-
lophehad.
11 * For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hog- 1*.Chap. 27.
lah, and Milcah, and Noah the daugh-
ters of Zelophehad, were married vn-
to their fathers brothers sonnes.
12 And they were married tinto the tsome Hebr. to
tnat
families of the sonnes of Manasseh, the were of the
sonne of loseph, and their inheritance families.
remained in the tribe of the faniily of
their father.
13 These are the commandernents
and the iudgements which the LOUD
commanded by the hand of Moses, vn-
to the children of Israel in the plaines
of Moab, by lordane, neere lericho.
4 * After hee had slaine Sihon the * Num. 21.
King of the Amorites, which dwelt in 24.
Heshbon, and Og the King of Bash an,
which dwelt at Astaroth, in Edrei.
5 On this side lordane, in the land
of Moab, began Moses to declare this
law, saying,
6 The LORD our God spake vn-
to vs in Horeb, saying, Ye haue dwelt
long ynough in this mount :
7 Turne you , and take your iour-
ney , and goe to the mount of the Amo-
rites, and vnto tall the places nigh there- t Hebr. all
unto,in theplaine,in tne hills, and in the his neigh-
bours.
vale, and in the South, and by the sea
side, to the land of the Canaanites, and
vnto Lebanon , vnto the great riuer,
the riuer Euphrates.
8 Behold, I haue t set the land be- t Hebr.
fore you : Goe in, and possesse the land, giuen.
which the LORD sware vnto your
fathers, * Abraham, Isaac, and lacob, * Gene. 15;
18. and 17.
to giue vnto them, and to their seed af- 7,8.
ter them.
9 f And I spake vnto you at that
time, saying, I am not able to beare
you my selfe alone :
10 The
A repetition of Deuteronomie.
10 The LORD your God hath mul-
iplied you, and beholde, you are this
ay as the starres of heauen for multi-
ude.
11 (The L O R D God of your fa-
hers make you a thousand times so
many moe as ye are, and blesse you as he
lath promised you. )
12 How can I my selfe alone beare
your cumbrance, and your burden, and
rour strife ?
t Heb. glue. 13 t Take ye wise men, and vnder-
tanding, and knowen among your
ribes , and I will make them rulers
ouer you.
14 And ye answ.ered me, and saide,
The thing which thou hast spoken, is
jood^/or vs to doe.
15 So I tooke the chiefe of your
tribes , wise men, and knowen , and
t Heb. gaue. hmade them heads ouer you, captaines
ouer thousands, and captaines ouer
wndreds , and captaines ouer fifties,
and captaines ouer tennes, and officers
among your tribes.
16 And I charged your ludges at
that time, saying, Heare the causes be-
* loh. 7- 24. tweene your brethren, and *iudge righ-
teously betweene euery man and his
Brother, & the stranger that is with him.
* Leuit. 19. 17 * Ye shall not t respect persons in
15. chap. 16
19. 1. sam. Judgement, but you shall heare the small
16. 7. pro. aswell as the great : you shall not bee
24. 23.
Hebr. ac- afraid of the face of man, for the Judg-
tnowtedge ment is Gods : and the cause that is too
J(XC€S>
bard for you, bring it vnto me, and 1
will heare it.
18 And I commanded you at that
time all the things which ye should doe.
19 f And when wee departed from
Horeb, we went through all that great
and terrible wildernes, which you saw
by the way of the mountaine of the A-
morites, as the LORD our God com-
manded vs : and wee came to Kadesh
Barnea.
20 And I said vnto you, Ye are come
vnto the mountaine of the Amorites,
which the LORD our God doth giue
vnto vs.
21 Behold , the L O R D thy Goc
hath set the land before thee : Goe vp,
and possesse it, as the LORD God of thy
fathers hath said vnto thee : Feare not,
neither be discouraged.
22 If And ye came neere vnto mee
euery one of you, and said, We will senc
men before vs, and they shall search vs
out the land, and bring vs word againe,
former things.
by what way we must goe vp, and into
what cities we shall come.
23 And the saying pleased mee well :
and '* I tooke twelue men of you, one * Num. 13.
3.
of a tribe.
24 And * they turned and went vp * Num. 13.
into the mountaine, and came vnto the 24.
valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
25 And they tooke of the fruit of the
and in their handes , and brought it
downe vnto vs, and brought vs worde
againe, and said, It is a good lande
which the L O R D our God doeth
riue vs.
26 Notwithstanding, ye would not
goe vp , but rebelled against the corn-
man dement of the L O R D your God.
27 And ye murmured in your tents
and said, Because the L O R D hated
vs, he hath brought vs forth out of the
land of Egypt , to deliuer vs into the
land of the Amorites, to destroy vs:
28 Whither shall wee goe vp ? our
brethren haue t discouraged our heart, t Heb. mel-
saying, The people is greater and tal- ted.
ler then we, the cities are great, and
walled vp to heauen, and moreouer we
haue scene the sonnes of the * Anakims * Num. 13.
there 29.
29 Then I said vnto yous Dread
riot, neither be afraid of them.
30 The L O R D your God which
Qroeth before you, he shall fight for you.
according to all that hee did for you in
Egypt before your eyes :
31 And in the wildernes, where thou
hast seene how that the L O R D thy
God bare thee, as a man doth beare his
sonne, in all the way that ye went, vntil
ye came into this place.
32 Yet in this thing ye did not beleeue
the LORD your God.
33 * Who went in the way before you * Exod. 13.
to search you out a place to pitch your 21.
tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by
what way ye should goe, and in a cloud
by day.
34 And the LORD heard the voice
of your words , and was wroth , and
sware, saying,
35 * Surely there shall not one of * Num. 14.OQ
£\t*
these men of this euill generation see
that good land, which I sware to giue
vnto your fathers :
36 Saue Caleb the sonne of lephun-
neh, he shall see it, and to him will I
giue the land that he hath troden vpon,
and to his children , because hee hath led t Heb. fulfil-
to goe
t wholly followed the LORD, after.
37 *Also
A repetition of Chap.ij.
" Num. 20. 37 * Also the L O R D was angry
12. and 27.
[4. with me for your sakes, saying, * Thou
* Chap. 3. also shalt not goe in thither.
26. And 4.
21. and 34. 38 But loshua the sonne of Nun,
4.
which standeth before thee, he shall goe
in thither. Encourage him ; for he shall
cause Israel to inherite if.
39 Moreouer, your litle ones, which
ye said should be a pray, and your chil-
dren, which in that day had no know-
ledge betweene good and euil, they shall
goe in thither; and vnto them will I
giue it, and they shall possesse it.
40 But as for you, turne ye, and take
your iourney into the wildernesse , by
the way of the Red sea.
41 Then ye answered , and said vn-
•Num. 14. to mee, * Wee haue sinned against the
4<J.
LORD, we will goe vp and fight, ac-
cording to all that the L O R D our
God commanded vs. And when ye had
girded on euery man his weapons of
warre , yee were ready to goe vp into
the hill.
42 And the L O R D said vnto me,
Say vnto them , Goe not vp , neither
fight, for I am not among you : least ye
be smitten before your enemies.
43 So I spake vnto you , and you
would not heare, but rebelled against
the commandement of the LORD, and
t Heb. you t went presumptuously vp into the hill.
were pre-
sumptuous 44 And the Amorites which dwelt
and went vp. in that mountaine , came out against
you, and chased you, as Bees doe, and
destroyed you in Seir , euen vnto
Hormah.
45* And ye returned and wept before
the L O R D ; but the L O R D would
not hearken to your voyce, nor giue
eare vnto you.
46 So yee abode in Kadesh many
dayes, according vnto the dayes that ye
abode there.
C H A P . II.
1 The story is continued, that they were not to
meddle with the Edomites, 9 nor with the
Moabites, 1 7 nor with the Ammonites, 24
but Sihon the Amorite was subdued by them.
Hen we turned, and tooke
1
1
1
our iourney into the wil-
i dernesse,by the way of the
Red sea, as the L O R D
spake vnto mee: and wee
compassed mount Seir many dayes.
2 And the L O R D spake vnto me,
saying,
3 Yee haue compassed this moun-
former things.
taine long enough : turne you North-
ward.
4 And commaund thou the people,
saying, Ye are to passe through the coast
of your brethren the children of Esau,
which dwell in Seir, and they shall be
afraid of you : take ye good heed vnto
your selues therefore.
5 Meddle not with them, for I will
not giue you of their land , t no not so tot Hebr. euen
the trea-
much as a foote breadth , * because I ding of the
haue giuen mount Seir vnto Esau for foote.of the
sole
a possession. * Gene. 30,
6 Ye shall buy meat of them for mo- 8.
ney, that ye may eat, and yee shall also
buy water of them for money, that yee
may drinke.
7 For the L O R D thy God hath
blessed thee , in all the workes of thy
hand : hee knoweth thy walking tho-
row this great wildernesse : these four-
tie yeres the LORD thy God hath bene
with thee, thou hast lacked nothing.
8 And when we passed by from our
brethren the children of Esau , which
dwelt in Seir , thorow the way of the
plaine from Elath, and from Ezion-
Gaber, wee turned and passed by the
way of the wildernesse of Moab.
9 And the L O R D said vnto mee,
(|Distresse not the Moabites, neither hostilitie
II Or, vise no
a-
contend with them in batteli : for I wil gainst Mo-
ab.
not giue thee of their land for a posses-
sion, because I haue giuen Ar vnto the
children of Lot for a possession.
10 The Emims dwelt therein in
times past , a people great , and many,
and tall, as the Anakims :
11 Which also were accounted gi-
ants , as the Anakims , but the Moa-
bites call them Emims.
12 * The Horims also dwelt in Seir * Gen. 36.
20.
beforetime,but the children of Esau tsuc- t Hebr. in-
ceeded them when they had destroyed them. herited
them from before them, & dwelt in their
t stead , as Israel did vnto the land of II Or, roome.
his possession, which the LORD gaue
vnto them.
13 Now rise vp, said /, and get you o-
uer * the || brooke Zered ; and we went * Num. 21.
12.
ouer the brooke Zered. II Or, valley.
14 And the space in which we came
from Kadesh Barnea, vntill we were
come ouer the brooke Zered, was thir-
tie and eight yeeres; vntill all the gene-
ration of the men of warre »were wa-
sted out from among the hoste , as the
LORD sware vnto them.
15 For indeed the hand of the LORD
was
*7
King Sihon Deuteronomie.
was against them, to destroy them
from among the hoste, vntill they were
consumed.
16 f So it came to passe, when all
the men of warre were consumed and
dead from among the people,
17 That the LORD spake vnto
me, saying,
18 Thou art to passe ouer thorow
Ar, the coast of Moab, this day.
. 19 And when thou commest nigh o-
uer against the children of Ammon, di-
stresse them not, nor meddle with them:
for I will not giue thee of the lande of
the children of Ammon any possession,
because I haue giuen it vnto the chil-
dren of Lot for a possession ;
20 (That also was accounted a land
of Giants : giants dwelt therein in old
time, and the Ammonites call them
Zamzummims.
21 A people great, and many, and
tall, as the Anakims: but the LORD
destroyed them before them, and they
succeeded them & dwelt in their stead:)
22 As he did to the children of Esau
which dwelt in Seir, when he destroy-
ed the Horims from before them, and
they succeeded them, and dwelt in their
stead euen vnto this day.
23 And the Auims which dwelt in
Hazerim, euen vnto Azzah, the Caph-
torims which came foorth out of Caph-
tor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their
stead.
24 f Rise ye vp, take your iourney,
and passe ouer the riuer Arnon : Be-
hold, I haue giuen into thy hand Si-
hon the Amorite king of Heshbon, and
t Heb. begint his land: t begin to possesse i/, and con-
potsesse.
tend with him in battell.
23 This day will I begin to put
the dread of thee, and the feare of thee
vpon the nations , that are vnder the
whole heauen, who shall heare report
of thee, and shall tremble, and be in an-
guish because of thee.
26 f And I sent messengers out of
the wildernesse of Kedemoth, vnto Si-
hon king of Heshbon, with wordes of
peace, saying,
* Num. 21. 27 *Let me passe through thy land :
21, 22.
I will goe along by the high way, I
will neither turne vnto the right hand,
nor to the left.
28 Thou shalt sell me meat for mo-
ney, that I may eate, and giue me wa-
ter for money that I may drinker Only
I will passe through on my feet :
is ouercoirte.
29 As the children of Esau which
dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which
dwell in Ar, did vnto me, vntill I shall
passe ouer lordan, into the land which
the LORD our God giueth vs.
30 But Sihon King of Heshbon
would not let vs passe by him : for the
L O R D thy God hardened his spirit,
and made his heart obstinate, that hee
might deliuer him into thy hand, as ap-
peareth this day.
31 And the LORD said vnto mee,
Behold, I haue begun to giue Sihon
and his land before thee: begin to pos-
sesse, that thou mayest inherit his land.
32 * Then Sihon came out against * Num. 21.
vs, he & all his people to fight at lahaz. 23.
33 And the LORD our God deliue-
red him before vs, and wee smote him,
and his sonnes, and all his people.
34 And we tooke all his cities at that
time, and vtterly destroyed the tmen, t H eb. euery
and the women, and the litle ones of e- citie of men
and women
uery citie, we left none to remaine : and
ones*
litle
35 Onely the cattell wee tooke for a
pray vnto our selues, and the spoyle of
the cities, which we tooke :
36 From Aroer , which is by the
brinke of the riuer of Arnon, and from
the citie that is by the riuer euen vnto
Gilead, there was not one citie too
strong for vs t the LORD our God de-
liuered all vnto vs.
37 Onely vnto the land of the chil-
dren of A mm on thou earnest not, nor
vnto any place of the riuer labbok, nor
vnto the cities in the mountaines, nor
vnto whatsoeuer the LORD our God
forbade vs.
CHAP. III.
1 The story of the conquest of Og king of Ba-
shan. 11 The bignes of his bed* 12 The
distribution of those lands to the two tribes
and halfe. 23 Moses prayer to enter into the
land. 26 He is permitted to see it.
Hen we turned, and went
• * Num. 21.
vp the way to Bashan:
and *Og the King of Ba- Num. 21.
33, &c. cfta.
shan came out against vs, 29. 7.
hee, and all his people to
battell at Edrei.
2 And the LORD said vnto mee,
Feare him not: for I will deliuer him,
and all his people, and his land into thy
hand, and thou shalt doe vnto him as
thou didst vnto * Sihon king of the A- * Num. 21.
morites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 24.
3 So the L O R D our God deliue-
red
Og is vanquilhed. Chap.iij.
* Num. 21. red into our hands * Og also the King
33. of Bashan, and all his people : and wee
smote him vntill none was left to him
remayning.
4 And we tooke all his cities at that
time , there was not a citie which wee
tooke not from them ; threescore cities.
all the region of Argob, the kingdome
of Og in Bashan.
5 All these cities were fenced with
high walles, gates and barres, beside
vnwalled townes a great many.
6 And we vtterly destroyed them,
as we did vnto Sihon King of Hesh-
bon, vtterly destroying the men, wo-
men, and children of euery citie.
7 But all the cattell, and the spoile
of the cities, we tooke for a pray to our
selties.
8 And we tooke at that time out of
the hand of the two Kings of the Amo-
rites, the land that was on this side
lordan, from the riuer of Arnon, vnto
mount Hermon :
9 ( Which Hermon the Sidonians
call Syrion ; and the Amorites call it
Shen'ir.)
10 All the cities of the plaine, and all
Gilead, and all Bashan, vnto Salchah,
and Edrei, cities of the kingdome of Og
in Bashan.
11 For onely Og King of Bashan
remained of the remnant of giants ; be-
hold, his bedsted was a bedsted of yron:
is it not in Rabbath of the children of
Ammon ? Nine cubites was the length
thereof, and foure cubites the breadth
of it, after the cubite of a man.
12 And this land which we possessed
at that time, from Aroer which is by the
riuer Arnon, and halfe mount Gilead,
* Num. 32. and *the cities thereof, gaue I vnto the
33. iosh. 13.
8. &c. Reubenites, and to the Gadites.
13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Ba-
shan, being the kingdome of Og, gaue I
vnto the halfe tribe of Manasseh : All
the region of Argob with all Bashan,
which was called the land of Giants.
14? lair the sonne of Manasseh
tooke all the countrey of Argob , vn-
to the coastes of Geshuri, and Maacha-
thi; and called them after his owne
* Num. 33. name, Bashan *Hauoth Uir, vnto
4! = this day.
'15 And I gaue Gilead vnto Machir.
16 And vnto the Reubenites, and vn-
to the Gadites, I gaue from Gilead,
euen vnto'the riuer Arnon , halfe the
valley, and the border, euen vnto the
Mofes prayer.
riuer labbok, which is the border of
the children of Ammon :
17 The plaine also, and lordan, and
the coast thereof, from Chinnereth, euen
vnto the sea of the plaine, euen the salt
sea, vnder || Ashdoth-Pisgah Eastward. thespringsof
II Or> vnder
18 IT And I commanded you at that Pisgah, or
time, saying, The LORD your God the hill.
hath giuen you this land to possesse it:
*ye shall passe ouer armed before your * Num. 32.
brethren the children of Israel, all that 20.
are tmeet for the warre. IHehsonnes
19 But your wiues, and your little of power.
ones, and your cattell (for I know that
ye haue much cattel) shall abide in your
cities, which I haue giuen you :
20 Vntill the LORD haue giuen
rest vnto your brethren, as well as vn-
to you, and vntill they also possesse the
land which the L O R D your God
hath giuen them beyond lordan : and
then shall ye *returne euery man vnto * Iosh. 22.
his possession, which I haue giuen you. 4.
21 1[ And *I commanded loshua * Num. 27.
at that time, saying, Thine eyes haue 18.
seene all that the L O R D your God
hath done vnto these two Kings : so
shal the LORD doe vnto all the king-
domes whither thou passest.
22 Ye shall not feare them : for the
LORD your God, he shal fight for you.
23 And I besought the LORD at
that time, saying,
24 O Lord GOD, thou hast begun
to shew thy seruant thy greatnesse, and
thy mighty hand : for what God is
there in heauen, or in earth, that can do
according to thy workes, and according
to thy might ?
25 I pray thee let me goe ouer, and
see the good land that is beyond lor-
dan , that goodly mountaine and Le-
banon.
26 But the L O R D * was wroth " Num. 20.
12. chap. l.
with me for your sakes, and would not 37.
heare mee : and the LORD said vnto
me, Let it suffice thee, speake no more
vnto me of this matter.
27 Get thee vp into the top of ||Pis- \Or,thehUl.
gah, and lift vp thine eyes Westward,
and Northward, and Southward, and
Eastward, and beholde it with thine
eyes : for thou shalt not goe ouer this
lordan.
28 But charge loshua, and encou-
rage him, and strengthen him : for hee
shall goe ouer before this people, and
be shall cause them to inherite the land
which thou shalt see,
29 So
Exhortations Deuteronomie.
29 So we abode in the valley, ouer make them heare my wordes, that they
against Beth-Peor. may learne to feare mee all the dayes
C H A P . IIII.
1 An Exhortation to obedience. 41 Moses
appornteth the three Cities of refuge on
tnat side Jordan.
Owe therefore hearken,
muSSfiAk O Israel, vnto the Sta-
tutes, and vnto the ludg-
ments which I teach you,
for to do them, that ye may
iue, and gt>e in and possesse the lande,
which the LORD God of your fathers
giueth you.
* Chap. 12. 2 * Ye shall not adde vnto the word
32. iosh. 1.7
pro. 30. 6. which I command you, neither slial
reu. 22. 18. fou diminish ought from it, that ye may
ceepe the Commaundements of the
L O R D your God, which I commanc
you.
3 Your eyes haue scene what the
* Num. 25.
4. &C.
LORD did because of * Baal Peor : for
all the men that followed Baal Peor,
the L O R D thy God hath destroyed
them from among you.
4 But yee that did cleaue vnto the
LORD your God, are aliue euery one
of you this day.
5 Behold, I haue taught you Sta-
tutes , and Judgements , euen as the
L O R D my God commanded me, that
ye should do so, in the land whither ye
*oe to possesse it.
6 Keepe therefore, and doe them;
for this is your wisedome and your vn-
derstanding in the sight of the nations,
which shall heare all these statutes, am
say , Surely this great nation is a wise
and vnderstanding people.
7 For what nation is there so great,
who hath God so nigh vnto them, as
the L O R D our God is in all things,
that we call vpon him for ?
8 And what nation is there so great,
that hath Statutes and ludgements
so righteous, as all this Law which ]
set before you this day ?
9 Onely take heed to thy selfe, an<
keepe thy soule diligently, lest thou for-
get the things which thine eyes haue
scene, and lest they depart from thy
heart all the dayes of thy life: but teacl
them thy sonnes, & thy sonnes sonnes:
10 Specially, the day that thou stoodst
before the LORD thy God in Horeb,
when the L O R D said vnto mee, Ga-
ther me the people together, and I wil
to obedience.
bat they shall Hue vpon the earth, and
bat they may teach their children.
1 1 And ye came neere and stood vnder
he mountaine, and the * mountaine Exod. 19.
jurnt with fire vnto the t midst of hea- 8.Heb. heart,
uen, with darkenes, cloudes, and thicke
larkenesse.
12 And the L O R D spake vnto you
out of the midst of the fire : ye heard the
voyce of the words, but saw no simili-
tude, tonely ye heard a voyce. Heb. save
a tooyce.
13 And he declared vnto you his coue-
nant, which he commanded you to per-
brme, euen ten comandements, and he
wrote them vpon two tables of stone.
14 f And the L O R D commanded
me at that time, to teach you Statutes,
and ludgements, that yee might doe
them in the land whither ye goe ouer to
jossesse it.
15 Take ye therfore good heed vnto
your selues, (for ye saw no maner of si-
militude on the day that the LORD
spake vnto you in Horeb , out of the
midst of the fire)
16 Lest yee corrupt your selues , and
make you a grauen image , the simili-
tude of any figure, the likenes of male,
or female,
17 The likenesse of any beast that is
on the earth, the likenes of any wingec
ibule that flieth in the aire,
18 The likenesse of any thing thai
creepeth on the ground, the likenesse oi
any fish that is in the waters beneath
the earth :
19 And lest thou lift vp thine eyes vn-
to heauen, and when thou seest the sun,
and the moone, and the starres, euen al
the hoste of heauen, shouldest be driuen
to worship them, and serue them, which
the LORD thy God hath ||diuided vn- 1terf. Or, tmpaf-
to all nations vnder the whole heauen
20 But the L O R D hath taken you
and brought you foorth out of the yron
fornace, euen out of Egypt, to bee vnto
him apeople of inheritance, as ye are this
day.
21 Furthermore, the LORD was
angry with mee for your sakes, an<
sware that I should not goe ouer lor
dan, and that I should not goe in vnto
that good land which the L O R D th;
God giueth iheejbr an inheritance.
22 But I must die in this lande, "
must not goe ouer Jordan : but ye shal
goe ouer and possesse that good land.
23 Take
Gods mercie Chap.iiiji
23 Take heed vnto your selues, lest
ye forget the couenant of the L O R D
your God, which hee made with you,
and make you a grauen image, or the
likenes of any thing which the LORD
thy God hath forbidden thee,
* Chap. 9. 3, 24 For the * L O R D thy G6c! is a
hebr. 12. consuming fire, euen a iealous Gotf.
29.
25 If When thou shale beget chil-
dren, and childrens children,and shalt
haue remained long in the land, and
shal corruptyour selues, & make a grauen
image, or the likenes of any thing, and
shall doe euil in the sight of the LOKD
thy God, to prouoke him to anger:
26 I call heauen and earth to wit-
nesse against you this day, that ye shall
soone vtterly perish from off the land
whereunto you goe ouer lordan, to
possesse it: yee shall not prolong your
dayes vpon it, but shall vtterly bee de-
stroyed.
27 And the L O R D shall scatter
you among the nations, and ye shall be
left few in number among the heathen,
whither the LORD shall lead you.
28 And there ye shall serue gods, the
worke of mens hands, wood and stone,
which neither see, nor heare, nor eate,
nor smell.
29 But if from thence thou shalt
seeke the LORD thy God, thou shalt
finde him, if thou seeke him with all thy
heart, and with all thy soule.
30 When thou art in tribulation, and
t Heir, all these things t are come vpon thee,
haue found
thee. euen in the latter dayes, if thou turne to
the LORD thy God, and shalt be obe-
dient vnto his voice:
31 (For the L O R D thy God is a
mercifull God) he will not forsake thee,
neither destroy thee, nor forget the co-
uenant of thy fathers, vluQh he sware
vnto them.
J2 For askc now of the dayes that
are past, which were before thee, since
the day that God created man vpon
earth, and aske from the one side of hea-
uen vnto the other,Whether there hath
bene any such thing s.8 this great thingw,
or hath bene heard like it ?
33 Did euer people heare the voyce of
God speaking out of the midst of the
fire, as thou hast heard, and Hue ?
34 Or hath God assayed to goe and
take him a nation from the midst of an-
other nation, by temptations, by signes,
and by wonders, and by warre, and by
a injghty hand, and by a stretched out
toward Ilrael
arme, and by great terrors, according to
all that the LORD your God did for
ypti in Egypt before your eyes ?
35 Vnta thee ic was* shewed, that
thou mightest know, that the L O R D
nee is God; there is none else besides
him.
36 Out of heauen hee made thee to
heare his Voice, that he might instruct
thee : and vpon earth hee shewed thee
his great fire, and thou heardest his
wofds out of the midst of* the fire*
37 And because he loued thy fathers,
therefore he chose their seed after them,
and brought thee out in his sight
his mightie power out of Egypt:
38 To driue out nations' from before
thee, greater and mightier then thou
art, to bring thee in, to giue thee their
lander an inheritance, as it is this day.
39 Know therefore this day, & con-
sider it in thine heart, that the LORD
hee is God in heauen aboue, and vpon
the earth beneath : there is none else.
40 Thou shalt keepe therefore his
Statutes, and his Commandements,
which.I command thee this day; that
it may goe well with thee, and with thy
children after thee, and that thou may-
est prolong thy dayes vpon the earth,
which the L O R D thy God giueth
thee, for euer.
41 H Then Moses seuered three ci-
ties on this side Iord§p, toward the
Sunne rising :
42 That the slayet might flee thi-
ther, which should kill his neighbour
vnawares, and hated him not in times
past, and that fleeing vnto QQe of t!l£s.e
cities he might Hue:
43 Namely, *Be2er in the wildef- * losh. 20.
nesse,in theplaine countrey of the ReiK
benites; and Ramoth in Gilead of the
Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the
Manassites.
44 IT And this w the Law which
Moses set before the children of Israel:
45 These are the Testimonies, and
the Statutes , and the Judgements,
which Moses spake vnto the children
of Israel, after they came foorth out of
Egypt;
46 On this side lordan in the val-
ey ouer against Beth-Peor, in the land
of Sihon King of the Amorites, who
dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and
the children of Israel * smote, after they * Num. ai.
were come foorth out of Egypt. 4,fifcap.j.
t
47 And they possessed his land, and
the
The Law is Deuteronomie.
* Num. 21. the land of * Og king of Bashan, two
33. chap. 3.
3. kings of the Amorites , which were on
this side lordan toward the sun rising,
48 From Aroer , which is by the
banke of the riuer Arnon , euen vnto
mount Sion, which i$ Hermon,
49 And all the plaine of this side
lordan Eastward, euen vnto the sea, of
* Chap. 3. the plaine vnder the * springs of Pis-
17.
gah.
C H A P . V.
I The Couenant in Horeb. 6 The ten Com-
mandements. 92 At the peoples request
Moses receiueth the Law from God.
Nd Moses called all Is-
rael, and sayd vnto them,
Pi
Heare, 0 Israel, the Sta-
tutes and ludgements
which I speake in vour
eares this day, that ye may learne them,
t Heb. keepe and t keepe and doe them.
to doe them.
* Exod. 19, 2 * The L O R D our God made a
5. couenant with vs in Horeb.
3 The L O R D made not this coue-
nant with our fathers , but wixh vs :
euen vs,who are all of vs here aliue this
day.
4 The L O R D talked with you,
face to face , in the mount , out of the
midst of the fire,
5 ( I stood betweene the L O R D
and you, at that time, to shew you the
word of the LORD : for ye were afraid
by reason of the fire, and went not vp
into the mount,) saying,
* Exod. 20. 6 f * I am the LORD thy God,
2, &c. leuit.
26. l. psal. which brought thee out of the lande of
81. 10.
t Heb. ser-
Egypt, from the house of t bondage.
uants. 7 Thou shalt haue none other gods
before me.
8 Thou shalt not make thee any
grauen image, or any likenesse of any
thing that is in heauen aboue, or that is
in the earth beneath, or that is in the wa-
ters beneath the earth.
9 Thou shalt not bow downe thy
* Exod. 34. selfe vnto them, nor serue them : for *I
7- the LORD thy God am a ielous God,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers vpon
the children, vnto the third and fourth
generation of them that hate me,
* lerem. 32. 10 And * shewing mercy vnto thou-
18.
sands, of them that loue me, and keepe
my commandements.
11 Thou shalt not take the name of
the LORD thy God in vaine: for the
L O R D will not holde him guiltlesse
that taketh his name in vaine.
repeated. The
12 Keepe the Sabbath day to san-
ctifie it, as the LOUD thy God hath
commanded thee.
13 Sixe dayes thou shalt labour, and
doe all thy worke.
14 But the seuenth day is the * Sab- heb.* Gen. 2. 2.
4. 4.
bath of the LORD thy God : in it thou
shalt not doe any worke, thou, nor thy
sonne, nor thy daughter, nor thy man
seruant, nor thy maid seruant, nor thine
oxe,nor thine asse,nor any of thy cattel,
nor thy stranger that is within thy
gates, that thy man seruant and thy
maid seruant may rest as well as thou.
15 And remember that thou wast a
seruant in the land of Egypt, and that
the LORD thy God brought thee out
thence, through a mightie hand, and by
a stretched out arme : Therefore the
LORD thy God commaunded thee to
keepe the Sabbath day.
16 11 Honour thy father and thy mo-
ther, as the LORD thy God hath com-
manded thee, that thy daies may be pro-
longed, and that it may goe well with
thee, in the land which the LORD thy
God giueth thee.
17 * Thou shalt not kill. * Mat. 5. 21
18 * Neither shalt thou commit adul- 20. • Luke 18.
terie.
19 * Neither shalt thou steale. * Rom. 13. 9
20 Neither shalt thou beare false
witnesse against thy neighbour.
21 * Neither shalt thou desire thy * Rom. 7- 7.
neighbours wife, neither shalt thou co-
uet thy neighbours house, his field, or
his man seruant, or his maide seruant,
his oxe, or his asse, or any thing that is
thy neighbours.
22 f These wordes the L O R D
spake vnto all your assembly in the
mount out of the midst of the fire, of the
cloud, and of the thicke darkenesse, with
a great voice, and he added no more, and
he wrote them in two Tables of stone,
and deliuered them vnto me.
23 And it came to passe when yee
heard the voice out of the midst of the
darkenes (for the mountaine did burne
with fire) that ye came neere vnto mee,
euen all the heads of your tribes , and
your elders.
24 And ye said, Behold, the LORD
our God hath shewed vs his glory, and
his greatnesse, and *we haue heard his * Exod. 19.
voice out of the midst of the fire : we 19.
haue seene this day that God doth talke
with man, and *he liueth. * Chap. 4.
25 Now therefore why should wee 33.
die?
people is afraid. Chap.vj.
die ? for this great fire will consume vs.
tHeb.adde If we t heare the voyce of the LORD
to heare. our God any more, then we shall die.
26 For who is there of all flesh that
hath heard the voice of the lining God,
speaking out of the midst of the fire (as
we haue) and liued ?
27 Goe thou neere, and heare all
that the LORD our God shall say;
and speaks thou vnto vs all that the
LORD our God shall speake vnto
* Exod. 20. thee, and *we^ill heare it, and doe it.
19.
28 And the LORD heard the voice
of you? words, when ye spake vnto me,
and the LORD said vnto me, I haue
heard the voice of the wordes of this
people , which they haue spoken vnto
thee J they haue well said, all that they
haue spoken*
29 O that there were such an heavt
in them, that they would feare me, and
keepe my commandements alwayes,
that it might bee well with them, and
Tpith their children for euer.
30 Goe , say to them , Get you into
your tents againe.
31 But as for thee, stand thou here by
me, and I will speake vnto thee all the
Commandements, and the Statutes,
and the ludgenxents, which thou shalt
teach them, that they may doe them in
the land which I giue them to pos-
sesse it.
32 Ye shall obserue to doe therefore,
as the LORD your God hath com-
manded you : you shall not turne aside
to the right hand, or to the left.
33 You shall walke in all the wayes
which the Lour* your God hath
commanded you, that ye may liue, and
that it may be well with you, and that ye
may prolong your dayes in the land
which ye shall possess^.
C H A P . VI.
1 The end of .the Law is obedience. 3 An ex- thy God, and serue him, & shalt sweare12,20.
hortation thereto
Ov these are the Com- gods* of the gods of the people which
Of obedience.
and thy sonnes sonne , all the dayes of
thy life : and .that thy day£s may be pro-
longed.
3 1T Heare therefore, O Israel, and
obserue to do it, that it may be wel with
thee, and that ye may increase mightily.
as the LORD God of thy fathers
hath promised thee , in the land that
floweth with milke and hony.
& Heare, O Israel, the L O R D
our God is one LORI*.
5 And * thou shalt lotie the LORD * Chap. 10.
2. mat. 22.
thy God with all thine heart, and with 17. mar. 12.
all thy soule, and with all thy might. 30.27.
luke 10.
6 And * these words which I com- *Chap. 11.
mand thee this day, shall bee in thine 8.
heart*
7 And thou shalt f teach them dili- torHeb. whet
sharpen.
gently vnto thy children, and shalt talke
of them when thou sittest in thine house,
and when thou walkest by the way, and
when thou liest downe, and when thou
risest vp.
8 And thou shalt binde them for a
signe vpon thine hand, and they shalbe
as frontlets betweene thine eyes.
9 And thou shalt write them vpon
the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
10 And it shall be when the LORD
thy God shall haue brought thee into
the land which hee sware vnto thy fa-
thers , to Abraham , to Isaac , and to
lacob to giue thee, great and goodly ci-
ties, which thou buildedst not.
11 And houses full of all good things
which thou filledst not, and welles dig-
ged which thou diggedst not, vineyards
and oliue trees which thou plantedst
not* * when thou shalt haue eaten and 10, * Chap. 8. 9,
&c.
be full,
12 Then betfare lest thou forget the
LORD which brought thee forth out
of the land of Egypt, from the house of
t bondage. U eb. bond-
men or ser-
13 Thou shalt *feare the LORD vants.
* Chap. 10.
and
by his Name.
1 1 •• "XT
13. 4.
1* Yee shall not goe after other

IK
maundements ,, the Sta- are round about you :
tutes, & the ludgements, 15 (For the L O R D thy God is a
which the LORD your ielous God among you ) lest the anger
God commanded to teach of the LORD' thy God bee kindled a-
you, that ye might doe them in the land gainsfc thee, and destroy thee from off
tHcbr.posse whither ye tgoe t<y possesse it: the fitce of the earth.
oner.
2 That thoa* mightest feare the 16 IF * Ye shal not tempt the LORD * Mat. 4. 7.
Loan thy God, to keeps all his Sta- your God > * as yee tempted him in *) Exod. 17.
tutes, and his Commandements which Massah. 2.
I command thee; thou, and thy sonne. 17 You shall diligently ieepe the
Com-
Exhortations Deuteronomie.
Commandements of the L O R D your
God , and his Testimonies , and his
Statutes, which he hath commanded
thee.
18 And theu shalt doe that which
is- right and good in the sight of the
LORD : that it may be well with thee,
and that thou mayest goe in , and pos-
sesse the good land which the LORD
sware vnto thy fathers ;
19 To cast out all thine enemies from
before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.
20 And when thy sonne asketh thee
\Hebr.to tin time to come,, saying, What meane
morrow.
the Testimonies, & the Statutes, and
the ludgements , which the LORD
our God hath commanded you ?
£1 Then thou shalt say vnto thy
sonne, We were Pharaohs bondmen in
Egypt , and the LORD brought vs
out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
22 And the LORD shewed signes
t Heir. euU. and wonders, great and t sore vpon E-
gypt, vpon Pharaoh , and vpon all his
houshold, before our eyes :
23 And hee brought vs out from
thence , that hee might bring vs in, to
giue vs the land which hee sware vnto
our fathers.
24< And the LORD commanded
vs to doe all these Statutes, to feare the
L O R D our God , for our good al-
wayes, that he might preserue vs aliue,
as it. is at this day.
25 And it shall be our righteousnes.
if we obserue to doe all these Comman-
dements, before the L O R D our God,
as he hath commanded vs.
C H A P . VII.
1 All communion with the Nations is forbid-
den, 4 for feare of Idolatrie, 6 for the
fcolinesse of the people, 9 for the nature
of God in his Mercie and Justice, 17 for
the assurednesse of victorje which God will
giue ouer them.
* Chap. 31. Hen the *LORD thy God
m
3.
shall bring thee into the
land whither thou goest
to possesse it, and hath cast
out many nations before
thee, the Hittitesy and the Girgashites,
and the Amorites, and the Canaanites,
and the Perizzites, and the Hiuites, and
the lebusites, seuen nations1 greater
and mightier then thou:
& And when the LORD thy God
shall tfsliuer them before th£e, thou wine, and thine oile, the encreaseof thy
to obedience.
shalt smite them , and vtterly destroy
them , * thou shalt make no couenant * Exod. 23.
with them, norwshew mercy vnto them. 32. 12.
and 34.
3 Neither shalt thou make mar-
riages with them : thy daughter thou
shalt not giue vnto his sonne, nor his
daughter shalt thou take vnto thy
sonne*
4 For they will tttriie away thy
sonne from following mee, that they
may serue other gods : so will the anger
of the LORD be kindled against you,
and destroy thee suddenly.
5 But thus shal ye deale with them;
ye shall destroy their altars, and breake
downe their t images , and cut dbwne iHebr.sta-
tueSi or pil-
their groues , and burne their grauen lars.
images with fire.
6 *For thou art an holy people vn- * Chap. 14.
to the LORD thy God: *the LORD 2. 19.
and 26.
thy God hath chosen thee to be a special 5* Exod.
1 P6t 2
19.
people vnto himselfe , aboue all people 9!
that are vpon the face of the earth.
7 The LORD did not set his loue
vpon you, nor choose you, because yee
were moe in number tnen any people :
(for ye were the fewest of all people,)
8 But because the L O R D loued
you, and because hee would keepe the
othe which hee had sworne vnto your
fathers, hath the L O R D brought you
out with a mighty hand, and redeemed
you out of the house of bondmen, from
the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
9 Know therefore that the LORD
thy God, he is God, the faithfiill God,
which keepeth Couenant and Mercy
with them that loue him, and keepe his
Commandements , to a thousand ge-
nerations ;
10 And repaieth them that hate him
to their face, to destroy them : he wil not
be slacke to him that nateth him, he will
repay him to his face.
11 Thou shalt therefore keepe the
Commandements, and the Statutes,
and the Judgements, which I com-
mand thee this day, to doe them.
12 IT Wherefore it shal come to passe,
tif ye hearken to these Judgements, and cause.
tHebr.be-
keepe and do them : That the LORD
thy God shall keepe vnto thee the Co- \
uenant and the Mercy which he sware
vnto thy fathers.
.13 And hee will loue thee, and blesse
thee, and multiply thee : Hee will also
blesse the fruit of thy wombe , and the
fruit of thy land , thy conie , and thy
kine,
To auoid Chap.viij.
kine, and the flockes of thy sheepe,in the
land which hee sware vnto thy fathers
to giue thee.
14 Thou shalt bee blessed aboue all
* Exod. 23. people: * there shall not bee male or fe-
26, &c.
male barren among you or among
your cattell.
15 And the L O R D will take away
from thee all sickenesse, and will put
* Exod. 9. none of the * euill diseases of Egypt
14. & 15.
26. , (which thou knowest) vpon thee : but
will lay them vpon all them that hate
thee.
16 And thou shalt consume all the
people which the LORD thy God shall
deliuer thee: thine eye shall haue no pi-
tie vpon them, neither shalt thou serue
* Exod. 23. their gods, for that will be a * snare vnto
33-
thee.
17 If thou shalt say in thine heart,
These nations are moe then I, howe
can I dispossesse them ?
18 Thou shalt not be afraid of them:
but shalt well remember, what the
L O R D thy God did vnto Pharaoh,
and vnto all Egypt,
19 The great temptations which
thine eyes sawe, and the signes and the
wonders, and the mightie hand, and
the stretched out arme , whereby the
LORD thy God brought thee out : so
shall the LORD thy God doe vnto all
the people of whom thou art afraid.
* Exod. 23. 20 *Moreouer, the L O R D thy God
28. iOSh. 24
12. will send the hornet among them, vntill
they that are left and hide themselues
from thee, be destroyed.
21 Thou shalt not bee affrighted at
them : for the L O R D thy God is a-
mong you, a mightie God, and terrible.
22 And the L O R D thy God will
t Hebr. tput out those nations before thee by
plucke off. litle and litle: thou mayest not consume
them at once, lest the beastes of the field
increase vpon thee.
23 But the L O R D thy God shall
t Hebr. be- deliuer them tvnto thee, and shall de-
fore thy
face. stroy them with a mightie destruction,
vntill they be destroyed.
24 And he shall deliuer their kings
into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy
their name from vnder heauen : There
shal no man be able to stand before thee,
vntil thou haue destroyed them.
25 The grauen images of their gods
* Chap. 12. * shall yee burne with fire : thou * shalt
3.
* losh. 7. 1 , not desire the siluer or golde that is on
21. 2. mac. them, nor take it vnto thee, lest thou bee
12. 40.
snared therein : for it is an abominati-
all Idolatrie.
on to the L O R D thy God.
26 Neither shalt thou bring an abo-
mination into thine house, lest thou bee
a cursed thing like it : but thou shalt vt-
terly detest it, and'thou shalt vtterly ab-
horre it, for * it is a cursed thing. * Chap. 13.
17.
C H A P . VIII.
1 An exhortation to obedience in regard of Gods
dealing with them.
LI the commaundements
A
which I commaund thee
this day, shall yee obserue
to doe, that yee may Hue,
and multiply, and goe in,
and possesse the land which the LORD
sware vnto your fathers.
2 And thou shalt remember all the
way which the L O R D thy God led
thee these fourtie yeeres in the wilder-
nesse, to humble thee, and to proue thee,
tp know what was in thine heart, whe-
ther thou wouldest keepe his comman-
dements, or no.
3 And he humbled thee, and suffred
thee to hunger, and fed thee with Man-
na, which thou knewest not, neither did
thy fathers know : that he might make
thee know, that man doth * not liue by * Matt. 4. 4.
bread onely, but by euery word that pro* hike 4. 4.
ceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD
doth man liue.
4 *Thy raiment waxed not old vp- * Nehe. 9.
on thee, neither did thy foote swell these 21.
fourtie yeeres.
5 Thou shalt also consider in thine
heart, that as a man chasteneth his son,
so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
6 Therefore thou shalt keepe the
Commandements of the L O R D thy
God, to walke in his wayes, and to
feare him.
7 For the L O R D thy God brin-
pfeth thee into a good land , a lande of
brookes of water, of fountaines, and
depths that spring out of valleys and
liilles,
8 A land of wheate, and barley, and
vines, and fig trees, and pomegranats,
a land of toyle oliue, and hony, t Hebr. of
9 A lande wherein thou shalt eate oliue tree
ofoyle.
bread without scarcenes, thou shalt not
lacke any thing in it : a lande whose
stones are yron, and out of whose hils
thou mayest digge brasse.
10 *When thou hast eaten and art * Chap. 6.
full, then thou shalt blesse the LORD 2. 13.
thy God, for the good lande which hee
bath giuen thee.
11 Beware
*7a
3f ingratitude. Deuteronomie.
11 Beware that thou forget not the
-ORD thy God, in not keeping his
Commandements , and his Judge-
ments, and his Statutes which I com-
mand thee this day : '
12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art
all, and hast built goodly houses, and
[welt therein ;
13 And when thy beards and thy
locks multiply, and thy siluer and thy
jold is multiplied, and all that thou
last is multiplied :
14 Then thine heart bee lifted vp,
and thou forget the L O R D thy God
which brought thee foorth out of
;he land of Egypt , from the house of
wndage,
15 "Who led thee through that great
and terrible wildernesse, wherein were fie-
rie serpents, and scorpions, & drought,
* Num. 20. where there was no water, *who
11. xrought thee foorth water out of the
rocke of flint,
16 Who fed thee in the wildernesse
* Exod. 16. with * Manna, which thy fathers knew
15.
not, that hee might humble thee, and
that hee might prooue thee, to doe thee
good at thy latter end : )
17 And thou say in thine heart, My
)ower, and the might of mine hand
lath gotten me this wealth.
18 But thou shalt remember the
LORD thy God: for it is he that giueth
thee power to get wealth , that he may
establish his Couenant, which he sware
vnto thy fathers, as it is this day.
19 And it shalbe, if thou doe at all for-
get the L O R D thy God, and walke
after other gods, and serue them, am
worship them; I testifie against you
this day, that ye shall surely perish.
£0 As the nations which the LORD
destroyeth before your face, so shall yee
perish ; because ye would not be obedi
ent vnto the voice of the LORD your
God.
C H A P . IX.
1 Moses disswadeth them from the opinion o
their owne righteousnesse, byrehearsing thei
seuerall rebellions.
• Eare, O Israel, thou art
nEl to passe ouer lordan this
day, to goe in, to possesse
nations greater & migh-
tier then thy selfe, Cities
great, and fenced vp to heauen,
2 A people great and tall, the chil-
dren of the Anakims, whom thou
God, a fire.
cnowest, and of whom thou hast heard
ay, *Who can stand before the children Num. 13.
of Anak ? 9.
3 Vnderstand therefore this day,
hat the LORD thy God is he, which
goeth ouer before thee, as a * consuming * Chap. 4.
ire : he shall destroy them, and he shall 4.9.hebr. 12.
bring them downe before thy face : So
shalt thou driue them out, and destroy
them quickly, as the LORD hath said
vnto thee.
4 Speake not thou in thine heart,
after that the L O R D thy God hath
cast them out from before thee , saying,
For my righteousnesse the L O R D
lath brought mee in to possesse this
and : but for the wickednesse of these
nations, the L O R D doeth driue them
out from before thee.
5 Not for thy righteousnesse, or for
the vprightnesse of thine heart , doest
thou goe to possesse their land : But for
the wickednesse of these nations the
LORD thy God doeth driue them out
?
rom before thee, and that he may per-
forme the word which the LORD
sware vnto thy fathers, Abraham, I-
saac and lacob.
6 Vnderstand therefore, that the
L O R D thy God giueth thee not this
good land to possesse it, for thy righte-
ousnesse ; for thou art a stiffe-necked
people.
7 IF Remember and forget not, how
thou prouokedst the L O R D thy Got
to wrath in the wildernesse : from the
day that thou didst depart out of the
land of Egypt, vntill ye came vnto this
place, yee haue bene rebellious against
the LORD.
8 Also in Horeb yee prouoked the
L O R D to wrath, so that the L O R D
was angry with you, to haue destroy-
ed you.
9 When I was gone vp into the
mount, to receiue the Tables of stone
euen the Tables of the Couenant which
the LORD made with you, then * I a- 18. • EXQd. 24.
and. 34.
bode in the mount fortie dayes, and for- 28.
tie nights, I neither did eate bread, nor
drinke water :
10 *And the LORD deliuered vnto • Exod. 31.
me two Tables of stone, written with 18.
the finger of God, and on them was writ-
ten according to all the words which the
L O R D spake with you in the mount
out of the midst of fire, in the day of the
assembly.
11 And it came to passe at the end o
fortie
The Tables broken, Chap.ix.x.
fortie dayes, and fortie nights, that the
LORD gaue mee the two Tables oi
stone, euen the Tables of the Couenant.
12 And the L O R D said vnto mee,
* Exod. 32. * Arise, get thee downe quickly from
7.
hence ; for thy people which thou hast
brought foorth out of Egypt, haue cor-
rupted ihemselues: they are quickly tur-
ned aside out of the way which I com-
manded them ; they haue made them a
molten image.
13 Furthermore, the L O R D spake
vnto me, saying, I haue seene this peo-
ple, and behold, it is a stifnecked people.
14 Let me alone, that I may destroy
them, and blot out their name from vn-
der heauen : and I will make of thee a
nation mightier and greater then they.
15 So I turned and came downe
from the mount, and the mount bur-
ned with fire : and the two Tables of
the Couenant were in my two hands.
16 And I looked, and behold, ye had
sinned against the L O R D your God,
and had made you a molten calfe: ye had
turned aside quickly out of the way
which the L O R D had commanded
you.
17 And I tooke the two Tables,
and cast them out of my two hands, and
brake them before your eyes.
18 And I fell downe before the
LORD, as at the first, fortie dayes and
fortie nights , I did neither eate bread
nor drinke water , because of all your
sinnes which ye sinned , in doing wic-
kedly in the sight of the LORD, to pro-
uoke him to anger.
19 (For I was afraid of the anger,
and whot displeasure wherewith the
L O R D was wroth against you, to de-
stroy you.) But the LORD hearkned
vnto me at that time also.
20 And the L O R D was very an-
*ry with Aaron, to haue destroyed
iiim : And I prayed for Aaron also the
same time.
21 And I tooke your sinne, the calfe
which ye had made, and burnt it with
fire, and stamped it, and ground it very
small, euen vntill it was as small as
dust : and I cast the dust thereof into the
brooke that descended out of the mount.
*Num. 11. 22 And at *Taberah, and at *Mas-
1,3.
* Exod. 17. sah, and at*Kibroth-Hattaauah, ye pro-
7. uoked the LORD to wrath.
* Num. 11,
34. 23 Likewise when the LORD sent
you from Kadesh Barnea, saying, Goe
vp and possesse the land which I haue
are renewed.
giuen you, then you rebelled against the
commandement of the LORD your
God, and ye beleeued him not, nor hear-
kened to his voyce.
24 You haue bin rebellious against
the LORD, from the day that I knew
you.
25 Thus I fell downe before the
LORD fourtie dayes, and fourtie
nights, aslfel downe at the first, because
the LORD had said, he would destroy
you.
26 I prayed therefore vnto the
LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, de-
stroy not thy people, and thine inheri-
tance, which thou hast redeemed
through thy greatnes, which thou hast
brought foorth out of Egypt, with a i
mightie hand.
27 Remember thy seruants, Abra-
ham, Isaac, and lacob, looke not vn-
to the stubburnnesse of this people, nor
to their wickednes, nor to their sinne :
28 Lest the land whence thou {
broughtest vs out, say, * Because the * Num. 14,
LORD was not able to bring them in- 16. i
to the land which hee promised them,
and because hee hated them, hee hath
brought them out, to slay them in the
wildernesse.
29 Yet they are thy people, and thine
inheritance which thou broughtest out
by thy mightie power, and by thy
stretched out arme.
C H A P . X.
1 Gods mercie in restoring the two Tables, 6
in continuing the Priesthood, 8 in separa-
ting the tribe of Leui, 10 in hearkening vn-
to Moses his suit for the people. 12 An ex-
hortation vnto obedience.
T that time the LORD
Ml
said vnto me, *Hew thee * Exod. 34.
two Tables of stone, like 1.
vnto the first, and come vp
vnto mee into the mount,
and make thee an Arke of wood.
2 And I will write on the Tables
the words that were in the first Tables
which thou brakest, and thou shalt put
them in the Arke.
3 And I made an Arke of Shittim
wood, and hewed two Tatles of stone
iike vnto the first, and went vp into the
mount, hauing the two Tables in mine
band.
4 And he wrote on the Tables, ac-
cording to the first writing, the tenne
tCom-
Aaron dieth. Deuteronomie.
t Hebr. t Commandements, which the L O R D
words.
spake vnto you in the mount, out of the
midst of the fire, in the day of the assem-
)ly : and the L O R D gaue them vn-
to me.
5 And I turned my selfe and came
downe from the mount, and put the
Tables in the Arke which I had made.
and there they be, as the LORD com-
manded me.
6 f And the children of Israel tooke
their iourney from Beeroth, of the chil-
* Num. 33. dren of laakan, to * Mosera; * there Aa-
30.
* Num. 20. ron died, and there he was buried, and
28. Eleazar his sonne ministred in the
Priests office in his stead.
7 From thence they iourneyed vn-
;o Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to
totbath, a land of riuers of waters.
8 1f At that time the L O R D se-
parated the tribe of Leui , to beare the
Arke of the Couenant of the LORD,
to stand before the LORD, to minister
vnto him, and to blesse in his Name,
vnto this day.
* Num. 18. 9 * Wherefore Leui hath no part
20.
nor inheritance with his brethren : the
L O R D is his inheritance, according
as the LORD thy God promised him.
10 And I stayed in the mount, accor-
II Or, fortie ding to the || first time, fortie dayes, and
dayes.
fortie nights : and the LORD hearke-
ned vnto mee at that time also, and the
LORD would not destroy thee.
11 And the LORD said vnto me, A-
t Hebr. goe rise, t take thy iourney before the people,
in tourney.
that they may goe in, and possesse the
land which I sware vnto their fathers
to giue vnto them.
12. 1f And now Israel, what doeth
the L O R D thy God require of thee,
but to feare the L O R D thy God, to
walke in all his waies, and to loue him,
and to serue the LORD thy God, with
all thy heart, and with all thy soule,
13 To keepe the Commandements
of the L O R D , and his Statutes,
which I commaund thee this day for
thy good ?
14 Behold, theheauen, & the heauen
of heauens is the L O R D S thy God,
* Psal.24.1. *the earth also, with all that therein is.
15 Onely the L O R D had a delight
in thy fathers, to loue them, and hee
chose their seed after them, euen you, a-
boue all people, as it is this day.
16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin
of your heart, and bee no more stiffe-
necked.
Exhortations.
17 For the LORD your God is God
of gods, and LORD of lords, a great
God, a mighty, and a terrible, which
*regardeth not persons, nor taketh re- * 2. Chron.
19. 7. iob
ward, 34. 19. acts.
18 He doeth execute the iudgement 2.10.11. 34. rom.
galat.
of the fatherlesse, and widow , and lo- 2. 6. ephes.
6. 9. col oss.
ueth the stranger, in giuing him food 3. 25. 1. pet.
and raiment. 1. 17-
19 Loue yee therefore the stranger :
for yee were strangers in the land of E-
gypt-
20 *Thou shalt feare the L O R D * Chap. 6.
thy God ; him shalt thou serue, and to 13. matt. 4.
10. luke 4.
him shalt thou *cleaue, and sweare by 8.
* Chap. 13.
his Name. 4.
21 He is thy praise, and he is thy God
that hath done for thee these great and
terrible things, which thine eyes haue
scene.
22 Thy fathers went downe into
Egypt * with threescore and ten per- * Gene. 46.
sons : and now the L O R D thy God 27. 5.
exod. i.
hath made thee *as the starres of hea- * Gene. 15.
5.
uen , for multitude.
C H A P . XL
1 An exhortation to obedience, 2 by their
owne experience of Gods great works, 8 by
promise of Gods great blessings, 16 and by
threatnings. ISA carefull study is required
in Gods words. 26 The blessing and curse
is set before them.
Herefore thou shalt loue
mm the LORD thy God, and
keepe his charge, and his
Statutes, and his Judge-
ments, and his Comman-
dements alway.
2 And know you this day : for /
spedke not with your children which
haue not knowen, and which haue not
seene the chastisement of the L O R D
your God, his greatnesse, his mighty
hand, and his stretched out arme,
3 And his miracles, and his actes,
which he did in the midst of Egypt, vn-
to Pharaoh the King of Egypt, and
vnto all his land,
4 And what hee did vnto the army
of Egypt, vnto their horses, and to their
charets, how he made the water of the
Red sea to ouerflow them as they pur-
sued after you, and how the L O R D
hath destroyed them vnto this day,
5 And what hee did vnto you in the
wildernesse, vntill yee came into this
place,
6 And
Promifes. to Chap.viij.
* Num. 16. 6 And * what he did vnto Dathan,
31. and 27.
3. psal. 106. and Abiram , the sonnes of Eliab the
17. sonne of Reuben : how the earth ope-
ned her mouth and swallowed them
vp , and their housholds , and their
II Or, lilting tents, and all the || substance that twas
substance
which fol- in their possession in the middest of all
lowed them. Israel.
t Heb. was
of their 7 But your eyes haue scene all the
feet. great acts of the LORD, which he did.
8 Therefore shall yee keepe all the
Comm an dements which I command
you this day , that ye may be strong and
goe in, and possess^ the land whither ye
goe to possesse it :
9 And that yee may prolong your
dayes in the lande which the L O R D
sware vnto your fathers to giue vnto
them, and to their seed, a land that flow-
eth with milke and hony.
10 f For the land whither thou go-
est in to possesse it, is not as the lande oi
Egypt from whence ye came out, where
thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it
with thy foot, as a garden of herbes :
11 But the lande whither ye goe to
possesse it, is a lande of hilles and val-
leys, and drinketh water of the raine of
heauen ;
12 A lande, which the L O R D thy
\ Heb. see- God tcareth for : the eyes of the LORD
keth>
thy God are alwayes vpon it, from the
beginning of the yeere , euen vnto the
end of the yeere.
13 IT And it shall come to passe, if you
shall hearken diligently vnto my Com-
mandements which I command you
this day, to loue the LORD your God,
and to serue him with all your heart,
and with all your soule ;
14 That I will giue you the raine
of your land in his due season, the first
raine and the latter raine, that thou
mayest gather in thy corne , and thy
wine, and thine oyle.
f Heb. giue. 15 And I will t send grasse in thy
fields for thy cattell, that thou mayest
eate and be full.
16 Take heede to your selues , that
your heart be not deceiued, and ye turne
aside, and serue other gods , and wor-
ship them;
17 And then the LORDS wrath
be kindled against you, and hee shut vp
the heauen, that there be no raine, and
that the land yeeld not her fruit, and lest
ye perish quickly from off the good
land which the LORD giueth you.
18 11 Therefore shall ye lay vp these
the obedient.
my words in your heart, and in your
soule, and * bind them for a signe vpon * Chap. 6. 8
your hand , that they may bee as front-
lets betweene your eyes.
19 And *ye shal teach them your chil- lv» * Chap. 4.
1 n CO
At D.
ft /«
1
dren, speaking of them, when thou sit-
test in thine house, and when thou wal-
kest by the way, when thou liest downe,
and when thou risest vp.
20 And thou shalt write them vpon
the doore posts of thine house, and vpon
thy gates :
21 That your dayes may bee multi-
plied, and the dayes of your children, in
the land which the L O R D sware vnto
your fathers to giue them, as the dayes
of heauen vpon the earth.
22 f For if ye shall diligently keepe
all these Commaundements which I
command you, to doe them, to loue the
LORD your God, to walke in all his
wayes, and to cleaue vnto him :
23 Then will the L O R D driue out
all these nations from before you, and
ye shall possesse greater nations , and
mightier then your selues.
24? * Euery place whereon the soles *Iosh. 1.3.
of your feet shall tread, shall be yours :
from the wildernesse, and Lebanon,
from the riuer, the riuer Euphrates, e-
uen vnto the vttermost sea, shall your
coast be.
25 There shall no man bee able to
stand before you: for the LORD your
God shall lay the feare of you, and the
dread of you vpon all the land that yee
shall tread vpon, as hee hath said vnto
you.
26 f Behold, I set before you this
day, a blessing and a curse :
27 * A blessing, if ye obey the Com- * Chap. 28.
mandements of the LORD your God *•
which I command you this day :
28 And a * curse, if ye will not obey *,5.Chap. 28.
the Commandements of the L O R D
your God , but turne aside out of the
way, which I command you this day,
to goe after other gods which yee haue
not knowen.
29 And it shall come to passe when
;he LORD thy God hath brought thee
in, vnto the land whither thou goest to
sossesse it, that thou shalt put *the bles- * Chap. 27.
3. iosn. 8.
sing vpon mount Gerizim , and the 33.
curse vpon mount Ebal.
30 Are they not on the other side
[ordan, by the way where the Sunne
goeth downe, in the land of the Canaa-
nites, which dwell in the champion o-
uer
The place of Deuteronomie.
er against Gilgal, beside the plaines of
Horen ?
31 For ye shall passe ouer lordan, to
oe in to possesse the land which the
1,0 RD your God giueth you, and ye
hall possesse it, and dwell therein.
* Chap. 5. 32 And yee shall obserue * to doe all
32.
be Statutes, and ludgements, which
set before you this day.
CHAP. XII.
1 Monuments of Idolatrie are to be destroyed.
5 The place of Gods seruice is to be kept 1 5.
23 Blood is forbidden. 17. 20. 26 Holy
things must bee eaten in the Holy place. 19
The Leuite is not to be forsaken. 29 Idola-
trie is not be inquired after.
££L&ffifce££!M Hese are the Statutes,
m
and ludgements, which
mm ye shal obserue to do, in the
land which the L O R D
God of thy fathers giueth
thee to possesse it, all the dayes that yee
iue vpon the earth.
* Chap. 7.
5
% * Yee shall vtterly destroy all the
)laces , wherein the nations which yee
« Or, inhe- shall || possesse, serued their gods, vpon
rite*
he high mountaines , and vpon the
ills, and vnder euery greene tree.
* ludg. 2. 2. 3 And * you shall t ouerthrow their
iHeb. break
downe. altars, and breake their pillars, and
burne their groues with fire , and you
shall hew downe the grauen images oi
their gods, and destroy the names oi
them out of that place.
4 Yee shall not doe so vnto the
LORD your God.
5 But vnto the place which the
* I.King. 8. L O R D your God shall * chuse out o:
29. 2. chro.
7. 12. all your tribes, to put his name there,
euen vnto his habitation shall yee seeke,
and thither thou shalt come :
6 And thither yee shall bring your
burnt offrings, and your sacrifices, an<
your tithes, and heaue offrings of your
hand, and your vowes, and your free
wil offerings, and the firstlings of your
beards, and of your flocks.
7 And there ye shall eate before the
LORD your God, and yee shall re-
ioyce in all that you put your hand vn-
to, ye and your housholds, wherein the
LORD thy God hath blessed thee.
8 Ye shall not do after all tie things
that we doe here this day, euery man
whatsoeuer is right in his owne eyes.
9 For yee are not as yet come to the
rest , and to the inheritance which the
burnt offrings.
LORD your God giueth you.
10 But when yee goe ouer lordan,
and dwel in the land which the LORD
rour God giueth you to inherite , and
when he giueth you rest from all your
enemies round about, so that ye dwell
in safety :
11 Then there shall be a place which
he L O R D your God shall choose to
cause his name to dwell there , thither
shall ye bring all that I command you ;
rour burnt offerings , and your sacri-
ices, your tithes, and the heaue offring
of your hand, & all tyour choice vowes, Heir, the
hoice of
which ye vow vnto the LORD. your vowes.
12 And yee shall reioyce before the
-jORD your God, ye and your sonnes
and your daughters, and your men ser-
uants, and your maid seruants, and the
L,euite that is within your gates, foras-
much as *hee hath no part nor inheri- 9 Chap. 10.
tance with you.
13 Take heed to thy selfe, that thou
offer not thy burnt offerings in euery
9.
)lace that thou seest :
14? But in the place which the
L.ORD shal choose in one of thy tribes,
there thou shalt offer thy burnt of-
erings, and there thou shalt do all that
[ command thee.
15 Notwithstanding, thou mayest
cill and eate flesh in all thy gates, what-
soeuer thy soule lusteth after, according
to the blessing of the L O U D thy God
which he hath giuen thee : the vncleane
and the cleane may eate thereof, as ol
the Roe bucke, and as of the Hart.
16 *Onely ye shall not eat the blood . * Chap. 15.
yee shall powre it vpon the earth as 23.
water.
17 1F Thou mayest not eate within
thy gates the tithe of thy corne, or of thy
wine, or of thy oyle, or the firstlings o
thy beards, or of thy flocke, nor any o
thy vowes which thou vowest, nor thy
Tree will offerings, or heaue offering o
thine hand :
18 But thou must eate them before
the LORD thy God, in the place which
the LORD thy God shall cnoose, thou
and thy sonne, and thy daughter, am
thy man seruant, and thy maid seruant
and the Leuite that is within thy
gates : and thou shalt reioyce before the
L O R D thy God, in all tnat thou put
test thine hands vnto. * Chap. 14*
19 *Take heed to thy selfe, that thou 27. ecchis.
7.31.
forsake not the Leuite, as tlong as thou i Hebr. all
liuest vpon the earth. thy dayes.
20 f When
iate no blood. Chap.xiij.
20 If When the LORD thy God
* Gene. 28. shall enlarge thy border, * as hee hath
14. chap.
19. 9. >romised thee , and thou shalt say , I
will eate flesh (because thy soule longeth
to eat flesh) thou mayest eat flesh what-
soeuer thy soule lusteth after;
21 If the place which the L O R D
hy God hath chosen to put his Name
here, be too farre from thee, then thou
shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flocke,
which the LORD hath giuen thee, as
'. haue commaunded thee, and thou
shalt eate in thy gates, whatsoeuer thy
soule lusteth after.
22 Euen as the Roe bucke and the
lart is eaten, so thou shalt eate them:
the vncleane and the cleane shall eate of
them alike.
t Heb. bee 23 Onely tbe sure that thou eate not
strong.
the blood : for the blood is the life, and
thou mayest not eate the life with the
flesh.
24 Thou shalt not eate it; thou shalt
)owre it vpon the earth as water.
25 Thou shalt not eate it, that it may
roe well with thee, and with thy chil-
dren after thee , when thou shalt doe
;hat which is right in the sight of the
LORD.
26 Onely thy holy things which
thou hast , and thy vowes , thou shalt
;ake, and goe vnto the place which the
LORD shall chuse.
27 And thou shalt offer thy burnt
offerings, the flesh and the blood, vpon
the altar of the L O R D thy God : and
the blood of thy sacrifices shall be pow-
red out vpon the altar of the L O R D
thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh.
28 Obserue & heare all these words
which I command thee, that it may go
well with thee, and with thy children
after thee for euer,when thou doest that
which is good and right in the sight ol
the LORD thy God.
29 1F When the L O R D thy God
shall cut off the nations from before
thee % whither thou goest to possesse
t Heb. inhe them, and thou t succeedest them, anc
ritest or pos
sessest them dwellest in their land :
30 Take heede to thy selfe that thou
t Heb. aflei be not snared tby following them, after
them.
that they be destroyed from before thee,
and that thou enquire not after their
gods , saying , How did these nations
serue their gods ? euen so will I doe
likewise.
t Heb. abo- 31 Thou shalt not doe so vnto the
mination 01
the. L O R D thy God : for euery tabomi-
Flee idolatrie.
nation to the LORD which hee ha-
teth, haue they done vnto their gods :
or euen their sonnes and their daugh-
ters they haue burnt in the fire to their
gods.
32 What thing soeuer I command * Chap. 4. 2
rou, obserue to doe it : * thou shalt not pro.
osh. 1. 7.
30; 6.
adde thereto, nor diminish from it. cue. 22. 18
CHAP. XIII.
1 Inticers to idolatrie, 6 how neere soeuer
vnto thee, 9 are to be stoned to death. 12
Idolatrous cities are not to be spared.
F there arise, among you
I
»ra
a prophet, or a dreamer of
dreames, and giueth thee
a signe, or a wonder :
2 And the signe or the
wonder come to passe, whereof he spake
vnto thee, saying, Let vs go after other
gods (which thou hast not knowen)
and let vs serue them :
3 Thou shalt not hearken vnto the
words of that prophet, or that dreamer
of dreames: for the L O R D your God
>rooueth you , to know whether you
oue the L O R D your God with all
rour heart, and with all your soule.
4 Ye shall walke after the L O R D
your God, and feare him, and keepe his
commandements, and obey his voyce,
and you shall serue him, and * cleaue* Chap, 11,
20*
vnto him.
5 And that prophet or that dreamer
of dreames shalbe put to death (because
ice hath t spoken to turne you away \Heb.spoken
reuolt o-
Tom the L O R D your God, which g-ainst the
brought you out of the land of Egypt, Lord.
and redeemed you out of the house of
bondage, to thrust thee out of the way
which the L O R D thy God comman-
ded thee to walke in) So shalt thou put
the euill away from the midst of thee.
6 H If thy brother, the sonne of thy
mother, or thy sonne, or thy daughter, ii
or the wife of thy bosome, or thy friend,
which is as thine owne soule, entise
thee secretly , saying , Let vs goe and
serue other gods which thou hast not
knowen, thou, nor thy fathers :
7 Namely of the gods of the people
which are round about you, nigh vnto
thee, or farre off from thee, from the
one end of the earth, euen vnto the other
end of the earth :
8 Thou shalt not consent vnto him
nor hearken vnto him , neither shal
thine eye pitie him, neither shalt thou
spare
 Deftroy Idolaters. Deuteronomie.
pare, neither shalt thou conceale him.
* Chap. 17. 9 But * thou shalt surely kill him :
?• Thine hand shall be first vpon him, to
nit him to death, and afterwards the
land of all the people.
10 And thou shalt stone him with
stones , that hee die : because hee hath
sought to thrust thee away from the
L O R D thy God, which brought thee
out of the land of Egypt,from the house
Hebr.bond. of t bondage.
men.
* Chap. 17. 11 And *all Israel shall heare, and
13. eare , and shall doe no more any such
wickednesse as this is, among you.
12 f If thou shalt heare say in one
of thy cities, which the L O R D thy
Sod hath giuen thee to dwell there,
saying,
II Oft naugh. 13 Certaine men, || the children oHJe-
tymen.
ial, are gone out from among you, and
laue withdrawen the inhabitants of
their citie, saying, Let vs goe & serue o-
ther gods, which ye haue not knowen :
14 Then shalt thou enquire and
make search , and aske diligently : and
jehold, if it be trueth , and the thing cer-
taine, that such abomination is wrought
among you :
15 Thou shalt surely smite the inha-
bitants of that citie witn the edge of the
sword, destroy ing it vtterly, and all that
is therein , and the cattell thereof, with
the edge of the sword.
16 And thou shalt gather all the
spoile of it, into the midst of the street
thereof, and shalt burne with fire the ci-
tie, and all the spoile thereof euery whit,
for the LORD thy God : and it shall be
an heape for euer, it shall not bee built
againe.
17 And there shall cleaue nought oi
\\ Or, deuo- the || cursed thing to thine hand, that the
ted. L O R D may turne from the fierce-
nesse of his anger, and shew thee mer-
cy, and haue compassion vpon thee, and
multiply thee, as he hath sworne vnto
thy fathers ;
18 When thou shalt hearken to the
voyce of the LORD thy God, to keepe
all his Commaundements which ]
command thee this day, to doe that
which is right in the eyes of the LORD
thy God.
C H A P . XI III.
1 Gods children are not to disfigure therhselues
in mourning. 3 What may, and what may
not be eaten, 4 of beasts, 9 of fishes, 11
of foules. 21 That which dieth of it selfe,
Meats cleane.
may not be eaten. 22 Tithes of diuine Ser-
uice. 23 Tithes and firstlings of reioycing
before the Lord. 28 The third yeeres tithe
of Almes and Charitie.
Ee are the children of the
m
LORD your God :
* yee shall not cutte your * Leuit. 19.
selues , nor make any 28.
baldnesse betweene your
eyes for the dead.
2 * For thou art an holy people vnto * Chap. 7.
the LORD thy God, and the LORD 6.18.and 26.
lath chosen thee to be a peculiar people
vnto himselfe , aboue all the nations
that are vpon the earth.
3 f Thou shalt not eate any abo-
minable thing.
4 * These are the beasts which yee * Leuit. H.
shall eate : the oxe, the sheepe, and the 2.
goat,
5 The Hart, and the Roe bucke, and
the fallow deere, and the wilde goat,
and the || Pygarg, and the wilde oxe, and Heb.
« Or, Bison.
Dishon
the chamois.
6 And euery beast that parteth the
loofe , and cleaueth the clift into two
clawes , and cheweth the cud amongst
the beasts : that ye shall eate.
7 Neuerthelesse these yee shall not
eate, of them that chew the cud , or of
them thatdiuide the clouen hoofe,ew the
camel, and the hare, and the cony : for
;hey chew the cudde, but diuide not the
boofe , therefore they are vncleane vn-
to you.
8 And the swine, because it diuideth
the hoofe, yet cheweth not the cud, it is
vncleane vnto you : ye shall not eate of
their flesh, nor touch their dead carkeise.
9 11 * These yee shall eate of all that * Leuit. ii.
are in the waters : all that haue finnes 9.
and scales shall ye eate :
10 And whatsoeuer hath not finnes
and scales, ye may not eat : it is vncleane
vnto you.
11 f Of all cleane birds ye shall eate.
12 But these are they of which ye shall
not eat : the Eagle, and the ossifrage,
and the ospray,
13 And the glede, and the kite, and
the vulture after his kinde,
14 And euery rauen after his kinde,
15 And the owle, & the night hawke,
and the cuckow , and the hawke after
his kinde,
16 The little owle, and the great
owle, and the swanne,
17 And the pellicane, and the Geer-
eagle, and the cormorant,
18 And
Tythes and offrings. Chap.xv.
18 And the Storke, and the Heron
after her kind, and the lapwing, and the
* Leuit. 11. *batte.
19.
19 And euery creeping thing that
flyeth,is vncleane vnto you : they shall
not be eaten.
£0 But of all cleane foules ye may eat.
21 f Ye shall not eate of any thing
that dieth of it selfe : thou shalt giue it
vnto the stranger that is in thy gates,
that he may eate it, or thou mayest sell it
vnto an alien : for thou art an holy peo-
* Esod. 23. ple vnto the LORD thy God. * Thou
19. and 34. shalt not seethe a kidde in his mothers
26,
milke.
22 Thou shalt truely tithe all the in-
crease of thy seede, that the field bring-
eth forth yeere by yeere.
23 And thou shalt eate before the
LOUD thy God, in the place which he
shall chuse to place his Name there, the
tithe of thy corne , of thy wine, and of
thine oyle, and the firstlings of thy
herdes, and of thy flockes : that thou
mayest learne to feare the LORD thy
God alwayes.
24 And if the way bee too long for
thee, so that thou art not able to carie it,
or if the place be too farre from thee,
which the LORD thy God shall chuse
to set his name there, when the LORD
thy God hath blessed thee :
25 Then shalt thou turne it into mo-
ney, and binde vp the money in thine
hand , and shalt goe vnto the place
which the LORD thy God shal chuse.
26 And thou shalt bestow that mo-
ney for whatsoeuer thy soule lusteth af-
ter, for oxen, or for sheepe,or for wine, or
for strong drinke, or for whatsoeuer thy
\Heb.asketh soule t desire th: and thou shalt eat there
oftteff.
before the LORD thy God, and thou
shalt reioyce, thou and thine houshold.
* Chap. 12. 27 And * the Leuite that is within
19.
thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him :
Por he hath no part nor inheritance with
thee.
28 f At the end of three yeres thou
shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine in-
crease the same yeere, and shalt lay it vp
within thy gates.
29 And the Leuite , because he hath
no part nor inheritance with thee, and
the stranger, and the fatherlesse,and the
widowe which are within thy gates,
shall come and shal eate, and be satisfied,
that the LORD thy God may blesse
thee , in all the worke of thine hande
which thou doest.
Releafing debts.
C H A P . XV.
1 The seuenth yeere a yeere of release for the
poore. 7 It must be no let of lending or gi-
uing. 12 An Ebrew seruant, 16 except hee
will not depart, must in the seuenth yeere goe
foorth free and well furnished. 19 All first-
lings males of the cattell are to bee sanctified
vnto the Lord.
T the end of * euery seuen * Leuit. 25.
yeeres thou shalt make a 2,4.
A
release.
2 And this is the ma-
ner of the release: Euery
t creditour that lendeth ought vnto t Heb. ma-
his neighbour , shall release it : hee ster of the
lending of
shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his hand.
his brother, because it is called the
LORDS release.
3 Of a forreiner thou mayest exact
it againe : but that which is thine with
thy brother, thine hand shall release.
4 || Saue when there shall bee no « Or, to the
poore among you : for the LORD shal end that
there be no
greatly blesse thee in the land which the you. among
poore
LORD thy God giueth thee for an in-
heritance to possesse it *.
5 Onely if thou carefully hearken
vnto the voice of the LORD thy God,
to obserue to doe all these commande-
dements, which I commaund thee
this day.
6 For the LORD thy God blesseth
thee, as he promised thee , and * thou 12. * Chap. 28.
shalt lend vnto many nations, but thou
shalt not borrow, and thou shalt reigne
ouer many nations, but they shall not
reigne ouer thee.
7 IT If there be among you a poore
man of one of thy brethren within any
of thy gates , in thy lande which the
LORD thy God giueth thee, thou shalt
not harden thy heart; nor shut thine
hand from thy poore brother :
8 * But thou shalt open thine hand * Mat. 5. 42
wide vrito him, and shalt surely lend luke 6. 34.
him sufficient for his neede, in that
which he wanteth.
9 Beware that there bee not a
t thought in thy t wicked heart, saying, tHeb. word.
The seuenth yeere, the yeere of release Wieb. Belial
is at hand, and thine eye be euill against
thy poore brother, and thou giuest him
nought, and hee crie vnto the L O R D
against thee, and it be sinne vnto thee.
10 Thou shalt surely giue him, and
thine heart shall not bee grieued when
thou giuest vnto him : because that for
this thing the LORD thy God shall
blesse
Of freedome. Deuteronomie.
blesse thee in all thy workes, and in all
that thou pattest thine hand vnto.
11 For the poore shall neuer cease out
of the land: therefore I command thee,
saying , Thou shalt open thine hand
wide vnto thy brother , to thy poore,
and. to thy needy in the land.
* Kxod. 21. 12 IT And *if thy brother, an Hebrew
2. iere. 34.
U. man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold vn-
to thee , and serue thee sixe yeres, then in
the seuenth yeere thou shalt let him goe
free from thee.
13 And when thou sendest him out
free from thee, thou shalt not let him go
away emptie :
14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally
out of thy flocke, and out of thy floore,
and out of thy wine presse, of that
wherewith the LORD thy God hath
blessed thee thou shalt giue vnto him.
15 And thou shalt remember that
thou wast a bondman in the land of E-
gypt, and the L O R D thy God redee-
med thee : therefore I command thee
this thing to day.
16 And it shall be if he say vnto thee,
I will not goe away from thee, because
he loueth thee, and thine house, because
he is well with thee :
* Exod. 21. 17 * Then thou shalt take an aule,
6.
and thrust it through his eare vnto the
doore , and hee shall be thy seruant for
euer : and also vnto thy mayd seruant
thou shalt doe likewise.
18 It shall not seeme hard vnto thee
when thou sendest him away free from
thee : for hee hath bene worth a double
hired seruant to thee , in seruing thee
sixe yeeres : and the LORD thy God
shall blesse thee in all that thou doest.
* Exod. 34. 19 f *A11 the firstling males that
19.
come of thy heard, and of thy flock, thou
shalt sanctifie vnto the LORD thy
God : thou shalt doe no worke with the
firstling of thy bullocke, nor sheare the
firstling of thy sheepe.
20 Thou shalt eate it before the
LORD thy God yeere by yeere, in the
place which the L O R D shall choose,
thou and thy houshold.
* Leuit. 22.
20. cha. 17.
21 *And if there be any blemish there-
l. ecclus. in ; as if it be lame,or blinde,orAawe any ill
35. 12.
blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it vnto
the LORD thy God.
22 Thou shalt eate it within thy
gates : the vncleane and the cleane per-
son shall eat it alike, as the Roe bu.cke.
* Chap. 12.
and as the Hart.
16, 23. 23 * Onely thou shalt hot eate the
Solerane feafts.
blood thereof: thou shalt powre it vpon
the ground as water.
CHAP. XVI.
1 The feast of the Passeouer, 9 of Weekes,
13 of Tabernacles. 16 Euery male must
offer, as he is able, at these three Feasts. 18 Of
ludges and Justice. 22 Groues and Ima-
ges are forbidden.
Bserue *the fnoneth of A- * Exod. 12.
O
2. &C.
bib, and keepe the Passeo-
uer vuto the L O R D thy
God : for *in the moneth 4.* Exod. 13.
of Abib the L O R D thy
God brought thee foorth out of Egypt
by night.
2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the
Passeouer vnto the L O R D thy God,
of the flocke and the heard,in the *place •Chap. 12.
which the LORD shall choose to place 5.
his name there.
3 * Thou shalt eat no leauened bread *15.Exod. 12.
with it : seuen dayes shalt thou eat vn-
leauened bread therewith , euen the
bread of affliction, (for thou earnest forth
out of the land of Egypt in haste) that
thou mayest remember the day when
thou earnest foorth out of the land of E-
gypt, all the dayes of thy life.
4 *And there shall bee no leauened 25. * Exod. 34.-
bread scene with thee in all thy coasts
seuen dayes , neither shall there any
thing of the flesh , which thou sacri-
ficedst the first day at Euen , remaine all
night, vntill the morning.
5 Thou mayest not || sacrifice the II Or, kill.
Passeouer within any of the gates,
which the L O R D thy God giueth
thee.
6 But at the place which the LORD
thy God shall choose to place his Name
in, there thou shalt sacrifice the Passe-
ouer at Euen, at the going downe of the
Sunne, at the season that thou earnest
foorth out of Egypt.
7 And thou shalt roste and eate it in
the place which the L O R D thy God
shall choose, and thou shalt turne in the
morning, and goe vnto thy tents.
8 Sixe dayes thou shalt eate vn-
leauened bread, and on the seuenth
day shall be a tsolemne assembly to the t Hebr. re-
L O R D thy God : thou shalt doe no straint.
worke therein.
9 11 * Seuen weekes shalt thou * Leuit. 23.
number vnto thee : beginne to number J5.
the seuen weekes, from such time as thou
beginnest tQ pyt the sickle to the ,coriie.
10 And
 Judges and Officers. Chap.xvij.
10 And thou shalt keepe the feast oi
weekes vnto the LORD thy God with
H Or, suffici- || a tribute of a free will offering of thine
encie. hand , which thou shalt giue vnto the
LOED thy God, according as the
LORD thy God hath blessed thee.
11 And thou shalt reioyce before the
LORD thy God, thou, and thy sonne,
and thy daughter, and thy man seruant
and thy maid seruant, and the Leuite
that is within thy gates, and the stran-
ger, and the fatherlesse, and the widow,
that are among you, in the place which
the LORD thy God hath chosen to
place his Name there.
12 And thou shalt remember that
thou wast a bondman in Egypt : and
thou shalt obserue & do these Statutes.
13 f Thou shalt obserue the feast of
Tabernacles seuen dayes , after that
\ ffeb.Jtoore thou hast gathered in thy tcorne , and
and thy wine
presse. thy wine.
14 And thou shalt reioice in thy feast,
thou, and thy sonne, and thy daughter,
and thy man seruant, and thy maid ser-
uant, and the Leuite, the stranger, and
the fatherlesse, and the widow, that are
within thy gates.
15 Seuen dayes shalt thou keepe a
solemne feast vnto the LORD thy
God, in the place which -the LORD
shall chuse : because the LORD thy
God shall blesse thee in all thy increase,
and in all the workes of thine handes,
therefore thou shalt surely reioyce.
* Exod. 23. 16 ^F * Three times in a yeere shal all
14. and 34.
25. thy males appeare before the LORD
thy God, in the place which hee shall
chuse : in the feast of Vnleauened bread,
and in the feast of Weekes, and in the
feast of Tabernacles : and they shal not
* Ecclus. appeare before the LORD * emptie.
35. 4.
\ Heh, accor- 17 Euery man shall giue t as hee is
ding to the able , according to the blessing of the
Wfl 0/vi w
ffiffn-fltmo
hand. LORD thy God, which he hath giuen
thee.
18 H Judges and officers shalt thou
make thee in all thy gates which the
LORD thy God giueth thee through-
out thy tribes : and they shall iudge the
people with iust Judgement.
19 Thou shalt not wrest iudgement,
* Exod. 23. thou shalt not respect persons, * neither
a.
take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes
lOr^mafters of the wise, and peruert the ||wordes of
the righteous.
\Heb.iu-
stice, iustice,
20 That which is t altogether iust
shalt thou followe, that thou mayest
Hue , and inherite the land which the
Of idolatrie.
LORD thy God giueth thee.
21 f Thou shalt not plant thee a
groue of any trees neere vnto the Altar
of the LORD thy God, which thou
shalt make thee :
22 * Neither shalt thou set thee vp a- * Lcuit. 26.
ny || image, which the LORD thy God i.IIOr, stat,ue,
hateth. or pillar.
C H A P . XVII.
1 The things sacrificed must bee sound. 2 Ido-
laters must bee slaine. 8 Hard controuersies
are to bee determined by the Priests and-Iud-
ges. 12 The contemner of that Determina-
tion must die. 14 The election, 16 and
duetie of a King.
Hou shalt not sacrifice vn-
mm to the LORD thy God
any bullocke, or || sheepe II Or, goat.
wherein is blemish, or any
euilfauourednes : for that
is an abomination vnto the LORD
thy God.
2 1F If there bee found among you
within any of thy gates which the
LORD thy God giueth thee, man or
woman that hath wrought wickednes
in the sight of the LORD thy God, in
transgressing his couenant,
3 And hath gone and serued other
rods, and worshipped them, either the
Sunne, or Moone, or any of the hoste
of heauen, which I haue not com-
manded,
4 And it be told thee, and thou hast
beard of it, and inquired diligently, and
behold, it be true,a?xd the thing certaine,
that such abomination is wrought in
Israel :
5 Then shalt thou bring forth that
man, or that woman (which haue com-
mitted that wicked thing) vnto thy
gates, euen that man, or that woman,
and shalt stone them with stones till
they die.
6 * At the mouth of two witnesses,* Num. 36.
or three witnesses, shall he that is wor- 30. chap. 17.
6. & 19. 15.
mat.
thy of death, be put to death : but at the ohn 8.18.17.16.
mouth of one witnesse he shall not bee . cor. 13. 1.
heb. 10. 28.
put to death.
7 The hands of the witnesses shall
be first vpon him , to put him to death,
and afterward the hands of all the peo-
ple : so thou shalt put the euil away from
among you.
8 H If there arise a matter too hard
for thee in iudgement, betweene blood
and blood, betweene plea and plea, and
betweene stroke and stroke, being mat-
ters
The excercife Deuteronomie.
ters of controuersie within thy gates :
then shall thou arise, and get thee vp in-
to the place, which the LORD thy
God shall choose ;
9 And thou shall come vnto the
Priests the Leuites, & vnto the ludge
that shal be in those dayes, and enquire;
and they shall shew thee the sentence of
ludgement.
10 And thou shall doe according to
the sentence which they of that place
(which the L O R D shall choose) shall
shew thee, and thou shalt obserue to do
according to all that they enforme thee:
11 According to the sentence of the
Law which they shall teach thee, and
according to the ludgement which
they shall tell thee thou shalt doe : thou
shalt not decline from the Sentence
which they shall shew thee, to the right
hand, nor to the left.
12 And the man that will doe pre-
t Hebr. not sumptuously, tand will not hearken
to hearken.
vnto the Priest (that standeth to mi-
nister there before the L O R D thy
God) or vnto the ludge, euen that man
shall die, and thou shalt put away the
euill from Israel.
13 And all the people shal heare, and
feare, and doe no more presumptuously.
14? If When thou art come vnto the
l land which the L O R D thy God gi-
ueth thee, and shalt possesse it, and shalt
dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a
King ouer mee, like as all the nations
thai are about me :
15 Thou shalt in any wise set him
King ouer thee, whom the L O R D
thy God shall choose. One from among
thy brethren shall thou sel King ouer
thee : ihou mayest not set a stranger o-
uer thee, which is not thy brother.
16 But he shall not multiply horses
to himselfe, nor cause the people to re-
turne to Egypt , to the ende that hee
should multiply horses : for as much as
the LORD hath said vnto you, Yee
shall hencefoorth returne no more that
way.
17 Neither shall he multiply wiues
to himselfe, that his heart turne not a-
way : neither shall hee greatly multiply
to himselfe siluer and gold.
18 And it shall be when he sitteth vp-
on ihe Throne of his kingdome, that he
shall write him a copy of this Law in a
booke y out of that which is before the
Priests the Leuites.
19 And it shall be with him, and hee
of the King.
shall reade therein all the dayes of his
ife, that hee may learne to feare the
LORD his God, to keep all the words
of this Law, and these Statutes, to do
them:
20 That his heart bee not lifted vp
aboue his brethren, and that hee turne
not aside from the Commandement, to
the right hand, or to the left: to the end
that hee may prolong his dayes in his
kingdome, hee, and his children in the
midst of Israel.
C H A P . XVIII.
1 The Lord is the Priests and Leuites inheri-
tance. 3 The Priests due. 6 The Leuites
portion. 9 The abominations of the Nati-
ons are to bee auovded. 15 Christ the Pro-
phet is to be heard. 20 The presumptuous
prophet is to die.
He Priests, the Leuites,
II
and all the tribe of Leui,
* shall haue no part nor in- * Num. 18.
20. chap.
heritance with Israel : 10. 9.
they * shall eate the offer- * i.Corin.
9 13.
ings of the L O R D made by fire, and
his inheritance.
2 Therefore shall they haue no in-
heritance among their brethren: the
LORD is their inheritance, as he hath
said vnto them.
3 If And this shalbe the Priests due
from the people, from them thai offer a
sacrifice, whelher il bee oxe or sheepe :
and they shall giue vnto the Priest the
shoulder, and the two cheekes, and the
maw.
4 The first fruit also of thy corne, of
thy wine , and of thy oyle, and the first
of the fleece of thy sheepe , shalt thou
giue him.
5 For the L O R D thy God hath
chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand
to minister in the Name of the LORD,
him, and his sonnes for euer.
6 1F And if a Leuite come from any
of thy gates out of all Israel, where he
soiourned, and come with all the desire
of his minde, vnto the place which the
LORD shall choose ;
7 Then hee shall minister in the
Name of the L O R D his God, as all
his brethren the Leuites doe , which
sland there before the LORD.
8 They shall haue like portions to
eate, beside t that which commeth of the sale*
iHebr.hii
by (he
sale of his patrimonie fathert.
9 If When thou art come mlo the
land
Falfe prophets. Chap.xix.
land which the LORD thy God giueth
thee, thou shalt not learne to doe after
the abominations of those nations.
10 There shall not be found among
you any one that maketh his sonne, or
* Leult. 18. his daughter *to passe thorow the fire,
1.
or that vseth diuinatiou, or an obseruer
of times, or an inchanter, or a witch,
* Leult. 20. 11 * Or a charmer, or a consulter with
27.
* i. Sara. familiar spirits, or a wyzard, or a * Ne-
28. 7. cromancer.
12 For all that do these things, are an
abomination vnto the L O R D : and
because of these abominations , the
LORD thy God doth driue them out
from before thee.
!! Or} upright 13 Thou shalt bee ||perfite with the
or sincere.
LORD thy God.
14 For these nations which thou
1 Or, inherit shalt Upossesse, hearkened vnto obser-
uers of times, and vnto diuiners: but
as for thee, the LORD thy God hath
not suffered thee so to doe.
* loh. 1. 45 15 11 *The L O R D thy God will
acts 3. 21.
and 7- 37. raise vp vnto thee a Prophet from the
midst of thee, of thy brethren, like vnto
me, vnto him ye shall hearken,
16 According to all that thou desiredst
of the LORD thy God in Horeb, in the
* Exod. 20. day of the assembly, saying^ *Let mee
19.
not heare again the voice of the LORD
my God, neither let mee see this great
fire any more, that I die not.
17 And the L O R D said vnto mee,
They haue well spoken that which they
haue spoken.
* lohni. 18 * I will raise them vp a Prophet
46. acts 3.
21. &. 7.37. from among their brethren, like vnto
thee, and will put my wordes in his
mouth, and hee shall speake vnto them
all that I shall command him.
19 And it shall come to passe, that
whosoeuer will not hearken vnto my
words , which hee shall speake in my
name, I will require it of him.
20 But the prophet which shall pre-
sume to speake a word in my name,
which I haue not commanded him to
speake, or that shall speake in the name
of other gods , euen that prophet
shall die.
21 And if thou say in thine heart,
How shall wee know the word which
the LORD hath not spoken P
22 When a prophet speaketh in the
name of the LORD , if the thing fol-
low not, nor come to passe, that is the
thing which the LORD hath not spo-
ken, but the prophet hath spoken it pre-
Cities of refuge.
sumptuously : thou shalt not bee afraid
of him.
C H A P . XIX.
1 The Cities of refuge. 4 The priuiledge
thereof for the manslayer. 14 The land-
marke is not to be remooued. 15 Two wit-
nesses at the least. 16 The punishment of
a false witnesse.
Hen the LORD thy God
121
*hath cut off the nations, * Chap. is.
whose lande the L O R D 29.
thy God giueth thee, and
thoutsucceedest them, and t Heb. tnA*.
ritest, orpos-
dwellest in their cities, and in their sessest.
houses:
2 *Thou shalt separate three cities * Exod. 21.
for thee in the midst of thy land, which 13. num. 35
10. iosh. 20
the L O R D thy God giueth thee to 2.
possesse it.
3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way,
and diuide the coasts of thy land (which
the LORD thy God giueth thee to in-
herit) into three parts, that euery slayer
may flee thither.
4 IF And this is the case of the slayer
which shall flee thither, that hee may
liue : who so killeth his neighbour ig-
norantly, whom he hated not tin time t Heb. from
past, yesterday
the third
5 As when a man goeth into the day.
wood with his neighbor, to hew wood,
and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the
axe to cut downe the tree, and the t head t Heb. yron.
slippeth from the thelue, and tlighteth t Heb. wood.
t Heb. Jin-
vpon his neighbour that he die, he shall deth.
flee vnto one of those cities, and liue :
6 Lest the auenger of the blood
pursue the slaier, while his heart is hot,
and puertake him, because the way is
long, and tslay him, whereas he was t Heb. smite
not worthy of death, in as much as hee him in life.
hated him not tin time past. t Heb. from
7 Wherefore I command thee, say- yesterday,
third day.
ing, Thou shalt separate three cities for
thee.
8 And if the L O R D thy God en-
large thy coast (as he hath sworne vnto
thy fathers) and giue thee all the lande
which hee promised to giue vnto thy
fathers :
9 (If thou shalt *keepe all these * Chap. 12.
commandements to doe them , which 20.
I command thee this day , to loue the
LORD thy God, and to walke euer in
his wayes) *then shalt thou adde three * Iosh. 20. 7
cities moe for thee, beside these three:
10 That innocent blood be not shed
in thy land which the LORD thy God
giueth
A falfe witneffe. Deuteronomie.
giueth thee for an inheritance , and so
blood be vpon thee.
1 1 11 But if any man hate his neigh-
bour and lie in wait for him, and rise vp
t Hebr. in against him, and smite him t mortally
life* that hee die, and fleeth into one of these
Cities:
12 Then the Elders of his citie shall
send and fetch him thence, and deliuer
him into the hand of the auenger of
blood, that he may die.
1 3 Thine eye shall not pittie him, but
thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent
blood from Israel, that it may goe wel
with thee.
14 U Thou shalt not remooue thy
neighbours Zand-marke, which they of
old time haue set in thine inheritance,
which thou shalt inherite, in the land
that the L O R D thy God giueth thee
to possesse it.
* Chap. 17.
6. hebr. 10.
15 If *One witnesse shall not rise vp
28. numb. against a man for any iniquitie, or for a-
35. 30. mat ny sinne, in any sinne that he sinneth : at
18. 16. ioh.
8. 17. 2. cor. the mouth of two witnesses, or at the
13. 1. hebr.
10. 28. mouth of three witnesses, shall the mat-
ter be stablished.
16 f If a false witnes rise vp against
II Or, falling any man to testifie || against him that
away* which is wrong :
17 Then both the men betweene
whom the controuersie is, shall stand
before the LORD, before the Priests,
and the ludges, which shall be in those
dayes.
18 And the ludges shall make dili-
gent inquisition : and behold, if the wit-
nesse be a false witnesse, and hath testi-
fied falsly against his brother :
* Prou. 19. 19 *Then shall ye doe vnto him, as
5, 9. dan. 13.
62. he had thought to haue done vnto his
brother : so shalt thou put the euil away
from among you.
20 And those which remaine shall
heare, and feare, and shall hencefoorth
commit no more any such euill among
you.
21 And thine eye shall not pitie, but
* Exod. «. *life shall goe for life, eye for eye, tooth for
23. leuit.
24. 20. mat. tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
5. 38.
C H A P . XX.
1 The Priests exhortation to encourage the
people to battell. 5 The officers proclama-
tion who are to be dismissed from the warre.
10 How to vse the Cities that accept or re-
fuse the proclamation of peace. 16 What
Cities must bee deuoted. 1 9 Trees of mans
meat must not be destroyed in the siege.
Offer peace.
Hen thou goest out to bat-
HHen thou goest out o bat-
tell against thine enemies,
and seest horses and cha-
rets, and a people more
then thou, be not afraid of
them : for the LORD thy God is with
thee, which brought thee vp out of the
land of Egypt.
2 And it shall bee when ye are come
nigh vnto the battell , that the Priest
shall approach and spealce vnto the
people,
3 And shall say vnto them, Heare
0 Israel, you approach this day vnto
battell against your enemies : let not
your hearts t faint, feare not, and doe t Hebr be
no.t t tremble, neither be ye terrified be- tender.
t Hebr.make
cause of them. haste.
4 For the L O R D your God is hee
that goeth with you, to fight for you a-
gainst your enemies, to saue you.
5 f And the Officers shall speake
vnto the people, saying, What man is
there that hath built a new house, and
hath not dedicated it ? let him goe and
returne to his house, lest hee die in the
battell, and an other man dedicate it.
6 And what man is hee that hath
planted a Vineyard, and hath not yet
i eaten of it? let him also go and returne t Heb. made
vnto his house, lest he die in the battell, itSeecommon
Leuit.
:
and an other man eate of it. 19. 23.
7 *And what man Is there that hath * Chap. 24.
betrothed a wife , and hath not taken 5.
her ? let him goe and returne vnto his
house, lest he die in battell, and another
man take her,
8 And the Officers shall speake fur-
ther vnto the people: and they shall say,
* What man is there that is fearefull and * lUdg. 7. 3.
faint hearted? let him goe and returne
vnto his house, lest his brethrens heart
t faint as well as his heart. t Hebr. melt.
9 And it shall be when the Officers
haue made an end of speaking vnto the
people, that they shall make Captaines
of the armies to tleade the people. ttfe&r.tobe
10 IT When thou commest nigh vnto ofin the the head
people.
a City to fight against it, then proclaime
peace vnto it.
11 And it shall be, if it make thee an-
swere of peace, and open vnto thee, then
it shalbe that all the people that is found
therein, shall be tributaries vnto thee,
and they shall serue thee.
12 And if it will make no peace with i
i
thee, but will make warre against thee,
then thou shalt besiege it.
13 And when the L O R D thy God
hath
Of murder that Chap.xxj.
hath deliuered it into thine hands, thou
shah smite euery male thereof with the
edge of the sword.
14 But the women , and the litle
* losh. 8. 2. ones, and *the cattell, and all that is in
the citie, £M£n all the spoile thereof, shah
\Heb.spotie thou t take vnto thy selfe,and thou shalt
eate the spoile of thine enemies, which
the LORD thy God hath giuen thee.
15 Thus snalt thou doe vnto all the
cities which are very far off from thee.
which are not of the cities of these na-
tions.
16 But of the cities of these people
which the LORD thy God doth giue
thee for an inheritance, thou shah saue
aliue nothing that breatheth :
17 But thou shalt vtterly destroy
them, namely, the Hittites, and the Amo-
rites , the Canaanites , and the Periz-
zites , the Hiuites, and the lebusites,
as the LORD thy God hath comman-
ded thee :
18 That they teach you not to do af-
ter all their abominations, which they
haue done vnto their gods, so should ye
sinne against the LORD your God.
19 IF When thou shalt besiege a citie
a long time, in making warre against
it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the
trees thereof, by forcing an axe against
them : for thou mayest eate of them, and
(iOr.y&r, 0 thou shah not cut them downe (|| for the
man the tree
o/thefield tree of the field is mans life) t to employ
is to be em- them in the siege.
ployed in tte
siege. 20 Only the trees which thou know-
MIeb. to goe
from before est that they be not trees for meate, thou
thee. shah destroy, and cut them downe , and
thou shalt build bulwarkes against the
city that maketh warre with thee, vntil
t Hebr. it t it be subdued.
come dvwne.
CHAP. XXI.
1 The expiation of an vncertaine murder. 10
The vsage of a captiue taken to wife. 1 5 The
first borne is not to be disinherited vpon pri-
uate affection. 18 A stubburne sonne is to
bee stoned to death. 22 The malefactour
must not hang all night on a tree.
F one bee found slaine in
i
the lande, which the
L O R D thy God giueth
thee to possesse it, lying in
the fielde , and it bee not
knowen who hath slaine him :
2 Then thy Elders and thy lud-
ges shall come forth,and they shall mea-
sure vnto the cities which are round a-
bout him that is slaine.
is not knowen.
3 And it shall be that the citie which
is next vnto the slaine man, euen theEl-
ders of that citie shall take an heifer
which hath not bene wrought with, and
which hath not drawen in the yoke.
4 And the Elders of that citie shall
bring downe the heifer vnto a rough
valley, which is neither eared nor sow-
en, and shall strike off the heifers necke
there in the valley.
5 And the Priests the sonnes of Leui
shall come neere (for them the LORD
thy God hath chosen to minister vnto
him, and to blesse in the Name of the
LORD:) and by their tworde shall \Heb.mouth
euery controuersie and euery stroke
bee tried.
6 And all the Elders of that city that
are next vnto the slaine man, shal wash
their hands ouer the heifer that is be-
headed in the valley.
7 And they shall answere, and say,
Our hands haue not shedde this blood,
neither haue our eyes seene it.
8 Be merciful, O LORD, vnto thy
people Israel, whom thou hast redee-
med, and lay not innocent blood t vnto \Heb. in the
thy people of Israels charge , and the middest.
blood shall be forgiuen them.
9 So shalt thou put away the guilt
of innocent blood from among you,
when thou shalt do that which is right
in the sight of the LORD. -
10 IF When thou goest forth to warre
against thine enemies, and the LORD
thy God hath deliuered them into thine
hands, & thou hast taken them captiue,
11 And seest among the captiues a
beautifull woman, and hast a desire vn-
to her, that thou wouldest haue her to
thy wife :
12 Then thou shah bring her home
to thine house, and shee shall shaue her
head, and || pare her nailes. 1 Or, suffer
togrow.hel
13 And shee shall put the raiment of make or
her captiuitie from off her, and shall re- drexse.
maine in thine house, and bewaile her
father and her mother a full moneth :
and after that, thou shah go in vnto her
and be her husband, and she shall be thy
wife.
14 And it shall be if thou haue no de-
light in her, then thou shah let her goe
whither she will, but thou shalt not sell
her at al for money, thou shalt not make
merchandize of her , because thou hast
humbled her.
15 IF If a man haue two wiues, one
beloued and another hated, and they
haue
The firft borne. Deuteronomie.
haue borne him children, both the belo-
ued, and the hated: and if the first borne
sonne be hers that was hated :
16 Then it shall be, when he maketh
his sonnes to inherite that which hee
hath, that he may not make the sonne of
the beloued, first borne, before the sonne
of the hated , which is indeed the first
borne :
17 But hee shall acknowledge the
sonne of the hated for the first borne, by
tHebr.that giuing him a double portion of all t that
is found
with hiin. hee hath : for hee is the beginning of
his strength; the right of the first borne
is his.
IS IF If a man haue a stubborn e and
rebellious sonne , which will not obey
the voice of his father, or the voice of his
mother, and that when they haue cha-
stened him, wil not hearken vnto them :
19 Then shall his father and his mo-
ther lay hold on him, and bring him out
vnto the Elders of his citie, and vnto
the gate of his place :
20 And they shall say vnto the El-
ders of his citie , This our sonne is stub-
borne, and rebellious, hee will not obey
our voice: he is a glutton, & a drunkard.
21 And all the men of his city shall
stone him with stones, that hee die : so
shalt thou put euill away from among
you, and all Israel shall heare, & feare.
22 1F And if a man haue committed
a sinne worthy of death, and he be to be
put to death , and thou hang him on
a tree :
23 His body shall not remaine all
night vpon the tree, but thou shalt in a-
* GaL3. 13. ny wise bury him that day : for * he that
IHebr.the is hanged, is t accursed of God: that thy
curse of land be not defiled, which the LORD
God.
thy God giueth thee for an inheritance.
C H A P . XXII.
1 Of humanitie toward brethren. 5 The sexe
is to bee distinguished by apparell. 6 The
dam is not to be taken with her yong ones. 8
The house must haue battlements. 9 Con-
fusion is to be auoyded. 12 Fringes vpon the
vesture. 13 The punishment of him that
slandereth his wife. 20. 22 Of adulterie, 25
of rape, 28 and of fornication. 30 Incest.
* Exod. 23, Hou * shalt not see thy bro-
1M
4.
thers oxe, or his sheepe go
astray, and hide thy selfe
from them : thou shalt in
any case bring them a-
gaine vnto thy brother.
Apparell.
2 And if thy brother be not nigh vn-
to thee, or if thou know him not , then
thou shalt bring it vnto thine owne
house, and it shall be with thee,vntil thy
brother seeke after it, and thou shalt re-
store it to him again e.
3 In like maner shalt thou do with
his asse , and so shalt thou doe with his
raiment • and with all lost thing of thy
brothers which he hath lost, and thou
hast found, shalt thou do likewise : thou
mayest not hide thy selfe.
4 IF Thou shalt not see thy brothers
asse or his oxe fall downe by the way,
and hide thy selfe from them : thou
shalt surely helpe him to lift them vp
againe.
5 IF The woman shall not weare
that which pertaineth vnto a man, nei-
ther shall a man put on a womans gar-
ment : for all that doe so, are abominati-
on vnto the LORD thy God.
6 11 If a birds nest chance to be be-
fore thee in the way in any tree, or on the
ground, whether they be yong ones, or
egges , and the damme sitting vpon the
yong, or vpon the egges, thou shalt not
take the damme with the yong.
7 But thou shalt in any wise let the
damme goe, and take the yong to thee,
that it may be well with thee, and that
thou mayest prolong thy dayes.
8 1T When thou buildest a new house,
then thou shalt make a battlement for
thy roofe, that thou bring not blood vp-
on thine house , if any man fall from
thence.
9 IT Thou shalt not sow thy vine-
yard with diuers seeds : lest the t fruit of IHebr.ful-
nesse of the
thy seed which thou hast sowen , and seed.
the fruit of thy Vineyard be defiled.
10 IF Thou shalt not plow with an
oxe and an asse together.
11 IF * Thou shalt not weare a gar- *Leuit. 19.
ment of diuers sorts, as of woollen, and 19.
linnen together.
12 1f Thou shalt make thee *fringes *Num. is.
vpon the foure t quarters of thy ve- 38.
WIebr.
sture, wherewith thou couerest thy selfe. wings.
13 IF If any man take a wife, and go
in vnto her, and hate her,
14 And giue occasions of speach o-
gainst tier, and brin g vp an euill name vp-
on her, and say, I tooke this woman,
and when I came to her , I found her
not a mayd :
15 Then shal the father of the damo-
sell, and her mother take, and bring
forth the tokens of the damosels virgi-
nitie.
The puniftiment Chap.xxiij.
nitie, vnto the Elders of the citie in the
gate.
16 And the damosels father shall say
vnto the Elders, I gaue my daughter
vnto this man to wife, & he hateth her :
17 And loe, he hath giuen occasions
of speech against her, saying, I found not
thy daughter a maid : and yet these are
the tokens of my daughters virginity ;
and they shall spread the cloth before the
Elders of the citie.
18 And the Elders of that citie shall
take that man, and chastise him.
19 And they shall amearse him in an
hundred shekels of siluer, and giue them
vnto the father of the damosell, because
he hath brought vp an euill name vpon
a virgine of Israel : and she shall be his
wife, hee may not put her away all his
dayes.
20 But if this thing be true, and the
tokens of virginitie be not found for the
damosel :
21 Then they shall bring out the
damosell to the doore of her fathers
house, and the men ofher city shal stone
her with stones that she die, because she
hath wrought folly in Israel, to play
the whore in her fathers house : so shalt
thou put euill away from among you.
* Leuit 20. 22 If * If a man be found lying with
10,
a woman married to an husband, then
they shall both of them A\e,both the man
that lay with the woman, and the wo-
man : so shalt thou put away euill from
Israel.
23 If If a damosell that is a virgin be
betrothed vnto an husband, and a man
find her in the citie, and lie with her :
24 Then yee shall bring them both
out vnto the gate of that citie, and yee
shall stone them with stones that they
die ; the damosel, because shee cried not,
beingin the citie ; and the man, because he
hath humbled his neighbours wife • so
thou shalt put away euill from among
you.
25 1F But if a man find a betrothed
II Or, take damosel in the field, and the man || force
strong hold
ofher. her, and lie with her : then the man on-
ly that lay with her, shall die.
26 But vnto the damosel thou shalt
doe nothing, there is in the damosel no
sinne worthy of death : for as when a
man riseth against his neighbour, and
slayeth him, euen so is this matter.
27 For he found her in the field, and
the betrothed damosel cried, and there
was none to saue her.
of whoredome.
28 If * If a man finde a damosel that * Exod. 22.
is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and 16.
lay hold on her, and lie with her, and
they be found :
29 Then the man that lay with her,
shall giue vnto the damosels father fifty
shekels of siluer, and she shalbe his wife,
because he hath humbled her : he may
not put her away all his dayes.
30 If * A man shall not take his fa- * Leuit. 18*
thers wife, nor discouer his fathers 8.
skirt.
C H A R XXIIL
1 Who may or may not enter into the Congre-
gation. 9 Vncleannesse to bee auoided in
the hoste. 15 Of the fugitiue seruant. 17
Of filthinesse. 18 Of abominable sacrifices.
19Ofvsury. SlOfvowes. 24 Of trespasses.
Ee that is wounded in the
m stones, or hath his priuie
member cut off, shall not
enter into the Congregati-
on of the LORD.
2 A bastard shall not enter into the
Congregation of the L O R D : euen to
his tenth generation shall he not enter
into the Congregation of the LORD.
3 * An Ammonite, or Moabite shall * Nehem,
13. )•
not enter into the Congregation of the
LORD, euen to their tenth generation
shall they not enter into the Congrega-
tion of the LORD for euer,
4 Because they met you not with
bread and with water in the way when
ye cam e forth out of Egypt, and * because * Num. 23.
they hired against thee Balaam the son 5,6.
of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to
curse thee.
5 Neuerthelesse , the LORD thy
God would not hearken vnto Bala-
am: but the L O R D thy God turned
the curse into a blessing vnto thee, be-
cause the LORD thy God loued thee.
6 Thou shalt not seek their peace, nor
their t prosperity all thy dayes for euer. t Heb. good,
7 11 Thou shalt not abhorre an E-
domitCj for he is thy brother : thou shalt
not abhorre an Egyptian, because thou
wast a stranger in his land.
8 The children that are begotten of
them, shal enter into the cogregation of
the LORD, in their third generation.
9 IT When the hoste goeth foorth a-
gainst thine enemies , then keepe thee
from euery wicked thing.
10 If If there bee among you any
man that is not cleane, by reason of vn-
cleannesse that chanceth him by night,
then
 3f vowes. Deuteronomie.
hen shall hee goe abroad out of the
campe , hee shall not come within the
campe.
IHebr.tur- 11 But it shalbe when euening tcom-
neth toward.
meth on, he shall wash himselfe with wa-
er : and when the Sunne is downe, he
shall come into the campe againe.
12 IF Thou shalt haue a place also
without the campe , whither thou shalt
joe foorth abroad.
13 And thou shalt haue a paddle vp-
on thy weapon : and it shall be when
iHebr.sit- thou t wilt ease thy selfe abroad , thou
test downe.
shalt digge therewith , and shalt turne
jacke and couer that which conimeth
:rom thee.
14 For the LORD thy God wal-
ieth in the midst of thy campe, to deli-
uer thee, and to giue vp thine enemies
before thee : therefore shall thy campe
Hebr. na- be holy, that he see tno vncleane thing
kednesse of
any thing. in thee, and turne away from thee.
15 IT Thou shalt not deliuer vnto
bis master, the seruant which is escaped
from his master vnto thee.
16 He shall dwell with thee , euen a-
mong you , in that place which he shall
ihebr.te choose , in one of thy gates where it tli-
rood foT
Aim. keth him best : thou shalt not oppresse
him.
1 Or, Sodo. 17 IF There shalbe no (I whore of the
mitesse.
daughters of Israel, nor a Sodomite
of the sonnes of Israel.
18 Thou shalt not bring the hire oi
a whore, or the price of a dogge into the
house of the LOUD thy God for any
vow : for euen both these are abomina-
tion vnto the LORD thy God.
* Exod. 22. 19 IF *Thou shalt not lend vpon v-
15. leuit.
25. 36. psal. sury to thy brother ; vsury of money,
15. 5. vsury of victuals , vsury of any thing
that is lent vpon vsury.
20 Vnto a stranger thou maiest lenc
vpon vsury , but vnto thy brother thou
shalt not lend vpon vsury : that the
LORD thy God may blesse thee, in ali
that thou settest thine hand to , in the
land whither thou goest to possesse it.
*Eccles. 5. 21 IT * When thou shalt vow a vow
3.
vnto the LORD thy God, thou shalt
not slacke to pay it : for the LORD thy
God will surely require it of thee ; anc
it would be sinne in thee.
22 But if thou shalt forbeare to vow,
it shall be no sinne in thee.
23 That which is gone out of thy
lippes , thou shalt keepe and performe;
euen a freewill offering according as
thou hast vowed vnto the LOR.D thy
Of diuorce.
God , which thou hast promised with
thy mouth.
24 IT When thou commest into thy
neighbors Vineyard, then thou mayest
eate grapes thy fill , at thine owne plea-
sure , but thou shalt not put any in thy
vessell.
25 When thou commest into the stan-
ding corne of thy neighbours , * then *Matt. 12.
l. mar. 2.
;hou maiest plucke the eares with thine 23. luke 6.
land : but thou shalt not mooue a sickle
vnto thy neighbours standing corne.
C H A P . XXIIII.
1 Of diuorce. 5 A new maried man goeth not
to warre. 6. 10 Of pledges. 7 Of man-
stealers. 8 Of leprosie. 14 The hire is to be
ciuen. ISOflustice. 19 Of Charitie.
Hen * a man hath taken a * Matt. 5.
m
wife and married her, and 31. and 19.
7. mar. lu. 4.
it come to passe that shee
find no fauour in his eyes,
because hee hath found
some t vncleannesse in her : then let him • Hebr. mat-
ter ofnaked*
write her a bill of t diuorcement , and nesse.
sjiue it in her hand , and send her out of Hebr. cut-
ting off.
Sis house.
2 And when shee is departed out of
his house, she may goe and be another
mans wife.
3 And if the latter husband hate
her, and write her a bill of diuorcement,
and giueth it in her hand , and sendeth
her out of his house : Or if the latter
husband die, which tooke her to be his
wife,
4 Her former husband which sent
her away , may not take her againe to
be his wife, after that she is defiled : for
that is abomination before the LORD,
and th.ou shalt not cause the land to
sinne , which the LORD thy God gi-
ueth thee for an inheritance.
5 11 * When a man hath taken a "Chap, 20,
new wife, he shai not goe out to warre, 7. t ffebr. not
neither t shall hee be charged with any any thing
shall passe
businesse : but hee shall be free at home vpon him.
one yeere, and shall cheere vp his wife
which he hath taken.
6 H No man shall take the nether
or the vpper milstone to pledge : for hee
taketh a mans life to pledge.
7 IF If a man bee found stealing a-
ny of his brethren of the children of Is-
rael, and maketh merchandize of him,
or selleth him : then that thiefe shall die,
and thou shalt put euill away from a-
mong you.
8 1T Take
Of lending. Chap.xxv.
* Leuit 13. 8 f Take heede, in * the plague o
2.
leprosie , that thou obserue diligently
and doe according to all that the Priests
the Leuites shall teach you : as I com-
manded them, so ye shall obserue to doe
9 Remember what the LORD
* Num. 12. thy God did * vnto Miriam by the way
10.
after that yee were come forth out oi
Egypt.
t Heb. lend .10 f When thou doest tlend thy bro-
the loane of
any thing to ther any thing, thou shalt not goe into
4* his house to fetch his pledge.
11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the
man to whome thou doest lend, shall
bring out the pledge abroad vnto thee.
1-2 And if the man be poore, thou shalt
not sleepe with his pledge :
13 In any case thou shalt deliuer him
the pledge againe when the Sun goeth
downe, that he may sleepe in his owne
raiment, and blesse thee: and it shall be
righteousnesse vnto thee before the
LORD thy God.
14 IF Thou shalt not oppresse an hi-
red seruant that is poore and needy, whe-
ther he be of thy brethren, or of thy stran-
gers that are in thy lande within thy
jates.
* Leult. 19.
13. tob. 4.
15 At his day * thou shalt giue him his
14. hire, neither shall the Sun goe downe
\Heb. tee vpon it, for he is poore, and tsetteth his
ifteth his
soulevntoit. beart vpon it, lest hee crie against thee
vnto the LORD, and it bee sinne vnto
thee.
* 2. Kings
4. 6. 2. chr.
16 * The fathers shall not bee put to
25. 4. ier. death for the children, neither shall the
31. 29. 30.
ezek. 18. 20 children be put to death for the fathers :
euery man shall be put to death for his
owne sinne.
17 IF Thou shalt not peruert the
udgement of the stranger , nor of the
iatherles, nor take a widowes raiment
to pledge.
18 But thou shalt remember that
;hou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the
LORD thy God redeemed thee thence :
therefore I command thee to doe this
thing.
* Leuit. 19.
9. & 23. 22.
19 IF * When thou cuttest downe
thine haruest in thy field , and hast for-
jot a sheafe in thefield, thou shalt not go
againe to fetch it : it shalbe for the stran-
ger, for the fatherlesse, and for the wi-
low : that the L O R D thy God may
)lesse thee in all the worke of thine
lands.
Heb. thou 20 When thou beatest thine oliue tree
halt not
tough it af-
thou shalt not tgoe ouer the boughes a-
erthee. jaine : it shall be for the stranger, for the
Railing feed
fatherlesse, and for the widow.
21 When thou gatherest the grapes
of thy vineyard, thou shalt not gleane
it tafterward, it shalbe for the stranger, t Heb. after
for the fatherlesse, and for the widow. thee.
22 And thou shalt remember that
thou wast a bondman in the land of E-
gypt : therfore I command thee to doe
this thing.
CHAP. XXV.
1 Stripes must not exceed fortie. 4 The Oxe
is not to be xnusled. 5 Of raising seed vnto a
brother. 11 Of the immodest woman. 1'
Of vniust weights. 17 The memorie of A-
malek is to be blotted out.
F there bee a controuersie
m
betweene men, and they
come vnto iudgment, that
theludges m ay iudge them,
then they shall iustifie the
righteous, and condemne the wicked.
2 And it shall be, if the wicked man
3e worthy to be beaten, that the Iudge
shall cause him to lie downe, and to bee
Beaten before his face, according to his
fault, by a certaine number.
3 * Fourtie stripes he may giue him, 24. *2.Cor. n.
and not exceed: lest if he should exceede,
and beate him aboue these, with many
stripes, then thy brother should seeme
vile vnto thee.
4 IF *Thou shalt not mussell the *1. tim. l.Cor. 9. 9
5. ib
oxe when he treadeth out the corne. Hebr.
5 IT * If brethren dwell together, forestieth.
* Matt. 22.
and one of them die, and haue no child, 24. mar. 12.
the wife of the dead shall not marrie 28. 19. luk. 20.
without , vnto a stranger : her || hus- Or, next
)ands brother shall go in vnto her, and tinsemcnt.
take her to him to wife, and performe
the duetie of an husbands brother vn-
to her.
6 And it shall be, that the first borne
which she beareth, shall succeede in the
name of his brother which is dead, that
lis name be not put out of Israel.
7 And if the man like not to take
lis || brothers wife, then let his brothers Or, next
kinsemans
wife go vp to the gate, vnto the Elders, wife.
and say, *My husbands brother refii- * Ruth 3. 9.
eth to raise vp vnto his brother a name
n Israel : he will not performe the du-
ie of my husbands brother.
8 Then the Elders of his citie shall
call him and speake vnto him : and if he
tand to it, and say, I like not to take her:
9 Then shal his brothers wife come
vnto him in the presence of the Elders,
and loose his shooe from off his foote,
and
[uft weights &c. Deuteronomie.
and spit in his face, and shall answere,
and say, So shall it bee done vnto that
man that will not build vp his bro-
thers house.
10 And his name shall bee called in
Israel, the house of him that hath his
shooe loosed.
11 IT When men striue together one
with another, and the wife of the one
draweth neere , for to deliuer her hus-
)and out of the hand of him that smi-
teth him , and putteth foorth her hand
and taketh him by the secrets :
12 Then thou shalt cut off her hand,
thine eye shall not pi tie her.
13 IF Thou shalt not haue in thy
tffebr. a 3agge tdiuers weights, a great, and a
stone and a
stone. small.
14 Thou shalt not haue in thine
I! Hebr. an louse tdiuers measures, a great, and a
Ephah, and
an Ephah. small.
11
15 But thou shalt haue a perfect and
iust weight, a perfect and iust measure
shalt thou haue : that thy dayes may
bee lengthened in the land which the
LORD thy God giueth thee.
16 For all that doe such things, and
all that doe vnrighteously, are an abo-
mination vnto the LORD thy God.
* Exod. 17. 17 11 * Remember what Amalek
a.
did vnto thee by the way, when ye were
come foorth out of Egypt :
18 How he met thee by the way, and
smote the hindmost of thee, euen all that
were feeble behinde thee, when thou
wast faint and weary; and he feared not
God.
19 Therefore it shall bee when the
L O R D thy God hath giuen thee rest
from all thine enemies round about, in
the land which the L O R D thy God
giueth thee for an inheritance to pos-
sesse it; that thou shalt blot out the re-
membrance of Amalek from vnder
heauen : thou shalt not forget it.
C H A P . XXVI.
J The confession of him that offereth the bas-
ket of First fruits. 12 The prayer of him that
giueth his third yeere Tithes. 1 6 The coue-
nant betweene God and the people.
Nd it shall be when thou
A art come in vnto the lane
which the L O R D gi-
ueth thee for an inheri-
tance, and possessest it, anc
dwellest therein :
2 That thou shalt take of the first
Firft fruits.
of all the fruit of the earth, which thou
shalt bring of thy land that the LORD
thy God giueth thee, and shalt put it in a
msket, and shah goe vnto the place
which the LORD thy God shal choose
to place his Name there .
3 And thou shalt goe vnto the Priest
that shall be in those dayes, and say vn-
to him , I professe this day vnto the
LORD thy God, that I am come vn-
to the countrey which the L O R D
sware vnto our fathers for to giue vs.
4 And the Priest shall take the bas-
set out of thine hand, and set it downe
before the Altar of the LORD thy
God.
5 And thou shalt speake and say be-
fore the L O R D thy God, A Syrian
ready to perish was my father, and hee
went downe into Egypt, and soiourned
there with a few , and became there a
nation, great, mighty, and populous.
6 And the Egyptians euil intreated
vs, and afflicted vs, and layd vpon vs
hard bondage.
7 And when wee cryed vnto the
LORD God of our fathers , the
LORD heard our voyce, and looked
on our affliction, and our labour, and
our oppression.
8 And the L O R D brought vs
foorth out of Egypt with a mightie
hand, and with an out-stretched arme,
and with great terriblenesse , and with
signes, and with wonders.
9 And he hath brought vs into this
place, and hath giuen vs this land, euen
a land that floweth with milke and
honie.
10 And now behold, I haue brought
the First fruits of the land, which thou.
O LORD, hast giuen mee : and thou
shalt set it before the LORD thy God,
and worship before the L O R D thy
God.
11 And thou shalt reioyce in euery
good thing, which the L O R D thy
God hath giuen vnto thee, and vnto
thine house, thou, and the Leuite, and
the stranger that is among you.
12 11 When thou hast made an end of
tithing all the tithes of thine increase,
the third yeere,which is *the yeere of ty- * Chap, 14.
thing , and hast giuen it vnto the Le- 28.
uite , the stranger, the fatherlesse, anc
the widow, that they may eate within
thy gates, and befilled:
13 Then thou shalt say before the
LORD thy God, I haue brought
away
Exhortations Chap.xxvij.
away the hallowed things out of mine
louse, and also haue giuen them vnto
the Leuite, and vnto the stranger, to
the fatherlesse, and to the widow, accor-
ling to all thy commandements, which
thou hast commanded me: I haue not
transgressed thy commandements, nei-
ther naue I forgotten them.
141 haue not eaten thereof in my
mourning, neither haue I taken away
ought thereof for any vncleane vse, nor
fiuen ought thereof for the dead : but
' haue hearkened to the voyce of the
liORD my God, and haue done ac-
cording to all that thou hast commaun-
ded me.
* Esa. 63.15 15 *Looke downe from thy holy ha-
)itation, from heauen, and blesse thy
>eople Israel, and the land which thou
last giuen vs, as thou swarest vnto our
athers, a land that floweth with milke
and hony.
16 f This day the LORD thy God
lath commanded thee to doe these Sta-
tutes and ludgements : thou shalt
therefore keepe and doe them with all
thine heart, and with all thy soule.
17 Thou hast auouched the L O R D
;his day to be thy God, and to walke in
lis wayes, and to keepe his Statutes,
and his Commaundements, and his
[udgements, and to hearken vnto his
voice.
* Chap. 7.6 18 And *the LORD hath auouched
thee this day to be his peculiar people,
as he hath promised thee, and that thou
shouldest keepe all his Commaunde-
ments :
19 And to make thee high aboue all
nations which he hath made, in praise
and in name, and in honour, and that
thou mayest be an holy people vnto the
LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.
C H A R XXVII.
1 The people are commanded to write the
Law vpon stones, 5 and to build an Altar of
whole stones. 11 The Tribes diuided on
Gerizzim and Ebal. 14 The curses pronoun-
ced on mount Ebal.
Nd Moses with the El-
A ders of Israel commaun-
ded the people,, saying,
Keepe all the Comman-
dements which I com-
mand you this day.
< Josh. 4.1. 2 And it shall be on the day * when
K)u shall passe ouer lordan, vnto the
nd which the LORD thy God giueth
to obedience.
hee, that thou shalt set thee vp great
stones, and plaister them with plaister.
3 And thou shalt write vpon them
all the words of this Law when thou
art passed ouer, that thou mayest goe in
vnto the land which the L O R D thy
God giueth thee, 3 land that floweth
with milke and hony, as the L O R D
•rod of thy fathers hath promised thee.
4 Therefore it shall be when ye bee
rone ouer lordan, that yee shall set vp
;hese stones, which I command you
his day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt
)laister them with plaister.
5 And there shalt thou build an Al-
tar vnto the LORD thy God, an altar
of stones : * thou shalt not lift vp any * Exod. 20. *
25. iosh,
rron toole vpon them. 8.31,
6 Thou shalt build the Altar of the
LORD thy God of whole stones : and
thou shalt offer burnt offerings theron
vnto the LORD thy God.
7 And thou shalt offer peace offe-
rings, and shalt eate there, and reioyce
>efore the LORD thy God.
8 And thou shalt write vpon the
stones all the words of this Law very
dainely.
9 1T And Moses, and the Priestes
;he Leuites, spake vnto all Israel, say-
ing, Take heed, and hearken O Israel,
this day thou art become the people of
the LORD thy God.
10 Thou shalt therefore obey the
voyce of the LORD thy God, and doe
his Commandeinents, and his Sta-
tutes which I command thee this day.
11 II And Moses charged the people
the same day, saying,
12 These shall stand vpon mount
Gerizzim to blesse the people, when yee
are come ouer lordan: Simeon, and
Leui, and ludah, and Issachar, and
loseph, and Beniamin.
13 And these shall stand vpon mount
Ebal tto curse: Reuben, Gad, and A- t Hebr.for
sher, and Zebulun, Dan, & Naphtali. a cursing.
14 if And *the Leuites shal speake, * Dan. 9.11
and say vnto all the men of Israel with
a loud voyce:
15 Cursed be the man that maketh a-
ny grauen or molten image, an abomi-
nation vnto the LORD, the worke oi
the handes of the craftesman, and put-
teth it in a secret place: and all the peo-
ple shall answere and say, Amen.
16 Cursed be he that setteth light by
his father or his mother: and all the
people shall say, Amen.
17Cur-
Bleffings for Deuteronomie.
17 Cursed be he that remooueth his
neighbours land-marke: and all the
people shall say, Amen.
18 Cursed be hee that maketh the
blinde to wander out of the way : and
all the people shall say, Amen.
19 Cursed be hee that peruerteth the
Judgement of the stranger, fatherlesse,
and widow : and all the people shall
say, Amen.
20 Cursed be hee that lieth with his
fathers wife, because he vncouereth his
fathers skirt: and all the people shall
say, Amen.
21 Cursed be hee that lieth with any
maner of beast: and all the people shall
say, Amen.
22 Cursed be hee that lieth with his
sister, the daughter of his father, or the
daughter of his mother : and all the
people shall say, Amen.
23 Cursed be hee that lieth with his
mother in law : and all the people shall
say, Amen.
24 Cursed be hee that smiteth his
neighbour secretly : and all the people
shall say, Amen.
* Ezech, 22. 25 * Cursed be he that taketh reward
12.
to slay an innocent person: and all the
people shall say, Amen.
* GaL 3.10. 2o * Cursed be hee that confirmeth
not all the words of this Law to doe
them: and al the people shal say, Amen.
CHAP. XXVIII.
1 The blessings for Obedience. 15 The cur-
ses for disobedience.
Nd it shall come to passe,
B
* Leuit. 26.
3. * if thou shalt hearken di-
ligently vnto the voyce of
the L O R D thy God, to
nfisprnp n.nrJ. in Hnp all Vns
Commandements which I command
thee this day ; that the LORD thy God
will set thee on high aboue all nations
of the earth.
2 And all these blessings shall come
on thee, and ouertake thee, if thou shalt
hearken vnto the voice of the L O R D
thy God.
3 Blessed shalt thou bee in the citie,
and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy bo-
dy, and the fruit of thy ground, and the
fruit of thy cattell, the increase of thy
kine, and the flocks of thy sheepe.
jj Or, dough, 5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy
or,"kneading
fr&ughcSt t store.
the obedient.
6 Blessed shalt thou bee when thou
commest in , and blessed shalt thou bee
when thou goest out.
7 The L O R D shall cause thine
enemies that rise vp against thee, to bee
smitten before thy face: they shall come
out against thee one way, and flee be-
fore thee seuen wayes.
8 The L O R D shall command the
blessing vpon thee in thy || store-houses, Or, barnes.
and in all that thou settest thine hand
vnto, and he shall blesse thee in the land
which the LORD thy God giueth
thee.
9 The LORD shall establish thee
an holy people vnto himselfe, as hee
hath sworne vnto thee, if thou shalt
keepe the Commaundements of the
LORD thy God, and walke in his
wayes.
10 And all people of the earth shall
see, that thou art called by the Name of
the LORD, and they shall bee afraid
of thee.
11 And *the LORD shal make thee * Chap. 30,
etc.
plenteous ||in goods, in the fruit of thy 9.II Or, for
tbody, and in the fruit of thycattell,and good.
iHebr.telly.
in the fruit of thy ground, in the land
which the L O R D sware vnto thy fa-
thers to giue thee.
12 The LORD shal open vnto thee
his good treasure, the heauen to giue
the raine vnto thy land in his season,
and to blesse all the worke of thine
hand : and *thou shalt lend vnto many * Chap. 15,
nations, and thou shalt not borrow, 6.
13 And the LORD shall make thee
the head, and not the taile, and thou
shalt be aboue onely, and thou shalt not
be beneath : if that thou hearken vnto
the Commandements of the L O R D
thy God, which I command thee this
day, to obserue, and to doe them:
14 And thou shalt not go aside from
any of the wordes which I command
thee this day, to the right hand, or to
the left, to goe after other gods, to serue
them.
15 IF But it shal come to passe, * if thou * Leuit. 26.
wilt not hearken vnto the voyce of the 2.14.17. lament.
mala.
LORD thy God, to obserue to doe all 2.i. 2.20.baruc.
his Commandements and his Sta-
tutes, which I command thee this day,
that all these curses shall come vpon
thee, and ouertake thee.
16 Cursed shalt thou be in thecity,and
cursed shalt thou be in the field.
17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy
store.
18 Cursed
Curfes for Chap.xxviij.
18 Cursed shalbe the fruit of thy body,
and the fruit of thy land, the increase of
thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheepe.
19 Cursed shalt thou bee when thou
commest in, and cursed shalt thou bee
when thou goest out.
20 The LORD shall send vpon
thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in
all that thou settest thine hand vnto,
t Heb. which t for to doe, vntill thou be destroyed, and
thou woul-
destdoe. vntill thou perish quickely, because of
the wickednesse of thy doings, where-
by thou hast forsaken me.
21 The L O R D shall make the pe-
stilence cleaue vnto thee, vntill he haue
consumed thee from off the land, whi-
ther thou goest to possesse it.
* Leuit. 26. 22 *The L O R D shall smite thee
16.
with a consumption, and with a feuer,
and with an inflammation, & with an
II Or, drought extreme burning, and with the || sword,
and with blasting, and with mildewe:
and they shall pursue thee vntill thou
perish.
23 And the heauen that is ouer thy
head shall be brasse, and the earth that
is vnder thee shall be yron.
24 The LORD shall make the
raine of thy land powder & dust: from
heauen shall it come downe vpon thee,
vntill thou be destroyed.
25 The L O R D shall cause thee to
be smitten before thine enemies : thou
shalt go out one way against them, and
flee seuen wayes before them, and shalt
t Heb. for a be tremoued into all the kingdomes of
remoutng.
the earth.
26 And thy carkeise shalbe meat vn-
to all foules of the aire, and vnto the
beasts of the earth, and no man shall
fray them away.
27 The LORD wil smite thee with
the botch of Egypt, and with the erne-
rods, and with the scabbe, and with
the itch , whereof thou canst not bee
healed.
28 The L O R D shall smite thee
with madnesse, and blindnesse, and a-
stonishment of heart.
29 And thou shalt grope at noone
dayes, as the blind gropeth in darknes,
and thou shalt not prosper in thy waies:
and thou shalt be onely oppressed, and
spoiled euermore, and no man shal saue
thee.
30 Thou shalt betrothe a wife, and
another man shall lie with her: thou
* Deut, 20.
shalt build an house, and thou shalt not
6. dwell therein : *thou shalt plant a vine-
disobedience.
yard, and shalt not t gather the grapes t Hebr. pro-
ghane, orvse
thereof. it as com,"
31 Thine oxe shall be slaine before men meat.
thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat there-
of: thine asse shall be violently taken a-
way from before thy face, and tshal not t Heb. shall
be restored to thee: thy sheepe shall bee not returne
to thee, £c.
giuen vnto thine enemies, and thou
shalt haue none to rescue them.
32 Thy sonnes, and thy daughters
shall be giuen vnto another people, and
thine eyes shal looke, and faile with lon-
ging for them al the day long: and there
shall be no might in thine hand.
33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy
labours, shall a nation which thou
knowest jiot, eate vp : and thou shalt
be onely oppressed and crushed alway:
34? So that thou shalt bee mad, for
the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt
see.
35 The LOED shall smite thee in
the knees, and in the legges with a sore
botch that cannot bee healed, from the
sole of thy foot, vnto the top of thy head.
36 The LORD shal bring thee, and
thy king which thou shalt set ouer thee,
vnto a nation which neither thou, nor
thy fathers haue kriowen, and there
shalt thou serue other gods, wood and
stone.
37 And thou shalt become *an asto- * J. King. 9
nishment, a prouerbe, and a by-worde, 7. ier. 24. 9.
and 25. 9.
among all nations whither the LORD
shall leade thee.
38 *Thou shalt carie much seede out * Mica.«.
into the field, and shalt gather but litle 15.
1.6.
agge.
in : for the locust shall consume it.
39 Thou shalt plant vineyards and
dresse them, but shalt neither drinke of
the wine, nor gather the grapes: for the
wormes shall eate them.
40 Thou shalt haue Oliue trees
throughout al thy coasts, but thou shalt
not anoint thy selfe with the oyle : for
thine Oliue shall cast his fruit.
41 Thou shalt beget sonnes and
daughters, but tthou shalt not enioy t Hebr. they
them: for they shall goe into captiuitie. shall
thine.
not be
42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land
shall the locusts t consume. I! Or^possesse
43 The stranger that is within thee
shall get vp aboue thee very high: and
thou shalt come downe very low.
44 He shall lend to thee, and thou
shalt not lend to him: he shall bee the
head, and thou shalt be the taile.
45 Moreouer, all these curses shall
come vpon thee, and shall pursue thee,
and
Blagues and Deuteronomie.
and ouertake thee, til thou be destroied:
jecause thou hearkenedst not vnto the
voice of the LORD thy God, to keepe
lis Commandements, and his Sta-
tutes which he commanded thee.
46 And they shall be vpon thee for a
signe, and for a wonder, and vpon thy
seed for euer:
47 Because thou seruedst not the
L.ORD thy God with ioyfulnesse, .and
with gladnesse of heart, for the aboun-
dance of all things.
48 Therefore shalt thou serue thine
enemies, which the LORD shall send
against thee, in hunger, and in thirst,
and in nakednesse, and in want of all
things: and he shall put a yoke of iron
vpon thy necke, vntill he haueTdestroy-
ed thee.
49 The L O R D shall bring a na-
tion against thee from farre, from the
end of the earth, as swift as the Eagle
leeth, a nation whose tongue thou
iHehhearc* shalt not tvnderstand:
t Heb. strong 50 A nation tof fierce countenance,
efface.
which shal not regard the person of the
old, nor shew fauour to the yong:
51 And hee shall eat the fruit of thy
cattell, and the fruit of thy land, vntil]
;hou be destroyed: which also shall not
[eaue thee either corne, wine, or oyle, or
the increase of thy kine, or flockes of thy
sheepe, vntill he haue destroyed thee.
52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy
gates, vntill thy high and fenced walles
come downe therein thou trustedsi
throughout all thy land: and hee shal
besiege thee in all thy gates, throughout
all thy land which the LORD thy
God hath giuen thee.
• Lcuit. 26. 53 And * thou shalt eate the fruit of
29. 2. king.
6. 29. lam. thine owne tbody, the flesh of thy
4. SO. ba- sonnes, and of thy daughters (which
ruc. 2. 3.
t Hebr. the LORD thy God hath giuen thee'
belly. in the siege, and in the straitnesse where-
with thine enemies shall distresse thee.
54 So that the man that is tender a-
mong you, and very delicate, his eye
shalbe euill toward nis brother, and to-
ward the wife of his bosome, and to-
wards the remnant of his children
which he shall leaue:
55 So that he wil not giue to any o
them of the flesh of his children whom
he shall eate :-because hee hath nothing
left him in the siege, and in the strait-
nesse wherewith thine enemies shal di-
stresse thee, in all thy gates.
56 The tender and delicate woman
threatenings.
among you, which would not aduen-
ture to set the sole of her foote vpon the
ground, for delicatenesse and tender-
lesse, her eye shall be euill towards the
msband of her bosome, and towards
ler sonne, and towards her daughter,
57 And towards her tyong one that t Hebr. af.
commeth out from betweene her feete, ter-Wr/A.
and towards her children which shee
shall beare: for shee shall eate them for
want of all things secretly in the siege
and straitnes, wherewith thine enemie
shall distresse thee in thy gates.
58 If thou wilt not obserue to doe
all the wordes of this Law that are
written in this booke, that thou mayest
?
eare this glorious and fearefull Name,
THE LORD THY GOD :
59 Then the L O R D wil make thy
Blagues wonderfull, and the plagues
)f thy seed, euen great plagues, and oi
ong continuance, and sore sicknesses,
and of long continuance.
60 Moreouer, hee will bring vpon
thee all the diseases of Egypt, which
thou wast afraid of, and they shal cleaue
vnto thee.
61 Also euery sickenesse, and euery
plague which is not written in the
booke of this Law, them will the
LORD tbring vpon thee, vntill thou \Hebr.
be destroyed. cause to as-
cend.
62 And ye shall be left few in num-
ber, whereas ye were * as the starres of * Chap. 10.
beauen for multitude : because thou 22.
wouldest not obey the voyce of the
LORD thy God.
63 And it shall come to passe, that as
the LORD reioyced ouer you to doe
you good, and to multiply you; so the
LORD will reioyce ouer you to de-
stroy you, and to bring you to nought;
and ye shalbe plucked from off the land
whither thou goest to possesse it.
64? And the LORD shall scatter
thee among all people, from the one end
of the earth, euen vnto the other: and
there thou shalt serue other gods,
which neither thou nor thy fathers haue
knowen, euen wood and stone.
65 And among these nations shalt
thou findeno ease, neither shall the sole
of thy foote haue rest: but the LORD
shall giue thee there a trembling heart,
and failing of eyes, & sorrow of minde.
66 And thy life shall hang in doubt
before thee, and thou shalt feare day
and night, and shalt haue none assu-
rance of thy life.
67 In
Sihon and Og. Chap.xxix.
67 In the morning thou shalt say,
Would God it were Euen : and at Euen
thou shalt say,Would God it were mor-
ning, for the feare of thine heart where-
with thou shalt feare, and for the sight
of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
68 And the LORD shall bring thee
into Egypt againe, with ships, by the
way whereof I spake vnto thee, Thou
shalt see it no more againe: and there ye
shall bee sold vnto your enemies for
xtndmen, and bondwomen, and no
man shall buy you.
C H A P . XXIX.
1 Moses exhorteth them to obedience, by the
memorie of the workes they haue scene. 10
All are presented before the Lord to enter in-
to his Couenant, 18 The great wrath on
him that flattereth himselfe in his wickednes.
29 Secret things belong vnto God.
Hese are the woordes of
T
the Couenant which the
L O R D commanded Mo-
ses to make with the chil-
dren of Ifrael in the land
of Moab, beside the Couenant which
lie made with them in Horeb.
2 f And Moses called vnto all Is-
* Exod. 19. rael, and said vnto them, *Yee haue
4. scene all that the L O R D did before
your eyes in the land of Egypt vnto
Pharaoh, and vnto all his seruants,
and vnto all his land;
3 The great temptations which
thine eyes haue scene, the signes and
those great miracles:
4 Yet the LORD hath not giuen
you an heart to perceiue, and eyes to see,
and eares to heare, vnto this day.
5 And I haue led you fourtie yeres
in the wildernes: your clothes are not
waxen old vpon you, and thy shooe is
not waxen old vpon thy foot.
6 Ye haue not eaten bread, neither
haue you drunke wine, or strong drink:
that yee might knowe that I am the
LORD your God.
7 And when yee came vnto this
place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and
Og the King of Bash an, came out a-
gainst vs vnto battell, and wee smote
them.
8 And wee tooke their lande, and
gaue it for an inheritance vnto the Reu-
benites, and to the Gadites, and to the
* Chap. 4.6. halfe tribe of Manasseh.
1. king. 2.2.
iosh. i. 7. 9 * Keepe therefore the wordes of
Gods eouenant.
this Couenant and doe them, that yee
may prosper in all that ye doe.
10 H Ye stand this day all of you be-
fore the LORD your'God: your cap-
taines of your tribes, your Elders, and
your officers, with all the men of Israel,
11 Your litle ones, your wiues, and
thy stranger that is in thy campe, from
the hewer of thy wood, vnto the draw-
er of thy water:
12 That thou shouldest tenter into MIeb. passe.
Couenant with the L O R D thy God,
and into his othe which the L O R D
thy God maketh with thee this day :
13 That he may establish thee to day
for a people vnto himselfe, and that hee
may be vnto thee a God, as he hath said
vnto thee, and as he hath sworne vnto
thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and
to lacob.
14 Neither with you onely doe I
make this eouenant and this othe:
15 But with him that standeth here
with vs this day before the L O R D
our God, and also with him that is not
here with vs this day:
16 (For ye know how we haue dwelt
in the land of Egypt, and how we came
thorow the nations which ye passed by.
17 And ye haue scene their abomina-
tions , and their t idoles, wood, and i Heb. don-
stone, siluer, and gold, which were a- guie gods.
mong them.)
18 Lest there should be among you
man or woman, or familie, or tribe,
whose heart turneth away this day fro
the LORD our God, to goe and serue
the gods of these nations: lest there
should bee among you a root that bea-
reth || gall and wormewood, fl Or, a poi-
sonfuttherbe
19 And it come to passe when he hea- Heb. Rosh.
reth the wordes of this curse, that hee
blesse himselfe in his heart, saying, I
shall haue peace, though I walke in the
||imagination of mine heart, to adde bornnesse.
I! Or, stub-
t drunkennesse to thirst: t Heb. the
20 The L O R D wil not spare him, drunken to
the thirstie
but then the anger of the LORD, and
his ielousie shall smoke against that
man, and all the curses that are written
in this booke shall lie vpon him, and the
L O R D shall blot out his name from
vnder heauen.
21 And the LORD shall separate
him vnto euill, out of all the tribes of
Israel, according to all the curses of the
Couenant, that t are written in this written.
Wlebr.ts
booke of the Law •
22 So that the generation to come
of
*8
Mercie to Deuteronomie.
of your children, that shall rise vp af-
ter you, and the stranger that shall
come from a farre land, shall say, when
they see the plagues of that land, and
\Hebr.
wherewith
the sicknesses t which the LORD hath
the LORD [ayd vpon it;
hath made 23 And that the whole land thereof
itsicke.
is brimstone and salt, cmd burning, that
it is not sowen, nor beareth, nor any
* Gen. 19. ^rasse groweth therein, *like the ouer-
24, 25.
throw of Sodome, and Gomorah, Ad-
mah, and Zeboim, which the LORD
ouerthrew in his anger, and in his
wrath:
* I.King. 9. 24 Euen al nations shal say,*Where-
a iere. 22. 8.
fore hath the LORD done thus vnto
this land? what meaneth the heat of this
jreat anger ?
25 Then men shall say, Because they
liaue forsaken the Couenant of the
LORD God of their fathers, which
be made with them when he brought
them foorth out of the land of Egypt.
£6 For they went and serued other
pods, & worshipped them, gods whom
\Hebr.di- they knew not, and -{whom he had not
uided: Or,
who had not jiuen vnto them.
giuento 27 And the anger of the LORD
ftgmany
portion. was kindled against this land, to bring
vpon it all the curses, that are written
in this booke.
28 And the LORD rooted them
out of their land, in anger and in wrath,
and in great indignation, and cast them
into another land, as it is this day.
29 The secret things belong vnto the
LORD our God: but those things
which are reuealed belong vnto vs, and
to our children for euer, that wee may
doe all the words of this Law.
CHAP. XXX.
1 Great mercies promised vntp the repentant.
11 The Commaundement is manifest. 1£
Death and life are set before them.
Nd it shall come to passe
A
when all these things are
come vpon thee, the bles-
sing, and the curse, which
I haue set before thee, and
thou shall call them to xmnde among all
the nations whither the LORD thy
God hath driuen thee,
2 And shalt returne vnto the LORD
thy God, and shalt obey his voyce accor-
ding to all that I command thee this
day, thou and thy children with al thine
heart, and with all thy soule:
the repentant.
8 That then the LORD thy God
will turne thy captiuitie, and haue com-
passion vpon thee, and wil returne and
gather thee from all the nations whi-
ther the LORD thy God hath scatte-
red thee.
4? * If any of thine be driuen out vn- * Nehe, i.
to the outmost parts of heauen, from 9.
thence will the LORD thy God ga-
ther thee, and from thence will he fetch
thee.
5 And the LORD thy God will
bring thee into the land which thy fa-
thers possessed, and thou shalt possesse
it: and he will doe thee good, and mul-
tiply thee aboue thy fathers.
6 And the LORD thy God will
circumcise thine heart, and the heart of
thy seed, to loue the LORD thy God
with all thine heart, and with all thy
soule, that thou mayest Hue.
7 And the LORD thy God will
put all these curses vpon thine enemies,
and on them that hate thee, which per-
secuted thee.
8 And thou shalt returne and obey
the voice of the LORD, and doe all his
Commandements which I command
thee this day.
9 *And the L O R D thy God will *Li.Chap. 28.
make thee plenteous in euery worke of
thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and
in the fruit of thy cattell, and in the fruit
of thy land, for good: for the LORD
will againe reioyce ouer thee for good,
as he reioyeed ouer thy fathers:
10 If thou shalt hearken vnto the
voyce of the LORD thy God to keepe
his Commandements, and his Sta-
tutes which are written in this booke
of the Law, and if thou turne vnto the
LORD thy God with all thine heart,
and with all thy soule.
11 IF For this Commaundement
which I command thee this day, it is
not hidden from thee, neither is it
farre off.
12 * It is not in heauen, that thou * Rom. 10.
shouldest say,Who shal goe vp for vs to 3. &c-
heauen, and bring it vnto vs, that wee
may heare it, and doe it ?
13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that
thou shouldest say, Who shall goe ouer
the sea for vs, and bring it vnto vs, that
we may heare it, and doe it ?
14? But the word is very nigh vnto
thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart,-
that thou mayest doe it.
15 T See, I haue set before thee this
day,
Life and death. Chap.xxxj.
day, life and good, and death, and euill:
16 In that I command thee this
day to loue the LORD thy God, to
walke in his wayes, and to keepe his
Commandements, and his Statutes,
and his Judgements, that thou maiest
Hue and multiply: and the LORD thy
God shall blesse thee in the land , whi-
ther thou goest to possesse it.
17 But if thine heart turne away, so
that thou wilt not heare , but shah bee
drawen away, and worship other gods
and serue them:
18 I denounce vnto you this day,
that ye shall surely perish, and that yee
shall not prolong your dayes vpon the
* Chap. 4.
26.
land, whither thou passest ouer Jor-
dan, to goe to possesse it.
19 * I call heauen and earth to re-
cord this day against you, that I haue
set before you life and death, blessing
and cursing: therefore choose life, that
both thou and thy seed may liue:
20 That thou maiest loue the LORD
thy God, and that thou mayest obey his
voyce, and that thou mayest cleaue vn-
to him : for he is thy life, and the length
of thy dayes, that thou mayest dwell in
the land, which the L O R D sware vn-
to thy fathers, to Abraham , to Isaac,
and to lacob, to giue them.
C H A P . XXXI.
1 Moses incourageth the people. 7 Hee in-
courageth loshua. 9 Hee deliuereth the
Law vnto the Priests to readeitin the seuenth
yere to the people. 14 God giueth a charge
to loshua, 19 and a song to testifie against
the people. 24 Moses deliuereth the booke
of the Law to the Leuites to keepe. 28 Hee
maketh a protestation to the Elders.
Nd Moses went & spake
A
these wordes vnto all Is-
rael.
£ And hee saide vnto
them, I am an hundred
and twentie yeeres old this day; I can
no more goe out and come in : also the
* Num. 20. L O R D hath said vnto mee, * Thou
12. chap. 3.
27. shalt not goe ouer this lordan.
3 The LORD thy God, hee will
goe ouer before thee, and he will destroy
these nations from before thee, and
thou shalt possesse them : and loshua,
Num. 27. hee shall goe ouer before thee , *aa the
SI.
LORD hath said.
4 And the LORD shall doe vnto
them , as hee did to Sihon, and to Og
lofhua incouraged.
Kings of the Amorites, and vnto the
land of them, whom he destroyed.
5 And *the LORD shall giue them ' Chap. 7. 2,
vp before your face, that ye may doe vn-
to them according vnto all the Com-
mandements which I haue comman-
ded you.
6 Be strong, and of a good courage,
feare not, nor be afraid of them : for the
LORD thy God, he it is that doeth goe
with thee, he will not faile thee, nor for-
sake thee.
7 IT And Moses called vnto lo-
shua , and said vnto him in the sight of
all Israel, Bee strong, and of a good
courage : for thou must goe with this
a le vnto the land, which the LORD
sworne vnto their fathers to giue
them; and thou shalt cause them to in-
herite it.
8 And the LORD, he it is that doth
goe before thee, he will be with thee, hee
will not faile thee, neither forsake thee:
feare not, neither be dismayed.
9 IT And Moses wrote this Law,
and deliuered it vnto the Priests the
sonnes of Leui, which bare the Arke of
the Couenant of the LORD, and vn-
to all the Elders of Israel.
10 And Moses commanded them,
saying, At the end of euery seuen yeeres,
in the solemnitie of the *yeere of release, * Chap. id.
i.
in the feast of Tabernacles,
11 When all Israel is come to ap-
peare before the L O R D thy God, in
the place which hee shall choose; thou
shalt reade this Law before all Israel,
in their hearing.
12 Gather the people together, men,
and women and children, and thy stran-
ger that is within thy gates, that they
may heare, and that they may learne,
and feare the L O R D your God, and
obserue to doe all the wordes of this
Law:
13 And that their children which haue
not knowen any thing, may heare, and
learne to feare the LORD your God,
as long as yee liue in the land, whither
ye goe ouer lordan to possesse it.
14 1[ And the LORD saide vnto
Moses, Beholde , thy dayes approach
that thou must die : call loshua, and
present your selues in the Tabernacle
rf the Congregation, that I may giue
bim a charge. And Moses and losnua
went and presented themselues in the
Tabernacle of the Congregation. \
15 And the LORD appeared in the
TaberJ
loihuas charge. Deuteronomie,
Tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud : and
the pillar of the cloude stood ouer the
doore of the Tabernacle.
16 1F And the LORD saide vnto
IHebr.lye
downe.
Moses, Behold, thou shalt tsleepe with
thy fathers, and this people wil rise vp,
and goe a whoring after the gods of the
strangers of the land whither they goe
to be amongst them, and wil forsake me,
and breake my couenant which I haue
made with them.
17 Then my anger shall be kindled
against them in that day , and I will
ibrsake them, and I will hide my face
from them, and they shall be deuoured,
Webr.Jinde and many euils and troubles shall t be-
them.
fall them, so that they will say in that
day, Are not these euils come vpon vs,
Because our God is not amongst vs ?
18 And I will surely hide my face in
that day, for all the euils which they
shal haue wrought, in that they are tur-
ned vnto other gods.
19 Now therefore, write ye this song
ibr you, and teach it the children of Is-
rael : put it in their mouthes, that this
song may be a witnesse for mee, against
the children of Israel.
20 For when I shall haue brought
them into the land which I sware vn-
to their fathers, that floweth with
milke and hony; and they shall haue
eaten and filled themselues, and waxen
fat; then will they turne vnto other
gods, and serue them, and prouoke me,
ind breake my couenant.
21 And it shall come to passe, when
many euils and troubles are befallen
IHebr. be, them , that this song shall testifie t a-
fore. gainst them as a witnesse : for it shall
not bee forgotten out of the mouthes of
their seed: for I know their imagina-
1 Hebr. doe. tion which they t goe about euen now,
before I haue brought them into the
land, which I sware.
22 IF Moses therefore wrote this
song the same day, and taught it the
children of Israel.
23 And he gaue loshua the sonne ol
* lash. 1.6. Nun a charge, and said, * Bee strong,
and of a good courage: for thou shalt
bring the children of Israel into the
land which I sware vnto them : and I
will be with thee.
24- IF And it came to passe when Mo-
ses had made an ende of writing the
wordes of this Law in a booke, vntill
they were finished,
25 That Moses commaunded the
Mofes fong.
Leuites which bare the Arke of the
Douenant of the LORD, saying,
26 Take this booke of the Law,
and put it in the side of. the Arke of the
Couenant of the L O R D your God,
that it may bee there for a witnesse a-
jainst thee.
27 For I know thy rebellion, and
thy stiffe necke: Beholde, while I am
fet aliue with you this day, yee haue
jene rebellious against the L O R D ;
and how much more after my death ?
28 U Gather vnto mee all the El-
ders of your tribes, and your Officers,
that I may speake these words in their
eares, and call heauen and earth to re-
cord against them.
29 For I know, that after my death
yee will vtterly corrupt your seines, and
turne aside from the way, which I
baue commauded you: and euil wil be-
fall you in the latter dayes, because yee
wil doe euil in the sight of the LORD,
to prouoke him to anger through the
worke of your hands.
30 And Moses spake in the eares of
al the Cogregation of Israel the words
of this song, vntill they were ended.
C H A P . XXXII.
1 Moses song, which setteth foorth Gods mercy
and vengeance. 46 He exhorteth them to
set their Hearts vpon it. 48 God sendeth him
vp to mount Nebo, to see the land, and die.
lue eare, O yee heauens,
G
and I will speake; And
heare, O earth, the words
of my mouth.
2 My doctrine shall
drop as the rame: my speacn shall distill
as the deaw, as the smal raine vpon the
tender herbe, and as the showres vpon
the grasse.
3 Because I wil publish the Name
of the L O R D : ascribe yee greatnesse
vnto our God.
4 He is the rocke , his worke is per-
fect : for all his wayes are ludgement:
A God of trueth, and without iniquity,
iust and right is he,
5 t They haue corrupted them- t Hebr. he
selues, 11 their spot is not the spot of his hath corrup-
ted to him-
children: they are a peruerseand crooked selfe.
II Or, that
generation. they are not
his children,
6 Doe ye thus requite the LORD, that is their
O foolish people, & vnwise ? Is not he blot
thy Father that hath bought thee? Hath
he not made thee, and established thee ?
7 f Remem-
 The fbng Chap.xxxij. of Mofes.
7 IT Remember the dayes of olde ties : And *1 will moue them to lelou * Rom. 10.
t Heb. gene consider the yeeres of t many generati sie with those which are not a people,
ration and
generation. ons : aske thy father, and he will shew will prouoke them to anger with a foo
thee, thy Elders, and they wil tell thee lish nation.
8 When the most High diuided to 22 For a fire is kindled in my anger
the nations their inheritance, when he and || shall burne vnto the lowest hell burned. II Or, hath
separated the sonnes of Adam, hee se and shall consume the earth with he II Or, hath
the bounds of the people according to increase, and set on fire the foundation consumed.
the number of the children of Israel. of the mountaines.
9 For the L O R D S portion is his 23 I will heape mischiefes vpoi
t Heb. cord. people: Jacob is the tlot of his inheri- them, I wil spend mine arrowes vpoi
tance. them.
10 He found him in a desert land, anc 24 They shall bee burnt with hunge]
in the waste howling wildernesse : Hee and deuoured with t burning heat, anc ning t Heb. bur-
coales*
II Or, com- ||ledde him about, he instructed him,hee with bitter destruction: I will also senc
massed him
about. kept him as the apple of his eye. the teeth of beasts vpon them, with the
11 As an Eagle stirreth vp her nest, poison of serpents of the dust.
fluttereth ouer her yong, spreadeth a- 25 The sword without, and terroui
broad her wings, taketh them, beareth t within shall t destroy both the yong Heb. from
he cham-
them on her wings: man, and the virgin, the suckling alsc bers.
12 So the L O R D alone did leade with the man of gray haires. t Heb. be-
reaue.
lim, and there was no strange God 26 I said, I would scatter them in-
with him. to corners, I would make the remem*
13 He made him ride on the high pla- brance of them to cease fro among men:
ces of the earth, that he might eate the 27 Were it not that I feared the
increase of the fields, and he made him wrath of the enemie, lest their aduersa-
to sucke hony out of the rocke, and oyle ries should behaue themselues strange-
out of the flintie rocke, y, and lest they should say, || Our hande
14 Butter of kine, & milke of sheepe, is high, and the LORD hath not done ighhand Or, our
nd not the
with fat of lambes, and rammes of the all this. LORD
athdone
breed of Bashan, & goats, with the fat 28 For they are a nation voide of Uthis.
of kidneis of wheat, and th&u diddest counsel, neither is there any vnderstan-
drinke the pure blood of the grape. ding in them.
15 If But lesurun waxed fat, and 29 O that they were wise, that they
dcked : Thou art waxen fat, thou art vnderstood this, that they would consi-
growen thicke, thou art couered with der their latter end.
fatnes: then he forsooke God which made 30 How should*one chase a thousand, o. losh. 23.
iim, and lightly esteemed the Rocke of and two put ten thousand to flight, ex-
lis saluation. cept their Rocke had sold them, and the
16 They prouoked him to ielousie LORD had shut them vp ?
with strange gods, with abominations 31 For their rocke is not as our
)rouoked they him to anger. locke, euen our enemies themselues
H Or, which
were not
17 They sacrificed vnto deuils, ||not }eing iudges.
God. to God : to gods whom they knew not, II Or, is worse
32 For their vine is ||of the vine of then the
to new gods, that came newly vp, whom Sodome, and of the fields of Gomorah : vine of So-
your fathers feared not. their grapes are grapes of gall, their dome. $c.
18 Of the Rocke that begate thee clusters are bitter.
thou art vnmindfull, and hast forgotten 33 Their wine is the poison of dra-
God that formed thee. gons, and the cruell venime of Aspes.
19 And when the LORD saw it, he 34 Is not this laide vp in store with
fl Or, despi- [abhorred them, because of the prouo- me, and sealed vp among my treasures?
sed.
dng of his sonnes, & of his daughters. 35 To me belongeth ^vengeance, and i.* Ecclus.rom. 12.
28
20 And he said, I will hide my face ecompence, their foot shall slide in due 19. heb. 10.
rom them, I will see what their ende ;ime : for the day of their calamitie is at 30.
shall be: for they are a very froward ge- land, and the things that shal come vp-
neration, children in whom is no faith. n them, make haste.
21 They haue mooued me to ielou- 36 For the L O R D shall iudge his
sie with that which is not god, they haue >eople, and repent himselfe for his ser-
>rouoked me to anger with their vani- u^nts, when he seeth that their t power IHeb.lumd.
is
Mofes fong: He Deuteronomie.
is gone; and there is none shut vp, or
left.
37 And he shall say, Where are their
gods ? their Rocke in whom they
trusted;
38 Which did eat the fat of their sacri-
fices, & dranke the wine of their drinke
offerings ? let them rise vp and helpe
t Hebr. an you, and be tyour protection.
hiding for
you. 89 See now, that I, enen I am he,
* 1. Sam. 2. and there is no god with mee; * I kill,
6. tob. 13.2.
wisd, 16. and I make aliue : I wound, and I
13. heale: neither is there any that can de-
liuer out of my hand.
40 For I lift vp my hand to hea-
uen, and say, I Hue for euer.
41 If I whet my glittering sword,
and mine hand take holde on Judge-
ment, I will render vengeance to mine
enemies, and will reward them that
hate me.
42 I will make mine arrow es
drunke with blood, (and my sword shal
deuoure flesh) and that with the blood
of the slaine, and of the captiues, from
the beginning of reuenges vpon the
enemie.
!1 Or, praise
his people ye
43 ||Reioyce, O *ye nations with his
nations. Or, people, for he will auenge the blood of
sing ye.
* Matt 7. «•
his seruants, and will render venge-
rom. 15.10. ance to his aduersaries, and wil be mer-
cifull vnto his land, and to his people.
44 U And Moses came and spake
all the wordes of this song in the eares
!!0r./<wfctta. of the people, he and || Hoshea the sonne
of Nun.
45 And Moses made an end of spea-
king all these words to all Israel.
* Chap. 6.6. 46 And hee said vnto them, * Set
and 11. 18.
our hearts vnto all the wordes which
? testifie among you this day, which
yee shall commaund your children to
obserue to doe all the wordes of this
Law.
47 For it is not a vaine thing for
you: because it is your life, and through
this thing yee shall prolong your dayes,
in the land whither yee goe ouer lor-
dan to possesse it.
* Num. 27. 48 And *the L O R D spake vnto
12.
Moses that selfe same day, saying,
49 Get thee vp into this mountaine
Abarim, vnto mount Nebo, which is
in the land of Moab, that is ouer a-
gainst lericho, and behold the land of
Canaan which I giue vnto the chil-
dren of Israel for a possession:
50 And die in the mount whither
thou goest vp, and bee gathered vnto
may fee Canaan.
thy people, as * Aaron thy brother died * Num. 20.
in mount Hor, and was gathered vnto 25,28.33.36.
and
his people:
51 Because *ye trespassed against me * Num. 20.
12.13. and
among the children of Israel, at the 27.14.
waters of || Meribah Kadesh, in the t Or, strife at
wildernesse of Zin : because yee sancti- Kadesh.
fied mee not in the midst of the children
of Israel.
5£ Yet thou shalt see the land before
thee, but thou shalt not goe thither vnto
the land which I giue the children of
Israel.
C H A P . XXXIII.
1 The Maiestie of God. 6 The blessings of the
twelue Tribes. 26 The excellency of Israel.
Nd this is the blessing,
A
wherewith Moses the
man of God blessed the
children of Israel before
his death.
% And he said, The L O R D came
from Sinai, and rose vp from Seir vn-
to them, hee shined foorth from mount
Paran, and hee came with ten thou-
sands of Saints : from his Right hand
went a tfierie Law for them.
3 Yea hee loued the people; all his i Hebr. a fire
Saints are in thy hand : and they sate oflaw.
downe at thy feete; euery one shall re-
ceiue of thy wordes.
4 Moses commaunded vs a Law,
euen the inheritance of the Congrega-
tion of lacob.
5 And hee was King in lesurun,
when the heads of the people, and the
Tribes of Israel were gathered toge-
ther.
6 11 Let Reuben Hue, and not die,
and let not his men be few.
7 f And this is the blessing of ludah:
and he said, Heare, LORD, the voice of
ludah, and bring him vnto his people:
let his hands bee sufficient for him, and
bee thou an helpe to him from his ene-
mies.
8 f And of Leui hee said, *Let thy * Exod, 28.
Thummim and thy Vrim be with thy 30.
holy one, whom thou diddest prooue at
Massah , # with whom thou didst striue
at the waters of Meribah ;
9 Who said vnto his father & to his
mother, I haue not scene him, neither
did hee acknowledge his brethren ; nor
knew his owne children : for they haue
obserued thy word, and kept thy Co-
uenant,
10 || They
Mofes bleffeth Chap.xxxiiij,
\ Or, let them 10 || They shal teach lacob thyiudg-
teach* S[c. ments, and Israel thy Lawe: || they
It Or, let
them put
incense.
shall put incense t before thee, and whole
\Heb.atthy burnt sacrifice vpon thine Altar.
nose. 11 Blesse, LORD, his substance, and
accept the worke of his handes, smite
thorow the loines of them that rise a-
gainst him, and of them that hate him,
that they rise not againe.
12 1F And of Beniamin he said, The
beloued of the LORD shall dwell in
safetie by him, and the LORD shall couer
him all the day long, and he shall dwell
betweene his shoulders.
* Gen. 49. 13 1F And of loseph he said, * Bles-
25.
sed of the L O R D be his land, for the
precious things of heauen, for the dew,
and for the deep that coucheth beneath;
14 And for the precious fruits brought
forth by the sunne, and for the precious
\Heb, thrust things tput forth by the tmoone,
forth.
\ Hebr. 15 And for the chiefe things of the an-
Moones. cient mountaines, and for the precious
things of the lasting hils,
16 And for the precious things of the
earth, and fulnesse thereof, and for the
good will of him that dwelt in the bush:
let the blessing come vpon the head of lo-
seph, and vpon the top of the head of
* Gen, 49. him that* was separated fro his brethren.
26.
17 His glory is like the firstling of his
bullocke, & his homes are like the homes
of Vnicornes: with them he shall push
the people together, to the ends of the
earth: and they are the ten thousands
of Ephraim, and they are the thousands
of Manasseh.
18 IF And of Zebulun he said, Re-
ioyce, Zebulun, in thy going out; and
Issachar, in thy tents.
19 They shall call the people vnto
the mountaine, there they shal offer sa-
crifices of righteousnesse : for they shall
sucke of the abundance of the seas, and
of treasures hid in the sand.
20 ^ And of Gad he said, Blessed be
he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as
a lyon, and teareth the arme with the
crowne of the head.
21 And he prouided the first part for
himfelfe, because there, in a portion of the
Heb. sieled. lawgiuer was he t seated, and hee came
with the heads of the people, he executed
the iustice of the LORD, and his iudg-
ments with Israel.
22 IF And of Dan he said, Dan is a
Lyons whelpe : hee shall leape from
Bash an.
23 IF And of Naphtali he said, O
the tribes of lirael.
Naphtali, satisfied with fauour, and full
with the blessing of the L O R D : pos-
sesse thou the West and the South.
24 IF And of Asher hee said, let A-
sher be blessed with children, Let him
be acceptable to his brethren, and let
him dip his foot in oile.
25 Thy || shooes shall bee yron and thy I 0r,vnder
shooes
brasse, and as thy dayes, so shall thy shatbeyron.
strength bee.
26 IF There is none like vnto the
God of lesurun, who rideth vpon the
heauen in thy helpe, and in his excellen-
cie on the slue.
27 The eternall God is thy refuge,
and vnderneath are the euerlasting
armes: and he shall thrust out the ene-
mie from before thee, and shall say, De-
stroy them.
28 * Israel then shall dwell in safe-
tie alone: the fountaine of lacob shalbe
vpon a land of come and wine, also his
heauens shall drop downe deaw.
29 Happy art thou, O Israel: Who
is like vnto thee,O people! saued by the
L O R D , the shield of thy helpe, and
who is the sword of thy excellence: and
thine enemies ||shal be found liars vnto Wr, shal be
thee, and thou shalt tread vpon their subdued.
high places.
C H A P . XXXIIII.
1 Moses from Mount Nebo vieweth the lande.
5 He dieth there. 6 His buriall. 7 His age.
8 Thirty dayes mourning for him. 9 loshua
succeedeth him. 10 The praise of Moses.
Nd Moses went vp from
a
the plaines of Moab, vnto
,the mountaine of Nebo, I Or, Hilt.
to the top of Pisgah, that
is ouer against lericho:
and the L O R D shewed him * all the 27 * Chap. 3r
2. mac,
land of Gilead, vnto Dan, 2.4.
2 And all Naphtali, and the lande
of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the
land of ludah, vnto the vtmost sea,
3 And the South, and the plaine of
the valley of lericho, the citie of palme
trees vnto Zoar.
4 And the L O R D said vnto him,
* This is the land which I sware vnto * Gen. 12.7
Abraham, vnto Isaac, and vnto la- and 13. 15.
cob, saying, I will giue it vnto thy seed:
I haue caused thee to see it with thine
eyes, but thou shalt not go ouer .thither.
5 IF So Moses the seruant of the
LORD died there in the land of Moab,
according to the word of the LORD.
6 And
Mofes age, death, lolhua.
6 And hee buried him in a valley in
the land of Moab, ouer against Beth-
Peor: but no man knoweth of his Se-
pulchre vnto this day
7 H And Moses was an hundred
and twentie yeeres olde when he died:
t Hebr. moi- his eye was not dimrpe, nor bis trjatu-
sture.
t Hcbr.fled. rall force t abated.
8 IT And the children of Israel
wept for Moses in the plaines of Moab
thirty dayes : So the dayes of weeping
and mourning for Moses were ended.
9 IF And loshua the sonne of Nun
was full of the Spirit of wisedome : for
THE BOOKE OF
lofhua.
C H A P . I.
1 The LORD appointeth loshua to succeede
Moses. 3 The borders of the promised land.
5. 9 God promiseth to assist loshua. 8 He
giueth him instructions. 10 He prepareth the
people to passe ouer Jordan. 12 loshua put-
teth the two tribes andhalfe in minde of their
promise to Moses. 16Theypromise him fealty.
j Owe after the
\ death of Moses
N
£ the seruant of the
v L o R D , it came
(to passe, that the
J L o RD spake
* vnto loshua the
^ sonne of Nun ,
* Deut. 1.
38.
h Moses * minister,
saying,
% Moses my seruant is dead : now
therefore arise, goe ouer this Jordan,
thou, and all this people, vnto the land
which I doe giue to them, euen to the
children of Israel.
* Deut. 11. 3 * Euery place that the sole of your
24. chap.
14. 9. foote shall tread vpon, that haue I gi-
uen vnto you, as I said vnto Moses.
4 From the wildernesse and this
Lebanon, euen vnto the great Riuer,
the riuer Euphrates, all the land of the
Hittites, and vnto the great sea, toward
and iucceflbur.
Moses had layd his handes vpon him,
and the children of Israel hearkened
vnto him, and did as the LORD com-
manded Moses.
10 f And there arose not a Prophet
since in Israel like vnto Moses, whom
the LORD knew face to face:
11 In al the signes and the wonders
which the LORD sent him to doe in
the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to
all his seruants, and to all his land,
12 And in all that mighty hand, and
in all the great terrour, which Moses
shewed in the sight of all Israel.
the going downe of the Sunne, shalbe
your coast.
5 There shall not any man be able
to stand before thee all the dayes of thy
life: as I was with Moses, so I will be
with thee : * I will not faile thee, nor * Heb. 13.
6.
forsake thee.
6 * Bee strong, and of a good cou- * Deut. 31.
rage: for 11 vnto this people shalt thou 23.
II Or, thou
diuide for an inheritance the land which shalt cause
this people to
I sware vnto their fathers to giue inherite the
them. land, $c.
7 Onely bee thou strong, and very
courageous, that thou mayest obserue
to doe according to all the Law, which
Moses my seruant commaunded thee :
* turne not from it to the right hand, or * Deu. 5.32.
to the left, that thou mayest ||prosper and 28. 14.
«Or, doe
whither soeuer thou goest. wisely.
8 This booke of the Law shal not
depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt
meditate therein day and night, that
thou mayest obserue to doe according
to all that is written therein : for then
thou shalt make thy way prosperous,
and then thou shalt || haue good successe. !! Or, doe
9 Haue not I commanded thee? be wisely.
strong, and of a good courage, bee not a-
fraid, neither be thou dismayed : for the
L O R D thy God is with thee, whithe*
soeuer thou goest.
10 f Then
Spies are fent to Chap.ij.
10 f Then Joshua commanded the
Officers of the people, saying,
11 Passe through thehoste, and com-
mand the people, saying, Prepare you
victuals: for within three dayes ye shal
>asse ouer this lordan, to goe in to pos-
sesse the land which the LORD your
Jod giueth you, to possesse it.
12 IF And to the Reubenites, and to
he Gadites, and to halfe the tribe of
Manasseh, spake loshua, saying,
* Num. 32 13 * Remember the word which Mo-
20.
ses the seruant of the L O R D comman-
led you, saying, The LORD your
God hath giuen you rest, and hath gi-
uen you this land:
14 Your wiues, your litle ones, and
your cattell shall remaine in the lande
vhich Moses gaue you on this side
iordan; but ye shall passe before your
t Heb. mar- }rethren t armed, all the mightie men
shalled by
fiue. of valour, and helpe them :
15 Vntill the LORD haue giuen
rour brethren rest, as he hoik giuen you,
and they also haue possessed the lande
which the L O R D your God giueth
them • then yee shall returne vnto the
and of your possession, and enioy it,
which Moses the LORDS seruant
;aue you on this side lordan toward
;he Sunne rising.
16 11 And they answered loshua,
saying, All that thou commandest vs,
we will doe, and whither soeuer thou
sendest vs, we will goe.
17 According as we hearkened vnto
Moses in all things, so will we hearken
vnto thee: onely the LORD thy God
)e with thee, as ne was with Moses.
18 Whosoeuer he be that doth rebel
against thy commandement, and wil
not hearken vnto thy words, in all that
thou commandest him, he shall bee pui
to death: onely be strong, and of a gooc
courage.
C H A P . II.
1 Rahab receiueth and concealeth the two spie;
sent from Shittiin. 8 The couenant betweeiu
her said them. 23 Their returne and relation
A
Nd loshua the sonne o
Nun sent out of Shitthr
two men, to spie secretly
saying, Go, view the land
euen lericho : and thej
*Heb. 11. went, and *came into an harlots house,
31. lain. 2.
25. named Rahab, and t lodged there.
iHeb.lay. 2 And it was told the king of leri-
cho, saying, Behold, there came men in
view lericho, !
hither to night, of the children of Isra-
[, to search out the countrey.
3 And the king of lericho sent vn-
to Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men
that are come to thee, which are entred
into thine house: for they bee come to
search out all the countrey.
4 And the woman tooke the two
men, and hid them, & said thus: There
came men vnto mee, but I wist not
whence they were:
5 And it came to passe about tJie time
of shutting of the gate, when it was
arke, that the men went out: whither
be men went, I wote not: pursue af-
ter them quickely, for ye shall ouertake
hem.
6 But shee had brought them vp to
he roofe of the house , and hid them
with the stalkes of flaxe, which she had
aid in order vpon the roofe.
7 And the men pursued after them
the way to Jordan, vnto the foords:
and assoone as they which pursued af-
ter them were gone out, they shut the
gate.
8 ^ And before they were laide
lowne , shee came vp vnto them vpon
the roofe.
9 And she said vnto the men, I know
that the L O R D hath giuen you the
and, and that your terrour is fallen
vpon vs, and that all the inhabitants
of the land t faint because of you. Heb. melt.
10 For wee haue heard how the
L O R D * dried vp the water of the rec i.* EXOd. 14
chap. 4.
Sea for you, when you came out of E- 3.
rypt, and what you did vnto the two
dngs of the Amorites that were on the
other side lordan, * Sihon and Og, * Num. 21
whom ye vtterly destroyed. 4.
11 And assoone as we had heard these
things', our hearts did melt, neither die
there tremaine any more courage in an] t Heb. rote
man, because &f you: for the LORD vp.
your God, he is God in heauen aboue,
and in earth beneath.
12 Now therfore, I pray you, sweare
vnto me by the LORD, since I haue
shewed you kindnesse, that ye will also
shew kindnesse vnto my fathers house
and giue me a true token:
13 And that ye will saue aliue my fa-
ther, and my mother, and my brethren
and my sisters, and all that they haue
and deliuer OUT Hues from death.
14 And the men answered her, Our
life t for yours, if yee vtter not this ou \Hebr. in
businesse. And it shall bee when th stead of you
to die.
LOR
*K 3
Rahabs couenant. loflnia.
LORD hath giuen vs the land, that
wee will deale kindely and truely with
thee.
15 Then sbee let them downe by a
coard thorow the window : for her
house was vpon the towne wall, and she
dwelt vpon the wall.
16 And she saidi vnto them. Get you
to the mountaine, lest the pursuers
meete you; and hide your selues there
three dayes, vntill the pursuers bee re-
turned, anji sfterw&rd may ye goe your;
way. . 3 And they commanded the people,
17 And the men said vnto, her, Wee
will bee blamelesse of this thine oath
which thou hast made vs sweare :
18 Behold, when we come into the
land, thou shalt binde this line of scarlet
threed in the window which thou didst
t Hebr, ga. let vs downe by : and thou shalt tbring
ther.
thy father and thy mother, and thy bre-
thren , and all thy fathers houshold
home vnto thee.
19 And it shall bee , that whosoeuer
shall goe out of the doores of thy house
into the street, his blood shalbe vpon his
head, and wee will bee guiltlesse : and
whosoeuer shall bee with thee in the
house, his bloodshal&e on ourheadjif any
hand be vpon him.
SO And if thou vtter this our busi-
nesse, then we wilbe quit of thine oath
which thou hast made vs to sweare.
£1 And shee saide, According vnto
your words, so be it. And she sent them
away, & they departed : and she bound
the -scarlet line in the window.
88 And they went, and came vnto
the mountaine, and abode there three
dayes, vntill the pursuers were retur-
ned. And the pursuers sought them
thorowout all tne way, but found
them not.
23 IT So the two men returned, and
descended from the njpuntaine, and
passed ouer, and came to loshua the
sonne of Nun, and told him all things
that befell them.
24? And they saide vnto loshua,
Truely the L O R D hath deliuered in-
to our hands all the land; for euen all
the inhabitants of the countrey doe
iHebr.melt. t faint because of vs.
C H A P . III.
1 loshua commeth to Jordan. 2 The Officers
instruct the people for the passage. T *The men out of the Tribes of Israel, out of
LORD incourageth loshua. 9 loshua tin- euery Tribe a man. •
The Arke borne.
courageth the people. 14 The waters of
Jordan are diuided.
Nd loshua rose early in
A
the morning, and they re-
mooued from Shittim,
and came to Jordan, hee
: and all the children of Is-
rael, and lodged there before they pas-
f
sed ouer. \
% And it came to passe after three
dayes, that the Officers went thorow
the hoste ;
saying, When ye see the Arke of the Co-
uenant of the L O R D your God, and
the Priests the Leuites bearing it, then
yee shall remooue from your place, and
goe after it.
4 Yet there shalbe a space betweene
you and it, about two thousand cubites
by measure : come not neere vnto it,
that ye may know the way by which ye
must goe : for yee haue not passed tki$
way t heretofore. tHebr. since
yesterday ti-
5 And loshua said vnto the people, the third
•* Sanctifie your selues: for to morrow day. • Leuit. 20.
the LORD wil do woders among you. 7. num. 11.
18. chap. 7.
6 And loshua spake vnto the 13. 1. sam.
Priests, saying, Take vp the Arke of 16. 5,
the Couenant, and passe ouer before the
people. And they tooke vp the Arke of
the Couenant, and went before the
people.
7 U And the L O K D saide vnto
loshua, This day wil I begin to mag-
nifie thee in the sight of all Israel, that
they may know that '* as I was with * Chap, I.
Moses, so I will be with thee. 5.
8 And thou shalt commaund the
Priests that beare the Arke of the Co-
uenant, saying; When ye are come to
the brinke of the water of lordan, yee
shall stand still in lordan.
9 IT And loshua said vnto the chil-
dren of Israel, Come hither, and heare
the words of the LORD your God.
10 And loshua said, Hereby ye shall
know that the liuing God is among
you, and that he will without faile driue
out from before you the Canaanites,
and the Hittites, and the Hiuites, and
the Perizzites, and Girgashites, and
the Amorites, and the lebusites.
11 Behold, the Arke of the Coue-
nant , euen the Lord of all the earth,
passeth ouer before you, into lordan.
12 Now therefore take yee twelue
13 And
lordan is dried vp. Chap.iiij.
13 And it shall come to passe, assoone
as the soles of the feete of the Priestes
that beare the Arke of the LORD, the
Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the
waters of Jordan, that the waters of
Jordan shall be cut oS^from the waters
that come downe from aboue: and they
* Psal. 114. * shall stand vpon an heape.
3. 14 If And it came to passe when the
people remooued from their tents, to
passe ouer Jordan, and the Priests bea-
* Acts 7. 45 ring the * Arke of the Couenant before
the people;
15 And as they that bare the Arke
were come vnto Jordan, and the feet of
the Priestes that bare the Arke, were
dipped in the brimme of the water, (for
•l.Chron. * Jordan ouerfloweth all his banks at
12. 15. CC-
Clus. 24. 30. the time of haruest)
16 That the waters which came
downe from aboue, stood and rose vp
vpon an heape very farre, from the city
Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and
those that came downe toward the sea
of the plaine,^en the salt sea, failed, and
were cut off: and the people passed ouer
right against Jericho.
17 And the Priestes that bare the
Arke of the Couenant of the LORD,
stood firme on drie ground, in the midst
of Jordan, and all the Israelites pas-
sed ouer on drie ground, vntill all the
people were passed cleane ouer Jordan.
C H A P . Jill.
1 Twelue men are. appointed to take twelue
stones for a memoriall out of Jordan. 9
Twelue other stones are set vp in the middest
of lordan. 10. 19 The people passe ouer.
14 God magnifieth loshua. 20 The twelue
stones are pitched in Gilgal.
Nd it came to passe when
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all the people were cleane
* Deut. 27. passed * ouer Jordan, that
2.
* Chap. 3. the L O R D spake vnto
12. * Joshua, saying,
2 Take you twelue men out of the
people, out of euery tribe a man,
3 And command you them, saying,
Take you hence out of the mids of Jor-
dan, out of the place where the Priests
feet stood firme, twelue stones, and yee
shal cary them ouer with you, and leaue
them in the lodging place where you
shall lodge this night.
4 Then loshua called the twelue
men, whom he had prepared of the chil-
dren of Israel, out of euery tribe a man:
Twelue ftones.
5 And loshua said vnto them, Passe
ouer before the Arke of the L O R D
your God into the mids of lordan, and
take ye vp euery man of you a stone vp-
on his shoulder, according vnto the
number of the tribes of the children of
Israel:
6 That this may be a signe among
you, that when your children aske their
fathers tin time to come, saying, What t Heb. to mo-
meane you by these stones ? row.
7 Then yee shall answere them,
That the waters of lordan were cut
off before the Arke of the Couenant of
the LORD, when it passed ouer lor-
dan , the waters of lordan were cut
off: and these stones shall bee for a me-
moriall vnto the children of Israel for
euer.
8 And the children of Israel did so
as loshua commanded, and tooke vp
twelue stones out of the midst of lor-
dan, as the LORD spake vnto lo-
shua, according to the number of the
tribes of the children of Israel, and ca-
ried them ouer with them, vnto the
place where they lodged, and laid them
downe there.
9 And loshua set vp twelue stones
in the midst of lordan, in the place
where the feet of the Priests which bare
the Arke of the Couenant, stood: and
they are there vnto this day.
10 IT For the Priests which bare the
Arke, stood in the midst of Jordan, vn-
till euery thing was finished that the
LORD commanded loshua to speake
vnto the people, according to all that
Moses commanded loshua : and the
people hasted and passed ouer.
JJ And it came to passe when all the
people were cleane passed ouer, that the
Arke of the LORD passed ouer, and
the Priests in the presence of the people.
12 And * the children of Reuben, and * Num. 32.
the children of Gad, and halfe the tribe 27.
of Manasseh, passed ouer armed before
the children of Israel, as Moses spake
vnto them:
13 About fourty thousand |] prepared I Or, ready
for war, passed ouer before the LORD armed.
vnto bat tell, to the plaines of lericho.
14? If On that day the LORD mag-
nified loshua in the sight of all Israel,
and they feared him, as they feared Mo-
ses all the dayes of his life.
15 And the LORD spake vnto lo-
shua, saying,
: 16 Command the Priests that beare
the
Stones in Gilgal. lolhua. Manna ceafeth>
the Arke of the Testimony, that they & And loshua made him sharpe
come vp out of Jordan. tniues, and circumcised the children of
UOr, Gibe,
17 Joshua therefore comjnaunded Israel at || the hill of the foreskinnes. ah-haftra-
the Priests, sayipg, Come yee vp out of 4 And this is the cause why loshua loth.
[ordan. did circumcise: all the people that came
1.8 And it came to passe when the out of Egypt, that were males, euen all
Priests that bare the Arke of the Coue- the men of warre, died in the wildernes
nant of the LORD, were come vp out by fcthe way after they came out of E-
of the mids of Jordan, and the soles of gyp -
t Hebr. the Priests feete were t lift vp vnto the 5 Now all the people that came out,
plucked vp.
dry land, that the waters of Jordan were circumcised, but all the people that
tHebr. re turned vnto their place, and t flowed were borne in the wildernesse by the
went* ouer all his banks, as they did before. way, as they came foorth out of Egypt,
19 IF And the people came vp out of them they had not circumcised.
[ordan on the tenth day of the first mo- 6 For the children of Israel walked
neth , and encamped in Gilgal, in the Pourtie yeeres in the wildernesse, till all
East border of Jericho. the people that were men of warre which
20 And those twelue stones which came out of Egypt were consumed, be-
they tooke out of Jordan, did Joshua cause they obeyed not the voyce of the
Ditch in Gilgal. LORD, vnto whome the L O R D
81 And he spake vnto the children of sware that hee * would not shew them 23. * Num. 14.
[srael, saying, When your children shal the land which the LORD sware vnto
\Hebr.to aske their fathers tin time to come, say- their fathers, that he would giue vs, a
morrow.
ing, What meane these stones ? land that floweth with milke & honie.
22 Then yee shall let your children 7 And their children, whom hee rai-
ttiow, saying, Israel came ouer this sed vp in their stead, them loshua cir-
Jordan on dry land. cumcised, for they were vncircumcised:
£3 For the L O R D your God dried because they had not circumcised them
vp the waters of Jordan from before by the way.
you, vntill, yee were passed ouer, as the 8 And it came to passe t when they \Heb. when
L O R D your God did to the Red sea, had done circumcising all the people, had made
j*Exod. H. *which hee dried vp from before vs, vn- that they abode in their places in the an end to be
21. circumcised.
till we were gone ouer: campe, till they were whole.
24 That all the people of the earth 9 And the L O R D saide vnto lo-
might know the hand of the LORD, shua, This day haue I rolled away the
that it is mighty, that ye might feare the reproch of Egypt from off you : Where-
iHebr. all LORD your God tfor euer.
dayes.
fore the name of the place is called || Gil- II t. rolling.
gal vnto this day.
C H A P . V. 10 II And the children of Israel in-
1 The Canaanites are afraid. 2 losftua renu- camped in Gilgal, and kept the Passeo-
eth Circumcision. 10 The Passeouer is kept uer, on the fourteenth day of the mo-
at Gilgal. 12 Manna ceaseth. 13 An An- neth at euen, in the plaines of Jericho.
gel appeareth to loshua. 1J And they did eate of the olde corne
Nd it came to passe when of the land, on the morrow after the

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all the Kings of the Amo- Passeouer, vnleauened cakes, and par-
rites which were on the ched corne in the selfe same day.
side of Jordan Westward, 12 If And the Manna ceased on the
and all the Kings of the morrow after they had eaten of the old
Canaanites, which were by the Sea, corne of the land, neither had the chil-
heard that the LORD had dried vp dren of Israel Manna any more, but
the waters of Jordan from before the they did eate of the fruit of the land of
children of Israel, vntil we were passed Canaan thatjeeje.
ouer, that their heart melted; neither 13 IF And it-carafe to passe when lo-
was there spirit in them any more, be- shua was by JericKo* that he lift vp his
cause of the children of Israel. eyes, and looked, and beholde, there
2 f At that time the LORD saic stood * a man ouer against him, with his * Exod. 23.
* Exod. 4. vnto Joshua, * Make thee ||sharpe sword dawen in his hand : and loshua 23.
25.
I Or, kniues kniues, and circumcise againe the chil- went vnto hun 5 and said vrrto him, Art
f>fflints. dren of Israel the second time. thou for vs, or for our aduersaries ?
14? And
How lericho Chap.vj,
\\ Or, Prince. 14> And he said, Nay, but as \\ captaine
of the hoste of the L O R D am I now
come. And loshua fell on his face to
the earth, and did worship, and said vn-
to him, What saith my Lord vnto his
seruant?
15 And the captaine of the LORDS
* Exod. 3.5. hoste said vnto loshua, * Loose thy
acts. 7. 33. shooe from off thy foote, for the place
whereon thou standest, is holy: And
loshua did so.
C H A R VI.
1 lericho is shut vp. 2 God instructeth loshua
how to besiege it. 12 The citie is compassed.
17 It must be accursed. 20 The wafles fall
downe. 22 Rahab is saued. 26 The buil-
der of lericho is cursed.
IHebr.did Ow lericho t was strait-
N
shut vp, and ly shut vp, because of the
was shut vp.
children of Israel : none
went out, & none came in.
2 And the LORD
said vnto loshua, See, 1 haue giuen
into thine hand lericho, and the King
thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
3 And ye shall compasse the city, all
yee men of warre, and goe round about
the city once : thus shalt thou doe sixe
dayes.
4 And seuen Priests shall beare be-
fore the Arke seuen trumpets of rams
homes: and the seuenth day yee shall
compasse the city seuen times, and the
Priests shall blow with the trumpets.
5 And it shall come to passe that
when they make a long blast with the
rammes-home, and when ye heare the
sound of the trumpet, all the people
shall shout with a great shout: and the
t Hebr. un- wall of the citie shall fall downe t flat,
der it.
and the people shall ascend vp euery
man straight before him.
6 IF And loshua the sonne of Nun
called the Priests, and said vnto them,
Take vp the Arke of the Couenant,
and let seuen Priests beare seuen trum-
pets of rammes-homes , before the
Arke of the LORD.
7 And he said vnto the people, Passe
on, and compasse the city, and let him
that is armed passe on before the Arke
of the LORD.
8 f And it came to passe when lo-
shua had spoken vnto the people, that
the seuen Priestes bearing the seuen
trumpets of rammes homes, passed on
before the LORD, and blew with the
is befieged.
trumpets : and the Arke of the Coue-
nant of the LORD followed them.
9 IF And the armed men went be-
fore the Priests that blew with the
trumpets: and the t rereward came af- ^Heb. ga-
ter the Arke, the Priests going on, and thering host
blowing with the trumpets.
10 And Joshua had commanded the
people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor
t make any noise with your voice, nei- t Heb. make
ther shall any word proceed out of your your voyce
to be heard.
mouth, vntill the day I bid you shoute,
then shall ye shoute.
11 So the Arke of the LORD com-
passed the citie, going about it once: and
they came into the campe, and lodged in
the campe.
12 IF And loshua rose earely in the
morning, and the Priests tooke vp the
Arke of the LORD.
13 And seuen Priests bearing seuen
trumpets of rammes homes before the
Arke of the LORD, went on continu-
ally, and blew with the trumpets : and
the armed men went before them, but
the rereward came after the Arke of the
LORD, the Priests going on and blow-
ing with the trumpets.
14 And the second day they compas-
sed the citie once, and returned into the
campe : so they did sixe dayes.
15 And it came to passe on the seuenth
day, that they rose early about the daw-
ning of the day, and compassed the citie
after the same maner, seuen times: on-
ly on that day they compassed the citie
seuen times.
16 And it came to passe at the seuen th
time, when the Priests blewe with the
trumpets, loshua said vnto the people,
Shout, for the LORD hath giuen you
the citie.
17 IF And the citie shalbe ([accursed, H Or. deuo--
euen it, and all that are therein, to the ted.
L O R D : onely Rahab the harlot shal
liue,she, and all that are with her in the
house, because * she hid the messengers * Chap. z. 4
that we sent.
18 And you, in any wise keepe your
selues from the accursed thing, lest yee
make your selues accursed, when yee
take of the accursed thing, and make the
campe of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
19 But all the siluer, and gold, and
vessels of brasse and yron, are t consecra- t Kefir,
ted vnto the L O R D : they shall come holinesse.
into the treasurie of the LORD.
20 So the people shouted when the
Priests blew with the trumpets: and it
came
 ericho is taken. lofhua. Ifrael repelled at Ai.
came to passe when the people heard against the children of Israel.
le sound of the trumpet, and the peo- 2 And loshua sent men from le-
* Heb. 11.le shouted with a great shout, that * the richo to Ai, which is beside Beth-auen,
vail fell downe tflat, so that the peo-
Hebr. vn- on the East side of Bethel, and spake
derit. le went vp into the citie, euery man vnto them, saying, Goe vp and view
straight before him, and they tooke the the countrey And the men went vp,
citie. and viewed Ai.
21 And they vtterly destroyed all 3 And they returned to loshua,
lat was in the city, both man and wo- and said vnto him, Let not all the peo-
man, yong and old, and oxe, and sheepe, ple goe vp : but let t about two or three t Heb. about
2000. men:
and asse, with the edge of the sword. thousand men goe vp, and smite Ai, *& or, about
22 But Joshua had said vnto the jand make not all the people to labour 3t3000. men.
two men that had spied out the coun- thither, for they are but few.
trey; Goe into the harlots house, and 4 So there went vp thither of the
wing out thence the woman and all people about three thousand men, and
* Chap. 2.bat she hath, * as ye sware vnto her. they fled before the men of Ai.
14. heb. 11.
31. 23 And the yong men that were 5 And the men of Ai smote of them
pies, went in, and brought out Rahab, about thirty and sixe men : for they cha-
and her father, and her mother, and her sed them^/rora before the gate euen vnto
Brethren,and all that she had : and they Shebarim, and smote them in the ||go- Or, in Mo-
\Hebr.fa.
milies.
wrought out all her t kinred , and left ing downe : Wherefore the hearts of ad.
them without the campe of Israel. the people melted, & became as water.
24 And they burnt the city with fire, 6 f And loshua rent his clothes,
and all that was therein : onely the sil- and fell to the earth vpon his face, be-
uer & the gold, and the vessels of brasse fore the Arke of the LORD, vntill the
and of yron,they put into the Treasury euentide, he and the Elders of Israel,
of the house of the LORD and put dust vpon their heads.
25 And loshua saued Rahab the 7 And loshua said, Alas, O Lord
larlot aliue, and her fathers houshold, G O D , wherefore hast thou at all
and all that she had: and she dwelleth brought this people ouer lordan, to
in Israel euen vnto this day, because deliuer vs into the hand of the Arao-
she hid the messengers which loshua rites, to destroy vs ? Would to God we
sent to spy out lericho had bene content, and dwelt on the o-
26 11 And loshua adiured them at ther side lordan.
* 1. King.that time, saying, * Cursed be the man 8 Oh L O R D ! what shall I say,
16.34.
Before the LORD, that riseth vp anc when Israel turneth their t backes be- iHcbr
Hiildeth this city lericho : he shall lay fore their enemies ? neckes.
the foundation ther6f in his first borne, 9 For the Canaanites, and all the
and in his yongest sonne shall hee set vj inhabitants of the land shall heare of it,
the gates of it. and shall enuiron vs round, and cut of]
27 So the L O R D was with Jo- our name from the earth : and what
shua, and his fame was noised through- wilt thou doe vnto thy great Name ?
out all the countrey. 10 U And the L O R D saide vnto
loshua, Get thee vp; wherefore t liest iHebfaUest.
C H A P . VII. thou thus vpon thy face ?
11 Israel hath sinned, and they haue
1 The Israelites are smitten at Ai. 6 loshuas also transgressed my Couenant which
complaint. 10 God instructeth him wha I commaunded them : for they haue e-
to doe. 16 Achan is taken by the Lot. 19 uen taken of the accursed thing, anc
His confession. 2% Hee and all he had are
destroyed in the valley of Achor. haue also stollen, and dissembled also,
and they haue put it euen amongst their
Vt the children of Israe owne stuffe.
* Chap. 22
20. 1. chro
2.7. B committed a trespasse in 12 Therefore the children of Israel
the accursed thing: for *A- could not stand before their enemies;
chan the sonne of Carm but turned their backs before their ene-
the sonne of Zabdi, th mies, because they were accursed: nei-
sonne of Zerah, of the tribe of ludah, ther will I bee with you any more, ex-
tooke of the accursed thing : and the cept yee destroy the accursed from a-
anger of the L O R D was kindlec mongst you
13 Vp,
Achans trefpaffe, Chap.viij.
13 Vp, sanctifie the people, and say,
Sanctifie your selues against to mor-
row: for thus saith the L O R D God
of Israel, There is an accursed thing in
the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst
not stand before thine enemies, vntill ye
take away the accursed thing from a-
mong you.
14? In the morning therefore ye shal
be brought, according to your tribes:
and it shall be that the tribe which the
L O R D taketh, shall come according
to the families thereof', and the familie
which the LORD shall take, shal come
by housholdes : and the housholdes
which the LORD shall take, shal come
man by man.
15 And it shalbe that he that is taken
with the accursed thing, shall bee burnt
with fire, he, and all that he hath : be-
cause he hath transgressed the couenant
of the LOUD, and because hee hath
!l Or, wic» wrought || folly in Israel.
kednesse. 16 H So loshua rose vp earely in
the morning, and brought Israel by
their tribes, and the tribe of ludah
was taken.
17 And hee brought the familie of
ludah, and he tooke the familie of the
Zarhites: and he brought the familie
of the Zarhites, man by man, and Zab-
di was taken.
18 And hee brought his houshold,
man by man, and Achan the sonne of
Carmi, the sonne of Zabdi, the sonne of
Zerah, of the tribe of ludah, was
taken.
19 And loshua said vnto Achan, My
sonne, giue, I pray thee, glory to the
LOED God of Israel, and make con-
fession vnto him, and tel me now, what
thou hast done, hide it not from me.
20 And Achan answered loshua,
and said, Indeed I haue sinned against
the L O R D God of Israel, and thus
and thus haue I done.
21 When I saw among the spoiles
a goodly Babylonish garment, and
two hundred shekels of siluer, and a
WtebJongue twedge of gold of fiftie shekels weight,
then I coueted them, and tooke them,
and behold, they are hid in the earth in
the midst of my tent, and the siluer vn-
der it.
22 11 So loshua sent messengers,
and they ran vnto the tent, and behold,
it was hid in his tent, and the siluer vn-
der it.
23 And they tooke them out of the
i 6 (For
and punilhment.
midst of the tent, and brought them vn-
to loshua, and vnto all the children of
Israel, and tlaid them out before the t Heb. pou-
red.
LORD.
24 And loshua and all Israel with
him tooke Achan the sonne of Zerah,
and the siluer, and the garment, and the
wedge of golde, and his sonnes, and
his daughters, and his oxen, and his
asses, and his sheepe, and his tent, and
all that he had: and they brought them
vnto the valley of Achor.
25 And loshua said, Why hast thou
troubled vs? the L O R D shall trouble
thee this day. And all Israel stoned him
with stones, and burned them with fire,
after they had stoned them with stones.
26 And they raised ouer him a great
heape of stones vnto this day: so the
L O R D turned from the fiercenesse of
his anger: Wherefore the name of the
place was called, The valley of || Achor, I That is,
trouble.
vnto this day.
C H A P . VIII.
1 God incourageth loshua. 3 The stratageme
whereby Ai was taken. 29 The king thereof
is hanged. 30 loshua buildeth an Altar, 32
writetn the Lawe on stones, 33 propounded
blessings and cursings.
Nd the LORD said vnto
A
* Dcut. 1.
loshua, *Feare toot, nei- 21. & 7. 18.
ther be thou dismaid: take
all the people of warre
with thee, and arise, goe
vp to Ai: See, I haue giuen into thy
hand the king of Ai, and his people, and
his citie, and his land.
2 And thou shalt doe to Ai and her
king, as thou diddest vnto * lericho * Chap. 6.21
and her king: Onely the spoile thereof
and *the cattell thereof shall ye take for * Deut. 20
a pray vnto your selues: lay thee an am- 14.
bush for the citie, behind it.
3 f So loshua arose, and all the
people of warre, to goe vp against Ai:
and loshua chose out thirtie thousand
mighty men of valour, and sent them
away By night:
4 And he commanded them, saying,
Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the
citie, euen behind the citie: goe not very
farre from the citie, but be ye all ready:
5 And I, and all the people that are
with mee, will approch vnto the citie:
and it shall come to passe when they
come out against vs, as at the first, that
we will flee before them,
 Ai is befieged, lofhua.
6 (For they will come out after vs)
I t Hebr. pul-11 we haue tdrawen them from the ci-
led.
tie; for they will say, They flee before
vs, as at the first: therefore we will flee
before them.
7 Then yee shall rise vp from the
ambush, and seise vpon the citie: for the
-,OBD your God will deliuer it into
rour hand.
8 And it shall be when yee haue ta-
cen the citie, that ye shall set the citie on
ire : according to the commandement
of the LORD shall ye do. See, I haue
commanded you.
9 If loshua therefore sent them
borth, and they went to lie in ambush,
and abode betweene Bethel and Ai, on
the West side of Ai: but loshua lodged
that night among the people.
10 And loshua rose vp early in the
morning, and numbred the people, and
went vp; he, and the Elders of Israel,
>efore the people to Ai.
11 And all the people, euen the people
of warre that were with him, went vp,
and drew nigh, and came before the city,
and pitched on the North side of Ai :
now there was a valley betweene them
and Ai.
12 And he tooke about flue thousand
men, and set them to lye in ambush be-
tweene Bethel and Ai, on the West side
* Or, of At. | of the citie.
13 And when they had set the people,
euen all the hoste that was on the North
<[Hebr<thew of the city, and theirtliers in wait on the
lyinginwait
West of the citie : loshua went that
night into the midst of the valley.
14 11 And it came to passe when the
King of Ai saw it, that they hasted, anc
rose vp early, and the men of the citie
went out against Israel to battell, hee
and all his people, at a time appointed
before the plaine, but hee wist not that
there were liers in ambush against him
behind the city.
15 And loshua and all Israel made
as if they were beaten before them, anc
fled by the way of the wildernesse.
16 And all the people that were in
Ai, were called together to pursue afte
them : and they pursued after loshua
and were draw en away from the city.
17 And there was not a man left in
Ai or Bethel, that went not out afte
Israel: and they left the citie open, anc
pursued after Israel.
18 And the L O R D said vnto lo
shua, Stretch out the speare that is in
and let on fire;
thy hand, toward Ai; for I will giue it
into thine hand. And loshua stretched
out the speare that hee had in his hand,
toward the city.
19 And the ambush arose quickly
out of their place, and they ranne as
soone as he had stretched out his hand:
and they entred into the city, and tooke
it, and hasted, and set the citie on fire.
20 And when the men of Ai looked
)ehind them, they saw, and behold, the
smoke of the city ascended vp to hea-
uen, and they had no tpower to flee this Heb.harui.
way or that way: and the people that
led to the wildernesse, turned backe vp-
on the pursuers.
21 And when loshua and all Is-
rael saw that the ambush had taken the
city, and that the smokeof the cityascen-
led, then they turned againe and slew
the men of Ai.
22 And the other issued out of the ci-
tie against them, so they were in the
midst of Israel; some on this side, and
some on that side, and they smote them;
so that they *let none of them remaine * Deut. 7. *.
or escape.
23 And the King of Ai they tooke a-
iue, and brought him to loshua.
24 And it came to passe when Is-
rael had made an end of slaying all the
inhabitants of Ai, in the field, in the wil-
dernesse wherein they chased them, anc
when they were all fallen on the edge ol
the sword, vntill they were consumed,
that all the Israelites returned vnto
Ai, and smote it with the edge of the
sword.
.25 And so it was that all that fell
that day, both of men and women, were
twelue thousand, euen all the men of Ai.
26 For loshua drew not his ham
Dacke wherewith hee stretched out the
speare, vntill he had vtterly destroyec
all the inhabitants of Ai.
27 *Onely the cattell, and the spoile 22,* Num. 31.
26.
of that city Israel tooke for a pray vnto
themselues, according vnto the word o
the L O R D , which he *commaunded * Verse 2.
loshua.
28 And loshua burnt Ai, and made
it an heape for euer, euen a desolation
vnto this day.
29 And the king of Ai he hanged on
a tree vntil euen tide: and assoone as the
sunne was downe, loshua commaun
ded that they should take his carkeis
downe from the tree, and cast it at th
entring of the gate of the citie, and*rais 25.
* Chap. 7.
thereon
The law read. The Chap.ix.
thereon a great heape of stones that re-
maineth vnto this day.
30 f Then loshua built an Altar
vnto the L O R D God of Israel in
mount Ebal,
31 As Moses the seruant of the
L O R D commaunded the children of
* Exod. 20. [srael, as it is written in the *booke of
25. deut.
27. 5. the Law of Moses, an Altar of whole
stones, ouer which no man hath lift vp
any yron : and they offred theron burnt
offerings vnto the LORD, and sacrifi-
ced peace offerings.
32 -if And he wrote there vpon the
stones a copie of the Lawe of Moses,
which hee wrote in the presence of the
children of Israel.
33 And all Israel, and their Elders,
and Officers, and their Judges, stood
on this side the Arke, and on that side,
Defore the Priests the Leuites, which
3are the Arke of the Couenant of the
LORD, aswell the stranger, as he that
was borne among them : halfe of them
ouer against mount Gerizim, and halfe
» Deut. n. of them ouer against mount Ebal, *as
20. & 27. 12
Moses the seruant of the LORD had
commanded before, that they should
blesse the people of Israel.
34* And afterward hee read all the
words of the Law, the blessings and
cursings, according to all that is written
in the booke of the Law
35 There was not a word of all that
Moses commanded , which loshua
read not before all the Congregation of
* Deut. 31.
12.
Israel, *with the women and the litle
t Hebr. ones, and the strangers that twere con-
walked. uersant among them
C H A P . IX.
1 The kings combine against Israel. 3 The
Gibeonites by craft obtaine a League. 16
For which tney are condemned to perpe-
tual bondage.
Nd it came to passe when
A
all the kings which were
on this side lordan in the
hilles, and in the valleys,
and in all the coasts of the
great sea, ouer against .L-eoanon, the
Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaa-
nite, the Perizzite, the Hiuite, and the
lebusite heard thereof:
% That they gathered themselues
together to fight with loshua, and
t Heb.mouth with Israel, with one t accord.
3 1F And when the inhabitants oi
Gibeonites craft.
Gibeon heard what loshua had done
vnto lericho, and to Ai,
4 They did worke wilily, and went
and made as if they had beene embassa-
dours, and tooke old sackes vpon their
asses, and wine-bottels, old, and rent,
and bound vp,
5 And old shooes and clow ted vpon
their feet, & olde garments vpon them,
and all the bread of their prouision was
drie and mouldie.
6 And they went to loshua vnto
the campe at Gilgal, and said vnto him,
and to the men of Israel, Wee be come
from a farre countrey : Now therefore
make ye a league with vs.
7 And the men of Israel said vnto
the Hiuites, Peraduenture yee dwell a-
mong vs, and how shall wee make a
league with you ?
8 And they said vnto loshua. Wee
are thy seruants. And loshua said vn-
to them, Who are ye? ajid from whence
come ye ?
9 And they said vnto him, From a
very farre countrey thy seruants are
come, because of the Name of the
LORD thy God: for wee haue heard
the fame of him, and all that hee did in
E
gypv
10 And all that hee did to the two
kings of the Amorites, that were be-
yond lordan, to Sihon king of Hesh-
bon, and to Og king of Bashan, which
was at Ashtaroth.
11 Wherefore our Elders and all the
inhabitants -of our countrey, spake to
vs, saying, Take victuals t with you t Hebr. in
for the iourney, and goe to meete them, your hand*
and say vnto them, Wee are your ser-
uants : therefore now make ye a league
with vs.
1& This our bread, wee tooke hote
for our prouision out of our houses, on
the day we came forth to goe vnto you:
but now behold, it is dry, & it is mouldy.
13 And these bottels of wine which
we filled, were new, and behold, they be
rent: and these our garments, and our
shooes are become old, by reason of the
very long iourney.
14 And || the men tooke of their vic- B Or, they re-
tuals, and asked not counsel! at the ceiued the
men by rea-
mouth of the LORD. son of their
victuals.
15 And loshua made peace with
them, and made a league with them, to
let them Hue : and the princes of the
Congregation sware vnto them.
16 H And it came to passe at the end
of
Gibeonites flaues. lofhua.
of three dayes, after they had made a
eague with them, that they heard that
hey were their neighbours, and that
bey dwelt among them.
17 And the children of Israel iour-
neyed, and came vnto their cities on the
bird day : now their cities were Gibe-
on, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and
Kiriath-iearim.
18 And the children of Israel smote
them not, because the Princes of the
Congregation had sworne vnto them
3y the LORD God of Israel: And all
the Congregation murmured against
the Princes.
19 But all the Princes said vnto all
the Congregation, We haue sworne vn-
to them by the LORD God of Israel:
now therefore we may not touch them.
20 This we will doe to them; wee
will euen let them liue, lest wrath be vp-
on vs, because of the oath which wee
sware vnto them.
£1 And the Princes said vnto them,
Let them liue, (but let them bee hew-
ers of wood, and drawers of water, vn-
to all the Congregation,) as the Prin-
* Verse 15. ces had * promised them.
22 f And loshua called for them,
and he spake vnto them, saying, Where-
:bre haue ye beguiled vs, saying, We are
very farre from you ? when ye dwell a-
mong vs.
23 Now therefore ye are cursed, and
T He br.not there shall tnone of you bee freed from
be eut off
from you. being bondmen, and hewers of wood,
and drawers of water, for *he house of
my God.
24 And they answered loshua,
and said, Because it was certainely told
thy seruants, how that the L O R D thy
* Deut. 7. l God * commanded his seruant Moses
to giue you all the land, and to destroy
all the inhabitants of the land from be-
fore you, therefore we were sore afraid
of our liues because of you, and haue
done this thing.
25 And now behold, we are in thine
hand : as it seemeth good and right vn-
to thee to doe vnto vs, doe.
26 And so did he vnto them, and de-
liuered them out of the hand of the chil-
dren of Israel, that they slew them not.
27 And loshua made them that
day, hewers of wood, and drawers o1
water for the Congregation, and for
the Altar of the L o f c D , euen vnto
this day, in the place which he shoulc
choose.
Gibeon befieged.
C H A P . X.
Fiue Kings warre against Gibeon. 6 loshua
rescueth it. 10 God fighteth against them
with hailestones. 12 The Sunne and Moone
stand still at the word of Joshua. 16 The
fiue Kings are mured in a caue. 21 They are
brought forth, 24 scornefully vsed, 26 and
hanged. 28 Seuen Kings more are conque-
red. 43 loshua returneth to Gilgal.
Ow it came to passe when
N
Adoni-zedek King of le-
rusalem, had heard how
loshua had taken Ai, and
had vtterly destroyed it,
k *as he had done to lericno, and her * Chap. G.
King, so hee had done to * Ai, and her 15.
King) and how the inhabitants of Gi- * Chap. 8. 3.
teon had made peace with Israel, and
were among them,
2 That they feared greatly because
Gibeon was a great citie, as tone of the l Hebr. cities
royall cities, and because it was greater ofdome.
the king-
then Ai, and all the men thereof were
mighty.
3 Wherefore Adoni-^edek King of
lerusalem, sent vnto Hoham King of
Hebron, and vnto Piram, king of lar-
muth, and vnto laphia king of La-
chish, and vnto Debir king of Eglon,
saying,
4 Come vp vnto me, and helpe me,
that we may smite Gibeon : for it hath
made peace with loshua, and with the
children of Israel.
6 Therefore the fiue Kings of the
Amorites, the king of lerusalem, the
king of Hebron, the king of larmuth,
the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon,
gathered themselues together, and
went vp, they, and all their hostes, and
encamped before Gibeon, and made
warre against it.
6 f' And the men of Gibeon sent vn-
to loshua to the campe to Gilgal, say-
ing, Slacke not thy hand from thy
seruants, come vp to vs quickly, and
saue vs, and helpe vs : for all the kings
of the Amorites that dwell in the
mountaines, are gathered together a-
gainst vs.
7 So loshua ascended from Gil-
gal, he, and all the people of warre with
him, and all the mighty men of valour.
8 1T And the LORD said vnto lo-
shua, Feare them not: for I haue deli-
uered them into thine hand; there shall
not a man of them stand before thee.
9 loshua therefore came vnto th'em
suddenly.
The Sun ftandeth. Chap.x.
suddenly, and went vp from Gilgal all
night.
10 And the L O R D discomfited them
before Israel, and slewe them with a
great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased
them along the way that goeth vp to
Bethoron, and smote them to Azekah
and vnto Makkedah.
11 And it came to passe as they fled
Prom before Israel, and were in the go-
ing downe to Bethoron, that the
L O R D cast downe great stones from
heauen vpon them, vnto Azekah, and
they died: they were moe which died
with hailestones, then they whome the
children of Israel slew with the sword.
12 f Then spake loshua to the
L O R D in the day when the LORD
deliuered vp the Amorites before the
children of Israel, and hee said in the
*Esa.28.21 sight of Israel, * Sunne, t stand thou
occlus. 46. 4
t Heb. bee still vpon Gibeon, and thou Moone in
silent. the valley of Aialon.
13 And the Sunne stood still, and the
Moone stayed, vntill the people had a-
uenged themselues vpo their enemies.
Is not this written in the booke of
li Or, the || lasher? So the Sunne stood still in
vpright ?
the midst of heauen, and hasted not to
goe downe, about a whole day.
14 And there was no day like that,
before it, or after it, that the LORD
hearkened vnto the voyce of a man : for
the LORD fought for Israel.
15 1[ And loshua returned, and all
Israel with him , vnto the campe to
Gilgal.
16 But these flue kings fled, and hid
themselues in a caue at Makkedah.
17 And it was told loshua, saying,
The flue kings are found hid in a caue
at Makkedah.
18 And loshua said, Roule great
stones vpon the mouth of the caue, and
set men by it, for to keepe them.
19 And stay you not, but pursue after
Mleheutoff your enemies, and + smite the hindmost
the taile. of them, suffer them not to enter into
their cities : for the LORD your God
hath deliuered them into your hand.
20 And it came to passe when lo-
shua and the children of Israel had
made an end of slaying them with a ve-
ry great slaughter, till they were con-
sumed, that the rest which remained of
them, entred into fenced cities.
21 And all the people returned to the
campe to loshua at Makkedah in
peace : none mooued his tongue against
Fiue kings hanged.
any of the children of Israel.
22 Then said loshua, Open the
mouth of the caue, and bring out those
fiue kings vnto me out of the caue.
23 And they did so, and brought forth
those fiue kings vnto him out of the
caue, the king of lerusalem, the king
of Hebron, the king of larmuth, the
king of Lachish,araZ the king of Eglon.
24 And it came to passe when they
brought out those kings vnto loshua,
that loshua called for all the men of
Israel, and saide vnto the captaines of
the men of war which went with him,
Come neere, put your feete vpon the
neckes of these kings. And they came
neere, and put their feet vpon the necks
of them.
25 And loshua said vnto them,
Feare not, nor be dismaid, bee strong,
and of good courage : for thus shall the
LORD doe to all your enemies against
whom ye fight.
26 And afterward loshua smote
them, and slew them, and hanged them
on fiue trees: and they were hanging
vpon the trees vntill the euening.
27 And it came to passe at the time
of the going downe of the Sunne, that
loshua commanded, and they *tooke * Deut. 21.
23. chap. 8.
them downe off the trees, and cast them 29.
into the caue, wherein they had beene
hid, and laid great stones in the caues
mouth, which remain vntil this very day.
28 f And that day loshua tooke
Makkedah, and smote it with the edge
of the sword, and the king thereof hee
vtterly destroyed, them, and all the
soules that were therein, he let none re-
main e : and he did to the king of Mak-
kedah, *as hee did vnto the king of • Chap. 6.
21.
lericho.
29 Then loshua passed from Mak-
kedah, and all Israel with him, vnto
Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
30 And the L O R D deliuered it also
and the king thereof, into the hand of
Israel, and he smote it with the edge of
the sword, and all the soules that were
therein : He let none remaine in it, but
did vnto the king therof, as he did vnto
the king of lericho.
31 f And loshua passed from Lib-
nah and all Israel with him, vnto La-
chish, and encamped against it, and
fought against it.
32 And the L O R D deliuered La-
chish into the hande of Israel, which
tooke it on the second day, and smote it
with
lofhua conquereth lofhua.
with the edge of the sword, and all the
soules that were therein, according to
all that he had done to Libnah.
33 f Then Horam king of Gezer,
came vp to helpe Lachish, and loshua
smote him and his people, vntill he had
left him none remayning.
34 f And from Lachish , loshua
passed vnto Eglon, and all Israel with
him, and they encamped against it, and
fought against it.
35 And they tooke it on that day, and
smote it with the edge of the sword, and
all the soules that were therein he vtter-
ly destroyed that day, according to all
that he had done to Lachish.
36 And loshua went vp from Eg-
lon, and all Israel with him, vnto He-
bron, and they fought against it.
37 And they tooke it, and smote it
with the edge of the sword, and the king
thereof, and all the cities thereof, and alleuen as the sand that is vpon the Sea-
the soules that were therein,he left none
remaining, according to all that he had
done to Eglon : but destroyed it vtterly,
'and all the soules that were therein.
I 38 f And loshua returned, and all
Israel with him to Debir, and fought
against it. . 6 f And the L O R D saide vnto
39 And hee tooke it, and the King
thereof, and all the cities thereof, and
they smote them with the edge of the
sword, and vtterly destroyed all the
soules that were therein, he left none re- burne their charets with fire.
mayning : as he had done to Hebron, so
lie did to Debir, and to the king there-
of, as he had done also to Libnah, and
to her king.
40 1f So loshua smote all the coun-
trey of the hils, and of the South, and
of the vale, and of the springs, and all
their kings, hee left none remayning,
but vtterly destroyed all that breathed3
* Deut. 26. as the L O R D God of Israel * com-
16,17. manded.
41 And loshua smote them from
Kadesh-Bafnea, euen vnto Gaza,
and all the countrey of Goshen , euen
vnto Gibeon.
42 And all these Kings and theii
land did loshua take at one time : be-
cause the LORD God of Israel fought
for Israel.
43 And loshua returned & al Isra-
el with him, vnto the campe to Gilgal.
C H A P . XI.
1 Diuers Kings ouercome at the waters of Me- was not tany left to breathe; and he tbreath. Hebr. any
rom. 10 Hazor is taken and burnt. 16A1J burnt Hazor with fire.
diuers kings.
the countrey taken hy loshua. 21 The A-
nakims cut off.
Nd it came to passe, when
A
labin king of Hazor had
heard those thwgs, that hee
sent to lobab king of Ma-
don . and to the king of
bnimron, & to the king ot Acnsnapn,
2 And to the kings that were on the
^orth of the mountaines , and of
the plaines South of Cinneroth, and
n the valley, and in the borders of Dor,
on the West;
3 And to the Canaanite on the East
and on the West, and to the Amorite,
and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and
the lebusite in the mountaines, and to
the Hiuite vnder Hermon in the land
of Mizpeh.
4 And they went out, they and all
their hostes with them, much people,
shore in multitude, with horses and cha-
rets very many.
5 And when all these Kings were
tmet together, they came and pitched sembledt Hebr. as-
by
together at the waters of Merom, to appoint-
ment.
fight against Israel.
loshua, Be not afraid because of them :
for to morrow about this time will I
deliuer them vp al slaine before Israel:
thou shalt hough their horses, and
7 So loshua came, and all the peo-
ple of warre with him, against them by
the waters of Merom suddenly, and
they fell vpon them.
8 And the LORD deliuered them
into the hand of Israel, who smote
them, and chased them vnto || great Zi- Rabbah.
« Or, Zidon-
don, and vnto || Misrephothmaim, and II Or, salt
vnto the valley of Mizpeh Eastward, pits: Hebr.
(turning of
and they smote them, vntill they left waters.
them none remayning.
9 And loshua did vnto them as
the LORD bade him . hee houghed
their horses, and burnt their charets
with fire.
10 f And loshua at that time tur-
ned backe, and tooke Hazor, and smote
the king thereof with the sword : for
Hazor beforetime was the head of all
those kingdomes.
11 And they smote all the soules that
were therein with the edge of the
sword, vtterly destroying them: there
12 And
 Diuers conquefts Chap.xij, made by loCbua
12 And all the cities of those kings, their diuisions by their tribes : and the
and all the kings of them, did loshua land rested from warre.
take, and smote them with the edge o
the sword, and he vtterlydestroied them, CHAP. XII.
* Num. 33. *as Moses the seruant of the L O R D
52. deut. 7. 1 The two kings whose countreys Moses tooke
2. and 20. commanded. and disposed of. 7 The one and thirty kings
16, 17. 13 But as for the cities that stood stil on the other side lordan which loshua smote.
\ Hebr. on tin their strength, Israel burned none
their heape.
of them, saue Hazor onely; that did lo- Ow these are the kings o
shua burne.
14 And all the spoile of these cities,
and the cattell, the children of Israe
tooke for a pray vnto themselues: bui
N the land, which the chil
dren of Israel smote, anc
possessed their land on the
other side lordan, to-
euery man they smote with the edge oi ward the rising oi the bunne : trom
the sword, vntill they had destroyed the riuer Arnon, vnto mount Hermon
them, neither left they any to breathe. and all the plaine on the East.
* Exod. 34, 15 IF * As the LORD commanded 2 * Sihon king of the Amorites who *4.Num, 21
deii. 3.6
11.
* Deut. 7. 2 Moses his seruant, so *did Moses com- dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from A-
mand loshua, and so did loshua: hee roer, which is vpon the banke of the ri-
\Heb.here- tleft nothing vndone of all that the uer of Arnon, and from the middle 01
moued no.
thing. LOUD commanded Moses. the riuer, and from halfe Gilead vnto
16 So loshua tooke all that land, the riuer labbok, which is the border 0;
the hilles, and all the South countrey, the children of Ammon:
and all the land of Goshen, and the val- 3 And from the plaine, to the Sea
tey, and the plaine, and the mountaine of Cinneroth on the East, and vnto the
of Israel, and the valley of the same: sea of the plaine, euen the salt sea on the
!i Or, the
smoothe 17 Euen from the ||mount Halak, that 3ast, the way to Beth-Ieshimoth : and
mountains. »oeth vp to Seir, vnto Baal-Gad, in rom the ||South, vnder ||*Ashdoth- Or, Teman
Or, the
;he valley of Lebanon, vnder mount ?isgah. wings of
Hermon : and all their kings he tooke, 4 f And the coast of Og king oi *t$gah. he hill.
or
and smote them, and slew them. Jashan, which was of the * remnant oi Deut. 3.
18 loshua made warre a long time, the Giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth, 7. & 4. 49.
Deut. 3.
with all those kings. and at Edrei, 1. chap.
19 There was not a citie that made 5 And reigned in mount Hermon, 3.12.
* Chap. 9. 3 >eace with the children of Israel, *saue and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, vnto
;he Hiuites the inhabitants of Gibeon ; ;he border of the Geshurites, and the
all other they tooke in battell. VI aachathites, and halfe Gilead, the
20 For it was of the LORD to har- >order of Sihon king of Heshbon.
den their hearts, that they should come 6 Them did Moses the seruant of
against Israel in battell, that he might the LORD, and the children of Israel
destroy them vtterly, # that they might smite, and * Moses the seruant of theJ, 29. * Num. 32.
deut. 3.
laue no fauour: but that hee might de- L.ORD gaue it for a possession vnto the' 12. chap,
stroy them, as the LORD commanded Reubenites, and Gadites, and the halfei 13. 8.
Vfoses. tribe of Manasseh.
21 IF And at that time came loshua 7 f And these are the kings of the
and cut off the Anakims from the countrey which loshua and the chil-
mountaines, from Hebron, from De- .ren of Israel smote on this side lor-
bir, from Anab, and from all the moun- an on the West, from Baal Gad in the
aines of ludah, and from all the valley of Lebanon, euen vnto * the Chap. 11.
mountaines of Israel . loshua de- mount Halak, that goeth vp to Seir,
troyed them vtterly with their cities. which loshua gaue vnto the tribes of
22 There tfas none of the Anakims Israel for a possession, according to
eft in the land of the children of Israel: their diuisions:
onely in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, 8 In the mountaines and in the
here remained. valleys, and in the plaines, and in the
23 So loshua tooke the whole land prings, and in the wildernesse, and in
according to all that the LORD saide tie South countrey: the Hittites, the
vnto Moses, and loshua gaue it for an Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Pe-
* Numb. 26 inheritance vnto Israel, * according to rizrites, the Hiuites, and the lebusites.
63.
9 ^F * The
Kings conquered. lofhua. Heubens and Gads
* Chap. 6.2 9 IF * The king of lericho, one: the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the
• Cbap. 8. the *king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, Ekronites; Also the Auites.
29.
one: 4 From the South, all the land of
« Chap. 10. 10 * The king of lerusalem, one : the the Canaanites, and || Mearah that is t Or, tlie
23.
king of Hebron, one: beside the Sidonians, vnto Aphek, to]Cauc.
11 The king of larmuth, one • the the borders of the Amorites:
king of Lachis, one. 5 And the land of the Giblites, and
* Chap. 10. 12 The king of Eglon, one: *the king al Lebanon toward the Sunne rising,
33.
of Gezer, one: from Baal-Gad vnder mount Her-
* Chap. 10. 18 *The king of Debir, one: the king mon, vnto the entring into Hamath.
33.
of Geder, one: 6 All the inhabitants of the hill
14 The king of Hormah one : the countrey, from Lebanon vnto Misre-
king of Arad, one: phothmaim, and all the Sidonians,
* Chap. 10. 15 * The king of Libnah, one ; the them will I driue out from before the
29.
king of Adullam, one: children of Israel: onely diuide thou it
* Chap. 10. 16 *The king of Makkedah, one: the by lot vnto the Israelites, for an inhe-
28.
king of Bethel, one: ritance, as I haue commanded thee.
17 The king of Tappuah, one: the 7 Now therefore, diuide this land
king of Hepher, one: for an inheritance vnto the nine tribes,
18 The king of Aphek, one: the king and the halfe tribe of Manasseh,
I 0y*t SttfOfit of ||Lasharon, one: 8 With whom the Reubenites, and
* Chap. 11. 19 The king of Madon, one: *the the Gadites haue recemed their inheri-
10. tance, * which Moses gaue them, be- * Num. 3?.
king of Hazor, one:
20 The king of Shimron-Meron, yond lordan Eastward, euen as Mo- 33. deut. 3.
13. chap. 22
one: the king of Achshaph, one : ses the seruant of the L O R D gaue 4.
21 The king of Taanach, one : the them:
king of Megiddo, one: 9 From Aroer that is vpon the
22 The king of Kedesh, one: the king banke of the riuer Arnon, and the citie
of lokneam of Carmel, one: that is in the middest of the riuer, and
23 The king of Dor, in the coast of all the plaine of Medeba vnto Dibon:
* Genes. 14.
1. Dor, one ; the king of * the nations of 10 And all the cities of Sihon king
Gilgal, one: of the Amorites, which reigned in Hesh-
24 The king of Tirzah, one : all the bon, vnto the border of the children of
kings thirtie and one. Ammon:
11 And Gilead, and the border of the
Geshurites, and Maachathites, and all
C H A P . XIII. "" mount Hermon, and all Bashan vnto
1 The bounds of the land not yet conquered. Salcah^1
8 The inheritance of the two Tribes and 12 All the kingdome of Og in Ba- * Deut. 3
halfe. 14*. 33 The Lord and his sacrifices, shan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and 11. chap.
12. 4.
are the inheritance of Leui. 15 The bounds in Edrei, who remained of *the rem-
of the inheritance of Reuben. £2 Balaam
slaine. 24 The bounds of the inheritance of nant of the giants . for these did Moses
Gad, 29 and of the halfe tribe of Manasseh, smite, and cast them out.
13 Neuerthelesse, the children of Is-
Ow loshua was old and rael expelled not the Geshurites, nor

N
stricken in yeeres, and the
LORD saide vnto him;
Thou art old, and stricken
in yeres, and there remai-
t Hebr. to neth yet very much land t to bee pos-
possesse it. sessed.
2 This is the land that yet remai-
neth : all the borders of the Philistines,
and all Geshuri,
3 From Sihor, which is before E-
gypt, euen vnto the borders of Ekron
Northward, which is counted to the C»-
naanite : fiue lords of the Philistines;
the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites,
the Maachathites : but the Geshurites
and the Maachathites dwel among the
Israelites vntill this day
14 Onely vnto the tribe of Leui hee
gaue none inheritance: the sacrifices of
the L O R D God of Israel made by
fire, are their inheritance, as he said vn-
to them.
15 IT And Moses gaue vnto the tribe
of the children of Reuben inheritance ac-
cording to their families:
16 And their coast was from Aroer
that is on the banke of the riuer Arnon,
and the city that is in the midst of the ri-
uer,
inheritance. Chap.xiiij.
uer, and all the plaine by Medeba.
17 Heshbon and all her cities that are
«Or, the in the plaine : Dibon, and ||Bamoth-
high places
of Baal, and Baal, and Beth-Baalmeon,
house ofBa>
almeon.
18 And lahazah, and Kedemoth,
and Mephaath,
19 And Kiriathaim, and Sibmah,
and Zareth-shahar, in the mount oi
the valley,
* Deut. 3. 20 And Bethpeor, and *||Ashdoth-
17- Pisgah, and Beth-ieshimoth:
II Or, springs
ofPiseah or 21 And all the cities of the plaine, and
the hill.
all the kingdome of Sihon king of the
Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon,
* Num. 31. whom Moses smote *with the princes
8.
of Midian, Eui, and Rekem, and Zur,
and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes
of Sihon, dwelling in the countrey.
22 If Balaam also the sonne of Beor
II Or, diuiner the || Sooth-sayer did the children of Is-
rael slay with the sword, among them
that were slaine by them.
23 And the border of the children of
Reuben, was Jordan and the border
therof: This was the inheritance of the
children of Reuben after their families,
the cities, and villages thereof.
24 And Moses gaue inheritance vnto
the tribe of Gad, euen vnto the children
of Gad, according to their families :
25 And their coast was lazer, and
all the cities of Gilead, and halfe the
land of the children* of Ammon, vnto
Aroer that is before Rabbah:
26 And from Heshbon vnto Ra-
math - Mizpeh , and Betonim : and
From Mahanaim vnto the border of
Debir.
27 And in the valley, Beth-aram,
and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and
Zaphon the rest of the kingdome of
Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan, and
his border, euen vnto the edge of the sea
of Cinneroth, on the other side lordan
Eastward.
28 This is the inheritance of the chil-
dren of Gad after their families : the ci-
ties and their villages.
29 1F And Moses gaue inheritance vn-
to the halfe tribe of Manasseh: and this
was the possession of the halfe tribe of
Manasseh, by their families.
30 And their coast was fro Mahana-
im all Bashan, all the kingdome of Og
king of Bashan, and all the townes of
lair, which are in Bashan, threescore
cities :
31 And halfe Gilead, and Ashtaroth,
and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og
Leui hath none.
in Bashan, wereperteining vnto the chil
dren of Machir the sonne of Manasseh
euen to the one halfe of the * children o 39.
* Num. 32.
Machir by their families.
32 These are the countreyes which
Moses did distribute for inheritance in
the plaines of Moab, on the other side
lordan by lericho Eastward.
33 * But vnto the tribe of Leui Mo- * Chap. ia.
ses gaue not any inheritance : the 7.
L O R D God of Israel was their inhe-
ritance, *as he said vnto them. * Num. 18.
20.
C H A P . XIIII.
1 The nine tribes and a halfe are to haue their
inheritance by lot. 6 Caleb by priuiledge
obtaineth Hebron.
Nd these are the countreys
A
which the children of Is-
rael inherited in the lande
of Canaan, * which Elea- * Num. 34.
zar the Priest, & loshua 17.
the sonne of Nun, and the heads of the
fathers of the tribes of the children of
Israel distributed for inheritance to
them •
2 *By lot was their inheritance, as * Num. 26
55. &. 33.
the L O R D commanded by the hande 54.
of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the
halfe tribe.
3 For Moses had giuen the inheri-
tance of two tribes and an halfe tribe,
on the other side lordan : but vnto the
Leuites hee gaue none inheritance a-
mong them.
4 For the children of loseph were
two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim:
therefore they gaue no part vnto the
Leuites in the land, saue cities to dwell
in, with their suburbs for their cattell,
and for their substance.
5 * As the L O R D commaunded * Num. 35
. chap.
Moses, so the children of Israel did, 1. 2.
and they diuided the land.
6 f Then the children of ludah
came vnto loshua in Gilgal: and Ca-
eb the sonne of lephunneh the Kene-
zite, said vnto him, Thou knowest the
thing that the L O R D said vnto Mo-
ses the man of God concerning me and
thee, in Kadesh Barnea.
7 Fourtie yeeres olde was I when
Moses the seruant of the LORD sent
me from Kadesh Barnea, to espie out
the land, and I brought him worde a-
jaine, as it was in mine heart.
8 Neuerthelesse, my brethren that
went vp with me, made the heart of the
people
Calebs inheritance. lofhua.
* Num. 14. people melt: but I wholly * followed
34.
;he LORD my God.
9 And Moses sware on that day,
saying, Surely the land whereon thy
bet haue troden, shall he thine inheri-
tance, and thy childrens for euer, be-
cause thou hast wholly followed the
LORD my God.
10 And now beholde, the L O R D
iiath kept me aliue, as he said, these for-
ty and fiue yeres, euen since the LORD
spake this word vnto Moses, while the
t tiebr. wal-- children of Israel t wandered in the
ked.
wildernesse : and now loe, I am this
day fourescore and flue yeeres old.
* Ecclus. 11 *As yet I am as strong this day,
46. 9.
as / was in the day that Moses sent mee:
as my strength was then, euen so is my
strength now, for warre, both to goe
out and to come in.
1£ Now therefore giue mee this
mountaine, whereof the L O R D spake
in that day, (for thou heardest in that
day how the Anakims were there, and
that the chieswere great and fenced)if so
be the LORD will be with me, then I
shall bee able to driue them out, as the
LORD said.
13 And loshua blessed him, and
jaue vnto Caleb the sonne of lephun-
neh, Hebron for an inheritance.
•* Chap. 21. 14 * Hebron therefore became the in-
12. i. mace.
2.56. heritance of Caleb the sonne of le-
phunneh the Kenezite vnto this day:
because that hee wholly followed the
LORD God of Israel.
* Chap, 15. 15 And *the name of Hebron before,
13.
was Kiriath-Arba, which Arba was a
great man among the Anakims: and
the land had rest from warre.
C H A P . XV.
1 The borders of the lot of ludah. 13 Calebs
portion and conquest. 16 Othniel for his
valour, hath Achsah Calebs daughter to wife.
IB Shee obtaineth a blessing of her father.
21 The Cities of ludah. 63 The lebu-
sites not conquered.
His then was the lot of the
* Num. 34.
3.
* Num. 33.
36.
T tribe of the children of lu-
dah by theirfamilies, *euen
to the border of Edom;
the * wildernesse of Zin
Southward, was the vttermost part of
the South coast:
2 And their South border was
from the shore of the salt sea, from the
\Hebr. tbay that looketh Southward.
tongue.
The lot of ludah.
B And it went out to the Southside
to ||Maalehacrabbim, and passed along | Or, the go-
ng vp to
to Zin, and ascended vp on the South- AQTQDvwt*
A~~^t*t*Lnn
•
side vnto Kadesh-Barnea: and passed
along to Hezron, and went vp to Adar,
and fetched a compasse to Karkaa.
4 From thence it passed toward
Azmon, and went out vnto the riuer of
Egypt, and the goings out of that coast
were at the sea: this shalbe your South
coast.
5 And the East border was the salt
Sea, euen vnto the end of lordan : and
their border in the North quarter, was
from the bay of the sea, at the vttermost
part of lordan.
6 And the border went vp to Beth-
hogla, and passed along by the North
of Beth-arabah, and the border went
vp to the stone of Bohan the sonne of
Reuben.
7 And the border went vp toward
Debir from the valley of Achor, and so
Northward, looking toward Gilgal,
that is before the going vp to Adum-
mim, which is on the Soutnside of the
riuer • and the border passed towards
the waters of Enshemesh n and the go-
ings out thereof were *at En-Rogel. *i.King.l.
8 And the border went vp by the 9.
valley of the sonne of Hinnom, vnto the
South side of the lebusite, the same is
lerusalem : and the border went vp to
the top of the mountaine, that lieth be-
fore the valley of Hinnom, Westward,
which is at the end of the valley of the
giants, Northward.
9 And the border was drawen from
the top of the hill vnto the fountaine of
the water of Nephtoah, and went out
to the cities of mount Ephron, and the
border was drawen to Baalah, which
is Kiriath-iearim.
10 And the border compassed from
Baalah Westward vnto mount Seir,
and passed along vnto the side of mount
learim , ( which is Chesalon ) on the
North side, and went downe to Beth-
shemesh, and passed on to Timnah.
11 And the border went out vnto
the side of Ekron Northward: and the
border was drawen to Shicron, and
passed along to mount Baalah, and
went out vnto labneel, and the go-
ings out of the border were at the sea.
12 And the West border was to the
great sea, and the coast therqf: this is the
coast of the children of ludah round a-
bout, according to their families.
13 f And
Achfahs requeft. Chap.xv.
13 H And vnto Caleb the sonne of
lephunneh, he gaue a part among the
children of ludah, according to the co-
mandement of the LORD to loshua,
* Chap. 14. euen * ||the citie of Arba the father of A-
15.
li Or, JSCtri- nak, which citie is Hebron.
oth-arba. J 4 And Caleb droue thence *'the three
* ludg. 1.10
sonnes of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman,
and Talmai, the children of Anak.
15 And he went vp thence to the in-
habitants of Debir : and the name of
Debir before was Kiriath-Sepher.
16 IF And Caleb said. He that smiteth
RLiriath-Sepher, and taketh it, to him
will I giue Achsah my daughter to
wife.
17 And Othniel the sonne of Kenaz,
the brother of Caleb, tooke it: and hee
^aue him Achsah his daughter to wife.
18 And it came to passe as shee came
vnto him, that she moued him to aske of
tier father a field, and she lighted off her
asse; and Caleb said vnto her, What
wouldest thou ?
19 Who answered, Giue mee a bles-
sing ; for thou hast giuen mee a South-
land, giue me also springs of water; and
he gaue her the vpper springs, and the
nether springs.
20 This is the inheritance of the tribe
of the children of ludah according to
their families,
21 And the vttermost cities of the
tribe of the children of ludah toward
the coast of Edom Southward, were
Eabzeel, and Eder, and lagur,
22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and
Adadah,
23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, and
Ithnan,
24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
25 And Hazor, Hadattah, and Ke-
rioth: and Hezron, which is Hazor,
26 Am am , and Shema, and Mo-
ladah,
27 And Hazar-Gaddah, and Hesh-
mon, and Beth-palet,
28 And Hazarshual, and Beershe-
ba, and Biziothiah,
29 Baalah, and lim, and Azem,
30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and
Hormah,
31 And Ziklag, and Madmannah;
and Sansannah,
32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and
Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are
twentie and nine, with their villages.
33 And in the valley, Esthaol, and
Zoreab, and Ashnah,
luadhs cities.
34 And Zanoah, and Engannim,
Tappuah, and Enam,
35 larmuth, and Adullam, Socoh,
and Azekah,
36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim,
and Gederah , || and Gederothaim : II Or, or.
fourteene cities with their villages.
37 Zenam, and Hadashah, & Mig-
dalgad,
38 And Dileam, and Mizpeh, and
loktheel,
39 Lachish, and Bozkath, & Eglon,
40 And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and
Kithlish,
41 And Gederoth , Beth - dagon,
and Naamah, and Makkedah : sixteene
cities with their villages.
42 Lebnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
43 And liphta, and Ashnah, and
Nezib,
44 And Keilah, and Achzib, and
Mareshah : nine cities with their vil-
lages.
45 Ekron with her townes, and
her villages.
46 From Ekron euen vnto the sea,
all that lay t neere Ashdod, with their t Hebr, by
the place of.
villages.
47 Ashdod with her townes and
her villages, Gaza witK her townes
and her villages, vnto the riuer of E-
gypt, and the great sea and the border
thereof.
48 IF And in the mountaines, Sha-
mir, and lattir, and Socoh,
49 And Dannah, & Kiriath-San-
nath, which is Debir,
50 And Anab, and Asbteraoh, and
Anim,
51 And Goshen, and Holon, and Gi-
loh: eleuen cities with their villages.
52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,
53 And || lanum, and Beth-tappu- I Or, lanus.
ah, and Aphekah,
54 And Humtah, and *Kiriatharba * Chap. u.
(which is Hebron) and Zior, nine cities 15.
with their villages.
55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and
luttah,
56 Ind lezreel, aud lokdeam, and
Zanoah,
57 Cain, Gibbeah, and Timuah:
ten cities with their villages.
58 Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,
59 And Maarah, and Bethanoth,
& Eltekon : six cities with their villages.
60 Kiriath-baal, which is Kiriath-
iearim, and Kabbah: two cities with
their villages.
61 IF In
lofephs borders. lofhua.
61 1T In the wildernesse, Beth-ara-
bah, Middin, and Secacah,
62 And Nibshan, and the city of
Salt, and Engedi: sixe cities with their
villages.
63 As for the lebusites the inhabi-
tants of Jerusalem, the children of lu-
ah could not driue them out: but the
lebusites dwell with the children of
udah at Jerusalem vnto this day,
C H A P . XVI.
1 The generall borders of the sonnes of loseph.
5 The border of the inheritance of Ephra-
im. 10 The Canaanites not conquered.
Nd the lot of the children
A
t Hebr. went of loseph tfell from lor-
)orth.
dan by lericho, vnto the
water of lericho on the
East, to the wildernesse
hat goeth vp from lencjio through-
out mount Bethel;
2 And goeth out from Bethel to
* ludg. 1. *Luz, and passeth along vnto the bor-
26.
ders of Archi, to Ataroth,
3 And goeth downe Westward, to
the coast of laphleti, vnto the coast o:
Bethoron the nether, and to Gezer:
and the goings out thereof are at the
Sea.
4 So the children of loseph, Ma-
nasseh, and Ephraim, tooke their inhe-
ritance.
5 11 And the border of the children
of Ephraim according to their families,
was thus: euen the border of their inhe-
ritance on the East side was Ataroth-
Addar, vnto Bethoron the vpper.
6 And the border went out towarc
the Sea, to Michmethah on the North-
side , and the border went about East-
ward vnto Taanath Shiloh, and pas-
sed by it on the East to lanohah :
7 And it went downe from lano-
bah to Ataroth and to Naarath, anc
came to lericho, and went out at lor-
dane.
8 The border went out from Tap-
puah Westward vnto the riuer Ka-
nah : and the goings out thereof were
at the Sea. This is the inheritance o
the tribe of the children of Ephraim by
their families.
9 And the separate cities for the chil
dren of Ephraim were among the inhe-
ritance of the children of Manasseh, a
the cities with their villages.
10 And they draue not out the Ca-
Manaffehs lot.
naanites that dwelt in Gezer : but the
Canaanites dwell among the Ephra-
mites vnto this day, and serue vn-
der tribute.
C H A P . XVII
1 The lot of Manasseh. 8 His coast. 12 The
Canaanites not driuen out. 14 The chil-
dren of losenh obtains another lot-
Here was also a lot for the
T tribe of Manasseh ; (*for 51. * Gene. 41.
loseph) to wit, for Machir 32.39.
the first borne of Manas-
seh the lather or (jilead: because he was
and 46.
hee was the first borne of 20. and 50.
23. num.
a man of warre, therefore hee had Gi-
lead and Bashan.
£ There was also a lot for * the rest * Num. 26.
of the children of Manasseh by their fa- 29.
milies ; for the children of Abiezer, and
for the children of Helek, and for the chil-
dren of Asriel, and for the children ol
Shechem , and for the children of He-
pher, and for the children of Shemida :
these were the male children of Manas-
seh , the sonne of loseph by their fa-
milies.
3 If But * Zelophehad the sonne o1* Num. 26.
Hepher, the sonne of Gilead, the sonne 33. and 27
. and 36. 2
of Machir, the sonne of Manasseh, hac
no sonnes but daughters: And these
are the names of his daughters, Mah-
lah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, anc
Tirzah.
4t And they came neere before Ele
azar the Priest, and before loshua the
sonne of Nun, aiid before the Princes
saying, The LORD commanded Mo
ses to giue vs an inheritance among
our brethren: therefore according to the
com maun dement of the LORD, hee
gaue them an inheritance among the
brethren of their father.
5 And there fel ten portions to Ma-
nasseh , beside the land of Gilead anc
Bashan, which were on the other side
lordan;
6 Because the daughters of Ma
nasseh had an inheritance among hi
sonnes : and the rest of Manasseh
sonnes had the land of Gilead.
7 1F And the coast of Manasseh wa
from Asher to Michmethah, that lieti
before Shechem, and the border wen
along on the right hand, vnto the inha-
bitants of Entappuah.
8 Now Manasseh had the land o
Tappuah : but Tappuah on the bor
dei
Their cities. Chap.xviij.
der of Manasseh belonged to the chil-
dren of Ephraim.
9 And the coast descended vnto the
!i Or, brooki ||riuer Kanah, Southward of the ri-
of reeds.
uer: these cities of Ephraim are among
the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Ma-
nasseh also was on the North side of the
riuer, and the outgoings of it were at
the Sea
10 Southward it was Ephraims, and
Northward it was Manassehs, and the
sea is his border, and they met together
in Asher on the North, and in Issachar
on the East.
11 And Manasseh had in Issachar
and in Asher, Bethshean Si her townes,
and Ibleam and her townes, and the
inhabitants of Dor and her townes,
and the inhabitants of Endor and her
townes, and the inhabitants of Taa-
nach and her townes, and the inhabi-
tants of Megiddo and her townes, e-
uen three countreyes.
12 Yet the children of Manasseh
could not driue outtheinhabitants of those
cities, but the Canaanites would dwell
in that land.
13 Yet it came to passe when the chil-
dren of Israel were waxen strong, that
they put the Canaanites to tribute : but
did not vtterly driue them out.
14 And the children of loseph spake
vnto loshua, saying. Why hast thou
jiuen me but one lot and one portion to
nherit, seeing I am a great people, for-
asmuch as the LORD hath blessed me
hitherto ?
15 And loshua answered them, If
thou be a great people, then get thee vp
to the wood countrey, and cut downe for
thy selfe there in the land of the Periz-
li Or, Replut- zites, and of the || giants, if mount E-
ims.
Araim be too narrow for thee.
16 And the children of loseph saide,
The hill is not enough for vs: and all
the Canaanites that dw«ll in the lande
of the valley, haue charets of yron, both
they who are of Bethshean and her
townes, and they who are of the valley
of lezreel.
17 And loshua spake vnto the house
of loseph, euen to Ephraim , and to
Vlanasseh, saying, Thou art a great
>.eople., and hast great power: Thou
shalt not haue one lot onely.
18 But the mountaine shalbe thine,
•or it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it
downe: and the outgoings of it shalbe
thine: for thou shalt driue out the Cana-
The Tabernacle.
amtes, though they haue yron charets,
and though they be strong.
C H A P . XVIII.
1 The Tabernacle is set vp at Shiloh. 2 The re-
mainder of the land is described, and diuided
into seuen parts. 10 loshua diuideth it by
lot. 11 The lot and border of Beniamin.
21 Their cities.
P!
Nd the whole Congrega-
H
tion of the children of Is-
rael assembled together at
Shiloh, & set vp the Ta-
bernacle of the Congre-
Cation there, and the land was subduec
before them.
% And there remained among the
children of Israel seuen tribes, which
had not yet receiued their inheritance.
3 And loshua said ynto the children
of Israel, How long are you slacke to
joe to possesse the lande which the
L O R D God of your fathers hath gi-
uen you?
4 Giue out from among you three
men, for each tribe : and I will send
them, and they shall rise, & goe through
the land, and describe it according to the
inheritance of them, and they shal come
againe to me.
5 And they shall diuide it into seuen
parts: ludah shall abide in their coast
>n the South, and the house of loseph
shall abide in their coasts on the North,
6 Ye shall therfore describe the'land
nfoseuen parts, a,n&bringthe description
rither to me: that I may cast lots for
you here before the LORD our God.
7 But the Leuites haue no part a-
mong you, for the Priesthood of the
L O R D is their inheritance: and Gad
and Reuben, and halfe the tribe of Ma-
nasseh, haue receiued their inheritance
>eyond lordan on the East, which
Moses the seruant of the L O R D gaue
hem.
8 IF And the men arose, and went
away : and loshua charged them that
went to describe the land, saying, Goe,
and walke through the land, & describe
t, and come againe to me, that I may
lere cast lots for you, before the LORD
u Shiloh.
9 And the men went, and passed
hprow the land, and described it by ci-
ies, into seuen parts in a booke, and
came againe to loshua to the hoste at
Shiloh.
10 f And
The lot, borders, and lofhua.
10 1T And loshua cast lots for them
n Shiloh, before the L O R D : and
here loshua diuided the land vnto the
children of Israel according to their
liuisions.
11 If And the lot of the tribe of the
children of Beniamin came vp accor-
ling to their families: and the coast of
heir lot came foorth betweene the chil-
Iren of ludah , and the children of lo-
eph*
12 And their border on the North-
side was from lordan, and the border
went vp to the side of lericho, on the
^orth side, and went vp through the
mountaines Westward, and the goings
out thereof were at the wildernesse of
3eth-auen.
13 And the border went ouer from
thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz,
' which is Bethel ) Southward, and
the border descended to Ataroth-Adar,
neere the hill that lieth on the South
side of the nether Beth-horon.
14 And the border was drawen
thence, and compassed the corner of the
Sea Southward, from the hill that li-
eth before Beth-horon Southward:
and the goings out thereof were at Ki-
riath-baal ( which is Kiriath-iearim ) a
city of the children of ludah : This
was the West quarter.
15 And the South quarter was
from the end of Kiriath-iearim, & the
border went out on the West, and went
out to the well of waters of Nephtoah.
16 And the border came downe to the
end of the mountaine, that lieth before
the valley of the sonne of Hinnom, and
which is in the valley of the Giants on
the North, and descended to the valley
of Hinnom to the side of lebusi on the
South, and descended to En-Rogel,
17 And was drawen fro the North,
and went foorth to Enshemesh , anc
went foorth toward Geliloth, which is
ouer against the going vp of Adum-
* Chap. 15. mim, and descended to * the stone of Bo-
6.
han the sonne of Reuben,
18 And passed along toward the
side ouer against Arabah Northward,
H Or, the and went downe vnto || Arabah.
plaine.
19 And the border passed along to
the side of Beth-hoglah Northward:
and the outgoings of the border were
\Hebr. at the North tbay of the salt Sea at the
tongue.
South end of lordane: This was the
South coast.
20 And lordane was the border o
cities of Beniamin.
it on the East side : this was the inheri-
tance of the children of Beniamin, by
the coasts thereof round about, accor-
ding to their families.
21 Now the cities of the tribe of the
children of Beniamin according to their
'amilies, were lericho, and Bethhog-
ah, and the valley of Keziz,
22 And Betharabah, and Zema-
rairn, and Bethel,
23 And Auim, and Parah, and O-
shrah,
24 And Chephar-Haammonai, and
Ophni, and Gaba, twelue cities with
their villages.
25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Bee-
roth,
26 And Mizpeh , and Chephirah,
and Mozah,
27 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and
Taralah,
28 And Zela, Eleph , and lebusi,
[which is Jerusalem) Gibeath, and Ki-
riath, foureteene cities with their vil-
lages. This is the inheritance of the
children of Beniamin according to their
families.
CHAP. XIX.
1 The lot of Simeon, 10 Of Zebulun, 17 Of
Issachar, 24 Of Asher, 32 Of Naphtali,
40 Of Dan. 46 The children of Ifrael giue
an inheritance to loshua.
Nd the second lot came
A foorth to Simeon, euen
for the tribe of the children
of Simeon according to
their families : and their
inheritance was within the inheritance
of the children of ludah.
2 And they had in their inheritance
Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,
3 And Hazarshual, and Balah, and
Azem,
4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and
Hormah,
5 And Ziklag, and Beth-marca-
both, and Hazar-susah,
6 And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharu-
hen : thirteene cities and their villages.
7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and
Ashan : foure cities and their villages,
8 And all the villages that were
round about these cities, to Baalath-
Beer, Ramath of the South: This is
the inheritance of the tribe of the chil-
dren of Simeon according to their fa-
milies.
9 Out
Zebuluns, Aftiers, Chap.xix.
9 Out of the portion of the chil-
dren of ludah was the inheritance of
the children of Simeon : for the part of
the children of ludah was too much
ibr them : therefore the children of Si-
meon had their inheritance within the
inheritance of them.
10 IF And the third lot came vp for
the children of Zebulun, according to
their families : and the border of their
inheritance was vnto Sarid.
11 And their border went vp toward
;he Sea, and Maralah, and reached to
Dabbasheth, and reached to the riuer
that is before lokneam,
12 And turned from Sarid East-
ward, toward the Sunne rising, vnto
the border of Chisloth Tabor, and then
goeth out to Daberath, and goeth vp to
laphia,
13 And from thence passeth on along
on the East to Gittah-Hepher, to It-
tah-Kazin, and goeth out to Rem-
tt Or, which mon || Methoar to Neah.
is drawen.
14 And the border compasseth it on
the North side to Hannathon: and the
outgoings thereof are in the valley of
liphthah-el.
15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and
Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethle-
hem : twelue cities with their villages.
16 This is the inheritance of the chil-
dren of Zebulun according to their fa-
milies, these cities with their villages.
17 IT And the fourth lot came out to
Issachar for the children of Issachar
according to their families.
18 And their border was toward
Izreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunettv,
19 And Hapharaim, and Shion, and
Anaharath, '
20 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and
Abez,
21 And Remeth, and Engannim,
and Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez.
22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor,
and Shahazimath, and Bethshemesh,
and the outgoings of their border were
at lordan, sixteene cities with their vil-
lages.
23 This is the inheritance of the
tribe of the children of Issachar accor-
ding to their families, the cities, and
their villages.
24 f And the fift lot came out for
the tribe of the children of Asher accor-
ding to their families.
25 And their border was Helkath,
and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
Naphtalis
*
portion.
*.
26 And Alammelech, and Amad,
and Misheal, and reacheth to Carmel
westward, and to Shihor-Libnath,
27 And turneth toward the Sunne
rising to Beth-dagon, and reacheth to
Zebulun, and to the valley of of liph-
thah-el toward the Northside of Beth-
emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Ca-
bul on the left hand,
28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and
Hammon, and Kan ah, euen vnto great
Zidon:
29 And then the coast turneth to Ra-
mah, and to the strong citie t Tyre, and \Heb. Txor.
the coast turneth to Hosah: and the out-
goings thereof are at the Sea from the
coast to Achzib.
30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and
Rehob : twentie and two cities with
their villages.
31 This is the inheritance of the tribe
of the children of Asher according to
their families, these cities with their vil-
lages.
32 f The sixt lot came out to the chil-
dren of Naphtali: euen for the children
of Naphtali according to their families.
33 And their coast was from Heleph,
from Allon to Zaanannim, and Ada-
mi, Nekeb, and labneel vnto Lakum:
and the outgoings thereof were at
lordan.
34 And then the coast turneth west-
ward to Aznoth-Tabor, and goeth out
from thence to Hukkok,and reacheth to
Zebulun on the Southside, and rea-
cheth to Asher on the Westside, and to
ludah vpon lordan toward the Sun
rising.
35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim,
Zer, and Hammath , Rakkath, and
Cinnereth,
36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and
Hazor,
37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-
hazor,
38 And Iron, and Migdal-el, Ho-
rem, and Bethanah, and Beth she mesh,
nineteene cities with their villages.
39 This is the inheritance of the
tribe of the children of Naphtali accor-
ding to their families, the cities and
their villages.
40 f And the seuenth lot came out
for the tribe of the children of Dan ac-
cording to their families:
41 And the coast of their inheritance
was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshe-
mesh,
42 And
Dans portion. loi'hua.
42 And Shaalabbin, and Aiialon,
and lethlah,
43 And Elon, and Thimnathah,
and Ekron,
44 Arid Eltekeh, and Gibbethon,
and Baalah,
45 And lehud, and Bene-berak,
and Gath-rimmon,
46 And Meiarkon, and Rakkon,
II Or, ouer a- iwith the border ||before ||Iapho.
gainst.
II Or, loppa. 47 And the coast of the children of
Acts. 9. 36. ]Dan went out too little for them : there-
fore the children of Dan went vp to
fight against Leshem, and tooke it, and
smote it with the edge of the sword, and
possessed it, and dwelt therein, and cal-
* ludg. 18. led Leshem, *Dan , after the name of
29.
Dan their father.
48 This is the inheritance of the
tribe of the children of Dan according
to their families, these cities with their
villages.
49 11 When they had made an end of
diuiding the land for inheritance by
their coasts, the children of Israel gaue
an inheritance to loshua the sonne of
Nun among them:
50 According to the word of the
LORD, they gaue him the citie which
* Chap. 24. he asked, euen * Timnath-Serah in
30.
mount Ephraim : and he built the citie,
and dwelt therein.
* Num. 34. 51 * These are the inheritances which
17.
Eleazar the Priest, and loshua the
sonne of Nun, and the heads of the fa-
thers of the tribes of the children of Is-
rael, diuided for an inheritance by lot, in
Shiloh before the L O R D , at the
doore of the Tabernacle of the Congre-
gation : so they made an end of diuiding
the countrey.
C H A P . XX.
1 God commandeth, 7 and the children of Is-
rael appoint the sixe cities of Refuge.
He LORD also spake vn-
* Exod. 21,
13. num.
T to loshua, saying,
2 Speake to the chil-
dren of Israel, saying,
* Appoint out for you ci-
35.6,11. ties of refuge, whereof I spake vnto
14. deut.
19. 2. you by the hand of Moses :
3 That the slayer that killeth any
person vnawares and vnwittingly,
may flee thither: and they shall be your
refuge from the auenger of blood.
4 And when he that doeth flee vnto
one of those cities, shall stand at the en-
Cities of refuge.
tring of the gate of the city, and shall de-
clare his cause in the eares of the El-
ders of that citie; they shall take him in-
to the citie vnto them, and giue him a
place, that he may dwell among them.
5 And if the auenger of blood pur-
sue after him, then they shal not deliuei
the slayer vp into his hand: because hee
smote his neighbour vnwittingly, and
hated him not beforetime.
6 And hee shall dwell in that citie,
vntill he stand before the Congregation
for iudgement, and * vntill the death oi 25. * Num. 35.
the high Priest that shall bee in those
dayes: then shall the slayer returne, and
come vnto his owne cityr and vnto his
owne house, vnto the citie from whence
he fled.
7 IF And they t appointed KedeshI• tctified. Hebr. san-
in Galilee, in mount Naphtali, and
Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Ki-
riath-arba (which is Hebron) in the
mountaine of ludah.
8 And on the other side lordan by
lericho Eastward, they assigned * Be- * Deut. 4.
zer in the wildernesse vpon the plaine, 43. i. chro.
6. 78.
out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ra-
moth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad,
and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe
of Manasseh.
9 These were the cities appointed
for all the children of Israel, and for the
stranger that soiourneth among them,
that whosoeuer killeth any person at
vnawares might flee thither, & not die
by the hand of the auenger of blood, vn-
till he stood before the Congregation.
C H A P . XXI
1 Eight and fortie cities giuen by lot, out of the
other tribes, vnto the Leuites. 43 God gaue
the land, and rest vnto the Israelites, accor-
ding to his promise.
H
Hen came neere the heads
of the fathers of the Le-
<m$P *Hil uites vnto Eleazar the
Priest, and vnto loshua
the sonne of Nun, and vn-
to the heads of the fathers of the tribes
of the children of Israel.
2 And they spake vnto them at
Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying,
* The L O R D commaunded by the * Num. 35.
hand of Moses, to giue vs Cities to 2,
dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for
our cattell.
3 And the children of Israel gaue
vnto the Leuites out of their inheri-
tance
Cities giuen Chap.xxj.
tance at the commandement of the
LORD, these cities and their suburbs.
4 And the lot came out for the fami-
lies of the Kohathites : and the chil-
dren of Aaron the Priest, which were of
the Leuites, had by lot out of the tribe
of ludah, and out of the tribe of Si-
meon , and out of the tribe of Benia-
min, thirteene cities.
5 And the rest of the children of Ko-
hath had by lot, out of the families of the
tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of
Dan, and out of the halfe tribe of Ma-
nasseh, ten cities.
6 And the children of Gershon had
by lot out of the families of the tribe of
Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher,
and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and
out of the halfe tribe of Manasseh in
Bash an, thirteene cities.
7 The children of Merari by their
families, had out of the tribe of Reuben,
and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of
the tribe of Zebulun, twelue cities,
8 And the children of Israel gaue
by lot vnto the Leuites these cities with
their suburbs, as the L O R D comman-
ded by the hand of Moses.
9 IF And they gaue out of the tribe
of the children of ludah, and out of the
tribe of the children of Simeon, these ci-
\Jtebr. ties which are here tmentioned by name,
called. 10 Which the children of Aaron be-
ing of the families of the Kohathites,
who were of the children of Leui, had:
(for theirs was the first lot.)
Wr,Kiri- 11 And they gaue them ]| the citie of
uth-arbah. Arbah the father of Anak (which citie is
Hebron) in the hill countrey of ludah,
with y suburbs thereof round about it.
12 But the fields of the citie, and the
*Chap. u villages thereof, gaue they to * Caleb
u. i. chro. the sonne of lephunneh, for his posses-
6.56.
sion.
13 If Thus they gaue to the children
of Aaron the Priest Hebron with her
suburbs to bee a citie of refuge for the
slayer, and Libnah with her suburbs,
14 And lattir with her suburbs,
and Eshtemoa with her suburbs:
15 And Holon with her suburbs, and
Debir with her suburbs:
16 And Ain with her suburbs, and
luttah with her suburbs, and Beth-
shemesh with her suburbs, nine cities
out of those two tribes.
17 And out of the tribe of Bemamin,
Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with
her suburbs,
to the Leuites,
18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and
Almon with her suburbs, foure cities.
19 All the cities of the children of Aa-
ron the Priests, were thirteene cities
with their suburbs.
20 If And the families of the children
of Kohath the Leuites, which remai-
ned of the children of Kohath, euen
they had the cities of their lot out of the
tribe of Ephraim.
21 For they gaue them Shechem
with her suburbs in mount Ephraim,
to be a citie of refuge for the slayer: and
Gezer with her suburbs,
22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs,
and Beth-horon with her suburbs,
foure cities.
23 And out of the tribe of Dan, El-
tekeh with her suburbs, Gibethon with
her suburbs,
24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-
rimmon , with her suburbs : foure
cities.
25 And out of the halfe tribe of Ma-
nasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and
Gathrimmon with her suburbs, two
cities.
26 All the cities were ten with their
suburbs, for the families of the children
of Kohath that remained.
27 11 And vnto the children of Ger-
shon of the families of the Leuites, out
of the other halfe tribe of Manasseh, they
gaue Golan in Bashan, with her sub-
urbs, to be a citie of refuge for the slayer:
and Beeshterah with her suburbs, two
cities.
28 And out of the tribe of Issachar,
Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh
with her suburbs,
29 larmuth with her suburbs, En-
gannim with her suburbs, foure cities.
30 And out of the tribe of Asher Mi-
shal with her suburbs, Abdon with
her suburbs,
31 Helkah with her suburbs, and Re-
hob with her suburbs, foure cities.
32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali,
Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to
be a citie of refuge for the slayer, and
Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and
Kartan with her suburbs, three cities.
33 All the cities of the Gershonites
according to their families were thirteen
cities with their suburbs.
34 If And vnto the families of the
children of Merari the rest of >the Le-
uites , out of the tribe of Zebulun,
Tokneam, with her suburbs, and
Kar-
The Leuites cities. Xofhua.
Kartah with her suburbs,
35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Na~
lalal with her suburbs, foure cities.
36 And out of the tribe of Reuben,
tezer with her suburbs, and lahazah
with her suburbs,
37 Kedemoth with her suburbs,
and Mephaath with her suburbs, foure
cities.
38 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ra-
moth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be
a city of refuge for the slayer; and Ma-
lanaim with her suburbs,
39 Heshbon with her suburbs, la-
zer with her suburbs, foure cities in all.
40 So all the cities for the children of
Vterari by their families, which were
remayning of the families of the Le-
uites, were by their lot, twelue cities.
41 All the cities of the Leuites with-
in the possession of the children of Is-
rael, were fourty and eight cities, with
their suburbs.
42 These cities were euery one
with their suburbs round about them :
thus were all these cities.
43 IF And the LORD gaue vnto
Israel all the land which hee sware to
jiue vnto their fathers : and they pos-
sessed it, and dwelt therein.
44 And the LOUD gaue them
rest round about, according to all that
le sware vnto their fathers, and there
stood not a man of all their enemies
Before them: the L O R D deliuered al
their enemies into their hand.
. chap. 23.
14,15.
45 * There failed not ought of any
good thing which the LORD hac
spoken vnto the house of Israel : al
came to passe.
C H A P . XXII.
1 The two Tribes and halfe with a blessing are
sent home. 9 They build the Altar of Te-
stimony, in their journey. 11 The Israe-
lites are offended thereat. 21 They giue
them good satisfaction.
Hen loshua called the
T Reubenites, and the Ga-
dites, and the halfe tribe
of Manasseh,
% And said vnto them,
Yee haue kept all that Moses the ser-
uant of the LORD commanded you,
and haue obeyed my voyce in all that
commanded you.
3 Yee haue not left your brethren
these many dayes vnto this day, but
Reubens &c. altar.
iaue kept the charge of the commande-
ment of the LORD your God.
4 And now the LORD your God
lath giuen rest vnto your brethren, as
lee promised them : therefore now re-
turne yee, and get yee vnto your tents,
and vnto the land of your possession,
* which Moses the seruant of the
1,0RD gaue you on the other side*33. * Num. 32.
chap.
ordane. ?! 13. 8.
5 But take diligent heed, to doe the
^ommandement and the Law, which
Moses the seruant of the L O R D char-
ged you, *to loue the L O R D your God, ** Deut. 10.
md to walke in all his wayes, and to 1:19.
ceepe his Commaundements, and to
cleaue vnto him, and to serue him with
all your heart, and with all your soule.
6 So loshua blessed them, and
sent them away : and they went vnto
their tents.
7 1T Now to the one halfe of the
tribe of Manasseh Moses had giuen
jossession in Bashan: but vnto the other
lalfe therof gaue loshua among their
>rethren on this side lordane West-
ward. And when loshua sent them a-
way also vnto their tents, then hee bles-
sed them,
8 And he spake vnto them, saying;
Eleturne with much riches vnto your
tents, and with very much cattell, with
siluer and with gold, and with brasse,
and with iron, and with very much rai-
ment : Diuide the spoile of your ene-
mies with your brethren.
9 IT And the children of Reuben,
and the children of Gad, and the halfe
tribe of Manasseh returned, and depar-
ted from the children of Israel out ol
Shiloh which is in the land of Canaan,
to goe vnto the countrey of Gilead, to
the land of their possession , whereo:
they were possessed, according to the
word of the LORD by the hand of
Moses.
10 If And when they came vnto the
borders of lordan, that are in the lane
of Canaan, the children of Reuben, am
the children of Gad, and the halfe tribe
of Manasseh built there an altar by
lordan, a great altar to see to.
11 If And the children of Israe
heard say, Behold, the children of Reu-
ben, and the children of Gad, and the
halfe tribe of Manasseh, haue built an
altar ouer against the land of Canaan,
in the borders of lordan, at the passage
of the children of Israel.
12 And
Being reproued, Chap.xxij.
12 And when the children of Israel
heard of it, the whole Congregation of
the children of Israel gathered them-
selues together at Shiloh, to goe vp to
warre against them.
i 13 And the children of Israel sent
vrito the children of Reuben, and to the
children of Gad, and to the halfe tribe
of Manasseh into the lande of Gilead,
Phinehas the son of Eleazar the Priest,
14? And with him ten princes, of ech
f Keb. house* tchiefe house a prince, throughout all
ofthefather.
' the tribes of Israel, and each one was
an head of the house of their fathers, a-
mong the thousands of Israel.
15 IF And they came vnto the chil-
dren of Reuben, and to the children of
Gad, and to the halfe tribe of Manasseh
vnto the land of Gilead, and they spake
with them, saying,
16 Thus saith the whole Congrega-
tion of the LORD, What trespasse is
this that ye haue committed against the
God of Israel, to turne away this day
from following the LORD, in that ye
haue builded you an altar, that yee
might rebell this day against the
LORD ?
4
Num. 25. 17 Is the iniquitie *of Pear too li-
4.
tle for vs, from which we are not clean-
sed vntil this day, (although there was
a plague in the Congregation of the
LORD)
18 But that ye must turne away this
day from following the L O R D ? and
it will be, seeing yee rebell to day against
the LORD, that to morrow he will be
wroth with the whole Congregation
of Israel.
19 Notwithstanding, if the lande of
your possession be vncleane, then passe
yee ouer vnto the land of the possession
of the LORD, wherein the L O R D S
Tabernacle dwelleth, and take posses-
sion among vs: but rebell not against
the LORP, nor rebell against vs, in
building you an altar, beside the Altar
of the LORD our God.
20 Did not Achan the sonne of Ze-
rah commit a trespasse in the accursed
* Chap. 7. thing, and wrath fell on *all the Con-
1,5.
gregation of Israel ? and that man pe-
rished not alone in his iniquitie.
21 1F Then the children of Reuben,
and the children of Gad, and the halfe
tribe of Manasseh, answered and saide
vnto the Heads of the thousands of
Israel,
22 The L O R D God of gods, the
they make anfwere.
L O R D God of gods, hee knoweth,
and Israel he shall know*, if it bee in re-
bellion, or if in transgression against the
LORD, (saue vs not this day,)
23 That wee haue bulls vs aft altar
to turne from following the LORD,
or if to offer thereon burnt offering, or
meat offering, or if to offer peace offe-
rings thereon, let the Lo&D himselfe
require it;
24 And if we haue not father: done it
for feare of this thing, saying, tin time f Heir, to
to come your children might speake vn- morrow.
to our children, saying, What haue you
to doe with the LORE God of Israel ?
25 For the LORD hath made lor-
dan a border betweene vs and you, yee
children of Reuben, arid children of
Gad, yee haue no part in the LORE :
so shal your children make out childfen
cease from fearing the LORD :
26 Therefore we said. Let vs now
prepare to build vs an altar > not for
burnt offering, nor for sacrifice,
27 But that it may bee *a witnesse «G'er>. 3>.
betweene vs and you, and our. genera- 4&. chap. 24
27. vw. 34.
tions after vs, that we might do the ser-
uice of the LORD before him with our
burnt offrings, and with our sacrifices,
and with our peace offerings, that your
children may not say to our children in
time to come, Ye haue no part in the
LORD.
28 Therefore said we, that it shalbe,
when they should so say to vs, or to our
'generations in time to come, that wee
may say againe, Beholde the paterne of
the altar of the LORD, which our fa-
thers made, not for burnt offrings, nor
for sacrifices, but it is a witnes betweene
vs and you.
29 God forbid that we should rebell
against the LORD, and turne this day
from following the LORD, to build
an altar for burnt offerings, for meate
offerings, or for sacrifices, besides the
Altar of the L O R D our God that is
before his Tabernacle.
30 If And when Phinehas the Priest
and the Princes of the Congregation,
and Heads of the thousands of Israel
which were with him, heard the words
that the children of Reuben and the
children of Gad, and the children of Ma-
nasseh spake, tit pleased them. ^5r. i/
31 And Phinehas the^ sonne of Ele- was food in
fair eyfs.
azar the Priest said vnto the children of
Reuben, and to the childten of Gad, and
to the children of Manasseh, This day
we
*9
Exhortations to lofhua.
we perceiue that the LORD is among
vs, because ye haue not committed this
tH<?5r. respasse against the LORD : t now ye
Then. laue deliuered the children of Israel
out of the hand of the LORD.
38 1T And Phinehas the sonne of E-
eazar the Priest, and the Princes, re-
turned from the children of Reuben,
and from the children of Gad, out of the
iand of Gilead, vnto the land of Cana-
an, to the children of Israel, & brought
them word againe.
33 And the thing pleased the children
of Israel, and the children of Israel
blessed God, and did not intend to goe
vp against them in battel, to destroy the
land wherein the children of Reuben
and Gad dwelt.
34 And the children of Reuben, and
I That is, the children of Gad called the altar||Ed:
a wtinesse.
for it shall bee a witnesse betweene vs,
that the LORD is God.
C H A P . XXIII.
1 loshuas exhortation before his death, 3 by you, and shall make marriages with
former benefits, 5 by promises, 11 and
by threatnings.
Nd it came to passe, a long
the loue of God.
right hand, or to the left,
7 That yee come not among these
nations, these that remaine amongst
fou, neither * make mention of the * Psal. 16.4-.
lame of their gods, nor cause to sweare
by them, neither serue them, nor bow
your selues vnto them.
8 || But cleaue vnto the LORD II Or, for if
your God, as yee haue done vnto this you will
cleaue, <Jc.
day.
9 11 For the LORD hath driuen out D Or. fken
Tom before you, great nations, and the LORD
trill driue.
strong: But as for you, no man hath
beene able to stand before you vnto
this day.
10 * One man of you shall chase a * Leuit. 26.
8. deut. 32.
thousand : for the LORD your God, he 30.
it is that fighteth for you, as hee hath
promised you.
11 Take good heed therefore vnto
your tselues, that ye loue the LORD iHehsoutes.
your God.
1£ Else, if ye do in any wise go backe,
and cleaue vnto the remnant of these
nations, euen these that remaine among
them, and goe in vnto them, and they
to you:
13 Know for a certainety, that the

A time after that the LORD L O R D your God will no more driue
had giuen rest vnto Isra- out any of these nations from before
el from all their enemies you: *but they shalbe snares and traps * Exod. 23.
round about, that loshua vnto you, and scourges in your sides, 33. 33. numb.
55. deu.
t Heb. come
into dayes.
waxed old, and t stricken in age. and tnornes in your eyes, vn till yee pe- 7. 1G.
2 And loshua called for all Israel, rish from off this good land which the
and for their Elders, & for their Heads, LORD your God hath giuen you.
and for then* ludges, and for their Of- 14 And behold, this day I am going
ficers , and said vnto them; I am old, the way of all the earth, and ye know in
and stricken in age. all your hearts, and,in all your soules,
3 And yee haue scene all that the that *not one thing hath failed of all the * Chap. 21.^
LORD your God hath done vnto all good things which the LORD your 45.
these nations, because of you; for the God spake concerning you; all are come
* Exod. 14.
4.
* L O R D your God is hee that hath to passe vnto you, and not one thing
fought for you. hath failed thereof.
4 Behold, I haue diuided vnto 15 Therefore it shall come to passe,
you by lot these nations that remaine, that as all good things are come vpon
to bee an inheritance for your tribes, you, which the LORD your God pro-
from lordan, with all the nations that mised you : so shall the L O R D bring
I haue cut off, euen vnto the great Sea vpon you all euill things, vntill he haue
t Hebr. at t Westward. destroyed you from off this good land
the Sunne
set. 5 And the L O R D your God, hee which the LORD your God hath
shall expell them from before you, anc giuen you.
driue them from out of your sight, & ye 16 When yee haue transgressed the
shall possesse their land, as the LORD Couenant of the L O R D your God,
your God hath promised vnto you. which hee commaunded you, and haue
6 Be ye therefore very courageous gone and serued other gods, and bow-
to keepe and'to doe all that is written in ed your selues to them : then shall the
* Deut. 5.
32. and 23.
the booke of the Law of Moses, *that anger of the L O R D bee kindled a-
14. yee turne not aside therefrom, to the gainst you, and yee shall perish quickly
from
Gods benefites Chap.xxiiij.
" from off the good land which hee hath
giuen vnto you.
C H A P . XXIIII.
1 loshua assembled! the tribes at Shechem. 2 A
briefe historic of Gods benefits from Terah.
14 He reneweth a couenant betweene them
and God. 26 A stone the witnesse of the co-
uenant. 29 loshuas age, death and burial!.
32 Josephs bones are buried. SSEleazardieth.
Nd loshua gathered all
A
the Tribes of Israel to
Shechem, and called for
the Elders of Israel, and
for their Heads, and for
their ludges, and for their Officers,
and they presented themselues before
God.
2 And loshua said vnto all the peo-
ple, Thus saith the LORD God of Is-
* Gen. 11. rael, *Your fathers dwelt on the other
31. iudit 6. side of the flood in old time, euen Terah
6,7.
the father of Abraham, and the father
of Nachor: and they serued other gods.
3 And I tooke your father Abra-
ham fro the other side of the flood, and
led him throughout all the land of Ca-
* Gen. 21. s naan, and multiplied his seed, and*gaue
him Isaac.
* Gen. 25. 4 And I gaue vnto Isaac, * lacob
26.
* Gem 36.8 and Esau : & I gaue vnto * Esau mount
* Gen. 46.6 Seir, to possesse it : *but lacob and
his children went downe into Egypt.
* Exo. 3.10 5 * 1 sent Moses also and Aaron,
and I plagued Egypt, according to
that which I did amongst them: and
afterward, I brought you out.
*£xod. 12. 6 And I * brought your fathers out
37.
of Egypt: and you came vnto the sea,
and the Egyptians pursued after your
fathers with charets and horsemen vn-
* Exod. 14. to *the red sea.
9.
7 And when they cried vnto the
LORD, hee put darkenesse betweene
you and the Egyptians, and brought
the sea vpon them, and couered them,
and your eyes haue seene what I haue
done in Egypt, and ye dwelt in the wil-
dernes a long season.
8 And I brought you into the land
of the Amorites, which dwelt on the o-
* Num. 21 ther side lordan : *and they fought
33.
with you, and I gaue them into your
hand, that ye might possesse their land,
and I destroyed them from before you.
9 Then Balak the sonne of Zippor
king of Moab, arose and warred a-
* Num. 22. gainst Israel, and *sent and called Ba-
5. deut. 23.4
on the Ifraelites.
laam the sonne of Beor to curse you:
10 But I would not hearken vnto
Balaam, therefore he blessed you still :
so I deliuered you out of his hand.
11 And ye went oUer lordan, and
came vnto lericho: and the men of le-
richo fought against you, the Amorites^
and the Perizzites, & the Canaanites,
and the Hittites, and the Girgashites,
the Hiuites, and the lebusites, and I
deliuered them into your hand.
18 And * I sent the hornet before you*, * Exod. 23,
which draue them out from before you, 28. 20.
deut. 7.
euen the two kings of the Amorites: but
not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
13 And I haue giuen you a land for
which ye did not labour, & cities which
ye built not, and yee dwell in them: of
the vineyards and Oliue-yards which
ye planted not, doe ye eate.
14? f Now therefore, feare the
LORD, and serue him in sinceritie, and
in trueth, and put away the gods which
your fathers serued on the other side of
the flood, and in Egypt: and serue yee
the LORD.
15 And if it seeme euill vnto you to
serue the LORD, choose you this day
whome you will serue > whether the
gods which your fathers serued that
were on the other side of the flood, or the
gods of the Amorites, in whose lande
ye dwell: but as for mee and my house,
we will serue the LORD.
16 And the people answered and said,
God forbid that wee should forsake the
LORD, to serue other gods.
17 For the LORD our God, he it is
that brought vs vp and our fathers out
of the land of Egypt, from the house of
bondage, & which did those great signes
in our sight, and preserued vs in all the
way wherein we went, and among all
the people through whom we passed.
18 And the LORD draue out from
before vs all the people, euen the Amo-
rites which dwelt in the land: therefore
will we also serue the LORD, for ne is
our God.
19 And loshua said vnto the people,
Ye cannot serue the LORD : for hee is
an holy God: he is a ielous God, he will
not forgiue your transgressions nor
your sinnes.
80 If yee forsake the LORD, and
serue strange gods, *then he will turne, * Chap. 23.
and doe you hurt, and consume you, af- 12.
ter that he hath done you good.
21 And the people said vnto loshua,
Nay,
lofliuas exhortation, Judges.
Nay, but we will serue the LOED.
2& And loshua said vnto the peo-
f Yee are witnesses against your
ple
;eltfes, jthat yee haue chosen you the
LoftD, to serue him. And they said,
We are witnesses.
23 Now therefore put away, said he,
the strange gods which are among
you, and encline your heart vnto the
LORD God of Israel.
24 And the people saide vnto lo-
shua; The LORD our God will we
serue, and his voice will we obey.
25 So loshua made a couenant
with the people that day, and set them a
Statute, & an Ordinance in Shechem.
26 IT And loshua wrote these
words in the booke of the Law of God,
and tooke a great stone, and set it vp
there, vnder an oake, that was by the
Sanctuary .of the LORD. ; the father of Shechem, for an hundred 19.
27 And loshua saide vnto all the
people, Behold, this stone shalbe a wit-
nesse vnto vs; for it hath heard all the
words of the LORD which hee spake
Vnto vs; it shall be there for a witnesse
vnto you, lest ye deny your God.
THE BOOKE OF
ludges.
C H A P . I.
1 TBe ftCttS of ludah and Simeon. 4 Adohi-
%e2efe iustly requited. 8 Hierusalem taken.
10 Hebron taken. 11 Othniel hath Ach-
gah to wife for taking of Debir. 16 The Re-
futes dwel in ludah. 17 Hormah, Gaza, As-
kelon and Ekron taken. 21 The acts of Ben-
iamin. 22 Of the house of Joseph, who take
Bethel. SOOfZebulun. 31 Of Asher. 33
OfNaphtali. 340fPan.
0 W after the
N
death of loshua,
it came to passe,
that the children
of Israel asked
the LORD, say-
ing, Who shal goe
vp for vs against
the Canaanites
first, to fight against them ?
His age, and death.
28 So loshua let the people depart,
euery man vnto his inheritance.
29 H And it came to passe after these
things, that loshua the sonne of Nun
the seruant of the L O R D died, being
an hundred and ten yeeres old.
30 And they buried him in the border
of his inheritance in *Timnath-Serah, 50. * Chap. 19.
which is in mount Ephraim, on the 9 iudg. 2.
North side of the hill of Gaash.
31 And Israel serued the LORD all
the dayes of loshua, & all the dayes of
the Elders that touerliued loshua, and \ Hebr. pro-
longed their
which had knowen al the works of the dayes after
LORD, that he had done for Israel. Joshua.
32 11" And * the bones of loseph, * Gen. 50.
which the children of Israel brought 25. exod.
13. 19.
vp out of Egypt, buried they in She-
chem, in a parcell of ground which la-
cob bought of * the sonnes of Hanior * Gene. 33.
((pieces of siluer; and it became the inhe- I Or, Iambs.
ritance of the children of loseph.
33 And Eleazar the sonne of Aaron
died, and they buried him in a hill that
pertained to Phinehas his son, which
was giuen him in mount Ephraim.
2 And the LORD sayd, ludah
shall goe vp : Behold, I haue deliuered
the land into his hand.
3 And ludah saide vnto Simeon
his brother, Come vp with me into my
lot, that wee may fight against the Ca-
naanites, and I likewise will goe with
thee into thy lot. So Simeon went
with him.
4 And ludah went vp, and the
L O R D deliuered the Canaanites and
the Perizzites into their hand : and
they slew of them in Bezek ten thou-
sand men.
5 And they found Adoni-bezek in
Bezek : and they fought against him,
and they slew the Canaanites, and the
Perizzites. \
6 But Adoni-bezek fled, and they
pursued after him, and caught him, and
cut off his thumbes, and his great toes.
7 And
 Anaks formes flaine. Chap.j.
7 And Adoni-bezek said. Three-
t Hebr. the score & ten kings, hauing t their thumbs
thumbes qf
their hands and their great toes cut off, || gathered
and of their
feete. their meate vnder my table: as I haue
II Or, trleaneddone, so God hath requited mee, and
they brought him to'Jerusalem, and
there he died.
8 ( Now the children of ludah had
fought against Jerusalem, and had ta-
ken it, and smitten it with the edge ol
the sword, and set the citie on fire )
* losh. 10.
36. and 11.
9 f * And afterward the children
21. and 15. of ludah went downe to fight against
13, the Canaanites that dwelt in the mou-
II Or, loioe taine, & in the South, and in the ||valley.
countrey.
10 And ludah went against the Ca-
naanites that dwelt in Hebron (nowe
* losh. 15. the name of Hebron before zvas * Kiri-
13.
ath-arba) and they slew Sheshai, and
Ahiman, and Talmai.
11 And from thence he went against
the inhabitants of Debir, ( & the name
of Debir before was Kiriath-sepher)
12 And Caleb said, Hee that smiteth
Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him
will I giue Achsah my daughter to
wife.
13 And Othniel the sonne of Kenaz
Calebs yonger brother tooke it: and he
jaue him Achsah his daughter to wife.
14 And it came to passe when shee
came to him, that she moued him to aske
of her father a field : and shee lighted
from off her asse, and Caleb said vnto
her, What wilt thou ?
16 And she said vnto him, Giue me a
riessing: for thou hast giuen mee a
South land, giue me also springs of wa-
ter. And Caleb gaue her the vpper
springs, and the nether springs.
16 1F And the children of the Kenite,
Moses father in law, went vp out of
the citie of palme trees, with the chil-
dren of ludah into the wildernesse of
[udah, which lieth in the South of A-
rad, and they went and dwelt among
the people.
17 And ludah went with Simeon
lis brother, and they slew the Canaa-
nites that inhabited Zephath, and vt-
terly destroyed it, (and the name of the
*Num. 21. * citie was called Hormah.)
3.
18 Also ludah tooke Gaza with the
coast thereof, and Askelon with the
coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast
thereof.
19 And the LORD was with lu-
II Or, he pos- dah ,andhee \\ArmeoMttheinhabitants of
sessed the
mountaine. the mountaine, but could not driue out
Calebs portion
the inhabitants of the valley, because
they had charets of yron.
20 And they gaue Hebron vnto Ca
leb, *as Moses saide: and hee expellee 24. *Num. H.
loeh. 14
thence the three sonnes of Anak. 13. & iff,
21 And the children of Beniamin die 14.
not driue out the lebusites that inhabi
ted Jerusalem : but the lebusites dwe
with the children of Beniamin in le
rusalem, vnto this day.
22 1T And the house of loseph, the)
also went vp against Bethel: and the
LORD was with them.
23 And the house of loseph sent tc
descrie Bethel (now the name of the ci-
tie before was * Luz ) *G«n. 28.
19.
24 And the spies sawe a man come
forth out of the citie, and they said vntc
him, Shew vs, wee pray thee, the en-
trance into the citie, and * we will sheu * lOSh. 2, 14
thee mercie.
25 And when hee shewed them the
entrance into the citie, they smote the ci-
tie with the edge of the sword: but they
let goe the man and all his familie.
26 And the man went into the lande
of the Hittites, and built a citie, and cal-
led the name thereof Luz : which is the
name thereof vnto this day.
27 IT * Neither did Manasseh driue 11, *Iosh. 17.
12.
out the inhabitants of Bethshean, and hei
townes, nor Taanach and her townes,
nor the inhabitants of Dor, and her
townes, nor the inhabitants of Ible-
am, and her townes, nor the inhabi-
tants of Megiddo, and her townes;
but the Canaanites would dwel in that
land.
28 And it came to passe when Israel
was strong, that they put the Canaa-
nites to tribute,' and did not vtterly
driue them out.
29 IF * Neither did Ephraim driue * losh. 16.
out the Canaanites that dwelt in Ge- 10.
zer: but the Canaanites dwelt in Ge-
zer among them.
30 IT Neither did Zebulun driue out
;he inhabitants of Kitron, nor the in-
labitants of Nahalol : but the Canaa-
nites dwelt among them, and became
tributaries.
31 IF Neither did Asher driue out the
inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabi-
tants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor Ach-
zib, nor Helbath , nor Aphik , nor of
Rehob:
32 But the Asherites dwelt among
the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the
and: for they did not driue them out.
33 IF Nei-
Ifrael is reproued. Judges.
33 f Neither did Naphtali driue out
the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor
the inhabitants of Bethanath , but hee
dwelt among the Canaanites, the inha-
bitants of the land : neuerthelesse, the
inhabitants of Bethshemesh, and of
Bethanath, became tributaries vnto
them.
34 And the Amorites forced the chil-
dren of Dan into the mountaine : for
they would not suffer them to come
downe to the valley.
35 But the Amorites would dwell
in mount Heres in Aiialon, & in Shaal-
bim ! yet the hand of the house of lo-
\ Hebr. was seph +preuailed, so that they became tri-
heavy*
butaries.
36 And the coast of the Amorites was
!i Or, Maale- from ||the going vp to Akrabbim, from
Akrabbim.
the rocke, and vpward.
C H A P . II.
1 An Angel rebuketh the people at Bochim.
6 The wickednesse of the new generation
after loshua. 14 Gods anger and pitie to-
wards them. 20 The Canaanites are left
to prooue Israel.
\\0r, messen- Nd an || Angel of the
A
ger.
LORD came vp from
Gilgal to Bochim, and
said, I made you to goe
Vp Out Of Egypt , and have
brought you vnto the land which I
sware vnto your fathers, and I said, I
will neuer breake my Couenant with
you.
* Deut. 7. 2. 2 And *yee shall make no league
* Deut. 12. with the inhabitants of this land, *you
3.
shal throw downe their altars . But ye
haue not obeyed my voyce; Why haue
ye done this ?
3 Wherefore I also said, I will not
driue them out from before you : but
Mosh. 23. they shalbe * asthornesm your sides, and
13.
* Exod. 23. their gods shalbe a * snare vnto you.
33. and 34. 4 And it came to passe when the
12.
Angel of the L O R D spake these words
vnto all the children of Israel, that the
people lift vp their voice, and wept.
5 And they called the name of that
* That is, place * Bochim : and they sacrificed
weepers. there vnto the LORD.
6 f And when loshua had let the
people goe, the children of Israel went
euery man vnto his inheritance, to pos-
sesse the land.
7 And the people serued the LORD
all the dayes of loshua, and all the
lofhuas buriall.
dayes of the Elders that toutliued lo- longed
\Hebr. pro-
dayes
shua, who had seene all the great after loshua.
workes of the LOUD, that hee did for
Israel.
8 And loshua the sonne of Nun,
the seruant of the LORD died, being
an hundred and ten yeeres old.
9 And they buried him in the border
of his inheritance in Timnath-Heres,
in the mount of Ephraim, on the North
side of the hill Gaash.
10 And also all that generation were
gathered vnto their fathers : and there
arose another generation after them,
which knew not the LORD, nor yet
the woorkes which hee had done for
Israel.
11 f And the children of Israel did
euil in the sight of the LOUD, and ser-
ued Baalim:
12 And they forsooke the LORD
God of their fathers, which brought
them out of the land of Egypt, and fol-
lowed other gods, of the gods of the
people that were round about them,
and bowed themselues vnto them, and
prouoked the L O R D to anger.
13 And they forsooke the LORD,
and serued Baal and Ashtaroth.
14 f And the anger of the LORD
was hote against Israel, and he deliue-
red them into the hands of spoilers that
spoiled them, and *he sold them into the 12.
9
Psal. 44.
hands of their enemies round about, so 1. Isa. 50.
that they could not any longer stand be-
fore their enemies.
15 Whither soeuer they went out, the
hand of the LORD was against them
for euill, as the LORD had said, and
*as the LORD had sworne vnto them: deut. * Lcuit. 26.
98.
and they were greatly distressed.
16 IF Neuerthelesse, the LORD
raysed vp ludges, which t deliuered \Hebr.sa~
them out of the hand of those that spoy- net.
led them.
17 And yet they would not hearken
vnto their ludges, but they went a
whoring after other gods, and bowed
themselues vnto them : they turned
quickly out of the way, which their fa-
thers walked in, obeying the Comman-
dements of the L O R D ; but they did
not so.
18 And when the LORD raised them
vp ludges, then the LORD was with
the ludge, and deliuered them out of
the hand of their enemies, all the dayes
of the ludge (for it repented the
L O R D , because of their gronings by
reason
Ifrael obftinate. Chap.iij.
reason of them that oppressed them,
and vexed them:)
» Gftap. a. 19 And it came to passe * when the
12.
n Or, were ludge was dead, that they returned,
corrupt. and || corrupted themselues more then
their fathers, in following other gods,
to serue them, and to bow downe vnto
t Hebr. they them: tthey ceased not from their owne
let nothing
faU of their. doings, nor from their stubborne way.
20 IT And the anger of the L O R D
was hote against Israel, and he said,
Because that this people hath trans-
gressed my Couenant which I com-
manded their fathers, and haue not
hearkened vnto my voice:
21 I also will not henceforth driue
out any from before them of the nati-
ons which loshua left when he died:
22 That through them I may proue
Israel, whether they will keepe the
way of the LORD, to walke therein,
as their fathers did keepe it, or not.
I0r,suffred. 23 Therefore the LORD || left those
nations, without driuiug them out ha-
stily, neither deliuered he them into the
hand of loshua.
CHAP. III.
1 The nations which were left to prooue Israel.
6 By communion with them they commit
idolatrie. 8 Othniel deliuereth them from
Chushan-Rishathaim, 12 Ehud from Eg-
lon. 31 Shamgar from the Philistines.
Ow these are the nations
N which the LORD left, to
prooue Israel by them,
(euen as many of Israel
as had not knowen all the
warres of Canaan;
2 Onely that the generations of
the children of Israel might know to
teach them warre, at the least such as
before knew nothing thereof:)
3 Namely fiue lords of the Phili-
stines, and all the Canaanites, and the
Sidonians, and the Hiuites that dwelt
in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal-
Hermon, vnto the entring in of Ha-
math.
4 And they were to prooue Israel
by them, to know whether they would
hearken vnto the Commandements of
the LORD, which hee commaunded
their fathers by the hand of Moses.
5 IF And the children of Israel
dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites,
and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hi-
uites, and lebusites,
Othniel. Ehud.
6 And they tooke their daughters
to be their wiues, and gaue their daugh-
ters to their sonnes, and serued their
gods.
7 And the children of Israel did e-
uill in the sight of the LOUD, and for-
gate the LORD their God, and serued
Baalim, and the groues.
8 U Therefore the anger of the
LORD was hole against Israel, and
he sold them into the hand of Chushan-
Rishathaim king of t Mesopotamia: ITam-naha- Heber. A-
and the children of Israel serued Chu- raim.
shan-Rishathaim eight yeeres.
9 And when the children of Israel
cryed vnto the LORD, the L O R D
raised vp a tdeliuerer to the children of uiour.
t Hebr. sa-
Israel, who deliuered them, euen Oth-
niel the sonne of Kenaz, Calebs yonger
brother.
10 And the Spirit of the L O R D
tcame vpon him, and he iudged Israel, t Hebr. was.
and went out to warre, & the LORD
deliuered Chushan-Rishathaim king
of t Mesopotamia into his hand; and rain. t Hebr. A-
his hand preuailed against Chushan-
Rishathaim.
11 And the land had rest forty yeres:
and Othniel the sonne of Kenaz died.
12 If And the children of Israel did
euill againe in the sight of the LORD :
and the L O R D strengthened Eglon
the king of Moab against Israel, be-
cause they had done euill in the sight of
the LORD.
13 And hee gathered vnto him the
children of Ammon, and Amalek, and
went and smote Israel, and possessed
the city of Palme-trees.
14? So the children of Israel serued
Eglon the King of Moab eighteene
yeeres.
15 But when the children of Israel
cried vnto the LORD, the LORD
raised them vp a deliuerer, Ehud the
sonne of Gera, ||a Beniamite, a man I Or, the
11 left handed: and by him the children of sonne
mini.
ofle-
Israel sent a Present vnto Eglon the of Ms right
t Hebr. shut
king of Moab. hand
16 But Ehud made him A Dagger
(which had two edges) of a cubite
length, and he did gird it vnder his rai-
ment, vpon his right thigh,
17 And he brought the present vnto
Eglon king of Moab : and Eglon was
a very fat man.
18 And when he had made an end to
offer the Present, he sent away the peo-
ple that bare the Present.
19 But
Ehud killeth Eglon. Judges.
19 But hee himselfe turned againe
Or,grauen from the || quarries that were by Gil-
images.
gal, and said, I haue a secret errand vn-
to thee,O king: who said, Keepe silence.
And all that stood by him, went out
from him.
20 And Ehud came vnto him, and
Heb. a par- he was sitting in t a Summer parlour,
lour of coo-
ling. which hee had for himselfe alone: And
Ehud said, I haue a message from God
vnto thee. And he arose out othis seat.
21 And Ehud put forth his left hand,
and tooke the dagger from his right
thigh, and thrust it into his belly.
22 And the haft also went in after
the blade: and the fatte closed vpon the
blade, so that hee could not drawe the
H Or, it came dagger out of his belly, and the ||dirt
out at the
fundament. came out.
23 Then Ehud went forth through
the porche, and shut the doores of the
parlour vpon him, and locked them.
24 When he was gone out, his ser-
uants came, and when they saw, that
behold, the doores of the parlour were
H Or, doth
hiseasement.
locked, they said, Surely he || couereth
his feet in nis Summer chamber.
25 And they taried till they were a-
shamed : and behold, he opened not the
doores of the parlour, therefore they
tooke a key, and opened them: and be-
hold, their lord was fallen downe dead
on the earth.
26 And Ehud escaped while they ta-
ried : and passed beyond the quarries,
and escaped vnto Seirath.
27 And it came to passe when hee
was come, that hee blew a trumpet in
the mountaine of Ephraim, and the
children of Israel went downe with
him from the mount, & he before them.
28 And hee said vnto them, Follow
after me: for the LORD hath deliue-
red your enemies the Moabites into
your hand. And they went downe af-
ter him, and tooke the foords of lor-
dan toward Moab, and suffered not a
man to passe ouer.
29 And they slewe of Moab at that
\Heb.fat. time about ten thousand men, all t lusty,
and all men of valour, and there escaped
not a man.
30 So Moab was subdued that day
vnder the hand of Israel: and the land
had rest fourescore yeeres.
31 1F And after him was Shamgar
the sonne of Anath, which slew of the
Philistines sixe hundred men with an
oxe goad, and he also deliuered Israel.
Deborah, Barak.
CHAP. IIII.
1 Deborah and Barak deliuer them from labin
and Sisera. 18 lael killeth Sisera.
Nd the children of Israel
A
againedid euil in the sight
of the LORD, when E-
hud was dead.
2 And the LORD sold
them into the hande of labin king of
Canaan: that reigned in Razor, the cap-
taine of whose host was Sisera, which
dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
3 And the children of Israel cried
vnto the LORD : for he had nine hun-
dred charets of yron : and twentie yeres
hee mightily oppressed the children of
Israel.
4« f^nd Deborah a prophetesse,
the wife of Lapidoth, shee iudged Is-
rael at that time.
5 And shee dwelt vnder the palme
treq of Deborah, betweene Raman and
Bethel in mount Ephraim; and the
children of Israel came vp to her for
iudgement.
6 And shee sent and called Barak
the sonne of Abinoam, out of Kedesh-
Naphtali, and said vnto him, Hath not
the LORD God of Israel commaun-
ded, saying, Goe, and drawe toward
mount Tabor, and take with thee ten
thousand men of the children of Naph-
tali, and of the children of Zebulun ?
7 And I wil draw vnto thee to the
*riuer Kishon, Sisera the captaine of * Psal. 83.
labins army, with his charets, and 9,10.
his multitude, and I will deliuer him
into thine hand.
8 And Barak said vnto her, If
thou wilt goe with me, then I wil goe:
but if thou wilt not goe with mee, then
I will not goe.
9 And she said, I wil surely go with
thee, notwithstanding the iourney that
thou takest, shal not be for thine honor:
for the LORD shall sell Sisera into
the hand of a woman. And Deborah
arose, & went with Barak to Kedesh.
10 f And Barak called Zebulun,
and Naphtali to Kedesh, and he went
vp with ten thousand men at his feete :
and Deborah went vp with him.
11 Now Heber the Kenite, which
was of the children of * Hobab the fa- 29. * Numb. 10
ther in law of Moses, had seuered him-
selfe from the Kenites, and pitched his
tent vnto the plaine of Zaanaim,
which is by Kedesh.
12 And
Sifera is flaine. Chap.v.
12 And they shewed Sisera, that
Barak the sonne of Abinoam was
gone vp to mount Tabor.
t Hebr. ga. 13 And Sisera t gathered together
thered by cry
or procla- all his charets, euen nine hundred cha-
mation. rets of iron, and al the people that were
with him, from Harosheth of the Gen-
tiles, vnto the riuer of Kishon.
14 And Deborah said vnto Barak,
Vp, for this is the day in which the
LORD hath deliuered Sisera into
thine hand : Is not the LORD gone
out before thee ? so Barak went downe
from mount Tabor, and ten thousand
men after him.
• Psal. 83. 15 And the * LORD discomfited
10.
Sisera, and all his charets, and all
his hoste with the edge of the sword, be-
fore Barak : so that Sisera lighted
downe off his charet, and fled away on
his feet.
16 But Barak pursued after the cha-
rets , and after the hoste vnto Haro-
sheth of the Gen tiles, and all the host of
Sisera fell vpon the edge of the sword;
t ffebr. vnto and there was not t a man left.
one.
17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on his
feet, to the tent of lael the wife of He-
ber the Kenite : for there was peace be-
tweene labin the king of Hazor, and
the house of Heber the Kenite.
18 IF And lael went out to meete
Sisera, and said vnto him, Turne in,
my lord, turne in to me, feare not. And
wnen hee had turned in vnto her, in-
to the tent, shee couered him with a
IMF || mantle.
19 And he said vnto her, Giue me, I
pray thee, a litle water to drinke, for I
* Chap. 5. am thirstie. And she opened *a bottle of
85.
milke, and gaue him drinke, and coue-
red him.
20 Againe he said vnto her, Stand
in the doore of the tent, and it shall bee
when any man doeth come and enquire
of thee and say, Is there any man here ?
that thou shalt say, No.
\Heb7.put. 21 Then lael Hebers wife, t tooke
a naile of the tent, and tooke an ham-
mer in her hand, and went softly vnto
him, and smote the naile into his tem-
ples, and fastened it into the ground:
(for he was fast asleepe, and weary;)
so he died.
22 And behold, as Barak pursued
Sisera, lael came out to meet him, and
said vnto him, Come, and I will shew
thee the man whom thou seekest. And
when he came into her tent, behold, Si-
Thankefgiuing.
sera lay dead, and the naile was in his
temples.
23 So God subdued on that day,
labin the king of Canaan, before the
children of Israel.
24 And the hand of the children of
Israel t prospered, & preuailed against \Hebr.go-
ing>. went
labin the king of Canaan, vntill they and was
had destroyed labin king of Canaan. hard.
C H A P . V.
I The Sone of Deborah and Barak.
Hen sang Deborah, and
T
Barak the son of Abino-
am, on that day, saying,
2 Praise ye the LORD,
for the auenging of Is-
rael , when the people willingly offered
themselues.
3 Heare, O ye kings, giue eare, O ye
Princes: I, euen I will sing vnto the
LORD, I wil sing praise to the LORD
God of Israel.
4 L O R D , * when thou wentest * Deut. 4.
out of Seir, when thou marchedst out 11.
of the field of Edom, the earth trembled,
and the heauens dropped, the clouds al-
so dropped water.
5 *The mountaines t melted from * P8aL97.fi.
t ffebr.
before the LORD, euen * that Sinai, /lowed.
from before the LORD God of Israel. * Exod. 19.
6 In the dayes of * Shamgar the 18. * Chap. 3.
son of Anath, in the dayes of * lael, the 31.
high wayes were vnoccupied, and the 18. * Chap. 4.
t traueilers walked thorow t by-wayes. IHebr. wal-
7 The inhabitants of the villages cea- kers of paths.
\Hebr.
sed, they ceased in Israel, vntill that I crooked
Deborah arose, that I arose a mother wages.
in Israel.
8 They chose new gods; then was
warre in the gates : was there a shield
or speare seene among fourtie thousand
in Israel P
9 My heart is toward the gouer-
nours of Israel, that offered them-
selues willingly among the people :
Blesse ye the LORD.
10 || Speake yee that ride on white II Or, medi.
asses, yee that sit in ludgement, and tote.
walke by the way.
11 Theythataredeliueredfromthenoise
of Archers in the places of drawing
water; there shall they rehearse the
righteous acts of the LORD, euen the
trighteous acts towards the inhabitants^ t/fe&r.rfeft-
his villages in Israel : then shall the ofteousnesses
the Lord.
people of the LORD goe downe to the
gates.
Iff Awake,
*93
The fong of Judges.
12 Awake, awake Deborah: awake,
awake, vtter a song: arise Barak, and
leade thy captiuitie captiue, thou sonne
of Abinoam.
13 Then hee made him that remai-
neth, haue dominion ouer the Nobles
among the people: the LORD made
me haue dominion ouer the mightie.
14 Out of Ephraim was there a
roote of them against Amalek, after
thee Beniamin, among thy people : Out
of Machir came downe gouernours,
IHekdrawe and out of Zebulun they that t handle
with the pen,
¥' the pen of the writer.
15 And the princes of Issachar were
with Deborah : euen Issachar, and al-
so Barak, he was sent on tfoot into the
Ittebr.his valley: j| for the diuisions of Reuben,
feete.
H Or, in the there were great t thoughts of heart.
diuisions, 16 Why abodest thou among the
fHebr. im. sheepefolds * to heare the bleatings of
presstons* the flocks? \\Jbr the diuisions of Reuben
i! Or, in.
tliere were great searchings of heart.
17 Gilead abode beyond lordan :
and why did Dan remaine in ships ? A-
\\ Or, port. sher continued on the sea || shore, and a-
II Or, creeks. bode in his ]|breaches.
18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a peo-
t Heb. expo- ple that tieoparded tneir liues vnto the
sed to re-
proch. death, in the high places of the field.
19 The kings came and fought, then
fought the kings of Canaan in Taa-
nach by the waters of Megiddo, they
tooke no gaine of money.
20 They fought from heauen, the
\Heb.ptfhs. starres in their t courses fought against
Sisera.
SI The riuer of Kishott swept them
away, that ancient riuer, the riuer Ki-
shon : O my soule, thou bast troden
downe strength.
22 Then were the horse hoofes bro-
•\0rjtramp- ken, by the meanes of the j| pransings,
Iing99or
pktngmfs. the pransings of their mightie ones.
28 Curse ye Meroz (said the Angel
of the X«ORD) curse ye bitterly the in-
habitants thereof: because they came
not to the helpe of the LORD, to the
helpe of the LORD against the mighty.
24 Blessed aboue women shal lael
the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed
shall she be aboue women in the tent.
25 He asked water, and she gaue him
milke, shee brought foorth butter in a
lordly dish.
26 Shee put her hand to the naile,1
and her right hand to the workemens
* Heb. ham hammer : and with the hammer §hee
mer&it t smote Sisera, shee smote off his head,
Deborah and Barak.
when she had pearsecl & striken through
his temples.
9,7 t At her feete he bowed, he fell, tweene.
t tiebr. be.
he lay downe: at her feet he bowed, he
fell; where he bowefl, there he fel down
tdead. t Heb. de-
28 The mother of Sisera looked stroyed.
out at a window, and cried through the
lattesse, Why is his charet so long in
comming? Why tarie the wheeles of
his charets ?
29 Her wise ladies answered her, yea
she returned tanswere to her selfe, t Heb. words
30 Haue they not sped? haue they not
diuided the pray t to euery man a damo- t Heb. to the
sell or two ? To Sisera a pray of diuers head
man.
of a
colours, a pray of diuers colours, of nee-
dle worke, of diuers colours of needle
worke on both sides, meet tfor the necks the
t Hebr.for
necfces
of them itiat lake the spoile ? of the spoilt.
31 So let all thine enemies perish, O
LORD : but let them that loue him, be
as the Sunrie when he goeth foorth in
his might. And the l$nd hatd rest four-
tie yeeres.
C H A P . VI.
1 The Israelites for their sinne are oppressed by
Midian. 8 A prophet rebuketh tnem. 11 An
Angel sendeth Gideon for their deliuerance.
17 Gideons Present is consumed with fire.
24 Gideon destroyeth Baals altar, and offreth
a sacrifice vpon the altar lehouah-shalom. 28
loash defendeth his son, & calleth him lerub-
baal. 33 Gideons armie. 36 Gideons signes.
ND the children of Is-
&
rael did euill in the sight
of the LORD : and the
LORD deliuered them
into the hande of Midi-
an seuen yeeres.
2 And the hand of Midian tpreuai- t Heb. was
led against Israel : and because of the strong.
Midianites , the children of Israel
made them the denhes which are in the
mountaines, and caues, & strong holds.
3 And so it was when Israel had
sowen, that the Midianites came vp,
& the Amalekites, & the children of the
East, euen they came vp against them,
4 And they encamped against them,
and destroyed the encrease of the earth,
till thou come vnto Gaza, and left no
sustenance for Israel, neither j| sheepe, $Qr,Soate.
nor oxe, nor asse.
5 Fof they came vp with their cat-
tell and their tents, and they came as
Grashoppers for multitude, for both
they and their caxflels were without
number:
 Gideon and tfie Chap.vi.
number : and they Centred into the land 1& Depart iiot hence, I pray thee
to destroy it. vntill come viito |3iee, and bring fort
6 And Israel was greatly impoue
rislied, because of the Midianites, anc
the children of Israel cryed vnto th
LORD.
7 11 And it came to passe when
the children of Israel cryed vnto fche
LORD, because of the Midianites,
t Hebr. a 8 That the LORD sent ta Pro
man, a Prq- phet vnto the children of Israel, which
phct.
said vnto them; Thus saith the LORD
God of 'Israel, I brought you vp from
Egypt, and brought you forth out of the
house of bondage,
9 And I deliuered you out of the
hand of the Egyptians, and out of the
hand of al that oppressed you, and draue
them out from befpre you, and gaue
you their land:
10 And I said vnto you, I am the
* 2. King. Loftj) your God, *feare not the gods
17. 35, 38.
ierem. 10. 2. of the Amorites in whose land ye dwel:
But ye haue not obeyed my voice.
11 IT And there came an Angel of
the LORD, and sate vnder an Oake
which was in Ophrah, that pertained vn-
to loash the Abi-Ezrite: and his sonne
*Heb. 11. * Gideon threshed wheat by the wine-
32. called
Gedeon. presse, t to hide it from the Miclianites.
t Hebr. to
cause it to
12 And the Angel of the LORD
fll/e. appeared vnto him, and said vnto him,
The L O R D is with thee, thou migh-
tie man of valour.
13 And Gideon said vnto him, Qh
my Lord, if the L O R D bee with vs,
why then is all this befallen vs ? and
where be all his miracles which our fa-
;hers tolde vs of, saying, Did not the
L O R D bring vs vp from Egypt? but
now the LORD hath forsaken vs, and
deliuered vs into the hands of the Mi-
dianites.
14 And the LORD looked vpon
lim, and said, Goe in this thy might,
ind thou shalt saue Israel from the
land of the Midianites : haue not I
sent thee ?
15 And hee said vnto him, Oh my
ord, wherewith shall I saue Israel ?
II Or, my )ehold, ||my family, is poore in Manas-
iousand is
the meanest. seh, and I am the'least in my fathers
louse.
16 And the L O R D said vnto him,
Surely I will be with thee, and thou
shalt smite the Midianites, as one man.
17 And he said vnto him, If now I
laue found grace in thy sight, then shew
me a signe, that thou talkest with me»
Angel. Baals altar
my ]|Present,ands*£tit before thee. And offering.
I0y,iftfttf
hee saide, I will tary vfitill thou come
againe.
19 f And Gideon went itl, and made
ready ta kid, and Vnleauened cakes 6\ f 'tiebf. a
an Ephah of flour6: the flesh he put iii a kid of the
goates.
basket, and he put the broth in a pot, an<
brought it out vino him vnder the oake,
and presented it. j
20 And the Angel of God sayd vn-
to him, Take the flesh, and? the vnleaue-
ned cakes, and lay them* vpon this
rocke, and powre out the broth. And he
did so.
21 II Then the Aiigel of the LORD
put foorth the eittt of the staffe that was
n his hand, and touched the flesh, anc
the vnleaufched cakes, and there rose vp
ire out of the rocke, and consumed the
lesh -and the vnteauened cakes : then
the Angel of the LORD departed out
of his sight.
22 And when Gideon perceiued that
lee was an Angel of the LORD , Gi-
deon said, Alas, O Lord GOD : *for 20, *ExO<L 33.
chap.
Because I haue seene an Angel of the 13, 22.
LORD face to fiice.
23 And the LORD said vnto him,
?eace be vnto thee, feare not, thou shalt
not die.
24 Then Gideon built an Altar
there vnto the LORD, and called it
I lehouah-shalom: vnto this day it is II That is,
The Lord
yet in Ophrah, of the Abi-Ezrites. sertd peace.
25 1f And it came to passe the same
night, that the LORD said vnto him,
Pake thy fathers yong bullocke, ||euen \\Qr,aftd.
the second bullocke of seuen yeeres old,
and throw downe the altar of Baal
that thy father hath, and cut downe the
groue that is by it:
2(J And builde an Altar vnto tHe
L.ORD thy God vpon the top of this
t rocke, in ||the ordered place, and take tiebr.
he second bullocke , and offer a burnt tron^ place.
Or, man
sacrifice with the wood of the grgue, orderly ma-
ner.
which thou shalt cut downe.
27 Then Gideon tooke ten men of
lis seruants, and diet as the LORD
had said vnto him: And $o it was be-
cause hee feared his fathers houshold,
and the men of the city, that he could
not doe it by day, that hee did it by
night.
28 1f And when the men of the citie
,arose earely in the morning^ behold; the
altar of Baal was cast downe, and the
groue
Sideons fleece: ludges.
proue was cut downe that was by it, and
he second bullocke was offered vpon
he altar that was built*-
29 And they said one to another, Who
hath done this thing ? And when they
enquired and asked, they said, Gideon
the sonne of loash hath done this
thing.
30 Then the men of the citie said vn-
to loash, Bring out thy sonne, that he
may die: because he hath cast downe the
altar of Baal, and because hee hath cut
downe the groue that was by it.
31 And loash said vnto all that stood
against him, Will ye pleade for Baal ?
will ye saue him ? He that will plead for
rim, let him be put to death whilest it is
yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead
or himselfe, because one hath cast down
lis altar.
32 Therefore on that day hee called
lim lerubbaal, saying, Let Baal
vp ont egypt
-hrowen downe his altar.
33 IF Then all the Midianites, and
;he Amalekites, and the children of the
East were gathered together, and went
ouer, and pitched in the valley of lez-
reel.
34 But the Spirit of the L O R D
t Hebr. clo- t came vpon Gideon, and hee *blewe a
tted.
* Num. 10. trumpet, and Abiezer twas gathered
3. chap. 3. after him.
27.
t Heb. was 35 And he sent messengers through-
called af-
ter him.
out all Manasseh, who also was gathe-
red after him, and hee sent messengers
vnto Asher, and vnto Zebulun, anc
vnto Naphtali, and they came vp to
meete them.
36 IF And Gideon said vnto God, li
thou wilt saue Israel by mine hand, as
thou hast said,
37 Beholde, I will put a fleece of
wooll in the floore: and if the deaw be on
the fleece onely, and it bee drie vpon al
the earth beside, then shall I know that
thou wilt saue Israel by my hande, as
thou hast said.
38 And it was so : for he rose vp ear-
ly on the morrow, and thrust the fleece
together, and wringed the deaw out ol
the fleece, a bowle full of water.
*Gen. 18. 39 And Gideon said vnto God, * Le
32. not thine anger be hote against me, anc
I will speake but this once : Let mee
prooue, I pray thee, but this once with
the fleece. Let it now be drie onely vpon
the fleece, and vpon all the ground let
there be deaw.
His armie.
40 And God did so that night: for
t was drie vpon the fleece onely, and
there was deaw on all the ground.
C H A P . VII.
1 Gideons armie of two and thirtie thousand is
brought to three hundred. 9 He is encoura-
ed by the dreame and interpretation of the
f arley cake. 16 His stratageme of trumpets
and lampes in pitchers. 24 The Ephraimites
take Oreb and Zeeb.
Hen lerubbaal (who is
y» <LOSrJk*>£s*y*
I G&^r&aEaSr&^BGideon) and all the people
that were with him, rose
vp earely, and pitched be-
side the well of Harod: so
that the noste or the Midianites were
on the North side of them by the hill of
VIoreh, in the valley.
2 And the LORD said vnto Gide-
on, The people that are with thee, are
too many for me to giue the Midianites
into their handes, lest Israel vaunt
themselues against mee, saying, Mine
owne hand hath saued me.
3 Now therefore go to, proclaime
in the earesof the people, say ing, *Who- * Deut. 20.8
soeuer is fearefull and afraid, let him re- i. mac. 3. 56
turne and depart earely from mount
Gilead: and there returned of the peo-
ple twentie and two thousand, & there
remained ten thousand.
4 And the L O R D said vnto Gide-
on, The people are yet too many: bring
them downe vnto the water, and I wi
trie them for thee there: and it shall bee
that of whome I say vnto thee, This
shall goe with thee, the same shall goe
with thee: and of whomsoeuer I say
vnto thee, This shal not goe with thee,
the same shall not goe.
5 So he brought downe the people
vnto the water: and the L O R D sayc
vnto Gideon, Euery one that lappeth
of the water with his tongue as a dog
lappeth, him shalt thou set by himselfe
likewise euery one that boweth downe
vpon his knees to drinke.
6 And the number of them that lap-
ped putting their hand to their mouth
were three hundred men: but all the rest
of the people bowed downe vpon their
knees to drinke water.
7 And the LORD said vnto Gi
deon , By the three hundred men tha
lapped, will I saue you, and deliuer the
Midianites into thine hand: and let al
the other people goe euery man vnto his
place.
8 So
A dreame declared. Chap.vij.
8 So the people tooke victuals in
their hand, and their trumpets : and he
sent all the rest of Israel, euery man vn-
;o his tent, and reteined those three
mndred men : and the hoste of Midian
was beneath him in the valley.
9 U And it came to passe the same
night, that the L O R D sayd vnto
lim, Arise, get thee downe vnto the
loste, for I haue deliuered it into thine
land.
10 But if thou feare to goe downe,
roe thou with Phurah thy seruant
downe to the hoste.
11 And thou shalt heare what they
say, and afterward shall thine handes
re strengthened to goe downe vnto the
loste. Then went hee downe, with
Phurah his seruant, vnto the outside
H 0r, rarikes of the ||armed men, that were in the
byfiue. loste.
12 And the Midianites, and the A-
Chap. 6. malekites, and *all the children of the
33. East, lay along in the valley like gras-
loppers for multitude, and their ca-
mels were without number, as the
sand by the Sea side for multitude.
13 And when Gideon was come,
ieholde, there was a man that tolde a
dreame vnto his fellow, and sayd, Be-
hold , I dreamed a dreame, and loe, a
cake of Barley bread tumbled into
the hoste of Midian, and came vnto a
tent, and smote it that it fell, and ouer-
turned it, that the tent lay along.
14 And his fellow answered, and
said, This is nothing els saue the sword
of Gideon the sonne of loash, a man
of Israel: for into his hand hath God
deliuered Midian, and all the hoste.
15 11 And it was so, when Gideon
heard the telling of the dreame, and
t Hebr. the tthe interpretation thereof, that hee
breaking
thereof. worshipped, and returned into the host
of Israel, and sayd, Arise, for .the
LORD hath deliuered into your hand
the host of Midian.
16 And he diuided the three hundrec
men into three companies, and hee put
t Hebr. a ttrumpet in euery mans hand, with
trumpets in empty pitchers, and ||lampes within
the tiand of
all of them. the pitchers,
II Or', fire- 17 And hee said vnto them, Looke
brands: or
torches. on mee, and doe likewise; and beholde,
when I come to the outside of the
campe, it shall be that as I doe, so shal
ye doe.
18 -When I blow with a trumpet,
I and all that are with mee, then blow
Midian deftroyed.
fe the trumpets also on euery side of all
;he campe ^ and say, The sward of the
LORD, andyof Gideon.
19 1F So Gideon and the hundred
men that were with him, came vnto
the outside of the campe, in the begin-
ning of the middle watch, and they had
>ut newly set the watch, and they blew
the trumpets» and brake the pitchers
that were in their hands.
20 And the three companies blew
the trumpets, and brake the pitchers,
and held the lampes in their left hands,
and the trumpets in their right hands
to blow wiiliaU: and they cryed, The
sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
21 And they stood euery man in his
place, round about the campe : and all
the host ranne, and cried, and fled.
22 And the three hundred blew the
trumpets, and * the LORD set euery * Esay 9.4.
mans sword against his fellow, euen
throughout all the host : and the host
Jed to Beth-shittah, ||in Zererath, and wards.
Or, to-
to the tborder of Abel Meholah, vnto Hebr. lip.
Tabbath.
23 And the men of Israel gathered
themselues together out of Naphta-
ii, and out of Asher, and out of all Ma-
nasseh, and pursued after the Midi-
anites.
24? 1F And Gideon sent messengers
throughout all mount Ephraim, say-
ing; Come downe against the Midi-
anites, and take before them the wa-
ters vnto Beth-barah, and Jordan.
Then all the men of Ephraim gathe-
red themselues together, and tooke
the waters vnto Beth - barah, and
lordane.
25 And they tooke * two Princes ol » Psal. 83.
the Midianites, Oreb, and Zeeb; and 11. 26.
esa. 10,
they slew Oreb vpon the rocke Oreb,
and Zeeb they slew at the winepresse
of Zeeb, and pursued Midian , and
brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb,
to Gideon on the other side lordan.
C H A P . VIII.
1 Gideon pacifieth the Ephraimites. 4 Succoth
- and Penuel refuse to relieue Gideons army
10 Zebah and Zalmunna are taken. 13 Suc-
coth and Penuel are destroyed. 1? Gideon
reuengeth his brethrens death on Zebah anc
Zalmunna. 22 Hee refuseth gouernment
24 His Ephod cause of Idolatry. 22 Midian
subdued. 29 Gideons children, and death
, 33 The Israelites idolatry, and ingratitude.
Anc
Zebah and Judges.
B
Nd the men of Ephraim
iHebr.what said vnto him, t Why hast
thing la this, thou serued vs thus, that
thwhtut
done vnto
vs*
thou calledst vs not when
thou wentest to fight
with the Midianites? And they did
iHeor. chide with him tsharpely.
strongly. 2 And he said vnto them, What haue
[ done now in comparison of you ? Is
not the gleaning of the grapes of E-
)hraim better then the vintage of Abie-
zer?
3 God hath deliuered into your
lands the princes of Midian, Oreb and
Zeeb: and what was I able to doe in
Heb. s$wi*« comparison of you ? then their t anger
was abated toward him, when he had
said that.
4 f And Gideon came to Jordan,
cmd passed ouer, hee, and the three hun-
dred men that were with him, faint, yet
mrsuing them.
5 And he said vnto the men of Suc-
coth, Giue, I pray you, loaues of bread
vnto the people that follow me, for they
ice faint, and I am pursuing after Ze-
>ah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
6 f And the princes of Succoth
said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zal-
raunna now in thine hands, that wee
should giue bread vnto thine armie P
7 Ana Gideon said, Therfore when
the LORD hath deliuered Zebah and
Zalmunna into mine hand, then I wil
i Heb. thresh t teare your flesh with the thornes of the
wildernesse, and with briers.
8 f And he went vp thence to Pe-
nuel, and spake vnto them likewise: and
the men of Penuel answered him, as
the men of Succoth had answered him.
9 And he spake also vnto the men of
Penuel, saying, When I come againe in
peace, I will breake downe this towre.
10 1T Now Zebah and Zalmunna
were in Karkor, and their hostes with
them, about fifteene thousand men, all
that were left of all the hosts of the chil-
\\0r,anhun- dren of the East: for there fell ||an hun-
dreth and
twenty thou- dred and twentie thousand men that
sand, every drew sword.
one drawing
a sword. 11 IF And Gideon went vp by the
way of them that dwelt in tents, on the
East of Nobah, and logbehah, and
smote the host: for the host was secure.
12 And when Zebah and Zalmun-
na fled, he pursued after them, and took
the two kings of Midian, Zebah, anc
t Heb. terri- Zalmunna, & t discomfited all the host.
fied.
13 1T And Gideon the sonne of loash
Zalmunna ilaine.
returned from battel before the Sunne
was vp,
14 And caught a yong man of the
men of Succotn, and enquired of him:
and he t described vnto him the princes t Heb. writ.
of Succoth and the elders thereof, euen
threescore and seuenteene men.
15 And he came vnto the men of Suc-
coth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zal-
munna, with whom ye did vpbraid me,
saying, Are the handes of Zebah and
Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we
should giue bread vnto thy men that are
wearie ?
16 And hee tooke the Elders of the
citie, and thornes of the wildernes, and
)riers, and with them hee t taught the t Heb. made
men of Succoth. to know.
17 And he beat downe the towre of
* Penuel, and slew the men of the citie. * I. King. 12
18 IF Then said he vnto Zebah and 25.
Zalmunna, What maner of men were
they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they
answered, As thou art, so were they, ech
one t resembled the children of a king. t Heb. accor-
ding to the
19 And hee said, They were my bre- forme> fyc.
thren, euen the sonnes of my mother:
as the LORD liueth, if yee had saued
them aliue, I would not slay you,
20 And he said vnto lether his first
borne, Vp, and slay them: but the youth
drew not his sword: for he feared, be-
cause he was yet a youth.
21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna
said, Rise thou, and fall vpon vs: for as
the man w, so is his strength. And Gide-
on arose, and slewe Zebah and Zal-
munna, & tooke away the ||ornaments I Or, orna-
that were on their camels neckes. ments like
themoone.
22 11 Then the men of Israel saide
vnto Gideon, Rule thou ouer vs, both
thou, and thy sonne, & thy sonnes sonne
also: for thou hast deliuered vs from the
hand of Midian.
23 And Gideon said vnto them, I
will not rule ouer ypu, neither shall my
sonne rule ouer y&ti: the LORD shall
rule ouer you.
24< f And Gideon said vnto them,
I would desire a request of you, that
you would giue me euery man the eare-
rings of his pray. For they had golden
eare - rings, because they were Ish-
maelites.
25 And they answered, We will wil-
lingly giue them. And they spread a gar-
ment, and did cast therein, euery man
the earerings of his pray.
26 And the weight of the golden
eare-
Gideon dieth. Chap.ix.
eare - rings that hee requested , was a
thousand and seuen hundred shekels of
V Or, sweete gold, beside ornaments, and || collars,
wwel*.
& purple raiment that was on the kings
of Midian, and beside the chaines that
were about their camels necks.
£7 And Gideon made an Ephod
thereof, and put it in his citie, euen in
Ophrah : and all Israel went thither
a whoring after it ; which thing became
a snare vnto Gideon, and to his house.
28 1F Thus was Midian subdued
before the children of Israel ; so that
they lifted vp their heads no more : and
the countrey was in quietnesse fourtie
yeeres, in the day es of Gideon.
29 IT And lerubbaal the sonne of
loash went & dwelt in his owne house.
30 And Gideon had threescore and
t Heb. going ten sonnes tof his body begotten : for
out of his
thigh. he had many wiues.
31 And his concubine that was in
Shechem , shee also bare him a sonne,
\ Heb. iet. whose name he t called Abimelech.
32 1T And Gideon the sonne of loash
died, in a good olde age, and was buried
in the sepulchre of loash his father, in
Ophrah of the Abi-Ezrites.
33 And it came to passe as soone as
Gideon was dead, that the children of
Israel turned againe, and went a who-
ring after Baalim , and made Baal-
Berith their god.
34 And the children of Israel remem-
bred not the L O R D their God, who
bad deliuered them out of the hands of
all their enemies , on euery side :
35 Neither shewed they kindnesse to
the house of lerubbaal, namely Gideon,
according to all the goodnesse which he
had shewed vnto Israel.
C H A P . IX.
1 Abimelech by conspiracie with the Sheche-
mites, and murder of his brethren, is made
King. 7 lotham by a parable rebuketh them
and foretelleth their ruine. 22 Gaal conspi-
reth with the Shechemites against him. 30
Zebul reuealeth it. 34 Abimelech ouer-
commeth them, and soweth the citie with
salt. 46 Hee burneth the holde of the god
Berith. 50 At Thebez he is slaine by a piece
of a milstone. 56 lothams curse is fulfilled.
A
Nd Abimelech the sonne
of lerubbaal went tc
Shechem, vnto his mo-
thers brethren, and com-
muned with them, and
lothams parable.
with all the family of the house of his
mothers father, saying ;
2 Speake, I pray you, in the eares
of all the men of Shechem ; t Whether \Hcb. what
is better for you, either that all the Sf^.W^"
sonnes of lerubbaal (which are three-
score and ten persons) reigne ouer you,
or that one reigne ouer you ? Remem-
ber also , that I am your bone , and
your flesh.
3 And his mothers brethren spake
of him in the eares of all the men of
Shechem, all these wordes, and their
hearts inclined to t follow Abimelech : )H& after.
for they said, He is our brother.
4 And they gaue him threescore
and ten pieces of siluer, out of the house
of Baal-Berith , wherewith Abime-
lech hired vaine & light persons, which
followed him.
5 And hee went vnto his fathers
house at Ophrah, and slewe his bre-
thren the sonnes of lerubbaal , being
threescore and tenne persons, vpon one
stone : notwithstanding, yet lotham
the youngest sonne of lerubbaal was
left ; for he hid himselfe.
6 And all the men of Shechem ga-
thered together, and all the house of
Millo, and went, and made Abimelech
King, || by the plaine of the pillar that * Or, by the
was in Shechem. J&i?r24!s!*
7 If And when they told it to lo- *%'*• -
tham, he went and stood in the top of
mount Gerizim , and lift vp his voice,
and cried, and said vnto them, Hearken
vnto mee , you men of Shechem , that
God may hearken vnto you.
8 The trees went foorth on a time
to annoint a King ouer them, and they
said vnto the Oliue tree, Reigne thou
ouer vs.
9 But the Oliue tree saide vnto
them , Should I leaue my fatnesse,
wherewith by mee they honour God
and man, and II goe to bee promoted o- « Or.gofvp
1.1.' trees
*
uer the ?a anddoume
fw 0S^
10 And the trees said to the Figge '***'•
tree, Come thou, and reigne ouer vs.
11 But the Figge tree saide vnto
them , Should I forsake my sweete-
nesse, and my good fruit, and goe to be ,
aromoted ouer the trees ?
1& Then saide the trees vnto the
Vine, Come tnou, ana reigne ouer vs.
13 And the Vine said vnto them,
Should I leaue my wine, which chea-
reth God and man, and goe to bee pro-
moted ouer the trees ?
14 Then
Gaal confpireth ludges. againft Abimelech:
14 Then said all the trees vnto the put their confidence in him.
II 0r, thistle. Bramble, Come thou, and reigne o- 27 And they went out into the fields,
uer vs. and gathered their vineyards, and
15 And the Bramble said vnto the trode the grapes, and made || merry, and l Or, songs.
trees, If in trueth ye anoint me King went into the house of their god, and
ouer you, then come, and put your trust did eate and drinke, and cursed Abime-
in my shadow : and if not, let fire come lech.
out of the Bramble, and deuoure the 28 And Gaal the sonne of Ebed said,
Cedars of Lebanon. Who is Abimelech, and who is She-
16 Now therefore, if yee haue done chem, that we should serue him? Is not
truely and sincerely, in that yee haue he the sonne of lerubbaal? and Zebu]
made Abimelech King, and if yee haue his officer? serue the men of Hamor the
iealt well with lerubbaal, and his father of Shechem ' for why should we
louse, and haue done vnto him accor- serue him ?
iifcg to the deseruing of his hands: 29 And would to God this people
17 ( For my father fought for you, were vnder my hand; then would I re-
t Heb. cast aud taduentured his life farre, and de- moue Abimelech. And he said to Abi-
his life.
iuered you out of the hand of Midian: melech, Increase thine armie and come
18 And yee are risen vp against my out.
athers house this day, and haue slaine 30 IF And when Zebul the ruler oil
lis sonnes, threescore and ten persons, the citie heard the wordes of Gaal the
vpon one stone, and haue made Abime- sonne of Ebed, his anger was ||kindled. \ Or, hote.
ech the sonne of his maidseruant, king 31 And he sent messengers vnto Abi-
ouer the men of Shechem, because he is melech tpriuily, saying, Behold, Gaal t Hd>* eraf-
%, or to
rour brother.) the sonne of Ebed, and his brethren, be Tormah.
19 If yee then haue dealt truely and come to Shechem, and behold, they for-
sincerely with lerubbaal, and with his tifie the citie against thee.
louse this day, then reioyce yee in Abi- 32 Now therefore vp by night, thou
melech, aud let him also reioyce in you. and the people that is with thee, and lie
20 But if not, let fire come out from in wait in the field.
Abimelech, aud deuoure the men of 33 And it shalbe, that in the morning
Shechem and the house of Millo : and assoone as the Sunne is vp, thou shal
et fire come out from the men of She- rise earely, and set vpon the citie: anc
chem, and from the house of Millo, and behold, when he and the people that is
deuoure Abimelech. with him, come out against thee, then
21 And lotham ran away, and fled, mayest thou doe to them fas thou shalt t Hebr. as
thine hand
and went to Beer, and dwelt there for finde occasion. shallfind.
feare of Abimelech his brother. 34 IF And Abimelech rose vp, anc
22 f When Abimelech had reigned all the people that were with him, by
three yeeres ouer Israel, night, and they laid wait against She-
23 Then God sent an euill spirit be- chem in foure companies.
tweene Abimelech & the men of She- 35 And Gaal the sonne of Ebed went
chem : and the men of Shechem dealt out, and stood in the entring of the gate
treacherously with Abimelech: of the citie: and Abimelech rose vp, anc
24 That the crueltie done to the the people that were with him, from ly-
threescore and ten sonnes of lerubbaal ing in waite.
might come, and their blood be laid vp- 36 And when Gaal saw the people,
on Abimelech their brother which slew he said to Zebul, Behold, there come
them, and vpon the men of Shechem people downe fro the top of the moun-
t Hebr. which taided him in the killing of his taines. And Zebul saide vnto him,
strengthened
his hands t brethren. Thou seest the shadow of the moun-
kill. 25 And the men of Shechem set ly- taines, as if they were men.
ers in wait for him in the toppe of tne 37 And Gaal spake againe, and said
mountaines, and they robbed all that See, there come people downe by the
came along that way by them : and it tmiddle of the land, and another corn- Wleb.wueU
was told Abimelech. panie come along by the plaine of ||Me- \ Or, the re-
forders of
26 And Gaal the sonne of Ebed came onenim. times.
with his brethren, and went ouer to 38 Then said Zebul vnto him, Where
Shechem ; and the men of Shechem is now thy mouth, wAmetffA thou saidst,
Who
He is ouercome. Chap.x.
Who is Abimelech , that wee should
serue him ? Is not this the people that
thou hast despised ? Goe out , I pray
now, and fight with them.
39 And. Gaal went out before the
men of Shechem , and fought with A-
bimelech.
40 And Abimelech chased him, and
hee fledde before him , and many were
ouerthrowen and wounded, euen vnto
the entring of the gate.
41 And Abimelech dwelt at Aru-
mah : and Zebul thrust out Gaal and
his brethren, that they should not dwell
in Shechem.
42 And it came to passe on the mor-
row, that the people went out into the
field, and they tolde Abimelech.
43 And he tooke the people, and di-
uided them into three companies , and
laide waite in the field, and looked, and
behold , the people were come forth out
of the citie, and he rose vp against them,
and smote them.
44 And Abimelech, and the compa-
nie that was with him, rushed forward,
and stood in the entring of the gate of
the citie : and the two other companies
ranne vpon all the people that were in
the fields, and slew them.
45 And Abimelech fought against
the citie all that day , and he tooke the
citie , and slewe the people that was
therein, and beat downe the citie , and
sowed it with salt.
46 IT And when all the men of the
tower of Shechem heard that, they en-
tred into an holde of the house of the
god JBerith.
47 And it was told Abimelech, that
all the men of the towre of Shechem
were gathered together.
.1
48 And Abimelech gate him vp to
mount Zalmon, hee and all the people
tnat were witn mm , cc
» 1 1 * 0
^HLoimeiecn
A V/
DOOKC
1 V» «-y-»yv1rrt
an axe in his hand , and cut downe a
bough from the trees, and tooke it, and
laide it on his shoulder , and said vnto
the people that were with him , What ye
\Heb.l haue seene tme doe, make haste, and doe
haue done. as I haue done.
49 And all the people likewise cut
downe euery man his bough, and fol-
lowed Abimelech, and put them to the
holde , and set the holde on fire vpon
them : so that all the men of the towre
of Shechem died also, about a thou-
sand men and women.
50 f Then went Abimelech to The-
Abimelech flaine.
bez, and encamped against Thebez, and
tooke it.
51 But there was a strong towre
within the city, and thither fled all the
men and women, and all they of the ci-
tie, and shut it to them, and gate them
vp to the top of the towre.
52 And Abimelech came vnto the
towre, and fought against it, and went
hard vnto the doore of the towre, to
burne it with fire.
53 And a certaine woman *cast a * 2. Sam.
piece of a milstone vpon Abimelechs 11. 21.
head, and all to brake his scull.
54 Then hee called hastily vnto the
young man his armour - bearer, and
said vnto him , Draw thy sword, and
slay me, that men say not of me, A wo-
man slewe him : and his young man
thrust him through, and he died.
55 And when the men of Israel saw
that Abimelech was dead, they depar-
ted euery man vnto his place.
56 H Thus God rendred the wic-
kednesse of Abimelech which hee did
vnto his father, in slaying his seuentie
brethren.
57 And all the euill of the men of
Shechem, did God render vpon their
heads-: and vpon them came the curse
of lotham the sonne of lerubbaal.
C H A P . X.
1 Tola iudgeth Israel in Shamir. 3 lair, whose
thirtie sonnes had thirtie cities. 6 The
Philistines and Ammonites oppresse Israel.
10 In their miserie, God sendeth them to
their false gods. 15 Vpon their repentance,
hee pitieth them.
Nd after Abimelech, there
A arose to ||defend Israel, II Or, deliuer.
Tola the sonne of Puah, Heb. sane.
the sonne of Dodo, a man
of Issachar, and he dwelt
in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
2 And he iudged Israel twenty and
three yeeres, and died, and was buried
in Shamir.
3 IF And after him arose lair a Gi-
leadite, and iudged Israel twentie and
two yeeres.
4 And hee had thirtie sonnes that
rode on thirtie asse-colts, and they had
thirtie cities, which are called ||Hauoth- \\ Or, the vil-
lair vnto this day, which are in the lages of lair
land of Gilead.
5 And lair died, and was buried
in Cam on.
6 f And
Ifrael punifhed. ludges.
* Chap. 2. 6 U And *the children of Israel did
11. and 3.7.
and 4.1. & euill againe in the sight of the LORD,
6.1. &. 13.1
* Chap. 2.
and serued Baalim and *Ashtaroth,
13. and the gods of Syria, and the gods of
Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the
gods of the children of Ammon, and the
rods of the Philistines, and forsooke
;he LORD, and serued not him.
7 And the anger of the LORD
was hot agaiust Israel, and hee solde
them into the hands of the Philistines,
and into the hands of the children of
Ammon.
8 And that yere they vexed and top-
\Hebr.
crushed. pressed the children of Israel: eighteene
yeeres, all the children of Israel that
were on the other side lordan, in the
land of the Amorites, which is in Gi-
lead.
9 Moreouer , the children of Am-
mon passed ouer lordan , to fight also
against ludah, and against Beniamin,
and against the house of Ephraim ; so
that Israel was sore distressed.
10 H And the children of Israel cri-
ed vnto the LORD, saying, Wee haue
sinned against thee , both 'because wee
haue forsaken our God, and also serued
Baalim.
11 And the L O R D said vnto the
children of Israel, Did not I deliuer you
from the Egyptians , and from the A-
morites, from the children of Ammon,
and from the Philistines ?
1? The Zidonians also and the A-
malekites , and the Maonites did op-
presse you, and ye cried to me, and I de-
liuered you out of their hand.
* Deut. 32. 13 * Yet ye haue forsaken me, and ser-
is. ierem. 2.
1,3. ued other gods : wherefore I will deli-
uer you no more.
14 Go, and cry vnto the gods which
ye haue chosen, let them deliuer you in
the time of your tribulation.
15 IF And the children of Israel said
vnto the LORD, We haue sinned, doe
i Hebr. is thou vnto vs whatsoeuer tseemeth
good in thine good vnto thee, deliuer vs onely, wee
eyes.
pray thee, this day.
t Hebr. gods 16 And they put away the t strange
of strangers. gods from among them, and serued the
\Hebr. wets LORD • and his soule twas grieued
shortened.
for the misery of Israel.
17 Then the children of Ammon
1 Hebr. cried were t gathered together , and encam-
together. ped in Gilead : and the children of Is-
rael assembled themselues together,
and encamped in Mizpeh.
18 And the people and Princes of Gi-
lephthah expelled.
lead, said one to another, What man is
hee that will begin to fight against the
children of Ammon? he shall *be Head *Chap.
J. .
11.
ouer all the inhabitants of Gilead.
C H A P . XL
1 The Couenant betwcene lephthah and the
Gileadites, that hee should be their head. 12
The treaty of peace betweene him and the
Ammonites is in vaine. 29 lephthahs vow.
32 His conquest of the Ammonites. 34 He
performeth his vow on his daughter.
Ow * lephthah the Gile- •Hebr.
N
n.
adite was a mightie man 32. called
lephte.
of valour, and he was the
sonne of t an harlot: and man,
^ Hebr. a wo-
Gilead begate lephthah. lot. an har-
2 And Gileads wife bare him
sonnes, and his wiues sonhes grew vp,
and they thrust out lephthah, and said
vnto him , Thou shalt not inherite in
our fathers house , for thou art the son
of a strange woman.
3 Then lephthah fled t from his tHebr. from
brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: the face.
and there were gathered vaine men to
lephthah, and went out with him.
4 IT And it came to passe, t in pro- t Hebr. after
cesse of time, that the children of Am- dayes.
mon made warre against Israel.
5 And it was so, that when the chil-
dren of Ammon made war against Is-
rael, the Elders of Gilead went to fetch
lephthah out of the land of Tob,
6 And they said vnto lephthah,
Come and bee our Captaine , that wee
may fight with the children of Ammon.
7 And lephthah said vnto the El-
ders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and
expell me out of my fathers house? And
why are ye come vnto mee now when
ye are in distresse ?
8 And the Elders of Gilead said vn-
to lephthah , Therefore we turne a-
gaine to thee now, that thou mayest go
with vs, and fight against the children
of Ammon , and bee our head ouer all
the inhabitants of Gilead.
9 And lephthah said vnto the El-
ders of Gilead, If ye bring me home a-
gaine to fight against the children of
Ammon, and the LORD deliuer them
before me ; shall I be your Head ?
10 And the Elders of Gilead said vn-
to lephthah, The L O R D tbe witnes the t Hebr. be
hearer
betweene vs, if we doe not so according betweene
to thy words. vs.
11 Then lephthah went with the El-
ders
lephthah captaine. Chap.xj.
ders of Gilead, and the people made
him head and captaine ouer them : and
lephthah vttered all his words before
the LOAD in Mizpeh.
12 IF And lephthah sent messengers
vnto the king of the children of Atn-
mon, saying, What hast thou to do with
me, that thou art come against mee to
fight in my land ?
13 And the king of the children of
Ammon answered vnto the messen-
* Num. 21. gers of lephthah ; * Because Israel
13.
tooke away my land when they came
vp out of Egypt, from Arnon heuen vn-
to labbok , and vnto Jordan : now
therfore restore those Zcwcfoagaine peace-
ably.
14 And lephthah sent messengers
againe vnto the king of the children of
Ammon :
15 And said vnto him, Thus saith
* Deut. 2.9. lephthah; * Israel tooke not away
the land of Moab, nor the land of the
children of Ammon :
16 But when Israel came vp from
Egypt , and walked through the wil-
dernesse, vnto the red sea, and came to
Kadesh ;
* Num. 20.
14.
17 Then * Israel sent messengers
vnto the king of Edom saying, Let me,
I pray thee , passe through thy land.
But the king of Edom would not hear-
ken thereto: And in like maner they sent
vnto the king of Moab : but hee would
not consent: & Israel abode in Kadesh.
18 Then they went along through
the wildernes, and compassed the land
of Edom , and the land of Moab, and
came by the Eastside of the land of Mo-
ab, and pitched on the other side of Ar-
* Num. 22. non, *but came not within the border
13. and 22.
24. of Moab : for Arnon was the border of
Moab.
* Deut. 2. 19 And * Israel sent messengers vn-
26.
to Sihon king of the Amorites , the
king of Heshbon, and Israel said vnto
him, Let vs passe, we pray thee, thorow
thy land, vnto my place.
20 But Sihon trusted not Israel,
to passe through his coast : but Sihon
gathered all his people together , and
pitched in lahaz , and fought against
Israel.
21 And the L O R D God of Israel
deliuered Sihon and all his people in-
to the hand of Israel, and they smote
them ; so Israel possessed all the land of
the Amorites , the inhabitants of that
co un trey.
His rafti vow.
22 And they possessed *all the coasts * Deut. 2.
of the Amorites, from Arnon euen vn- 36.
to labbok, and from the wildernesse
euen vnto lordaii.
23 So nowe the LORD God of
Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites
from before his people Israel, and
shouldest thou possesse it ?
24 Wilt not thou possesse that which
Chemosh thy god giueth thee to pos-
sesse? so whomsoeuer the LORD our
God shal driue out from before vs, them
will we possesse.
25 *And now, art thou any thing * Num. 22.
better then Balak the sonne of Zippor 2. deut. 23.
4. iosh. 24. 9
king of Moab ? Did hee euer striue a-
gainst Israel , or did hee euer fight a-
gainst them,
26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon,
and her townes, and in Aroer, and her
townes, and in all the cities that bee a-
long by the coasts of Arnon, three hun-
dred yeeres? Why therefore did yee not
recouer them within that time ?
27 Wherefore, I haue not sinned .a-
gainst thee, but thou doest me wrong to
warre against mee : the L O R D the
ludge, bee ludge this day betweene
the children of Israel, and tne children
of Amrnon.
28 Howbeit, the king of the children
of Ammon hearkened not vnto the
words of lephthah which hee seut
him.
29 IF Then the Spirit of the L O R D
came vpon lephthah, and he passed o-
uer Gilead and Manasseh, and passed
ouer Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Miz-
peh of Gilead hee passed ouer vnto the
children of Ammon.
30 And lephthah vowed a vowe
vnto the LORD, and said, If thou
shalt without faile deliuer the children
of Ammon into mine hands,
31 Then it shall be, that twhatsoe- t Hebr. that
which com-
uer commeth forth of the doores of my methforth
shall come
house to meete me, when I returne in forth.
peace from the children of Ammon,
shall surely be the LORDS, ||and I offer I Or, 1will
iti cjc.
will offer it vp for a burnt offering.
32 IT So lephthah passed ouer vn-
to the children of Ammon to fight a-
gainst them, and the L O R D deliuered
them into his hands.
33 And he smote them from Aroer,
euen till thou come to Minnith, euen
twentie cities, and vnto the ||plaine II Or, Abel.
of the vineyards, with a very great
slaughter : thus the children of Am-
mon
 lephthahs daughter: Judges,
mon were subdued before the children
of Israel.
34 f And lephthah came to Miz-
peh vnto his house , and beholde , his
daughter came out to meete him with
timbrels and with dances, and she was
KOr.hehad his onely childe: || beside her he had nei-
not of his
owne either ther sonne nor daughter.
sonne or 35 And it came to passe when he saw
daughter.
Heb. of him- her, that he rent his clothes, and said,
selfe.
Alas, my daughter, thou hast brought
me very low, and thou art one of them
that trouble me : for I haue opened my
mouth vnto the L O U D , and I can-
not goe backe.
36 And she said vnto him, My father,
if thou hast opened thy mouth vnto the
L O R D , doe to me according to that
which hath proceeded out of thy
mouth ; forasmuch as the LORD hath
taken vengeance for thee of thine ene-
mies, euen of the children of Ammon.
37 And she said vnto her father, Let
this thing be done for me: Let me alone
t Heb. Goe, two moneths, that I may tgoe vp and
andgoe
downe. downe vpon the mountaines, and be-
waile my virginitie , I , and my fel-
lowes.
38 And he said, Goe. And he sent her
awayy&r two moneths, and shee went
with her companions , and bewailed
ler virginitie vpon the mountaines.
39 And it came to passe at the ende of
;wo moneths that shee returned vnto
ler father, who did with her according
to his vow which he had vowed : and
I Or, ordi- she knew no man : & it was a ||custome
nance*
n Israel,
40 That the daughters of Israel
\Heb.from went tyeerely ||to lament the daughter
leeretoyere.
I Or, to talke of lephthahthe Gileadite foure dayes
with. in a yeere.
* CHAP. XII.
1 The Ephraimites quarrelling with lephthah,
and discerned by Shibboleth, are slaine by the
Gileadites. 7 lephthah dieth. 8 Ibzan, who
had thirtie sonnes and thirtie daughters, 1 1
and Elon, 13 and Abdon who had fourtie
sonnes, and thirtie nephewes, iudged Israel.
| Nd the men of Ephraim
A
1
Hebr. were
called.
1 gathered themselues to
; gether, and went North-
1
ward, & said vnto leph-
thah, Wherefore passedst
thou ouer to fight against the children
of Ammon, and didst not call vs to goe
with thee ? Wee will burne thine house
vpon thee with fire.
His death.
2 And lephthah saide vnto them,
I and my people were at great strife
with the children of Ammon : and
when I called you, ye deliuered me not
out of their hands.
3 And when I sawe that ye deliue-
red me not, I put my life in my handes,
and passed ouer against the children ol
Ammon, and the L O R D deliuered
them into my hand : Wherfore then are
ye come vp vnto me this day, to fight a-
gainst me?
4 Then lephthah gathered toge-
ther all the men of Gilead, and fought
with Ephraim : and the men of Gilead
smote Ephraim, because they said,Yee
Gileadites are fugitiues of Ephraim,
among the Ephraimites and among
the Manassites.
5 And the Gileadites tooke the pas-
sages of lordan before ~ the Epbra-
imites : and it was so that when those
Ephraimites which were escaped saide,
Let me go ouer, that the men of Gilead
said vnto him, Art thou an Ephraimite?
If he said, Nay :
6 Then said they vnto him , Say
now, Shibboleth : and he said, Sibbo-
leth : for hee could not frame to pro-
nounce it right. Then they tooke him,
and slewe him at the passages of lor-
dan : and there fell at that time of the
Ephraimites, fourtie & two thousand.
7 And lephthah iudged Israel sixe
yeeres : then died lephthah the Gilea-
dite, and was buried in one o/*the cities
of Gilead.
8 1[ And after him Ibzan of Beth-
lehem iudged Israel.
9 And hee had thirtie sonnes, and
thirtie daughters , whome hee sent a-
broad, and tooke in thrrtie daughters
from abroad for his sonnes. And hee
iudged Israel seuen yeeres.
10 Then died Ibzan, and was bu-
ried at Bethlehem.
11 f And after him, Elon, a Zebu-
lonite iudged Israel, and he iudged Is-
rael ten yeeres.
12 And Elon the Zebulonite died.
and was buried in Analon in the coun-
trey of Zebulun..
13 f And after h i m , Abdon, the
sonne of Hillel a Pirathonite iudged
Israel.
14 And he had fourty sonnes, and
thirtie tnephewes, that rode on three- \Heb.svnnes
sonnet.
score and ten asse-colts : and he iudged
Israel eight yeeres,
15 And
Samfons birth Chap.xiy. is foretolde.
15 And Abdon the sonne of Hillel sate in the field: But Manoah her hus-
the Pirathonite died, and was hurled band was not with her.
in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in 10 And the woman made haste, anc
the mount of the Amalekites. ranne, and shewed her husband, anc
said vnto him; Behold, the man hath
C H A P . XIII. appeared vnto me, that came vnto me
the other day.
1 Israel is in the hand of the Philistines. 2 An 11 And Manoah arose, and went af-
Angel appeareth to Manoahs wife. 8 The ter his wife, and came to the man, and
Angjel appeareth to Manoah. 15 Manoahs said vnto him, Art thou the man that
sacrifice, whereby the Angel is discouered.
24 Samson is borne. spakest vnto the woman ? And he said,
I am.
Nd the children of Israel 12 And Manoah said, Now let thy
t Hebr. ad-
ded to com-
mit, 4-c.
* Chap. 2. A
11- and 3. 7.
and 4. 1.
+ *did euill againe in the words come to passe: tHow shall wee \ Hebr. what
sight of the LORD, and order the childe, and \\how shall we doe shall
the LORD deliuered vnto him ?
them into the hand of the
and6. Land Philistines forty yeeres.
13 And the Angel of the L O R D shall
be the
manerof
the, $c.
1 Or, what
he doe'?
said vnto Manoah, Of all that I said shall beWhat
Hebr.
10.6. Aw
2 f And there was a certaine man vnto the woman, let her beware. worked
of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, 14 She may not eate of any thing
whose name was Manoah, and his that commeth of the Vine, neither let
wife was barren, and bare not. her drinke wine or strong drinke, nor
3 And the Angel of the LORD eat any vncleane thing: all that I com-
appeared vnto the woman, and said manded her, let her obserue.
vnto her, Behold now, thou art bar- 15 If And Manoah saide vnto the
ren, and bearest not: but thou shalt con- Angel of the L O R D , I pray thee let
ceiue and beare a sonne. vs deteine thee, vntill wee shall haue
* Num. 6. 4 Now therefore beware *I pray made ready a kid tfor thee. t Hebr. be-
2,3.
thee, and drinke not wine, nor strong 16 And the Angel of the LORD fore thee.
drinke, and eat not any vncleane thing. said vnto Manoah, Though thou de-
5 For loe, thou shalt conceiue, and teine mee, I will not eat of thy bread:
* Num. 0.5, beare a sonne, and *no rasor shall come and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering,
l. sam. 1.
11. on his head : for the child shall be a Na- thou must offer it vnto the L O R D :
zarite vnto God from the wombe : and for Manoah knew not that he was an
he shall begin to deliuer Israel out of Angel of the LORD.
the hand of the Philistines. 17 And Manoah said vnto the An-
6 II Then the woman came, and gel of the LORD, What is thy name,
told her husband, saying; A man of that when thy sayings come to passe,
God came vnto mee, and his counte- we may doe thee honour ?
nance was like the countenance of an 18 And the Angel of the L O R D
Angel of God, very terrible : but I said vnto him, Why askest thou thus
asked him not whence he was, neither after my name, seeing it is ||secret? derfull. Or. won-
told he me his name: .19 So Manoah tooke a kid, with a
7 But he said vnto mee, Behold, meat offering, and offered it vpon a
thou shalt conceiue and beare a sonne; rocke vnto the L O R D : and the Angel
and now, drinke no wine nor strong did wonderously, and Manoah and his
drinke, neither eate any vncleane thing: wife looked on.
for the childe shal be a Nazarite to God, 20 For it came to passe, when the
from the wombe , to the day of his flame went vp toward heauen from
death. off the altar, that the Angel of the
8 n Then Manoah entreated the L O R D ascended in the flame of the
LOUD, and said, O my LORD, let altar : and Manoah and his wife loo-
the man of God which thou didst send, ked on it, and fell on their faces to the
come againe vnto vs, & teach vs what ground.
we shall do vnto the childe that shall be 21 (But the Angel of the LORD
borne. did no more appeare to Manoah and
9 And God hearkened to the voyce to his wife :) then Manoah knewe
of Manoah; and the Angel of God that he was an Angel of the LORD.
came againe vnto the woman as shee 22 And Manoah said vnto his wife,
*We
Samfons manage : Judges.
Exod.33. * Wee shall surely die, because wee haue
20. chap. 6.
22. scene God.
23 But his wife said vnto him. If
the LORD were pleased to kill vs, he
would not haue receiued a burnt offe-
ring and a meat offering at our hands,
neither would hee haue shewed vs all
these things, nor would as at this time
haue told vs such things as these.
24 IF And the woman bare a sonne,
and called his name Samson : and the
child grew, & the LORD blessed him.
25 And the Spirit of the L O R D
beganne to mooue him at times in the
campe of Dan, betweene Zorah anc
Eshtaol.
C H A P . XIIII.
1 Samson desireth a wife of the Philistines. 9
In his iourney hee killeth a Lion. 8 In a
second iourney hee findelli hony in the car- )anions to be with him.
keis. 10 Samsons marriage feast. 12 His
riddle by his wife is made knowen. 19 He I will now put foorth a riddle vnto
spoileth thirtie Philistines. 20 His wife is
married to another.
Nd Samson wetit down nde it out, then I will giue you thir-
His riddle.
7 And nee went downe and talked
with the woman, and she pleased Sam-
son well.
8 1f And after a time hee returned
to take her, and he turned aside to see
tic carkeis of the Lion : and beholde,
ticre was a swarme of Bees, and
ionic in the carkeis of the Lion
9 And hee tooke thereof in his
landes, and went on eating, and came
to his father and mother, and hee gaue
thicm, and they did eate: but he told not
thlem that he had taken the hony out oi
htic carkeis of the Lion.
10 f So his father went downe vn-
to the woman > and Samson made
icre a feast: for so vsed the young men
to doe.
11 And it came to passe when they
saw him, that they brought thirtie com-
12 U And Samson said vnto them,
rou: if you can certeinly declare it me,
within the seuen dayes of the feast, and

A to Timnath, and sawe a tie || sheetes, and thirtie change of gar- Or, shirts.
woman in Timnath, o ments :
the daughters of the Phi-
listines.
13 But if ye cannot declare it me, then
shall yee giue me thirtie sheetes, anc
2 And nee came vp, and told his fa- thirtie change of garments. And they
ther and his mother, and said, I haue said vnto him, Put foorth thy riddle,
scene a woman in Timnath, of the that we may heare it.
laughters of the Philistines: nowe 14 And nee said vnto them , Out o
therefore get her for me to wife. the eater came foorth meate, and out o
3 Then his father and his mother the strong came foorth sweetnesse. Anc
said vnto him, Is there neuer a wo- they could not in three dayes expoum
man among the daughters of thy bre- the riddle.
thren, or among all my people, that thou 15 And it came to passe on the seuentl
goest to take a wife of the vncircumci- day, that they said vnto Samsons wife,
sed Philistines ? And Samson said vn- Entice thy husband, that hee may de-
to his father, Get her for me, for tshee clare vnto vs the riddle, lest we burne
\Heb.slie_is >leaseth me well. thee and thy fathers house with fire:
-ightinmine
••yes. 4? But his father and his mother Haue yee called vs, t to take that wee jessevs,or Hob to pos-
lo
ttiew not that it was of the LORD, iaue ? is it not so ? impoverish
that hee sought an occasion against the 16 And Samsons wife wept before vs?
Philistines: for at that time the Phi- lim, and said, Thou doest but hate me,
listines had dominion ouer Israel. and louest me not: thou hast put foorth
5 H Then went Samson downe, a riddle vnto the children of my people,
and his father & his mother, to Tim- and hast not tolde it me And hee saic
nath , and came to the vineyards o vnto her, Behold, I haue not tolde it
Timnath; and behold, a young Lion my father nor my mother, and shall I
t Hebr. in roared tagainst him. tell it thee ?
netting
htm. 6 And the Spirit of the LORD 17 And shee wept before him || the of0 Or,thetheseuen rest
came mightily vpon him, and hee rent seuen dayes,while the feast lasted: anc day en, <Jc.
him as he would haue rent a kid, and he it came to passe on the seuenth day, that
had nothing in his hand : but hee to' d he tolde her, because shee lay sore vpon
not his father or his mother what hee him: and she tolde the riddle to the chil-
had done. dren of her people,
'_ 18 And
His foxe-tailes : Chap.xv,
18 And the men of the city said vnto
him on the seuenth day before the sunne
went downe, What is sweeter then ho-
nie? and what is stronger then a Lion?
And he said vnto them, If ye had not
plowed with my heifer, yee had not
found out my riddle.
19 IF And the Spirit of the L O R D
came vpon him, and hee went downe
to Ashkelon, and slewe thirtie men of
H0r, apparel. them, and tooke their ||spoite, and gaue
change of garments vnto them which
expounded the riddle, and his anger
was kindled, and hee went vp to his
fathers house.
20 But Samsons wife was giuen to
his companion, whom hee had vsed as
his friend. | swered, To bind Samson are we come
C H A P . XV.
1 Samson is denied his wife. 3 He burneth the
Philistines corne with foxes and firebrands.
6 His wife and her father are burnt by the
Philistines. 7 Samson smiteth them hip and
thigh. 9 He is bound by the men of ludah
and deliuered to the Philistines. 14 Heekil-
leth them with a Jawbone. 18 God maketh
the fountaine En-hakkore for him in Lehi.
Vt it came to passe within
B awhile after,in the time of
wheat haruest, that Sam-
son visited his wife with a
kid, and he said, I will goe
in to my wife into the chamber. But her
father would not suffer him to goe in.
2 And her father saide, 1 verily
thought that thou haddest vtterly ha-
ted her, therfore I gaue her to thy com-
panion : is not her younger sister fairer
t Heb. let then she ? t take her, I pray thee, in stead
her be thine of her.
3 11 And Samson said concerning
i Or. now
shall I bee
them, || Now shal I be more blamelesse
blamelesse then the Philistines, though I do them
from the
Philistines^ a displeasure. .
though* $c. 4 And Samson went and caught
I Or, tor-
ches.
three hundred foxes, and tooke ||fire-
brands , and turned taile to taile, and
put a firebrand in the midst betweene
two tailes. ; <
5 And when hee had sej; the brands
on fire, he let them goe into the standing
corne of the Philistines, and burnt vp
both the shockes, and also the standing
corne, with the vineyards and oliues.
6 If Then the Philistines saide,
Who hath done this ? and they an-
swered , Samson the sonne in law of
His iaw-bone.
the Timnite, because hee had taken his
wife , and giuen her to his companion.
And the Philistines came vp, and burnt
her and her father with fire.
7 U And Samson said vnto them,
Though ye haue done this, yet will I
be auenged of you, and after that, I wil
cease.
8 And he smote them hip and thigh,
with a great slaughter ; and hee went
down and dwelt in the top of the rocke
Etam.
9 IF Then the Philistines went vp,
and pitched in ludah, and spread them-
selues in Lehi.
10 And the men of ludah said, Why
are ye come vp against vs? and they an-
vp, to doe to him, as he hath done to vs.
11 Then three thousand men of lu-
dah t went to the top of the rocke Etam, t Heb. went
and sayd to Samson; Knowest thou downe.
not that the Philistines are rulers ouer
vs ? What is this that thou hast done vn-
to vs ? And he said vnto them, As they
did vnto me, so haue I done vnto them.
12 And they said vnto him, Wee are
come downe to binde thee, that we may
deliuer thee into the hand of the Phili-
stines. And Samson said vnto them,
Sweare vnto me, that yee will not fall
vpon me your selues.
13 And they spake vnto him, saying;
No : but wee will binde thee fast , and
deliuer thee into their hand : but surely
we will not kill thee. And they bound
him with two new cordes, and brought
him vp from the rocke.
14 If And when he came vnto Lehi,
the Philistines shouted against him :
and the Spirit of the L O R D came
mightily vpon him, and the cordes that
were vpon his armes became as flaxe
that was burnt with fire, & his bands
t loosed from off his hands. t Hebr. were
15 And he found a tnew iawbone of melted.
t Heb. moist-
an asse , and put foorth his hand, and
tooke it , and slewe a thousand men
therewith.
16 And Samson said, With the iaw-
bone of an asse, theapes vpon heapes, t Heb. an
with the iaw of an asse haue I slaine a heape,
heapes.
two
thousand men.
17 And it came to passe when he had
made an end of speaking, that hee cast
away the iaw bone out of his hand, and IThe That is,
lifting
called that place j|Ramath-Lehi. / vpofthe
iaw-bone >
18 H And hee was sore athirst, and or, casting
called on the LORD, and said, Thou away of the
iaw-bone.
hast
Samfon and Delilah: Judges.
hast giuen this great deliuerance into
the hand of thy seruant: and now shall
I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of
the vncircumcised ?
19 But God claue an hollow place
II Or, Lehi. that was in ||the iawe, and there came
water thereout, & when he had drunke,
his spirit came againe, and he reuiued:
wherefore hee called the name thereof
I That is, the ||En-hakkore, which is in Lehi, vnto
well of him
that called this day:
or cried.
20 And he iudged Israel in the dayes
of the Philistines twentie yeeres.
CHAP. XVI.
1 Satnson at Gaza escapeth, and carieth away
the gates of the city. 4 Delilah corrupted by
the Philistines, entiseth Samson. 6 Thrise
she is deceiued. 15 At last shee ouercqm-
meth him. 21 The Philistines take him, and
put out his eyes. 22 His strength renewing,
hee pulleth dowhe the house vpon the Phi-
listines, and dieth.
Hen went Samson to Ga-
T
t Heb. a wo-
man an har- za, and saw there tan har-
lot. lot, and went in vnto her.
2 And it was told the Ga-
zites, saying, Samson is
come hither. And they compassed him
in, and layd wait for him all night in the
i Heb. silent. gate of the citie, and were t quiet all the
night, saying, In the morning when it
is day, we shall kill him.
3 And Samson lay till midnight,
and arose at midnight, and tooke the
doores of the gate of the city, and the
two posts, and went away with them,
t Heb. with tbarre and all, and put them vpon his
the barre.
shoulders, and caried them vp to the
toppe of an hill that is before Hebron.
4 IF And it came to passe afterward,
if Or, by the that he loued a woman in the valley ||of
broofce.
Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
5 And the lords of the Philistines
came vp vnto her, and said vnto her,
Entice him, and see wherein his great
strength lieth, and by what meanes we
may preuaile against him, that we may
II Or, hum- bind him, to ||afflict him : and we will
ble.
giue thee euery one of vs, eleuen hun-
dreth pieces of siluer.
6 II And Delilah said to Samson,
Tel me, I pray thee, wherein thy great
strength lyeih, and wherewith thou
Brightest tie bound, to afflict thee. »
7 And Samson said vnto her, li
II Or, nerve they binde mee with seueln || greene
ooards, heb.
moist. withs, that were neuer dried, then shall
She betrayeth him.
I be weake, and be as t another man. t Heb. one.
8 Then the lords of the Philistines
jrought vp to her seuen greene withs,
which had not bene dried, & she bound
lim with them.
9 Now there were men lying in
wait, abiding with her in the chamber:
and she said vnto him, The Philistines
be vpon thee, Samson. And he brake
:he withs, as a threed of tow is bro-
ien, when it ttoucheth the fire : so his [ Heb. 8mei*
leth.
strength was not knowen. •
10 And Delilah said vnto Samson,
Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told
mee lies: now tell mee, I pray thee,
wherewith thou mightest be bound.
11 And he said vnto her, If they bind
me fast with newe ropes tthat neuer t Heb. wher-
with worke
were occupied, then shall I bee weake, hath not bin
and be as another man. done.
12 Delilah therfore tooke new ropes,
and bound him therewith, and said vn-
to him, The Philistines be vpon thee,
Samson. (And there were Hers in wait
abiding in the chamber.) and hee brake
them from off his armes, like a threed.
13 And Delilah said vnto Samson,
Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told
me lies : tell me wherewith thou migh-
test be bound. And he said vnto her, H
thou weauest the seuen lockes of my
head with the web.
14? And she.fastened it with the pinne,
and said vnto him, The Philistines be
vpon thee, Samson. And hee awaked
out of his sleepe, and went away with
the pinne of the bearae, # with the web,
15 1F And shee said vnto him, How
canst thou say, I loue thee, when thine
heart is not with mee? Thou hast moc-
ked mee these three times, and hast not
told me wherin thy great strength Ueth.
16 And it came to passe, when she pres-
sed him daily with her wordes, and vr-
ged him, so that his soule was t vexed ned. \ Heb. short,
vnto death,
17 That he told her all his heart, and
said vnto her, There hath not come a
rasor vpon mine head: for I Jiaue bene a
Nazarite vnto God from my mothers
wombe: If I bee shauen, then my
strength will goe from me, and I shall
become weake, and bee like my-other
man,
18 And when Delilah saw that he had
told her all his h«art, she sent and called
for the Lords of the Philistines, saying,
Come vp this once, for hee hath shewed
me all his heart, Then the^lords of the
Phili-
Samfon is taken: Ghap.xvij.
Philistines came vp vnto her, & brought
money in their hand.
19 And she made him sleepe vpon her
knees, and she called for a man, and she
caused him to shaue off the seuen lockes
of his head, and she began to afflict him,
and his strength went from him.
20 And she said, The Philistines be
vpon thee, Samson. And hee awoke
out of his sleepe, and said, I will go out
as at other times before, and shake my
selfe. And he wist not that the LORD
was departed from him.
21 f But the Philistines tooke him
tHebr. boa- and tput out his eyes, and brought him
red out.
downe to Gaza, and bound him with
fetters of brasse, and he did grind in the
prison house.
22 Howbeit, the haire of his head
l! Or, as when- began to grow againe, || after he was
he was sha-
uen. shauen.
23 Then the lords of the Philistines
gathered them together, for to offer a
great sacrifice vnto Dagon their god,
and to reioyce: for they said, Our god
hath deliuered Samson our enemy in-
to our hand.
24} And when the people saw him,
they praised their god: for they said,
Our god hath deliuered into our hands
our enemy, and the destroyer of our
t Hebr. and countrey, t which slew many of vs.
who multi- '
plied our 25 And it came to passe when their
slaine. hearts were merry, that they said, Call
for Samson, that hee may make vs
sport. And they called for Samson out
t Hebr. be- of the prison house, and he made t them
fore (hem.
sport, and they set him betweene the
pillars.
26 And Samson said vnto the lad
that held him by the hand, Suffer mee,
that I may feele the pillars where-
upon the house standeth, that I may
leane vpon them.
21 Now the house was full of men
and women, and all the lords of the
Philistines were there: and there were
vpon the roofe about three thousand
men and women, that behelde while
Samson made sport.
28 And Samson called vnto the
LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, re-
member me, I pray thee, & strengthen
mee, I pray thee, onely this once, O
God, that I may be at once auenged of
the Philistines, for my two eyes.
2Q And Samson tooke hold of the
II Or, he lea-
two middle pillars, vpon which the
ned on them,. house stood, and ||on which it was borne
His death.
vp, of the one with his right hand, and
of the other with his left.
30 And Samson said, Let tme die \ Hebr* my
with the Philistines: & he bowed him- soule.
selfe with all his might: and the house
fel vpon the lords, and vpon all the peo-
ple that were therein : so the dead which
he slew at his death, were moe, then
they which he slew in his life.
31 Then his brethren, and all the
house of his father, came downe, and
tooke him, and brought him vp, and bu-
ried him betweene Zorah and Eshtaol,
in the burying place of Manoah his fa-
ther : and hee Judged Israel twentie
yeeres.
C H A P . XVII.
1 Of the money that Micah first stole, then re-
stored, his mother maketh Images, 5 and
hee ornaments for them. 6 He hireth a Le-
uite to be his Priest.
Nd there was a man oi
A
mount Ephraim, whose
name was Micah.
2 And he said vnto his
mother. The eleuen hun-
dred shekels of siluer, that were taken
from thee, about which thou cursedst,
and spakest of also in mine eares, be-
hold, the siluer is with mee, I tooke it.
And his mother said, Blessed be thou
of the LOUD, my sonne.
3 And when nee had restored the e-
leuen \\u\idredsJiekels of siluer to his mo-
ther, his mother said, I had wholly
dedicated the siluer vnto the LORD,
from my hand, for my sonne, to make
a grauen image and a molten image:
now therefore I will restore it vnto
thee.
4 Yet hee restored the money vnto
his mother, and his mother tooke two
hundred shekels of siluer, and gaue them
to the founder, who made thereof a
grauen image and a molten image, and
they were in the house of Micah.
5 And the man Micah had an house
of gods, and made an * Ephod, and » Chap. 8.
* Teraphim , and t consecrated one of27. * Gen. 31.
his sonnes, who became his Priest. 19. ose. ,3. 4
^Hebr. filled
6 * In those dayes there was no king the hand.
in Israel, but euery man did that which « Chap. 18.
1. and 21.
was right in his owne eyes. 25.
7 1[ And there was a young man
out of Bethlehem ludah, of the fami-
ly of ludah, who was a Leuite, and
he soiourned there.
8 And the man departed out of the
citie
Spies of Dan Judges.
citie from Bethlehem ludah, to so-
ourne where he could finde a place: and
ic came to mount Ephraim to the house
Heb. in ma- of Micah, fas he iourneyed.
king hisway.
9 And Micah said vnto him, Whence
commest thou ? And he said vnto him,
[ am a Leuite, of Bethlehem ludah,
and I goe to soiourne where I may
inde a place.
10 And Micah said vnto him, Dwell
with me, and be vnto me a father and
a Priest, and I will giue thee ten shekels
0 Or, a dou- of siluer by the yeere, and || a suite of ap-
bte suit, $c.
¥eb. an or- rarell, and thy victuals. So the Le-
der of gar- uite went in.
ments.
11 And the Leuite was content to
dwell with the man, and the yong man
was vnto him as one of his sonnes.
12 And Micah consecrated the Le-
uite, and the young man became his
Priest, and was in the house of Micah.
13 Then said Micah, Now know
[ that the L O R D will doe me good,
seeing I haue a Leuite to my Priest.
C H A P . XVIII.
1 The Danites send fiue men to seeke out an in-
heritance. S At the house of Micah they con-
sult with Jonathan, and are incouraged in
their way. 7 They search Laish, and bring
backe newes of good hope. 11 Sixe hundred
men are sent to surprize it. 14 In the way
they robbe Micah of his Priest and his conse-
crate things. 27 They win Laish and call it
Dan. 30 They set vp Idolatrie, wherein Jo-
nathan inherited the Priesthood.
* Chap. 17. N * those dayes there was
I
6. and 21.
25. ; no king in Israel: and in
those daies the tribe of the
Danites sought them an
inheritance to dwel in: for
vnto that day, all their inheritance hac
not fallen vnto them, among the tribes
of Israel.
2 And the children of Dan sent oi
their family, fiue men from their coasts,
IHebr. t men of valour , from Zorah , anc
sonnes.
from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, anc
to search it, and they said vnto them,
Goe, search the land : Who when they
came to mount Ephraim, to the house
of Micah, they lodged there.
3 When they were by the house o:
Micah, they knew the voice of the yong
man the Leuite : and they turned in
thither, & said vnto him, Who brought
thee hither? And what makest thou in
this place? and what hast thou here ?
iearch Laifli,
4 And hee said vnto them, Thus
and thus dealeth Micah with me, and
lath hired me, and I am his Priest.
5 And they sayd vnto him, Aske
counsell, we pray thee, of God, that we
may know, whether our way which
we goe, shall be prosperous.
6 And the Priest said vnto them,
Goe in peace: before the LORD is your
way wherein ye goe.
7 If Then the flue men departed,
and came to Laish, and saw the people
that were therein, how they dwelt
carelesse, after the maner of the Zido-
nians, quiet and secure, and there was
no t magistrate in the land that might sour,orheire
iHehposses.
put them to shame in any thing, and a/restraint.
they were farre from the Zidonians,
and had no businesse with any man.
8 And they came vnto their bre-
thren to Zorah, and Eshtaol : and
their brethren said vnto them, What
say yee ?
9 And they said, Arise, that we may
goe vp against them : for we haue scene
the land, and behold, it is very good: and
are ye still ? Bee not slothfull to goe, and
to enter to possesse the land.
10 When ye goe, ye shall come vnto a
people secure, and to a large land: for
God hath giuen it into your handes : a
place where there is no want of any
thing, that is in the earth.
11 U And there went from thence ol
the family of the Danites out of Zo-
rah, and out of Eshtaol, sixe hundred
men, t appoynted with weapons oi ded. t/teft. gir-
warre.
12 And they went vp, and pitched in
Kiriath-iearim, in ludah : Wherefore
they called that place Mahaneh-Dan,
vnto this day: behold, it is behinde Ki-
riath-iearim.
13 And they passed thence vnto
mount Ephraim, and came vnto the
house of Micah.
14 1[ Then answered the fiue men
that went to spie out the countrey o
Laish, and saide vnto their brethren.
Doe ye know that there is in these hou-
ses an Ephod, and Teraphim, and a
grauen image, and a molten image ?
Now therefore consider what ye haue
to doe.
15 And they turned thitherward, ant
came to the house of the yong man the
Leuite, euen vnto the house of Micah,
and t saluted him. t Heb. asked
16 And the six hundred, men appoin- him of peace
ted
rob Micah, and Chap.xjx.
ted with their weapons of war, which
were of the children of Dan, stood by
the entring of the gate.
17 And the fiue men that went to
spie out the land, went vpand came in
thither, and tooke the grauen image,
and the Ephod, and the Teraphim, and
the molten image : and the Priest stood
in the entring of the gate, with the sixe
hundreth men that were appointed
with weapons of warre.
18 And these went into Micahs
house , and fetched the carued image,
the Ephod, and the Teraphim, and the
molten image : then said the Priest vn-
to them, What doe ye ?
19 And they said vnto him, Hold thy
peace, lay thine hand vpon thy mouth,
and goe with vs, and bee to vs a father
and a Priest: Is it better for thee to bee
a Priest vnto the house of one man, or
that thou be a Priest vnto a tribe and a
family in Israel ?
20 And the Priests heart was glad,
and he toojte the Ephod, and the Tera-
phim, and the grauen image, and went
in the middest of the people.
21 So they turned, and departed.
and put the little ones, and the cattell,
and the cariage before them.
22 If And when they were a good
way from the house of Micah, the men
that were in the houses neere to Mi-
cahs house, were gathered together,
and ouertooke the children of Dan.
23 And they cried vnto the children of
Dan : and they turned their faces, and
t Heb. that said vnto Micah, What aileth thee, t that
thou art ga-
thered to- thou commest with such a company?
gether? 24 And he said, Yee haue taken a-
way my gods which I made, and the
Priest, and ye are gone away: and what
haue I more? and what is this that yee
say vnto me, What aileth thee ?
25 And the children of Dan said vn-
to him, Let not thy voyce bee heard a-
^Heb. bitter r mong vs, lest t angry fellowes run vp-
ofsoule.
on thee, and thou lose thy life, with
the liues of thy houshold.
26 And the children of Dan went
their way : and when Micah sawe that
they were too strong for him, he turned
and went backe vnto his house.
27 And they tooke the things which
Micah had made, and the Priest which
hee had, and came vnto Laish, vnto a
people that were at quiet, and secure,
and they smote them with the edge of
the sword, and burnt the citie with fire,
fet vp idclatrie.
28 And there was no deliuerer> be-
cause it was farre from Zidon, and
they had no businesse with any man :
and it was in the valley that lieth by
Beth-rehob, and they built a citie, and
dwelt therein.
29 And they called the name of the
* city, Dan, after the name of Dan their • losh. ID.
father, who was borne vnto Israel: 17.
howbeit the name of the citie was La-
ish at the first.
30 f And the children of Dan set
vp the grauen image : and lonathan
the sbnne of Gershom , the sonne of
Manasseh , hee and his sonnes , were
Priests to the tribe of Dan, vntill the
day of the captiuitie of the land.
31 And they set them vp Micahs
grauen ima<je, which hee made, all the
time that the house of God was in Shi-
loh.
CHAP. XIX.
1 A Leuite goeth to Bethlehem to fetch home his
wife. 1 6 An old man entertaineth him at Gi-
beah. 22TheGibeonites abuse his concubine
to death. 29 He diuideth her into twelue
pieces to send them to the twelue tribes.
ND it came to passe in
a
those dayes, *when there * Chap. 17*
was no King in Israel, 6. and 18. 1
and 21. 25.
that there was a certaine
Leuite soiourning on the
side of mount Ephraim, who tooke
to him ta concubine out of Bethlehem man \-Heb.ct wo-
a con.
ludah. cubine, or a
2 And his concubine played the wifeaconcii-
bine*
whore against him, and went away
from him vnto her fathers house to
Bethlehem ludah, and was there
|| foure whole moneths. $0r,ayeere
and foure
3 And her husband arose, and went moneths.
after her to speake t friendly vnto her, foure
Heb. dayes*
mo-
and to bring her againe, hauing his ser- neths,
uant with him , and a couple of asses: heart. to Jier
• Heb.
and shee brought him into her fathers
house, and when the father of the dam-
sell saw him, he reioyced to meet him.
4 And his father in law, the damo-
sels father, reteined him, and hee abode
with him three dayes: so they did eate
and drinke, and lodged there.
5 If And it came to passe on the
fourth clay, when they arose earely in
the morning, that he rose vp to depart:
and the damosels father saide vnto his
sonne in lawe, t Comfort thine heart then. Hebstreng-
with a morsell of bread, and afterward
goe your way.
6 And
TThe Leuites wife ludges.
6 And they sate downe, and did eat
and drinke both of them together : for
ttie damosels father had saide vnto the
man, Be content, I pray thee, and tary
a11 night, and let thine heart be merrie.
7 And when the man rose vp to de-
)art, his father in law vrged him : ther-
bre he lodged there againe.
8 And hee arose early in the mor-
ning on the fift day to depart, and the
diamosels father sayd, Comfort thine
icart , I pray thee. And they taried
t Heb. till the tvntill after noone, and they aid eate
day decli-
ned. )oth of them.
9 And when the man rose vp to de-
part, hee and his concubine, and his ser-
uant; his father in law, the damsels fa-
her, said vnto him , Behold, now the
t Hebr. is day tdraweth towardes euening, I
weake.
>ray you tarie all night : behold, tthe
t Heb. it is day groweth to an ende , lodge heere,
the pitching
me of the that thine heart may be merrie ; and to
day. morrow get you early on your way,
t Heb. to that thou mayest goe thome.
thy tent.
10 But the man would not tary thai
night, but he rose vp and departed, and
+ Heb. to o- came touer against lebus (which is
uer against
lebus. [erusalem : ) and iliere were with him
two asses sadled, his concubine also was
with him.
11 And when they were by lebus,
the day was farre spent , and the ser-
uant said vnto his master , Come , .1
>ray thee, and let vs turne in into this
citie of the lebusites, and lodge in it.
12 And his master said vnto him, We
will not turne aside hither into the citie
of a stranger, that is not of the children
of Israel, we wil passe ouer to Gibeah.
13 And hee sayde vnto his seruant.
Come, and let vs draw neere to one o
these places to lodge all night, in Gi-
beah, or in Ramah.
14 And they passed on and went
their way, and the sunne went downe
vpon them when they were by Gibeah,
wnich belongeth to Beniamin.
15 And they turned aside thither, to
go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when
he went in, he sate him downe in a street
of the citie : for there was no man that
tooke them into his house to lodging.
16 U And behold, there came an olde
man from his worke out of the field at
euen , which was also of mount Ephra-
im ; and hee soiourned in Gibeah, but
the men of the place were Beniamites.
17 And when he had lift vp his eyes,
he saw a wayfaring man in the streete
is forced to death.
of the citie : and the old man said, Whi-
thtier goest thou ? and whence commest
htbou?
18 And he said vnto him, We are pas-
siing from Bethlehem ludah, toward
tbe side of mount Ephraim, from thence
am I : and I went to Bethlehem lu-
lah, but I am now going to the house
of the LORD, and there is no man
that treceiueth me to house. Hebr. ga-
hereth.
19 Yet there is both straw and pro-
uender for our asses, and there is bread
and wine also for me and for thy hand*
maid, and for the young man which is
with thy seruants: there is no want of
any thing.
20 And the olde man said, Peace be
with thee; howsoeuer, let all thy wants
lie vpon me; only lodge not in the street.
21 So he brought him into his house,
and gaue prouender vnto the asses : and
they washed their feet, and did eate and
drinke.
22 f Now as they were making
their hearts merrie, behold, the men ol
the citie, certaine sonnes of Belial, be-
set the house round about, and beat at
;he doore, and spake to the master of the
louse , the olde man , saying ; Bring
borth the man that came into thine
louse, that we may know him.
23 And *the man, the master of the * Genes.
louse, went out vnto them, and said vn- 9. 6.
to them, Nay my brethren, nay, I pray
you doe not so wickedly ; seeing that
;his man is come into mine house, doe
not this folly.
24? Behold , here is my daughter, a
maiden, and his concubine, them I wi
3ring out now, and humble yee them,
and doe with them what seemeth gooc
vnto you : but vnto this man doe not
t so vile a thing. t Hebr. the
matter of
25 But the men would not hearken this folly.
to him : so the man tooke his concubine
and brought her foorth vnto them, am
they knew her, and abused her all the
night vntil the morning : and when the
day began to spring, they let her goe.
26 Then came the woman in the
dawning of the day, and fell downe at
the doore of the mans house, where her
lord was, till it was light.
27 And her lord rose vp in the mor-
ning, & opened the doores of the house,
and went out to goe his way : and be-
hold, the woman his concubine was
fallen downe at the doore of the house,
and her hands were vpon the threshold,
28 And
The Leuites Chap.xx.
88 And lie said vnto her, Vp, and let
Vs be going. But none answered : then
the man tooke her vp vpon an asse, and
the nian rose vp , and gate him vnto
his place.
29 f And when he was come into
his house, hee tooke a knife, and layd
hold on his concubine, and diuided her,
together with her bones , into twelue
pieces, and sent her into all the coasts
of Israel.
30 And it was so that all that saw it,
said, There was no such deed done nor
seene, from the day that the children of
Israel came vp out of the land of E-
gypt, vnto this day : consider of it, take
aduise, and speake your mindes.
C H A P . XX.
complaint.
7 Behold, ye art all children of Is-
rael, giue here your aduise and counsell.
8 IF And all the people arose as one
man, saying, We will not any qfvs goe
to his tent, neither will wee any qfvs
turne into his house :
9 But now, this shall bee the thing
which we will doe to Gibeah, w,e will goe
vp by lot against it :
10 And we wil take ten men of a hun-
dred throughout all the tribes of Is-
rael, and an hundred of a thousand, and
a thousand out often thousand, to fetch
victuall for the people , that they may
doe, when they come to Gibeah of Ben-
iamin , according to all the folly that
they haue wrought in Israel.
11 So all the men of Israel were ga-
thered against the citie, tknit together IHebr.fel-
as one man. lowes.

1 The Leuite in a generall assembly declareth 12 If And the tribes of Israel sent
his wrong. 8 Tne decree of the assembly. men thorow all the tribe of Beniamin,
12 The Beniamites being cited, make head saying, What wickednesse is this that is
against the Israelites. 18 The Israelites in done among you ?
two battels loose fourty thousand. 26 They
destroy by a stratageme all the Beniamites, 13 Now therfore deliuer vs the men,
except sixe hundred. the children of Belial which are in Gi-
beah, that wee may put them to death,
' Hen all the children of Is- and put away euill from Israel : but

T [ rael went out, and the the children of Beniamin would not
| Congregation was ga-hearken to the voice of their brethren
thered together as one the children of Israel.
i man. from Dan euen to 14? But the children of Beniamin
Beer-sneba, with the land of Gilead, gathered themselues together out of
vnto the LORD in Mizpeh. the cities, vnto Gibeah, to goe out to
2 And thediiefe of al the people, euen battell against the children of Israel.
of all the tribes of Israel, presented 15 And the children of Beniamin
themselues in the assembly of the peo- were numbred at that time out of the
ple of God, foure hundred thousand cities, twentie and sixe thousand men
footmen that drew sword. that drew sword, beside the inhabitants
3 (Now the children of Beniamin of Gibeah, which were numbred seuen
heard that the children of Israel were hundred chosen men.
gone vp to Mizpeh.) Then said the chil- 16 Among all this people tJiere were
dren of Israel, Tell vs, how was this seuen hundred chosen men * left han- * Chap. 3.
wickednesse ? ded, euery one could sling stones at an 15.
t Heb. the 4 And tthe Leuite the husband of haire breadth, and not misse.
man the Lc- the woman that was slaine, answered
uite.
17 And the men of Israel, beside
and said, I came into Gibeah that be- Beniamin, were numbred foure hun-
longeth to Beniamin, I and my concu- dred thousand men that drewe sword;
bine, to lodge. all these were men of warre.
5 And the men of Gibeah rose a- 18 11 And the children of Israel a-
gairtst me, and beset the house round a- rose, and went vp to the house of God,
bout vpon me by night, and thought to and asked counsell of God, and saide,
haue slaine mee, and my concubine haue Which of vs shall goe vp first to the bat-
t Heb. hum- they t forced that she is dead. tell against the children of Beniamin ?
bled. 6 And I tooke my concubine, and And the LORD said, ludah shall goe
cut her in pieces, and sent her through- vp first.
out all the countrey of the inheritance 19 And the children of Israel rose
of Israel: for they haue committed vp in the morning, and encamped a-
lewdn§sse and folly in Israel. gainst Gibeah.
gQ And
The Ifraelites warre ludges.
20 And the men of Israel went out
to battell against Beniamin, and the
men of Israel put themselves in aray
to fight against them at Gibeah.
21 And the children of Beniamin
came forth out of Gibeah, and destroied
downe to the ground of the Israelites
that day, twenty & two thousand men.
22 And the people the men of Israel
incouraged themselues, & set their battel
againe in aray, in the place where they
put themselues in aray the first day.
23 (And the children of Israel went
vp and wept before the L O R D vntill
Euen, and asked counsel of the LORD,
saying, Shall I goe vp againe to bat-
tell against the children of Beniamin
my brother? And the L O R D saide,
Goe vp against him.)
24 And the children of Israel came
neere against the children of Beniamin,
the second day.
25 And Beniamin went foorth a-
gainst them out of Gibeah the second
day, & destroyed down to the ground of
the children of Israel againe, eighteene
thousand men, all these drew the sword'.
26 f Then all the children of Is-
rael, and all the people went vp, and
came vnto the house of God, and wept,
and sate there before the LORD, and
fasted that day vntill Euen, and offered
burnt offerings, and peace offerings
before the LORD.
27 And the children of Israel enqui-
red of the LORD, (for the Arke of y co-
uenant of God was there in those daies,
28 And Phinehas the sonne of E-
leazar the sonne of Aaron stood before
it in those dayes.) saying; Shall I yet
againe goe out to battel against the chil-
dren of Beniamin my brother, or shall
I cease? And the LORD said, Goe
vp; for to morrow I will deliuer them
into thine hand.
29 And Israel set lyers in waite
round about Gibeah.
30 And the children of Israel went
vp against the children of Beniamin on
the third day, and put themselues in a-
ray against Gibeah, as at other times.
31 And the children of Beniamin
went out against the people, and were
drawen away from the citie 9 and they
t Hebr. to began to t smite of the people and kill as
smite of the
peoplewoun- at other times, in the high wayes, of
dedas at which one goeth vp to || the house of
&C.
I Or, Bethel God, and the other to Gibeah in the
field, about thirtie men of Israel.
with Beniamin,
32 And the children of Beniamin
said, They are smitten downe before
vs, as at the first: But the children of
Israel said, Let vs flee, and draw them
from the citie, vnto the high wayes.
33 And all the men of Israel rose vp
out of their place, and put themselues
in aray at Baal Tamar: and the lyers
in waite of Israel came foorth out of
their places, euen out of the medowes
of Gibeah.
34 And there came against Gibeah
ten thousand chosen men, out of all Is-
rael , and the battell was sore : but they
knew not that euill was neere them.
35 And the LORD smote Beniamin
before Israel, and the children of Israel
destroyed of the Beniamites that day,
twentie and fiue thousand, and an hun-
dred men; all these drew the sword.
36 So the children of Beniamin saw
that they were smitten : for the men of
Israel gaue place to the Beniamites,
because they trusted vnto the lyers in
wait, which they had set beside Gibeah.
37 And the liers in wait hasted, and
rushed vpon Gibeah, and the liers in
wait ||drew themselues along, and smote II Or, made
all the citie with the edge of the sword. awith
long sound
the
38 Nowe there was an appointed trumpet.
||signe between the men of Israel tand I Or, time.
the liers in wait, that they should make t Heb. with,
a great t flame with smolce rise vp out t Heb. eleua-
of the citie. tion,
#9 And when the men of Israel re-
tired in the battell, Beniamin began to
t smite and kill of the men of Israel a- t Hebr. to
bout thirtie persons; for they saide, smitewounded.
the
Surely they are smitten downe before
vs, as in the first battell.
40 But when the flame began to a-
rise vp out of the citie, with a pillar of
smoke, the Beniamites looked behind
them, and behold, the t flame of the ci- whole
t Heb. tiie
con-
tie ascended vp to heauen. sumption.
41 And when the men of Israel
turned againe, the men of Beniamin
were amased; for they saw that euill
twas come vpon them. f Heb. tou-
42 Therefore they turned their backs ched them.
before the men of Israel, vnto ^ way of
the wildernes, but the battel ouertooke
them: & them which came out of the ci-
ties, they destroyed in the midst of them.
43 Thus they inclosed the Beniamites
round about, and chased them,and trode
I Or, from
them downe || with ease touer against Menuchah,
Gibeah toward the sunne rising. **•
44 And there fell of Beniamin ouer t Heb. vnto
against,
eighteene
and finite them. Chap.xxj.
eighteene thousand men; all these were
men of valour.
45 And they turned and fled toward
the wildernesse vnto the rocke of Rim-
mon: and they gleaned of them in the
ligh wayes fiue thousand men: and
sursued hard after them vnto Gidom,
ind slew two thousand men of them.
46 So that all which fell that day
of Beniamin, were twentie and fiue
thousand men that drew the sword; all
these were men of valour.
Chap. 21. 47 * But sixe httndred men turned
13. and fledde to the wildernesse vnto the
rocke Rimmon, and abode in the rocke
Rimmon foure moneflis.
48 And the men of Israel turned
againe vpon the children of Beniamin,
and smote them with the edge of the
sword, as well the men of euery citie, as
Heb. was the beast, and all that tcame to hand:
found.
Heb. were
also they set on fire all the cities that
found. tthey came to.
CHAP. XXI.
1 The people bewaile the desolation of Benia-
min. 8 By the destruction of labesh Gilead
they prouide them foure hundred wiues.
16 They aduise them to surprise the virgines
that daunced at Shiloh.
N
•Owe the men of Israel
had sworne in Mizpeh,
saying, There shall not a-
ny of vs giue his daughter
vnto Beniamin to wife.
2 And the people came to the house
of God, and abode there till euen be-
fore God, and lift vp their voices, and
wept sore :
3 And said, O L O R D God of Is-
rael, why is this come to passe in Is-
rael , that there should bee to day one
tribe lacking in Israel ?
4 And it came to passe on the mor-
row, that the people rose early, and
built there an Altar, and offered burnt
offerings, and peace offerings.
5 And the children of Israel sayd,
Who is there among all the tribes of Is-
rael, that came not vp with the congre-
gation vnto the L O R D ? for they had
made a great oath concerning him that
came not vp to the L O R D to Mizpeh,
saying, He shall surely be put to death.
6 And the children of Israel repen-
ted them for Beniamin their brother,
and said, There is one tribe cut off from
Israel this day:
Care for wiues.
7 How shall wee doe tor wiues for
them that retnaine, seeing wee haue
sworne by the LORD, that wee will
not giue them of our daughters to
wiues ?
8 IF And they said, What one is there
of the tribes of Israel, that came not
vp to Mizpeh to the LORD ? And be-
lolde, there came none to the campe
Vom labesh Gilead to the assembly.
9 For the people were numbred,
and behold, there were none of the in-
labitants of labesh Gilead there.
10 And the congregation sent thither
twelue thousand men of the valiantest,
and commaunded them, saying, Goe,
and smite the inhabitants of labesh
Gilead with the edge of the sword, with
the women and the children.
11 And this is the thing that yee shall
doe, *Yee shall vtterly .destroy euenr *Num. 91.
male, and euery woman that hatn 17.
t lien Jby man. MJeb, know-
12 And they found among the inha- eth the ly-
ing vifo
bitants of labesh Gilead, foure hun- man.
dred tyong virgins that had knowen no WJebr.yang
man, by lying with any male: and they women gins.
vir-
Drought theni vnto the campe to Shi-
•oh, which i$ in the land of Canaan.
13 And the whole Congregation sent
some tto speaketo the children of Benia- MIebr.and
min that were in the rocke Rimmon, spake and
catted.
and to ||call peaceably vnto them. VOrtpro-
14? And Beniamin came againe at CLAIME PEACE.
that time, and they gaue them wiues
which they had saued aliue of the wo-
men of labesh Gilead: and yet so they
sufficed them not.
15 And the people repented them for
Beniamin, because that the L O R D
had made a breach in the tribes of Is-
rael.
16 IF Then the Elders of the Congre-
gation said, How shall we doe for wiues
Tor them that remaine ? seeing the wo-
men are destroyed out of Beniamin.
17 And they said, There must be an
inheritance for them that bee escaped of
Beniamin, that a tribe be not destroyed
out of Israel.
18 Howbeit wee may not giue them
wiues of our daughters. For the chil-
dren of Israel haue sworne, saying,
Cursed be he that giueth a wife to Ben-
iamin.
19 Then they said, Behold, there is a yers Heb from:
to
feast of the LORD in Shiloh t yerely, yeere.
in a place which 'Is on the Northside of Or, towrds
eh tthe sunous
Bethel on the ||East side || of the hie way rising
or,on
that
Wiues for Ruth.
that goeth vp from Bethel to She-
chem, and on the South of Lebanon.
20 Therefore they commanded the
children of Beniamin, saying, Goe and
ie in wait in the vineyards.
21 And see, and behold, if the daugh^
ters of Shiloh come out to daunce in
daunces, then come yee out of the vine-
yards , and catch you euery man his
wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and
goe to the land of Beniamin.
22 And it shall bee when their fa-
thers of their brethren come vnto vs to
complaine, that we will say vnto them,
Or, gratifie | Bee fauourable vnto them for our
vs in them.
sakes: because we reserued not to each
man his wife in the warre: for yee did
1[THE BOOKE OF
Ruth.
C H A P . I.
1 Elimelech driuen by famine into Moab,
dieth there. 4- Mahlon and Chilion, ha-
uing married wiues of Moab, die also. 6
Naomi returning homeward, 8 disswa-
deth her two daughters in law from going
. with her. 14- Orpah leaueth her, but
Ruth with great constancie accompanieth
her. 19 They two come to Bethlehem>
where they are gladly receiued.
Owe it came to
passe in the dayes
N
t Hebr. when ^ ludges
iudged.
t ruled, that there
was a famine in
the land : and a
certaine man of
Bethlehem lu-
dah, went to so-
iourne in the countrey of Moab, he, and
his wife, and his two sonnes.
2 And the name of the man was Eli-
melech, and the name of his wife, Nao-
mi , and the name of his two sonnes,
Mahlon, and Chilion, Ephrathites of
Bethlehem ludah : and they came in-
\Hebr.were to the countrey of Moab, and t conti-
nued there.
3 And Elimelech Naomies hus-
the Beniamites.
not giue vnto them at this time, that
you should be guiltie.
23 And the children of Beniamin did
so, and tooke them wiues according to
their number, of them that daunced,
whome they caught: and they went
and returned vnto their inheritance,
and repaired the cities, and dwelt in
them.
24 And the children of Israel depar-
ted thence at that time, euery man to
his tribe, and to his family, and they
went out from thence euery man to his
inheritance.
25 *In those dayes there was no * Cnap. 17.
King in Israel : euery man did that 6.1. and 18.
and 19. i
which was right in his owne eyes.
band died, and shee was left, and her
two sonnes;
4f And they tooke them wiues oi
the women of Moab: the name of the
one was Orpah, and the name of the o-
ther Ruth : and they dwelled there a-
bout ten yeeres.
5 And Mahlon and Chilion died al-
so both of them, and the woman was
left of her two sonnes, and her hus-
band.
6 f Then shee arose with her
daughters in law, that shee might re-
turne from the countrey of Moab: for
shee had heard in the countrey of Mo-
ab, how that the L O R D had visited
his people, in giuing them bread.
7 Wherefore she went foorth out ol
the place where she was, and her two
daughters in law with her : and they
went on the way to returne vnto the
land of ludah.
8 Aud Naomi said vnto her two
daughters in law, Goe, returne each
to her mothers house : the LORD
deale kindly with you, as ye haue dealt
with the dead, and with me.
9 The L O R D graunt you, that
you may finde rest each of you in the
house of her husband. Then she kissec
them,
Ruth continueth Chap.ij.
them, and they lift vp their voyce and
wept.
10 And they said vnto her, Surely
wee will returne with thee, vnto thy
people.
11 And Naomi said, Turne againe,
my daughters : why will you goe with
mee ? Are there yet any moe sonnes in
my wombe, that they may be your hus-
bands ?
12 Turne againe, my daughters, go
your way^ for I am too old to haue an
husband : if I should say, I haue hope,
I Or, if I if I should || haue a husband also to
were with
an husband. night, and should also beare sonnes:
t Heb. hope, 13 Would ye ttary for them till they
were growen ? would ye stay for them
from hauing husbands? nay my daugh-
t Hebr. I ters : for tit grieueth me much for your
haue much
bttternes. sakes, that the hand of the LORD is
gone out against me.
14 And they lift vp their voyce, and
wept againe: and Orpah kissed her
mother in law, but Ruth claue vnto
her.
15 And she said, Behold, thy sister in
law is gone backe vnto her people, and
vnto her gods: returne thou after thy
sister in law.
II Or, be not 16 And Ruth said, || Intreate mee
against me.
not to leaue thee, or to returne from fol-
lowing after thee: for whither thou
goest, I will goe; and where thou lod-
gest, I will lodge : thy people shall be
my people, and thy God my God:
17 Where thou diest, wil I die, and
there will I bee buried: the L O R D
doe so to me, and more also, if ought but
death part thee and me.
t Hebr. 18 When shee sawe that shee twas
strengthen-
ed her self e. stedfastly minded to goe with her, then
shee left speaking vnto her.
19 f So they two went vntill they
came to Bethlehem: And it came to
passe when they were come to Beth-
lehem , that all the eitie was mooued a-
bout them, and they said, Is this Na-
omi?
20 And she said vnto them, Call me
II That is, not IINaomi; call mee ||Mara: for the
pleasant. Almightie hath dealt very bitterly
II That is,
bitter. with me.
21 I went out full, and the LORD
hath brought me home againe emptie:
Why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the
LORD hath testified against me, and
the Almighty hath afflicted me ?
22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth
the Moabitesse her daughter in law
with Naomi.
with her, which returned out of the
countrey of Moab : and they came to
Bethlehem, in the beginning of barley
haruest.
C H A P . II.
1 Ruth gleaneth in the fields of Boaz. 4 Boaz
taking knowledge of her, 8 sheweth her
great fauour. 18 That which she got, shee
carieth to Naomi.
[ Nd Naomi had a kinse-
A
•man of her husbands, a
mighty man of wealth, of
the familie of Elimelech,
and his name was Boaz.
2 And Ruth the Moabitesse saide
vnto Naomi, Let me now goe to the
field, and gleane eares of come after
him, in whose sight I shall finde grace.
And shee saide vnto her, Goe, my
daughter.
3 And she went, and came, and glea-
ned in the field after the reapers: and
her thappe was to light on a part of t Heb, happe
the fielde belonging vnto ||Boaz, who happened.
II Called
was of the kinred of Elimelech. Mat. 1.5.
4 IF And behold, Boaz came from Booz.
Bethlehem, and said vnto the reapers,
The L O R D bee with you; and they
answered him , The L O R D blesse
thee.
5 Then said Boaz vnto his seruant,
that was set ouer the reapers, Whose
damosell is this ?
6 And the seruaunt that was set o-
uer the reapers, answered and said, It
is the Moabitish damosell that came
backe with Naomi out of the countrey
of Moab :
7 And she said, I pray you, let mee
gleane and gather after the reapers a-
mongst the sheaues: so shee came, and
hath continued euen from the morning
vntill now, that she taried a little in the
house.
8 Then said Boaz vnto Ruth, Hea-
rest thou not, my daughter ? Goe not
to gleane in another field, neither goe
from hence, but abide here fast by my
maidens.
9 Let thine eyes be on the field that
they doe reape, and go thou after them :
Haue I not charged the young men,
that they shall not touch thee? and
when thou art athirst, goe vnto the
vessels, and drinke of that which the
yong men haue drawen.
10 Then she fel on her face, and bow-
ed her selfe to the ground, and said vnto
him,
'10
Boaz his kindnes Ruth.
him, Why haue I found grace in thine
eyes, that thou shouldest take know-
ledge of me, seeing I am a stranger ?
11 And Boaz answered and said vn-
to her, It hath fully bene shewed me,
all that thou hast done vnto thy mo-
ther in law since the death of thine hus-
band: and how thou hast left thy father
and thy mother, and the land of thy na-
tiuitie, and art come vnto a people,
which thou knewest not heretofore.
12 The LORD recompense thy
worke, and a full reward be giuen thee
of the L O R D God of Israel, vnder
whose wings thou art come to trust.
I Or, I finde 13 Then she said, ||Let me finde fa-
fauour. uour in thy sight, my lord, for that thou
hast comforted mee, and for that thou
t Heb. to the hast spoken t friendly vnto thine hand-
teart.
maid , though I be not like vnto one
of thy hand-maidens.
14} And Boaz sayde vnto her, At
meale time come thou hither, and eate
of the bread, and dip thy morsell in the
vineger. And shee sate beside the rea-
pers : and he reached her parched corne,
and she did eate, and was sufficed, and
left.
15 And when shee was risen vp to
gleane, Boaz commanded his young
men, saying, Let her gleane euen a-
\ Heb. shamemong the sheaues, & treproch her not.
her not.
16 And let fall also some of the hand-
fuls of purpose for her, and leaue them
that she may gleane them, and rebuke
her not.
17 So she gleaned in the field vntill
euen, and beat out that she had gleaned:
and it was about an Ephah of barley.
18 f And shee tooke it vp, and went
into the citie: and her mother in lawe
saw what shee had gleaned; and shee
brought foorth, and gaue to her that
she had reserued, after she was sufficed.
19 And her mother in law said vnto
her, Where hast thou gleaned to day?
and where wroughtest thou? blessed be
hee that did take knowledge of thee.
And shee shewed her mother in lawe
with whom shee had wrought, and
said, The mans name with whom I
wrought to day, is Boaz.
20 And Naomi said vnto her daugh-
ter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD,
who hath not left off his kindnesse to
the liuing and to the dead. And Naomi
I Or, one said vnto her, The man is neere of kin
that hath
right to re- vnto vs, || one of our next kinsemen.
deeme. 21 And Ruth the Moabitesse said,
toward Ruth.
He said vnto me also, Thou shalt keepe
fast by my yong men, vntill they haue
ended all my haruest.
22 And Naomi said vnto Ruth her
daughter in law, It is good, my daugh-
ter, that thou goe out with his mai-
dens, that they ||meete thee not in any II Or, fall vp-
other field. on thee.
23 So shee kept fast by the maidens
of Boaz to gleane, vnto the end of bar-
ley haruest, and of wheat haruest, and
dwelt with her mother in law.
C H A P . III.
1 By Naomi her instruction, 5 Ruth lieth at
Boaz his feete. 8 Boaz acknowledgeth the
right of a kinseman. 14 He sendeth her a-
way with sixe measures of barley.
T
Hen Naomi her mother
in law said vnto her, My
daughter, shal I not seeke
rest for thee, that it may
be well with thee ?
2 And now is not Boaz of our kin-
red, with whose maidens thou wast?
Behold, he winnoweth barley to night
in the threshing floore.
3 Wash thy selfe therefore, and an-
noint thee, and put thy raiment vpon
thee, and get thee downe to the floore:
but make not thy selfe kiiowen vnto the
man, vntill hee shall haue done eating
and drinking.
4 And it shall be when hee lieth
downe, that thou shalt marke the place
where hee shall lie, and thou shalt goe
in, and || vncouer his feete, and lay thee I Or, lift vi
downe, and he will tell thee what thou the clothes
that are on
shalt doe. his feete.
5 And shee said vnto her, All that
thou sayest vnto me, I will doe.
6 IF And she went downe vnto the
floore, and did according to all that her
mother in law bade her.
7 And when Boaz had eaten and
drunke, and his heart was merrie, hee
went to lie downe at the ende of the
heape of corner and she came softly, and
vncouered his feet, and laid her downe.
8 H And it came to passe at mid-
night , that the man was afraid, and
|| turned himselfe: and behold, a woman \\ Or, tooke
lay at his feete. holde on.
9 And hee said, Who art thou ? And
she answered, I am Ruth thine hand*
maid: spread therefore thy skirt ouer
thine handmaid, for thou art ||a neare $ Or, one that
hath right
kinseman. to redeems.
10 And
Boaz talketh with Chap.iiij.
10 And hee said , Blessed be thou of
the L O R D , my daughter : for thou
hast shewed more kindnesse in the latter
ende^ then at the beginning, in as much
as thou followedst not yong men, whe-
ther poore, or rich.
11 And now my daughter, feare not.
I will doe to thee all that thou requi-
t H eb. gate. rest : for all the tcitie of my people doeth
know, that thou art a vertuous wo-
man.
12 And now it is true, that I am
thy neare kinseman : howbeit there is
a kinseman nearer then I.
13 Tary this night, and it shall be in
the morning , that if hee will performe
vnto thee the part of a kinseman, well,
let him doe the kinsemans part ; but if
hee will not doe the part of a kinseman
to thee , then will I doe the part of a
kinseman to thee, as the LOED liueth:
lie downe vntill the morning.
14? H And shee lay at his feete vntill
the morning : and she rose vp before one
could know another. And he said, Let
it not be knowen , that a woman came
into the floore.
fl Or, sheete* 15 Also he said, Bring the || vaile that
OT9 apron*
thou hast vpon thee, and holde it. And
when shehelde it, he measured sixe mea-
sures of barley, and laide it on her : and
he went into the citie.
16 And when shee came to her mo-
ther in law, she said, Who art thou, my
daughter? and she tolde her all that the
man had done to her.
17 And she said, These sixe measures
of barley gaue he me, for he said to me,
Go not emptie vnto thy mother in law.
18 Then said she, Sit still, my daugh-
ter, vntill thou know how the matter
will fall : for the man will not be in rest.
vntil he haue finished the thing this.day.
C H A P , IIII.
1 Boaz calleth into iudgment the next kinseman.
6 He refuseth the redemption according to
the maner in Israel. 9 Boaz buyeth the inhe-
ritance. 11 He marrieth Ruth. ISShebea-
reth Obed the grandfather of Dauid. 18 The
generation of Pharez.
T
Hen went Boaz vp to the
gate, and sate him downe
there : and beholde, the
kinseman of whome Bo-
az spake, came by, vnto
whom he said, Ho, such a one: turne
aside, sit downe here. And hee turned
aside, and sate downe.
Ruths kinfman.
2 And hee tooke ten men of the El-
ders of the citie, and said, Sit ye downe
here. And they sate downe.
8 And he said vnto the kinseman :
Naomi that is come againe out of the
countrey of Moab, selleth a parcel! of
land, which was our brother Elime-
lechs.
4 And 1 1 thought to aduertise thee,^I tOU He h. I said
reuetUe
saying , Buy it before the inhabitants, in thine eare.
and before the Elders of my people. If
thou wilt redeeme it, redeeme it, but if
thou wilt not redeeme it, then tell mee,
that I may know : for there is none to
redeeme it, besides thee, and I am after
thee. And he said, I will redeeme it.
5 Then said Boaz, What day thou
buyest the field of the hand of Naomi,
thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moa-
bitesse, the wife of the dead, to raise vp
the name of the dead vpon his inheri-
tance.
6 f And the kinseman said, I can-
not redeeme it for my selfe, lest I marre
mine owne inheritance : redeeme thou
my right to thy selfe, for I cannot re-
deeme it.
7 .* Now this was the maner in for- * Deut. 25.
mer time in Israel , concerning redee- 7» 9.
ming and concerning changing, for to
confirme all things : a man plucked off
his shooe, and gaue it to his neighbour:
and this was a testimonie in Israel.
8 Therfore the kinseman said vnto
Boaz, Buy it for thee : so he drew off his
shooe.
9 IF And Boaz saide vnto the El-
ders, and vnto all the people, Ye are wit-
nesses this day, that I haue bought all
that was Elimelechs, and all that was
Chilions, and Mahlons, of the hande
of Naomi.
10 Moreouer, Ruth the Moabitesse,
the wife of Mahlon, haue I purchased
to be my wife , to raise vp the name of
the dead vpon his inheritance, that the
name of the dead be not cut off from a-
mong his brethren, and from the gate
of his place : ye are witnesses this day.
11 And all the people that were in the
eate, and the Elders said, Wee are wit-
nesses: The LORD make the woman
that is come into thine house, like Ra- I Or, get
chel and like Leah, which two did build thee riches
the house of Israel: and ||do thou wor- orf Hebr.
power.
pro-
thily in Ephratah, and tbee famous in ctotouthy
name.
Bethlehem. *Gen. 38.
12 And let thy house be like the house 29. l. chro.
2. 4. matt.
of Pharez, (*whom Tamar bare vn- 1.3.
to
Elkanah, and I.Samuel.
o ludah) of the seed which the LORD
hall giue thee of this yong woman.
13 H So Boaz tooke Ruth, and she
was his wife: and when he went in vn-
o her, the LORD gaue her concepti-
on, and she bare a sonne.
14 And the women said vnto Nao-
mi, Blessed be the L O R D which hath
t Hebr. cau- not tleft thee this day without a ||kinse-
sed to cease
vnto thee man, that his name may bee famous in
II Or, redee- [srael:
mer.
15 And he shalbevnto thee a restorer
t Hebr. to of thy life, and t a nourisher of tthine old
nourish.
t Heb. thy age: for thy daughter in law which lo-
gray haires. ueth thee, which is better to thee then
seuen sonnes, hath borne him.
16 And Naomi tooke the childe, and
THE FIRST BOOKE
of Samuel, otherwife called, The
first Booke of the Kings.
C H A P . I.
1 Elkanah a Leuite hauing two wiues , wor-
shippeth yeerely at Shiloh. 4 Hee che-
risheth Hannah , though barren, and pro-
uoked by Peninnah. 9 Hannah in griefe,
prayeth for a childe. 12 Eli first rebuking
her, afterwards blesseth her. 19 Hannah ha-
uing borne Samuel, stayeth at home till he
be weaned. 24 She presenteth him, accor-
ding to her vow, to the LORD.
Ow there was a
certaine man of
N
Ramathaim Zo-
E
'rim, of mount
phraim, & his
name was Elka-
nah, the sonne of
leroham , the
sonne of Elihu,
the sonne of Tohu, the sonne of Zuph,
an Ephrathite;
% And he had two wiues, the name
of the one was Hannah, and the name
of the other Peninnah : and Penin-
nah had children, but Hannah had no
children.
his two wiues.
laid it in her bosome, and became nurse
vnto it.
17 And the women her neighbours
gaue it a name, saying, There is a sonne
borne to Naomi, and they called his
name Obed: hee is the father of lesse
the father of Dauid.
18 U Now these are the generations
of Pharez: *Pharez begate Hezron, 2. * 1. Chron.
4. matt.
19 And Hezron begate Ham, and 1.3.
Ram begate Amminadab,
20 And Amminadab begate Nah-
shon, and Nahshon begate || Salmon, malt.B Or, Sal-
21 And Salmon begate Boaz, and
Boaz begate Obed,
22 And Obed begat lesse, and lesse
begate Dauid.
3 And this man went vp out of his
citie * t yeerely, to worship and to sacri- * Deut. 16.
16.
fice vnto the L O R D of hostes in Shi- iHebr.from
loh ; and the two sonnes of Eli, Hoph- yeere to
ni, and Phinehas, the Priests of the yeere.
LORD, were there.
4 II And when the time was, that
Elkanah offered, he gaue to Peninnah
bis wife, and to all her sonnes, and her
daughters, portions.
5 But vnto Hannah he gaue ||a wor- doubleII Or, a
por-
thy portion: (for he loued Hannah, but tion.
the LORD had shut vp her worn be.
6 And her aduersary also tprouoked t Hebr. an-
gred her.
her sore» for to make her fret, because
the LORD had shut vp her wombe.)
7 And as he did so yeere by yeere,
|| when she went vp to the house of the D Or, from
LORD, so she prouoked her; therefore the time
that she* <Jc.
she wept, and did not eat. Hebr. from
hergoingvp.
8 Then said Elkanah her husband
to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? anc
why eatest thou not ? and why is thy
heart grieued? Am not I better to
thee, then ten sonnes?
9 1! So Hannah rose vp after they
had eaten in Shiloh, and after they hac
drunke
 Hannahs prayer, Chap.ij.
arunKe; (jiow IMI me rnest sate vpon
a seat by a poste of the Temple of the
LORD.)
t Hebr. bit- 10 And shee was tin bitternesse of
ter of soule. soule, and prayed vnto the LORD, and
wept sore.
11 And she vowed a vow, and said,
O L O R D of hostes, if thou wilt in-
deed looke on the affliction of thine
handmayd, and remember me, and not
forget thine handmayd, but wilt giue
\ Hebr. seed vnto thine handmayd ta man childe,
of men.
then I will giue him vnto the LORD
* Num. 6. 5. all the dayes of his life, and *there shall
iudg. la. 5.
no rasor come vpon his head.
;
Hebr. mui- 12 And it came to passe as she t con-
tiplied to
pray. tinued praying before the LORD, that
Eli marked her mouth.
13 Now Hannah, shee spake in her
heart, onely her lippes mooued, but
her voice was not heard: therefore Eli
thought she had beene drunken.
14? And Eli said vnto her. How long
wilt thou be drunken? put away thy
wine from thee.
15 And Hannah answered, and said,
Hebr. hard No, my lord, I am a woman tof a sor-
of spirit.
rowfull spirit: I haue drunke neither
wine nor strong drinke, but haiie pow-
red out my soule before the LORD.
16 Count not thine handmaid for a
daughter of Belial: for out of the abun-
Or, medita- dance of my || complaint and griefe,
tion.
haue I spoken hitherto.
17 Then Eli answered, and said,
Goe in peace: and the God of Israel
?rant thee thy petition, that thou hast
asked of him.
18 And she said, Let thine handmaid
inde grace in thy sight. So the woman
went her way, and did eate, and her
countenance was no more sad.
19 IF And they rose vp in the mor-
ning early, and worshipped before the
LORD, and returned, and came to
their house to Ramah : and Elka-
nah knewe Hannah his wife, and the
LORD remembred her.
20 Wherefore it came to passe when
t Hebr. re- the ttime was come about, after Han-
uelationof
dayes. nah had concerned, that shee bare a
B That is,
asked of God.
sonne, and called his name || Samuel,
saying; Because I haue asked him of the
LORD.
21 And the man Elkanah, and all
bis house, went vp to offer vnto the
LORD the yeerely sacrifice, and his
vowe.
2$ But Hannah went not vp; for
and thankfgiuing.
shee said vnto her husband, I will not got
vp vntill the childe be weaned, and then
I will bring him, that he may appeare
before the LORD, and there abide foi
euer.
23 And Elkanah her husband saic
vnto her, Do what seemeth thee good,
tary vntill thou haue weaned him, only
the L O R D establish his word ? so the
woman abode, and gaue her sonne
sucke vntill she weaned him.
24« ^1 And when shee had weaned
him, shee tooke him vp with her, with
three bullocks, and one Ephah of floure,
and a bottle of wine, and brought him
vnto the house of the LORD in Shi-
loh: and the childe was young.
25 And they slew a bulloeke, and
brought the childe to Eli.
26 And she said, Oh my lord, as thy
soule liueth, my lord, I am the woman,
that stood by thee heere, praying vnto
the LORD.
27 For this childe I prayed, and the II Or, retur-
L O R D hath giuen me my petition, ned him,
whom 1 haue
which I asked of him: obtained by
petition
28 Therefore also I haue ||lent him the LORD. to
to the LORD as long as hee liueth, II Or, hee
||he shall be lent to the LORD. And whom I haue
obteined by
he worshipped the LORD there petition,
shalbe re-
turned.
C H A P . II.
1 Hannahs song in thankefulnesse. 12 The
sinne of Elies sonnes. 18 Samuels ministe-
rie. 20 By Elies blessing, Hannah is more
fruitful!. 02 Eli reprooueth his sonnes. 28
A prophecie against Elies house.
Nd Hannah prayed, and
A
said, My heart reioyceth
in the LORD, mine home
is exalted in the LORD :
my mouth is inlarged o-
uer mine enemies: because I reioyce in
thy saluation.
% There is none holy as the LORD :
for there is none beside thee : neither is
there any Rocke like our God.
3 Talke no more so exceeding proud-
ly, let not tarrogancie come out of your \Hebr.hard.
mouth : for the LORD w a God of
knowledge, and by him actions are
weighed.
4 The bowes of the mightie men
are broken, and they that stumbled are
girt with strength.
5 They that were full, haue hired
out themselues for bread : and they that
were hungry, ceased: so that the barren
hath
EHs fonnes wicked. I.Samuel.
hath borne seuen, and she that hath ma-
ny children, is waxed feeble.
• Dcut. 32. 6 *The LOED killeth and maketh
39. wisd.
16. 13. tob. aliue, he bringeth downe to the graue,
13. 2. and bringeth vp.
7 The LORD maketh poore, and
maketh rich : he bringeth low, and lif-
teth vp.
* Psa). 113. 8 He *raiseth vp the poore out of the
7-
dust, and lifteth vp the begger from the
dunghill, to set them among princes, and
to make them inherit the throne of glo-
Z : for the pillars of the earth are the
ORDS, and hee hath set the world
vpon them.
9 He will keepe the feet of his saints,
and the wicked shall bee silent in darke-
nesse; for by strength shall no man pre-
uaile.
10 The aduersaries of the L O R D
* Chap. 7. shalbe broken to pieces : *out of heauen
10.
shal he thunder vpon them : the LORD
shall iudge the ends of the earth, and he
shal giue strength vnto his king, and ex-
alt the home of his Anointed.
11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to
his house, and the child did minister vn-
to the LORD before Eli the Priest.
12 f Now the sonnes of Eli were
sonnes of Belial , they knewe not the
LORD.
13 And the priests custome with the
people was, that when any man offred sa-
crifice, the priestes seruant came, while
the flesh was in seething, with a flesh-
hooke of three teeth in his hand,
14 And he strooke it into the panne,
or kettle, or caldron, or pot: all that the
flesh -hooke brought vp, the priest tooke
for himselfe : so they did in Shiloh vnto
all the Israelites that came thither.
15 Also before they burnt the fat, the
priests seruant came, & said to the man
that sacrificed, Giue flesh to roste for the
priest, for he wil not haue sodden flesh of
thee, but raw.
16 And if any man said vnto him,
t Hebr. as Let them not faile to burne the fat t pre-
Qfi ffig doy.
sently , and then take as much as thy soule
desireth : then hee would answere him,
Nay, but thou shalt giue it mee now :
and if not, I will take it by force.
17 Wherefore the sinne of the yong
men was very great before the LORD :
for men abhorred the offering of the
LORD.
18 H But Samuel ministred before
* Exod. 28. the LORD, being a child, * girded with
4.
a linnen Ephod.
Eli therefore
19 Moreouer, his mother made him
a litle coate, and brought it to him from
yeere to yeere, when she came vp with
her husband , to offer the yeerely sa-
crifice.
20 f And Eli blessed Elkanah, and
his wife, and said, The L O R D giue
thee seed of this woman, for the ||loane 1 Or, petition
which hee
which is lent to the LORD. And they askedt • &c.
»
went vnto their owne home.
21 And the LORD visited Hannah,
so that shee conceiued, and bare three
sonnes, and two daughters : and the
child Samuel grew before the LORD.
22 IT Now Eli was very olde, and
heard all that his sonnes did vnto all
Israel, and how they lay with the wo-
men that t assembled at the doore of the t Hebr. as-
semi/led hy
Tabernacle of the Congregation. troupes.
23 And he said vnto them, Why doe
ye such things? for ||I heare of your euil euilt
0 Or, 1 heare
words
dealings, by all this people. of you.
24 Nay my sonnes : for it is no good
report that I heare; yee make the
LORDS people to ||transgresse. B Or, to cry
out.
25 If one man sinne against an-
other, the Iudge shall iudge him : but if
a man sinne against the LORD, who
shall intreat for him ? Notwithstan-
ding they hearkened not vnto the voice
of their father, because the L O R D
would slay them.
26 (And the child Samuel grew on,
and was in fauour, both with the
LORD, and also with men.)
27 IF And there came a man of Gpd
vnto Eli, and saide vnto him, Thus
saith the LORD, Did I plainely ap-
peare vnto the house of thy father,
when they were in Egypt in Phara-
ohs house ?
28 And did I chuse him out of all
the tribes of Israel, to be my Priest, to
offer vpon mine altar, to burne incense,
to weare an Ephod before mee ? and
*did I giue vnto the house of thy fa- * Leuit. 10.
ther, all the offerings made by fire of 14.
the children of Israel ?
29 Wherefore kicke ye at my sacrifice,
and at mine offering, which I haue
commaunded in my habitation, and
honourest thy sonnes aboue mee, to
make your selues fat with the chiefest
of all the offrings of Israel my people?
30 Wherefore the L O R D God of
Israel saith, I sayd indeede, that thy
house, & the house of thy father should
walke before me for euer : but now the
L O R D saith, Be it farre from mee;
for
is threatened. Chap.iij.
for them that honour me, I will ho-
nour, and they that despise me, shall be
lightly esteemed.
31 Behold, the dayes come, that I
will cut off thine arme, and the arme
of thy fathers house , that there shall
not be an old man in thine house.
II Or, the af- 32 And thou shalt see ||an enemie in
fliction of the my habitation, in all the wealth which
Tabernacle*
for all the God shall giue Israel, and there shall
wealth
which God not bee an olde man in thine house for
would haue
tfiuen Israel* euer-
33 And the man of thine , whom I
shall not cut off from mine Altar, shall
be to consume thine eyes, and to grieue
thine heart : and all the increase of thine
t Heb. men. house shall die tin the floure of their
age.
34- And this shall bee a signe vnto
thee , that shall come vpon thy two
sonnes, on Hophni and Phinehas : in
one day they snail die both of them.
35 And I will raise me vp a faith-
full Priest, that shall doe according to
that which is in my heart and in my mind,
and I will build him a sure house, and
hee shall walke before mine Anointed
for euer.
36 And it shall come to passe , that
euery one that is left in thine house, shal
come and crouch to him for a piece of sil-
uer, and a morsel of bread, and shall say,
t Heb. ioyne. tPut me (I pray thee) into ||one of the
I Or, Some-
what about Priests offices, that I may eat a piece
the Priest. of bread.
\OOti.
CHAP. III.
1 How the word of the Lord was first reuealed
to Samuel. 11 God telleth Samuel the de-
struction of Elies house. 15 Samuel, though
loth, telleth Eli the vision. 19 Samuel
groweth in credit.
Nd the child Samuel mi-
a
nistred vnto the L O R D
before Eli : and the word
of the L O R D was pre-
cious in those dales, there
was no open vision.
2 And it came to passe at that time,
when Eli was layd downe in his place,
and his eyes beganne to waxe dimme,
that he could not see;
3 And yer the lampe of God went
out in the Temple of the L O R D ,
where the Arke of God was, and Sa-
muel was layd downe to sleepe,
4 That the L O R D called Sa-
muel, and he answered, Here am L
5 And he ranne vnto Eli, and sayd,
God calleth Samuel.
Here am I, for thou calledst me. And
he said, I called not; lie downe againe.
And he went and lay downe.
6 And the L O R D called yet a-
gaine, Samuel. And Samuel arose,
and went to Eli, and said, Here am I,
for thou diddest call me. And he answe-
red, I called not, my sonne ; lie downe
againe.
7 || Now Samuel did not yet know QOr.tfmsdid
Samuel* be-
the LORD, neither was the word of fore he knew
the LORD yet reuealed vnto him. the LORD;
and before
8 And the L O R D called Samuel the word of
againe the third time. And hee arose, the LORD
was reuea-
and went to Eli, and said, Here am I, niTrlt led
him
vnto
for thou diddest call me. And Eli per-
ceiued that the L O R D had called the
childe.
9 Therefore Eli said vnto Samuel,
Go, lie downe, & it shal be, if he call thee,
that thou shalt say, Speake LORD,
for thy seruant heareth. So Samuel
went, and lay downe in his place.
10 And the LORD came, and stood
and called as at other times, Samuel,
Samuel* Then Samuel answered,
Speake, for thy seruant heareth.
11 U And the L O R D sayd to Sa-
muel, Behold, I will doe a thing in
Israel, at which, both the eares of *e- * 2. Kin. 91,
uery one that heareth it, shall tingle. 12.
12 In that day, I will performe a-
gainst Eli, all things which I haue spo-
ken concerning his house : twhen I be- ginning
t Hebr. be-
ami
gin, I will also make an end. ending.
13 ||* For I haue tolde him , that I tnill \\ Or, and I
tell him
will iudge his house for euer, for the fr.
iniquitie which hee knoweth : because 29,30,31,
* Chap. 2.
his sonnes made themselues ||vile, and &C.
he t restrained them not. II Or, accur-
sed.
14 And therefore I haue sworne vn- t Heb. frow-
to the house of Eli, that the iniauitie of ned
«&«»
not vpon
f
Elies house shall not be purged with
sacrifice, nor offering for euer.
15 U And Samuel lay vntill the
morning, and opened the doores of the
house of the L O R D : and Samuel
feared to shew Eli the vision.
16 Then Eli called Samuel, and
said, Samuel my sonne. And he answe-
red, Here am L
17 And he said, What is the thing
that the L O R D hath said vnto thee?
I pray thee hide it not from mee : God
doe so to thee, and tmore also, if thou t Hebr. so
hide any || thing from me, of all the ^wordf
things tnat hee said vnto thee.
18 And Samuel tolde him t euery i Heb all the
whit, and hid nothing from him. And f£j?g;or
hee
Ifrael is ouercome. I.Samuel.
he said, It is the LORD : Let him doe
what seemeth him good.
19 U And Samuel grew, and the
L O R D was with him, and did let
none of his words fall to the ground.
20 And all Israel from Dan euen to
Beer-sheba, knew that Samuel was
8 Or, faith- || established to bee a Prophet of the
full.
LORD.
21 And the LORD appeared a-
gaine in Shiloh : for the LORD reuei-
led himselfe to Samuel in Shiloh, by
the word of the LORD.
C H A P , IIII.
1 The Israelites are ouercomeby the Philistines
at Aben-Ezer. 3 They fetch the Arke, vnto
the terrour of the Philistines. 10 They are
smitten againe, the Arke taken, Hophni and
Phinehas are slaine. 12 Eli at the newes, fal-
ling backward, breaketh his necke. 19 Phi-
nehas wife, discouraged in her trauaile with
Ichabod, dieth.
Nd the word of Samuel
A
i Or, came to || came to all Israel. Now
paste: Hebr. Israel went out against
was.
the Philistines to battell,
and pitched beside Eben-
ezer : and the Philistines pitched in
Aphek.
2 And the Philistines put them-
selues in aray against Israel: and when
t Hebr. the tthey ioyned battell, Israel was smit-
battettwas ten before the Philistines: and they slew
spread.
t Hebr. the of t the armie in the field, about foure
aray.
thousand men.
3 f And when the people were come
into the campe, the Elders of Israel
said, Wherefore hath the LORD smit-
ten vs to day before the Philistines? Let
t Hebr. take vs t fetch the Arke of the Couenant of
vnto vs. the L O R D out of Shiloh vnto vs,
that when it commeth among vs, it may
saue vs out of the hand of our enemies.
4 So the people sent to Shiloh,
that they might bring from thence the
Arke of the Couenant of the LORD
of hostes, which dwelleth betweene the
Cherubims : and the two sonnes of fi-
ll, Hophni, and Phinehas were there,
with the Arke of the Couenant of God.
5 And when the Arke of the Coue-
nant of the L O R D came into the
campe, all Israel shouted with a great
shout, so that the earth rang againe.
6 And when the Philistines heard
the noise of the shout, they said, What
meaneth the noise of this great shout in
Eli dieth.
the campe of the Hebrewes ? And they
vnderstood , that the Arke of the
LORD was come into the campe.
7 And the Philistines were afraid,
for they saide, God is come into the
campe. And they said, Woe vnto vs : for
there hath not bene such a thing there- t Hebr.r ye-
tofore. sterday , or
the third
8 Woe vnto vs: who shall deliuer day.
vs out of the hand of these mightie
Gods ? these are the Gods that smote
the Egyptians with all the plagues in
the wildernesse.
9 Bee strong, and quit your selues
like men, O ye Philistines, that yee be
not seruants vnto the Hebrewes, *as * ludg. 13.
they haue bene to you : tquit your selues tHebr. Be
like men, and fight. men.
10 1T And the Philistines fought, and
Israel was smitten, and they fled euery
man into his tent : and there was a ve-
ry great slaughter, for there fell of Is-
rael thirtie thousand footmen.
11 And the Arke of God was taken,
and the two sonnes of Eli, Hophni, and
Phinehas twere slaine. 1 Hebr. died.
12 IT And there ran a man of Benia-
min out of the army, and came to Shi-
loh the same day with his clothes rent,
and with earth vpon his head.
IS And when nee came, loe, Eli sate
vpon a seat by the way side, watching:
for his heart trembled for the Arke of
God. And when the man came into the
citie, and told it, all the city cried out.
14 And when Eli heard the noise of
the crying, hee said; What meaneth the
noise of this tumult? And the man
came in hastily, and told Eli.
15 Now Eh was ninetie and eight
yeeres old, and *his eyes twere dimme, * Chap. 3.
2.
that he could not see. tHebr.
16 And the man said vnto Eli, I am stood.
he, that came out of the army, and I
fled to day out of the army. And he said,
What tis there done, my sonne ? t Hebr. is
the thing.
17 And the messenger answered, and
said, Israel is fled before the Phili-
stines, and there hath bene also a great
slaughter among the people, and thy
two sonnes also, Hopnni & Phinehas,
are dead, and the Arke of God is taken.
18 And it came to passe when hee
made mention of the Arke of God, that
he fell from off the seat backward by the
side of the gate, and his necke brake, and
hee died: for hee was an old man, and
heauie, and hee had iudged Israel for-
tie yeeres.
19 f And
Dagons fall. The Chap.v.vj.
19 H And his daughter in law Phi-
II Or, to crienehas wife was with childe neere ||to be
put.
deliuered : and when shee heard the ti-
dings that the Arke of God was taken,
and that her father in law, and her hus-
band were dead , shee bowed her selfe
t Hebr. were and traueyled; for her paines tcame
turned.
vpon her.
20 And about the time of her death,
the women that stood by her, said vnto
her : Feare not , for thou hast borne a
iHeb.set fionne. But she answered not, t neither
not her heart
did she regard it.
II That is,
where is the
21 And she named the childe ||Icha-
glory 9 bod , saying, || The glory is departed
w no sloTt/. from Israel, (because the Arke of God
II Or, there
was taken, and because of her father in
law and her husband.)
22 And she said, The glory is depar-
ted from Israel : for the Arke of God
is taken.
C H A P . V.
1 The Philistines hauing brought the Arke into
Ashdod, set it in the house of Dagon. 3 Da-
gon is smitten downe and cut in pieces, and
they of Ashdod smitten with Emerods. 8 So
God dealeth with them of Gath, when it was
brought thither : 10 and so with them of Efc-
ron when it was brought thither.
Nd the Philistines tooke
A the Arke of God , and
brought it from Eben-
ezer vnto Ashdod.
2 When the Philistines
tooke the Arke of God, they brought it
into the house of Dagon, and set it by
Dagon
3 H And when they of Ashdod arose
earely on the morrow, behold, Dagon
was fallen vpon his face to the earth,
before the Arke of the LORD - and
they tooke Dagon , and set him in his
place againe.
4 And when they arose earely on
the morrow morning, behold, Dagon
was fallen vt>on his face to the ground,
before the Arke of the LORD : and the
head of Dagon, and both the palmes of
nor,part.
thy
his hands were cut off vpon the thre-
ffojjB-shold, only ||the stumpe of Dagon was
jeft ^ ^
5 Therefore neither the priests of
Dagon, nor any that come into Da-
gons house, tread on the threshold of
Dagon in Ashdod vnto this day
6 But the hand of the L O R D was
heauy vpon them of Ashdod, and he de-
* Psai. ra. stroyed them, and smote them with *E-
56.
Philiftins plagued.
merods, euen Ashdod , and the coastes
thereof.
7 And when the men of Ashdod
saw that it was so, they said, The Arke
of the God of Israel shall not abide
with vs : for his hand is sore vpon vs,
and vpon Dagon our god.
8 They sent therefore, and gathe-
red all the lords of the Philistines vnto
them, and said, What shall we doe with
the Arke of the God of Israel ? And
they answered , Let the Arke of the
God of Israel bee caried about vnto
Gath. And they caried the Arke of the
God of Israel about thither.
9 And it was so, that after they had
caried it about, the hand of the LORD
was against the citie with a very great
destruction : and hee smote the men of
the citie both small and great, and they
had Emerods in their secret parts.
10 11 Therfore they sent the Arke of
God to Ekron: and it came to passe as
the Arke of God came to Ekron, that
the Ekronites cried out, saying, They
haue brought about the Arke of the
God of Israel to vs, to slay vs, and our
people.
11 So they sent and gathered toge-
ther all the lords of the Philistines, and
said , Send away the Arke of the God
of Israel, and let it goe againe to his
owne place, that it slay vs not, and our
people ; for there was a deadly destruc-
tion throughout all the citie : The hand
of God was very heauy there.
12 And the men that died not, were
smitten with the Emerods : and the cry
of the citie went vp to heauen.
\^> JLJL JTX JL * T Ai
1 After seuen moneths the Philistines take coun~
sell, how to send backe the Arke. 10 They
bring it on a new cart with an offering vnto
Bethshemesh. 1 9 The people are smitten for
looking into the Arke. 21 They send to them
of Kiriath-iearim to fetch it
ND the Arke of the
a L O R D was in the coun-
trey of the Philistines se-
uen moneths.
2 And the Philistines
called for the priests and the diuiners,
saying, What shall we doe to the Arke
of the L O R D ? Tell vs wherewith
we shall send it to his place.?
3 And they said, If yee send away
the Arke of the God of Israel, send it
not
*103
The Arke is fent I.Samuel.
not empty : but in any wise returne him
a trespasse offring: then ye shall be hea-
ed, and it shall be knowen to you, why
lis hand is not reiiiooued from you.
4 Then said they, What shall be the
trespasse offering , which wee shall re-
turne to him? They answered, Fiue
golden Emerods, and fiue golden mice,
according to the number of the lordes of
the Philistines : for one plague was on
T Heb. them. tyou all, and on your lords.
5 Wherefore ye shall make images
of your Emerodes, and images of your
Mice, that marre the land, and ye shall
yiue glory vnto the God of Israel : per-
aduenture hee will lighten his hand
Tom off you, and from off your gods,
and from off your land.
6 Wherefore then doe yee harden
your hearts , as the Egyptians and
Pharaoh hardened their hearts ? when
II Or, re-
ir och fully •
lie had wrought || wonderfully among
* Exod. 12. them, * did they not let tthe people goe,
31.
* Heb. them.
and they departed P
7 Now therefore make a new cart,
and take two milch-kine^ on which
there hath come no yoke , and tie the
kine to the cart , and bring the calues
borne from them.
8 And take the Arke of the LORD,
and lay it vpon the cart , and put the
iewels of golde , which ye returne him
for a trespasse offering, in a coffer by the
side thereof, and send it away, that it
may goe.
9 And see, if it goeth vp by the way
of his owne coast to Bethshemesh, then
\\ Or, it. || he hath done vs this great euill : but ii
not, then wee shall know that it is not
his hand that smote vs ; it was a chance
that happened to vs.
10 1T And the men did so: and tooke
two milch -kine , and tied them to the
cart, and shut vp their calues at home.
11 And they layde the Arke of the
L O U D vpon the cart, and the coder,
with the mice of golde, and the images
of their Emerods.
12 And the kine tooke the straight
way to the way of Bethshemesh , anc
went along the high way , lowing as
they went , and turned not aside to the
right hand, or to the left : and the lords
of the Philistines went after them, vn-
to the border of Bethshemesh.
13 And they of Bethshemesh were
reaping their wheat haruest in the val-
ley : and they lifted vp their eyes , anc
saw the Arke, and reioyced to see it.
to Bethfliemelh.
14 And the cart came into the field of
loshua a Bethshemite, & stood there,
where there was a great stone: and they
claue the wood of the cart, and offered
,he kine , a burnt offering vnto the
LORD.
15 And the Leuites tooke downe
the Arke of the LORD, and the coffer
that was with it, wherein the iewels of
golde were, and put them on the great
stone : And the men of Bethshemesh
offered burnt offrings, and sacrificed sa-
crifices the same day vnto the LORD.
16 And when the fiue lordes of the
Philistines had scene it , they returned
to Ekron the same day.
17 And these are the golden Eme-
rods which the Philistines returned for
a trespasse offering vnto the L O R D ;
for Ashdod one, for Gaza one , for As-
kelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one.
18 And the golden Mice according to
the number of all the cities of the Phi-
listines, belonging to the fiue lordes, both
of fenced cities , and of countrey villa-
ges, euen vnto the [[great stone of Abel, H Or, great
whereon they set downe the Arke of stone.
the L O R D ; which stone remaineth vn-
to this day, in the field of loshua the
Bethshemite.
19 IF And he smote the men of Beth-
shemesh, because they had looked into
the Arke of the LORD, euen he smote
of the people fiftie thousand , and three-
score and tenne men : and the people la-
mented, because the LORD had smit-
ten many of the people with a great
slaughter.
£0 And the men of Bethshemesh
said , Who is able to stand before this
holy LORD God? and to whom shal
he goe vp from vs ?
£1 IF And they sent messengers to
the inhabitants of Kiriath-iearim, say-
ing , The Philistines haue brought a-
gaine the Arke of the LORD; come
ye downe, and fetch it vp to you.
C H A P . VII.
1 They of Kiriath - iearim bring the Arke into
the house of Abinadab,, and sanctifie Eleazar
his sonne to keepe it. 2 After twentie yeeres
3 ThelsraeliteSjby Samuels meanes, solemnly
repent at Mizpeh. 7 While Samuel prayetn
and sacrificeth , the Lord discomfiteth the
Philistines by thunder, at Eben-ezer. ISThe
Philistines are subdued. 1 5 Samuel peaceabb
and religiously iudgeth Israel.
Anc
Ifrael repenteth. ChaD.vii.viii.
Nd the men of Kiriath-
A
iearim came, and fetcht vj
the Arke of the LORD,
and brought it into the
house of Abinadab in the
hill, and sanctified Eleazar his sonne,
to keepe the Arke of the LORD.
2 And it came to passe while the
Arke abode in Kiriath-iearim, that the
time was long: for it was twentie
yeeres : and all the house of Israel la-
mented after the LORD.
3 IF And Samuel spake vnto all the
house of Israel, saying, If ye doe re-
turne vnto the L O R D with all your
* lOSh. 24. hearts, then *put away the strange gods,
15, 23.
* ludg. 2. and * Ashtaroth from among you, anc
13. prepare your hearts vnto the LORD,
* Deut. 6. 4. and *serue him onely .- & he will deliuer
matt. 4. 10. you out of the hand of the Philistines,
luke 4. 8.
4 Then the children of Israel did
* ludg. 9 put away * Baalim, arid Ashtaroth, and
11. serued the LORD onely.
5 And Samuel said, Gather all Is-
rael to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you
vnto the LORD.
6 And they gathered together to
Mizpeh, and drew water, and powred
it out before the LORD, and fasted on
that day, and said there, We haue sinned
against the LORD* And Samuel iud-
ged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.
7 And when the Philistines heard
that the children of Israel were gathe-
red together to Mizpeh, the lords of the
Philistines went vp against Israel:
and when the children of Israel heard
it, they were afraid of the Philistines,
8 And th.e children of Israel said to
Heb. be not Samuel, t Cease not to crie vnto the
silent from
vsfrom cry. LORD our God for vs, that he will
ing. saue vs out of the hand of the Phili-
stines
9 IF And Samuel tooke a sucking
lam be, and offered it for a burnt offe-
ring wholly vnto the LORD; and Sa-
muel cried vnco the LORD for Israel,
fl Or* answe-and the LORD || heard him.
red.
10 And as Samuel was offering
vp the burnt offering, the Philistines
drewe neere to battell against Israel:
3ut the L O R D thundred with a great
thunder on that day vpon the Phili-
stines, and discomfited them, and they
were smitten before Israel
11 And the men of Israel went out of
Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines,
and smote them, vntill they came vnder
Bethcar.
Samuels fonnes.
IS Then Samuel tooke a stone, and
set it betweene Mizpeh and Shen,
and called the name of it ||Eben-Ezer5 I That is,
saying, Hitherto hath the L O R D helpe. the stone of
helped vs.
13 1T So the Philistines were subdu-
ed, and they came no more into the coast
of Israel? and the hand of the L O R D
was against the Philistines, all the
dayes of Samuel.
14 And the cities which the Phili-
stines had taken from Israel, were re-
stored to Israel, from Ekron euen vn-
to Gath, and the coasts thereof did Is-
rael deliuer out of the hands of the Phi-
listines : and there was peace betweene
Israel and the Amorites.
15 And Samuel iudged Israel all
the dayes of his life.
16 And he went from yeere to yeere
tin circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and t Heb. and
Mizpeh, and iudged Israel in all those he circuited*
places.
17 And his returne was to Ramah :
Tor there was his house : and there hee
iudged Israel, and there hee built an
altar vnto the LORD.
CHAP. VIII.
1 By occasion of the ill gouernment of Samu-
els sonnes, the Israelites aske a King. 6 Sa-
muel praying in griefe is comforted oy God.
10 Hee telleth the manner of a King. 19
God willeth Samuel to yeeld vnto the im-
portunitie of the people.
Nd it came to passe, when
a Samuel was old, that he
made his sonnes Judges
ouer Israel.
2 Now the name of
his first borne was loel, and the name
of his second, Abiah:. they were ludges
in Beer-sheba.
3 And his sonnes walked not in his
wayes, but turned aside after lucre, and
* tooke bribes, & peruerted iudgement. * Deut. 16.
4 Then all the Elders of Israel 9.
gathered themselues together, and
came to Samuel vnto Ramah,
5 And said vnto him, Behold, thou.
art olde, and thy sonnes walke not in
thy wayes: now *make vs a King to *Ose.i3.iO
iudge vs, like all the nations. CtSl3. 21.
6 f But the thing tdispleased Sa- Hebwase-
muel , when they said, Giue vs a King uttlinthe
yes of Sa-
to iudge vs: and Samuel grayed vnto muel.
the LORD.
7 And the L O R D said vnto Sa-
muel,
A. king deicribed. X.SamueL
muel, Hearken vnto the voyce of the
p>eople in all that they say vnto thee: for
they haue not reiected thee, but they
mue reiected mee, that I should not
reigne ouer them.
8 According to all the works which
they haue done since the day that I
)rought them vp out of Egypt euen
vnto this day, wherewith they haue
forsaken me, and serued other gods: so
doe they also vnto thee.
II Or, obey. 9 Nowe therefore || hearken vnto
!i Or, not- their voyce : ||howbeit, yet protest so-
withstan-
ding, when emnly vnto them, and shew them the
tfiou hast so- maner of the King that shall reigne o-
lemnly pro-
tested a-
gainst tfiem,
uer them.
then thou 10 U And Samuel told ail the words
fthalt shew* of the L O R D vnto the people, that as-
#'•
ced of him a King.
11 And hee sayd, This will be the
maner of the king that shall reigne o-
uer you * Hee will take your sonnes,
and appoint them for himselfe for his
charets, and to bee his horsemen, and
some shall runne before his charets.
12 And hee will appoint him Cap-
taines ouer thousands, and captaines
ouer fifties, and will set them to eare his
ground, and to reape his haruest, and
;o make his instruments of warre, and
instruments of his charets.
13 And he will take your daughters
to be confectionaries, and to be cookes,
and to be bakers.
14« And he will take your fields, and
your vineyards, and your oliue-yards,
euen the best of them, andgiue them to
bis seruants.
15 And he will take the tenth of your
seed, and of your vineyards, and giue to
t Heb. Eu- his t officers, and to his seruants.
nuches.
16 And hee will take your men ser-
uants, and your mayd seruants, anc
your goodliest young men, and your
asses, and put them to his worke.
17 Hee will take the tenth of your
sheepe, and ye shall be his seruants.
18 And ye shall cry out in that day
because of your king which ye shal haue
chosen you; and the LORD will no
heare you in that day.
19 H Neuerthelesse, the people refu
sed to obey the voyce of Samuel; anc
they said, Nay, but we wil haue a King
ouer vs:
20 That we also may be like all the
nations, and that our King may iudge
vs, and goe out before vs, and fight cm
battels.
Saul feeking affes,
21 And Samuel heard all the words
of the people, and he rehearsed them in
he eares of the LORD.
22 And the LORD said to Samuel,
learken vnto their voyce, and make
them a King. And Samuel said vnto
the men of Israel, Goe yee euery man
vuto his citie.
C H A P . IX.
1 Saul despairing to finde his fathers asses, 6
by the counsel! of his seruaunt, 11 and di-
rection of y ung maidens, 15 according to
Gods reuelation, 18 corameth to Samuel.
19 Samuel entertaineth Saul at the feast. 25
Samuel after secret communication,bringeth
Saul on his way.
Ow there was a man of
N
Beniamin, whose name
was * Kish , the sonne of *Chap. 14
Abiel, the sonne of Zeror, 51. i. chro.
8. 33.
the sonne of Bechorath,
he sonne of Aphiah, a ||Beniamite, a I Or, the
sonne of a
mighty man of || power. man of le-
2 And he had a sonne, whose name mini. II Or, sub-
was Saul, a choice young man, and a stance.
goodly : and there was not among the
children of Israel a goodlier person
then hee : from his shoulders and vp-
ward, hee was higher then any of the
)eople.
3 And the asses of Kish, Sauls fa-
ther, were lost; and Kish said to Saul
ils sonne, Take no we one of the ser-
uants with thee, and arise, goe seeke the
asses.
4 And he passed thorow mount fi-
sh raim , and passed thorow the land of
Bhalisha, but they found them not: then
they passed thorow the land of Shalim,
and there they were not: and hee passec
thorow the land of the Beniamites,
but they found them not.
5 And when they were come to the
land of Zuph, Saul said to his seruant
that was with him, Come, and let vs
returne, lest my father leaue earing1 for
the asses, and take thought for vs.
6 And hee said vnto him, Beholc
now, there is in this citie a man of God
and he is an honourable man; all tha
he saith, commeth surely to passe: Now
let vs goe thither; peraduenture he can
shew vs our way that we should goe.
7 Then said Saul to his seruaunt
But behold, «/*we goe, what shall wee
bring the man ? for the bread t is spent in t Hebr is
our vessels, and there is not a present to gone
&c.
out of
bring
is by Samuel Chap.ix.x.
t Hebr. is bring to the man of God : What t haue
withvs?
wee ?
8 And the seruant answered Saul
^ Hebr. there againe, and said, t Behold, I haue here
is found in
my hand* at hand the fourth part of a shekel of sil-
uer; that wil I giue to the man of God,
to tell vs our way.
9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a
man went to enquire of God, thus he
spake; Come, and let vs go to the Seer:
Tor he that is now called a Prophet, was
beforetime called a Seer.)
10 Then said Saul to his seruant,
t Hebr. thy tWel said, come, let vs go: so they went
wordisgood.
vnto the city where the man of God was.
t Hebr. in 11 11 And as they went vp tthe hill
the ascent of
the citi$. to the city, they found yong maydens
going out to draw water, and said vnto
them, Is the Seer here?
12 And they answered them , and
said, He is: behold, Aewbeforeyou, make
haste now : for he came to day to the ci-
H Or, feast. tie; for there is ||a sacrifice of the people
to day in the hie place.
13 Assoone as ye be come into the ci-
tie, ye shall straightway finde him, be-
fore he goe vp to the high place to eate:
for the people will not eate vntill hee
come, because he doth blesse the sacrifice,
and afterwards they eat that be bidden:
iHeb.today. Now therefore get you vp, for t about
this time ye shall finde him.
14 And they went vp into the citie:
and when they were come into the ci-
tie, behold, Samuel came out against
them, for to goe vp to the hie place.
* Chap. 15. 15 IT *Now the L O R D had ttold
1. acts. 13.
21. Samuel in his eare a day before Saul
t Heb. re- came, saying,
ueiled the
eare ofSa. 16 To morrow about this time I
muel.
will send thee a man out of the land of
Beniamin, and thou shalt anoynt him
to be Captaine ouer my people Israel,
that he may sane my people out of the
hand of the Philistines : for I haue loo-
ked vpon my people, because their cry
is come vnto me.
17 And when Samuel saw Saul,
the LORD said vnto him, Behold the
man whom I spake to thee of : this
t Hebr. re- same shall treigne ouer my people.
straine in.
18 Then Saul drew neere to Sa-
muel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I
pray thee, where the Seers house is.
19 And Samuel answered Saul,
and said, I am the Seer: Goe vp be-
fore me vnto the high place, for ye shall
eate with me to day, and to morrow I
will let thee goe, and will tell thee all
anointed king.
that is in thine heart.
20 And as for thine asses that were
lost t three dayes agoe, set not thy minde t Hebr. to
on them , for they are found : And on dayes. day three
whom is all the desire of Israel ? is it
not on thee, & on all thy fathers house?
21 And Saul answered, and said,
Am not I a Beniamite, of the smallest
of the tribes of Israel ? and my family
the least of all the families of the tribe of
Beniamin ? Wherefore then speakest
thou tso to me? t Hebr. ac-
22 And Samuel tooke Saul, and cording to
this word ?
his seruant, and brought them into the
parlour, & made them sit in the chiefest
place among them that were bidden,
which were about thirtie persons.
23 And Samuel said vnto the cooke,
Bring the portion which I gaue thee, of
which I said vnto thee, Set it by thee.
24 And the cooke took vp the shoul-
der, and that which was vpon it, and
set it before Saul, and Samuel said, Be-
hold, that which is || left, set it before thee, II Or, reser-
and eate : for vnto this time hath it bene ved.
kept for thee, since I said I haue inuited
the people : So Saul did eat with Sa-
muel that day.
25 1f And when they were come
downe from the high place into the ci-
tie, Samuel communed with Saul vpon
the top of the house.
26 And they arose early: and it came
to passe about the spring of the day, that
Samuel called Saul to the top of the
house, saying, Vp, that I may send thee
away : And Saul arose, and they went
out both of them , hee and Samuel,
abroad.
27 And as they were going downe
to the end of the city, Samuel said to
Saul, Bid the seruant passe on before
vs, (and he passed on) but stand thou
still ta while, that I may shew thee the t Hebr. to
word of God. day.
C H A P . X.
1 Samuel anoynteth Saul. 2 Hee confirmed!
him by prediction of three signes. 9 Sauls
heart is changed, and he prophecieth. 1 4 He
concealeth the matter of the kingdome from
his vncle. 1 7 Saul is chosen at Mizpeh by lot.
9>fi Thp Hiffprpnf.flflfi»f»finn«nf Jiic ciiliionfc
Hen Samuel tooke a viall
T
of oile, and powred it vpon
his head, & kissed him, and
said, Is it not because the
L O R D hath anoynted
thee to be captain ouer his inheritance?
2 When
Saul prophecieth, I.Samuel.
2 When thou art departed from me
to day, then thou shalt find two men by
* Gen. 35. * Rachels sepulchre in the border of
20.
Beniamiri, at Zelzah : and they will
say vnto thee , The asses which thou
wentest to seeke, are found: and loe, thy
t Heb. the father hath left t the care of the asses,
businesse.
and sorroweth for you, saying, What
shall I doe for my sonne ?
3 Then shalt thou goe on forward
from thence, and thou shalt come to the
plaine of Tabor, and there shall meete
thee three men , going vp to God to
Bethel, one carying three kids, and a-
nother carying three loaues of bread,
and another carying a bottle of wine.
t Heb. aske 4 And they will t salute thee , and
thee of peace
giue thee two loaues of bread, which thou
shalt receiue of their hands.
5 After that thou shalt come to the
hill of God, where is the garison of the
Philistines : and it shall come to passe
when thou art come thither to the citie,
that thou shalt meet a company of pro-
phets comming downe from the high
place, with a psalterie, and a tabret, and
a pipe, and a harpe before them, and
they shall prophecie.
6 And the Spirit of the L O R D
will come vpon thee , and thou shalt
prophecie with them, and shalt be tur-
ned into another man.
t Heb. and it 7 And t let it be when these signes are
shall come to
passe that come vnto thee, tthat thou doe as occa-
signes &c. sion serue thee, for God is with thee.
when these
t Heb.,dofor 8 And thou shalt goe downe before
thee as thine me to Gilgal, and behold, I will come
hand shall
finde. downe vnto thee, to offer burnt offe-
rings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace
* Chap. 13. offerings : *-seuen dayes shalt thou ta-
8.
rie, till I come to thee , and shew thee
what thou shalt doe.
9 H And it was so that when he had
t Heb. shoul- turned his fbacke to go from Samuel,
der. God tgaue him another heart : and all
t Heb. tur-
ned. those signes came to passe that day.
10 And when they came thither to
the hill, behold, a company of the pro-
phets met him, and the spirit of God
came vpon him , and hee prophesied a-
mong them.
11 And it came to passe when all that
knew him beforetime , saw , that be-
hold , hee prophesied among the pro-
t V oh A
phets, then the people said tone to ano-
man to his ther, What is this that is come vnto the
neighbour,
* Chap. 19. sonne of Kish? *Is Saul also among
24. the prophets ?
t Heb. from 12 And one tof the same place an-
thence.
and is chofen king.
swered, and sayd, But who is their fa-
ther ? Therefore it became a prouerbe,
Is Saul also among the Prophets ?
13 And when he had made an end of
prophesying, he came to the high place.
li 1f And Sauls vncle saide vnto
him, and to his seruant, Whither went
ye? And he said, To seeke the asses: and
when we saw that they were no where,
we came to Samuel.
15 And Sauls vncle said, Tell me, I
pray thee, what Samuel said vnto you.
16 And Saul sayd vnto his vncle;
He told vs plainely that the asses were
found. But of the matter of the king-
dome, whereof Samuel spake, he told
him not.
17 If And Samuel called the peo-
ple together vnto the LORD to Miz-
peh;
18 And said vnto the children of Is-
rael, Thus saith the LOR:D God of
Israel, I brought vp Israel out of E-
gypt, and deliuered you out of the hand
of the Egyptians, and out of the hand
of all kingdomes, and of them that op-
pressed you.
19 And ye haue this day reiected your
God, who himselfe saued you out of all
your aduersities & your tribulations:
and ye haue said vnto him, Nay> but seta
king ouer vs. Now therefore present
your selues before the LORD by your
tribes, and by your thousands.
20 And when Samuel had caused
all the tribes of Israel to come neere,
the tribe of Beniamin was taken.
21 When he had caused the tribe of
Beniamin to come neere by their fami-
lies, the .familie of Matri was taken,
and Saul the sonne of Kish was taken :
and when they sought him, he could not
be found.
22 Therefore they enquired of the
LORD further, if the man should yet
come thither: and the LORD answe-
red, Behold, hee hath hid himselfe a-
mong the stuffe.
23 And they ranne, and fetched him
thence, and when he stood among the
people, he was higher then any of the
people, from the shoulders & vpward.
24 And Samuel said to all the peo-
ple, See ye him whome the LORD
hath chosen, that there is none like him
among all the people? And all the peo-
ple shouted, and saide, tGod saue the t Heb. let
the king Hue
King.
25 Then Samuel tolde the people
the
The Ammonites Chap.xj.xij.
the maner of the kingdome, and wrote
it in a booke, and layd it vp before the
LORD, and Samuel sent all the peo-
jle away, euery man to his house.
26 If And Saul also went home to
Gibeah, and there went with him a
mnd of men, whose hearts God had
touched.
27 But the children of Belial sayd,
Howe shall this man sane vs ? and
they despised him, and brought him no
II Or, he was, presents : but ||he held his peace.
as though he
hadbeene
deafe.
C H A P . XI.
1 Nahash pffereth them of labesh Gilead a re-
prochfull condition. 4- They send messen-
gers and are deliuered by Saul. 12 Saul there-
by is confirmed, and his kingdome renewed.
Hen Nahash the Ammo-
are discomfited.
Jbtezek, the children ot Israel were
three hundred thousand, and the men
of ludah thirty thousand.
9 And they said vnto the messengers
that came, Thus shall yee say vnto the
men of labesh Gilead, To morrow by
that time the sunne be hote,ye shal haue
|helpe. And the messengers came, and B Or, deli-
shewed it to the men of labesh, and uerance.
they were glad.
10 Therfore the men of labesh said.
To morrow wee will come out* vnto
you, and ye shall doe with vs all that
seemeth good vnto you.
11 And it was so on the morrow, that
Saul put the people in three copanies,
and they came into the midst of the host
in the morning watch, and slewe the
Ammonites, vntill the heat of the day:
and it came to passe, that they which re-

T nite came vp, and encam-

ped against labesh Gi-
lead : and all the men of
labesh sayde vnto Na-
hash , Make a couenant with vs, and
we will serue thee.
2 And Nahash the Ammonite an-
swered them, On this condition will I
make a couenant with you, that I may
thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it
For a reproch vpon all Israel.
3 And the Elders of labesh sayd
Hebr.for- vnto him, tGiue vs seuen daies respite,
Iteare vs. that we may send messengers vnto all
the coasts of Israel : and then, if there
be no man to saue vs, we will come out
to thee. ; sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings be-
4 1F Then came the messengers to
Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in
the eares of the people: and all the peo-
ple lift vp their voyces, and wept.
5 And behold, Saul came after the
herd out of the field, and Saul sayd,
What aileth the people that they weep?
and they told him the tidings-of the men
of labesh.
6 And the Spirit of God came vp-
on Saul, when he heard those tydings,
and his anger was kindled greatly.
7 And he tooke a yoke of oxen, and
hewed them in pieces, and sent them
throughout all the coasts of Israel by King ouer you.
mained were scattered, so that two of
them were not left together.
1£ IT And the people said vnto Sa-
muel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul
reigne ouer vs ? bring the men, that we
may put them to death.
13 And Saul said, There shall not a
man be put to death this day: for to day
the LORD hath wrought saluation in
Israel. r
14* Then said Samuel to thejpeople,
Come, and let vs goe to Gilgal, and re-
new the kingdome there.
15 And all the people went to Gilgal,
and there they made Saul King before
the LORD in Gilgal: and there they
fore the LORD : and there Saul and
all the men of Israel reioyced greatly,
C H A P . XII.
1 Samuel testifieth his integritie. 6 Hee re-
prooueth the people of ingratitude. 16 He
terrifieth them with thunder in haruest time.
20 He comforteth them in Gods mercy.
ND Samuel saide vnto
A
all Israel, Beholde, I
haue hearkned vnto your
voice in all that ye said vn-
to mee, and haue made a

the hands of messengers, saying, Who- 2 And now behold, the King wal-
soeuer commeth not foorth after Saul keth before you : and I am olde, and
and after Samuel, so shall it bee done jray headed, and behold, my sonnes
vnto his oxen : and the feare of the are with you : and I haue walked be-
LORD fell on the people, and they fore you from my childhood vnto this
\Heb.asone came out twith one consent. day.
mttn* 8 And when he numbred them in 3 Behold, *here I am, witnesse a- * Ecclus.
gainst 46. 19.
Samuels vprightnes : I.Samuel.
gainst me before the L O R D , and be-
fore his Anoynted : Whose oxe haue I
taken ? or whose asse haue I taken ? or
whom haue I defrauded ? whom haue
I oppressed ? or of whose hand haue I
t Hebr, ran- receiued any t bribe || to blinde mine eyes
some.
1 Or, that I therewith ? and I will restore it you.
should hide
jntne eyes at
4 And they said, Thou hast not de-
at him. frauded vs, nor oppressed vs, neither
hast thou taken ought of any mans
hand.
5 And hee said vnto them, The
L OR D is witnesse against you, and
his Anointed is witnesse this day, that
ye haue not found ought in my hand:
And they answered, He is witnesse.
6 IT And Samuel said vnto the peo-
u Or, made. ple, It is the LORD that ||aduanced Mo-
ses and Aaron, and that brought your
fathers vp out of the land of Egypt.
7 Now therefore stand still, that
\Hebr.righ- I may reason with you before the
teousnessesi
Or, bene- L O R D , of all the trighteous acts of
fits.
T* /act/.
ffah tnifh
wt[fl.
the LORD, which he did tto you and
* Gen. 46. your fathers.
5,6. 8 *When lacob was come into E-
gypt , and your fathers cried vnto the
* Exod. 4. L O R D , then the L O R D *sent Moses
16.
and Aaron, which brought foorth your
fathers out of Egypt, and made them
dwell in this place.
9 And when they forgat the LORD
* ludg. 4. 2. their God, *he sold them into the hand
of Sisera captaine of the hoste of Hazor,
and into the hand of the Philistines, and
into the hand of the king of Moab, and
they fought against them.
10 And they cried vnto the LORD,
and said, Wee haue sinned, because we
haue forsaken the L O R D , and haue
serued Baalim and Ashtaroth ; but
now deliuer vs out of the hand of our
enemies, and we wiD seme thee.
11 And the LORD sent lerubbaal,
* ludg. 11. and Bedan, and *Iephthah, and Sa-
'• muel, and deliuered you out of the hand
of your enemies on euery side, and yee
dwelled safe.
12 And when ye saw that Nahash
the king of the children of Ammon came
against you, ye said vnto me, Nay, but a
King shall reigne ouer vs, when the
LORD your God was your King.
13 Now therefore, behold the King
whom yee haue chosen, and whom yee
haue desired: and behold, the LORD
hath set a King ouer you.
14 If ye will feare the LORD, and
serue him, and obey his voice, and not
His exhortation.
rebell against the t Commandement ofmouth.iHebr.
the LORD, then shall both ye and also
the King that reigneth ouer you, t con- t Hebr. be
tinue following the LORD your God. after.
15 But if ye wil not obey the voice of
the LORD, but rebel against the Com-
mandement of the LORD, then shall
the hand of the LORD be against you,
as it was against your fathers.
16 IF Now therefore stand and see
this great thing which the LOAD
will doe before your eyes.
17 Is it not wheat haruest to day?
I will call vnto the LORD, and hee
shall send thunder and raine , that ye
may perceiue and see that your wicked-
nesse is great, which ye haue done in the
sight of the L O R D , in asking you a
King.
TT*
18 So Samuel called vnto the
LORD, and the L O R D sent thun-
der and raine that day : and all the peo-
ple greatly feared the LORD and
Samuel.
19 And all the people said vnto Sa-
muel, Pray for thy seruants vnto the
LORD thy God, that we die not : for
we haue added vnto all our sinnes, this
euil, to aske vs a King.
20 U And Samuel saide vnto the
people, Feare not : (ye haue done al this
wickednesse , yet turne not aside from
following the L O R D , but serue the
LORD with all your heart :
20 And turne ye not aside , for then
should ye goe after vaine things, which
cannot profit, nor deliuer, for they are
vaine.)
22 For the LORD wil not forsake
his people , for his great Names sake :
because it hath pleased the L O R D to
make you his people.
23 Moreouer, as for me, God forbid
that I should sin against the LORD,
tin ceasing to pray for you : but I will ceasing.
\ Hebr. from
teach you the good and the right way.
24 Onely feare the L O R D , and
serue him in trueth with all your heart:
for consider ||how great things he hath n 0r, what a
great thing
done for you. A-c.
&
25 But if yee shall still doe wicked-
ly, yee shall be consumed , both yee and
your King.
C H A P . XIII.
1 Sauls selected band. 3 Hee calleth the He-
brewes to Gilgal against the Philistines, whose
garrison Jonathan had smitten. 5 The Phili-
stines
Sauls prefumption. Chap.xiij.
stmes great noste. 6 i ne custresse ot tne Isra-
elites. 8 Saul weary of staying for Samuel, sa-
crificeth. 11 Satnuel reproueth him. 17 The
three spoiling bands of the Philistines. 19
The policie of the Philistines, to suffer no
Smith in Israel.
Aul t reigned one yeere,
S
t Hebr. the
sonne of one
yeere in his > and when he had reigned
1
reigning. two yeeres ouer Israel,
* 2 Saul chose him three
> thousand men of Israel:
whereof two thousand were with Saul
in Michmash, and in mount Bethel,
and a thousand were with Jonathan
in Gibeah of Beniamin : and the rest of
the people he sent euery man to his tent.
& And lonathan smote the garison
\\ Or, the hill. of the Philistines that was in ||Geba, and
the Philistines heard of it: and Saul
blew the trumpet thorowout all the
land, saying, Let the Hebrewes hejare.
4 And all Israel heard say, that
Saul had smitten a garison of the Phi-
T Hebr. did listines, and that Israel also twas had
Stinke.
in abomination with the Philistines:
and the people were called together af-
ter Saul to Gilgal.
5 U And the Philistines gathered
themselues together, to fight with Is-
rael, thirtie thousand charets, and sixe
thousand hdrsemen, and people as the
sand which is on the sea shore in multi-
tude, and they came vp, and pitched in
Michmash 3 Eastward from Beth -
auen.
6 When the men of Israel saw that
they were in a strait -. ( for the people
were distressed: ) then the people did
hide themselues in caues, and in thic-
kets , and in rocks, and in high places,
and in pits.
7 And some of the Hebrewes went
ouer lordane, to the land of Gad and
Gilead; as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal,
' H€O» tT€7fl~ and all the people t followed him trem-
>led after
ttfn. bling.
* Chap. 10. 8 11 * And he taried seuen dayes, ac-
8. cording to the set time that Samuel had
appointed: but Samuel came not to Gil-
gal, and the people were scattered from
him.
9 And Saul said, Bring hither a
burnt offring to me, and peace offrings.
And he offered the burnt offering.
10 And it came to passe that assoone
as he had made an end of offering the
burnt offering, behold, Samuel came,
\Heb.blesse
and Saul went out to meete him, that
him. he might t salute him.
He is reproued.
11 If And bamuel said, What hast
thou done ? And Saul said, Because I
sawe that the people were scattered
from me, and that thou earnest not
within the dayes appointed, and that
the Philistines gathered themselues to-
gether to Michmash:
12 Therfore said I, The Philistines
will come downe now vpon me to Gil-
gal, and I haue not tmade supplicati- t Jfc?6k m-
on vnto the L O R D : I forced my treated face.
the
selfe therefore, and offered a burnt of-
fering.
13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou
hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept
the commandement of the L O R D thy
God, which hee commanded thee: for
now would the L O R D haue establi-
shed thy kingdome vpon Israel for e-
•uer.
14< But now thy kingdome shall not
continue : the L O R D hath sought him
a man after his owne heart, and the
LORD hath commanded him to bee
captaine ouer his people, because thou
hast not kept that which the LORD
commanded thee.
15 And Samuel arose, and gate him
vp from Gilgal, vnto Gibeah of Ben-
iamin, and Saul numbred the people
that were t present with him, about sixe \Heb.found
hundred men.
16 And Saul and lonathan his
sonne, and the people that were present
with them, abode in Gibeah of Benia-
min : but the Philistines encamped in
Michmash.
17 1F And the spoilers came out of
the campe of the Philistines , in three
companies: one company turned vnto
the way that leadeth to Ophrah, vnto
the land of Shual.
18 And another company turned the
way to Bethoron : and another compa-
nie turned to the way of the border,
that looketh to the valley of Zeboim
toward the wildernesse.
19 IT Now there was no smith found
thorowout all the land of Israel: for
the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrewes
make them swords or speares.
20 But all the Israelites went
downe to the Philistines, to sharpen e-
uery man his share and his coulter, and
his axe, and his mattocke.
21 Yet they had a tfile for the mat- t Hebr. a
tocks, and for the coulters, and for the file with
mouthes.
forkes, and for the axes, and t to sharpen \Heb.toset.
the goads.
22 So
Jonathan and his LSamuel.
22 So it came to passe in the day of
)attell, that there was neither sword
nor speare found in the hand of any of
he people that were with Saul and
onathan : but with Saul & with Jo-
nathan his sonne was there found.
0 Or, stan- 23 And the || garison of the Phili-
ding campe.
stines went out to the passage of Mich-
mash.
C H A P . XIIIL
I Jonathan, vnwittins to his father, the Priest,
or the people, goetn and miraculously smi-
teth the Philistines garrison. 15 A diuine
terrour maketh them beate themselues. 17
Saul not staying the Priests answere, setteth
on them. 21 The captiuated Hebrewes,
and the hidden Israelites, ioyne against them.
24 Sauls vnaduised adiuration, hindreth the
victory. 32 Hee restraineth the people from
eating blood. 35 He buildeth an Altar. 36
Jonathan taken by lot, is saued by the peo-
ple. 47 Sauls strength and family*
il Or, there Ow || it came to passe vp-
was a day.
on a day, that Jonathan
the sonne of Saul said vn-
to the yong man that bare
his »armour, Come, and
let vs goe ouer to the Philistines gari-
son, thatiy on the o^rside: but hee told
not his father.
2 And Saul taried in the vttermost
part of Gibeah, vnder a Pomegranate
;ree, which is in Migron: and the peo-
sle that were with him, were about sixe
hundred men:
3 And Ahiah the sonne of Ahitub,
* Chap. 4. *Ichabods brother, the sonne of Phi-
21.
nehas, the sonne of Eli, the L O R D S
Priest in Shiloh, wearing an Ephod:
and the people knew not that Jona-
than was gone.
4 f And betweene the passages, by
which Jonathan sought to go ouer vn-
to the Philistines garison, there was a
sharpe rocke on the one side, and a sharp
rocke on the other side : and the name
of the one was Bozez, and the name o
the other Seneh.
^Heb. tooth. 5 The tforefront of the one was si
tuate Northward ouer against Mich
mash, and the other Southward ouer
against Gibeah.
6 And Jonathan said to the young
man that bare his armour, Come
and let vs goe ouer vnto the garison o
these vncircumcised; it may be that the
L O R D will worke for vs: for there i
armour-bearer:
no restraint to the L O R D , * to saue *2. Chron.
14.11.
)y many, or by few.
7 And his armour bearer sayd vn-
to him , Doe all that is in thine heart:
turne thee, behold, I am with tliee, ac-
cording to thy heart.
8 Then said Jonathan, Behold,
we will passe ouer ynto these men, and
we will discouer our selues vnto them.
9 If they say thus vnto vs, tTary IHeb* be
vntill we come to you : then wee will still.
stand still in our place, and will not goe
vp vnto them.
10 But if they say thus v Come vp
vnto vs: then we will goe vp ; for *the * *• Ma.ec.
L.ORD hath deliuered them into our 4.30,
land: and this shall be & signe vnto vs.
11 And bath of them diseouered
themselues vnto the garison of the Phi-
istines: and the Philistines sayd, Be-
lold, the Hebrewes come foorth out oi
the holes, where they had hid them-
selues.
12 And the men of the garison an-
swered Jonathan and his armour bea-
rer, and said, Come vp to vs, and wee
will shew you a thing. And Jonathan
said vnto his armour bearer, Come vp
after me; for the L O R D hath deliue-
red them into the hand of Israel.
13 And Jonathan climed vp vpon
lis hands, and vpon his feete, and his
armour bearer after him : and they fel
aefore Jonathan ; and his armour bea-
rer slew after him.
14 And that first slaughter which
Jonathan and his armour-bearer
made, was about twentie men, within
as it were ||an halfe acre of land, which n Or, haife«
a yoke of oxen might plow. £Z$S£S
15 And there was trembling in the
hoste, in the field, and among all the peo-
ple : the garison and the spoilers, they
also trembled, and the earth quaked:
so it was ta very great trembling. T Hebr. a
16 And the watchmen of Saul in of trembling
God.
Gibeah of Beniamin looked : and be-
hold, the multitude melted away, anc
they went on beating downe one another.
17 Then said Saul vnto the people
that were with him, Number now, anc
see who is gone from vs. And when
they had numbred, behold, Jonathan
and his armour bearer were not there.
18 And Saul said vnto Ahiah, Bring
hither the Arke of God: (for the Arke
of God was at that time with the chil-
dren of Israel.)
19 1f And it came to passe while Sau
talked
He tafteth honie. Chap.xiiij.
0 Or, tumult. talked vnto the Priest, that the || noise
that was in the hoste of the Philistines
went on, and increased: And Saul said
vnto the Priest, Withdraw thine hand.
20 And Saul and all the people that
t Heb. were were with him t assembled themselues,
cryed toge-
ther. and they came to the battel, and behold,
* ludg. 7. * euery mans sword was against his fel-
22. 2. chro.
20. 23. low , and there was a very great discom-
fiture.
21 Moreouer, the Hebrewes that
were with the Philistines before that
time, which went vp with them into
the campe/row thecountrey round about ;
euen they also turned to be with the Is-
raelites, that were with Saul and lo-
nathan.
22 Likewise all the men of Israel,
which had hid themselues in mount E-
phraim, when they heard that the Phili-
stines fled, euen they also followed hard
after them in the battell.
23 So the L O R D saued Israel
that day ; and the battell passed ouer
vnto Beth-auen.
24 ^T And the men of Israel were
distressed that day; for Saul had adiu-
red the people, saying, Cursed bee the
man that eateth any foode vntill eue-
ning, that I may be auenged on mine
enemies t so none of the people tasted
any food.
25 And all they of the. land came to a
wood , and there was honie vpon the
ground.
26 And when the people were come
into the wood, behold, the honie drop-
ped , but no man put his hand to his
mouth : for the people feared the oath.
27 But lonathan heard not when
his father charged the people with the
oath; wherefore he put foorth the ende
of the rodde that was in bis hand, and
dipt it in an hony combe , and put his
hand to his mouth, and his eyes were
enlightened.
28 Then answered one of the peo-
ple, and said, Thy father straitly char-
ged the people with an oath , saying,
Cursed be the man that eateth any food
fl Or, wearie.this day. And the people were || faint.
29 Then said lonathan, My father
hath troubled the land : see, I pray you,
how mine eyes haue beene enlightened,
because I tasted a little of this honie :
30 How much more, if haply the
people had eaten freely to day of the
spoile of their enemies which they
found ? for had there not beene now a
Cafting of lots.
much greater slaughter among the
Philistines ?
31 And they smote the Philistines
that day from Michmash to Aiialon :
and the people were very faint.
32 And the people flewe vpon the
spoile, and tooke sheepe, and oxen, and
calues , and slew them on the ground,
and the people did eate them *with the * Leuit. 7.
26. and 19.
blood. 26. deut.
33 f Then they tolde Saul, saying, 12. 16.
Behold , the people sinne against the
LORD, in that they eate with the
blood. And he said, Yee haue || trans- 11 Or, dealt
gressed : roule a great stone vnto mee treache-
rously.
this day.
34 And Saul said , Disperse your
selues among the people, and say vnto
them, Bring me hither euery man his
oxe, and euery man his sheepe, and slay
them here, and eat, and sinne not against
the L O R D in eating with the blood.
And all the people brought euery man
his oxe twith him that night, and slew t Heb. in his
them there. '
35 And Saul built an altar vnto the
L O R D : tthe same was the first al- ^LliOTt Hebr. that
Altfir fit/
h*> tu>
Off-
tar that he built vnto the LORD. ganne to
ouild vnto
36 1F And Saul saide , Let vs goe the LORD.
downe after the Philistines by night,
and spoile them vntil the morning light,
and let vs not leaue a man of them. And
they said, Do whatsoeuer seemeth good
vnto thee. Then said the priest, Let vs
draw neere hither vnto God.
37 And Saul asked counsell of God,
Shall I goe downe after the Phili-
stines? Wilt thou deliuer them into the
hand of Israel ? But he answered him
not that day.
38 And Saul said , Draw yee neere
ludg. 20.2
hither * all the tchiefe of the people: and t*Heb. cor-
know and see, wherein this sinne hath ners.
beene this day.
39 For as the L O R D liueth, which
saueth Israel, though it bee in lona-
than my sonne, he shall surely die : But
there was not a man among all the people
that answered him.
40 Then said he vnto all Israel, Be
ye on one side, and I, and lonathan
my sonne will be on the other side. And
the people said vnto Saul, Doe what
seemeth good vnto thee.
41 Therefore Saul saide vnto the
L O R D God of Israel, ||Giue a perfect the H Or, shew
innocent*
lot. And Saul and lonathan were ta-
ken : but the people t escaped. t Heb. went
forth.
42 And Saul said, Cast lots betweene
me
Jonathan is refcued. LSamuel.
me and lonathan my sonne. And Jo-
nathan was taken.
43 Then Saul said to lonathan,
Tell me what thou hast done. And lo-
nathan tolde him , and saide, I did but
taste a litle hony with the end of the
rodde that was in mine hand, and loe, I
must die.
44 And Saul answered, God do so,
and more also : for thou shalt surely die,
lonathan.
45 And the people said vnto Saul,
Shall lonathan die , who hath
wrought this great saluation in Is-
rael ? God forbid : as the LORD liueth,
there shal not one haire of his head fall
to the ground : for hee hath wrought
with God this day. So the people res-
cued lonathan, that hee died not.
46 Then Saul went vp from fol-
lowing the Philistines : and the Phili-
stines went to their owne place.
47 IF So Saul tooke the kingdom
ouer Israel , and fought against all
his enemies on euery side, against Mo-
ab, and against the children of Ammon,
and against Edom , and against the
kings of Zobah, and against the Phili-
stines : and whithersoeuer hee turned
himselfe, he vexed them.
H Or, wroght 48 And he || gathered an hoste, and
mightily
smote the Amalekites , and deliuered
Israel out of the handes of them that
spoiled them.
49 Now the sonnes of Saul , were
lonathan, and Ishui , and Melchi-
shua : arid the names of his two daugh-
ters were these : the name of the first
borne Merab, and the name of the yon-
ger Michal :
50 And the name of Sauls wife was
Ahinoam , the daughter of Ahimaaz,
and the name of the captaine of his host
was Abner, the sonne of Ner, Sauls
vncle.
51 And Kish was the father of Saul,
and Ner the father of Abner was the
sonne of AbieL
5£ And there was sore warre against
the Philistines, all the dayes of Saul :
and when Saul saw any strong man,
or any valiant man , he tooke him vnto
him.
C H A P . XV.
1 Samuel sendeth Saul to destroy Amalek. 6
Saul fauoureth the Kenites. 8 Hee spareth
Agag and the best of the spoile. 10 Samuel
denounceth vnto Saul commending and ex-
Saul fpareth Agag.
cusing himselfe, Gods reiection of him for his
disobedience. 24 Sauls humiliation. 32 Sa-
muel killeth Agag. 34 Samuel and Saul part
Amuel also saide vnto
S Saul, *The LOED sent •16.Chap. 9.
me to annoint thee to bee
king ouer his people, ouei
Israel : nowe therefore
hearken thou vnto the voyce of the
words of the LORD.
£ Thus saith the LORD of hosts,
I remember that which Amalek did to
Israel, * how he laid wait for him in the 8.* Exod. 17.
num. 24.
way when he came vp from Egypt. 20.
3 Now goe, and smite Amalek, and
vtterly destroy all that they haue , and
spare them not; but slay both man and
woman , infant and suckling , oxe and
sheepe, camell and asse.
4 And Saul gathered the people
together, and numbred them in Te-
laim, two hundred thousand footmen,
and ten thousand men of ludah.
5 And Saul came to a citie of Ama-
lek, and || laid waite in the valley. B Or, fought.
6 IT And Saul saide vnto the Ke-
nites, Goe, depart, get you downe from
among the Amalekites, lest I destroy
you with them : for yee shewed kind-
nesse to all the children of Israel when
they came vp out of Egypt. So the
Kenites departed from among the A-
malekites.
7 And Saul smote the Amalekites
from Hauilah , vntill thou eommest to
Shur, that is ouer against Egypt.
8 And hee tooke Agag the king of
the Amalekites aliue , and vtterly de-
stroyed all the people with the edge of
the sword.
9 But Saul and the people spared
Agag, and the best of the sheepe, and of
the oxen, and of the ||fatlings, and the 1 Or, of the
lambes , and all that was good , and second sort.
would not vtterly destroy them : but e-
uery thing that was vile , and refuse,
that they destroyed vtterly.
10 1F Then came the word of the
LORD vnto Samuel, saying;
11 It repenteth me that I haue set
vp Saul to be king : for hee is turned
backe from following me, and hath not
performed my commandements. And
it grieued Samuel ; and he cried vnto
the LORD all night.
12 And when Samuel rose early to
meet Saul in the morning, it was tolde
Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel,
and behold, he set him vp a place, and is
gone
[Saul reproued. Chap.xvj.
gone about, and passed on, and gone
downe to Gilgal.
13 And Samuel came to Saul, anc
Saul said vnto him, Blessed be thou of
the L O R D : I haue performed the
commandement of the LORD.
14» And Samuel said, What mea-
neth then this bleating of the sheepe in
mine eares, and the lowing of the oxen
which I heare?
15 And Saul sayde, They haue
brought them from the Amalekites:
for the people spared the best of the
sheepe, and of the oxen, to sacrifice vnto
the L O R D thy God, and the rest we
haue vtterly destroyed.
16 Then Samuel sayd vnto Saul,
Stay, and I will tell thee what the
L O R D hath said to mee this night.
And he said vnto him, Say on.
17 And Samuel said, When thou
wast litle in thine owne sight, wast thou
not made the Head of the tribes of Is-
rael, and the L O R D anointed thee
King ouer Israel ?
18 And the LORD sent thee on a
iourney, and said, Goe, and vtterly de-
stroy the sinners the Amalekites, and
^ Set. they
consume
fight against them , vntill t they be con-
them. sumed.
19 Wherefore then didst thou not o-
bey the voice of the LORD , but didst
flie vpon the spoile, and didst euill in the
sight of the LORD ?
20 And Saul said vnto Samuel;
Yea, I haue obeyed the voice of the
LORD, and haue gone the way which
the LORD sent me, and haue brought
Agag the king of Amalek, and haue vt-
terly destroyed the Amalekites.
£1 But the people tooke of the spoile,
sheepe and oxen, the chiefe of the things
which should haue bene vtterly de-
stroyed , to sacrifice vnto the LORD
thy God in Gilgal.
22 And Samuel saide, Hath the
LORD as great delight in burnt offer-
ings and sacrifices , as in obeying the
* Eccles. voice of the L O R D ? Behold, *to o-
4. 17. ose. 6. sey, is better then sacrifice : and to hear-
7. matt. 9.
3. and 12. ten, then the fat of rammes.
7.
tHeb. diui- 23 For rebellion is as the sin of twitch-
nation. craft, and stubburnnesse is as iniquitie
and idolatrie : because thou hast reiec-
ted the word of the LORD, he hath al-
so reiected thee from being king.
24? IT And Saul said vnto Samuel,
t haue sinned: for I haue transgressed
the Commandement of the LORD,
Agag ilaine.
and thy wordes ; because I feared the
people, and obeyed their voice.
25 Now therefore, I pray thee, par
don my sinne, and turne againe with
me, that I may worship the LORD.
26 And Samuel said vnto Saul, ]
will not returne with thee : for thou
hast reiected the word of the L O R D
and the LORD hath reiected thee from
being king ouer Israel.
27 And as Samuel turned about to
goe away, he laid hold vpon the skirt oi
his mantle, and it rent.
28 And Samuel said vnto him, The
L O R D hath rent the kingdome oi
Israel from thee this day, and hath gi-
uen it to a neighbour of thine, that is bet-
ter then thou.
29 And also the || strength of Israel 1\ieOr,t or,
eterni-
vi-
will not lie, nor repent : for he is not a ctory.
man that he should repent.
30 Then he said, I haue sinned; yet
honour me now, I pray thee, before the
Elders of my people, and before Israel,
and turne againe with me, that I may
worship the LORD thy God.
31 So Samuel turned againe af-
ter Saul, and Saul worshipped the
LORD.
32 H Then said Samuel, Bring you
hither to me Agag the king of the Ama-
lekites : and Agag came vnto him deli-
cately. And Agag said, Surely the bit-
ternesse of death is past.
33 And Samuel said, •* As thy sword * Expd. 17-
lath made women childlesse, so shall 14.1. 45.num.
thy mother bee childlesse among wo-
men. And Samuel hewed Agag in pie-
ces before the L O R D in Gilgal.
34? IT Then Samuel went to Ra-
man, and Saul went vp to his house to
Gibeah of Saul.
35 And Samuel came no more tq see
Saul vntill the day of his death : neuer-
thelesse, Samuel mourned for Saul:
and the L O R D repented that he had
made Saul king ouer Israel.
C H A P . XVI.
1 Samuel sent by God, vnder pretence of a sa-
crifice, commeth to Bethlehem. 6 His hu-
mane iudgement is reprooued. 11 He an-
ointeth Dauid. 15 Saul sendeth for Dauid
to quiet his euill spirit.
Nd the LORD said vnto
A
Samuel, How long wilt
thou mourne for Saul,
seeing I haue reiected
him from reigning ouer
Israel?
Samuel is fent, and I.Samuel.
Israel ? Fill thine home with oile, and
roe, I will send thee to lesse the Beth-
lehemite: for I haue prouided mee a
King among his sonnes.
2 And Samuel said , How can I
goe ? if Saul heare it, he will kill mee.
And the LORD said, Take an heifer
• Heir, in twith thee, and say, I am come to sacri-
nine hoifid.
fice to the LORD.
3 And call lesse to the sacrifice, and
I will shew thee what thou shalt doe :
and thou shalt anoynt vnto mee him
whom I name vnto thee.
4 And Samuel did that which the
L O R D spake, and came to Bethle-
hem : and the elders of the towne trem-
t Hebr. mee- bled at his tcomming, and said, Com-
tiruf
tt'lg.
mest thou peaceably ?
5 And hee said , Peaceably : I am
come to sacrifice vnto the LORD : san-
ctifie your selues, and come with me to
the sacrifice: and he sanctified lesse, and
his sonnes, and called them to the sa-
crifice.
6 H And it came to passe when they
were come, that he looked on Eliab,
and said, Surely the LORDS anoin-
ted is before him.
7 But the L O R D said vnto Sa-
muel, Looke not on his countenance,
or on the height of his stature, because
I haue refused him : for the LORD seeth
not, as man seeth ; For man looketh on
\Hebr.eyes. the t outward appearance , but the
* i. Chron. LORD looketh on the * heart.
28. 9. psal.
7. 9. ierem. 8 Then lesse called Abinadab, and
11. 20. and
17* 10. and made him passe before Samuel : and he
20. 12. said) Neither hath the LORD cho-
sen this.
9 Then lesse made Shammah to
passe by : and he said, Neither hath the
LORD chosen this.
10 Again e lesse made seuen of his
sonnes to passe before Samuel; and
Samuel said vnto lesse, The LORD
hath not chosen these.
11 And Samuel saide vnto lesse,
Are here all thy children ? And he said,
There remaineth yet the yongest, and
behold, he keepeth the sheepe. And Sa-
* 2. Sam. 7. muel said vnto lesse, *Send, and fetch
3. psal. 78.
71. him : for we will not sit tdowne, till hee
\Heb.round. come hither.
12 And he sent, and brought him in:
t Hebr.faire nowhesms ruddy, and withalt of a beau-
of eyes. tiful! countenance, and goodly to looke
to : And the LORD said, Arise, anoint
him : for this is he.
13 Then Samuel tooke the home of
annointeth Dauid.
oile, and annointed him in the midst of
his brethren : and the Spirit of the
LOED came vpon Dauid, from that
day forward : So Samuel rose vp and
went to Ram ah.
14 IT But the spirit of the LORD
departed from Saul, and an euil spirit
from the LORD || troubled him. II Or, terri-
15 And Sauls seruants said vnto fied.
him, Behold now, an euill spirit from
God troubleth thee.
16 Let our lord now command thy
seruants which are before thee, to seeke
out a man, who is a cunning player on
an harpe : and it shall come to passe
when the euill spirit from God is vpon
thee, that hee shall play with his hand,
and thou shalt be well.
17 And Saul said vnto his seruants,
Prouide mee now a man, that can play
well, and bring him to me.
18 Then answered one of the ser-
uants, and said, Behold, I haue seene a
sonne of lesse the Bethlehemite, that
is cunning in playing, and a mighty va-
liant man, and a man of warre, and
prudent in || matters, and a comely per- 8 Or, speech.
son, and the LORD is with him.
19 1f Wherefore Saul sent messen-
gers vnto lesse, and said, Send me Da-
uid thy sonne, which is with the sheepe.
20 And lesse tooke an asse laden
with bread, and a bottle of wine, and
a kid, and sent them by Dauid his sonne
vnto Saul.
21 And Dauid came to Saul, and
stood before him: and hee loued him
greatly, and hee became his armour
Bearer.
22 And Saul sent to lesse, saying,
Let Dauid , I pray thee , stand before
me : for hee hath found fauour in my
sight.
23 And it came to passe, when the
euitt spirit from God was vpon Saul,
that Dauid tooke an harpe, and played
with his hand : So Saul was refre-
shed, and was well, and the euill spirit
departed from him.
\_/ JLA <rv JT. .A. v JL JL.
1 The armies of the Israelites, and Philistines
heeing readie to battell, 4 Goliath com-
meth proudly forth, to chalenge a combate.
12 Dauid sent by his father to visit his bre-
thren, taketh the chalenge. 28 Eliab chideth
him. 30 He is brought to Saul. 32 He
sheweth the reason of his confidence. 38
Without
Goliath defieth the Chap.xiiij.
Without armour, armed by faith, he slayeth
the Giant. 55 Saul taketh notice of Dauid.
Ow the Philistines gathe-
N red together their armies
to battell, and were gathe-
red together at Shochoh,
which belongeth to ludah,
and pitched betweene Shochoh and A-
II Or, the zekah, in ||Ephes-Dammim*
coast of
Dammim. 2 And Saul and the men of Israel
were gathered together, and pitched by
t Heb. ran- the valley of Elah, and tset the battell
ged the bat-
tell. in aray against the Philistines.
3 And the Philistines stood on a
mountaine on the one side, and Israel
stood on a mountaine on the other side:
and there was a valley betweene them.
4 11 And there went out a cham-
pion out of the campe of the Philistines,
named Goliath of Gath : whose height
was sixe cubites and a span.
5 And he had an helmet of brasse vp-
t Heb. cloa- on his head, and he was farmed with
thed.
a coate of male : and the weight of the
coat was fiue thousand shekels of brasse.
6 And he had greaues of brasse vp-
II Or, gor- on his legs, and a || target of brasse be-
get.
tweene his shoulders*.
7 And the staffe of his speare was
like a weauers beame, and his speares
head weighed sixe hundred shekels of y-
roh; and one bearing a shield, went be-
fore him.
8 And hee stood and cried vnto the
armies of Israel, and said vnto them,
Why are yee come out to set your battell
in aray ? am not I a Philistine, and you
seruants to Saul? chiise you a man for
you, and let him come downe to me*
9 If he be able to fight with mee,
and to kill me, then will we be your ser-
uants : but if I preuaile against him,
and kill him , then shall yee be our ser-
uants, and serue vs.
10 And the Philistine said, I defie
the armies of Israel this day ; giue me
a man, that we may fight together.
11 When Saul and all Israel heard
those words of the Philistine, they were
dismayed, and greatly afraid.
* Chap, 12 If Now Dauid was * the sonne of
16. 1.
that Ephrathite of Bethlehem ludah,
whose name was lesse, and hee had
eight sonnes : and the man went a-
mong men for an old man in the dayes
of Saul.
13 And the three eldest sonnesof lesse
went, and followed Saul to the battell ;
and the names of his three sonnes that
armies of Ifrael,
went to the battell, were^ Eliab the first
borne, and next vnto him, Abinadab,
and the third, Shammah*
14? And Dauid was the yongest: and
the three eldest followed Saul.
15 But Dauid went, and returned
from Saul, to feed his fathers sheepe
at Bethlehem,
16 And the Philistine drewe neere,
morning and euening, and presented
himselfe forty dayes.
17 And lesse said vnto Dauid his
sonne, Take now for thy brethren an
ephah of this parched corne, and these
ten loaues, and run to the campe to thy
brethren.
18 And carie these ten t cheeses vnto t He 6. chee-
the t Captaine of their thousand , and ses ofmilke.
t Heb. cap-
looke how thy brethren fare, and take taine of a
ulOHSand.
their pledge.
19 Now Saul, and they, and all the
men of Israel were in the valley of E-
lah, fighting with the Philistines.
20 H And Dauid rose vp earely in
the morning, and left the sheepe with a
keeper, and tooke, and went, as lesse
had commanded him ; and he came to
the || trench, as the host was going forth the
II Or, place oj
cariage.
to || the fight, and shouted for the bat- H Or, battell
tel). ray* or place
oj jignt.
nf fiirht
21 For Israel and the Philistines
had put the battel in aray, army against
armie.
22 And Dauid left t his cariage in t Hebr. the
vexselxfrom
the hand of the keeper of the cariage, vjxtn him.
and ranne into the armie, and came and
t saluted his brethren. t Heb. asked
23 And as he talked with them, be- his brethren
of peace.
hold, there came vp the champion (the
Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name)
out of the armies of the Philistines, and
spake according to the same words: and
Dauid heard tfiem.
24 And all the men of Israel, when
they saw the man, fled tfrom him, and t Heb. from
his face.
were sore afraid.
25 And the men of Israel said, Haue
yee scene this man that is come vp ?
Surely to defie Israel is he come vp :
and it shall be that the man who killeth
him, the king wil enrich him with great
riches, and *will giue him his daugh- * losh. is.
ter, and make his fathers house free in IG.
Israel.
26 And Dauid spake to the men that
stood by him, saying; What shall bee
done to the man that killeth this Phi-
listine, and taketh away the reproch
from Israel? for who , is this vncir-
cumcised
Dauids faith : He LSarmiel.
cumcised Philistine, that he should de-
fie the armies of the liuing God ?
£7 And the people answered him
after this maner, saying, So shall it be
dTone to the man that kiileth him.
28 f And Eliab his eldest brother
heard when he spake vnto the men, and
Eliabs anger was kindled against Da-
uid, and he said, Why earnest thou down
hither ? and with whom hast thou left
those few sheepe in the wildernesse ? I
know thy pride, and the naughtinesse of
thine heart ; for thou art come downe,
that thou mightest see the battell.
£9 And Dauid saide, What haue I
now done ? Is there not a cause ?
30 11 And hee turned from him to-
wards another, and spake after the
t Heir. same t maner : and the people answered
word.
him againe after the former maner.
31 And when the words were heard
which Dauid spake , they rehearsed
t Heb. tooke them before Saul : and he tsent for him.
ntm.
L -•
32 f And Dauid said to Saul, Let
no mans heart faile , because of him :
thy seruant will goe and fight with this
Philistine.
33 And Saul said to Dauid, Thou
art not able to goe against this Phili-
stine, to fight with him : for thou art but a
youth, and he a man of warre from his
youth.
34 And Dauid said vnto Saul, Thy
seruant kept his fathers sheepe, and
there came a Lyon , and a Beare, and
II Or, kid. tooke a jjlambe out of theflocke:
35 And I went out after him, and
smote him, and deliuered it out of his
mouth : and when he arose against me.
I caught him by his beard, and smote
him, and slew him.
36 Thy seruant slew both the Lyon
and the Beare: and this vncircumcised
Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing
he hath defied the armies of the liuing
God.
37 Dauid saide moreouer , The
L O R D that deliuered me out of the
paw of the Lyon, and out of the pawe
of the Beare, he will deliuer me out of
the hand of this Philistine. .And Saul
said vnto Dauid, Goe, and the LORD
be with thee.
38 f And Saul farmed Dauid with
t Heb. doa. his armour, and hee put an helmet of
thed, &c.
with fits brasse vpon his head, also he armed him
cloathes. with a coat of male.
39 And Dauid girded his sword vp-
on his armour, and he assayed to goe.
kiileth Goliath.
for he had not proued it: and Dauid said
vnto Saul, I cannot goe with these:
for I haue not proued them. And Da-
uid put them off him.
40 And hee tooke his staffe in his
hand, and chose him flue smoothe stones
out of the ||brooke, and put them in a 11 Or, valley.
shepheards tbag which he had, euen in t Heb. ves-
a scrip, and his sling was in his hande, sell.
and he drew neere to the Philistine.
41 And the Philistine came on and
drew neere vnto Dauid, and the man
that bare the shield, went before him.
42 And when the Philistine looked
about, and saw Dauid, hee disdained
him : for he was but a youth, and ruddy,
and of a faire countenance.
43 And the Philistine said vnto Da-
uid, Am I a dog, that thou commest to
me with staues ? and the Philistine cur-
sed Dauid by his gods.
44 And the Philistine said to Dauid,
Come to me, and I will giue thy flesh
vnto the foules of the aire, and to the
beasts of the field.
45 Then said Dauid to the Phili-
stine, Thou commest to mee with a
sword , and with a speare , and with a
shield : but I come to thee in the Name
of the LORD of hostes, the God of
the armies of Israel, whom thou bast
defied.
46 This day wil the LORD tdelir \ Hebr. shut
uer thee into mine hand, and I will thee vp.
smite thee , and take thine head from
thee, and I wil giue the carkeises of the
host of the Philistines this day vnto the
foules of the aire, and to the wild beasts
of the earth , that all the earth may
know that there is a God in Israel.
47 And all this assembly $hal know
that the LORD saueth not with sword
& speare (for the battell is the LORDS)
and he will giue you into our hands.
48 And it came to passe when the
Philistine arose, and came , and drewe
nigh to meet Dauid, that Dauid hasted,
and ran toward the armie to meete the
Philistine. ....
49 And Dauid put Ijis hande in his
bag, and tooke thence a stone, and slang
it, & smote the Philistine in his forehead,
that the stone sunke into his forehead,
and he fell vpon his face to the earth.
50 So * Dauid preuailed ouer the * Ecclus.
47. 4. 1.
Philistine with a sling and with a stone, mace. 4. 30.
and smote the Philistine, and slew him,
but there was no sword in the hande of
Dauid.
51 There-
[onathans loue to Chap.xviij.
51 Therefore Dauid ran and stood
vpon the Philistine , and tooke his
sword, and drewe it out of the sheath
thereof, and slew him , and cut off his
head therewith. And when the Phili-
stines sawe their champion was dead,
they fled.
52 And the men of Israel , and of
ludah arose, and shouted, and pursued
the Philistines, vntill thou come to the
valley, and to the gates of Ekron : and
the wounded of the Philistines fell
downe by the way to Shaaraim , euen
vnto Gath, and vnto Ekron.
53 And the children of Israel retur-
ned from chasing after the Philistines,
and they spoiled their tents.
54? And Dauid tooke the head of the
Philistine, and brought it to lerusa-
lem, but he put his armour in his tent.
55 f And when Saul sawe Dauid
goe forth against the Philistine, he sayd
vnto Abner the captaine of the hoste,
Abner, whose sonne is this youth? And
Abner said, As thy soule Jiueth, 0 king,
[ cannot telL
56 And the king said, Enquire thou
whose sonne the stripling is.
57 And as Dauid returned from the
slaughter of the Philistine, Abner tooke
trim, & brought him before Saul, with
the head of the Philistine in his hand.
58 And Saul saide to him , Whose
sonne art thou, thou yong man? Anc
Dauid answered, I am the sonne of thy
seruant lesse, the Bethlehemite. .
C H A P . XVIII.
1 Jonathan loueth Dauid. 5 Saul enuieth his
praise, 10 Seeketh to kill him in his furie,
12 Feareth him for his good successe, 17 Of-
fereth him his daughters for a snare. 22 Da-
uid perswaded to be the Kings sonne in law,
giueth two hundred foreskinnes of the Phili-
stines for Michals dowrie. 28 Sauls hatred,
and Dauids glory increaseth.
Nd it came to passe when
A hee made an ende of spea
king vnto Saul, that the
soule of lonathan was
knit with the soule of Da
uid, and lonathan loued him as his
owne soule.
2 And Saul tooke him that day,
and would let him go no more home to
his fathers house.
3 Then lonathan and Dauid made
a couenant, because he loued him as his
owne soule.
Dauid. Sauls emrie.
4 And lonathan stript himselfe of
the robe that was vpon him, and gaue it
to Dauid, and his garments, euen to
us sword, and to his bow, and to his
jirdie.
5 U And Dauid went out, whither
soeuer Saul sent him , and || behaued red* Or, prospe-
rimselfe wisely : and Saul set him ouer
the men of warre, and he was accepted
in the sight of all the people, and also in
the sight of Sauls seruants.
6 And it came to passe as they came
when Dauid was returned from the
slaughter of the || Philistine, that the Or, PAt-
women came out of all cities of Israel, is tines.
singing and dancing, to meete king
Saul, with tabrets, with ioy, and with
[•instruments of musicke. t Heb. three
stringed in-
7 And the women answered one struments.
another as they played, and said, *Saul *11: Chap. 21.
and 29.
lath slaine his thousands , and Dauid 5. ecclus.
47.6.
ris ten thousands.
8 And Saul was very wroth, and
the say ing t displeased him, and he sayd, \ ffebr. was
They haue ascribed vnto Dauid tenne euiUinhis
eyes.
thousands, and to me they haue ascri-
bed but thousands: and what can he haue
more, but the kingdome ?
9 And Saul eyed Dauid from that
day, and forward.
10 If And it came to passe on the
morrow, that the euill spirit from Goc
came vpon Saul, and he prophecied in
tbe midst of the house : and Dauid play-
ed with his hand, as at other times:
and there was a iauelin in Sauls hand.
11 And Saul cast the iauelin; for hee
said, I will smite Dauid euen to the
,wall
. with it : and. Dauid auoided out oi
his presence twice.
12 11 And Saul was afraid of Da-
uid , because the L O R D was with
him, and was departed from Saul.
13 Therefore Saul remooued him
from him , and made him his captaine
ouer a thousand, and hee went out anc
came m before tne people.
14* And Dauid || behaued himselfe iOr,vnspe-
wisely in all his wayes; & the LORD red.
was with him.
15 Wherefore when Saul saw that
hee behaued himselfe very wisely, hee
was afraid of him.
16 But all Israel and ludah loued
Dauid, because hee went out and came
in before them.
17 II And Saul said to Dauid, Be-
hold, my elder daughter Merab, her
will I giue thee to wife t onely be thou
t valiant
Michal Dauids wife. LSamuel, Jonathans loue.
1 Hebr. a t valiant for me, and fight the LORDS fraid of Dauid; and Saul became Da-
sonne of va- battels : for Saul said , Let not mine uids enemie continually.
lour.
hand be vpon him , but let the hand of 30 Then the Princes of the Phili-
the Philistines be vpon him. stines went foorth : and it came to passe
18 And Dauid said vnto Saul, Who after they went foorth, that Dauid beha-
am I ? and what is my life , or my fa- ued himselfe more wisely then all the
thers family in Israel , that I should seruants of Saul, so that his name was
be sonne in law to the king ? tmuch set by. t Hebr. pre-
cious.
19 But it came to passe at the time
when Merab Sauls daughter should
haue beene giuen to Dauid , that shee CHAP. XIX.
was giuen vnto Adriel the Mehola-
Jiite to wife. 1 Jonathan discloseth his fathers purpose to kil]
Dauid. 4 Hee perswadeth his father to re-
£0 And Michal Sauls daughter lo- conciliation. 8 By reason of Dauids good
ued Dauid : and they tolde Saul , and successe in a new warre, Sauls malicious rage
t Hebr. was the thing t pleased him. breaketh out against him. 12 Michal decei-
right in his ueth her father with an image in Dauids bed.
eyes. £1 And SaUl said, I will giue him 18 Dauid commeth to Samuel in Naioth.
ler, that she may be a snare to him, and 20 Sauls messengers sent to take Dauid, 22
that the hand of the Philistines may be and Saul himselfe, prophesie.
against him. Wherefore Saul said to
Dauid, Thou shalt this day be my S^Rj&BjJ^fi Nd Saul spake to lona-
sonne in law, in the one cyf the twaine. £gm¥Sn than his sonne, and to
%% IT And Saul commanded his ser- ^^^^^g all his seruants, that they
uants, saying, Commune with Dauid f^^^ should kill Dauid.
secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath ^Sil^l^l 2 But Jonathan Sauls
delight in thee, and all his seruants loue sonne delighted much in Dauid, and
thee : now therefore be the kings sonne Jonathan told Dauid, saying, Saul
n law. my father seeketh to kill thee : Now
23 And Sauls seruants spake those therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thy
wordes in the eares of Dauid ; And selfe vntill the morning , and abide in a
Oauid said, Seemeth it to you a light secret place, and hide thy selfe :
thing to be a kings sonne in law, seeing 3 And I will goe out and stand be-
that I am a poore man, and lightly side my father in the field where thou
esteemed ? art, and I will commune with my fa-
24? And the seruants of Saul tolde ther of thee, and what I see, that I will
\ Hebr. ac- lim, saying; t On this manner spake tell thee.
cording to
these woras. Dauid. 4 11 And Jonathan spake good of
25 And Saul said, Thus shall yee Dauid vnto Saul his father, and said
say to Dauid , The King desirc&k not vnto him , Let not the King sinne a-
any dowrie, but an hundred foreskinnes gainst his seruant , against Dauid : be-
of the Philistines, to be auenged of the cause hee hath not sinned against thee,
cings enemies. But Saul thought to and because his workes haue bene to thee
make Dauid fal by the band of the Phi- ward very good.
istines. 5 For he did put his *life in his hand, * ludg. D.
26 And when his seruants told Da- and slew the Philistine, & the LOHD 3.17*chap. and 12.
28.
uid these wordes, it pleased Dauid well wrought a great valuation for all Is- L19.psalm. 21.
109.
to be the kings sonne in lawe : and the rael : thou sawest it, and didst reioyce:
\Hebr. ful- dayes were not t expired. Wherefore then wilt thou sinne against
filled.
27 Wherefore Dauid arose, hee and innocent blood , to slay Dauid without
lis men, and slew of the Philistines two a cause ?
lundred men, and Dauid brought their 6 And Saul hearkened vnto the
foreskinnes , and they gaue them in fullvoyce of Jonathan ; and Saul sware,
;ale to the king, that hee might be the As the LORD liueth, he shall not be
tings sonne in law : and Saul gaue him slaine.
Michal his daughter to wife. 7 And Jonathan called Dauid,
28 1T And Saul saw and knew that and Jonathan shewed him all those
the LORD was with Dauid, and that things : and Jonathan brought Dauid
Michal Sauls daughter loued him. to Saul, and he was in his presence, as Hebr. ye-
terday,
29 And Saul was yet the more a- tin times past third aay.
8 IT And
Dauid efcapeth. Chap.xx.
8 1T And there was warre againe,
and Dauid went out, and fought with
the Philistines, and slew them with a
t Heb. his great slaughter, & they fled from thim.
face.
9 And the euill spirit from the
LORD was vpon Saul, as he sate in
his house with his iauelin in his hand :
and Dauid played with his hand.
10 And Saul sought to smite Dauid
euen to the wall with the iauelin : but
hee slipt away out of Sauls presence,
and he smote the iauelin into the wall:
and Dauid fled, and escaped that night.
11 Saul also sent messengers vnto
Dauids house, to watch him, and to slay
him in the morning : and Michal Da-
uids wife tolde him , saying , If thou
saue not thy life to night , to morrow
thou shalt be slaine.
12 U So Michal let Dauid downe
thorow a window : and hee went and
fled, and escaped.
13 And Michal tooke an image, and
laid it in the bedde , and put a pillow of
goats haire for his bolster, and couered
it with a cloth.
14 And when baul sent messengers
to take Dauid, she said, He is sicke.
15 And Saul sent the messengers
againe to see Dauid, saying, Bring him
vp to me in the bedde, that I may slay
him.
16 And when the messengers were
come in, behold, there was an image in
the bed, with a pillow of goates haire
for his bolster.
17 And Saul said vnto Michal, Why
hast thou deceiued me so, and sent away
mine enemie, that he is escaped? And
Michal answered Saul, Hee said vnto
me, Let mee goe; Why should I kill
thee ?
18 IF So Dauid fledde, and escaped,
and came to Samuel to Ramah, and
told him all that Saul had done to him:
and hee and Samuel went, and dwelt
in Naioth.
19 And it was told Saul, saying, Be-
hold , Dauid is at Naioth in Ramah.
20 And Saul sent messengers to
take Dauid : and when they sawe the
company of the Prophets prophecying,
and Samuel standing as appointed o-
uer them, the Spirit of God was vpon
the messengers of Saul, and they also
prophecied.
21 And when it was tolde Saul, he
sent other messengers, and they prophe-
cied likewise: and Saul sent messen-
Saul prophelieth.
gers againe the third time , and they
prophecied also.
22 Then went hee also to Ramah,
and came to a great well that is in Se-
chu: and he asked, and said, Where are
Samuel and Dauid? And one said, Be-
hold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.
23 And hee went thither to Naioth
in Ramah : and the Spirit of God was
vpon him also, and he went on and pro-
phecied vntill hee came to Naioth in
Ramah :
24 And he stript off his clothes also,
and prophecied before Samuel in like
manner, and flay downe naked all that t Heb. fell.
day, and all that night: wherefore they
say , * Is Saul also among the Pro- * Chap. 10.
phets ? 11.
CHAP. XX.
I Dauid consulteth with Jonathan for his safe-
tie. 1 1 lonathan and Dauid renew their co-
uenant by oath. 18 Jonathans token to Da-
uid. 24 Saul missing Dauid, seeketh to kill
lonathan. 35 lonathan louingly taketh his
leaue of Dauid.
Nd Dauid fled from Nai-
a oth in Ramah, and came
and said before lonathan,
What haue I done? what
is mine iniquity? and what
is my sinne before thy father, that he see-
keth my life ?
2 And he said vnto him, God forbid,
thou shalt not die; beholde, my father
will doe nothing, either great or small,
but that he will tshew it me : and why Mieb. vnco.
should my father hide this thing from ^H*"
me ? it is not so.
3 And Dauid sware moreouer, and
said, Thy father certeinly knoweth
that I haue found grace in thine eyes,
and he sayth, Let not lonathan know
this,lest he be grieued: but truely ,a$ the
LORD liueth, and as thy soule liueth,
there is but a step betweene me & death,
4 Then said lonathan vnto Da-
uid, || Whatsoeuer thy soule t desireth, H Or, say,
I will euen doe it for thee. ±£2T/
5 And Dauid said vnto lonathan, u>Wdoet$c.
Behold, to morrow is the new moone, l^h,or&.
and I should not faile to sit with the keth*
king at meate : but let me goe 5 that I
may hide my selfe in the fields vnto the
third day at euen.
6 If thy father at all misse me, then
say, Dauid earnestly asked leaue of me
that he might runne to Bethlehem his
citie:
Lonathans couenant I.Samuel.
I Or, feast. citie: for there isayeerely || sacrifice there
or all the family.
7 If he say thus , It fa well, thy ser-
uant shall haue peace : but if he be very
wroth , then be sure that euill is deter-
mined by him.
8 Therefore thou shalt deale kindly
* Chap. 18. with thy seruant,for *thou hast brought
L and 23.
18. hy seruant into a couenant of the
LORD with thee: notwithstanding.
if there be in me iniquitie, slay me thy
selfe : for why shouldest thou bring me
to thy father ?
9 And lonathan said, Farre be it
Tom thee : for if I knew certainely that
euill were determined by my father to
come vpon thee, then would not I tell
it thee ?
10 Then said Dauid to lonathan,
Who shall tell me? or what if thy father
answere thee roughly?
11 IT And lonatnan said vnto Da-
uid, Come, and let vs goe out into the
ield. And they went out both of them
into the field.
12 And lonathan said vnto Dauid,
3 LORD God of Israel, when I
t Heb. sear. laue t sounded my father, about to
/»ttait
'fUf&t
morrow any time, or the third day, and
sehold, if there be good toward Dauid,
and I then send not vnto thee, and
Heb. vn- tshew it thee ;
couer thine
eare. 13 The LORD doe so and much
more to lonathan : but if it please my
father to doe thee euill, then I wil shew
it thee, and send thee away, that thou
mayest goe in peace, and the LORD be
with thee , as hee hath beene with my
father.
14 And thou shalt not onely while
yet I liue, shew me the kindnesse of the
LORD, that I die not :
15 But also thou shalt not cut off thy
kindnesse from my house for euer : no
not when the LORD hath cut off the
enemies of Dauid , euery one from the
face of the earth.
t Heb. cut. 16 So lonathan tmade a couenant
with the house of Dauid, saying^ Let the
LORD euen require it at the hande oi
Dauids enemies.
17 And lonathan caused Dauid to
II Or, byhis sweare againe, || because he loued him :
tout towards
hm. for he loued him as he loued his owne
soule.
18 Then lonathan said to Dauid,
To morrow is the newe moone: anc
thou shalt be missed, because thy seat wi
\Heb.mmed be temptie.
with Dauid.
19 And when thou hast stayed three
dayes , then thou shalt goe downe
| quickly, and come to the place where 1 Or, rftYi-
;hou diddest hide thy selfe, twhen the gently.
greatly.
Heb.
Dusinesse was in hand, and shalt remaine \layHeb. in the
of the
3y the stone ||Ezel. wsinesse.
\
20 And I will shoot three arrowes \heweth Or, that
the
on the side thereof^ as though I shot at way.
a marke.
21 And behold , I will send a ladde,
saying^ Goe , find out the arrowes. If
[ expresly say vnto the lad, Behold, the
arrowes are on this side of thee, take
them: then come thou, for there is peace
;o thee, and tno hurt, as the LORD tiny Heb. not
thiJig*
iiueth.
22 But if I say thus vnto the yong
man, Behold, the arrowes are beyond
thee : goe thy way, for the LORD hath
sent thee away.
23 And as touching the matter which
thou and I haue spoken of, behold, the
LORD be betweene thee and mee for
euer.
24 f So Dauid hid himselfe in the
field : and when the newe moone was
come, the king sate him downe to eate
meate.
25 And the king sate vpon his seate.
as at other times, euen vpon a seate by
the wall : and lonathan arose, and Ab-
ner sate by Sauls side , and Dauids
place was emptie.
26 Neuerthelesse, Saul spake not
any thing that day : for hee thought,
Some thing hath befallen him, hee is
not cleane ; surely he is not cleane.
27 And it came to passe on the mor-
row which was the second day of the
moneth, that Dauids place was emp-
tie : and Saul said vnto lonathan his
sonne, Wherefore commeth not the
sonne of lesse to meat, neither yester-
day nor to day ?
28 And lonathan answered Saul,
Dauid earnestly asked leaue ofme9togoe
to Bethlehem.
29 And he said, Let me goe, I pray
thee, for our familie hath a sacrifice in
the citie, and my brother, hee hath com-
manded mee to be there : and now if I
haue found fauour in thine eyes, let me
get away, I pray thee, and see my bre-
thren : Therefore he commeth not vn-
to the kings table.
30 Then Sauls anger was kindled II Or, thou
against lonathan, and hee said vnto peruerse
ivaKolJ sieo.
Teoeu. IT0Jt
him, || Thou sonne of the peruerse rebel- sonneofper-
lious woman, doe not I know: that thou uerse
lion.
rebel"
hast
lonathans kindnelle. Chap.xxj.
hast chosen the sonne of lesse to thine
owne confusion, andvnto the confusion
of thy mothers nakednesse ?
31 For as long as the sonne of lesse
liueth vpon the ground, thou shalt not
be stablished, nor thy kingdome: where-
fore now send and fetch him vnto mee,
T hEB, IS THE for he t shall surely die.
SONNE OF
DEATH. 32 And Jonathan answered Saul
his father, and said vnto him , Where-
fore shall hee be slaine? what hath hee
done ?
33 And Saul cast a iauelin at him to
smite him , whereby Jonathan knewe
that it was determined of his father to
slay Dauid.
34 So Jonathan arose from the ta-
ble in fierce anger, and did eate no meat
the second day of the moneth : for hee
was grietied for Dauid , because his fa-
ther had done him shame.
35 1F And it came to passe in the mor-
ning, that Jonathan went out into the
field, at the time appointed with Dauid,
and a little ladde with him.
36 And he said vnto his lad, Runrie,
finde out now the arrowes which I
shoote. And as the ladde ranne, he shot
WIelr.to an arrow tbeyond him.
passe ouer
Tiim. 37 And when the ladde was come
to the place of the arrow, which Jona-
than had shot, Jonathan cryed after
the ladde, and said , Is not the arrow
beyond thee ?
38 And Jonathan cryed after the
ladde, Make speed, haste, stay not. And
lonathans ladde gathered vp the ar-
rowes* and came to his master.
39 But the lad knew not any thing :
onely Jonathan and Dauid knew the
matter.
t Heb. in- 40 And Jonathan gaue his taitil-
struments.
\Hebr.that lery vnto this ladde, and said vnto him,
was his. Goe, cary them to the citie.
4J IF And assoone as the ladde was
gone, Dauid arose out of a place toward
the South , and fell on his face to the
ground , and bowed himselfe three
times : and they kissed one another ,
and wept one with another, vntill Da-
uid exceeded.
42 And Jonathan said to Dauid,
1! Or, Tfce Goe in peace, || forasmuch as wee haue
LORD be
witnessc of sworne both of vs in the Name of the
that which. LORD, saying; The LORD be be-
%c.
tweene me and thee, and betweene my
seede and thy seede for euer. And hee a-
rose, and departed : and Jonathan
went into the citie.
Dauid at Nob.
CHAP. XXi.
1 Dauid at Nob, obtaineth of Ahimelech hal-
lowed bread. 7 Doeg was present. 8 Da-
uid takethGoliaths sword. 10 Dauid atGath
faineth himselfe madde.
Hen came Dauid to Nob,
t
to Ahimelech the Priest,
and Ahimelech was a-
fraide at the meeting of
Dauid, and said vnto him,
Why art thou alone, and no man with
thee ?
£ And Dauid said vnto Ahimelech
the Priest, The king hath commanded
me a businesse, and hath said vnto me,
Let no man know any thing of the bu-
sinesse whereabout I send thee, and
what I haue commanded thee: and I
haue appointed my seruants to such and
such a place.
3 Now therefore what is vnder
thine hand? giue me fiue loaues of bread
in mine hand, or what there is tpresent. t Heb. found.
4 And the Priest answered Dauid,
and said , There is no common bread
vnder mine hand, but there is * hallow- 30.* Exod. 25.
leuit.
ed bread : if the young men haue kept 24. 5. matt.
themselues at least from women. 12. 4.
5 And Dauid answered the Priest,
and said vnto him, Of a trueth women
haue beene kept from vs about these
three dayes, since I came out, and the
vessels of the young men are holy, and
tfte bread is in a manner common, ||yea, II Or, especi-
though it were sanctified this day in the ally whe this
day there is
vessell. other sancti-
fied in the
6 So the Priest gaue him hallowed vessell.
bread; for there was no bread there, but
the Shewbread that was taken from
before the LORD, to put hote bread in
the day when it was taken away.
7 Now a certaine man of the ser-
uants of Saul was there that day, detai-
ned before the LORD, and his name
wcwDoeg an Edomite,the chiefestof the
heardmen that belonged to Saul.
8 IT And Dauid said vnto Ahime-
lech , And is there not here vnder thine
hand speare or sword ? for I haue nei-
ther brought my sword nor my wea-
pons with mee, because the kings busi-
nesse required haste.
9 And the Priest said, The sword of
Goliath the Philistine, whome thou
slewest in * the valley of Elah , behold, « Chap.
it is heere wrapt in a cloth behinde the 17. 2.
Ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it;
for there is no other saue that, here. And
Dauid
 [)auid feemeth mad. I.Samuel.
Dauid saide , There is none like that,
jiue it me.
101) And Dauid arose, and fled that
day, for feare of Saul , and went to A-
chish, the king of Gath.
11 And the seruants of Achish sayd
vnto him, Is not this Dauid the king
of the land ? Did they not sing one to
another of him in daunces, saying,
* Chap. 18. *Saul hath slaine his thousands, and
7. and 29. 6.
ecclus. 47. Dauid his ten thousands ?
Doegs villenie.
him all the while that Dauid was in
the hold.
5 U And the Prophet Gad said vn-
to Dauid, Abide not in the hold; depart,
and get thee into the land of ludah.
Then Dauid departed , and came into
the forrest of Hareth.
6 ^ When Saul heard that Dauid
was discouered, and the men that were
with him j ( now Saul abode in Gi-
)eah vnder a ||tree in Ramah , hauing \0r,grouein
lis speare in his hand , and all his ser- a hie place,
L « ,

6. 12 And Dauid layd vp these wordes

n his heart, and was sore afraid of A- uants were standing about him.)
chish the king of Gath. 7 Then Saul saide vnto his ser-
13 And he changed his behauiour be- uants that stood about him , Heare
bre them , and fained himselfe mad in now, ye Beniamites : Will the sonne of
\\ Or, made their hands, and ||scrabled on the doores [esse giue euery one of you fields, and
market*
of the gate, and let his spittle fall downe Vineyards, and make you all captaines
vpon his beard. of thousands , and captaines of hun-
14? Then saide Achish vnto his ser- dreds :
II Or,playeth uants, Loe, you see the man j|is mad : 8 That all of you haue conspired a-
the mad- wherefore then haue yee brought him gainst me,and there is none that tshew- t Hebr. t>»-
MAN.
to mee ? eth mee , that my sonne hath made a coueretkmine eare.
15 Haue I need of mad-men, that ye eague with the sonne of Jesse , and
laue brought this fellow to play the there is none of you that is sory for me,
mad-man in my presence ? Shall this or sheweth vnto me that my sonne hath
fellow come into my house ? stirred vp my seruant against me, to lye
in wait, as at this day?
9 11 Then answered Doeg the E-
C H A P . XXII. domite , ( which was set ouer the ser-
uants of Saul) and saide, I saw the
1 Companies resort vnto Dauid at Adullam. 3 sonne of lesse comming to Nob, to A-
At Mizpeh he comraendeth his parents vnto
the King of Moab. 5 Admonished by Gad, bimelech the sonne of Ahitub.
hee commeth to Hareth. 6 Saul going to 10 And hee enquired of the L O R D
pursue him, complaineth of his seruants vn- for him , and gaue him victuals , and
faithfulnesse. 9 JDoeg accuseth Ahimelech. sjaue him the sword of Goliath the Phi-
1 1 Saul comandeth to kil the Priests. 1 7 The
footmen refusing, Doeg executeth it 20 A- listine.
biathar escaping, bringeth Dauid the newes. 11 Then the king sent to call Ahime-
iech the Priest, the sonne of Ahitub, and
Auid therefore departec all his fathers house 5 the Priests that

D thence, and escaped to the were in Nob ^ and they came all of them
caue Adullam : and when to the king.
his brethren, and all his fa- 12 And Saul said, Heare now thou
thers house heard it, they sonne of Ahitub : and hee answered,
went downe thither to him. tHere I am, my lord. t Hebr. be.
2 And euery one that was in distresse, 13 And Saul saide vnto him, Why hold me.
t hEBR, HAD and euery one that t was in debt, and eue- haue ye conspired against me, thou anc
A CREDITOUR.
T hEBR, BIT- ry one that was "1° discontented, gathered the sonne of lesse, in that thou hast gi-
TER OF SOULE. tnemselues vnto him, and he became a uen him bread, and a sword, and hasl
captaine ouer them : and there were enquired of God for him, that heshoulc
with him about foure hundred men. rise against mee, to lye in waite, as at
3 1[ And Dauid went thence to this day ?
Mizpeh of Moab; and he said vnto the 14 Then Ahimelech answered the
king of Moab, Let my father, and my king, and said, And who is so faithful
mother, I pray thee, come foorth, and be among all thy seruants, as Dauid,
with you, till I know what God wil which is the kings sonne in law, anc
doe for me. goeth at thy bidding, and is honou-
4 And he brought them before the rable in thine house ?
king of Moab; and they dwelt wit! 15 Did I then beginne to enquire oi
God
Sauls crueltie. Chap.xxiij.
God for him? be it farre from mee: let
not the king impute any thing vnto his
seruant, nor to all the house of my fa-
ther : for thy seruant knew nothing of
\Hebr. title all this, tlesse or more.
or great. 16 And the king saide , Thou shalt
surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy
fathers house.
17 U And the king said vnto the
1 Or, guard. || footmen that stood about him, Turne
Heb. the and slay the Priests of the LORD, be-
runners.
cause their hand also is with Dauid, and
because they knew when he fled, and did
not shew it to mee. But the seruants
of the king would not put foorth their
hand to fall vpon the Priestes of the
LORD. .
18 And the king said to Doeg, Turne
thou and fall vpon the Priests. And
Doeg the Edomite turned, and hee fell
vpon the Priests, and slew on that day
foure score and fiue persons* that did
weare a linnen Ephod.
19 And Nob the citie of the Priests
smote he with the edge of the sword,
both men and women, children and
sucklings , and oxen and asses , and
sheepe, with the edge of the sword.
20 IT And one of the sonnes of Ahi-
melech, the sonne of Ahitub, named A-
biathar, escaped and fled after Dauid :
21 And Abiathar shewed ^Dauid
that Saul had slaine the L O R D S
Priests.
22 And Dauid said vnto Abiathar,
I knew it that day, when Doeg the E-
domite was there, that he would surely
tell Saul : I haue occasioned the death
of all the persons of thy fathers house.
23 Abide thou with me , fcare not :
for he that seeketh my life, seeketh thy
life : but with me thou shalt bee in safe-
gard.
CHAP. XXIII.
1 Dauid enquiring of the Lord by Abiathar,
rescueth Keilah. 7 God shewing him the
comming of Saul and the trecherie of the
Keilites, he escapeth from Keilah. 1 4 In Ziph
lonathan cctmrneth and comforteth him. 19
The Ziphites discouer him to Saul. 25 At
Maon he is rescued from Saul by theinuasion
of the Philistines. 29 He dwelleth at En-eredi.
Hen they told Dauid, say-
T
ing, Beholde, the Phili-
stines fight against Kei-
lah, and they rob the thre-
_ shing floores.
& Therefore Dauid enquired of the
Dauid in Keilah.
LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite
these Philistines ? And the LORD said
vnto Dauid, Goe, and smite the Phili-
stines, and saue Keilah.
3 And Dauids men said vnto him,
Behold, we be afraid here in ludah :
how much more then if wee come to
Keilah against the armies of the Phili-
stines ?
4* Then Dauid enquired of the
L O R D yet againe: And the LORD
answered him, and said, Arise, go down
to Keilah : for I will deliuer the Phili-
stines into thine hand.
5 So Dauid and his men went to
Keilah, and fought with the Philistins,
and brought away their cattell , and
smote them with a great slaughter : so
Dauid saued the inhabitants of Kei-
lah.
6 And it came to passe when Abia-
thar the sonne of Ahimelech * fled to * Chap. 22.
Dauid to Keilah, that hee came downe 20.
wlth-axi Ephod in his hand.
7 H And it was told Saul that Da-
uid was come to Keilah : and Saul
said, God hath deliuered him into mine
hand : for he is shut in, by entring into a
towne that hath gates and barres.
8 And Saul called all the people to-
gether to warre, to goe downe to Kei-
lah, to besiege Dauid, and his men.
9 IF And Dauid knewe that Saul
secretly practised mischiefe against him,
and hee said to Abiathar the Priest,
Bring hither the Ephod.
10 Then saide Dauid, O L O R D
God of Israel, thy seruant hath cer-
tainly heard that Saul seeketh to come
to Keilah , to destroy the citie for my
sake.
11 Will the men of Keilah deliuer me
vp into his hande ? will Saul come
downe, as thy seruant hath heard , O
L O U D God of Israel? I beseech
thee tell thy seruant. And the L O R D
said, He will come downe.
12 Then said Dauid, Will the men -of
Keilah t deliuer me, and my men, into tHebr.shut
the hand of Saul? And the LORD up-
said, They will deliuer thee vp.
13 1T Then Dauid and his men, which
were about sixe hundred, arose, and de-
parted out of Keilah, and went whi-
thersoeuer they could goe: and it was
told Saul that Dauid was escaped
from Keilah, and hee forbare to goe
foorth. -
14 And Dauid abode in the wilder-
nesse
 Dauid deliuered, I.Samuel.
nesse in strong holds, and remained in
a mountaine in the wijdernes of Ziph :
and Saul sought him euery day , but
5od deliuered him not into his hand.
15 And Dauid saw that Saul was
come out to seeke his life : and Dauid
was in the wildernes of Ziph in a wood.
16 IF And Jonathan Sauls sonne
arose, & went to Dauid into the wood,
and strengthened his hand in God.
17 And he said vnto him, Feare not;
or the hand of Saul my father shall
not finde thee, and thou shalt be king o-
uer Israel, and I shall be next vnto
,hee . and that also Saul my father
tnoweth.
18 And they two made a couenant
>efore the L O R D : and Dauid abode
n the wood, and Jonathan went to
iis house.
19 IF Then came vp the Ziphites to
Saul to Gibeah, saving, Doth not Da-
uid hide himselfe with vs in strong
tthej-te&r.
hand.
right
dernesse?
holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachi-
o» lah, which is ton the South of llleshi-
mon ?
a Or, the will- 20 Now Therefore, o King , Come
downe according to all the desire of thy
soule to come downe, and our part shall
be to deliuer him into the kings hand.
21 And Saul said , Blessed be yee of
the LORD, for yee haue compassion
on me.
22 Goe, I pray you, prepare yet, and
know, and see nis place where his
T Heb. foote thaunt is, and who hath scene him
shalbe.
there! for it is told mee that he dealeth
very subtilly.
23 See therefore, and take know-
ledge of all the lurking places where he
hideth himselfe, and come ye againe to
me with the certainty, and I will goe
with you *. and it shall come to passe, il
he be in the land, that I will search him
out throughout all the thousands of
ludah.
24 And they arose, & went to Ziph
before Saul : but Dauid and his men
were in the wildernesse of Maon, in the
plaine on the South of leshimon.
25 Saul also and Iris men went to
seeke him, and they told Dauid - where-
fore he came downe into a rocke. and a-
bode in the wildernesse of Maon : anc
when Saul heard that, he pursued af-
ter Dauid in the wildernes of Maon.
26 And Saul went on this side o
the mountaine, and Dauid and his men
• on that side of the mountaine : and Da-
fpareth Saul.
uid made haste to get away for feare of
Saul : for Saul and his men compassed
Dauid and his men round about to
take them.
27 IF But there came a messenger
vnto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and
come: for the Philistines haue tinuaded spread
\Hebr.
them-
the land. seluesvpon
28 Wherefore Saul returned from 4»
pursuing after Dauid , & went against
;he Philistines; therefore they called
that place ||Sela-Hammahlekoth. That is,
he Toc/ce of
29 IT And Dauid went vp from diuisions.
thence , and dwelt in strong holds at
En-gedi.
C H A P . XXIIII.
1 Dauid in a caue at Engedi , hauing cut off
Sauls skirt, spareth his life. 8 Hee sheweth
thereby his innocencie. 16 Saul acknow-
ledging his fault, taketh an oath of Dauid,
and departeth.
Nd it came to passe when
A Saul was returned from
tfolowing the Philistines, * J5»9flw-
that it was told him, say-
ing, Behold, Dauid is in
the wildernesse of En-gedi.
2 Then Saul tooke three thousand
chosen men out of all Israel, and went
to seeke Dauid and his men vpon the
rockes of the wilde goates.
3 And hee came to the sheepe coates
by the way, where was a caue, and Saul
went in to couer his feete : and Dauid
and his men remained in the sides of
the caue.
4 And the men of Dauid sayd vnto
him, Beholde the day of which the
L O R D sayd vnto thee, Behold, I wil
deliuer thine enemy into thine hand,
that thou mayest doe to him as it shall
seeme good vnto thee. Then Dauid a-
rose, and cut off the skirt of t Sauls mebr.the
robepriuily. 5*£|£
5 And it came to passe afterward,
that Dauids heart smote him , because
he had cut off Sauls skirt.
6 And hee sayd vnto his men, The
L O R D forbid that I should doe this
thing vnto my master the L O R D S
Anoynted, to stretch forth mine hand a-
gainst him, seeing he is the Anoynted of
the LOED.
7 So Dauid t stayed his seruants t Heir, cyt
with these wordes , and suffered them off.
not to rise against Saul : but Saul rose
vp out of the caue, and went on his way.
8 Dauid also rose afterward, anc
went
Sauls confeffion. Chap.xxv.
went out of the caue, and cryed after
Saul, saying, My lord the king. And
when Saul looked behinde him, Da-
uid stouped with his face to the earth,
and bowed himselfe.
9 U And Dauid said to Saul, Wher-
bre nearest thou mens words, saying,
behold, Dauid seeketh thy hurt ?
10 Behold, this day thine eyes haue
seene, how that the L O R D had deli-
uered thee to day into mine hand in the
caue : and some bade me kill thee, but
mine eye spared thee, and I said, I will
not put foorth mine hand against my
ord, for hee is the L O R D S Anoin-
ted.
11 Moreouer my father, See, yea see
the skirt of thy robe in my hand • for in
that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and
cilled thee not, know thou and see, that
here is neither euill nor transgression
in mine hand, and I haue not sinned a-
jainst thee; yet thou huntest my soule,
to take it.
12 The L O R D iudge betweene me
and thee, and the L O R D auenge me
of thee: but mine hand shall not be vp-
on thee.
13 As saith the prouerbe of the anci-
ents, Wickednesse proceedeth from the
wicked: but mine hand shall not be vp-
on thee.
14? After whom is the king of Israel
come out ? after whom doest thou pur-
sue ? After a dead dogge, after a flea.
15 The L O R D therfore be Judge,
and iudge betweene me and thee, and
t Heb. mdge see, and p.^ead my cause, and tdeliuer me
out of thine hand.
16 11 And it came to passe when Da-
uid had made an ende of speaking these
words vnto Saul, that Saul said , Is
this thy voice, my sonne Dauid ? Anc
Saul lift vp his voice, and wept.
17 And he said to Dauid, Thou art
more righteous then I : for thou hast
rewarded mee good, whereas I haue
rewarded thee euill.
18 And thou hast shewed this day
how that thou hast dealt well with me:
forasmuch as when the L O R D hac
t Heb. shut tdeliuered me into thine hand, thou kil-
vp. ledst me not.
19 For if a man finde his enemie, wil
hee let him goe well away ? wherefore
the L O R D reward thee good, for that
thou hast done vnto me this day.
20 And now behold, I know we!
that thou shalt surely be King, and that
Samuel dieth.
be kingdome of Israel shall be establi-
bed in thine hand.
21 Sweare now therefore vnto me
3y the LORD, that thou wilt not cut
fFmy seede after mee, and that thou
wilt not destroy my name out of my fa-
bers house.
22 And Dauid sware vnto Saul,
nd Saul went home: but Dauid and
ris men gate them vp vnto the holde.
C H A P . XXV.
1 Samuel dieth. 2 Dauid in Paran sendeth to
Nabal. 10 Prouoked by Nabals churlish-
nesse, hee mindeth to destroy him. 14 Abi-
gail vnderstanding thereof, 18 taketh a pre-
sent, 23 and by her wisedome 32 pacifi-
eth Dauid. 36 Nabal hearing thereof, di-
eth. 39 Dauid taketh Abigail and Ahinoam
to be his wiues. 44 Michal is giuen to Phalti.
Nd * Samuel died, and . ecclu Chap. 28.
A
all the Israelites were ga- 6. 13, 29.
thered together, and la-
mented him, and buried
SegSfiBabLJC! him in his house at Ra-
mah. And Dauid arose, & went downe
to the wildernesse of Paran.
2 And there was a man in Maon,
whose || possessions were in Carmel, and Ortbu$ines*
the man was very great , and hee had
three thousand sheepe, and a thousand
joates: and he was shearing his sheepe
n Carmel.
3 Now the name of the man was
!^abal, and the name of his wife, Abi-
gail : and shee was a woman of good vn-
derstanding, and of a beautifull counte-
nance : but the man was churlish anc
euill in his doings, and hee wa# of the
louse of Caleb.
4 IF And Dauid heard in the wilder
nesse, that Nabal did sheare his sheepe
5 And Dauid sent out ten yong men
and Dauid said vnto the young men
Get you vp to Carmel, and goe to Na-
bal, and tgreete him in my name; \Heb.aske
6 And thus shall ye say to him that name* him m my
of
liueth inpro$peritie,I*ea,cebebolli tothee peace.
and peace be to thine house, and peace be
vnto all that thou hast.
7 And now, I haue heard that thou
hast shearers : now thy shepheard
which were with vs, wee thurt them \Heb.slM.
med.
not , neither was there ought missing
vnto them, all the while they were in
Carmel.
8 Aske thy yong men, and they wi!
shew thee : wherefore let the yong me
find
11
Nabals churliflmes. I.Samuel.
finde fauour in thine eyes: (for we come
in a good day) giue, I pray thee, what-
soeuer commeth to thine hand, vnto thy
seruants, and to thy sonne Dauid.
9 And when Dauids yong men
came, they spake to Nabal according to
all those words in the name of Dauid,
IHeb. re- and t ceased.
sted.
10 1f And Nabal answered Dauids
seruants, and said, Who is Dauid? and
who is the sonne of lesse ? There bee
many seruants now a daies that breake
away euery man from his master.
11 Shall I then take my bread and
iHebr. my water, and my tflesh that I haue
slaughter. killed for my shearers, and giue it vnto
men, whom I know not whence they
bee?
12 So Dauids yong men turned their
way, and went againe, and came and
told him all those sayings.
13 And Dauid said vnto his men,
Gird you on euery man his sword. And
they girded on euery man his sword,
and Dauid also girded on his sword :
and there went vp after Dauid about
foure hundred men, and two hundred
abode by the stuffe.
14 If J8ut one of the yong men told
Abigail Nabals wife, saying, Behold,
Dauid sent messengers out of the wil-
iHebr.
flew vpon
dernesse to salute our master: and the
them. railed on them.
t Heb. «to-
mcd. 15 But the men were very good vnto
vs, and we were not thurt, neither mis-
sed we any thing as long as wee were
conuersant with them , when we were
in the fields.
16 They were a wall vnto vs both
by night aftd day, all the while we were
with them keeping sheepe.
17 Now therefore know and consi-
der what thou wilt doe : for euill is de-
termined against our master , and a-
gainst all his houshold: for he is such a
sonne of Belial, that a man cannot
speake to him.
18 H Then Abigail made haste, and
tooke two hundred loaues, and two
bottles of -wine, and- flue sheepe readie
dressed , and fiue measures of parched
K Or, lumps. come, and an hundred || clusters of rai-
sins, and two hundred cakes of figges,
and laid them on asses.
19 And she said vnto her seruants,
Goe on before me, behold, I come after
you: but she told not her husband Na-
bal.
20 And it was so as she rode on the
Abigails wifdome*
asse, that she came downe by the couert
of the hill, and behold, Dauid and his
men came downe against her, and she
met them.
21 (Now Dauid had said, Surely
in vaine haue I kept all that this fel-
low hath in the wildernesse, so that no-
thing was missed of all that pertained
vnto him: and he hath requited me euil
for good.
22 So and more also doe God vnto
the enemies of Dauid, if I leaue of all
that pertaine to him by the morning
light, any that pisseth against the wall.)
23 And when Abigail saw Dauid,
she hasted, and lighted off the asse, and
fell before Dauid on her face, and bow-
ed her selfe to the ground,
24 And fell at his feet, and said, Vp-
on me, my lord, vpon me let this iniquitie
be, and let thine handmaid, I pray thee,
speake in thine t audience, and heare the MIeb, cares.
words of thine handmaid.
25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, t re- totffeb.layit
his heart.
gard this man of Belial, euen Nabal:
for as his name is, so is he: Nabal i^his
name , and folly is with him : But I
thine handmaid saw not the yong men
of my lord, whom thou didst send.
26 Now therefore , my lord, as the
LORD liueth, and as thy soule liueth,
seeing the L O R D hath withholden
thee from comming to shed blood, and
from tauenging thy selfe with thine uing IHebr.sa.
thy
owne hand : now let thine enemies and selfi.
they that seeke euill to my lord, bee as
Nabal.
27 And now this || blessing which II Ort present
thine handmaid hath brought vnto my
lord, let it euen be giuen vnto the yong
men that t follow my lord. \Heb.waUce
28 I pray thee, forgiue the trespasse at$c.
the feet of
of thine handmaide: for the L O R D
will certainely make my lord a sure
house, because my lord fighteth the bat-
tels of the LORD, and euill hath not
bene found in thee all thy dayes.
29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee,
and to seeke thy soule: but the soule of
my lord shall be bound in the bundle of
life with the L O R D thy God, and
the soules of thine enemies, them shall
he sling out, ta«y out of the middle of a midst
MJeb.inihe
of the
sling. bought of a
30 And it shall come to passe when sling.
the LORD shal haue done to my lord,
according to all the good that hee hath
spoken concerning thee, and shall haue
appointed thee ruler ouer Israel ;
31 That
Nabal dieth. Dauid Chap.xxvj.
t Hebr. no 31 That this shall bee no tgriefe vn-
staggering:
or, stum- to thee, nor offence of heart vnto my
bling. lord, either that thou hast shed blood
causelesse, or that my lord hath auenged
himselfe: But when the L O R D shall
haue dealt well with my lord, then re-
member thine handmayd.
32 IF And Dauid sayd to Abigail,
Blessed be the L O R D God of Israel,
which sent thee this day to meet me.
33 And blessed bee thy aduice, and
blessed be thou, which hast kept me this
day from comming to shed blood, and
from auenging my selfe with mine
owne hand.
34 For in very deed, as the L O R D
God of Israel liueth, which hath kept
mee backe from hurting thee, except
thou hadst hasted and come to meet me,
surely there had not bene left vnto Na-
bal, by the morning light, any that pis-
seth against the wall.
35 So Dauid receiued of her hand
that which shee had brought him, and
sayd vnto her, Goe vp in peace to thine
house; See, I haue hearkened to thy
voyce, and haue accepted thy person.
36 IP And Abigail came to Nabal,
and behold, he held a feast in his house
like the feast of a king; & Nabals heart
was merry within him, for hee was very
drunken: wherefore shee tolde him no-
thing, lesse or more, vntill the morning
light.
37 But it came to passe in the mor-
ning , when the wine was gone out of
Nabal, and his wife had told him these
things, that his heart died within him,
and he became as a stone.
38 And it came to passe about ten
dayes after, that the L O R D smote Na-
bal, that he died.
39 f And when Dauid heard that
Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the
LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of
my reproch from the hand of Nabal,
and hath kept his seruant from euil: for
the L O R D hath returned the wicked-
nesse of Nabal vpon his owne head.
And Dauid sent, and communed with
Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
40 And when the seruants of Da-
uid were come to Abigail to Carmel,
they spake vnto her, saying, Dauid
sent vs vnto thee, to take thee to him
to wife.
41 And shee arose, and bowed her
selfe on her face to the earth, and sayd,
Beholde, let thine handmayd bee a ser-
marieth Abigail.
uant to wash the teet or the seruants ot
my lord.
42 And Abigail hasted, and rose,
and rode vpon an asse, with fiue damo-
sels of hers that went t after her; and t Hebr. at
she went after the messengers of Da- herfeet.
uid, and became his wife.
43 Dauid also tooke Ahinoam *of * losh, 15.
56.
lezreel, and they were also both of
them his wiues.
44 f But Saul had giuen * Mi-14, *2. Sam 3
15.
ch al his daughter, Dauids wife, to
Phalti the sonne of Laish, which was
of Gallim.
C H A P . XXVI.
1 Saul by the discouery of the Ziphites, com-
meth to Hachilah against Dauid. 4 Da-
uid comming into the trench, stayeth A-
bishai from killing Saul, hut taketh his
. speare and cruse. 13 Dauid reprooueth Ab-
ner, 18 and exhorteth Saul. 21 Saul ac-
knowledgeth his sinne.
PI
Nd the Ziphites came
vnto Saul to Gibeah,
saying, * Doeth not Da- *19.Chap. 23.
•H uid hide himselfe in the
hill of Hachilah, which is
before leshimon?
2 Then Saul arose, and went
downe to the wildernesse of Ziph, ha-
iring three thousand chosen men of Is-
rael with him, to seeke Dauid in the wil-
dernesse of Ziph.
3 And Saul pitched in the hill of
Hachilah, which is before leshimon by
the way : but Dauid abode in the wil-
dernesse , and he saw that Saul came
after him into the wildernesse.
4 Dauid therefore sent out spies,
and vnderstood that Saul was come in
very deed.
5 U And Dauid arose, and came to
the place where Saul had pitched : and
Dauid beheld the place where Saul
lay, and * Abner the sonne of Ner the * Chap. 14.
captaine of his hoste: and Saul lay in 50.55.
and 17*
the ||trench, and the people pitched II Or, midst
round about him. of his car-
riages.
6 Then answered Dauid, and sayd
to Ahimelech theHittite,and to Abishai
the sonne of Zeruiah brother to loab,
saying, Who will goe downe with me
to Saul to the campe? And Abishai
sayd, I will goe downe with thee.
7 So Dauid and Abishai came to
the people by night, and behold, Saul
lay sleeping within the trench, and his
speare stucke in the ground at his bol-
ster:
Dauid declareth LSamuel
ster : but Abuer and the people lay
round about him.
8 Then said Abishai to Dauid, God
t Hcb, shut
VD.
hath t deliuered thine enemie into thine
hand this day : now therefore let mee
smite him, I pray thee, with the speare,
euen to the earth at once , and I will
not smite him the second time.
9 And Dauid sayd to Abishai , De-
stroy him not : for who can stretch forth
his hand against the L O R D S Anoin-
ted, and be guiltlesse ?
10 Dauid said furthermore, As the
L O R D liueth, the L O R D shal smite
him, or his day shall corne to die, or hee
shall descend into battell, and perish.
11 The L O R D forbid that I should
stretch foorth mine hand against the
L O R D S Anointed • but I pray thee,
take thou now the speare that is at his
bolster, and the cruse of water, and let
vs goe.
12 So Dauid tooke the speare and
the cruse of water from Sauls bolster,
and they gate them away, and no man
saw it , nor knew it , neither awaked :
for they were all asleepe, because a deepe
sleepejfrom the LORD was fallen vp-
on them.
13 IT Then Dauid went oner to the
other side, and stood on the toppe of an
Kill afarre off ( a great space being be-
tweene them:)
14t And Dauid cryed to the people,
and to Abner the sonne of Ner, saying,
Answerest thou not, Abner? Then
Abner answered , and sayd , Who art
thou that cryest to the King ?
15 And Dauid said to Abner, Art not
thou a valiant man ? and who is like to
thee in Israel? Wherefore then hast
thou not kept thy lord the king ? for
there came one of the people in, to de-
stroy the king thy lord.
lo This thing is not good that thou
hast done: as the LORD liueth, ye are
MIeb.the t worthy to die, because yee haue not
s&nnesqf
kept your master the L O R D S An-
death.
ointed : and now see where the Kings
speare is, and the cruse of water that
was at his bolster.
17 And Saul knew Dauids voyce,
and said, Is this thy voice, my sonne
Dauid? And Dauid saide, It is my
voice, my lord, O king.
18 And he said, Wherefore doeth my
lord thus pursue after his seruant ? for
what haue I done ? or what euill is in
mine hand ?
his innocencie.
19 Now therefore , I pray thee, let
my lord the king heare the words of his
seruant : If the LORD haue stirred
thee vp against mee, let him t accept an Heb. smell.
offering : but if they be the children of
men, cursed be they before the LORD:
Tor they haue driuen me out this day
from t abiding in the inheritance of the umg.
t Heb. elect-
L O R D , saying, Goe serue other
gods.
20 Now therefore, let not my blood
fall to the earth before the face of the
L O R D : for the king of Israel is come
out to seeke a flea, as when one doeth
hunt a partridge in the mountaines
21 U Then said Saul, I haue sin-
ned : Returne, my sonne Dauid, for I
will no more doe thee harme , because
my soule was precious in thine eyes
this day : behold , I haue played the
foole, and haue erred exceedingly.
22 And Dauid answered , and sayd,
Behold the kings speare, and let one of
the yong men come ouer and fetch it.
28 The L O R D render to euery
man his righteousnesse , and his faith-
fulnesse : for the L O R D deiiuered thee
into my hand to day, but I would not
stretch foorth mine hand against the
LORDS Anointed
24 And behold, as thy life was much
set by this day in mine eyes: so let my
life bee much set by in the eyes of the
LORD, and let him deliuer me out of
all tribulation.
25 Then Saul said to Dauid, Bles-
sed be thou, my sonne Dauid : thou shalt
both doe great things, and also shalt still
preuaile. So Dauid went on his way,
and Saul returned to his place.
CHAP XXVII.
1 Saul hearing Dauid to be in Gath, seeketh no
more for him. 6 Dauid beggeth Ziklag of
Achish. 8 Hee inuading other countreys,
perswadeth Achish he fought against ludah.
ND Dauid sayd in his
A
heart, I shall now t pe- consumed.
\ Hebr. be
rish one day by the hand
of Saul : there is nothing
better for me, then that 1
should speedily escape into the land ol
the Philistines; and Saul shal despaire
of me, to seeke me any more in any coast
of Israel: so shall I escape out of his
hand.
2 And Dauid arose, and hee passec
ouer with the sixe hundred men that
were
Achifli deceiued. Chap.xxviij.
zvere with him, vnto Achish the soxme of
Maoch king of Gath.
3 And Dauid dwelt with Achish at
Gath, he, and his men, euery man with
his houshold, euen Dauid with his two
wiues, Ahinoam the lezreelitesse, and
Abigail the Carmelitesse Nabals wife.
4 And it was told Saul, that Da-
uid was fled to Gath, and he sought no
more againe for him.
5 H And Dauid said vnto Achish,
If I haue now found grace in thine
eyes, let them giue mee a place in some
towne in the countrey, that I may
dwel there : for why should thy seruant
dwell in the royall citie with thee ?
6 Then Achish gaue him Ziklag
that day: wherfore Ziklag pertaineth
vnto the kings of ludah vnto this day.
t Heb. the 7 And tthe time that Dauid dwelt
number of
dayes. in the countrey of the Philistines , was
\ Hebr. a ta full yeere, and foure moneths.
yeere of
dayes. 8 1F And Dauid and his men went
vp and inuaded the Geshurites, and the
R Or, Ger. ||Gezrites, and the Amalekites : for
zites.
those nations were of old the inhabitants
of the land, as thou goest to Shur, e-
uen vnto the land of Egypt.
9 And Dauid smote the land, and left
neither man nor woman aliue , and
tooke away the sheepe , and the oxen,
and the asses, and the camels, and the
apparell, and returned, and came to A-
chish.
\ Or, did you 10 And Achish said, || Whither haue
not make a
rode, <Jc ye made a rode to day? And Dauid said,
Against the South of ludah , and a-
gainst the South of the lerahmee-
lites, and against the South of the Ke-
nites.
11 And Dauid saued neither man
nor woman aliue , to bring tidings to
Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on
vs, saying, So did Dauid, and so will
be his maner, all the while he dwelleth
in the countrey of the Philistines.
1£ And Achish beleeued Dauid, say-
ing , Hee hath made his people Israel
t Hebr. to tvtterly to abhorre him, therefore hee
stinfa.
shall be my seruant for euer.
C H A P . XXVIII.
1 Achish tmtteth confidence in Dauid. SSaul
hauing destroyed the witches, 4 and now in
his feare forsaken of God, 7 seeketh to a
witch. 9 The witch, encouraged by Saul,
raiseth vp Samuel. 15 Saul hearing hisruine,
fainteth. 31 The woman with his seruants
refresh him with meate*
Saul trembleth.
ND it came to passe in
A those dayes, that the Phi-
listines gathered their ar-
mies together for war-
fare, to fight with Israel:
And Achish said vnto Dauid, Knowe
thou assuredly, that thou shalt goe out
with me to battell, thou, and thy men.
£ And Dauid said to Achish, Surely
thou shalt know what thy seruant can
doe. And Achish said to Dauid, Ther-
fore will I make thee keeper of mine
head for euer.
3 ^T Now * Samuel was dead, and *I. Chap. 25.
all Israel had lamented him, and buri-
ed him in Ramab, euen in his owne ci-
tie : and Saul had put away those that
had familiar spirits, and the wyzards,
out of the land.
4 And the Philistines gathered
themselues together, and came and pit-
ched in Shunem : and Saul gathered
all Israel together, and they pitched in
Gilboa.
5 And when Saul saw the hoste of
the Philistines, he was afraid, and his
heart greatly trembled.
6 And when Saul enquired of the
L O R D , the L O U D answered him
not, neither by dreames, nor by Vrim,
nor by Prophets.
7 f Then said Saul vnto his ser-
uants, Seeke me a woman that hath a
familiar spirit, that I may goe to her,
and enquire of her. And his seruant
said to him, Beholde, there is a woman
that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.
8 And Saul disguised himselfe, and
put on other raiment , and hee went,
and two men with him, and they came
to the woman by night, and he said, I
pray thee diuine vnto me by the famili-
ar spirit, and bring me him vp whom I
shall name vnto thee.
9 And the woman saide vnto him,
Beholde, thou knowest what Saul
hath done, how hee hath cut off those
that haue familiar spirits, and the wy-
zards out of the land : wherefore then
layest thou a snare for my life, to cause
me to die ?
10 And Saul sware to her by the
LORD, saying, As the L O R D hueth,
there shall no punishment happen to
thee for this thing.
11 Then said the woman, Whome
shall I bring vp vnto thee? and he said,
Bring me vp Samuel.
\% And when the woman saw Sa-
muel,
Saul is with the I.Samuel.
uelo, sh cried wih a lwd oyce; andm
the woman spake to Saul, saying. Why
hastthoudeceiued me? for thou art Saul.
13 And the king sayd vnto her, Be
not afraid : for what sawest thou? And
the woman said vnto Saul, I saw
gods ascending out of the earth.
t He br. what 14 And he said vnto her, t Whatforme
is his forme?
is he of ? And she said, An old man com-
meth vp, and he is couered with a man-
tle. And Saul perceiued that it was
Samuel, and hee stouped with his face
to the ground, and bowed himselfe.
15 f And Samuel said to Saul, Why
hast thou disquieted me, to bring me vp?
And Saul answered, I am sore distres-
sed; for the Philistins make war against
me, and God is departed from me, and
t Heir, by answereth me no more, neither tby Pro-
the hand of hets , nor by dreames : therefore I
E
Prophets,
aue called thee, that thou mayst make
knowen vnto me , what I shall doe.
16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore
then doest thou aske of mee, seeing the
L O R D is departed from thee, and is
become thine enemy?
« Or, for 17 And the L O R D hath done ||to
himselfe.
* Chap. 15. him , *as hee spake by tmee : for the
28. LORD hath rent the kingdome out
t Heir, mine
hand, of thine hand, and giuen it to thy neigh-
bour, euen to Dauid :
18 Because thou obeiedst not the voice
of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce
wrath vpon Amalek, therefore hath
the L O R D done this thing vnto thee
this day.
19 Mor£ouer, the L O R D will also
deliuer Israel with thee, into the hand
of the Philistines : and to morrow shall
thou and thy sonnes bee with mee : the
L O R D also shall deliuer the hoste ol
Israel into the hand of the Philistines.
t Heb. made 20 Then Saul tfell straightway all
haste and fel
with theful- along on the earth, and was sore afraid,
nesse of his because of the words of Samuel, & there
stature.
was no strength in him : for he had ea-
ten no bread all the day, nor al the night
21 1F And the woman came vnto
Saul , and saw that he was sore trou-
bled, and sayd vnto him, Behold, thine
handmayd hath obeyed thy voice , anc
I haue put my life in my hand , an(5
haue hearkened vnto thy words which
thou spakest vnto me.
22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hear-
ken thou also vnto the voyce of thine
handmaid, & let me set a morsel of breac
before thee; & eat, that thou mayesthaue
strength, when thou goest on thy way.
i in
witch at Endor.
23 But hee refused, and said, I will
not eate. But his seruants together
with the woman compelled him , and
he hearkened vnto their voyce : so he a-
rose from the earth, & sate vpon the bed.
24 And the woman had a fat calfe
in the house, and she hasted, and killed it,
and tooke flower and kneaded it, and
did bake vnleauened bread thereof.
25 And she brought it before Saul,
and before his seruants, and they did
eate: then they arose vp, and went a-
way that night.
C H A P . XXIX.
1 Dauid marching with the Philistines, 3 is
disalo wed by their Princes. 6 Achish dismis-
seth him with enmmendatimiR of his fidelity.
Ow the Philistines gathe-
N
red together all their ar-
mies toAphek: and the Is-
raelites pitched by a foun-
taine which is in lezreel.
& And the lords of the Philistines
passed on by hundreds, and by thou-
sands : but Dauid and his men passed
on in the rere-ward with Achish,
3 Then said the princes of the Phi-
listines, What doe theseHebrewes here?
And Achish said vnto the princes of the
Philistines, Is not this Dauid the ser-
uant of Saul the king of Israel, which
hath bene with me these dayes, or these
yeeres, and I haue found no fault in
him since he fell vnto me, vnto this day?
4 And the princes of the Philistines
were wroth with him, and the princes
of the Philistines said vnto him, *Make 12. * 1. Chron.
19.
this fellow returne, that he may goe a-
gaine to his place which thou nast ap-
pointed him, and let him not go downe
with vs to battel, lest in the battell he be
an aduersary to vs : for wherewith
should hee reconcile himselfe vnto his
master? should it not be with the heads
of these men ?
5 Is not this Dauid, of whom they
sang one to another in daunces, saying,
*Saul slew his thousands, and Dauid 7.* Chap. and 21.
18.
his ten thousands ? 11.
6 f Then Achish called Dauid, and
said vnto him, Surely, as the L O R D
liueth, thou hast bene vpright, and thy
going out and thy comming in with me
in the hoste is good in my sight : for I
haue not found euil in thee, since the day
of thy comming vnto me vnto this day: Webr. thou
neuertheles, the fiords fauour thee not, art not good
in the eyes of
7 Wherefore now returne and goe the lords.
Ziklag burnt. Dauid Chap.xxx.
t Hebr. dne in peace, that thou t displease not the
not euill in ords of the Philistines.
the eyes of
tht lords. 8 IF And Dauid said vnto Achish,
But what haue I done ? and what hast
;hou found in thy seruant so long as I
t Hebr. be- baue bene t with thee vnto this day, that
fore thee.
[ may not goe fight against the ene-
mies of my lord the king ?
9 And Achish answered, aud said to
Dauid, I know that thou art good in
my sight, as an Angel of God: notwith-
standing the Princes of the Philistines
baue said, Hee shall not goe vp with vs
to the battell.
10 Wherfore now rise vp early in the
morning, with thy masters seruants
that are come with thee: and assoone
as yee be vp early in the morning, and
haue light, depart.
11 So Dauid and his men rose vp
early to depart in the morning, to re-
turne into the land of the Philistines;
and the Philistines went vp to lezreel.
CHAP. XXX.
1 The Amalekites spoile Ziklag. 4 Dauid as-
king counsell, is encouraged by God to pur-
sue them. 11 By the meanes of a reuiued E-
gyptian, he is brought to the enemies^ and re-
couereth all the spoile. 22 Dauids law to di-
uide the spoile equally betweene them that
fight, and them that keepe the stufFe. 26 He
sendeth presents to his friends.
Nd it came to passe when
Mi Dauid and his men were
come to Ziklag on the
third day, that the Ama-
lekites had inuaded the
South and Ziklag, and smitten Zik-
lag, and burnt it with fire:
§ And had taken the women cap-
tiues, that were therein; they slewe not
any either great or smal, but caried them
away, and went on their way.
3 U So Dauid and his men came
to the citie, and beholde, it was burnt
with fire, and their wiues, and their
sonnes, and their daughters were ta-
ken captiues.
4 Then Dauid and the people that
were with him, lift vp their voice, and
wept, vntill they had no more power to
weepe.
5 And Dauids two wiues were ta-
ken captiues, Ahinoam the lezreeli-
tesse, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the
Carmelite.
6 And Dauid was greatly distres-
purfueth them.
sed: for the people spake of stoning him,
because the soule of all the people was
tgrieued, euery man for his sonnes, and Web. bitter.
for his daughters : but Dauid encoura-
ged himselfe in the L O R D his God.
7 And Dauid said to Abiathar the
Priest Ahimelechs sonne, I pray thee,
bring mee hither the Ephod: and Abi-
athar brought thither the Ephod to
Dauid.
8 And Dauid enquired at the
LORD, saying; Shall I pursue after
this troupe? shall I ouertake them?
And he answered him, Pursue, for thou
shalt surely ouertake them, and with-
out faile recouer all.
9 So Dauid went, hee, and the sixe
hundred men that were with him , and
came to the brooke Besor, where those
that were left behinde, stayed.
10 But Dauid pursued, he and foure
hundred men : (for two hundred abode
behinde, which were so faint that they
could not goe ouer the brooke Besor.)
11 11 And they found an Egyptian
in the field, and brought him to Dauid,
and gaue him bread, and he did eate,and
they made him drinke water.
12 And they gaue him a piece of a
cake of figges, and two clusters of rai-
sins: and when hee had eaten, his spirit
came againe to him : for hee had eaten
no bread, nor drunke any water, three
cjayes and three nights.
13 And Dauid sayde vnto h i m , To
whome belongest thou ? and whence art
thou ? And he said, I am a yong man of
Egypt, seruant to an Amalekite, and
my master left me, because three dayes
agone I fell sicke.
14 Wee made an inuasion vpon the
South of the Cherethites, and vpon
the coast which belongeth to ludah, and
vpon the South of Caleb, and wee
burnt Ziklag with fire.
15 And Dauid sayde to him, Canst
thou bring me downe to this company?
And he said, Sweare vnto me by God,
that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deli-
uer mee into the handes of my master,
and I will bring thee downe to this
company.
16 f And when he had brought him
downe, behold, they were spread abroad
vpon all the earth, eating and drinking,
and dauncing, because of all the great
spoile that they had taken out of the
land of the Philistines, and out of the
land of ludah.
17 And
 Daniels fpoile. I.Samuel.
17 And Dauid smote them from the
t Heb. their wilight, euen vnto the euening of tthe
morrow.
next day: and there escaped not a man
of them, saue foure hundred yong men
which rode vpon camels, and fled.
18 And Dauid recouered all that the
Amalekites had caried away : and Da-
uid rescued his two wiues. j selfe and his men were wont to haunt.
19 And there was nothing lacking
to them, neither small nor great, neither
sonnes nor daughters , neither spoile ,
nor any thing that they had taken to
them : Dauid recouered all.
20 And Dauid tooke all the flockes,
and the herds, which they draue before
those other cattell, and said, This is Da-
( Gilead, recouering the bodies by night,
uids spoile.
21 % And Dauid came to the two
lundred men which were so faint that
they could not follow Dauid, whome
they had made also to abide at the brook
Besor: and they went forth to meet Da-
uid, and to meete the people, that were
with him; and when Dauid came neere
!' Or, aaked to the people, lie ||saluted them.
them hoice
they did. 22 Then answered all the wicked
t Heb. men. men, and men of Belial, of t those that
went with Dauid, and said, Because
they went not with vs, we wil not giue
them ought of the spoile, that wee haue
recouered, saue to euery man his wife
and his children , that they may leade
them away, and depart.
23 Then said Dauid, Ye shall not do
so, my brethren , with that which the
L O R D hath giuen vs, who hath pre-
serued vs, and deliuered the companie
that came against vs, into our hand.
24 For who will hearken vnto you
in this matter ? But as his part is that
goeth downe to the battell, so shall his
part bee that tarieth by the stuflfe: they
shall part alike.
t Heb. and
forward.
25 And it was so from that day tfor-
ward, that he made it a statute, and an
ordinance for Israel, vnto this day.
26 II And when Dauid came to
Ziklag, hee sent of the spoile vnto the
Elders of ludah, euen to his friends,
\Hel>. bles- (saying, Behold a t Present for you, ol
sing.
the spoile of the enemies of the LORD"
27 To them which were in Bethel
and to them which were in South Ra-
moth, and to them which were in lattir
28 And to them which were in^Aroer,
and to them which were in Siphmoth
and to them which were in Eslitemoa,
29 And to them which were in Rachal
and them which were in the cities of the
Sauls death.
erahmeehtes, and to them which were
n the cities of the Kenites,
30 And to them which were in Hor-
mah, and to them which were in Chora-
shan, and to them which were in Athach,
31 And to them which were in Hebron,
and to all the places where Dauid him-
C H A P . XXXI.
1 Saul hairing lost his armie, and his sonnes
slaine, he and his armour bearer kill them-
selues. 7 The Philistines possesse the forsa-
ken townes of the Israelites. 8 They triumph
ouer the dead carkeises. 1 1 They of labesh
burne them at labesh, and mournfully
burie their bones.
Owe *the Philistines * l. Chron.
N fought against Israel : 10. l.
and the men of Israel fled
from before the Phili-
stines , and fell downe
| slaine in mount Gilboa. II Or. woun-
2 And the Philistines followed hard ded.
vpon Saul, and vpon his sonnes, and
the Philistines slewe lonathan, and
Abinadab, and Malchishua, Sauls
sonnes.
3 And the battell went sore against
Saul, and the t archers t hit him, and heters
t Heb. shoo-
t men
was sore wounded of the archers. with bowes.
4 Then said Saul vnto his armour him. found
tHeb.
bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me
through therewith, lest these vncircum-
cised come and thrust me through, and
[abuse mee. But his armour bearer II Or, mockc
would not, for he was sore afraid: ther- me.
fore Saul tooke a sword, & fell vpon it.
5 And when his armour bearer saw
that Saul was dead, he fell likewise vp-
on his sword, and died with him.
6 So Saul died, and his three sons,
arid his armour bearer, and all his men
that same day together.
7 II And when the men of Israel
that were on the other side of the valley,
and they that were on the other side lor-
dane, saw that the men of Israel fled,
and that Saul and his sonnes were
dead, they forsooke the cities and fled,
and the Philistines came and dwelt in
them.
8 And it came to passe on the mor-
row when the Philistines came to strip
the slaine, that they found Saul, and
his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
9 And they cut off his head, and
stripped
Dauid heareth Chap. j.
stripped off his armour , and sent into
the land of the Philistines round about
to publish it in the house of their idoles,
and among the people.
10 And they put his armour in the
house of Ashtaroth : and they fastened
his body to the wall of Bethshan.
II Or, concei - 11 f And when the inhabitants of
ning him.
labesh Gilead heard ||of that which the
THE SECOND BOOKE
of Samuel, other wife called, The
second Booke of the Kings.
CHAP. I.
1 The Amalekite, who brought tidings of the
ouerthrow, and accused himselfe of Sauls
death, is slaine. 17 Dauid lamenteth Saul
and Jonathan with a song.
Ow it came to
N
passe after y death
of Saul, when
Dauid was re-
* i. Sam. turned from *the
so. 17. slaughter of the
Amalekites, and
Dauid had abode
two daies in Zik-
lag»
2 It came euen to passe on the third
day, that behold, a man came out of the
campe from Saul, with his clothes
rent, and earth vpon his head: and so it
was when he came to Dauid, that hee
fell to the earth, and did obeysance.
3 And Dauid said vnto him , From
whence commest thou? And he said vn-
to him, Out of the campe of Israel am
t Heb. what
I escaped.
4 And Dauid said vnto him, tHow
was $c.
went the matter? I pray thee, tell mee.
And he answered, That the people are
fled from the battell, and many of the
people also are fallen and dead, and
Saul and Jonathan his sonne are
dead also.
5 And Dauid said vnto the yong
man that told him, How knowest thou
of Sauls death*
Philistines had done to Saul:
12 All the valiant men arose, and
went all night, and tooke the body of
Saul, and the bodies of his sonnes
from the wall of Bethshan, and came
to labesh, and * burnt them there, * lere. 34.
5.
13 And they tooke their bones, and
* buried them vnder a tree at labesh, 4.* 2. Sam. 2.
and fasted seuen dayes.
that Saul and Jonathan his sonne be
dead ?
6 And the yong man that told him,
said, As I happened by chance vpon
mount Gilboa, behold , Saul leaned
vpon his speare : and loe, the charets
and horsemen followed hard after him.
7 And when he looked behind him,
he saw me, and called vnto mee : and I
answered, tHere am I. t Heir. be.
8 And hee said vnto mee, Who art told me.
thou ? and I answered him, I am an
Amalekite.
9 He said vnto me againe, Stand, I
pray thee, vpon me, and slay me: for || an- coat
H Or, my
of male,
guish is come vpon mee, because my life tor. my em-
broidered
is yet whole in me. coat) Mnde-
10 So I stood vpon him, and slew reth mee,
that my, $c.
him, because I was sure that hee could
not liue after that hee was fallen : And
I tooke the crowne that was vpon his
head, and the bracelet that was on his
arme, and haue brought them hither
vnto my lord.
11 Then Dauid tooke hold on his
clothes, and *rent them, and likewise all
the men that were with him. "ch
12 And they mourned and wept, and
fasted vntill Euen, for Saul and for Jo-
nathan his sonne, and for the people of
the LORD, and for the house of Is-
rael , because they were fallen by the
sword.
13 IF And Dauid said vnto the yong
man that told him, Whence art thou?
And
*113
)auid lamenteth. II.SamueL Saaul buried.
And he answered, I am the sonne of a
tranager, an Amalekite.
14 And Dauid said vnto him, *How
* Psal. 105. wast thou not afraid to stretch foorth
hine hand, to destroy the LORDS
Anointed ?
15 And Dauid called one of the yong
men, and sayd, Goe neere, and fall vp-
on him. And hee smote him, that hee
dyed.
16 And Dauid said vnto him, Thy
)lood be vpon thy head: for thy mouth
lath testified against thee, saying, I
laue slaine the LORDS Annoyn-
ted.
17 IF And Dauid lamented with this
amentation ouer Saul, and ouer Jo-
nathan his sonne:
18 (Also hee bade them teach the chil-
dren of ludah the vse o^the bow : be-
* losh. 10. lold, it is written *in the booke || of la-
13.
lOr^ffahe sher.)
vpright, 19 The beauty of Israel is slaine vp-
on thy high places: how are the migh-
tie fallen!
*Micahl, 20 *Tell it not in Gath, publish it
10.
not in the streetes of Askelon: lest the
daughters of the Philistines reioyce,
test the daughters of the vncircumcisec
triumph.
21 Yee mountaines of Gilboa, let
there bee no dewe , neither let there be
raine vpon you, nor fields of offerings:
for there the shield of the mightie is
vilely cast away, the shield of Saul,
as though hee had not beene annointec
with oile.
22 From the blood of the slaine, from
the fat of the mightie, the bow of Jona-
than turned not backe, and the sword o
Saul returned not emptie.
23 Saul and lonathan were louely
1aaaa0 and ||pleasant in their liues, and in their
death they were not diuided: they were
swifter then Eagles* they were stronger
then Lions.
24 Yee daughters of Israel, weepe
ouer Saul, who clothed you in scarlet,
with other delights, who put on orna-
ments of golde vpon your apparell.
25 How are the mightie fallen in the
midst of the battell! 0 lonathan, thou
wast slaine in thine high places.
26 I am distressed for thee, my bro-
ther lonathan, very pleasant hast thou
beene vnto mee : thy loue to mee was
wonderful!, passing the loue of women.
27 How are the mightie fallen, am
the weapons of warre perished !
C H A P . II.
1 Dauid by Gods direction, with his companie
goeth vp to Hebron, where he is made King
of ludah. 5 He commendeth them of la-
besh Gilead, for their kindnesse to Saul. 8
Abner maketh Ishbosheth king of Israel.
12 A mortall skirmish betweene twelue of
Abners, and twelue of loabs men. 18 Asahel
is slaine. 25 At Abners motion loab soun-
deth a retreat. 32 Asahels buriall.
A
Nd it came to passe after
this, that Dauid enquired
of the LORD , saying,
Shall T goe vp into any
of the Cities of ludah ?
&nd the LORD said vnto him, Goe
vp. And Dauid said, Whither shall I
joe vp ? And he said, Vnto Hebron.
2 So Dauid went vp thither, and
lis two wiues also, Ahinoam the lez-
reelitesse, and Abigail Nabals wife the
Carmelite.
3 And his men that were with him,
did Dauid bring vp, euery man with his
boushold: and they dwelt in the cities
of Hebron.
4 And *the men of ludah came, 2aaaaa
and there they anointed Dauid king o-
uer the house of ludah: and they tolde
Dauid, saying; That *the men of la- 3a21a
besh Gilead were they that buried Saul.
5 IT And Dauid sent messengers vn-
to the men of labesh Gilead, and saic
vnto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD,
that ye haue shewed this kindnesse vn-
to your lord, euen vnto Saul, and haue
buried him.
6 And now the L O R D shewe
kindnesse and trueth vnto you: and ]
^Iso will requite you this kindnesse, be-
cause ye haue done this thing.
7 Therefore now let your handes
be strengthened, and the ye valiant: for iHeb.be ye
the sonnesoj
your master Saul is dead, and also the valour.
house of ludah haue anointed me king
ouer them.
8 5[ But Abner the sonne of Ner,
captaine of t Sauls hoste, tooke Ishbo- hoste
ittcb.the
which
sheth the sonne of Saul, and brought was Sauls.
him ouer to Mahanaim.
9 And hee made him king ouer Gi-
lead, and ouer the Ashurites, and ouer
lezreel, and ouer Ephraim, and ouer
Beniamin, and ouer all Israel.
10 Ishbosheth Sauls sonne was tor-
tie yeeres olde when he began to reigne
ouer Israel, and reigned two yeres : abu
the house of ludah followed Dauid.
11 (And
Dauids warre Chap.ij.
h Heb. num- 11 (And the +time that Dauid was
ber qfdayes. King in Hebron ouer the house of lu-
dah, was seuen yeeres,andsixemoneths)
12 IF And Abner the sonne of Ner,
and the seruants of Ishbosheth the
sonne of Saul, went out from Maha-
naim, to Gibeon.
13 And loab the sonne of Zeruiah,
and the seruants of Dauid went out,
t Heb. them and met t together by the poole of Gi-
together. 3eon : and they sate downe, the one on
the one side of the poole, and the other
on the other side of the poole.
14 And Abner said to loab, Let
;he yong men now arise, and play be-
ibre vs: and loab saide, Let them
arise.
15 Then there arose and went ouer
ay number twelue of Beniamin, which
pertained to Ishbosheth the sonne of
3aul , and twelue of the seruants of
Dauid.
16 And they caught euery one his fel-
low by the head, and thrust his sword in
Iris fellowes side, so they fell downe to-
gether: Wherfore that place was called
1 That is,
the field of [Helkath-hazzurim , which is in Gi-
strong men. beon.
17 And there was a very sore battell
that day : and Abner was beaten , and
the men of Israel, before the seruants
of Dauid.
18 f And there were three sonnes of
Zeruiah there, loab, and Abishai, and
* Heb. of his Asahel : and Asahel wasas light tof foot
feete..
t Heb. as one tas a wilde Roe.
of the Roes
that is in the
19 And Asahel pursued after Abner,
field. and in going he turned not to the right
t Heb. from hand nor to the left from t following
after Ab*
ner. Abner.
20 Then Abner looked behind him,
and said, Art thou Asahel? And he an-
swered, I am.
21 And Abner said to him , Turne
thee aside to thy right hand, or to thy
left, and lay thee holde on one of the
\ Or. spoile. yong men, and take thee his llarmour.
But Asahel would not turne aside
from following of him.
22 And Abner said againe to Asa-
hel, Turne thee aside from following
me: Wherefore should I smite thee to
the ground ? how then should I holde
vp my face to loab thy brother ?
23 Howbeit he refused to turne aside:
wherefore Abner with the hinder ende
of the speare smote him vnder the fift
ribbe, that the speare came out behinde
him, and hee fell downe there, and died
with Iflibolheth.
in the same place : and it came to passe,
that as many as came to the place
where Asatol fell downe and died.
stood still.
24 loab also and Abishai pursued
after Abner : and the Sunne went
downe when they were come to the hill
of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the
way of the wildernesse of Gibeon.
25 ^1 And the children of Beniamin
gathered themselues together after Ab-
ner, and became one troupe, and stood
on the top of an hill.
26 Then Abner called to loab, and
said, Shall the sword deuoure for euer?
Knowest thou not that it wil be bitter-
nesse in the latter end ? How long shall
it bee then, yer thou bid the people re-
turne from following their brethren ?
27 And loab said , As God liueth.
vnlesse thou hadst spoken , surely then
tin the morning the people had ||gone the t Heb. from
morning.
vp euery one from following his bro- I Or, gone
i
ther. away.
28 So loab blew a trumpet , and
all the people stood still, and pursued af-
ter Israel no more, neither fought they
any more.
29 And Abner and his men walked
all that night thorow the plaine, and
passed ouer lordane, and went thorow
ill Bithron , and they came to Maha-
naim.
30 And loab returned from folow-
ing Abner ; and when he had gathered
all the people together, there lacked of
Dauids seruants nineteene men, and
Asahel.
31 But the seruants of Dauid had
smitten of Beniamin and of Abners
men, sothat threehundred and threescore
men died.
32 H And they tooke vp Asahel, and
buried him in the sepulchre of his father
which was in Bethlehem : and loab
and his men went all night , and they
came to Hebron at breake of day,
CHAP. III.
1 During the warre Dauid still waxeth stronger.
2 Sixe sonnes were borne to him in Hebron.
6 Abner displeased with Ishbosheth, 12 re*
uplteth to Dauid. 13 Dauid requireth a con-
dition to bring him his wife Michal. 17 Ab-
ner hauingcommunedwith the Israelites, is
feasted by Dauid,and dismissed. 22 loab re-
turning from battell, is displeased with the
king, ami killeth Abner. 28 Dauid curseth
loab) 31 and mourneth for Abner.
Now
Abner reuolteth II. SamueL
Ow there was long war
H
betweene the house of
Saul , and the house of
Dauid: but Dauid waxed
stronger and stronger, and
the house of Saul waxed weaker and
weaker*
2 If And vnto Dauid were sonnes
>orne in Hebron : and his first borne was
Amnon, of Ahinoam the lezreelitesse.
3 And his second, Chileab, of Abi-
jail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite :
-nd the third , Absalom the sonne of
Maacah, the daughter of Talmai king
of Geshur ;
4 And the fourth, Adoniiah the son
of Haggith : and the fifth, Shephatiah
the sonne of Abital ;
5 And the sixth, Ithream by Eglah
3auids wife : these were borne to Da-
uid in Hebron.
6 IT And it came to passe while there
was warre between the house of Saul
and the house of Dauid , that Abner
made himselfe strong for the house ol
Saul.
7 And Saul had a concubine, whose
Chap.21. name was *Rizpah, the daughter of A-
if
ah : and Ishbosheth saide to Abner,
Wherefore hast thou gone in vnto my
Bathers concubine ?
8 Then was Abner very wroth
for the words of Ishbosheth , and said,
Am I a dogs head , which against lu-
dah doe shew kindnesse this day vnto
the house of Saul thy father, to his bre-
thren, and to his friends, and haue not
deliuered thee into the hand of Dauid,
that thou chargest mee to day with a
Fault concerning this woman ?
9 So doe God to Abner , and more
also, except, as the LORD hath sworne
to Dauid, euen so I doe to him :
10 To translate the kingdom e from
the house of Saul , and to set vp the
throne of Dauid ouer Israel, and ouer
ludah, from Dan euen to Beer-sheba.
11 And he could not answere Abner
a word againe, because he feared him.
12 If And Abner sent messengers to
Dauid on his behalfe, saying, Whose is
the land? saying also, Make thy league
with me, and behold, my hand shall bee
with thee, to bring about all Israel vn-
to thee.
13 U And he said, Well, I will make
a league with thee: but one thing I re-
t Hebr. say quire of thee, tthat is, Thou shalt not
wff.
see my face, except thou first bring Mi-
to Dauid.
chal Sauls daughter, when thou com-
mest to see my face.
14 And Dauid sent messengers to
shbosheth Sauls sonne, saying, Deli-
uer mee my wife Michal, which I
espoused to mee for * an hundred fore- 1. Sam.
8. 25, 27-
skinnes of the Philistines.
15 And IIshbosheth
shbosheth sent,
sent , and tooke
ler from her husband, euen from *Phal- 44. *l. Sam. 25,
Phalti.
tiel the sonne of Laish.
16 And her husband went with her
•along weeping behinde her to Bahu- ing, Hebr. go-
and
rim: then said Abner vnto him, Goe, re- weeping.
turne. And he returned.
17 f And Abner had communica-
tion with the Elders of Israel, saying,
Yee sought for Dauid tin times past, to i Hebr. both
yesterday,
>e king ouer you, and the
18 Now then doe it, for the L O R D third day.
lath spoken of Dauid, saying , By the
land of my seruant Dauid I will saue
my people Israel out of the hand of the
Philistines , and out of the hand of all
their enemies.
19 And Abner also spake in the eares
of Beniamin : and Abner went also to
speake in the eares of Dauid in Hebron,
all that seemed good to Israel, and that
seemed good to the whole house of
Beniamin,
20 So Abner came to Dauid to He-
bron, and twenty men with him ; and
Dauid made Abner, and the men that
were with him, a feast.
21 And Abner said vnto Dauid , 1
will arise , and goe, and will gather all
Israel vnto my lord the king, that they
may make a league with thee, and that
thou mayest raigne ouer all that thine
heart desireth And Dauid sent Abner
away, and he went in peace*
22 U And behold, the seruants oi
Dauid, and loab came from pursuing a
troupe , and brought in a great spoile
with them : ( but Abner was not with
Dauid in Hebron , for he had sent him a-
way, and he was gone in peace.)
23 When loab and all the host tha
was with him . were come , they tolc
loab, saying, Abner the sonne of Ner
came to the king, and he hath sent him
away, and he is gone in peace.
24 Then loab came to the king, anc
said, What hast thou done ? behold, Ab-
ner came vnto thee, why is it that thou
hast sent him away, & he is quite gone?
25 Thou knowest Abner the sonne
of Ner, that he came to deceiue thee, anc
to know thy going out*, and thy com-
ming
 Chap.mj.
f~*\ t
loab slayeth Abner.
ming in, & to know all that thou doest.
26 And when loab was come out
5rom Dauid, hee sent messengers after
Abner, which brought him againe
from the well of Siriah; but Dauid
knew it not.
27 And when Abner was returned
* 1. King. to Hebron, * loab tooke him aside in the
2. 5.
P Or, peace^ gate to speake with him ||quietly: and
ably. smote him there vnder the fift ribbe> that
* Chap. 2. he died, for the blood of* Asahel his bro-
23.
ther.
28 1T And afterward when Dauid
heard it, hee said, I and my kingdome
are guiltlesse before the L O R D for e-
t Heb. Moods uer, from the t blood of Abner the sonne
of Ner:
29 Let it rest on the head of loab,
and on all his fathers house, & let there
t Heb. be not tfaile from the house of loab one
cut off.
that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or
that leaneth on a staffe, or that falleth on
the sword, or that lacketh bread,
30 So loab and Abishai his brother
slew Abner, because he had slaine their
* Chap. 2. brother * Asahel at Gibeon in the bat-
23.
tell.
31 IF And Dauid said to loab , and
to all the people that were with him,
Rent your clothes, and girde you with
sackecloth , and mourne before Abner.
And king Dauid himselfe followed the
t Heb. bed. tbiere.
32 And they buried Abner in Hebron,
and the king lift vp his voice, and wept
at the graue of Abner; and all the peo-
ple wept.
33 And the king lamented ouer Ab-
ner, and said, Died Abner as a foole
dieth ?
34 Thy hands were not bound, nor
thy feete put into fetters ; as a man fal-
t Heb. M. leth before t wicked men, so fellest thou.
dren o/mf.
qttitie. And all the people wept againe ouer
him,
35 And when all the people came to
cause Dauid to eate meate while it was
yet day , Dauid sware, saying, So doe
God to mee , and more also , if I taste
bread or ought else, till the Sunne be
downe.
36 And all the people tooke notice ol
t Heb. was it, and it tpleased them: aswhatsoeuer
good in their
eyes. the King did, pleased all the people.
37 For all the people, and all Israel
vnderstood that day , that it was not
of the King to slay Abner the sonne oi
Ner.
38 And the King said vnto his ser-
• •••
Ilnbometh ilaine.
uants, Knowe yee not that there is a
prince and a great man fallen this day
:n Israel ?
39 And I am this day tweake, t Heb. ten.
though anointed King, and these men der.
the sonnes of Zeruiah be too hard for
me : the L O R D shall reward the doer
of euill, according to his wickednesse.
C H A P . IIII.
1 The Israelites being troubled at the death of
Abner, 2 Baanah and Rechab slay Ishbo-
sheth, and bring his head to Hebron. 9 Da-
uid causeth them to be slaine, and Ishbo-
sheths head to be buried.
^f^mf&K^^^ ND when Sauls sonne
in
heard that Abner was
dead in Hebron, his hands
were feeble, and all the
Israelites were troubled.
2 And Sauls sonne had two men
that were captaines of bands : the name
of the one was Baanah , and the name
of the t other Rechab, the sonnes of1cond. 1 Heb. se-
Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children
of Beniamin : (for Beeroth also was
reckoned to Beniamin :
3 And the Beerothites fled to Git-
taim, and were soiourners there vntill
this day.)
4 And lonathan , Sauls sonne,
had a sonne that was lame of his feete,
and was fiue yeeres olde when the ti-
dings came of Saul and lonathan out
of lezreel , and his nource tooke him
vp, and fled: and it came to passe as she
made haste to flee, that hee fell, and be-
came lame , and his name was Mephi-
bosheth.
5 And the sonnes of Rimmon the
Beerothite , Rechab and Baanah,
went, and came about the heat of the
day to the house of Ishbosheth, who
lay on a bed at noone.
6 And they came thither into the
midst of the house, as though they would
haue fetched wheat , and they smote
him vnder the fift rib, and Rechab and
Baanah his brother escaped.
7 For when they came into the
house, hee lay on his bedde in his bed-
chamber, and they smote him, and slew
him, and beheaded him, and tooke his
head, and gate them away thorow the
plaine all night.
8 And they brought the head of
Ishbosheth vnto Dauid to Hebron,
and said to the King, Behold the head
of
Rechab &c, flaine. II.Samuel.
of Ishbosheth the sonne of Saul, thine
nemie, which sought thy life, and the
L.ORD hath auenged my lord the king
his day of Saul and of his seed.
9 f And Dauid answered Rechab
and Baanah his brother, the sonnes of
limmon th^Beerothite, and said vnto
hem, As the L O R D liueth, who hath
redeemed my soule out of all aduersitie,
* Chap, i 10 When *one told me, saying, Be-
15.
t Heb. hee lold, Saul is dead, (t thinking to haue
was in his )rought good tidings) I tooke hold of
owne eyes as
\ bringer, him, and slew him in Ziklag, ||who
4"c-
Or, which
thought that I would haue giuen him a
was the re- reward for his tidings :
ward I gaue
him for his 11 How much more, when wicked
tidings. men haue slaine a righteous person, in
us owne house, vpon his bed? Shall
[ not therefore now require his blood
of your hand, and take you away from
the earth ?
12 And Dauid commanded his yong
men, and they slew them , and cut off
their hands and their feete, and hanged
them vp ouer the poole in Hebron : but
they tooke the head of Ishbosheth, and
• Chap. 3.
aa.
juried it in the * sepulchre of Abner, in
Hebron.
C H A P . V.
1 The tribes come to Hebron to annoint Dauid
ouer Israel. 4 Dauids age. 6 Hee taking
Zion from the lebusites dwelleth in it. 11 Hi-
ram sendeth to Dauid. 13 Eleuen sonnes are
borne to him in Jerusalem. 17 Dauid directed
by God smiteth the Philistines at Baal Pera-
zim, 92 and againe at the Mulberie trees.
* i. Chron. Hen * came all the tribes of
T
i. i. Israel to Dauid vnto He-
bron , and spake, saying,
Behold, we are thy bone,
~~w~»~. and thy flesh.
2 Also in time past when Saul was
king ouer vs, thou ivast hee that leddest
out and broughtest in Israel : and the
* Psal. 78. L O R D said to thee, *Thou shalt feed
71- my people Israel, and thou shalt bee a
captaine ouer Israel.
3 So all the Elders of Israel came
to the King to Hebron, and King Da-
uid made a league with them in Hebron
before the L O R D : and they anointed
Dauid King ouer Israel.
4 H Dauid was thirtie yeeres old
when he began to reigne, and he reig-
ned fourtie yeeres.
5 In Hebron he reigned ouer Iii-
* Chap. 2.1 dah *seuen yeeres, and sixe moneths:
and in lerusalem he reigned thirty anc
Dauids children.
three yeres ouer all Israel and ludah.
6 H And the king and his men went
;o lerusalem, vnto the lebusites, the
inhabitants of the land : which spake
vnto Dauid, saying, Except thou take
away the blind and the lame, thou shalt
not come in hither: ||Thinking, Dauid Dauid II Or, saying,
shall
cannot come in hither. not <Jr.
7 Neuerthelesse, Dauid tooke the
strong hold of Zion : the same is the ci-
tie of Dauid.
8 And Dauid said on that day, Who-
soeuer getteth vp to the gutter, and smi-
teth the lebusites, and the lame, and
the blind, that are hated of Dauids soule,
*heshallbechiefeandcaptaine:\(W}ierefoYe * i. Chron.
they said, The blind and the lame shall 11. 6.
I Or, becaust
not come into the house. •hey f tad said
9 So Dauid dwelt in the fort, and euen the
Hind 4- the
called it the citie of Dauid, and Dauid lame,
shalnotcome
He
3uilt round about, from Millo and in- into the
ward. house.
10 And Dauid twent on, and grew \ Hel. went,
going and
rreat, and the L O R D God of hosts growing.
was with him.
11 f And * Hiram king of Tyre sent 14. * i. Chron.
].
messengers to Dauid, and Cedar trees,
and carpenters, and t Masons: and ers \ Hebr. hew-
of the
they built Dauid an house, stone of the
wall.
1£ And Dauid perceiued that the
L O R D had established him King o-
uer Israel, and that he had exalted his
kingdome for his people Israels sake.
13 1T And * Dauid tooke him mo con- * i. Chron.
cubines and wiues out of lerusalem, 3.9.
after he was come from Hebron, and
there were yet sonnes and daughters
borne to Dauid.
14? And * these be the names of those * i. Chron.
that were borne vnto him in lerusalem, 3. 5.
Shamm.ua, & Shobab, and Nathan,
and Solomon:
15 Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Ne-
pheg, and laphia,
16 And Elishama, and Eliada, and
Eliphalet.
17 f *But when the Philistines * i. Chron.
11. 16.
heard that they had anointed Dauid and 14. 8.
King ouer Israel, all the Philistines
came vp to seeke Dauid , and Dauid
heard of it, and went downe to the hold.
18 The Philistines also came, and
spred themselues in the valley of Re-
phaim.
19 And Dauid enquired of the
L O R D , saying, Shall I goe vp tc
the Philistines? wilt thou deliuer them
into mine hand? And the L O R D said
vnto Dauid, Goe vp: for I will doubt
less*
(The Arke remoued. Chap.vj.
lesse deliuer the Philistines into thine
band,
* Esa. 28. 20 And *Dauid came to Baal-Pe-
21. razim , and Dauid smote them there,
and said, The L O R D hath broken
foorth vpon mine enemies before me , as
the breach of waters. Therefore he cal-
il That is, led the name of that place, ||Baal-Pe-
the plaine of
breaches. razim.
21 And there they left their images.
* i. Chron. and Dauid and his men *|| burnt
14. 12.
II Or, tooke them.
them away. 22 U And the Philistines came vp
yet againe, and spread themselues in the
valley of Rephaim.
23 And when Dauid enquired of the
L O R D , he said, Thou shalt n<?t goe
vp : but fetch a compasse behinde them,
and come vpon them ouer against the
Mulbery trees.
24 And let it be when thou hearest
the sound of a going in the tops of the
mulbery trees, that then thou shalt be-
stirre thy selfe : for then shal the LORD
goe out before thee, to smite the host of
the Philistines.
25 And Dauid did so, as the LORD
had commaunded him ; and smote the
Philistines from Geba, vntil thou come
to Gazer.
C H A R VI.
1 Dauid fetcheth the Arke from Kiriath-iearim
on a new cart 6 Vzzah is smitten at Perez-
Vzzah. 9 God blesseth Obed - Edom for
the Arke. 12 Dauid bringing the Arke in-
to Zion with sacrifices, dauiiceth before it, for
which Michol despiseth him. 17 Hee pla-
ceth it in a tabernacle with great ioy and fea-
sting. 20 Michal reproouing Dauid for his
religious ioy, is chilolesse to her death.
Gaine, Dauid gathered
11
together all the chosen
men of Israel, thirtie
thousand:
* i. Chro. 2 And * Dauid arose
13,5,6. and went with all the people that were
with him, from Baale of ludah, to
bring vp from thence the Arke of God,
II Or, at || whose Name is called by the Name of
which the the L O R D of hostes , that dwelleth
Name, euen
the Name of betweene the Cherubims.
the LORD
of hosts was 3 And they t set the Arke of God vp-
called vpon. on a new cart, and brought it out of the
t Heb. made
to ride. house of Abinadab that was in (jGibeah:
I Or, the hW. and Vzzah and Ahio the sonnes of Abi-
nadab, draue the new cart.
»l.3am. 7. 4 And they brought it out of *the
3+
Vzzah flaine.
tiouse of Abinadab which was at Gi-
beah, t accompany ing the Arke of God; iHebr.with.
and Ahio went before the Arke.
5 And Dauid and all the house of
Israel played before the L O R D on all
manner of instruments made of Firre-
wood, euen on harpes, and on Psalte-
ries, and on timbrels, and on cornets,
and on cimbals.
6 U And *when they came to Na- * 1. Chton.
chons threshing floore, Vzzah put forth 13.9.
his hand to the Arke of God, and tooke
hold of it, for the oxen ||shooke it. !l Ort stum-
7 And the anger of the L O R D bled.
was kindled against Vzzah , and God
smote him there for his ||errour, and II Or, rash-
nesse,
there he died by the Arke of God.
8 And Dauid was displeased , be-
cause the L O R D had tmade a breach t Heir, bro-
vpon Vzzah ; And hee called the name ken.
of the place , || Perez-Vzzah to this day. 8 That is,
The breach
9 And Dauid was afraide of the of Vzzah.
L O R D that day , and said, How shall
the Arke of the LORD come to me?
10 So Dauid would not remoue the
Arke of the L O R D vnto him into the
citie of Dauid : but Dauid caried it a-
side into the house of Obed Edom, the
Gittite.
11 And the Arke of the L O R D con-
tinued in the house of Obed Edom the
Gittite, three moneths : and the LORD
blessed Obed Edom, and all his house-
hold.
18 1F And it was told king Dauid,
saying, *The LORD hath blessed the * l. Chron.
house of Obed Edom , and all that per- 15. 26.
tained vnto him, because of the Arke of
God. So Dauid went, and brought vp
the Arke of God, from the house of O-
bed Edom, into the citie of Dauid, with
gladnesse.
13 And it was so, that when they
that bare the Arke of the L O R D , had
gone sixe paces, hee sacrificed oxen and
fallings.
14 And Dauid daunced before the
L O R D with all his might, and Dauid
was girded with a linnen Ephod.
15 So Dauid and all the house of
Israel brought vp the Arke of the
L O R D with shouting, and with the
sound of the trumpet.
16 And as the Arke of the L O R D
came into the citie of Dauid, Michal
Sauls daughter looked through a
window, and saw king Dauid leaping
and dauncing before the LORD, and
she despised him in her heart.
17 f And
Michal childlefle- 11.Samuel.
17 1f And they brought in the Arke
f the L O R D , and set it in his place,
n the midst of the Tabernacle that Da-
t Heb. stret- id had t pitched for it : and Dauid offe-
ched.
ed burnt offerings, and peace o firings
Before the L O R D .
18 And assoone as Dauid had made
an end of offering burnt offerings and
* 1. Chron. >eace offerings, *hee blessed the peo-
16. ». )le in the Name of the L O R D of
lostes.
19 And hee dealt among all the peo-
)le, euen among the whole multitude of
srael, as well to the women as men,
o euery one a cake of bread , and a good
)iece of fash) and a flagon of wine: so all
ahe people departed euery one to his
louse.
20 IF Then Dauid returned to blesse
us houshold : and Michal the daugh-
er of Saul came out to meete Dauid,
and said , How glorious was the King
of Israel to day, who vncouered him-
elfe to day in the eyes of the handmaids
of his seruants, as one of the vaine fel-
I Or, openly. owes ||shamelessely vncouereth him-
selfe !
21 And Dauid said vnto Michal , It
was before the LORD, which chose me
)efore thy father, & before all his house,
to appoint me ruler ouer the people ol
the L O R D , ouer Israel ; therefore
will I play before the LORD.
2£ And I will yet be more vile then
thus , and will be base in mine owne
I Or, of the sight : and ||of the maid seruants which
handmaids thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be
of my ser-
uants. lad in honour.
23 Therefore Michal the daughter
of Saul had no childe vnto the day o1
ler death.
CHAP. VII.
1 Nathan first approouing the purpose of Da-
uid to build God an house, 4- after by the
word of God forbiddeth him. 12 He promi-
seth him benefites and blessings in his seede.
1Q T"lani/le rtvovAt* an/1 tVianlf ocariu.incr.
ND it came to passe,
•
* i. Chron. *when the King sate in
17.2. his house, and the LORD
had giuen him rest rounc
about fro all his enemies;
2 That the king said vnto Nathan
the Prophet, See now, I dwell in an
house of Cedar, but the Arke of Goc
dwelleth within curtaines.
3 And Nathan sayde to the King,
Gods promife.
Go, doe all that is in thine heart : for the
^ O R D is with thee.
4 U And it came to passe that night.
hat the word of the L O R D came vn-
to Nathan, saying ;
5 Goe and tell tmy seruant Dauid, seruant Heb. to my
to
Thus sayth the LORD, Shalt thou Dauid.
mild me an house for me to dwell in ?
6 Whereas I haue not dwelt in
any house, since the time that I brought
vp the children of Israel out of Egypt,
euen to this day, but haue walked in a
tent and in a tabernacle.
7 In all the places wherein I haue
walked with all the children of Israel,
spake I a word with ||any of the tribes \Int1iel.
Chro. 17. 6.
of Israel , whome I commanded to any of the
eede my people Israel , saying , Why ludges.
mild ye not me an house of Cedar ?
8 Now therefore so shalt thou say
vnto my seruant Dauid ; Thus sayth
the L O R D of hostes , *I tooke thee * l. Sam, 16.
12. psaL 78.
rom the sheepe-cote, + from following 70.
the sheepe, to be ruler ouer my people, Heb. from
t
after.
ouer Israel.
9 And I was with thee whitherso-
euer thou wentest , and haue cut off all
ihine enemies tout of thy sight, and thy t Heb. from
face.
laue made thee a great name, like vnto
the name of the great men that are in
the earth.
10 (Moreouer I will appoint a place
for my people Israel, and will plant
them, that they may dwell in a place ol
their owne , and mooue no more : nei
ther shall the children of wickednesse
afflict them any more, as beforetime,
11 And as since the time that I com-
manded ludges to bee ouer my people
[srael , and haue caused thee to rest
Tom all thine enemies : ) Also the
L O R D telleth thee, that he will make
thee an house. '
12 If And *when thy dayes be fulfil- • i. King.
8. 20.
ed , and thou shalt sleepe with thy fa-
thers, I will set vp thy seede after thee
which shall proceede out of thy bowels
and I will establish his kincrdome.
13 * Hee shall build an house lor my • I.King.
Name, and I will stablish the throne 5.12.5.l.and 6.
chro.
of his kingdome for euer. 22. 10.
14*1 will be his father, and he shal " Heb. i, 5.
be my sonne: * if hee commit iniquitie 31,32.
• Psal. 89.
I will chasten him with the rodde o
men, and with the stripes of the children
of men.
15 But my mercie shall not depar
away from him, as I tooke it from
Saul, whom I put away before thee.
16 And
 Dauids thankes, Chap.viij.
16 And thine house, and thy king-
dome shall be stablished for euer before
thee: thy throne shall bee stablished for
euer.
17 According to all these words, am
according to all this vision, so did Na-
than speake vnto Dauid.
18 f Then went king Dauid in, anc
sate before the L O R D , and hee said,
Who am I, O Lord GOD ? and what
is my house, that thou hast brought me
hitherto ?
19 And this was yet a small thing in
thy sight, O Lord GOD : but thou hast
spoken also of thy seruants house for a
apreat while to come , and is this the
t Heb. Law. tmaner of man, O Lord GOD ?
20 And what can Dauid say more
vnto thee? for thou, Lord GOD,
i no west thy seruant.
21 For thy words sake, and accor-
ding to thine own heart hast thou done
all these great things, to make thy ser-
uant know them.
22 Wherefore thou art great, O
Lord GOD : for there is none like thee,
neither is there any God beside thee, ac-
cording to all that we haue heard with
our eares.
Deut.4.7 23 And * what one nation in the
earth is like thy people, euen like Israel,
whom God went to redeeme for a peo-
ple to himselfe, & to make him a name
and to doe for you great things, and ter-
rible, for thy lande, before thy people
which thou redeemedst to thee from E-
gypt,from the nations, and their gods?
24 For thou hast confirmed to thy
selfe thy people Israel to be a people vn-
;o thee for euer : and thou, LORD art
)ecome their God.
25 And now, O LORD God, the
word that thou hast spoken, concerning
thy seruant, and concerning his house,
establish it for euer, and doe as thou hast
said.
26 And let thy name bee magnified
or euer, saying, The L O R D of hosts
s the God ouer Israel : and let the
louse of thy seruant Dauid bee establi-
hed before thee.
27 For thou, O L O R D of hostes,
Heb. ope- lod of Israel, hast treuealed to thy
ned the eare.
eruant, saying, I will build thee an
louse: therfore hath thy seruant found
n his heart to pray this prayer vnto
hee.
* loh. 17.
28 And now, O Lord GOD, (thou
7« irt that God, and *thy words be true,
and prayer.
and thou hast promised this goodnesse
vnto thy seruant.)
29 Therefore now tlet it please thee t Heb. bee
thou pleased
to blesse the house of thy seruant, that it and bletse.
may continue for euer before thee: for
thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken if, and
with thy blessing let the nouse of thy
seruant be blessed for euer.
C H A P . VIII.
1 Dauid subdueth the Philistines and the Moa-
bites. 3 He smiteth Hadadezer, and the Sy-
rians. 9 Toi sendeth loram with Presents to
blesse him. 1 1 The Presents and the spoile
Dauid dedicateth to God. H He putteth ga-
risons in Edom. 16 Dauids officers.
^^^^^^^ Nd * after this it * 1. Chron.
A
18. 1. &c.
passe, that Dauid smote psal. 60. 2.
the Philistines , and sub-
dued them : and Dauid
iratSl^si? tooke ||M II Or, the bri-
dle of Am-
out of the hand of the Philistines. mah.
£ And he smote Moab, and measu-
red them with a line , casting them
downe to the ground: euen with two
lines measured he, to put to death, anc
with one full line to keepe aliue : anc
so the Moabites became Dauids ser-
uants, and brought gifts.
3 f Dauid smote also Hadadezer
the sonne of Rehob, king of Zobah, as
be went to recouer his border at the ri-
uer Euphrates.
4 And Dauid tooke || from him a II Or, of his.
thousand \\charets, and seuen hundred 18. H As l. Chr.
4.
lorsemen, and twentie thousand foote-
men : and Dauid houghed all the cha-
re t horses, but reserued of themjbr an
lundred charets.
5 And when the Syrians of Da-
mascus came to succour Hadadezer
dng of Zobah, Dauid slew of the Sy-
rians two and twentie thousand men.
6 Then Dauid put garisons in Sy-
ria of Damascus : And the Syrians be-
came seruants to Dauid, and brought
gifts: and the LORD presenied Da-
uid whithersoeuer he w.ent
7 And Dauid tooke the shields of
jold that were on the seruants of Ha-
ladezer, and brought them to lerusa-
em.
8 And from Betah and from Bero-
thai, cities of Hadadezer, King Dauid
tooke exceeding much brasse.
9 1T When Toi king of Hamath
leard that Dauid had smitten all the
loste of Hadadezer,
10 Then
Dauids kindneffe Il.Samuel.
10 Then Toi sent loram his sonne
t Hebr. aske vnto king Dauid to tsalute him, and to
him of peace, )lesse him, because hee had fought a-
gainst Hadadezer, and smitten him: (for
t Hebr. was rladadezer t had warres with Toi)
a man of
warres with. and/oraw tbroughc with him vessels of
\ Hebr. in siluer, and vessels of gold, and vessels of
his hand
were» >rasse;
11 Which also king Dauid did dedi-
cate vnto the L O R D , with the siluer
and gold that he had dedicate of all na-
tions which he subdued •
12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of
,he children of Ammon, and of the Phi-
istines, &of Amalek, and of the spoile of
Hadadezer sonne of Rehob king of
Zobah.
13 And Dauid gate him a name when
t Hebr. his le returned from tsmiting of the Syri-
smiting.
ansin the valley of salt, foiwg-eighteene
thousand men.
14 U And he put garrisons in Edom;
thorowout all Edom put he garrisons,
and all they of Edom became Dauids
seruants : and the L O R D presented
Dauid whithersoeuer he went.
15 And Dauid reigned ouer all Is-
rael, and Dauid executed Judgement
and Justice vnto all his people.
16 And loab the sonne of Zeruiah
zvasouer the host, and lehoshaphat the
it Or, re- sonne of Ahilud was \\ Recorder.
membran- 17 And Zadok the sonne of Ahitub,
cer, or wri-
ter of Chro- and Ahimelech the sonne of Abiathar,
nicles. were the Priests, and Seraiah was the
il Or, secre- || scribe.
tary.
* i. Chron. 18 *And Benaiah the sonne of le-
18.17. hoiada was ouer both the Cherethites,
and the Pelethites, and Dauids sonnes
II Or, Prin- were ||chiefe rulers.
ces.
P TT A P TY
1 Dauid by Ziba, sendeth for Mephibosheth. thy seruant doe: as for Mephibosheth
7 For; Jonathans sake he intertaineth him at saidtheKing, he shall eate at myJ table,a
his table, and restoreth him all that was Sauls.
Q HA mafcPth Ziha his farmmir.
Nd Dauid said, Is there
m yet any that is left of the
house of Saul, that
may shew him kindnesse
for Jonathans sake ?
2 And there was of the house o
Saul, a seruant whose name was Zi-
ba : and when they had called him vnto
Dauid, the king said vnto him, Art thou
Ziba? And he said, Thy seruant is he.
3 And the king said, Is there not
yet any of the house of Saul, that
to Mephiboftieth.
may shew the kindnesse of God vnto
him ? and Ziba said vnto the king, lo-
nathan hath yet a sonne, which is *lame Chap. i.
on his feete.
4
4« And the king saide vnto him,
Where is hee? and Ziba said vnto the
king, Behold, he is in the house of Ma-
chir the sonne of Ammiel, in Lodebar.
5 f Then king Dauid sent, and fet
him out of the house of Machir the son
of Ammiel, from Lodebar.
6 Now when Mephibosheth the
sonne of lonathan the sonne of Saul,
was come vnto Dauid, hee fell on his
face, and did reuerence: and Dauid said,
Mephibosheth / And he answered, Be-
hold thy seruant.
7 H And Dauid saide vnto him,
Feare not, for I will surely shew thee
kindnesse, for lonathan thy fathers
sake, and will restore thee all the lane
of Saul thy father, and thou shall eate
bread at my table continually.
8 And hee bowed himselfe, and
saide, What is thy seruant, that thou
shouldest looke vpon such a dead dogge
as I am ?
9 f Then the king called to Ziba
Sauls seruant, and said vnto him, ]
haue giuen vnto thy masters sonne al
that pertained to Saul, and to all his
house.
10 Thou therefore and thy sonnes
and thy seruants, shall till the land for
him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits
that thy masters sonne may haue fooe
to eate; but Mephibosheth thy ma
sters sonne shall eat bread alway at my
table. Now Ziba had fifteene sonnes
and twenty seruants.
11 Then saide Ziba vnto the king
According to all that my lord the king
hath commanded his seruant, so shal
f , , *v
OUC of the kings SOttnCS.
12 And Mephibosheth had a yong
sonne whose name was Micha: and al
that dwelt in the house of Ziba, were ser-
uants vnto Mephibosheth,
13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in le-
rusalem: for hee did eate continually at
the kings table, and was lame on both
his feete.
C H A P . X.
1 Dauids messengers sent to comfort Hanun
the sonne of Nahash, are villenously intrea-
ted. 6 The Ammonites, strengthened by the
Syrians
Hanuns villenie Chap.x,xj;
Syrians, are ouercome by loab and Abisnai.
15 Shobach making a new supply of the Sy-
rians at Helaro, is slaine by Dauid.
Nd it came to passe, after
* i. Chron.
19. l.
A this, that the * king of the
children of Ammon died,
and Hanun his sonnereig-
_ _ ned in his stead.
2 Then said Dauid, I will shewe
kindnes vnto Hanun the sonne of Na-
Hash, as his father shewed kindnes vn-
to me. And Dauid sent to comfort him
by the hand of his seruants, for his fa-
ther : and Dauids seruants came into
the land of the children of Ammon.
3 And the princes of the children of
Ammon saide vnto Hanun their lord,
t Hebr. in tThinkest thou that Dauid doeth ho-
thine eyes
doth Da. nour thy father, that he hath sent com-
uidt forters vnto thee ? rtath not Dauid ra-
ther sent his seruants vnto thee, to
search the citie, and to spie it out, and to
ouerthrow it ?
4 Wherefore Hanun tooke Dauids
seruants, and shaued off the one halfe
of their beards, and cut off their gar-
ments in the middle, euen to their but-
tocks, and sent them away. ,
5 When they told it vnto Dauid, he
sent to meet them, because the men were
greatly ashamed: and the King saide,
Tarie at lericho vntill your beards be
growen, and then returne.
6 f And when the children of Am-
mon saw that they stanke before Da-
uid, the children of Ammon sent, and
hired the Syrians of Beth-Rehob,
and the Syrians of Zoba, twentie
thousand footmen, and of king Maa-
cah, a thousand men, and of Ishtob
twelue thousand men.
7 And when Dauid heard of it, he
sent loab, and all the hoste of the migh-
tie men.
8 And the children of Ammon
came out, and put the battell in aray at
the entring in of the gate: and the Sy-
rians of Zoba and of Rehob, and Ish-
tob, and Maacah, were by themselues in
the field.
9 When loab saw that the front of
the battell was against him, before and
behind, he chose of all the choise men of
Israel, and put them in aray against
the Syrians.
10 And the rest of the people he deli-
uered into the hand of Abishai his bro-
ther, that he might put them in aray a- ^^ „„ _ ^^ that * Dauid sent loab 20.
gainst the children of Ammon.
is reuenged.
11 And he said, If the Syrians bee
too strong for me, then thou shalt helpe
me: but if the children of Ammon bee
too strong for thee, then I will come
and helpe thee.
12 Be of good courage, and let vs
play the men, for our people, and for the
cities of our God : and the LORD doe
that which seemeth him good.
13 And loab drew nigh, and the peo-
ple that were with him, vnto the battell
against the Syrians: and they fled be-
fore him.
14 And when the children of Am-
mon saw that the Syrians were fledde,
then fled they also before Abishai, and
entred into the citie: so loab returned
from the children of Ammon, and
came to Jerusalem.
15 If And when the Syrians sawe
that they were smitten before Israel,
they gathered themselues together.
16 And Hadarezer sent, and brought
out the Syrians that were beyond the ri-
uer, and they came to Helam, and Sho-
bach the captaine of the hoste of Hada-
rezer went before them.
17 And when it was told Dauid, he
gathered all Israel together, and pas-
sed ouer lordane, and came to Helam:
and the Syrians set themselues in aray
against Dauid, and fought with him.
18 And the Syrians fled before Is-
rael, and Dauid slew the men of seuen
hundred charets of the Syrians, and
fourtie thousand horsemen, and smote
Shobach the captaine of their hoste,
who died there.
19 And when all the kings that were
seruants to Hadarezer sawe, that they
were smitten before Israel, they made
peace with Israel^ and serued them : so
the Syrians feared to helpe the children
of Ammon any more.
C H A P . XI.
1 While loab besieged Kabbah, Dauid com-
mitteth adulterie with Bath -sheba. 6 Vriah
sent for by Dauid to couer the adulterie,
would not goe home neither sober nor drun-
ken. 14 Hee carieth to loab the letter of his
death. 18 loab sendeth the newes thereof to
Dauid. 26 Dauid taketh Bath-sheba to wife.
Nd it came to passe, that
•M
t after the yeere was expi- <(Heb.atthe
red , at the time when returne of
the yeere.
kings goe foorth to battell,
* 1. Chron.
1.
and his seruants with him, and all Is-
rael;
 Oauids adulterie. Il.Samuel.
rael; and they destroyed the children of
Ammon, and besieged Rabbah : but
Dauid taried still at lerusalem.
2 f And it came to passe in an eue-
ning tide, that Dauid arose from off his
bed , and walked vpon the roofe of the
kings house : and from the roofe he saw
a woman washing her selfe; and the
woman was very beautifull to looke
vpon.
3 And Dauid sent and enquired af-
ter the woman: and one said, Is not
this Bath-sheba the daughter of E-
liam, the wife of Vriah the Hittite?
4 And Dauid sent messengers, and
tooke her, and shee came in vnto him,
8 Or, and and he lay with her, (||for she was *pu-
whs she had
purified her rified from her vncleannesse) and shee
selfe, <Jc. she returned vnto her house.
returned.
* Leuit. 15. 5 And the woman concerned, and
19. and sent and tolde Dauid, and said, I am
.18. 19.
with childe.
6 H And Dauid sent to loab, say-
ing , Send me Vriah the Hittite. And
loab sent Vriah to Dauid.
7 And when Vriah was come vn-
t Heb. of the to him, Dauid demanded of him thow
peace q/#c. loab did, and how the people did, and
how the warre prospered.
8 And Dauid said to Vriah, Goe
downe to thy house, and wash thy feete.
And Vriah departed out of the Kings
t Heb. went house, and there t followed him a messe
out after
him. of meat from the king.
9 But Vriah slept at the doore of
the kings house, with all the seruants
of his lord, and went not downe to his
house.
10 And when they had tolde Dauid,
saying, Vriah went not downe vnto
his house, Dauid said vnto Vriah, Ca-
mest thou not from thy iourney ? why
then diddest thou not goe downe vnto
thine house ?
11 And Vriah said vnto Dauid, The
Arke, and Israel, and ludah abide in
tents, and my lord loab, and the ser-
uants of my lord are encamped in the
open fields ; shall I then goe into mine
house, to eate and to drinke, and to lie
with my wife? As thou liuest, and as
thy soule liueth, I will not doe this
thing.
12 And Dauid said to Vriah, Tary
here to day also, and to morow I will
let thee depart. So Vriah abode in le-
rusalem that day, and the morrow.
13 And when Dauid had called him,
hee did eate and drinke before him , and
and murder,
he made him drunke : and at euen hee
went out to lie on his bed with the ser-
uants of his lord, but went not downe
to his house.
14 IT And it came to passe in the mor-
ning, that Dauid wrote a letter to lo-
ab, and sent it by the hand of Vriah.
15 And he wrote in the letter, saying,
Set yee Vriah in the forefront of the
t hottest battel, and retire ye tfrom him, \Heb. strong
that he may be smitten, and die. \ Heb. from
after him.
16 And it came to passe when loab
obserued the citie, that he assigned Vri-
ah vnto a place where hee knewe that
valiant men were.
17 And the men of the city went out,
and fought with loab : and there fell
some of the people of the seruants of
Dauid, and Vriah the Hittite died also.
IS f Then loab sent, and tolde
Dauid all the things concerning the
warre :
19 And charged the messenger, say-
ing, When thou hast made an ende of
telling the matters of the warre vnto
the King ;
20 And if so be that the kings wrath
arise, and hee say vnto thee, Wherefore
approched ye so nigh vnto the city when
yee did fight ? Knew yee not that they
would shoot from the wall ?
21 Who smote * Abimelech the sonne * ludg. 9.
of lerubesheth ? Did not a woman 53.
cast a piece of a milstone vpon him from
the wall, that he died in Thebez ? why
went ye nigh the wall? Then say thou,
Thy seruant Vriah the Hittite is dead
also.
22 1F So the messenger went, and
came and shewed Dauid all that loab
had sent him for.
23 And the messenger said vnto Da-
uid , Surely the men preuailed against
vs, and came out vnto vs into the field,
and we were vpon them euen vnto the
entring of the gate.
2^ And the shooters shot from off
the^wall vpon thy seruants, and some
of the Kings seruants be dead, and thy
seruant Vriah the Hittite is dead also.
25 Then Dauid said vnto the mes-
senger, Thus shalt thou say vnto lo- t Heb, be
ab, Let not this thing t displease thee: euillin thine
for the sword deuoureth tone as well as eyes.
t Heb. so
another : Make thy battell more strong and swh.
against the citie, and ouerthrow it; and
encourage thou him.
26 f And when the wife of Vriah
heard that Vriah her husband was
dead,
Nathans parable. Ghap.xij.
dead, she mourned for her husband.
37 And when the mourning was
jast, Dauid sent, and fet her to his
louse, and she became his wife, and bare
lim a sonne: but the thing that Dauid
t Heb. was lad done, t displeased the LORD.
euitt in the
eies of.
CHAP. XII.
1 Nathans parable of the Ewe lambe, cau-
seth Dauid to be his owne ludge. 7 Da-
uid, reproued by Nathan, confesseth his sinne
and is pardoned. 15 Dauid tnpurneth and
prayeth for the childe, while it liued. 24
Salomon is borne and named ledidiah. 26
Dauid taketh Kabbah, and tortureth the
people thereof.
Mi|2&|l<|& Nd the L O R D sent Na-
m
than vnto Dauid : and he
came vnto him, and said
vnto him, There were
two men in one citie; the
one rich, and the other poore.
2 The rich man had exceeding ma-
ny flockes and herds.
3 But the poore man had nothing
saue one litle ewe lambe , which he had
bought and nourished vp : and it grew
vp together with him , and with his
Heb, mor- children, it did eate of his owne tmeate,
sell. and dranke of his owne cup , and lay in
his bosome, and was vnto him as a
daughter.
4? And there came a traueller vnto
the rich man, and he spared to take of
his owne flocke, and of his owne herd,
to dresse for the wayfaring man that
was come vnto him , but tooke the
poore mans lambe, and dressed it for the
man that was come to him.
5 And Dauids anger was greatly
kindled against the man , and he said to
Nathan, As the LORD liueth , the
t Or, iff wor- man that hath done this thing, || shall
thy to die. surely die,
6 And he shall restore the Lambe
* Exo.22. l *fourefold, because he did this thing,
aud because he had no pittie.
7 1F And Nathan said to Dauid,
Thou art the man : thus saith the
* Sam. 16. LORD God of Israel, I * anointed
13,
thee king ouer Israel, and I deliuered
thee out of the hand of Saul,
8 And I gaue thee thy Masters
house, and thy Masters wiues into thy
bosome, and gaue thee the house of Is-
rael and of ludah, and if that had bene
too litle, I would moreouer haue giuen
vnto thee such and such things.
Dauid repenteth
9 Wherefore hast thou despised the
commandement of the LORD, to doe
euill in his sight ? thou hast killed Vri-
ah the Hittite with the sword, and hast
taken his wife to be thy wife, and has!
slaine him with the sword of the chil-
dren of Ammon.
10 Now therefore the sword shal]
neuer depart from thine house, because
thou hast despised me, and hast taken
the wife of Vriah the Hittite, to be thy
wife.
11 Thus saith the L O R D , Behold,
[ will raise vp euill against thee out of
thine owne house, and I will * take thy * Deut. 20.
wiues before thine eyes, and giue them 30. chap,
Ifi. 22.
vnto thy neighbour, and he shall lie
with thy wiues in the sight of this
Sunne.
1£ For thou diddest it secretly : but I
will do this thing before all Israel, and
3efore the Sunne.
13 And Dauid same vnto Nathan,
*I haue sinned against the LORD. * Ecclus.
And Nathan saide vnto Dauid, The 47.11.
LORD also hath put away thy sinne,
thou shalt not die.
14 Howbeit, because by this deede
thou hast giuen great occasion to the e-
nemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the
childe also that is borne vnto thee, shall
surely die.
15 f And Nathan departed vnto
his house : and the LORD strake the
childe that Vriahs wife bare vnto Da-
uid, and it was very sicke.
16 Dauid therfore besought God for
the childe, and Dauid t fasted, and went t Heb. fasted
in, and lay all night vpon the earth. afast.
17 And the Elders of his house a-
rose, and went to him, to raise him vp
from the earth : but he would not, nei-
ther did he eate bread with them.
18 And it came to passe on the se-
uenth day, that the childe died : and the
seruants of Dauid feared to tell him
that the child was dead : for they saide,
Behold, while the childe was yet aliue,
we spake vnto him, and he would not
hearken vnto our voice : how will he
then tvexe himselfe, if we tell him that hurt.
t Heb. doe
the childe is dead ?
19 But when Dauid saw that his
seruants whispered, Dauid perceiued
that the childe was dead : therefore Da-
uid said vnto his seruants, Is the child
dead ? and they said, He is dead.
20 Then Dauid arose from the earth
and washed, and anointed Mmselfe, and
changed
Solomon borne. Il.Samuel.
changed his apparell, and came into the
louse of the LORD, and worshipped:
then hee came to his owne house, and
when he required, they set bread before
him, and he did eate.
21 Then said his seruants vnto him,
What thing is this that thou hast done ?
thou didst fast and weepe for the childe,
while it was aliuej but when the childe
was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
22 And he said, While the child was
yet aliue, I fasted and wept: for I said,
Who can tell, whether God will be graci-
ous to me, that the child may Hue ?
23 But now hee is dead, Wherefore
should I fast? Can I bring him backe
againe? I shall goe to him, but he shall
not returne to me.
24 1f And Dauid comforted Bath-
sheba his wife, and went in vnto her,
* Matt. 1.6. and lay with her : and *she bare a sonne,
and he called his name Solomon, and
the LORD loued him.
25 And hee sent by the hand of Na-
* i. Chron. than the Prophet, and *hee called his
22. 9.
I That is, name || ledidiah, because of the LORD.
Beloued of 26 If And loab fought against Rab-
the Lord.
bah of the children of Ammon , and
tooke the royall citie.
27 And loab sent messengers to
Dauid, and said, I haue fought against
Kabbah , and haue taken the citie of
waters.
28 Now therefore, gather the rest
of the people together, and encampe a-
gainst the citie, and take it : lest I take
\ Hebr. my the citie, and tit be called after my name.
name be cal-
led vpon it. 29 And Dauid gathered all the peo-
ple together, and went to Rabbah, and
fought against it, and tooke it,
* i. Chron. 30 * And he tooke their kings crowne
20. 2.
from off his head (the weight whereof
was a talent of gold , with the precious
stones) and it was set on Dauids head,
and he brought forth the spoile of the ci-
t Hebr. very tie tin great abundance.
great.
31 And he brought foorth the people
that were therein , and put them vnder
sawes , and vnder harrowes of yron.
and vnder axes of yron, and made them
passe through the bricke-kilne: And
thus did he vnto all the cities of the chil-
dren of Ammon. So Dauid and all the
people returned vnto lerusalem.
C H A P. XIII,
1 Amnon louing Tamar, by lonadabs counsell
faining himselfe si eke, rauisheth her. 1 5 Hee Amnon her brother.
hateth her, and shamefully turneth her a-
Amnons luft.
way. 19 Absalom entertaineth her, and
concealeth his purpose. 23 At a sheepe-
shearing, among all the Kings sonnes, hee
killeth Amnon. 30 Dauid grieuing at the
newes is comforted by lonadab. 3T Absalom
flieth to Talmai at Geshur.
Nd it came to passe after
iSJiSspsfe this, that Absalom the
sonne of Dauid had a faire
sister, whose nam e was Ta-
mar : and Amnon the
sonne of Dauid loued her.
2 And Amnon was so vexed, that
le fell sicke for his sister Tamar: for she
was a virgine, and t Amnon thought it maruelous
IHeb.it was
lard for him to doe any thing to her. or hidden in
3 But Amnon had a friend, whose the eyes of
Amnon,
name was lonadab, the sonne of Shi-
meah, Dauids brother: and lonadab
was a very subtill man.
4 And he saide vnto him , Why art
thou , being the Kings sonne , tleane * Heb. thin.
t from day to day? Wilt thou not tel me? t Heb. mor-
ning by mor-
and Amnon said vnto him, I loue Ta- ning.
mar my brother Absaloms sister.
5 And lonadab said vnto him, Lay
thee downe on thy bed, and make thy
selfe sicke : and whein thy father com-
meth to see thee, say vnto him, I pray
thee , let my sister Tamar come , and
giue me meat, and dresse the meat in my
sight, that I may see it, and eate it at her
hand.
6 f So Amnon lay downe, and
made himselfe sicke : and when the king
was come to see him, Amnon said vnto
the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my si-
ster come, & make me a couple of cakes
in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
7 Then Dauid sent home to Ta-
mar, saying, Goe now to thy brother
Amnons house, and dresse him meat.
8 So Tamar went to her brother
Amnons house (and hee was laide
downe) and she tooke ||flowre, and knea- Orpaste
ded it, and made cakes in his sight, and
did bake the cakes.
9 And she tooke a pan, and powred
them out before him , but hee refused to
eate: and Amnon said, Haue out all men
from mee : And they went out euery
man from him
10 And Amnon saide vnto Tamar,
Bring the meate into the chamber, that
I may eate of thine hand. And Tamar
tooke the cakes which shee had made,
and brought them into the chamber to
11 And when shee had brought them
vnto
Tamar rauifhed. Chap.xiij.
vnto him to eate , hee tooke hold of her,
and said vnto her, Come lye with mee,
my sister. -
12 And she answered him, Nay, my
r Hfib. hum- brother, doenott force me : for * t no such
ble me,
* Leuit. thing ought to bee done in Israel; doe
18. <).
t Heb. It
not thou this folly.
ought not ,<?o 13 And I, whither shall I cause my
to be done.
shame to goe? and as for thee, thou shalt
be as one of the fooles in Israel : now
therefore, I pray thee, speake vnto the
king, for he will not withhold me from
thee.
14? Howbeit hee would not hearken
vnto her voice, but being stronger then
shee, forced her, and lay with her.
t Heb. with 15 If Then Amnon hated her tex-
great hatred
greatly. ceedingly, so that the hatred wherwith
he hated her, was greater then the loue
wherewith hee had loued her : And
Amnon said vnto her, Arise, be gone.
16 And she said vnto him, There is
no cause : this euill in sending me away,
is greater then the other that thou did-
dest vnto me : But he would not hear-
ken vnto her.
17 Then hee called his seruant that
ministred vnto him, and said, Put now
this woman out from mee, and bolt the
doore after her.
18 And shee had a garment of diuers
colours vpon her : for with such robes
were the Kings daughters, that were
virgins, apparelled. Then his seruant
brought her out, and bolted the doore
after her.
19 H And Tamar put ashes on her
head , and rent her garment of diuers
colours that was on her, and layde her
hand on her head, and went on, crying.
20 And Absalom her brother sayde
vnto her, Hath Amnon thy brother
beene with thee ? But holde nowe thy
t Heb. set peace, my sister: he is thy brother, t re-
not thine
heart. gard not this thing. So Tamar remai-
t Heb. and ned t desolate in her brother Absaloms
desolate.
house.
21 1T But when King Dauid heard
of all these things, he was very wroth.
22 And Absalom spake vnto his bro-
ther Amnon neither good nor bad : for
Absalom hated Amnon, because he had
forced his sister Tamar.
23 If And it came to passe after two
full yeeres, that Absalom had sheepe-
shearers in Baal-Hazor, which is beside
Ephraim ; and Absalom inuited all the
kings sonnes.
24 And Absalom came to the King,
Amnon murdered.
and said, Behold now, thy seruant hath
sheepe-shearers , Let the King, I be-
seech thee, and his seruants, goe with
thy seruant.
25 And the King sayde to Absalom,
Nay, my sonne, let vs not all now goe,
lest we be chargeable vnto thee. And he
pressed him : howbeit he would not goe,
but blessed him.
26 Then said Absalom , If not , I
pray thee , let my brother Amnon goe
with vs. And the King said vnto him,
Why should he goe with thee ?
27 But Absalom pressed him, that
he let Amnon and all the kings sonnes
goe with him.
28 If Now Absalom had comman-
ded his seruants, saying, Marke yee
now when Amnons heart is merrie
with wine, and when I say vnto you,
Smite Amnon , then kill him , feare
not: ||haue not I commanded you? be no/, I Or', will you
since I
couragious, and be t valiant. hauecom-
mandedyoul
29 And the seruants of Absalom did iHeb.sonnes
vnto Amnon as Absalom had com- ofvalour.
manded : then all the Kings sonnes?a-
rose, and euery man tgate him vp vpon i Heb. rode.
his mule, and fled.
30 f And it came to passe while they
were in the way, that tidings came to
Dauid, saying, Absalom hath slaine all
the Kings sonnes, and there is not one
of them left.
31 Then the king arose, and tare his
garments, and lay on the earth : and
all his seruants stoode by with their
clothes rent.
32 And lonadab the sonne of Shi-
meah Dauids brother , answered and
said, Let not my lord suppose that they
haue slaine all the yong men the Kings
sonnes ; for Amnon onely is dead : for
by the t appointment of Absalom this t Heb. mouth
hath beene || determined, from the day n Or, setled.
that he forced his sister Tamar.
33 Now therefore let not my lord the
King take the thing to his heart, to
thinke that all the Kings sonnes are
dead : for Amnon onely is dead.
34 But Absalom fled : and the yong
man that kept the watch , lift vp his
eyes, and looked, and behold, there came
much people by the way of the hillside
behind him.
35 And lonadab said vnto the king,
Behold, the kings sonnes come: t as thy t Heb. accor-
ding to the
seruant said, so it is. word of thy
;
36 And it came to passe assoone as seruant.
hee had made an endc of speaking, that
behold,
The widow of Il.Samuel.
behold, the kings sonnes came, and lift
vp their voice, and wept; and the King
t Heir, with also and all his seruants wept tvery
a great wee- sore.
ns great-
ly 37 If But Absalom fled, and went
I Or, Am. o Talmai the sonne of ||Ammihud
mihur.
ring of Geshur : and Dauid mourned
or nis sonne euery day,
38 So Absalom fled, and went to
Geshur, and was there three yeeres.
II Or, was
consumed.
39 And the soule of king Dauid ||lon-
jed to goe foorth vnto Absalom : for he
was comforted concerning Amnon,
seeing he was dead.
C H A P . XIIII.
1 loab, suborning a widow of Tekoah, by a pa-
rable to incline the Kings heart to fetch home
Absalom, bringeth him to Hierusalem. 25
Absaloms beautie, haire, and children. 28
After two yeres, Absalom by loab is brought
into the Kings presence.
Ow loab the sonne ol
IS
Zeruiah, perceiued that
the kings neart was to-
ward Absalom.
0OlkK
2 And loab sent to
Tekoah, and fetcht thence a wise wo-
man, and said vnto her, I pray thee,
'aine thy selfe to be a mourner, and put
on now mourning apparel, and anoint
not thy selfe with oile, but be as a wo-
man that had a long time mourned for
the dead :
3 And come to the king, and speake
on this maner vnto him : so loab put
the words in her mouth.
4 If And when the woman of Te-
koah spake to the king, shee fell on her
face to the ground, and did obeysance,
Hebr.saue and said, tHelpe, O king.
5 And the king said vnto her, What
aileth thee ? And she answered, I am
indeed a widow woman, and mine hus-
band is dead.
6 And thy handmayd had two
sonnes, and they two stroue together in
t Hebr. no
deliuerer
the field, and there was tnone to par
betweene them, but the one smote the other, anc
them, slew him,
7 And behold, the whole family is
risen against thine handmayd, and they
said , Deliuer him that smote his bro-
ther, that we may kill him, for the life o
his brother whom he slew, and we wil
destroy the heire also: and so they sha
quench my cole which is left, and sha
not leaue to my husband neither name
Tekoahs parable.
nor remainder tvpon the earth. Hebr* vpon
8 And the king saide vnto the wo- the face of
the earth.
man, Goe to thine house, and I will
jiue charge concerning thee.
9 And the woman of Tekoah said
vnto the king, My lord, O king, the ini-
uitie bee on mee, and on my fathers
icuse : and the king and his throne See
ruiltlesse.
10 And the king said, Whosoeuer
saith ought vnto thee, bring him to mee,
and he shall not touch thee any more.
11 Then said she, I pray thee, let the
cing remember the L O R D thy God,
hthat thou wouldest not suffer the re- Heir, that
uengers of blood to destroy any more, ofthereuenger
blood doe
est they destroy my sonne. And ne said, not multiply
to destroy.
As the L O R D liueth, there shall not
one haire of thy sonne fall to the earth.
12 Then the woman said, Let thine
mndmayd, I pray thee, speake one
word vnto my lord the king. And hee
said, Say on.
13 And the woman said, Wherefore
then hast thou thought such a thing a-
gainst the people of God ? For the king
doeth speake this thing as one which is
aultv. in that the king doeth not fetch
lome againe his banished.
14 For we must needs die, and are as
water spilt on the ground , which can-
not bee gathered vp againe : ||neither I Or, because
God hath
doeth God respect any person, yet doeth not taken a-
Tnkcxvkkbhc
le deuise meanes, that his banished bee vay his Iife9
not expelled from him. deuised
15 Now therefore that I am come meanest <Jc.
to speake of this thing vnto my lord the
dng, it is because the people haue made
me afraid : and thy handmayd said, I
will now speake vnto the king ; it may
bee that the king will performe the re-
quest of his handmayd.
1 6 For the king wil heare, to deliuer
bis handmayd out of the hand of the
man that would destroy mee , and my
sonne together out of the inheritance
of God:
17 Then thine handmayd said, The
word of my lord the king shall now be
t comfortable : for as an Angel of God, t Hebr. for
so is my lord the king t to discerne goo< rest.
t Hebr. to
and bad : therfore the LORD thy Goc heare.
will be with thee.
18 Then the king answered and saic
vnto the woman, Hide not from me,
pray thee, the thing that I shall ask
thee. And the woman said, Let my lore
the king now speake,
19 And the king said, Is not th
ham
Abfaloms beautie. Chap.xv.
hand of loab with thee in all this ?
And the woman answered and said, As
thy soule liueth, my lord the king, none
can turne to the right hand or to the left
from ought that my lord the king hath
spoken : for thy seruant loab, hee bade
me, and he put all these wordes in the
mouth of thine handmaid :
20 To fetch about this forme of
speech hath thy seruant loab done this
thing: and my lord is wise, according to
the wisedome of an Angel of God, to
know all things that are in the earth.
21 IT And the king said vnto loab,
Behold now, I haue done this thing :
goe therefore, bring the yong man Ab-
salom againe.
22 And loab fell to the ground on
t Heb. bles- his face, & bowed himselfe, and t thank-
sed.
ed the king : and loab said, To day thy
seruant knoweth that I haue found
grace in thy sight, my lord O king, in
that the king hath fulfilled the request of
I! Or, thy. 11 his seruant.
23 So loab arose, and went to Ge-
shur, & brought Absalom to lerusalem.
24 And the king said, Let him turne
to his owne house, & let him not see my
face. So Absalom returned to his owne
house, and sawe not the kings face.
t Heb. and 25 IT tBut in all Israel there was
m Absa-
lom there none to be so much praised as Absalom,
was not a
beautifull for his beautie : from the sole of his foot
man in all euen to the crowne of his head 3 there
Israel^ to
praise was no blemish in him.
Rreatly. 26 And when he polled his head, (for
it was at euery yeres end that he polled
it: because the haire was heauy on him,
therefore he polled it) hee weighed the
haire of his head at two hundred she-
kels after the kings weight.
27 And vnto Absalom there were
borne three sonnes, and one daughter,
whose name was Tamar : shee was a
woman of a faire countenance.
28 U So Absalom dwelt two full
yeeres in Jerusalem, and saw not the
kings face.
29 Therefore Absalom sent for lo-
ab, to haue sent him to the king, but hee
would not come to him : and when hee
sent againe the second time, hee would
not come.
30 Therefore hee said vnto his ser-
t Heb. neere uants, See, loabs field is tneere mine,
my place.
and he hath barley there: goe, and set it
on fire: and Absaloms seruants set the
field on fire.
31 Then loab arose, and came to
His flatterie.
Absalom vnto his house, and said vnto
him, Wherefore haue thy seruants set
my field on fire ?
32 And Absalom answered loab,
Behold, I sent vnto thee, saying, come
hither, that I may send thee to the king
to say, Wherefore am I come from Ge-
shur ? It had bene good for mee to haue
bene there still : now therefore let me see
the kings face : and if there bee any ini-
quitie in me, let him kill me.
33 So loab came to the King, and
told him : and when hee had called for
Absalom, he came to the king, and bow-
ed himselfe on his face to the ground be-
fore the king, and the King kissed Ab-
salom.
C H A P . XV.
1 Absalom, by faire speeches and courtesies,
stealeth the hearts of Israel. 7 Vnder pretence
of a vow he obtaineth leaue to go to Hebron.
10 He maketh there a great conspiracie. 13
Dauidypon the newes fleeth from Jerusalem.
19 Ittai would not leaue him. 24 Zadok and
Abiathar are sent backe with the Arke. 30
Dauid and his companie go vp mount Oliuet
weeping. 31 He curseth Anithophelscounsel.
32 Husnai is sent backe with instructions.
Nd it came to passe after
A
this, that Absalom prepa-
red him charets and hor-
ses, and fiftiemen to runne
before him.
2 And Absalom rose vp earely, and
stood beside the way of the gate: and it
was so, that when any man that had a
controuersie, tcame to the king for Judg- t Hebr. to
ment, then Absalom called vnto him, come.
and said, Of what citie art thou ? And
he said, Thy seruant is of one of the
tribes of Israel.
3 And Absalom said vnto him, See,
thy matters are good & right, but there
is || no man deputed of the king to heare II 0r, none
will heare
thee. you from tlie
4 Absalom said moreouer, Oh that Icing down-
ward.
I were made ludge in the land, that
euery man which hath any suit or cause,
might come vnto me, and I would do
him iustice.
5 And it was so, that when any man
came nigh to him, to doe him obeisance,
he put foorth his hand, and tooke him,
and kissed him.
6 And on this maner did Absalom
to all Israel, that came to the King for
iudgement: so Absalom stole the hearts
of the men of Israel.
7 f And
Abfaloms treafon ILSamueK
7 IF And it came to passe after four-
bie yeeres, that Absalom said vnto the
king, I pray thee, let mee goe and pay
my vow which I haue vowed vnto
the LORD in Hebron.
8 For thy seruant vowed a vowe
while I abode at Geshur in Syria, say-
ing, If the L O R D shall bring mee a-
gaine in deed to Jerusalem, then I will
seme the LORD.
9 And the king said vnto him, Goe
in peace. So he arose, and went to He-
bron.
10 f But Absalom sent spies tho-
rowout all the tribes of Israel, saying,
As soone as yee heare the sound of the
trumpet, then yee shall say, Absalom
reigneth in Hebron.
11 And with Absalom went two
hundred men out of lerusalem, that
were called, and they went in their sim-
plicitie, and they knew not any thing.
1 2 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel
the Gilonite, Dauids counseller , from
his citie, euen from Giloh, while he offe-
red sacrifices : and the conspiracie was
strong , for the people encreased conti-
nually with Absalom.
13 IF And there came a messenger to
Dauid, saying, The hearts of the men
of Israel are after Absalom.
14? And Dauid said vnto all his ser-
uants that were with him at lerusa-
lem, Arise, and let vs flee; for wee shall
not else escape from Absalom : make
speede to depart , lest hee ouertake vs
tHeb. thrust suddenly, and t bring euill vpon vs, and
smite the city with the edge of the sword.
15 And the kings seruants said vnto
the king, Behold, thy seruants are readie
to doe whatsoeuer my lord the king shall
iHekchuse. t appoint.
16 And the king went foorth, and all
t Heb. at his his houshold t after him : and the King
feete.
left tenne women, which were concu-
bines, to keepe the house.
17 And the king went forth, and all
the people after him , and taried in a
place that was farre off.
1 8 And all his seruants passed on be-
side him : and all the Cherethites, an(3
all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites,
sixe hundred men, which came after him
from Gath, passed on before the king.
19 If Then said the king to Ittai the
Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with
vs ? Returne to thy place, and abide
with the King : for thou art a stranger,
and also an exile.
Dauid fieeth.
20 Whereas thou earnest but yester-
day, should I this day tmake thee goe t Heb. make
vp and downe with vs ? Seeing I goe thee wander
in going ?
whither I may, returne thou, and take
backe thy brethren : mercie and trueth
be with thee.
21 And Ittai answered the King,
and said, As the LORD liueth, and as
my lord the king liueth, surely in what
place my lord the king shall be, whether
in death or life, euen there also will thy
seruant be.
22 And Dauid said to Ittai, Goe,
and passe ouer. And Ittai the Gittite
passed ouer, and all his men, and all the
little ones that were with him.
23 And all the countrey wept with
a loude voice, and all the people passed
ouer : the King also himselfe passed o-
uer the brooke || Kidron, and all the peo- I Called loh.
18. 1. Ce-
ple passed ouer, toward the way of the dron.
wildernesse.
24 IF And loe, Zadok also, and all
the Leuites were with him, bearing the
Arke of the Couenant of God, and they
set downe the Arke of God ; and Abia-
thar went vp, vntill all the people had
done passing out of the citie.
25 And the King said vnto Zadok,
Gary backe the Arke of God into the ci-
tie : if I shall finde fauour in the eyes
of the LORD, he wil bring me againe,
and shew me both it, and his habitation.
26 But if he thus say, I haue no de-
light in thee: beholde, here am I, let
him doe to me, as seemeth goodvnto him.
27 The king said also vnto Zadok
the Priest, * Art not thou a Seer ? Re- * J. Sam,
turne into the citie in peace , and your 9. 9.
two sonnes with you, Ahimaaz thy
sonne, and lonathan the sonne of A-
biathar.
28 See, I will tarie in the plaine of
the wildernesse, vntill there come word
from you to certifie me.
29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar
caried the Arke of God againe to leru-
salem ; and they taried there.
30 f And Dauid went vp by the
ascent of mount Oliuet , tand wept as t Heb. going
he went vp, and had his head couered, vj) and wee-
ptng.
and he went barefoote, and all the peo-
ple that was with him , couered euery
man his head, and they went vp, wee-
ping as they went vp.
31 f And one tolde Dauid , saying,
Ahithophel is among the conspirators
with Absalom. And Dauid sayde , O
LORD, I pray thee turne the counsel!
of
HuQiais friendftiip Chap.xvj.
of Ahithophel into foolishnesse.
32 IF And it came to passe, that when
Dauid was come to the top of the mount,
where he worshipped God, behold, Hu-
shai the Archite came to meet him, with
bis coat rent, and earth vpon his head:
33 Vnto whom Dauid said, If thou
passest on with me, then thou shalt be a
burden vnto me.
34 But if thou returne to the citie,
and say vnto Absalom, I wil be thy ser-
uant, O king : as I haue bene thy fathers
seruant hitherto, so will I now also be
thy seruant : then mayest thou for mee
defeat the counsell of Ahithophel.
35 And hast thou not there with thee
Zadok , and Abiathar the Priests ?
therefore it shall be, that what thing so-
euer thou shalt heare out of the kings
louse, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and A-
jiathar the Priests.
36 Behold, they haue there with them
their two sonnes , Ahimaaz Zadoks
sonne, and lonathan Abiathars sonne :
and by them ye shall send vnto me eue-
ry thing that ye can heare.
37 So Hushai Dauids friend came
into the citie , and Absalom came into
[erusalem.
C H A P . XVI.
1 Ziba by presents and false suggestions, ob-
taineth his masters inheritance. 5 AtBahu-
rim Shimei curseth Dauid. 9 Dauid with
patience abstaineth , and restraineth others
from reuenge. 15 Hushai insinuateth him-
selfe into Absaloms counsaile. 20 Ahitho-
nhels counsaile.
Nd when Dauid was a
P I
little past the top ofthehill,
Beholde, Ziba the ser-
it! uant of Mephibosheth
met him with a couple oi
asses sadled, and vpon them two hun-
dred loaues of bread, and an hundred
bunches of raisins, and an hundred oi
summer fruits, and a bottell of wine.
2 And the King saide vnto Ziba,
What meanest thou by these? And Zi-
ba saide, The asses bee for the kings
houshold to ride on, and the bread anc
summer fruit for the yong men to eate,
and the wine, that such as be faint in the
wildernesse, may drinke.
3 And the king said, And where is
thy masters sonne ? and Ziba said vn-
to the king, Behold, he abideth at le-
rusalem : for hee said, To day shall the
Shimei eurfeth.
house of Israel restore mee the king-
dome of my father.
4 Then said the king to ZibaJ Be-
riold, thine are all that pertained vnto
Mephibosheth. And Ziba saide, 1 1t Hebr. I
doe obey-
lumbly beseech thee that I may finde sance.
grace in thy sight, my lord, O King.
5 f And when king Dauid came to
Bahurim , behold , thence came out a
man of the family of the house of Saul,
whose name was Shimei the sonne of
Gera: ||hee came foorth, and cursed stijl H 0r, lie still
camefoorth
as he came. and cursed.
6 And he cast stones at Dauid, and
at all the seruants of king Dauid : and
all the people, and all the mighty men
were on his right hand, and on his left.
7 And thus said Shimei when hee
cursed, Come out, come out thou t bloo- t Hebr. man
ofblood.
dy man, and thou man of Belial :
8 The L O R D hath returned vp-
on thee all the blood of the house of
Saul, in whose stead thou hast raigned,
and the L O R D hath deliuered the
kingdom e into the hand of Absalom
thy sonne : and t behold, ihouart taken to t Hebr. be-
thy mischiefe , because thou art a bloody hold thee in
thy euill.
man.
9 f Then said Abishai the sonne of
Zeruiah vnto the king, Why should
;his*dead dogge curse my lord the king? * I.Sam.24.
et mee goe ouer, I pray thee, and take 15. chap. 3.
off his head.
10 And the king said, What haue I
;o doe with you, ye sonnes of Zeruiah?
So let him curse, because the L O R D
bath said vnto him, Curse Dauid. Who
shall then say, Wherefore hast thou
done so t
11 And Dauid said to Abishai, and to
all his seruants, Beholde, my sonne
which came foorth of my bowels, see-
keth my life: how much more now may
this Beniamite doe it? let him alone, and
let him curse : for the L O R D hath
bidden him.
12 It may bee that the L O R D will
looke on mine ||affliction, and that the II Or* tcarest
L O R D will requite good for his cur- Hebr. eye.
sing this day.
13 And as Dauid and his men went
by the way, Shimei went along on the
hilles side ouer against him, and cursed
as hee went, and threw stones at him,
and t cast dust. \ Hebr. du-
14 And the king, and all the people sted him
with dust.
that were with him, came weary, and
refreshed themselues there.
15 11 And Absalom and al the people
the
Ahithophels and I I.Samuel.
the men of Israel, came to lerusa-
em, and Ahithophel with him.
16 And it came to passe when Hushai
the Archite, Dauids friend, was come
vnto Absalom, that Hushai said vnto
tHeb. let the Absalom, tGod saue the king, God saue
king Hue.
the king.
17 And Absalom said to Hushai, 'Is
this thy kindnesse to thy friend ? Why
wentest thou not with thy friend ?
18 And Hushai said vnto Absalom,
Nay, but whom the L O R D and this
people, and all the men of Israel chuse,
liis will I bee, and with him will I
abide.
19 And againe , whom should I
serue? should! not serue in the presence
of his sonne ? as I haue serued in thy
fathers presence, so will I be in thy pre-
sence.
20 f Then said Absalom to Ahitho-
phel , Glue counsell among you what
we shall doe.
21 And Ahithophel said vnto Absa-
lom 3 Goe in vnto thy fathers concu-
bines, which he hath left to keepe the
bouse, and all Israel shall heare that
thou art abhorred of thy father , then
shall the hands of all that are with thee
be strong.
22 So they spread Absalom a tent
vpon the top of the house, and Absalom
went in vnto his fathers concubines,
in the sight of all Israel.
23 And the counsell of Ahithophel
which he counselled in those dayes, was
t Heb. ttfonf, as if a man had enquired at the t Oracle
of God: so was all the counsell of Ahi-
thophel , both with Dauid and with
Absalom.
CHAP XVII
1 Ahithophels counsel] is ouerthrowen by Hu-
shais, according to Gods appointment. 15 Se-
cret intelligence is sent vnto Dauid. 23 Ahi-
thophel hangeth himselfe. 25 Amasa is
made captaine. 27 Dauid at Mahanaim
is furnished with prouision.
Oreouer Ahithophel said
M
vnto Absalom, Let mee
nowe chuse out twelue
thousand men, and I
will arise and pursue af-
ter Dauid this night.
2 And I wil come vpon him while
hee is wearie and weake handed, and
wil make him afraid: and all the people
that are with him shall flee, and I will
smite the king onely.
Huftiais counfeF.
3 And 1 wil bring backe all the peo-
pie vnto thee : the man whom thou see-
kest is as if all returned : so all the people
shall be in peace.
4 And the saying tpleased Absalom t Hebr. was
right in the
well, and all the Elders of Israel. eyes of$c.
5 Then said Absalom , Call now
Hushai the Archite also, and let vs
heare likewise twhat he saith. \Hebr.whal
6 And when Hushai was come to is in his
mouth.
Absalom , Absalom spake vnto him,
saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after
this maner: shall we doe after his t say- t Heb. word.
ing ? if not, speake thou.
7 And Hushai said vnto Absalom,
The counsell that Ahithophel hath tgi- t Heb. COUTI.
selled.
uen , is not good at this time.
8 For, (said Hushai, ) thou know-
est thy father and his men, that they bee
mightie men, and theyfotchafed in their t Heb. bitter
minds, as a beare robbed of her whelps ofsoule.
in the field : and thy father is a man of
warre, and will not lodge with the
people.
9 Behold, he is hid now ia some pit,
or in some other place : and it wil come to
passe when some of them bee touer- t Heb./al-
throwen at the first , that whosoeuer ien.
heareth it, wil say, There is a slaughter
among the people that followe Ab-
salom.
10 And he also that is valiant, whose
heart is as the heart of a Lyon , shall
vtterly melt : for all Israel knoweth
that thy father is a mightie man,
and they which be with him are valiant
men.
11 Therefore I counsell, that all Is-
rael be generally gathered vnto thee,
from Dan euen to Beer-sheba, as the
sand that is by the sea for multitude, and
tthat thou goe to battell in thine owne t Heb. that
person. thy face or
presencetfoe,
12 So shall wee come vpon him in 4-c.
some place where he shall be found, and
we will light vpon him as the dew fal-
leth on the ground : and of him and of
all the men that are with him, there shall
not be left so much as one.
13 Moreouer, if hee be gotten into a
citie, then shall all Israel bring ropes
to that city, and we will draw it into the
riuer, vntill there be not one small stone
found there.
14 And Absalom and all the men of
Israel said, The counsell of Hushai the
Archite, is better then the counsell of A-
hithophel : For the L O R D had tap- t Heb. cow "
pointed to defeate the good counsell of manded.
Ahitho-
Ahithophels death. Chap.xviij.
Ahithophel, to the intent that the
LORD might bring euill vpon Ab-
salom.
15 1i Then said Hushai vnto Zadok
and to AbiatHar the Priestes, Thus
and thus did Ahithophel counsell Ab-
salom and the Elders of Israel, and
thus and thus haue I counselled.
16 Now therefore send quickly, and
tell Dauid, saying, Lodge not this night
in the plaines of the wildernes, but spee-
dily passe ouer, lest the King be swal-
lowed vp, and all the people that are
with him.
17 Now lonathan and Ahimaaz
stayed by En-rogel: (for they might not
be scene to come into the citie ) and a
wench went and tolde them: and they
went, and tolde king Dauid.
18 Neuerthelesse, a ladde saw them,
and tolde Absalom : but they went both
of them away qnickely, and came to a
mans house in Bahurim, which had a
Well in his court, whither they went
downe.
19 And the woman tooke and spread
a couering ouer the welles mouth, and
spread ground corne thereon; and the
thing was not knowen.
£0 And when Absaloms seruants
came to the woman to the house, they
said, Where is Ahimaaz and lonathan?
And the woman said vnto them, They
be gone ouer the brooke of water. And
when they had sought, and could not
finde them, they returned to lerusa-
lem.
21 And it came to passe after they
were departed, that they came vp out of
the Well, and went and tolde king Da-
uid, and said vnto Dauid, Arise, and
passe qnickely ouer the water: for thus
hath Ahithophel counselled against
you.
22 Then Dauid arose, and all the
people that were with him, and they
passed ouer lordane : by the morning
light there lacked not one of them that
was not gone ouer lordane.
23 U And when Ahithophel sawe
t Heb. done. that his counsell was not t followed, he
sadled his asse, and arose, and gate him
t Heb. gaue home to his house, to his citie, and tput
charge con-
cerning his his houshold in order, and hanged him-
house. selfe, and died, and was buried in the se-
pulchre of his father.
24? Then Dauid came to Mahana-
im : and Absalom passed ouer lordane,
he and all the men of Israel with him.
Dauid relieued.
25 11 And Absalom made Amasa
captaine of the hoste in stead of loab:
which Amasa was a mans sonne whose
name was Ithra an Israelite, that went
in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash,
sister to Zeruiah loabs mother.
26 So Israel and Absalom pitched
in the land of Gilead.
27 1f And it came to passe when Da-
uid was come to Mahanaim, that Sho-
bi the sonne of Nahash of Rabbah of
the children of Ammon, and Machir
the sonne of Ammiel of Lodebar, and
Barzillai the Gileadite, of Rogelim,
28 Brought beds, and ||basins, and U Or, eapa.
earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley,
and floure, and parched come, & beanes,
and lentiles, and parched pulse,
29 And honie, and butter, and sheepe,
and cheese of kine for Dauid, and for the
people that were with him, to eate : for
they said, The people is hungrie, and
wearie, and thirstie in the wildernesse.
C H A P . XVIII.
1 Dauid viewing the armies in their march, gi-
ueth them charge of Absalom. 6 The Isra-
elites are sore smitten in the wood of Ephra-
im. 9 Absalom hanging in an Oke, is slaine
by loab, and cast into a pit. 18 Absaloms
place. 19 Ahimaaz and Cushi bring tidings
to Dauid. 33 Dauid mourneth for Absalom.
Nd Dauid numbred the
A people that were with him,
and set captaines of thou-
sands , and captaines of
hundreds ouer them.
2 And Dauid sent forth a third part
of the people vnder the hand of loab,
and a third part vnder the hand of Abi-
shai the sonne of Zeruiah loabs bro-
ther, and a third part vnder the hand of
Ittai the Gittite: and the king said vn-
to the people, I will surely goe foorth
with you my selfe also.
3 But the people answered, Thou
shalt not goe foorth : for if we flee away,
they will not care for vs, neither if halfe
ofvs die will they tcare for vs: but now t Heb. set
thou art t worth ten thousand ofvs: ther- ontheir heart
vs.
fore now it is better that thou t succour \ Heb. as ten
vs out of the citie. thousand
ofvs.
4 And the King sayde vnto them, succour. t Heb. be to \
,
What seemeth you best, I will doe.
And the King stood by the gate side,
and all the people came out by hun-
dreds, and by thousands.
5 And the king commanded loab,
and
Aibfalom flaine. H.Samuel.
and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Deale
gently for my sake with the yong man,
tuen with Absalom. And all the people
leard when the king gaue all the cap-
taines charge concerning Absalom.
6 f So the people went out into
the field against Israel : and the battell
was in the wood of Ephraim,
7 Where the people of Israel were
slaine before the seruants of Dauid, and
there was there a great slaughter that
day of twenty thousand men.
8 For the battell was there scatte-
red ouer the face of all the countrey : and
Hebr. mul- the wood tdeuoured more people that
tiplied to de-
uoure. day, then the sword deuoured.
9 f And Absalom met the seruants
of Dauid ; and Absalom rode vpon a
mule , and the mule went vnder the
thicke boughs of a great Oke, and his
bead caught hold of the Oke, and hee
was taken vp betweene the heauen
and the earth, and the mule that was vn-
der him, went away.
10 And a certame man saw it> and told
loab, and said, Behold, I saw Absa-
lom hanged in an Oke.
11 And loab said vnto the man that
told him, And behold, thou sawest him.
and why didst thou not smite him there
to the ground, and I would haue gi-
uen thee tenne shekels of siluer , and a
girdle ?
12 And the man saide vnto loab,
t Heb. weigh Though I should treceiue a thousand
vpon mine
hand. shekels of siluer in mine hand, yet would
I not put foorth mine hand against the
Kings sonne : for in our hearing the
King charged thee, and Abishai , and
t Hebr. be- Ittai, saying, t Beware that none touch
ware whoso
euer ye be, the yong man Absalom.
o/*<- 13 Otherwyse , I should haue
wrought falshood against mine owne
life : for there is no matter hid from the
King, and thou thy selfe wouldest haue
set thy selfe against me.
14 Then said loab, I may not tary
t Hebr. be- thus twith thee. And hee tooke three
fore thee.
darts in his hand, and thrust them tho-
row the heart of Absalom , while hee
t Heb. heart was yet aliue in the t midst of the Oke.
15 And ten yong men that bare lo-
abs armour , compassed about am
smote Absalom, and slew him.
16 And loab blew the trumpet, anc
the people returned from pursuing af-
ter Israel : for loab helde backe the
people.
17 And they tooke Absalom, anc
Abfaloms pillar.
cast him into a great pit in the wood,
and layd a very great heape of stones
vpon him : and all Israel fled euery one
to his tent.
18 1T Now Absalom in his life time
iad taken and reared vp for himselfe a
rillar, which is in *the Kings dale : for* Gene. 14.
lee said, I haue no sonne to keepe my 17.
name in remembrance : And hee called
;he pillar after his owne name, and it
is called vnto this day, Absaloms place.
19 IT Then said Ahimaaz the sonne
of Zadok , Let mee now runne , and
>eare the King tidings, how that the
LORD
. hath tauenged " him of his \Hebr.
fudged him
enemies. from the
20 And loab said vnto him, Thou hand $c.
shalt not tbeare tidings this day, but Hebr. be a
hou shalt beare tidings another day : mandings.
of ti-
>ut this day thou shalt beare no ti-
dings, because the Kings sonne is dead.
21 Then said loab to Cushi , Goe
tell the King what thou hast scene. And
Cushi bowed himselfe vnto loab, and
ranne.
22 Then said Ahimaaz the sonne of
Zadok yet againe to loab, But thow- whatmuy.t Hebr. be
soeuer, let mee, I pray thee, also runne
after Cushi. And loab said, Wherefore
wilt thou runne, my sonne, seeing that
thou hast no tidings || ready? fl Or, conve-
nient.
23 But howsoeuer, (said he) let mee
runne: And hee said vnto him, Runne.
Then Ahimaaz ranne by the way of
the plaine, and ouerranne Cushi.
24? And Dauid sate betweene the
two gates : and the watchman went vp
to the roofe ouer the gate vnto the
wall, and lift vp his eyes, and looked,,
and behold, a man running alone.
25 And the watchman cried, and
told the King. And the king said, If he
bee alone, there is tidings in his mouth.
And he came apace, and drew neere.
26 And the watchman saw another
man running, and the watchman cal-
led vnto the porter, and said, Behold,
another man running alone. And the
King said, He also bringeth tidings.
27 And the watchman said, tMee \ Hebr. I
thinketh the running of the foremost is seening.
the run-
like the running of Ahimaaz the sonne
of Zadok. And the King said, Hee is a
good man, and commeth with good ti-
dings.
28 And Ahimaaz called, and said vn-
to the King, || All is well. And hee fell be
i: 0r, peace
to thee.
downe to the earth vpon his face before Hebr. peace
the King , and saide, Blessed bee the
L0RD
Dauid mournett Chap.xix.
\ Heb. shut L O R D thjr God which hath tdeliue-
vp.
red vp the men that lift vp their hande
against my lord the King.
\ Hebr. Is 29 And the king said , t Is the yong
there peace?
man Absalom safe ? And Ahimaaz an^
swered, When loab sent the kings ser"
uant, and me thy seruant, I saw a great
tumult, but I knew not what it was.
30 And the king said vnto him, Turne
aside and stand here. And hee turned a-
side, and stood still.
31 Andbehold,Cushicame,andCushi
t H_ebr. ti- said, t Tidings my lord the king : for the
dings is
brought. L O R D hath auenged thee this day
of all them that rose vp against thee.
32 And the king said vnto Cushi, Is
the yong man Absalom safe? And Cu-
shi answered , The enemies of my lord
the king, and all that rise against thee to
doe thee hurt, be as that yong man is.
33 U And the king was much moued,
and went vp to the chamber ouer the
gate, and wept : and as he went, thus
hee said , O my sonne Absalom , my
sonne, my sonne Absalom : would God
I had died for thee , O Absalom , my
sonne, my sonne.
CHAP. XIX.
1 loab causeth the king to cease his mourning.
9 The Israelites are earnest to bring the king
backe. 1 1 Dauid sendeth to the Priests to in-
cite them of ludah. 18 Shimei is pardoned.
24 Mephibosheth excused. 32 Barzillai dis-
missed, Chimham his sonne is taken into the
Kings familie. 41 The Israelites expostulate
with ludah for bringing home the King
without them.
11 u 11, was turn luau, uc-
A
holde, the king weepeth
and mourneth for Absa-
lom.
t Heb. sal- 2 And the t victorie that
uation or de- day was turned into mourning vnto all
liverance.
the people: for the people heard say that
day, how the king was grieued for his
sonne.
3 And the people gate them by stealth
that day into the citie, as people beeing
ashamed steale away when they flee in
battell.
4 But the king couered his face, and
the king cried with a loud voyce, O my
sonne Absalom, 0 Absalom my sonne,
my sonne.
5 And loab came into the house to
the king, and said, Thou hast shamed
this day the faces of all thy seruants,
Dauid returneth.
which this day hauesaued thy life, and
the Hues of thy sonnes, & of thy daugh-
ters, and the Hues of thy wiues , and
the Hues of thy concubines,
6 t In that thou louest thine ene- t Heb. by /o-
mies, and hatest thy friends; for thou uing t $c.
t Heh. that
hast declared this day, tthat thou re- princes or
gardest neither princes , nor seruants : seruttnts arc-
no/ to thee.
for this day I perceiue, that if Absalom
had liued, and all we had died this day,
then it had pleased thee well.
7 Now therefore arise, goe foorth,
and speake t comfortably vnto thy ser- t Heb. to the
uants : for I sweare by the LORD, heart of thy
seruants.
if thou goe not forth, there wil not tarie
one with thee this night, and that will
be worse vnto thee then all the euill that
befell thee from thy youth vntill now.
8 Then the King rose , and sate in
the gate: and they told vnto all the peo-
ple, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in
the gate : and all the people came before
the king : for Israel had fled euery man
to his tent.
9 H And all the people were at strife
throughout all the tribes of Israel, say-
ing, The king saued vs out of the hand
of our enemies, and he deliuered vs out
of the hand of the Philistines, and now
he is fled out of the land for Absalom.
10 And Absalom whom wee anoin-
ted ouer vs, is dead in battell : nowe
therefore why t speake ye not a word of silent
\ Heb are ye
?
bringing the king backe ?
11 IT And King Dauid sent to Za-
dok and to Abiathar the priests, saying,
Speake vnto the Elders of ludah,
saying, Why are ye the last to bring the
king backe to his house? (seeing the
speech of all Israel is come to the king,
euen to his house.)
12 Yee are my brethren, Yee are my
bones and my flesh: wherfore then are
ye the last to bring backe the king ?
13 And sayje to Amasa: Art thou not
of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so
to me, and more also, if thou be not cap-
taine of the hoste before me continually
in the roome of loab.
14 And he bowed the heart of all the
men of ludah, euen as the heart of one
man, so that they sent this word vnto the
King, Returne thou and all thy ser-
uants.
15 So the King returned, and came
to Jordan: and ludah came to Gilgal,
to goe to meet the King, to conduct the
king ouer lordane.
16 11 And * Shimei the sonne of 2.* 18. King.
Gcra,
Shimeis fubmiflion, 11.Samuel
Gera, a Beniamite, which wass of Ba-
mrim, hasted, & came downe with the
men of ludah, to meet King Dauid.
17 And there were a thousand men of
Chap. Jeniamin with him, and *Ziba the ser-
16.1
uant of the house of Saul , and his fif-
eene sonnes and his twenty seruants
with him, and they went ouer lordane
)efore the King.
18 And there went ouer a ferry-boat
o cary ouer the kings houshold, and to
i Heb. the doe twhat he thought good: and Shi-
good in his mei the sonne of Gera fell downe be-
s.yes.
bre the king as he was come ouer lor-
dane;
19 And said vnto the king, Let not
my lord impute iniquitie vnto me, nei-
ther do thou remember that which thy
seruant did peruersly the day that my
* Chap. 16. ord the king *went out of Jerusalem,
3.
that the king should take it to his heart.
20 For thy seruant doeth know that
[ haue sinned : therefore behold, I am
come the first this day of all the house of
[oseph, to goe downe to meete my lord
the king.
21 But Abishai the sonne of Zeruiah
answered, and sayd, Shall not Shimei
>e put to death for this, because hee cur-
sed the LORDS Anointed ?
22 And Dauid said, What haue I to
doe with you , yee sonnes .of Z.eruiah,
that yee should this day be aduersaries
vnto me ? shall there any man be put to
death this day in Israel? for doe not I
enow, that 1. am this day King ouer
Israel?
23 Therfore the king said vnto Shi-
mei, Thou shalt not die: and the King
sware vnto him.
24? U And Mephibosheth the sonne
of Saul came downg to meet the king,
and had neither dressed his feete , nor
trimmed his beard , nor washed his
clothes, from the day the King depar-
ted , vntill the day hee came againe in
peace.
25 And it came to passe when he was
come to lerusalem to meete the King,
that the King sayd vnto him, Where-
fore wentest not thou with me, Mephi-
bosheth p
26 And hee answered, My, lord 0
king, my seruant deceiued mee ; for thy
seruant sayd , I will saddle me an asse
that I may ride thereon, and goe to the
king, because thy seruant is lame :
* Chap. 27 And *hee hath slandered thy ser-
16. 3.
uant vnto my lord the king, but my lore
Barzillai aged.
c)
he King is as an Angel of God : doe
therefore what is good in thine eyes.
28 For all of my fathers house were
but t dead men before my lord the king: t Heb. men
of death.
ret diddest thou set thy seruant among
them that did eate at thine owne table:
what right therefore haue I yet to crie
any more vnto the king?
29 And the king said vnto him, Why
speakest thou any more of thy matters ?
I haue said, Thou and Ziba diuide
the land.
30 And Mephibosheth said vnto the
cing, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch
as my lorde the king is come againe in
)eace vnto his owne house.
31 f And Barzillai the Gileadite
came downe from Rogelim, and went
ouer lordane with the king, to conduct
lim ouer lordane.
32 Now Barzillai was a very aged
man , euen fourescore yeeres olde , and
*he had prouided the king of sustenance * Chap. 17.
while he lay at Mahanaim : for he was a 27.
very great man.
33 And the king said vnto Barzillai,
dome thou ouer with me, and I will
:eede thee with me in lerusalem.
34 And Barzillai sayde vnto the
king, tHow long haue I to liue, that I dayesaretlie
t How many
should goe vp with the King vnto le- qgfif*
rusalem ?
35 I am this day fourescore yeeres
olde : and can I discerne betweene good
and euill? Can thy seruant taste what
I eate, or what I drinke? can I heare
any more the voice of singing men and
singing women ? wherf ore then should
thy seruant bee yet a burden vnto my
lord the king?
36 Thy seruant vvill goe a little way
ouer lordane with the king :>nd .why
should the king recompense i(Jnie,:fitA
such a reward? -
37 Let thy seruant, I pray thee,
turne backe againe, that I may die in
mine owne citie , and be buried by the
graue of my father, and of my mother
but behold thy seruant Chimham , lei
him go ouer with my lord the king, anc
doe to him what shall s^eme good vnto
thee.
38 And the king answered, Chim-
ham shal goe ouer with .m'e, and I wD
doe to him that which shall seeme gooc
vnto thee : and whatsoeuer thou shalt
t require of me, that will I doe for thee tHeb.ck'use.
39 And all the people went ouer
lordane and when the king was come
ouer,
Sheba rebelleth. Chap.xx.
ouer, the king kissed Barzillai, and bles-
sed him, and he returned vnto his owne
place.
40 Then the King went on to Gil-
gal, and Chimham went on with him :
and all the people of ludah conducted
the king , and also halfe the people of
Israel.
41 If And behold, all the men of Is-
rael came to the king, and said vnto the
king. Why haue our brethren the men
of ludah stollen thee away, and haue
brought the King and his houshold,
and all Dauids men with him, ouer
lordane ?
42 And all the men of ludah an-
swered the men of Israel, Because the
king is neere of kinne to vs : wherefore
then be ye angrie for this matter? Haue
we eaten at all of the kings cost? or hath
he giuen vs any gift?
43 And the men of Israel answe-
red the men of ludah, and said, Wee
haue ten parts in the king, and we haue
also more right in Dauid then yee: why
t Hebr. set then did yee t despise vs, that our aduice
vs at light.
should not be first had in bringing backe
our king ? And the wordes of the men
of ludah were fiercer then the words
of the men of Israel.
C H A P . XX.
1 By occasion of the quarrell, Sheba maketh a
party in Israel. 3 Dauids ten concubines are
shut vp in perpetual prison. 4 Amasa made
captaine ouer ludah, is slaine by loab. 14
loab pursueth Sheba vnto Abel. 16 A wise
woman saueth the citje by Shebaes head.
23 Dauids Officers.
Nd there happened to bee
P!
HI
- _ .
there a man of Belial,
whose name was Sheba
the sonne of Bichri, a Ben-
iamite, & hee blew a trum-
pet, and said, Wee haue no part in Da-
uid, neither haue we inheritance in the
sonne of lesse : euery man to his tents,
O Israel.
2 So euery man of Israel went vp
from after Dauid, and followed Sheba
the sonne of Bichri: but the men of lu-
dah claue vnto their king, from lor-
dane euen to lerusalem.
3 IF And Dauid came to his house
at lerusalem, and the king tooke the
* Chap. 16.
22. ten women his * concubines, whom he
t Hebr. a
house of
had left to keep the house, and put them
ward. in t ward, and fed them, but went not in
Amafa flaine.
vnto them : so they were t shut vp vnto tHeftr.
the day of their death, tliuing in wi- bound.
t Hebr. in
dowhood. widowhood
oflife.
4 1F Then said the king to Amasa,
t Assemble me the men of ludah with- Wtebr.
in three day es, and be thou here present call.
5 So Amasa went to assemble the
men of ludah ; but hee taried longer
then the set time which he had appoin-
ted him.
6 And Dauid said to Abishai, Now
shall Sheba the sonne of Bichri doe vs
more harme then did Absalom : take
thou thy lords seruants, and pursue af-
ter him, lest he get him fenced cities, and
t escape vs. iHebr.de.
'iuer him-
7 And there went out after him selfefrom
our
loabs men , and the * Cherethites, and * Chap. eyes.
8.
the Pelethites, and all the mighty men : 18.
and they went out of lerusalem, to
pursue after Sheba the s'onne of Bichri.
8 When they were at the great stone
which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before
them : and loabs garment that he had
put on, was girded vnto him, and vpon
it a girdle with a sword fastned vpon his
loynes in the sheath thereof, and as hee
went forth, it fell out.
9 And loab saide to Amasa , Art
thou in health, my brother ? And loab
tooke Amasa by the beard with the
right hand to kisse him.
10 But Amasa tooke no heed to the
sword that was in loabs hand : so hee
smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and
shed out his bowels to the ground, and
tstrake him not againe, and he died : so iffebr.
loab and Abishai his brother pursued doubled not
his stroke.
after Sheba the sonne of Bichri.
11 And one of loabs men stood by
him, and said, He that f^uoureth loab,
and hee that is for Dauid, let him goe af-
ter loab.
12 And Amasa wallowed in blood
in the mids of the high way : and when
the man saw that all the people stood
still, he remoued Amasa out of the high
way into the field, and cast a cloth vpon
him, when hee saw that euery one that
came by him, stood still.
13 When he was remoued out of the
ligh way, all the people went on after
toab, to pursue after Sheba the sorine
of Bichri.
14 IT And hee went thorow all the
tribes of Israel vnto Abel, and to
Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and
they were gathered together, and went
also after him.
15 And
12
Sheba beheaded. II.Samuel.
15 And they came and besieged him
in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast
I Or, it stood vp abanke against the citie, and ||it stood
against the
outmost wall in the trench : and all the people that
t Heb. mar- were with loab, t battered the wall, to
red to throw throw it downe.
downe.
16 1F Then cried a wise woman out
of the citie, Heare, heare; say, I pray
vou. vnto loab* Come neere hither.
hat I may speake with thee.
17 And when he was come neere vn-
o her, the woman said, Art thou loab?
And he answered, I am he: Then shee
said vnto him, Heare the words of thine
landmaid. And he answered, I doe
leare.
B Or, They
plainlyspake
18 Then she spake, saying, ||They
in the begin- were wont to speake in old time , say-
ning.saying ing, They shall surely aske counsell at
surely they
will aske of Abel . and so they ended the matter.
Abel; and so
make an end 19 I am one of them that are peacea-
ble and faithfull in Israel: thou seekest Gibeonites, What shall I doe for you ?
to destroy a citie, and a mother in Is-
rael : Why wilt thou swallow vp the
inheritance of the LORD ?
20 And loab answered and saide,
Farre be it, farre be it from me, that 1
should swallow vp or destroy.
21 The matter is not so : but a man
of mount Ephraim ( Sheba the sonne
t Heb. by hi of Bichri tby name) hath lift vp his
name.
band against the king, euen against Da-
uid: deliuer him onely , and I will de-
part from the city. And the woman saic
vnto loab, Behold, his head shall be
throwen to thee ouer the wall.
2£ Then the woman went vnto al
the people in her wisedome, and they
cut off the head of Sheba the sonne o:
Bichri, and cast it out to loab: and hee Saul, \\whome the L O R D did chuse. I Or, chosen
t Heb. were blew a trumpet, and they t retired from
scattered.
the citie, euery man to his tent: & loab
returned to lerusalem vnto the king.
* Chap. 8. 23 If Now * loab was ouer all the
1C.
hoste of Israel, and Benaiah the sonne
of lehoiada was ouer the Cherethites,
and ouer the Pelethites.
24 And Adoram was ouer the tri-
bute , and lehoshaphat the sonne o
I Or, re- Ahilud was || Recorder.
membrance
25 And Sheua was scribe, and Za-
dok, and Abiatbar were the Priests.
26 And Ira also the lairite , was
OOr, a || a chiefe ruler about Dauid.
prince.
C H A P . XXI.
1 The three yeeres famine for the Gibeonites,
cease, by hanging seuen of Sauls sonnes. 1 ( and they fell all seuen together, am
Rizpahs kindnes vnto the dead. 12 Dauic were put to death in the dayes of har-
Famine in Ifrael
burieth the bones of Saul and Jonathan in his
fathers sepulchre. 15 Foure battels against
the Philistines, wherein foure valiants of Da-
uid slay foure gyants.
Hen there was a famine in
T
the dayes of Dauid three
yeeres, yeere after yeere,
and Dauid t enquired of T Heb. sought
the L O R D . And the he face <fc.
L O R D answered, It is for Saul, and
br his bloodie house, because he slew the
Gibeonites.
2 And the king called the Gibeo-
nites, and said vnto them, (now the Gi-
beonites were not of the children of Is-
rael, but *of the remnant of the Amo- * losh. 9. 3,
rites, and the children of Israel had 16, 17.
sworne vnto them : and Saul sought
to slay them, in his zeale to the children
of Israel and ludah)
3 Wherefore Dauid said vnto the
and wherwith shall I make the atone-
ment, that ye may blesse the inheritance
of the L O R D ?
4? And the Gibeonites saide vnto
him, || We will haue no siluer nor golde i Or, // is
of Saul , nor of his house, neither for not siltter or
fold that we
kaue
vs shalt thou kill any man in Israel. with Saul to doe
or
And he said, What you shall say, that his house,,
neither per-
will I doe for you. taines it to
5 And they answered the king, The vs to kil <jc.
man that consumed vs, and that ||deui- R Or, cut vs
sed against vs, that we should be destroi- off.
ed from remaining in any of the coasts
of Israel,
6 Let seuen men of his sonnes bee
deliuered vnto vs, and wee will hang
them vp vnto the L O R D in Gibeah ol
And the king said, I will giue them. of the Lord.
7 But the king spared Mephibo-
sheth the sonne of lonathan the sonne
of Saul, because of the * LORDS •l. Sam. l»
oth'e that was between them, betweene 3. 42.
and 20. 8,
Dauid, and lonathan the sonne ol
Saul.
8 But the king tooke the two sons
of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom
she bare vnto Saul, Armoni and Me-
phibosheth, and the flue sonnes of ||Mi- chals
II Or, Mi.
sister,
chal the daughter of Saul, whome she t Heb. bare
t brought vp for Adriel the sonne oi to Adriel.
Barzillai the Meholathite.
9 And hee (Jeliuered them into the
hands of the Gibeonites, and they han-
ged them in the hill before the LORD .
uest,
Sauls bones buried. Chap.xxij.
uest, in the first dayes^ in the beginning
of barley haruest.
* Chap. 3.7. 10 f And *Rizpah the daughter of
Aiah tooke sackecloth, and spread it for
her vpon the rocke, from the beginning
of haruest , vntill water dropped vpon
them out of heauen , and suffered nei-
ther the birds of the aire to rest on them
by day, nor the beastes of the fielde by
night.
11 And it was tolde Dauid what
Rizpah the daughter of Aiah the con-
cubine of Saul had done.
12 IT And Dauid went and tooke the
xmes of Saul, and the bones of lona-
than his sonne from the men of labesh
Gilead , which had stollen them from
* i. Sam. the street of Bethshan where the *Phi-
31. 10.
istines had hanged them , when the
Philistines had slaine Saul in Gilboa.
13 And hee brought vp from thence
the bones of Saul, and the bones of
lonathan his sonne, and they gathe-
red the bones of them that were han-
ged.
14? And the bones of Saul and lo-
nathan his sonne buried they in the
countrey of Beniamin in Zelah, in the
sepulchre of Kish his father: and they
perfourmed all that the king comman-
ded : and after that, God was entreated
for the land.
15 flF Moreouer, the Philistines had
yet warre againe with Israel, and Da-
aid went down, and his seruants with
him, and fought against the Philistines,
and Dauid waxed faint.
16 And Ishbi-benob which was of
II Or, Rapha. the sonnes of ||the gyant, (the weight of
\Heb.the whose t speare weighed three hundred
staffe, or the shekels of brasse in weight) he being gir-
head.
ded with a new sword, thought to haue
slaine Dauid.
17 But Abishai the sonne of Zer-
uiah succoured him, and smote the Phi-
listine, and killed him. Then the men of
Dauid sware v'nto him, saying, Thou
shalt goe no more out with vs to bat-
t Heb. can- tell, that thou quench not the |[ light of
die,or lampe
Israel.
« l.Chron. 18 * And it came to passe after this,
20.4.
that there was againe a battell with
the Philistines at Gob : then Sibbechai
the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of
0 Or, Rapha. the sonnes of ||the Gyant.
19 And there was againe a battell in
Gob, with the Philistines, where El-
* See 1.
hanan the sonne. of laare-Oregim a
Chro. 20. 5. Bethlehemite, slewe *the brother of Go-
Dauids fong.
liath the Gittite , the staffe of whose
speare was like a weauers beame.
20 And there was yet a battell in
Gath , where was a man of great sta-
ture , that had on euery hand sixe fin-
gers, and on euery foote sixe toes, foure
and twenty in number, and he also was
borne to ||the Gyant. II Or, Rapha.
21 And when he || defied Israel, lo- ched. H Or, repro~
nathan the sonne of *Shimea the bro- c hen d.
* 1. Sam.
ther of Dauid, slew him. 16. 9.
22 These foure were borne to the
Gyant in Gath, and fell by the hand of
Dauid , and by the hand of his ser-
uants.
C H A P . XXII.
A Psalme of thankesgiuing for Gods powerfull
deliuerance, and manifold blessings.
Nd Dauid spake vntb the
A__ ¥ -, v ^
L O R D the wordes of
this song, in the day that
the L O R D had deliu'e-
red him out of the hand of
all his enemies, and out of the hand of
Saul.
2 And he said, *The L O R D is my * Psal. is. 2.
rocke and my fortresse, and my deli- Sec.
uerer:
3 The God of my rocke, in him will
I trust: hee is my shield, and the norne
of my saluation, my high tower, and
my refuge, my Sauiour; thou sauest
me from violence.
4? I will call on the LORD, who
is worthy to be praised : so shall I be sa-
ued from mine enemies.
5 When the Hwaues of death com- B Or, pangs.
passed me : the floods of tvngodly men t Heb. Be»
Hal.
made me afraid.
6 The || sorowes of Hell compassed 8 Or, coards.
me about: the snares of death preuen-
ted me.
7 In my distresse I called vpon
the LORD, and cryed to my God,
and hee did heare my voice out of his
Temple, and my crie did enter into his
eares.
8 Then the earth shooke and
trembled : the foundations of heauen
mooued and shooke, because hee was
wroth.
9 There went vp a smoake t out of t Heb. by.
his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth
deuoured : coales were kindled by it.
10 Hee bowed the heauens also and
came downe : and darkenesse was vnder
his feete.
11 And
The fong 11.Samuel.
11 And he rode vpon a Cherub , and
did flie : and hee was scene vpon the
wings of the winde.
12 And hee made darkenesse pauili-
\Hebr. bin- ons round about him, t darke waters.
ding of wa-
ters. and thicke clouds of the skies.
13 Through the brightnesse before
him, were coales of fire kindled.
14 The LORD thundred from
heauen : and the most high vttered his
voice.
15 And he sent out arrowes, and scat-
tered them; lightning, and discomfited
them.
16 And the channels of the Sea ap-
peared, the foundations of the world
were discouered, at the rebuking of the
LORD, at the blast of the breath of
his nostrils.
17 He sent from aboue, he tooke me:
1 Or, great. he drew me out of ||many waters.
18 He deliuered me from my strong
enemy, and from them that hated mee:
for they were too strong for me. .
19 They preuented me in the day of
my calamitie : but the L O R D was
my stay.
20 Hee brought me forth also into a
large place: he deliuered me, because hee
delighted in me.
21 The L O R D rewarded mee ac-
cording to myrighteousnesse: according
to the cleannesse of my hands, hath hee
recompensed me.
22 For I haue kept the wayes of the
L O R D , and haue not wickedly depar-
ted from my God.
23 For all his iudgements were before
me : and as for his Statutes, I did not
depart from them.
t Hebr. to
him.
24? I was also vpright t before him :
and haue kept my selfe from mine ini-
quitie.
25 Therefore the L O R D hath re-
compensed me, according to my righte-
ousnesse : according to my cleannesse
* Hebr. be- t in his eye sight.
fore his eyes.
26 With the merciful thou wilt shew
thy selfe mercifull^ and with the vpright
man thou wilt shew thy selfe vpright.
27 With the pure thou wilt shew
thy selfe pure : and with the froward,
y Or,wrestle. thou wilt || shew thy selfe vnsauoury.
ps. IB. 27.
28 And the afflicted people thou wilt
saue: but thine eyes arevpon the hautie,
that thou mayest bring them downe.
II Or, candle. 29 For thou art my ||lampe, O
II Or, broken L O R D : and the LORD wil lighten
a troupe. my darkenesse.
of Dauid.
30 For by thee I haue ||run through
a troupe : by my God haue I leaped o-
uer a wall.
31 As for God , his way is perfect,
the word of the L O R D is || tried: he is H Or, refined
a buckler to all them that trust in him.
32 For who is God, saue the LORD ?
and who is a rocke, saue our God ?
33 God is my strength and power :
and he t maketh my way perfect. t Hebr. rid-
deth, or,
34 Hee t maketh my feet like hindes looseth.
feet : and setteth mee vpon my high leth. tHeb, equal-
places.
35 He teacheth my hands t to warre: t Hebr. for
so that a bow of steele is broken by mine the warre.
armes.
36 Thou hast also giuen mee the
shield of thy saluation : and thy gentle-
nesse t hath made me great. Webr. mul-
37 Thou hast enlarged my steps vn- tiplied me.
der me: so that my t feet did not slip. cles.
t Hebr. an-
38 I haue pursued mine enemies,
and destroyed them : and turned not a-
gaine vntill I had consumed them.
39 And I haue consumed them and
wounded them , that they could not a-
rise : yea, they are fallen vnder my feet.
40 For thou hast girded mee with
strength to battel: them that rose vp a-
gainst me, hast thou t subdued vnder me.
41 Thou hast also giuen mee the
necks of mine enemies, that I might
destroy them that hate me.
42 They looked, but there was
none to saue : euen vnto the LORD,
but he answered them not.
43 Then did I beat them as small
as the dust of the earth : I did stampe
them as the myre of the street , and did
spread them abroad.
44 Thou also hast deliuered mee
from the striuings of my people , thou
hast kept mee to be head of the heathen :
a people which I knew not, shall
serue me.
45 t Strangers shall || submit them- of\Heb.sonnes
the stran-
selues vnto me : as soone as they heare, ger.
they shall be obedient vnto me. H Or, yeeld
fained obe-
46 Strangers shall fade away : and dience. Heb.
they shall bee afraid out of their close lye.
places.
47 The L O R D liueth, and blessed
be my rocke: and exalted be the God of
the rocke of my saluation.
48 It is God that t auengeth mee, 'Hebr. gi-
ucth aucnge-
and that bringeth downe the people vn- mentforme.
der me :
49 And that bringeth me forth from
mine enemies : thou also hast lifted mee
vp
 Dauids worthies, Chap.xxiii.
vp on high aboue them that rose vp a-
gainst me : thou hast deliuered me from
the violent man.
50 Therefore I will giue thanke
* Rom. 15. £ vnto thee, O LORD, among * the hea
then : and I will sing praises vnto th]
Name.
51 He is the towre of saluation for his
king : and sheweth mercy to his Anoin-
*Cha. 7.13 ted, vnto Dauid, and *to his seede for
euermore.
C H A P . XXIII.
1 Dauid in his last words, professeth his faith in
Gods promises to be beyond sence or experi-
ence. 6 The different state of the wicked.
8 A catalogue of Dauids mightie men.
Owe these bee the lasi
m
words of Dauid : Dauic
the sonne of lesse saide,
and the man who was
raised vp on high, the A-
nointed of the God of lacob, and the
sweet Psalmist of Israel, said,
2 The spirit of the L O R D spake
by me, and his word was in my tongue.
3 The God of Israel said, the Rocke
II Or, be thou of Israel spake to me : ||he that ruleth
ruler, <Jc.
ouer men must be iust, ruling in the feare
of God:
4 And he shall be as the light of the
morning, when the Sunne riseth, euen a
morning, without cloudes; a* the tender
grasse springingout of the earth by cleare
shining after raine :
5 Although my house be not so with
God: yet he hath made with mee an e-
uerlasting couenant, ordred in al things
and sure : for this is all my saluation, and
all my desire, although he make it not to
2jrow.
6 f But the sonnes of Belial shall bee
all of them as thornes thrust away, be-
cause they cannot be taken with hands,
7 But the man that shal touch them,
\Heb. filled.must bet fenced with yron, and the staffe
of a speare, and they shall bee vtterly
burnt with fire in the same place.
8 f These be the names of the migh-
(Tr, Iosheb~ tie men whome Dauid had : || The
wssebet the
Tachmonite Tachmonite that sate in the seat, chiefe
head of the among the captaines, (the same was A-
three.
II See l. chr. dino the Eznite : ) || hee lif tvp his spear e&-
11.11.
Heb.slaine*
Tainst eight hundred, t whom he slew at
one time.
* l. Chron. 9 And after him was *Eleazar the
11. 12, .
sonrie of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the
three mightie tnen with Dauid , when
they defied the Philistines that were
and valiant men.
there gathered together to batteU, anc
the men of Israel were gone away.
10 He arose, and smote the Philistines
vntill his hand was wearie, and his
hand claue vnto the sword : and the
L O R D wrought a great victorie that
day, and the people returned after him
onely to spoile.
11 And after him was * Shammah * i. Chron.
the sonne of Agee the Hararite: and the 11. 27.
Philistines were gathered together
|| into a troupe, where was a piece o\ H Orj for for-
raging.
ground full of lentiles: and the people
fled from the Philistines.
12 But hee stood in the midst of the
ground, and defended it, and slewe the
Philistines: and the L O R D wrought
a great victorie.
13 And || three of the thirtie chiefe three
\\0r9th*
cap-
went downe and came to Dauid in the taines ouer
baruest time, vnto the caue of Adullam: the thirtie.
and the troupe of the Philistines pit-
ched in the valley of Rephaim.
14 And Dauid was then in an holde,
and the garison of the Philistines was
then in Bethlehem.
15 And Dauid longed, and said, Oh
that one would giue mee drinke of the
water of the well of Bethlehem which
is by the gate.
lo And the three mightie men brake
through the host of the Philistines, and
drew water out of the Well of Bethle-
lem, that was by the gate, and tooke ft,
and brought it to Dauid : neuerthelesse
le would not drinke thereof, but pow-
red it out vnto the LORD.
17 And he said, Be it farre from me,
O L O R D , that I should doe this: is
not this the blood of the men that went
in ieopardie of their Hues ? therefore he
would not drinke it. These things did
these three mightie men.
18 And *Abishai the brother of loab, i. Chron.
the sonne of Zeruiah , was chiefe a- i. 20.
mong three, and he lift vp his speare a-
rainstthreehuiidred,t0ftdslew£Am,and Heb. staine.
lad the name among three.
19 Was hee not most honourable of
three ? therefore he was their captaine:
lowbeit, hee attained not vnto the first
three.
20 And Benaiah the sonne of le-
loiada the sonne of a valiant man, of
Cabzeel, twho had done many actes, Heb. facts.
great
le slew two ||lion-like men of Moab: Hebr. lion
lee went downe also, and slewe a fGod.
uitie bee on mee, and on my fathers
snow.
21 And
Dauids worthies. Il.Samuel.
Heb. a man 21 And he slew an Egyptian t a good-
of counte-
nance or y man : and the Egyptian had a speare
sight: called
l.Chro.ll.
n his hand ; but he went downe to him
23. a man of with a stafFe, and plucked the speare out
reat sta-
of the Egyptians hand , and slewe him
ture.
with his owne speare.
22 These things did Benaiah the
sonne of lehoiada, and had the name
among three mightie men.
II Or, honou- 23 Hee was ||more honourable then
rable among
the thirtie. the thirtie , but hee attained not to the
first three: and Dauid set him ouer his
II Or, Coun- (guard.
cilliHeb.at
his command 24? *Asahel the brother of loab was
* Chap. 2. one of the thirtie : Elhanan the sonne
18.
of Dodo of Bethlehem,
25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika
the Harodite,
* i. Chron. 26 Helez the * Paltite, Ira the sonne
11.27.
of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
27 Abiezer the Anethothite, Me-
junnai the Hushathite,
28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai
the Netophathite,
29 Heleb the sonne of Baanah, a Ne-
tophathite, Ittai the sonne of Ribai
out of Gibeah of the children of Ben-
lamin.
30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai
II Or, valleys. of the ||brookes of Gaash,
31 Abialbon the Arbathite, Azma-
ueth the Barhumite,
32 Elihaba the Shaalbonite : of the
sonnes of lashen, lonathan,
33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam
the sonne of Sharar the Hararite,
34 Eliphelet the sonne of Ahasbai,
the sonne of the Maachathite , Eliam
the sonne of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the
Arbite,
36 Igal the sonne of Nathan of Zo-
bah, Bani the Gadite,
37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai
the Berothite, armour-bearer to loab
the sonne of Zeruiah,
38 Ira an Ithrite^ Gareb an I-
thrite,
39 Vriah the Hittite : thirtie and se-
uen in all.
C H A P . XXIIII.
1 Dauid tempted by Satan, forceth loab to
number the people. 5 The captaines in nine
moneths and twentie dayes, bring the muster
of eleuen thousand fighting men. 10 Da-
uid hauing three plagues propounded by
Gad, repenteth, ana chuseth the three dayes
pestilence. 15 After the death of threescore
Ifrael numbred.
AND THEN THOUSAND ,DAUID B
uenteth the destruction of Jerusalem. 18
Dauid, by Gads direction purchaseth Arau-
nahs threshing-floore, where hauing sacrifi-
ced, the plague stayeth.
§®IWj£S§ ND againe the anger of
a
the L O R D was kindled
^^^^^^ against Israel, and || hee Satan. Sea
mooued Dauid against 21.. Chron. 1.
^§N?i^My&' them , to say, Goe, num-
ber Israel and ludah.
2 For the king said to loab the cap-
taine of the hoste, which was with him,
|Goe now through all the tribes of Is- tf Or, com.
rael , from Dan euen to Beer-sheba, passe.
and number ye the people, that I may
tnow the number of the people.
3 And loab sayde vnto the King,
Vow the L O R D thy God adde vnto
the people (how many soeuer they be)
an hundred folde, and that the eyes of
my lorde the king may see it : but why
doeth my lord the king delight in this
thing ?
4 Notwithstanding, the kings word
preuailed against loab, and against the
captaines of the hoste : and loab and
the captaines of the host went out from
the presence of the king, to number the
people of Israel.
5 ^1 And they passed ouer lordane,
and pitched in Aroer, on the right side
of the citie that lieth in the midst of the
|riuer of Gad, and toward lazer. n Or, valley
6 Then they came to Gilead, and
to the ||land of Tahtim-Hodshi : and land ii Or, nether
newly
they came to Dan-Iaan, and about to inhabited.
Zidon,
7 And came to the strong holde of
Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hiuites,
and of the Canaanites . and they went
out to the South of ludah , euen to
Beer-sheba.
8 So when they had gone through
all the land, they came to Jerusalem at
the ende of nine moneths, and twentie
dayes.
9 And loab gaue vp the summe of
the number of the people vnto the king,
and there were in Israel eight hun-
dred thousand valiant men that drewe
the sword : and the men of ludah were
fiue hundred thousand men.
10 f And Dauids heart smote him
after that hee had numbred the people
and Dauid sayde vnto the LORD, 1
haue sinned greatly in that I haue
done : and nowe I beseech thee, C
L O R D , take away the iniquitie o1
thy
Dauid repenteth, Ghap.xxiiij.
thy seruant, for I haue done very foo-
lishly.
11 For when Dauid was vp in the
morning, the word of- the LORD came
vnto the Prophet Gad Dauids Seer,
saying,
12 Goe and say vnto Dauid, Thus
saith the L O R D , I offer thee three
things ; chuse thee one of them, that I
may doe it vnto thee.
13 So Gad came to Dauid, and told
him, and said vnto him , Shall seuen
yeeres of famine come vnto thee in thy
land? or wilt thou flee three moneths
before thine enemies, while they pursue
thee ? or that there be three day es pesti-
lence in thy land ? Now aduise, and see
what answere I shall returns. to him
that sent me.
14? And Dauid saide vnto Gad, I
am in a great strait : let vs fall now into
the hand of the L O R D (for his mer-
II 0r, many. cies are || great,) and let me not fall into
the hand of man. ^ and 'threshing instruments , and other
15 11 So the L O R D sent a pesti-
lence vpon Israel , from the morning,
euen to the time appointed : and there
died of the people from Dan euen to
Beersheba, seuen tie thousand men.
16 And when the Angel stretched
out his hand vpdn Jerusalem to de-
* 1. Sam. stroy it, *the L O R D repented him of
15. 11.
the euill, and said to the Angel that de-
stroyed the people, It is ynough : stay
now thine hand. And the Angel of the
LORD was by the threshing place of
Araunah the lebusite.
17 And Dauid spake vntq the
LORD when he saw the Angel that
smote the people, and said, Loe, I haue
sinned, and I haue done wickedly : but
these sheepe, what haue they done ? Let
thine hand, I pray thee, be against mee,
and facrificeth.
and against my fathers house.
18 H And Gad came that day to Da-
uid, and said vnto him, Goe vp, reare an
Altar vnto the LORD, in the thresh-
ing floore of Araunah the lebusite.
19 And Dauid, according to the say-
ing of Gad, went vp, as the L O R D
commanded.
20 And Araunah looked, and saw
the King and his seruants comming
on toward him : and Araunah went
out, and bowed himselfe before the
King on his face vpon the ground.
21 And Araunah said, Wherefore
is my lord the King come to his ser-
uant ? and Dauid saide , To buy the
threshing floore of thee, to build an Al-
tar vnto the LORD, that the plague
may be stayed from the people.
22 And Araunah said vnto Dauid,
Let my lord the King take and offer
vp what seemeth good vnto him : Be-
holde, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice,
instruments of the oxen for wood.
23 All these things did Araunah,
as a king, giue vnto the King: and A-
raunah saide vnto the King , The
LORD thy God accept thee.
24 And the King said vnto Arau-
nah , Nay, but I will surely buy it oi
thee at a price : neither will I offer
burnt offerings vnto the L O R D my
God, of that which doeth cost mee no-
thing. So Dauid bought the threshing
floore, and the oxen , for fiftie shekels oi
siluer.
25 And Dauid built there an Altar
vnto the L O R D , and offered burnt
offerings , and peace offerings : so the
L O R D was intreated for the land,
and the plague was stayed from Is-
rael.
THE
Abiftiag. Adonijah I.Kings.
THE FIRST BOOKE OF
the Kings, commonly called The
third Booke of the Kings.
C H A R I.
1 Abishag cherisheth Dauid in his extreame
age. 5 Adonijah, Dauidsdearlingjvsurpeth
the kingdome. 1 1 By the counsel of Natnan,
15 Bath-sheba moueth the king, 22 and Na-
than secondeth her. 28 Dauid reneweth his
oath to Bath-sheba. 32 Salomon by Dauids
appointment, beeing annointed King by
Zadok and Nathan, the people triumph.
41 lonathan, bringing these newes, Adoni-
iahs guests flie. 50. Adonijah flying to the
homes of the Altar, vpon his good beha-
uiour is dismissed by Solomon.
Ow King Da-
uid was olde, and
•
Hebr. en- t striken in yeeres,
tred into
dayes. and they couered
him with clothes,
but hee gate no
heate.
2 Wherefore
his seruants said
I Heb. let vnto him, t Let there be sought for my
them seeke. lord the king t a yong virgin, and let her
t Hebr. a
dqmselli a stand before the King, and let her t che-
virgine.
t Heb. be a rish him, and let her lie in thy bosome,
cherisher
vnto him.
that my lord the King may get heate.
3 So they sought for a faire damosel
throughout all the coasts of Israel, and
found Abishag a Shunammite, and
brought her to the King.
4 And the damosell was very faire,
and cherished the king, and ministred to
him : but the king knew her not.
5 f Then Adoniiah the sonne of
Haggith exalted himselfe, saying, I wil
\Reb.reigne tbe king: And he prepared him charets
and horesemen, and fiftie men to runne
before him.
6 And his father had not displeased
\Heb.from him tat any time, in saying, Why hast
his dayes.
thou done so ? And hee also was a very
goodly man, and his mother bare him af-
ter Absalom.
his treafon.
7 And hee t conferred with loab t Heb. his
the sonne of Zeruiah, and with Abia- words were
with loab.
thar the Priest : and they following A- after Ado-
t Heb. helped
doniiah, t helped him. nijah.
S But Zadok the Priest, and Be-
naiah the sonne of lehoiada, and Na-
than the Prophet, and Shimei, and
Rei, and the mightie men which belon-
ged to Dauid, were not with Adoniiah.
9 And Adoniiah slew sheepe, and
oxen, and fat cattell, by the stone of Zo-
heleth, which is by ||En-Rogel, and cal- U Or, the
led all his brethren the kings sonnes, well Rogel.
and all the men of ludah the kings ser-
uants.
10 But Nathan the Prophet, and
Benaiah, and the mightie men, and
Solomon his brother he called not.
11 IT Wherefore Nathan spake vnto
Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon,
saying, Hast thou not heard that Ado-
niiah the son of *Haggith doth reigne, * 2. Sam.
and Dauid our lord knoweth it not ? 3. 4.
1£ Now therefore come, let mee, I
pray thee, giue thee counsell, that thou
mayest saue thine owne life, and the life
of thy sonne Solomon.
13 Goe, and get thee in vnto King
Dauid, and say vnto him, Diddest not
thou, my lord, O king, sweare vnto
thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly So-
lomon thy sonne shall reigne after mee,
and he shall sit vpon my throne ? why
then doth Adoniiah reigne ?
14 Beholde, while thou yet talkest
there with the king, I also will come in
after thee, and tconfirme thy words. \Heb.JUlvp.
15 IT And Bath-sheba went in vn-
to the King into the chamber: and the
king was very olde, and Abishag the
Shunammite ministred vnto the king.
16 And Bathsheba bowed, and did
obeysance vnto the king: and the king
said, tWhat wouldest thou? t Heb. what
17 And she said vnto him, My lord, to thee 9
thou
It is told Dauid. Chap. j.
thou swarest by the L O R D thy God
vnto thine handmaid, saying. Assuredly
Solomon thy sonne shall reigne after
mej and he shall sit vpon my throne :
18 And now behold, Adoniiah reig-
neth ; and now my lord the king , thou
knowest it not.
19 And he hath slaine oxen, and fat
cattell, and sheepe in abundance , and
bath called all the sonnes of the king,
and Abiathar the Priest, and loab the
captaine of the hoste : but Solomon thy
seruant hath he not called.
20 And thou , my lord O king, the
eyes of all Israel are vpon thee , that
thou shouldest tell them who shall sit
on the throne of my lord the king af-
ter him.
21 Otherwise it shall come to passe,
when my lord the king shal sleepe with
his fathers , that I and my sonne So-
t Hebr. sin- lomon shall be counted t offenders.
Tien.
22 f And loe, while shee yet talked
with the king, Nathan the Prophet al-
so came in.
23 And thev tolde the king , saying,
Beholde Nathan the Prophet. And
when hee was come in before the king,
he bowed himselfe before the king with
his face to the ground.
24 And Nathan said, My lord O
king, hast thou said, Adoniiah shall
reigne after mee, and hee shall sit vpon
my throne ?
25 For hee is gone downe this day,
and hath slaine oxen, and fat cattel, and
sheepe in abundance, and hath called all
the kings sonnes , and the captaines of
the host, and Abiathar the Priest : and
behold, they eate and drinke before him,
t Hebr. Let and say, t God saue king Adoniiah.
king Ado.
niiah Hue. 26 But me, euen me thy seruant, and
Zadok the Priest , and Benaiah the
sonne of lehoiada , and thy seruant
Solomon hath he not called.
27 Is this thing done by my lord
the king , and thou hast not shewed it
vnto thy seruant, who should sit on the
throne of my lord the king, after him ?
28 IF Then king Dauid answered,
and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she
t Hebr. be- came t into the kings presence, and stood
fore the
king. before the king.
29 And the king sware, and said, As
the LORD liueth, that hath redeemed
my soule out of all distresse,
30 Euen as I sware vnto thee by the
LORD God of Israel, saying, Assu-
redly Solomon thy sonne shall reigne
Solomon anointed.
after me, and he shall sit vpon my throne
in my stead; euen so wil I certainly doe
this day.
31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her
face to the earth, and did reuerence to
;he king , and said, Let my lord king
Dauid Hue for euer.
32 f And king Dauid said, Call me
Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the Pro-
phet, and Benaiah the sonne of leho-
ada. And they came before the king.
33 The king also saide vnto them,
Take with you the seruants of your
ord, and cause Solomon my sonne to
ride vpon tmine owne mule, and bring Heb. which
lim downe to Gihon. >elongeth
ome.
34 And let Zadok the Priest, and
Vathan the Prophet, anoint him there
King ouer Israel • and blow ye with
;he trumpet, and say, God saue King
Solomon.
35 Then ye shall come vp after him,
that hee may come and sit vpon my
throne; for he shall be king in my stead:
and I haue appointed him to be ruler
ouer Israel, and ouer ludah.
36 And Benaiah the sonne of leho-
iada answered the King, and said , A-
men : The LORD God of my lord the
dng say so too.
37 As the L O R D hath bene with
my lord the King , euen so be he with
Solomon , and make his throne grea-
;er then the throne of my lord King
Dauid.
38 So Zadok the Priest, and Na-
than the Prophet , and Benaiah the
sonne of lehoiada, and the Chere-
thites, and the Pelethites went downe,
and caused Solomon to ride vpon
King Dauids mule, and brought him
to Gihon.
39 And Zadok the Priest tooke an
borne of oile out of the Tabernacle, and
anointed Solomon : and they blew the
trumpet, and all the people said, God
saue King Solomon.
40 And all the people came vp after
bim, and the people piped with ((pipes, I Ort flutes.
and reioyced with great ioy , so that the
earth rent with the sound of them.
41 H And Adoniiah and all the ghests
that were with him , heard it as they
bad made an end of eating : and when
loab heard the sound of the trumpet,
hee said, Wherefore is this noise of the ci-
tie, being in an vproare ?
42 And while hee yet spake, behold,
lonathan the sonne of Abiathar the
Priest
123
Adonijah yeeldeth. I.Kings,
Priest came, and Adoniiah sayde vnto
him, Come in, for thou art a valiant
man, and bringest good tidings.
43 And Jonathan answered, and
said to Adoniiah, Verily our lorde king
Dauid hath made Solomon king.
44 And the king hath sent with
him Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the
Prophet, and Benaiah the sonne of le-
hoiada, and the Cherethites, and the
Pelethites, and they haue caused him to
ride vpon the kings mule.
4/5 And Zarlok the Priest, and Na-
than the Prophet haue anointed him
king in Gihon : and they are come vp
from thence reioycing, so that the citie
rang againe : this is the noyse that yee
haue heard.
46 And also Solomon sitteth on the
throne of the kingdom e.
47 And moreouer, the kings ser-
uants came to blesse our lorde king Da-
uid, saying, God make the name of So-
lomon better then thy name, and make
his throne greater then thy throne. And
the king bowed himselfe vpon the bed.
48 And also thus sayde the King,
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel,
which hath giuen one to sit on my throne
this day, mine eyes euen seeing it.
49 And all the guests that were
with Adoniiah , were afraid , and rose
vp, and went euery man his way.
50 f And Adoniiah feared because
of Solomon, and arose, and went, and
caught hold on the homes of the Altar.
51 And it was tolde Solomon , say-
ing, Behold, Adoniiah feareth King
Solomon : for loe, he hath caught hold
on the homes of the Altar, saying, Let
King Solomon sweare vnto mee to
day, that hee will not slay his seruant
with the sword.
52 And Solomon sayd, If hee will
shewe himselfe a worthy man, there
shall not an haire of him fall to the
earth : but if wickednesse shall be found
in him, he shall die.
53 So king Solomon sent, and they
brought him downe from the Altar,
and hee came and bowed himselfe to
king Solomou : and Solomon sayde
vnto him, Goe to thine house.
C H A P . II.
1 Dauid hauing giuen a charge to Solomon,,
3 of religiousnesse^ 5 of loab, 7 of Barzillai,
8 of Shimei, 10 dieth. 12 Solomon sue-
ceedeth. 13 Adoniiah, mouing Bath-sheba
Dauids charge
to sue vnto Solomon for Abishag, is put to
death. 26 Abiathar hauing his life giuen
him, is depriued of the Priesthood. 28 loab
fleeing to the homes of the Altar, is there
slaine. 35 Benaiah is put in loabs roume,
and Zadok in Abiathars. 36 Shimei confi-
ned to Jerusalem, by occasion of going thence
to Gath, is put to death.
Ow the dayes of Dauid
HI
II
drew nigh, that he should
die, and he charged Solo-
mon his sonne, saying;
2 I goe the way of all
the earth : be thou strong therefore, and
shew thy selfe a man.
3 And keepe the charge of the
L O R D thy God , to walke in his
wayes, to keepe his Statutes, and his
Commandements, & his ludgements,
and his Testimonies, as it is written
in the Law of Moses, that thou mayest
* || prosper in all that thou doest, and 9.* Deut. 29.
iosh. 1. 7.
whithersoeuer thou turnest thy selfe : II Or, <foe
4 That the LORD may continue wisely.
his word which hee spake concerning
me, saying, If thy children take heede
to their way , to walke before mee in
trueth, witn all their heart, and with
all their soule, * there shall not tfaile * 2. Sam.
thee (sayd hee) a man on the throne of M2. t Heb. be
Israel. cut off from
thee from
5 Moreouer thou knowest also what the throne.
loab the sonne of Zeruiah did to mee,
and what he did to the two captaines of
the hostes of Israel, vnto *Abner the * 2. Sam. 3.
sonne of Ner , and vnto * Amasa the 27- * 2. Sam.
sonne of lether, whom hee slewe, and 20. 10.
tshed the blood of warre in peace, and t Heh. put.
put the blood of warre vpon his girdle
that was about his loynes , and in his
shooes that were on his feet.
6 Doe therefore according to thy
wisedome, and let not his hoare head
goe downe to the graue in peace.
7 But shewe idndnesse vnto the
sonnes of *Barzillai the Gileadite, and * 2. Sam.
let them be of those that eate at thy ta- 19. 31.
ble: for so they came to me when I fled
because of Absalom thy brother.
8 And behold, thou hast with thee
* Shimei the sonne of Gera, a Benia- * 2. Sam.
mite of Bahurim , which cursed mee 16. 5.
with a tgrieuous curse, in the day when iHek strong
I went to Mahanaim : but hee came
downe to meete me at lordane, and I
sware to him by the LORD, saying,
*I will not put thee to death, with the * 2. Sam.
19. 23.
sword.
9 Nowe therefore holde him not
guiltlesse :
Adonijahs requeft. Chap.vij.
guiltlesse : for thou art a wise man , and!
knowest what thou oughtest to doe vn-l
to him, but his hoare head bring thou
downe to the graue with blood.
• Act 2. 10 So * Dauid slept with his fa-
29. and 13.
36. thers, and was buried in the citie of
Dauid.
• 2. Sam. 5.4 11 And the dayes that Dauid *raig-
1. chron. 29
2G, 27. ned ouer Israel, were fourty yeeres : se-
uen yeeres raigned hee in Hebron , and
thirty and three yeeres raigned hee in
Jerusalem.
• 2. Chron. 12 IF *Then sate Solomon vpon the
29. 23.
throne of Dauid his father, and his
kingdome was established greatly,
13 H And Adoniiah the sonne of Hag-
jith came to Bathsheba the mother of
Solomon, and she said, Commest thou
peaceably ? And he said, Peaceably.
14 He said moreouer, I haue some-
what to say vnto thee. And she saide,
Say on.
15 And he said , Thou knowest that
;he kingdome was mine , and that all
Israel set their faces on me , that I
should raigne : howbeit the kingdome
is turned about, and is become my bro-
thers : for it was his from the LORD.
16 And now I aske one petition of
t Heb. turne thee, t deny me not. And she saide vnto
not away
my face. him, Say on.
17 And hee saide, Speake, I pray
thee, vnto Solomon the king (for hee
will not say thee nay) that he giue me
Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
18 And Bathsheba said, Wei, I will
speake for thee vnto the king.
19 H Bathsheba therefore went vn-
to king Solomon , to speake vnto him
for Adoniiah : and the king rose vp to
meete her , and bowed himselfe vnto
her, and sate downe on his throne, and
caused a seate to bee set for the Kings
mother, and she sate on his right hand.
20 Then she said, I desire one small
petition of thee, I pray thee say me not
nay : and the King said vnto her, Aske
on, my mother, for I will not say
thee nay.
21 And she saide, Let Abishag the
Shunammite be giuen to Adoniiah thy
brother to wife*
22 And king Solomon answered,
and said vnto his mother, And why do-
est thou aske Abishag the Shunammite
for Adoniiah ? Aske for him the king-
dome also (for he is mine elder brother)
euen for him , and for Abiathar the
Priest, & for loab the sonne of Zeruiah.
loab flaine,
23 Then king Solomon sware by
the LORD, saying, God doe so to me,
and more also, if Adoniiah haue not spo-
ken this word against his owne life.
24 Now therefore as the L O R D
liueth, which hath established mee, and
set mee on the throne of Dauid my fa-
ther, and who hath made me an house
as he * promised, Adoniiah shall be put • 2. Sam. 7.
12, 13.
to death this day.
25 And king Solomon sent by the
hand of Benaiah the sonne of lehoia-
da, and he fell vpon him that he died.
26 11 And vnto Abiathar the Priest
saide the King, Get thee to Anathoth,
vnto thine ownfields,for thou art t wor- t Heb. a man
thy of death : but I will not at this time of death.
put thee to death, because thou barest
the arke of the Lord GOD before Da-
uid my father, and because thou hast
bene afflicted in all wherein my father
was afflicted.
27 So Solomon thrust out Abia-
thar from beeing Priest vnto the
9
L O R D : that hee might * fulfill the 31,35. l.Sam. 2.
word of the LORD, which hee spake
concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
28 11 Then tidings came to loab
(for loab had turned after Adoniiah,
though hee turned not after Absalom)
and loab fled vnto the Tabernacle of
the L O R D , and caught hold on the
homes of the Altar.
29 And it was told king Solomon
that loab was fled vnto the Taber-
nacle of the LORD, and behold, hee is
by the Altar : Then Solomon sent
Benaiah the sonne of lehoiada, say-
ing, Goe fall vpon him.
30 And Benaiah came to the Ta-
bernacle of the L O R D , and said vnto
him, Thus saith the king, Come foorth.
And he said, Nay, but I will die heere.
And Benaiah brought the king word
againe, saying, Thus said loab, and
thus he answered me.
31 And the king saide vnto him, Doe
as he hath said, and fall vpon him, and
bury him, that thou mayest take away
the innocent blood which loab shed,
from mee , and from the house of my
father.
32 And the L O R D shall returne
his blood vpon his owne head , who
fell vpon two men, more righteous and
better then hee, and slew them with the
sword, my father Dauid not knowing
thereof, to wit,* Abner the sonne of Ner, • 2. Sam.
captain e of the hoste of Israel , and 3.27,
* Amasa
 oab is ilaine. I.Kings. Shimei is flaine.
*2.8am. 20. * Amasa the sonne of lether, captaine mei, Thou knowest all the wickednesse
10. of the hoste of ludah. which thine heart is priuie to, that thou
33 Their blood shall therefore re- iddest to Dauid my father : therefore
turne vpon the head of loab, and vp- le L O R D shall returne thy wicked-
on the head of his seed for euer: but vp- nesse vpon thine owne head.
on Dauid, and vpon his seede, and vp- 45 And king Salomon shall be bles-
on his house, and vpon his throne, sed, and the throne of Dauid shall bee
shall there bee peace for euer from the established before the LORD for euer.
uORD. 46 So the king commaunded Be-
34 So Benaiah the sonne of leho- naiah the sonne of lehoiada, which
iada went vp, and fell vpon him, and went out, and fell vpon him, that he di-
slewe him, and hee was buried in his ed, and the *kingdome was established 1.1. * 8. Chron.
owne house in the wildernesse. in the hand of Solomon.
35 1F And the king put Benaiah the
sonne of lehoiada in his roome ouer
the hoste, and Zadok the Priest did the C H A P . III.
king put in the roume of Abiathar. 1 Solomon marieth Pharaohs daughter. 2 Hie
36 U And the king sent, and called places being in vse, Solomon sacnficeth at Gi-
for Shimei, and said vnto him, Build beon. 5 Solomon at Gibeon, in the choice
thee an house in lerusalem, and dwell which God ^aue him, preferring wisedome,
obtaineth wisedome, riches, and honour.
there, and goe not forth thence any whi- 16 Solomons iudgement betweene the two
ther. harlots, maketh him renowmed.
37 For it shall be, that on the day
hou goest out, &passest ouer the brooke N D * Solomon made * Chap. ?. 8

a
fidron, thou shalt know for certaine, affinitie with Pharaoh
that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shal king of Egypt, and tooke
>e vpon thine owne head. Pharaohs daughter, and
38 And Shimei said vnto the King, brought her into the citie
The saying is good : as my lord the king of Dauid, vntill he had made an end of
hath said, so will thy seruant doe. And >uilding his owne house, and the house
Shimei dwelt in lerusalem many of the LORD, and the wall of leru-
dayes. salem round about.
39 And it came to passe at the end of 9, Only the people sacrificed in high
three yeeres , that two of the seruants >laces , because there was no house
of Shimei ranne away vnto Achish milt vnto the Name of the L O R D
sonne of Maachah king of Gath : and vntill those dayes.
they told Shimei, saying, Beholde, thy 3 And Solomon loued the LORD,
seruants be in Gath. walking in the statutes of Dauid his
40 And Shimei arose, and sadlec father : onely he sacrificed and burnt in-
lis asse, and went to Gath to Achish, cense in high places.
to seeke his seruants : and Shimei went 4 And the Icing went to Gibeon to
and brought his seruants from Gath. sacrifice there , for that was the great
41 And it was told Solomon, that ligh place : a thousand burnt offerings
Shimei had gone from lerusalem to did Solomon offer vp on that Altar.
Gath, and was come againe. 5 U In Gibeon the L O R D appea-
48 And the king sent and called for red to Solomon in a dreame by night :
Shimei, and said vnto him, Did I not and God sayd, Aske what I shall giue
make thee to sweare by the LORD, thee
and protested vnto thee, saying, Know 6 And Solomon said, Thou hast
for a certaine, that on the day thou goest shewed vnto thy seruant Dauid my fa-
out, and walkest abroad any whither, ther great \\ mercy, according as he wal- \0r,bountie.
that thou shalt surely die ? And thou ked before thee in trueth, and in righte-
saidest vnto me, The word that I haue ousnesse, and in vprightnesse of heart
heard, is good. with thee , and thou hast kept for him
43 Why then hast thou not kept the this great kindnesse, that thou hast gi-
Oath of the L O R D , and the com- uen him a sonne to sit on his throne, as
mandement that I haue charged thee it is this day.
with ? 7 And now, O L O U D my God,
44 The king said moreuer to Shi- thou hast made thy seruant King ii
stead
Solomons petition. Chap.mj.
/""ii ••• •
stead of Dauid my father : and I am
but a title childe : I know not how to
goe out or come in.
8 And thy seruant is in the midst of
thy people which thou hast chosen, a
great people, that cannot be numbred,
nor counted for multitude.
'* 2. Chron. 9 *Giue therefore thy seruant an
1.10.
Mlebr. hea- fvnderstanding heart, to iudge thy peo-
ring. ple, that I may discerne betweene good
and bad : for who is able to iudge this
thy so great a people ?
10 And the speach pleased the LORD,
that Solomon had asked this thing.
1 1 And God said vnto him, Because
thou hast asked this thing, and hast not
t Hebr. ma- asked for thy selfe tlong life, neither hast
ny dayes.
asked riches for thy selfe, nor hast asked
the life of thine enemies, but hast asked
t Hebr. to for thy selfe vnderstanding tto discerne
heare.
iudgement ;
12 Behold, I haue done according
to thy word : loe , I haue giuen thee a
wise and an vnderstanding heart , so
that there was none like thee before
thee , neither after thee shall any arise
like vnto thee.
* Matth. 6. 13 And I haue also •* giuen thee that
33. wisd. 7.
ll. which thou hast not asked, both riches,
II Or, hath and honour : so that there || shall not be
notbene.
any among the Kings like vnto thee,
all thy dayes.
14 And if thou wilt walke in my
wayes, to keepe my Statutes and my
* Chap. 15. Commandements , * as thy father Da-
5.
uid did walke, then I will lengthen
thy dayes.
15 And Solomon awoke, and be-
hold, it was a dreame: and he came to Je-
rusalem, and stood before the Arke of
the Couenant of the L O R D , and
offered vp burnt offerings, and offered
peace
r. offerings,
e
' and made a feast to all
his seruants.
16 IF Then came there two women
that were harlots, vnto the king,
king , and
stood before him.
17 And the one woman said, O my
lord, I and this woman dwell in one
house, and I was deliuered of a childe,
with her in the house.
18 And it came to passe the third day
after that I was deliuered , that this
woman was deliuered also : and wee
were together; there was no stranger
with vs in the house, saue we two in
the house.
19 And this womans childe died in
the night : because she ouerlaid it.
The two harlots.
20 And shee arose at midnight, and
tooke my sonne from beside me , while
;hine handmaid slept, and layd it in her
3osome, and layd her dead childe in my
3osome.
21 And when I rose in the morning
to giue my childe sucke, behold, it was
dead : but when I had considered it in
the morning , beholde, it was not my
sonne, which I did beare.
22 And the other woman said, Nay,
jut the liuing is my sonne, and the dead
is thy sonne : And this said, No, but the
dead is thy sonne, and the liuing is my
sonne. Thus they spake before the king.
23 Then said the King, The one
saith. This is my sonne, that liueth, and
;hy sonne is the dead: and the othersaith
Vay : but thy sonne is the dead, and my
sonne is the liuing.
24 And the King said , Bring mee
a sword. And they brought a sword be-
'ore the king :
25 And the king said, Diuide the li-
uing childe in two, and giue halfe to the
one, and halfe to the other.
26 Then spake the woman whose
the liuing childe was, vnto the king, (for
tier bowels tyerned vpon her sonne) Herbr.were
hot.
and she said, O my lord, giue her the li-
uing childe, and in no wise slay it : But
the other said ; Let it be neitner mine
nor thine, but diuide it.
27 Then the King answered and
said, Giue her the liuing child, and in no
wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
28 And all Israel heard of the
Judgement which the king had Judg-
ed, and they feared the King : for they
saw that the wisedome of God was tin \Hebr. in
the midst of
him, to doe Judgement. him.
C H A P . IIII.
1 Solomons Princes. 7 His twelue Officers
for prouision. 20. 24 The peace and large-
nesse of his kingdome. 22 His daily proui-
sion. 26 His stables. 29 His wisedome.
O ICing Solomon was
i
i
H
king ouer all Israel.
2 And these were the
Princes which he had, A-
zariah the sonne of Za-
dok, ||the Priest, II Or, tlie
3 Elihoreph, and Ahiah the sonnes of chiefs
cer.
Offi-
Shisha, || Scribes: Jehoshaphat the n 0r, Secre-
taries.
sonne of Ahilud the ||Recorder; U Or, remem-
4 And Benaiah the sonne of leho- brancer.
iada was ouer the host : And Zadok
and
Solomons officers, I.Kings.
and Abiathar were the Priests :
5 And Azariah the sonne of Na-
than was ouer the officers : and Zabud
the sonne of Nathan was principall offi-
cer, and the kings friend.
6 And Ahishar was ouer the hous-
* Chap. 5. lold : and *Adoniram the sonne of Ab-
14.
n Or, leuie. da was ouer the || tribute.
7 11 And Solomon had twelue of-
icers ouer all Israel , which prouided
victuals for the king and his houshold :
each man his moneth in a yeere made
srouision.
hur.
Or, Ben. 8 And these are their names : || the
sonne of Hur in mount Ephraim,
II Or, Ben-
Dekar.
9 The || sonne of Dekar in Makaz,
and in Shaalbim , and Bethshemesh,
and Elon-Bethhanan.
II Or, Ben-
Heseb.
10 The || sonne of Heseb in Aruboth,
toUim pertained Sochoh, and all the land
of Hepher;
II Or, Ben- 11 The || sonne of Abinadab in all the
Abinadab.
region of Dor, which had Taphath the
daughter of Solomon to wife :
12 Baana the sonne of Ahilud, to him
pertained Taanach and Megiddo , and
all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah
beneath lezreel, from Beth-shean to
Abel-Meholah , euen \ntotheplace thatis
beyond lokneam :
II Or, Ben- 13 The || sonne of Geber in Ramoth
Geber.
Gilead, to him pertained the townes of
lair the sonne of Manasseh, which are
in Gilead: to him alsopertained the region
of Argob, which is in Bash an, threescore
great cities, with walles, and brasen
barres.
14 Ahinadab the sonne of Iddo had
I Or, to Ma- ||Mahanaim.
hanaim.
15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also
tooke Basmath the daughter of Solo-
mon to wife.
16 Baanah the sonne of Hushai was
in Asher and in Aloth :
17 lehoshaphat the 5onne of Par-
uah in Issachar :
• 18 Shimei the sonne of Elah in Ben,
iamin :
19 Geber the sonne of Vri was in the
countrey of Gilead , in the countrey ol
Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og
king of Bashan ; and hee was the onely
officer which was in the land.
20 H ludah and Israel were many,
as the sand which is by the sea in multi-
tude , eating and drinking and making
merrie.
* Ecclus. 21 And * Solomon reigned ouer al
47. 15.
kingdoms from the riuer vnto the lane
and prouifion.
of the Philistines, and vnto the border
of Egypt : they brought presents , and
serued Solomon all the dayes of his
life.
22 U And Solomons tprouision for t Heb. bread.
one day, was thirtie measures of fine
floure, and threescore t measures of *Heb. Cors.
meale,
23 Ten fat oxen , and twentie oxen
out of the pastures , and an hundred
sheepe, beside Harts, and Roe-buckes,
and fallow Deere, and fatted foule.
24 For he had dominion ouer all the
region on this side the Riuer, from Tiph-
sah euen to Azzah ouer all the kings on
this side the Riuer : and he had peace on
all sides round about him.
25 And ludah and Israel dwelt
t safely, euery man vnder his Vine, and t Heb. confi-
voider his Figtree , from Dan euen to dently.
Beer-sheba, all the dayes of Solomon.
26 11 And * Solomon had fourtie 9 2. Chron,
9. 25.
thousand stalles of horses for his cha-
rets, and twelue thousand horsemen.
27 And those officers prouided vic-
tuall for king Solomon, and for all that
came vnto king Solomons table, eue-
ry man in his moneth : they lacked no-
thing.
28 Barley also and straw for the hor-
ses and || dromedaries, brought they vn- II Or, mulest
or swift
to the place where the officers were, e- beasts.
uery man according to his charge.
29 1[ And *God gaue Solomon wis- * Ecclus.
47. 14,15,
dome , and vnderstanding , exceeding 1G.
much, and largenesse of heart, euen as
the sand that is on the sea shoare.
30 And Solomons wisedome excel-
led the wisedome of all the children of
the East countrey, and all the wisedome
of Egypt. '
31 For hee was wiser then all men ;
then Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman,
and Chalcol, and Darda the sonnes of
Mahol : and his fame was in all nati-
ons round about.
32 And he spake three thousand pro-
uerbes : and his songs were a thousand
and fiue.
33 And hee spake of trees , from the
Cedar tree that is in Lebanon, euen vn-
to the Hyssope that springeth out of the
wall : hee spake also of beasts , and ol
foule, and of creeping things, and of
fishes.
34 And there came of all people to
heare the wisedome of Solomon, from
all kings of the earth, which had hearc
of his wisedome.
CHAP
Hirams promife Chap.v.vj.
C H A P. V.
1 Hiram sending to congratulate Solomon, is
certified of his purpose to build the Temple,
and desired to furnish him with timber there-
to. 7 Hiram blessing God for Solomon, and
requesting food for ms family, furnisheth
him with trees. 13 The number of Solo-
mons workemen and labourers.
Nd Hiram king of Tyre
II
sent his seruants vnto
Solomon : (for hee had
heard that they had an-
ointed him King in the
roume of his father,) for Hiram was
euer a louer of Dauid.
*l.Chro. 2 And * Solomon sent to Hiram,
2. 3.
saying,
3 Thou knowest how that Dauid
my father could not build an house vn-
to the Name of the L O R D his God,
for the warres which were about him
on euery side, vntill the L O R D put
them vnder the soles of his feet.
4< But now the L O R D my God
hath giuen me rest on euery side, so that
there is neither aduersary, nor euill oc-
current.
t Hebr. say. 5 And behold, I t purpose to build
* 2. Sam. 7-
13.1. chro. an house vnto the Name of the LORD
22. 10. my God, *as the L O R D spake vnto
Dauid. my father, saying, Thy sonne,
whom I will set vpon thy throne in
thy roume, he shall build an house vnto
my Name.
6 Now therefore command thou,
that they hew me Cedar trees out of
Lebanon, and my seruants shall bee
with thy seruants: and vnto thee will
I giue hire for thy seruants, according
tHebr. say. to all that thou shalt t appoint: for thou
knowest that there is not among vs,
any that can skill to hew timber, like
vnto the Sidonians.
7 If And it came to passe when Hi-
ram heard the wordes of Solomon,
that hee reioyced greatly, and said,
Blessed be the LORD this day, which
hath giuen vnto Dauid a wise sonne
ouer this great people.
8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, say-
t Hebr,
heard.
ing, I haue t considered the things
which thou sentest to me for: and I will
doe all thy desire concerning timber of
Cedar, and concerning timber of firre.
9 My seruants shall bring them
downe from Lebanon vnto the Sea:
and I wil conuey them by sea in flotes,
t Hebr. send. vnto the place that thou shalt t appoint
to Solomon.
me, and will cause them to be dischargee
there, and thou shalt receiue them: and
thbu shalt accomplish my desire, in gi-
uing food for my houshold.
10 So Hiram gaue Solomon Cedar
trees, and Firre trees, according to all his
desire.
11 And Solomon gaue Hiram twen-
tie thousand tmeasures of wheate for t Heb. Cars
food to his houshold, and twentie mea-
sures of pure oile : thus gaue Solomon
to Hiram yeere by yeere.
12 And the L O R D gaue Solomon
wisedome, *as hee promised him : and * Cha. 3. 12
there was peace betweene Hiram and
Solomon, and they two made a league
together.
IS -f And King Solomon raised a
tleuie out of all Israel, and the leuie \Heb. M.
bute of
was thirtie thousand men. men.
14 And hee sent them to Lebanon,
ten thousand a moneth by courses : a
moneth they were in Lebanon, and two
moneths at home : and * Adoniram was * Chap. 4.6
ouer the leuie.
15 And Solomon had threescore and
ten thousand that bare burdens, and
fourescore thousand hewers in the
mountaines:
16 Besides the chiefe of Solomons
officers which were ouer the worke, three
thousand and three hundred, which ru-
led ouer the people that wrought in the
worke.
17 And the king commanded , and
they brought great stones, costly stones,
and hewed stones, to lay the foundation
of the house.
18 And Solomons builders, and Hi-
rams builders, did hewe them, and the
l|stone squarers : so they prepared tim- I Or, Gib-
ber and stones to build the house, lites* as JE-
zek, 27. 9,
C H A P . VI.
1 The building of Solomons Temple. 5 The
chambers thereof. 11 Gods promise vnto
it. 15 The sieling and adorning of it: 23 The
Cherubims. 31 The doores. 36 The
court. 37 The time of building it.
Nd* it came to passe in the 2. Chron.
a foure hundred and foure- 3.1.
score yeere after the chil-
dren of Israel were come
^rw*^—** out of the land of Egypt,
in the fourth yere of Solomons reigne
ouer Israel, in the moneth Zif, which
is the second moneth, that he t began to t Heb. built.
build the house of the L O R D .
2 And
The building I. Kings.
2 And the house which king Solo-
mon built for the LORD, the length
thereof was threescore cubites, and the
breadth thereof twentie cubits, and the
height thereof thirtie cubites.
3 And the porch before the Temple
of the house : twentie cubites was the
length thereof, according to the breadth
of the house, and tenne cubites was the
breadth thereof before the house.
B Or, wfn- 4 And for the house he made ||win-
dowes broad
within and dowes of narrow lights.
narrowwith-
out: or,skew* 5 H And || against the wall of the
ed and clo- house he built t chambers round about,
sed.
Wr,vpon,or against the walles of the house round a-
oyning to. bout, both of the Temple and of the O-
\Heb.floores
t Heb. ribs. racle : and hee made t chambers round
about.
6 The nethermost chamber was fiue
cubites broad, and the middle wassixe eu-
bites broad, and the third was seuen cu-
bites broad : for without in the watt of the
t Heb. nar- house hee made tnarrowed rests round
rowings, or,
rebatements. about , that the betimes should not bee fa-
stened in the walles of the house.
7 And the house when it was in
building, was built of stone, made ready
before it was brought thither : so that
there was neither hammer nor axe, nor
any toole of yron heard in the house,
while it was in building.
8 The doore for the middle cham-
\ Heb. shoul-ber was in the right tside of the house:
der.
and they went vp with winding staires
into the middle chamber, and out of the
middle into the third.
9 So he built the house and finished
H Or, the it : and couered the house || with beams
vault beams
and the sie- and boards of Cedar.
'ings with 10 And then hee built chambers a-
Cedar.
gainst all the house, fiue cubites high :
and they rested on the house with tim-
ber of Cedar.
11 H And the word of the L O R D
came to Solomon, saying;
12 Concerning this House which
thou art in building, if thou wilt walke
in my Statutes, and execute my Judg-
ments, and keepe all my Commande-
ments to walke in them i then will I
* 2. Sam. 7. performe my word with thee, * which
13. i. chro. I spake vnto Dauid thy father.
22. 10,
13 And I will dwell among the chil-
dren of Israel, and will not forsake my
Ipeople Israel.
14 So Solomon built the house,
and finished it.
15 And hee built the walles of the
house within with boards of Cedar,
of the Temple.
||both the floore of the house , and the I Or, from
walles of the sieling : and hee couered the floore of
the house
them on the inside with wood, and co- vnto the
wattes, fyc.
uered the floore of the house with And so ver.
plankes of firre. 16.
16 And hee built twentie cubites on
the sides of the house, both the floore,
and the walles with boards of Cedar:
he euen built them for it within , euen for
the Oracle, euen for the most holy place.
17 And the house, that is, the Tem-
ple before it, was fortie cubites long.
18 And the Cedar of the house with-
in was carued with ||knops, and topen I Or, gourds.
t Heb. ope-
flowres : all was Cedar , there was no nings of
stone seene. flowres.
19 And the Oracle he prepared in the
house within , to set there the Arke of
the Couenaiit of the LORD.
20 And the Oracle in the forepart,
was twenty cubits in length and twen-
tie cubites in breadth , and twentie cu-
bites in the height thereof : and hee
ouerlayd it with tpure golde, and so co- t Heb. shut
uered the Altar which was of Cedar. vp.
21 So Solomon ouerlayd the house
within with pure golde : and he made a
partition, by the chaines of golde before
the Oracle, and he ouerlaid it with gold.
22 And the whole house he ouerlaid
with golde vntill he had finished all the
bouse : also the whole Altar that was
by the Oracle he ouerlaide with golde.
23 H And within the Oracle he made
two Cherubims of ||Oliue tree, each ten I Or, oylie.
Heb. trees
cubites high. ofoyle.
24 And fiue cubits was the one wing
of the Cherub, and fiue cubits the other
wing of the Cherub: from the vtter-
most part of the one wing, vnto the vt-
termost part of the other, were ten cu-
bites.
25 And the other Cherub was tenne
cubites ; both the Cherubims were of
one measure, and one size.
26 The height of the one Cherub
was ten cubites, and so was it of the other
Cherub.
27 And he set the Cherubims with-
in the inner house : and *|| they stretched * Exod. 25.
foorth the wings of the Cherubims , so 20. I 0r, the
that the wing of the one touched the one stretched
Cherubims
wall, and the wing of the other Cherub foorth their
touched the other wall : & their wings wings.
'touched one another in the midst of the
house.
28 And he ouerlayd the Cherubims
with golde.
29 And hee carued all the walles of
the
The Cherubims. Chap.vij.
the house round about with carued fi-
gures of Cherubims, and palme trees.
t Heb. ope- and topen flowers, within & without.
nings of flow- 30 And the floore of the house hee o-
ers.
uerlayed with gold, within and with-
out.
31 f And for the entring of the O-
racle he made doores of Oliue tree : the
li Or, fiue lintell and side posts were\\ a fifth part of
square.
the wall.
I Or, leaues 32 The || two doores also were of O-
of the doores. liue tree , and he carued vpon them car-
uings of Cherubims , and palme trees,
t Hebr. ope- and topen flowers, and ouerlayd them
nings of with gold, and spread gold vpon the
flowers.
Cherubims, and vpon the palme trees.
33 So also made hee for the doore of
H Or if our e the Temple postes of Oliue tree l|a
square.
fourth part of the wall.
34 And the two doores were of firre
tree : the two leaues of the one doore
were folding , and the two leaues of the
other doore were folding.
35 And he carued thereon Cherubims,
and palme trees, and open flowers : and
couered them with gold, fitted vpon the
carued worke.
36 11 And hee built the inner Court
with three rowes of hewed stone, and a
row of Cedar beam es.
37 1[ In the fourth yfcefe was the
foundation of the house of the LORD
layd, in the moneth Zif. :.>••
38 And in the eleuenth yeere in the
moneth Bui (which is the eight mo-
!l Or', with all neth) was the house finished || through-
the appurte-
nances ther- out all the parts therof , and according
of, and with to all the fashion of it : So was he seuen
all the ordi-
nances ther- yeeres in building it.
of.
C H A P . VII.
1 The building of Solomons house. 2 Of the
house of Lebanon. 6 Of the porch of pil-
lars. 7 Of the porch of Judgement. 8 Of
the house for Pharaohs daughter. 13 Hi-
rams worke of the two pillars. 23 Of the
molten Sea. 27 Of the ten bases. 38 Of
the ten lauers, 40 And all the vessels.
Vt Solomon was buil-
* Chap. 9.
10.
b ding his owne house * thir-
teeneyeres, and he finished
all his house.
. 2 f Hee built also the
house of the forrest of Lebanon; the
length thereof was a hundred cubites,
and the breadth thereof fiftie cubites,
and the height thereof thirtie cubites,
vpon foure rowes of Cedar pillars,
Solomons houfe.
with Cedar beames vpon the pillars.
3 And it was couered with Cedar a-
boue vpon the t beames , that lay on for- t Heb. ribs.
tie fiue pillars, fifteene in a row.
4 And there were windowes in three
rowes, and flight was against light in t Hebr. sight
against
three rankes. sight.
5 And all the || doores and postes i Or, spaces,
were square, with the windowes : and and pillars
were square
light was against light in three rankes. in prospect.
6 U And he made a porch of pillars,
the length thereof was fiftie cubites, and
the breadth thereof thirtie cubites : and
the porch was || before them : and the o- i Or, accor-
ther pillars, and the thicke beame were ding to them.
(1 before them. fl Or, accor-
ding to them.
7 1f Then hee made a porch for the
throne where he might iudge, euen the
porch of ludgement : and it was coue-
red with Cedar from tone side of the f Hebr. from
floore to
floore to the other. floore.
8 U And his house where he dwelt,
had another court within the porch,
which was of the like worke : Solomon
made also an house for Pharaohs
daughter, (*whom he had taken to wife) cHAP.3.1.
like vnto this porch.
9 All these were of costly stones,
according to the measures of hewed
stones, sawed with sawes, within and
without, euen from the foundation vn-
to the coping, and so on the outside to-
ward the great court.
10 And the foundation was of costly
stones, euen great stones ; stones of ten
cubites, and stones of eight cubites.
11 And aboue were costly stones (af-
ter the measures of hewed stones) and
Cedars.
1£ And the great court round about,
was with three rowes of hewed stones,
and a row of Cedar beames, both for
the inner court of the house of the
LORD, and for the porch of the house.
13 f And king o Solomon sent and
fet Hiram out of Tyre.
14 Hee was ta widowes sonne of the t Hebr. the
tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a sonne of a
widow wo-
man of Tyre, a worker m brasse, and he man.
was filled with wisedome, and vnder-
standing, and cunning to worke all
workes in brasse : and hee came to king
Solomon, and wrought all his worke.
15 For the cast two pillars of brasse i Hebr. fa-
of eighteene cubites high a piece : and a shioned.
line of twelue cubites did compasse ei-
ther of them about.
16 And hee made two Chapiters of
molten brasse, to set vpon the tops of
the
The moulten Sea I. Kings.
the pillars : the height of the one cha-
riter was fiue cubites, and the height of
;he other chapiter was fiue cubites :
17 And nets of checker worke , and
wreathes of chaine worke, for the cha-
nters which were vpon the top of the
)illars : seuen for the one chapiter, anc
seueri for the other chapiter.
18 And he made the pillars, and two
rowes round about vpon the one net
worke, to couer the chapiters that were
vpon the top, with pomegranates : anc
so did he for the other chapiter.
19 And the chapiters that were vpon
;he top of the pillars, were of lillie worke
in the porch, foure cubites.
20 And the chapiters vpon the two
pillars Aad^of7zegTanafe<?also,aboue,ouer
against the belly which was by the net-
worke: and the pomegranates were
two hundred in rowes round about,
vpon the other chapiter.
* 2. Chr. 3. 21 *And he set vp the pillars in the
17.
porch of the temple: and hee set vp the
right pillar, and called the name theroi
I That is, he |J lachin : and he set vp the left pillar,
shall esta-
blish. and called the name thereof ||Boaz.
\That is, in
it is strength
22 And vpon the top of the pillars
was lillie worke: so was the worke of the
pillars finished.
28 K And he made a moulten Sea,
Heb. from ten cubites tfrom the one brim to the o-
,is brimme,
to his brim. ther : it was round all about, & his height
was fiue cubits: and a line of thirtie cu-
bites did com passe it round about.
24 And vnder the brimme of it
round about there were knops compas-
* 2. Chron. sing it, ten in a cubite, * compassing the
4. 3.
sea round about : the knops were cast in
two rowes, when it was cast.
25 It stood vpon twelue oxen, three
looking toward the North, and three
looking toward the West, and three loo-
king toward the South, and three loo-
king toward the East : and the Sea was
set aboue vpon them, and all their hin-
der parts were inward.
26 And it was an hand breadth
thicke, and the brimme thereof was
wrought like the brim of a cup, with
flowres of Hllies : it contained two thou
sand Baths.
27 U And he made ten bases of brasse;
foure cubites was the length of one base,
and foure cubites the breadth thereof,
and three cubites the height of it.
28 And the worke of the bases was
on this maner: they had borders, and the
borders were betweene the ledges :
The ten bafes,
29 And on the borders that were be-
tweene the ledges were lyons, oxen, and
Cherubims : and vpon the ledges there
was a base aboue : and beneath the ly-
ons and oxen were certaine additions
made of thinne worke.
30 And euery base had foure brasen
wheeles , and plates of brasse : and the
ibure corners therof had vndersetters :
vnder the lauer were vndersetters mol-
ten, at the side of euery addition.
31 And the mouth of it within the
chapiter, and aboue, was a cubite : but
the mouth thereof was round after the
worke of the base, a cubite and an halfe:
and also vpon the mouth of it were gra-
uings with their borders, foure square
not round.
32 And vnder the borders were foure
wheeles : & the axletrees of the wheeles
were t ioyned to thebase, and theheight of \base.
Heb. in the
a wheele was a cubite and halfe a cubite.
33 And the worke of the wheeles was
like the worke of a charet wheele : their
axletrees and their naues,. and their fel-
loes, and their spokes were all molten.
34 And there were foure vndersetters
to the foure corners of one base : and the
vndersetters were of the very base it
selfe.
35 And in the top of the basezms there
a round compasse of halfe a cubite high :
and on the top of the base the ledges
thereof, and the borders thereof were of
the same.
36 For on the plates of the ledges
thereof, and on the borders thereof, he
graued Cherubims, lions, and palme
trees, according to the t proportion of e- t Heb.na-
uery one, and additions round about. kednesse.
37 After this maner he made the ten
bases : all of them had one casting, one
measure, and one size.
38 H Then made hee ten lauers of
brasse : one lauer conteined fourtie
baths : and euery lauer was foure cu-
bites, and vpon euery one of the ten ba-
ses, one lauer.
39 And he put fiue bases on the right
t side of the house, andfiueon the left side t Heb. shoul-
of the house : and he set the Sea on the der.
right side of the house Eastward, ouer
against the South.
40 U And Hiram made the lauers,
and the shouels, and the basons: So
Hiram made an ende of doing all the
worke that hee made King Solomon,
for the house of the LORD.
41 The two pillars, and the two
bowles
 Diuers vessels. The Chap.viij. Temple dedicated.
bowles or the chapiters that were on the vnto king Solomon in lerusalem,
top of the two pillars: and the two net- that they might bring vp the Arke of
workes, to couer the two bowles of the the Couenant of the LORD, out of the
chapiters which were vpon the top ol citie of Dauid, which is Zion.
the pillars: 2 And all the men of Israel assem-
42 And foure hundred Pomegra- bled themselues vnto king Solomon,
nates for the two networkes, euen two at the feast, in the moneth Ethanim,
rowes of Pomegranates for one net- which is the seuenth moneth.
+Hebr. upon
worke, to couer the two bowles of the 3 And all the Elders of Israel came,
the/ace. chapiters that were t vpon the pillars: and the Priests tooke vp the Arke.
43 And the ten bases, and ten lauers 4 And they brought vp the Arke of
on the bases. the LORD, and the Tabernacle of the
44 And one Sea, and twelue oxen Congregation, and all the holy vessels
vnder the Sea. that were in the Tabernacle, euen those
45 And the pots, and the shouels, did the Priests & the Leuites bring vp.
and the basons: and all these vessels 5 And king Solomon, and all the
which Hiram made to King Solo- Congregation of Israel, that were as-
mon , for the house of the LORD, were sembled vnto him, were with him before
iHebr.
made bright
of t bright brasse. the Arke, sacrificing sheepe, and oxen,
or scoured. 46 In the plaine of lordane did the that could not bee told nor numbred for
t Hebr. in king cast them tin the clay ground, be- multitude.
the thick-
nesse of the tweene Succoth and Zarthan. 6 And the Priests brought in the
ground.
47 And Solomon left all the ves- Arke of the Couenant of the L O R D
t Hebr. for sels vnweighed^ because they were excee- vnto his place, into the Oracle of the
the excee-
ding multi- ding many : neitJier was the weight of house to the most holy place, euen vnder
tude. the brasse t found out. the wings of the Cherubims.
\Hebr. sear-
ched. 48 And Solomon made all the ves- 7 For the Cherubims spread forth
sels that pertained vnto the house of the their two wings ouer the place of the
L O R D : the Altar of gold, and the Arke, and the Cherubims couered the
table of gold, whereupon the Shew- Arke, and the staues thereof aboue.
bread was: 8 And they drew out the staues, that
49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, the tends of the staues were seene out in \Heb.heads.
fiue on the right side, and fiueon the left, the ||Holy place before the Oracle, and w 1 Or, Arke,
2. Chron.
before the Oracle, with the flowers, and they were not seene without: and there 5.9.
the lampes, and the tongs of gold, they are vnto this day.
50 And the boules, and the snuffers, 9 There was nothing in the Arke,
and the basons, & the spoones, and the * saue the two Tables of stone, which * Deut. 10.
t Heb. ash- t censers of pure gold : and the hindges Moses put there at Horeb, ||when the 5.
pans. 1 Or, where.
of gold, both for the doores of the inner LORD made a Couenant with the chil-
house the most Holy place, and for the dren of Israel, when they came out of
doores of the house, to wit, of the temple. the land of Egypt.
51 So was ended all the worke that 10 And it came to passe when the
king Solomon made for the house of Priests were come out of the holy place,
the L O R D : and Solomon brought that the cloud * filled the house of the * Exod. 40.
\Heb. things in the t things * which Dauid his father LORD; 34.
of Dauid.
* 2. Chron. had dedicated > euen the siluer, and the 11 So that the Priests could not
5. 1.
gold, & the vessels did he put among the stand to minister, because of the cloud:
treasures of the house of the LORD. for the glory of the LORD had filled
the house of the LORD.
C H A P . VIII. 12 U Then spake Solomon; The
LORD *said that hee would dwell in * 2. Chro 6.
1 The feast of the dedication of the Temple. the thicke darkenesse. 1.
12. and 54. Solomons blessing. 22 Solomons
prayer. 62 His sacrifice of peace offrings. 13 I haue surely built thee an house
to dwel in, a setled place forthee to abide
* 2. Chron. Hen * Solomon assembled in for euer.

m$£
5.2.
the Elders of Israel, and 14 And the King turned his face a-
all the heads of the tribes, bout, and blessed all the Congregation
IHebr. the t chiefe of the fathers of Israel : (and all the Congregation
Pw'n/VM.
of the children of Israel, of Israel stood.)
15 And
Solomons blefsing, I.Kings. and prayer.
15 Ana ne said, tflessea oe tne I^ORD hy worde (I pray thee) bee verified,
iod of Israel, which spake with his which thou spakest vnto thy seruant
mouth vnto Dauid myd father, and hath Dauid my father.
with his hand fulfilled it^ saying; 27 But will God indeede dwell on
16 Since the day that I brought he earth ? Behold, the heauen, and hea-
borth my people Israel out of Egypt, uen of heauens cannot conteine thee:
chose no citie out of all the tribes of low much lesse this House that I haue
srael to build an house that my Name builded ?
• 2. Sam. 7. might be therein; but I chose * Dauid 28 Yet haue thou respect vnto the
o be ouer my people Israel. prayer of thy seruant, and to his suppli-
17^ And it was in the heart of Dauid cation, O L O R D my God, to prayer, hear-
my father, to builde an house for the ten vnto the crie and to the prayer,
^ame of the LORD God of Israel. which thy seruant prayeth before thee
18 And the LORD sayd vnto Da- to day:
uid my father, Whereas it was in thine 29 That thine eyes may be open to-
leart to build an house vnto my Name, ward this house, night and day, euen to-
hou diddest well that it was in thine ward the place of which thou hast said,
leart. * My Name shall be there : that thou » Deut. 12.
19 Neuerthelesse, thou shalt not build mayest hearken vnto the prayer which 11.
the house, but thy sonne that shall come thy seruant shall make || towards this 8 Or, in this
borth out of thy loynes, hee shall build >lace. place.
he house vnto my Name. 30 And hearken thou to the suppli-
20 And the L O R D hath perfour- cation of thy seruant, and of thy people
med his word that he spake, and I am [srael, when they shall pray || towards fl Or, in this
risen vp in the roume of Dauid my fa- this place : and heare thou in heauen place.
ther, and sit on the throne of Israel, as thy dwelling place, and when thou nea-
the L O R D promised, and haue built rest, forgiue.
an House for, the Name of the LORD 31 11 If any man trespasse against
God of Israel. lis neighbour, tand an oath be laid vp- t Heb. and
21 And I haue set there a place for on him to cause him to sweare, and the he require
an oath of
the Arke, wherein is the Couen£nt of oath come before thine Altar in this him.
the LORD, which he made with our louse:
fathers, when he brought them out oi 32 Then heare thou in heauen, and
the land of Egypt. doe, and iudge thy seruants, condem-
22 IF And Solomon stood before ning the wicked to bring his way vpon
• 2. Chron. *the Altar of the L O R D , in the pre- bis head, and iustifying the righteous,
6. 13.
sence of all the Congregation of Israel, to giue him according to his righteous-
and spread foorth his handes toward nesse.
heauen: 33 IF When thy people Israel bee
« 2. Mace. 23 And hee said, *LORD God oi smitten downe before the enemie, be-
2.8. Israel, there is no God like thee, in hea- cause they haue sinned against thee, and
uen aboue, or on earth beneath, who shall turne againe to thee, and confesse
keepest couenant and mercy with thy thy Name, and pray, and make suppli-
seruants, that walke before thee with cation vnto thee ||in this house; « Or, to-
wards.
all their heart: 34 Then heare thou in heauen, and
24 Who hast kept with thy seruant forgiue the sinne of thy people Israel,
Dauid my father that thou promisedst and bring them againe vnto the land,
him : thou spakest also with thy mouth, which thou gauest vnto their fathers.
and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as 35 IF When heauen is shut vp, and
it is this day. there is no rainc, because they haue sin-
25 Therefore now LORD God o^ ned against thee : if they pray towards
Israel, keepe with thy seruant Dauic this place, and confesse thy Name, and
"Chap.2. 4. my father, that thou promisedst him, turne from their sinne, when thou af-
2. Sam. 7.
12. saying; *tThere shall not faile thee a flictest tthem:
t Heb. there man in my sight to sit on the Throne o 36 Then heare thou in heauen, and
shall not be
cut off vnto Israel; t so that thy children take heede forgiue the sinne of thy seruants, and of
thee a man
from my to their way, that they walke before me thy people Israel, that thou teach them
sight. as thou hast walked before me: the good way wherein they should
t Heb. one-
1g if. 26 And now, O God of Israel, let walke, and giue raine vpon thy land
which
 Solomons prayer Chap.viij.
which thou hast giuen to thy people for
an inheritance.
37 f If there be in the land famine,
if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew
locust, or if there be caterpiller: if their
enemy besiege them in the land of their
iiO,ttm#. 11 cities, whatsoeuer plague, whatsoeuer
diction.
sicknes there be;
38 What prayer and supplication so-
euer be made by any man, or by all thy
people Israel, which shall know euery
man the plague of his owne heart, and
spread forth his handes towards this
house:
39 Then heare thou in heauen thy
dwelling place, and forgiue, and do, and
giue to euery man according to his
wayes, whose heart thou knowest; (for
thou, euen thou onely knowest the
hearts of all the children of men,)
40 That they may feare thee all the
dayes that they Hue, in the land which
thou gauest vnto our fathers.
41 Moreouer, concerning a stranger
that is not of thy people Israel, but
commeth out of a farre countrey, for
thy Names sake;
42 (For they shall heare of thy great
Name, and of thy strong hand, and of
thy stretched out arme ) when hee shall
come and pray towards this house:
43 Heare thou in heauen thy dwel-
ling place, and doe according to all that
the stranger calleth to thee for: that all
people of the earth may know thy
Name, to feare thee, as doe thy people
Israel, and that they may know that
t Hebr. thy tthis house which I haue builded, is
Name is cal-
led vpon this called by thy Name.
house. 44 IT If thy people goe out to bat-
tell against tneir enemie, whithersoeuer
thou shalt send them, and shall pray vn-
t Hebr. the to the LORD t toward the city which
way qftfw
citw. thou hast chosen, and toward the house
that I haue built for thy Name :
45 Then heare thou in heauen their
prayer & their supplication, and main-
S Or, right. teine their || cause.
* 2. Chron. 46 If they sinne against thee, (*for
6. 36. ec-
cles. 7. 22. there is no man that sinneth not,) and
i. iohn ]. 8, thou be angry with them , and deliuer
10.
them to the enemy , so that they cary
them away captiues, vnto the land of
the enemy, farre or neere;
f Heb. bring 47 Yet if they shall tbethinke them-
hacke to
their heart. selues, in the land whither they were
caried captiues, and repent, and make
supplication vnto thee in the land of
them that caried them captiues, saying,
for the people.
Wee haue sinned, and haue done per-
uersly, we haue committed wickednes;
48 And so returne vnto thee with
all their heart, and with all their soule,
in the land of their enemies, which led
them away captiue, and pray vnto thee
toward their land, which thou gauest
vnto their fathers, the city which thou
hast chosen, and the house which
haue built for thy Name:
49 Then heare thou their prayer
and their supplication in heauen thy
dwelling place, and mainteine their
11 cause, \\ Or, right.
50 And forgiue thy people that haue
sinned against thee, and all their trans-
gressions, wherein they haue trans-
gressed against thee, and giue them com-
passion before them who caried them
captiue, that they may haue compassion
on them t
51 For they bee thy people and thine
inheritance, which thou broughtest
foorth out of Egypt, from the mids of
the furnace of iron :
52 That thine eyes may be open vn-
to the supplication of thy seruant, and
vnto the supplication of thy people Is-
rael , to hearken vnto them in all that
they call for vnto thee.
53 For thou didst separate them from
among all the people of the earth, to be
thine inheritance, as thou spakest by
the hand of Moses thy seruant, when
thou * broughtest our fathers out of E- 8.* Exod. 19.
gypt, O Lord GOD.
54 And it was so, that when Solo-
mon had made an end of praying all
this prayer and supplication vnto the
LORD, he arose from before the Altar
of the LORD, from kneeling on his
knees, with his handes spread vp to
heauen.
55 And he stood, and blessed all the
Congregation of Israel, with a lowd
[)ice, saying;
56 Blessed be the LORD, that hath
giuen rest vnto his people Israel, accor-
ding to all that he promised: there hath
not t failed one word of all his good pro- MlehfuUen.
mise, which he promised by the hand of
Moses his seruant.
57 The LORD our God be with
vsi, as he was with our fathers: let him
not leaue vs, nor forsake vs:
58 That hee may encline our hearts
vnto him, to walke in all his wayes,
and to keepe his Commaundements,
and his Statutes, and his Iudge-j
ments
Solomons offrings. I.Kings.
ments which hee commaunded our fa-
thers.
59 And let these my wordes where-
with I haue made supplication before
the LORD, be nigh vnto the LORD
our God, day and night, that hee main-
taine the cause of his seruant, and the
Heb. the cause of his people Israel tat all times,
thinfofa
'ay m hit as the matter shall require:
day. 60 That all the people of the earth
may know that the LORD is God:
and that there is none else.
61 Let your heart therefore be per-
fect with the L O R D your God, to
walke in his Statutes, and to keepe his
Commandements, as at this day.
* a. Chron. 62 f And *the king, and all Israel
7. 4.
with him, offered sacrifice before the
LORD.
68 And Solomon offered a sacrifice
of peace offerings, which he offered vn-
to the LORD, two and twentie thou-
sand oxen, and an hundred and twentie
thousand sheepe: so the king and all the
children of Israel dedicated the house
of the LORD.
,64 The same day did the king hal-
low the middle of the Court that was
before the house of the L O R D : for
there hee offered burnt offerings, and
meat offerings, and the fat of the peace
* 2. Chron. offerings : because *the brasen Altar
7.7.
that was before the LORD, was too lit-
tle to receiue the burnt offerings , and
meat offerings, and the fat of the peace
offerings.
65 And at that time Solomon held
a feast, and all Israel with him, a great
Congregation, from the entring in ol
Hamatn, vnto the riuer of Egypt, be-
fore the L O R D our God, seuen dayes
and seuen dayes, euen fourteene dayes,
66 On the eight day he sent the peo-
I Or, than- ple away*: and they || blessed the King,
ked.
and went vnto their tents ioyfull, and
glad of heart, for all the goodnesse that
the LORD had done for Dauid his
seruant, and for Israel his people.
C H A P . IX.
1 Gods Couenant in a vision, with Solomon.
10 The mutual presents of Solomon and Hi-
ram. 15 In Solomons workes the Gentiles
, were his bondmen, the Israelites honoura-
ble seruants. 24. Pharaohs daughter re-
mooueth to her house. 25 Solomons yeere-
ly solemne sacrifices. 26 His nauie fetcheth
golde from Ophir.
Salomons vifion.
Nd*it came to passe, when * 2. Chron.
A Solomon had finished 7.H.
the building of the house
of the LORD, and the
kings house, and all So-
lomons desire which hee was pleased
to doe,
% That the LORD appeared to
Solomon the second time, * as hee had * Chap. 3. 5.
appeared vnto him at Gibeon.
3 And the L O R D said vnto him,
I haue heard thy prayer and thy sup-
plication that thou hast made before
me: I haue hallowed this house which
thou hast built, * to put my Name there * Cha. 8. 29
for euer, and mine eyes and mine heart
shall be there perpetually.
4 And if thou wilt walke before
me, as Dauid thy father walked, in in-
tegritie of heart, and in vprightnesse, to
doe according to all that I haue com-
manded thee, and wilt keepe my Sta-
tutes, and my Judgements:
5 Then I will establish the throne
of thy kingdome vpon Israel for euer,
*as I promised to Dauid thy father, *2. Sam. 7.
12. l. chro.
saying, There shall not faile thee a man 22.10.
vpon the throne of Israel.
6 But if you shall at all turne from
following me, you or your children, and
will not keepe my Commandements,
and my Statutes, which I haue set be-
fore you, but goe and serue other gods,
and worship them:
7 Then will I cut off Israel out
of the land which I haue giuen them;
and this house which I haue hallowed
*for my Name, will I cast out of my * ler. 7.14.
sight, and Israel shall bee a prouerbe,
and a by-word among all people:
8 And at this house which is high,
euery one that passeth by it, shalbe asto-
nished, andshallhisse,andtheyshal say,
*Why hath the L O R D done thus vn- * Deut. 29.
24. ierem.
to this land, and to this house ? 22. 8.
9 And they shall answere, Because
they forsooke the LORD their God,
who brought forth their fathers out of
the land of Egypt, and haue taken hold
vpon other gods, and haue worshipped
them, and serued them : therefore hath
the L O R D brought vpon them all
this euill.
10H And *it came to passe at the end 8.* 2.1. Chron.
of twentie yeeres, when Solomon had
built the two houses, the house of the
LORD, and the Kings house,
11 (Now Hiram the king of Tyre
had furnished Solomon with Cedar
trees,
Solomons buildings, Chap.x.
trees, and nrre trees, and with golde
according to al his desire) that then So-
lomon gaue Hiram twentie cities in the
[and of Galile.
12 And Hiram came out from Tyre
to see the cities which Solomon had gi-
t Heb. were uen him, and they tpleased him not.
not Tight
in his eyes. 13 And he said, What cities are these
which thou hast giuen me, my brother ?
I That is, And he called them the land of ||Cabul
displeasing
or, dirtie. vnto this day.
14? And Hiram sent to the king sixe
score talents of gold.
15 H And this is the reason of the le-
uie which king Solomon raised, for to
build the house of the LORD, and his
owne house, and Millo, and the wall of
Jerusalem, and Razor, and Megiddo,
and Gezer.
16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had
gone vp, and taken Gezer, and burnt it
with fire, and slaine the Canaanites
that dwelt in the citie, and giuen it for a
present vnto his daughter Solomons
wife.
17 And Solomon built Gezer, and
Beth - horon the nether,
18 And Baalath, and Tadmor in the
wildernesse, in the land.
19 And all the cities of store that So-
lomon had, and cities for his charets,
\Heb.the and cities for his horsemen, and t that
desire of So-
lomon which which Solomon disired to build in Je-
he desired. rusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the
land of his dominion.
20 And all the people that were left of
the Amorites, Hittittes, Perizzites, Hi-
uites, and lebusites, which were not
of the children of Israel,
21 Their children that were left af-
ter them in the land, whom the children
of IsraeJ. also were not able vtterly to
destroy, vpon those did Solomon leuie
a tribute of bond-seruice vnto this day.
22 But of the children of Israel did
* Leuit. 25. Solomon *make no bondmen : but
39.
they were men of warre, and his ser-
uants, and his princes, and his cap-
tain es, and rulers of his charets, and
his horsemen.
23 These were the chiefe of the officers
that were ouer Solomons worke, fiue
hundred and fiftie, which bare rule ouer
the people that wrought in the worke.
* 2. Ghron. 24? IT But * Pharaohs daughter
8.11.
came vp out of the citie of Dauid, vnto
her house which Solomon had built
for her: then did he build Millo.
25 H And three times in a yeere did
His jNauie.
Solomon oner burnt offerings, and
seace offerings vpon the Altar which
le built vnto the LORD, and hfc burnt
incense t vpon the altar that was before t Hebr. vp-
the L O R D : so he finished the house. onit.
26 f And king Solomon made a
nauie of ships in Ezion Geber, which is
reside Eloth, on the tshoare of the red t Heb. lip.
sea, in the land of Edom.
27 And Hiram sent in the nauie his
seruants, shipmen that had knowledge
of the Sea, with the seruants of So-
iomon.
28 And they came to Ophir, and fet
from thence gold foure hundred and
twentie talents, and brought it to king
Solomon.
C H A P . X. •
1 The Queene of Sheba admireth the wisdome
of Solomon. 14 Solomons gold. 16 His
targets. 18 The throne of luorie. 21 His
vessels. 24 His presents. 26 His chariots
and horse. 28 His tribute.
C?J|S^ltti[ Nd when thf*9. 2.1. Chron.
AA
mat. 12
^^W^l^OT Sheba heard 42. luke 11.
31.
of Solomon, concerning
the Name of the L O R D ;
:l^li|^piJU£ shee came to
with hard questions.
2 And she came to Jerusalem with
a very great traine, with camels that
bare spices, and very much gold, and
precious stones: and when shee was
come to Solomon, she communed with
him, of all that was in her heart.
3 And Solomon tolde her all her
t questions : there was not any thing WIeh words
hid from the king, which hee told her
not.
4 And when the Queene of Sheba
had scene all Solomons wisedome, and
the house that he had built,
5 And the meat of his table, and the
sitting of his seruants, and the t atten- WIeb. stan-
ding.
dance of his ministers, and their appa-
rell, and his || cup-bearers, and his I Ort Butlers
ascent by which hee went vp vnto the
house of the L O R D : there was no
more spirit in her.
6 And she said to the king, It was
a true treport that I heard in mine \JJeb. word.
owne land, of thy ||actes and of thy \Qr* sayings
wisedome.
7 Howbeit, I beleeued not the
words, vntill I came and mine eyes
had scene it: and beholde, the halfe was heat
MIeb.thon
added
not told me: tthy wisedom andprospe- wisedome
andgoodnes
ritie exceedeth the fame which I heard. to the fame.
8 Happie
Solomons power, I.Kings.
8 Happie are thy men, happy are these
thy seruants, which stand continually
before thee, and that heare thy wisedom.
9 Blessed be the LORD thy God
which delighted in thee, to set thee on
the throne of Israel; because the LORD
loued Israel for euer, therefore made
he thee King, to doe iudgement and
iustice.
10 And she gaue the king an hundred
and twentie talents of gold, and of spi-
ces very great store, & precious stones:
there came no more such abundance of
spices, as these, which the Queene of
Sheba gaue to king Solomon.
11 And the nauie also of Hiram that
brought gold from Ophir, brought in
from Ophir, great plentie of Almug
trees, and precious stones.
12 And the king made of the Almug
1 Or, railes. trees, || pillars for the house of the
tieb. a prop.
LORD, and for the Kings house,
Harpes also and Psalteries for singers:
* 2. Chron. there came no such * Almug trees, nor
9. 10 were seene vnto this day.
13 And king Solomon gaue vnto the
Queene of Sheba, al her desire whatsoe-
uer she asked, besides that which Solo-
\Hebr. ac- mon gaue her tof his royall bountie: so
cording' to
the hand of she turned and went to her owne coun-
king Solo- trey, she and her seruants.
mon.
14 t Now the weight of gold that
came to Solomon in one yere, was aixe
hundred, threescore & six talents of gold,
15 Besides that he had of the merchant
men, and of the traffique of the spice-
merchants , and of all the kings of A-
B Or, Cap- rabia, and of the ||gouernours of the
taines.
countrey.
16 f And king Solomon made two
hundred targets of beaten golde: sixe
hundred shekels of golde went to one
target.
17 And he made three hundred shields
of beaten gold, three pound of gold went
to one shield; and the king put them in
* Chap. 7. 2 the * house of the forrest of Lebanon.
18 IF Moreouer the king made a great
throne of yuorie, and ouerlaide it with
the best gold.
19 The throne Aadsixe steps, and the
tHeb.mthe 1top of the throne was round t behind :
hinderpart
thereof. and there were tstayes on either side on
^Heb. hands. the place of the seate, and two lyons
stood beside the stayes.
20 And twelue lions stood there on
the one side and on the other vpon the
\Heb.so. sixe steps: there was not tthe like made
in any kingdome.
and magnificence.
21 1T And all king Solomons drink-
ing vessels were of gold, and all the ves-
sels of the house of the forrest of Leba-
non were of pure gold, ||none were of sil- viasnosiluer
Wr. there
uer, it was nothing accounted of in the in them.
dayes of Solomon.
22 For the king had at sea a nauie of
Tharshish, with the nauie of Hiram:
once in three yeeres came the nauie of
Tharshish, bringing golde and siluer,
|| yuorie, and apes, and peacocks. iOr, Ele-
phants teeth.
23 So king Solomon exceeded all
the kings of the earth, for riches and for
wisedome.
24 IF And all the earth t sought to the Wleksought
face of.
Solomon, to heare his wisedom which
God had put in his heart.
25 And they brought euery man his
present, vessels of siluer, and vessels of
gold, and garments, and armour, and
spices, horses, and mules, a rate yeere by
yeere.
26 1f And Solomon gathered toge-
ther *charets and horsemen. And hee *1.14. 2. Chron*
had a thousand and foure hundred cha-
rets, and twelue thousand horsemen,
whom he bestowed in the cities for cha-
rets, and with the king at Jerusalem.
27 And the king tmade siluer to be in \Beb.gafue.
Jerusalem as stones, and Cedars made
he to be as the Sycomore trees, that are
in the vale for abundance.
28 1F *tAnd Solomon had horses 2. .Chron. & 9. 28.
1.
brought out of Egypt, and linen yarne: \Heb.and
the kings merchants receiued the linen forth the going
of the
yarne at a price. horses which
was Solo*
29 And a charet came vp and went mons.
out of Egypt for sixe hundred shekels of
siluer, and an horse for an hundred and
fiftie: and so for all the kings of the Hit-
tites, and for the kings of Syria, did
they bring them- out t by their meanes. \tfebr.fy
their hand.
C H A P . XL
1 Solomons wiues and xjoncubines. 4 In his old
age they draw him to idolatry. 9 God threat-
neth him. 14 Solomons adversaries were
Hadad, who was intertained in Egypt, 33
Rezon who reigned in Damascus, 26 And
lerohoam, to whom Ahiiah prophesied. 41
Solomons actes, reigne, and death: Rehobo-
am succeedeth him.
Vt King Solomon loued
B *many strange women, 17. * Deut. 17.
ecclus.
(II together with y daugh- 49. 19.
ter of Pharaoh) women \ Or, besides
of the Moabites, Ammo-
nites, Edomites, Sidonians 4r Hittites:
2 Of
His wiues, idolatries, Chap.xj. and aduerfaries.
2 Of the nations concerning which aduersary vnto Solomon, Hadad the
the LORD said vnto the children of Edomite: hee was of the kings seed in
* Bzod. 34. Israel, *Yee shall not goe in to them, Edom.
16.
neither shall they come in vnto you,jftr 15 *For it came to passe when Dauid * 2. Sain. 8.
surely they will turne away your heart was in Edom, and loab the captaine 14.
after their gods : Solomon claue vnto of the host was gone vp to bury the
these in loue. slaine, after he had smitten euery male
3 And he had seuen hundred wiues, in Edom:
Princesses, and three hundred concu- 16 (For sixe moneths did loab re-
bines : and his wiues turned away his maine there with all Israel, vntil hee
heart. had cut off euery male in Edom.)
4 For it came to passe when Solo- 17 That Hadad fled, he and certaine
mon was old, that his wiues turned a- Edomites of his fathers seruants with
way his heart after other gods : and him, to goe into Egypt : Hadad being
his heart was not perfect with the yet a litle childe.
LORD his God, as was the heart of 18 And they arose out of Midian,
Dauid his father. and came to Paran, and they tooke men
* ludg. 2. 5 For Solomon went after * Ash- with them out of Paran, and they came
13.
toreth the goddesse of the Zidonians, to Egypt, vnto Pharaoh king of E-
and after Milcom the abomination of gypt, which gaue him an house, and
the Amorites. appointed him vitailes, and gaue him
6 And Solomon did euill in the land.
t Hebr. ful- sight of the LORD, and twent not fully 19 And Hadad found great fauour
filled not a/.after the LORD, as did Dauid his fa-
ter. in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gaue
ther. him to wife the sister of his owne wife,
7 Then did Solomon build an hie the sister of Tahpenes the Queene.
place for Chemosh the abomination of 20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare
Moab, in the hill that is before lerusa- him Genubath his sonne, whom Tah-
lem, and for Molech the abomination penes weaned in Pharaohs house : and
of the children of Ammon. Genubath was in Pharaohs houshold
8 And likewise did hee for all his among the sonnes of Pharaoh.
strange wiues, which burnt incense 21 And when Hadad heard in E-
and sacrificed vnto their gods. gypt that Dauid slept with his fathers,
9 1T And the L O R D was angry and that loab the captaine of the host
with Solomon, because his heart was was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh,
turned from the L O R D God of Is- tLet me depart, that I may go to mine t Heb. send
me away.
* Chap. 3. rael * which had appeared vnto him owne countrey.
5,9.
twise, 22 Then Pharaoh said vnto him,
* Chap. 6. 10 And *had commaunded him con- But what hast thou lacked with mee,
12.
cerning this thing, that hee should not that, behold, thou seekest to goe to thine
goe after other gods: but hee kept not owne countrey? And hee answered,
that which the LORD commanded. t Nothing: Howbeit, let mee goe in t Heb. Not.
11 Wherefore the L O R D said vnto any wise.
t Hebr. is Solomon ; Forasmuch as this tis done 23 IF And * God stirred him vp aii- * 2. Sam. 8.
with thee.
of thee, and thou hast not kept my Co- other aduersary : Rezon, the sonne of E- 3.18.and 10.
uenant, and my Statutes which I liadah , which fled from his lord Hada-
» Chap. 12. haue commanded thee, *1 wil surely dezer king of Zobah:
15.
rend the kingdome from thee, and will 24? And he gathered men vnto him,
giue it to thy seruant. and became captaine ouer a band, when
12 Notwithstanding in thy dayes I Dauid slew them of Zobah : and they
wil not doe it, for Dauid thy fathers went to Damascus, and dwelt therein,
sake: but 1 wil rend it out of the hand and reigned in Damascus.
of thy sonne. 25 And he was an aduersarie to Is-
13 Howbeit, I wil not rend away all rael all the dayes of Solomon, beside
the kingdome: but wil giue one tribe to the mischiefe that Hadad did: and he ab-
thy sonne, for Dauid my seruants sake, horred Israel, and reigned ouer Syria.
and for lerusalems sake, which I 26 1F And *Ieroboam the sonne oi * 2. Chron.
h^ue chosen. Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, So- 13.9.
14 11 And the LORD stirred vp an 'lomons seruant, (whose mothers name
was
Ahijah. leroboam. I. Kings.
was Zeruah a widow woman) euen he
lift vp his hand against the king.
27 And this was the cause that hee
lift vp his hand against the king: Solo-
t Hebr, clo- mon built Millo,a/id t repaired the brea-
sed.
ches of the citie of Dauid his father.
28 And the man leroboam was a
mightie man of valour : and Solomon
t Heb. did seeing the young man that he twas in-
worke.
dustrious, hee made him ruler ouer all
t Hebr. bur- the t charge of the house of loseph.
den.
29 And it came to passe at that time
when leroboam went out of Jerusa-
lem, that the Prophet Ahiiah the Shi-
Ion ite found him in the way : and hee
had clad himselfe with a new garment;
and they two were alone in the field.
30 And Ahiiah caught the new gar-
ment that was on him, and rent it in
twelue pieces.
31 And he said to leroboam, Take
thee tenne pieces: for thus sayth the
L O R D the God of Israel, Behold,
I will rent the kingdome out of the
hand of Solomon, and will giue ten
tribes to thee;
32 (But hee shall haue one tribe, for
my seruant Dauids sake, and for leru-
salems sake, the citie which I haue cho-
sen out of all the tribes of Israel:)
33 Because that they haue forsaken
mee, and haue worshipped Ashtaroth
the goddesse of the Zidonians, Che-
mosh the god of the Moabites, and Mil-
corn the god of the children of Ammon,
and haue not walked in my wayes, to
doe that which is right in mine eyes,
and to keepe my • Statutes, and my
ludgements, as did Dauid his father.
34 Howbeit, I will not take the
whole kingdome out of his hand : but
I will make him Prince all the dayes
of his life, for Dauid my seruants sake,
whom I chose, because hee kept my
Commandemeuts and my Statutes :
* Chap. 12.
15.
35 But * I will take the kingdome
out of his sonnes hand, and will giue it
vnto thee, euen ten tribes.
36 And vnto his sonne will I giue
one tribe, that Dauid my seruant may
t Heb. lampe haue a flight alway before me in le-
or candle.
rusalem, the citie which I haue chosen
me to put my Name there.
37 And I will take thee, and thpu
shalt reigne according to all that thy
soule desireth, and shalt be King ouer
Israel.
38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hear-
ken vnto all that I command thee, and
Solomons death.
wilt walke in my wayes, and doe that
is right in my sight, to keepe my Sta-
tutes and my Commandements, as
Dauid my seruant did; that I will be
with thee, and build thee a sure house,
as I built for Dauid, and will giue Is-
rael vnto thee.
39 And I will for this afflict the seed
of Dauid, but not for euer.
40 Solomon sought therefore to
kill leroboam, and leroboam arose,
and fledde into Egypt, vnto Shishak
king of Egypt, and was in Egypt vntill
the death of Solomon,
41 IF And the rest of the (jactes of II Or, words,
Solomon, and all that he did, and his or things.
wisedome, are they not written in the
booke of the actes of Solomon ?
42 And the ttime that Solomon t Heb. dayea.
reigned in lerusalem, ouer all Israel,
was *fourtie yeeres.. * 2. Chron.
43 And Solomon slept with his fa- 9. 30.
thers, and was buried in the citie of Da-
uid his father : and * Rehoboam his * Mat. i. 7.
called Ro-
sonne reigned in his stead. 6oam.
CHAP. XII.
1 The Israelites assembled at Shechem to
crowne Refyobpam, by leroboam make a
suite of relaxation vnto him. 6 Rehoboam
refusing the olde mens counsel!, by the ad-
uice of young men, answereth them roughly.
16 Ten tribes rewriting, kill Adoram, and
make Rehoboam to nee. 21 Rehoboam
raising an armie, is forbidden by Shemaiah.
25 leroboam strengthened! himselfe by cities,
26 and by the idolatrie of the two calues.
N D * Rehoboam went * 2. Chron.
AA to Shechem : for all Is- 10. 1.
rael were come to She-
chem to make him king.
2 And it came to msse
when leroboam the sonne of Nebat,
who was yet in * Egypt, heard of it (for * Chap. 11.
hee was fled from the presence of king 40.
Solomon, and leroboam dwelt in E-
crvnt '^
3 That they sent, and called him:
and leroboam and all the Congrega-
tion of Israel came, and spake vnto
Rehoboam, saying;
4 Thy father made our *yoke grie- * Chap. 4. 7
uous : now therefore, make thou the
grieuous seruice of thy father, and his
heauy yoke which he put vpon vs, ligh-
ter, and we will serue thee.
5 And hee said vnto them, Depart
yet for three daies, then come againe to
me.
Rehoboam king. Chap.xij.
me. And the people departed.
6 If And king Rehoboam consulted
with the old men that stood before So-
lomon his father, while he yet liued, and
said, How doe you aduise, that / may
answere this people ?
7 And they spake vnto him, saying,
If thou wilt be a seruant vnto this peo-
ple this day, and wilt serue them, and
answere them, and speake good words
to them, then they will be thy seruants
for euer.
8 But hee forsooke the counsell of
the old men, which they had giuen him,
and consulted with the yong men, that
were growen vp with him, and which
stood before him.
9 And hee said vnto them, What
counsell giue ye, that we may answere
this people, who haue spoken to mee,
saying, Make the yoke which thy fa-
ther did put vpon vs, lighter ?
10 And the young men that were
growen vp with him, spake vnto him,
saying, Thus shalt thou speake vnto
this people that spake vnto thee, say-
ing, Thy father made our yoke heauy,
but make thou it lighter vnto vs; thus
shalt thou say vnto them, My litle fin-
ger shall bee thicker then my fathers
loynes.
11 And now whereas my father did
lade you with a heauy yoke, I wil adde
to your yoke : my father hath chastised
you with whippes, but I will chastise
you with*scorpions.
12 11 So leroboam and all the peo-
ple came to Rehoboam the third day, as
the king had appointed, saying, Come
to me againe the third day.
13 And the king answered the people
t Heb. hard- t roughly, and forsooke the old mens
iy. counsell that they gaue him:
14 And spake to them after the coun-
sell of the young men, saying, My fa-
ther made your yoke heauy, and I will
adde to your yoke; my father also chasti-
sed you with whips, but I will chastise
you with scorpions.
15 Wherefore the king hearkened
not vnto the people : for the cause was
from the L O R D , that hee might per-
forme his saying, which the L O R D
* Chap. 11. spake by * Ahiiah the Shilonite vnto
11.
leroboam the sonne of Nebat.
16 f So when all Israel saw that
the king hearkned not vnto them, the
people answered the king, saying,
What portion haue we in Dauid ? nei-
Ifrael rebelleth.
ther haue we inheritance in the sonne of
lesse: to your tents, O Israel : nowe
see to thine owne house, Dauid. So
Israel departed vnto their tents.
17 But as for the children of Israel
which dwelt in the pities of ludah,
Rehoboam reigned ouer them.
18 Then king Rehoboam sent Ado-
ram, who was ouer the tribute, and all
Israel stoned him with stones that hee
died: therefore king Rehoboam tmade iHeb.streng-
thened him-
speed to get him vp to his charet, to flee self e.
to lerusalem.
19 So Israel ||rebelled against the II Or, fell a.
way.
house of Dauid vnto this day.
20 And it came to passe when all Is-
rael heard that leroboam was come
againe, that they sent and called him vn-
to the Congregation, and made him
king ouer all Israel : there was none
that followed the house of Dauid, but
the tribe of ludah *onely. * Chap. 11.
13.
21 IF And when Rehoboam was
come to lerusalem, hee assembled all
the house of ludah, with the tribe of
Beniamin, an hundred and fourescore
thousand chosen men which were war-
tiers, to fight against the house of Is-
rael , to bring the kingdome againe to
Rehoboam the sonne of Solomon.
22 But *the word of God came vn- * 2. Chron.
11. 2.
to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,
23 Speake vnto Rehoboam the
sonne of Solomon king of ludah, and
vnto all the house of ludah and Ben-
iamin, and to the remnant of the people,
saying,
24 Thus saith the L O R D , Ye
shall not goe vp, nor fight against your
brethren the children of Israel: returne
euery man to his house, for this thing
is from me. They hearkened therefore
to the word of the L O R D , and retur-
ned to depart, according to the word of
the LORD,
25 U Then leroboam built She-
chem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt
therein, and went out from thence, and
built Penuel.
26 And leroboam said in his heart,
Now shall the kingdome returne to the
house of Dauid:
27 If this people goe vp, to doe sa-
crifice in the house of the L O R D at
lerusalem, then shall the heart of this
people turne againe vnto their lorde,
euen vnto Rehoboam king of ludah,
and they shall kill mee, and goe againe
to Rehoboam king of ludah.
28 Where-
eroboams calues. I.Kings.
28 Whereupon the king tooke coun-
sell, and made two calues of gold, and
said vnto them, It is too much for you
Exod. 32. to goe vp to Jerusalem : * Behold thy
gods, O Israel, which brought thee vp
out of the land of Egypt.
29 And he set the one in Bethel, and
the other put he in Dan.
30 And this thing became a sinne:
or the people went to worship before the
one, euen vnto Dan.
31 And he made an house of hie pla-
ces , and made priests of the lowest of
the people, which were not of the
sonnes of Leui.
32 And leroboam ordeined a feast
n the eight moneth, on the fifteenth
day of the moneth, like vnto the feast
Or, went that is in ludah, and he ||offered vpon
p to the al-
tar $c. the altar (so did he in Bethel,) ||sacrifi-
Or to sa- cing vnto the calues that he had made:
crifice.
and he placed in Bethel the priests of
the high places which he had made.
I Or, went 33 So hee || offered vpon the altar,
vptothe al-
tar <J-c. which hee had made in Bethel, the fif-
eenth day of the eighth moneth, euen
n the moneth which he had deuised of
lis owne heart: and ordeined a feast vn-
to the children of Israel, and he offered
Hebr. to vpon the altar, tand burnt incense.
burne in-
cense.
C H A P . XIII.
1 Jeroboams hand, that offered violence to him
that prophesied against his altar at Bethel,
witheretn, 6 and at the prayer of the Pro-
phet is restored. 7 The Prophet, refusing
the kings intertainment, departeth from
Bethel. 11 An old Prophet, seducing him.
bringeth him backe. 20 He is reprooued b)
God, 23 slaine by a Lion, 26 buried h>
the old Prophet, 31 Who confirmeth his
prophecie. 33 leroboams obstinacie.
iimi
Nd behold, there came a
man of God out of ludah
by the word of the LORD
vnto Bethel: and lero-
boam stood by the altar
\ Or, to offer. ;o 11 burne incense.
2 And hee cried against the altar in
the word of the LORD, and said, 0
altar, altar, thus saith the LORD, Be-
hold, a child shalbe bornevnto the house
* 2. King. of Dauid, * losiah by name, and vpon
23. 17. thee shall he offer the priests of the high
places that burne incense vpon thee,
and rnens bones shall bee burnt vpon
thee.
3 And he gaue a signe the same day,
The man of God is
aymg, This is the signe which the
L O R D hath spoken : Behold, the al-
ar shall be rent, and the ashes that are
vpon it, shalbe powred out.
4 And it came to passe when king
Jeroboam heard the saying of the
man of God, which had cried against
;he altar in Bethel, that he put forth his
land from the altar, saying, Lay hold
on him: And his hand which hee put
foorth against him, dried vp, so that hee
could not pull it in againe to him.
5 The altar also was rent, and the
ashes powred out from the altar, accor-
ding to the signe which the man of God
lad giuen by the word of the LORD.
6 And the king answered f and said
vnto the man of God, Intreat now the
•ace of the L O R D thy God, and pray
?
or mee, that my hand may be restored
mee againe. And the man of God be-
sought tthe L O R D , and the kings t Hebr, the
liand was restored againe, and became face of the
LORD.
as it was before.
7 And the king said vnto the man
of God, Come home with mee, and re-
fresh thy selfe, and I wil giue thee a re-
ward.
8 And the man of God said vnto the
king, If thou wilt giue mee halfe thine
bouse, I will not goe in with thee, nei-
ther will I eat bread, nor drinke water
in this place:
9 For so was it charged mee by the
word of the L O R D , saying, Eate
no bread, nor drinke water, nof turne a-
yrain by the same way that thou earnest.
10 So he went another way, and re-
turned not by the way that hee came to
Bethel.
11 H Now there dwelt an old Pro-
phet in Bethel, and his sonne came and
told him all the workes that the man ol
God had done that day in Bethel : the
words which hee had spoken vnto the
king, them they tolde also to their fa-
ther.
12 And their father said vnto them,
What way went he ? for his sonnes had
scene what way the man of God went,
which came from ludah.
13 And hee saide vnto his sonnes,
Saddle me the asse. So they sadled him
the asse, and he rode thereon,
14 And went after the man of God,
and found him sitting vnder an oke;
and he said vnto him, Art thou the man
of God that earnest from ludah ? And
he said, I am.
15 Then
flaine by a lyon. Chap.xiij.xiiij.
15 Then nee said vnto him, Come
home with me, and eate bread.
16 And he said, I may not returne
with thee, nor goe in with thee : neither
will I eat bread, nor drinke water with
thee in this place.
iHebr.a 17 For tit was said to mee by the
word was.
word of the LORD, Thou shalt eate
no bread, nor drinke water there, nor
turne againe to go by the way that thou
earnest.
18 He said vnto him, I am a prophet
also as thou art, and an angel spake vnto
me by the word of the LORD, sayipg,
Bring him backe with thee into thine
house, that he may eat bread, and drinke
water : But he lied vnto him.
19 So he went backe with him, and
did eate bread in his house, and dranke
water.
20 IF And it came to passe as they
sate at the table, that the word of the
LORD came vnto the prophet that
brought him backe:
21 And he cried vnto the man of God
that came from ludah, saying, Thus
saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou
hast disobeied the mouth of the LORD,
and hast not kept the commandement
which the LORD thy God comman-
ded thee,
22 But earnest backe, and hast eaten
bread, and drunke water, in the place, of
the which the LORD did say to thee,
Eate no bread, and drinke no water;
thy carcaise shall not come vnto the se-
pulchre of thy fathers.
23 IT And it camejo passe after he had
eaten bread, and after hee had drunke,
that he sadled for him the asse, to wit, for
the Prophet, ^whome hee had brought
backe.
24? And when he was gone, a lyon
met him by the way, and slew him : and
his carcaise was cast in the way, and the
asse stood by it, the lyon also stood by the
carcaise.
25 And beholde, men passed by, and
saw the carcaise cast in the way, and the
lyon standing by the carcaise : and they
came and told it in the citie where the
old prophet dwelt.
26 And when the prophet that
brought him back from the way, heard
thereof, he said, It is the man of God,
who was disobedient vnto the word of
the L O R D : therefore the L O R D
hath deliuered him vnto the lion, which
t Hel. bro- hath ttorne him, and slaine him, accor-
ken.
His burial!
ding to tne word ot the LORD, whicl
he spake vnto him.
27 And he spake to his sonnes, say-
ing, Saddle me the asse: and they sadlec
him.
28 And he went and found his car-
caise cast in the way, and the asse and the
lyon standing by the carcaise : the lyon
had not eaten the carcaise, nor t torne the t Heb. bro-
ken.
asse.
29 And the prophet tooke vp the car-
caise of the man of God, and laid it vpon
the asse, and brought it backe: and the
old prophet came to the city, to mourne,
and to burie him.
30 And hee laid his carcaise in his
owne graue, and they mourned ouer
him, saying, Alas my brother.
31 And it came to passe after hee had
juried him, that he spake to his sonnes,
saying, When I am dead, then bury me
in the sepulchre, wherein the man of
Sod is buried, lay my bones beside his
x>nes.
32 For the saying which hee cried by
the word of the L O R D against the al-
tar in Bethel, and against all the houses
of the high places which are in the cities
of Samaria, shall surely come to passe.
33 IF After this thing, leroboam re-
turned not from his euill way, but
hmade againe of the lowest of the peo- turnedt Heb. re.
and
>le priests of the high places : whosoe- made.
icr would, he tconsecrated him, and he t Heb. filled
)ecame one of the priests of the high his tynd.
)laces.
34 And this thing became sinne vnto
the house of leroboam, euen to cut it
off, and to destroy it from off the face of
the earth.
C H A P . XIIII.
I Abij ah being sicke, leroboam sencleth his wife
disguised with Presents to the prophet Ahijah
at Shiloh. 5 Ahij ah forewarned by God, de-
nounceth Gods Judgement 17 Abijah dieth
and is buried. 19 Nadab succeedeth le-
roboam. 21 Rehoboams wicked reigne. 25
Shishak spoileth lerusalem. 29 Abiiam suc-
ceedeth Rehoboam.
T that time Abiiah the
A
sonne of leroboam fell
sicke.
2 And leroboam said
to his wife, Arise, I pray
thee, and disguise thy selfe, that thou be
not knowen to be the wife of lerobo-
am : and get thee to Shiloh: Behold,
there
leroboams fonnes I.Kings.
there is Ahiiah the Prophet, which told
* Chap. 11. mee that *I should be king ouer this
31. people.
t Heb. in 3 And take twith thee ten loaues,
thine hand.
I Or, cakes. and 11 cracknels, and a || cruse of honie,
il Or, bottle. and goe to him: he shall tell thee what
shall become of the childe.
4 And leroboams wife did so, and
arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to
the house of Ahiiah : but Ahiiah could
*• Heb. stood not see, for his eyes twere set by reason
forhoarincs.
of his age.
5 IT And the L O R D said vnto A-
liiah, Behold, the wife of leroboam
commeth to aske a thing of thee for her
sonne, for hee is sicke: thus and thus
shalt thou say vnto her: for it shall be
when shee commeth in, that shee shall
faine her selfe to be another woman.
6 And it was so, when .Ahiiah
leard the sound of her feet, as she came
n at the doore, that hee said, Come in,
thou wife of leroboam, why fainest
thou thy selfe to be another? for I am
\Heb. hard. sent to thee with theauie tidings.
7 Goe, tell leroboam, Thus saith
the L O R D God of Israel, Forasmuch
as I exalted thee from among the peo-
?le, and made thee prince ouer my peo-
ple Israel,
8 And rent the kingdome away
Tom the house of Dauid, and gaue it
thee: and yet thou hast not beene as my
seruant Dauid, who kept my Comman-
dements, and who followed mee with
all his heart, to doe that onely which
was right in mine eyes,
9 But hast done euill aboue all that
were before thee : for thou hast gone
and made thee other gods, and molten
images, to prouoke me to anger, anc
hast cast me behinde thy backe :
* 1. King.
15. 29.
10 Therefore behold, * I will bring
euill vpon the house of leroboam, anc
*Chap. 21. will cut off from leroboam, *him that
21. 2. king. pisseth against the wall, andhim that is
0. 8.
shut vp and left in Israel, and will take
away the remnant of the house of le-
roboam, as a man taketh away dung,
till it be all gone.
11 Him that dieth of leroboam in
the citie, shall the dogs eate : and him
that dieth in the field, shall the foules o
the aire eate : for the L O R D hath spo-
ken it.
12 Arise thou therefore, get thee to
thine owne house : and when thy feete
enter into the citie, the child shall die.
13 And all Israel shall mourne for
death and buriall.
him, and bury him : for he onely of le-
roboam shal come to the graue, because
in him there is found some good thing
toward the L O R D God of Israel, in
the house of leroboam*
14 Moreouer, the L O R D shall
raise him vp a king ouer Israel, who
shal cut off the house of leroboam that
day: but what ? euen now.
15 For the L O R D shall smite Is-
rael , as a reede is shaken in the water,
and hee shall root vp Israel out of this
good land, which hee gaue to their fa-
hors, and shall scatter them beyond the
[liuer, because they haue made their
*roues, prouoking the L O R D to an-
ger.
16 And hee sHall giue Israel vp, be-
cause of the sinnes of leroboam, who
did sinne, & who made Israel to sinne.
17 IF And leroboams wife arose,
and departed, and came to Tirzah: and
when shee came to the threshold of the
doore, the child died.
18 And they buried him, and all Is-
rael mourned for him, according to the
word of the L O R D , which hee spake
3y the hand of his seruant Ahiiah the
Prophet.
19 And the rest of the actes of lero-
3oam, how hee warred, and how hee
reigned, behold, they are written in the
booke of the Chronicles of the kings of
Israel.
20 And the dayes which leroboam
reigned , were two and twentie yeeres :
and he t slept with his fathers, and Na- tHeb.lay
downe*
dab his sonne reigned in his stead.
21 IF And Rehoboam the sonne oJ
Solomon reigned in ludah : * Reho- 12.13. * 2. Chron.
boam was fourtie and one yeeres olde
when he began to reigne, and hee reig-
ned seuenteene yeeres in lerusalem, the
citie which the L O R D did chus'e out
of all the tribes of Israel, to put his
Name there : and his mothers name
was Naamah an Ammonitesse.
22 And ludah did euill in the sight
of the LORD, and they prouoked him
to iealousie with their sinnes which they
had committed, aboue all that their fa-
thers had done.
23 For they also built them high pla-
ces , and I) images, and groues on eue- fl Or, stan-
ry high hill, and vnder euery greene ding images,
or states.
tree.
24 And there were also Sodomites
in the land, and they did according to al
the abominations of the nations which
the
leroboam dieth. Chap.xy.
the LOB D cast out before the children
of Israel.
25 IT And it came to passe in the fift
yeere of king Rehobpam, that Shishak
dng of Egypt came vp against Jeru-
salem :
26 And he tooke away the treasures
df the house of the L O R D , and the
treasures of the kings house, hee euen
tooke away all : and he tooke away all
* Chap. 10. the shields of gold * which, Solomon
6.
iad made.
27. And king Rehoboam made in
their stead brasen shields, and commit-
ted them vnto the hands of the chiefe of
t Heb. run- the t guard, which kept the doore of the
ners. cings house.
28 And it was so, when the king
went into the house of the LORD,
that the guard bare them, and brought
them backe into the guard-chamber.
29 IF Nowe the rest of the actes of
Elehoboam, and all that hee did, are
they not written hi the tooke of the
Chronicles of the kings of ludah ?
SO And there was warr£ betweene
Refioboam and Jeroboam all their
dayesv
31 And Relioboa'm slept, with his
Bathers, and was buried with his fa-
thers-in the city of Dauid : and his mo-
thers name was Naamah an Ammo-
nitesse. And Abijam his sbnne reigned
in his stead.
C H A P . XV.
1 Abiiams wicked reigne. 7 Asa s'ucceedeth
him. 9 Asas good reigne. 16 The warre
betweene Baasha and, him, caiiseth him to
make a league with Benhadad. 23 lehosha-
phat succeedeth Asa. 25< Nadabs wicked
reigne. 27 Baasha conspiring against him
executeth Ahiiahs prophecy. 31 Nadabs acts
and death. 33 Baashas wicked reigne.
Owe in the eighteenth
N
*2. Chro. yeere of king *Ieroboam
11. 22.'
the sonne of, Nebat > reig-
ned' Abiram ouer lu-
dah.
: 2 Three ye^res reigned hee in Je-
rusalem : and his mothers name was
Maachah , the daughter of Abisha-
lorn.
3 And he walked in all the sirines of
his father, which hee had done before
him : and his heart was not perfect
with the L O R D his God, as the heart
of Dauid his father.
Abijam.Ara.Baaiha
4 Neuerthelesse, for Dauids sake
clid the L O R D his God giue him a
jjlampe in Jerusalem, to set vp his D Or, candle.
sonne after him, and to establish Jeru-
salem:
5 Because l)auid did that which was
right in the eies of the L O R D , and
turned hot aside from any thing that he
commanded him all the daies of his life,
*saue onelyin the matter of Vriiah the 4. * 2. Sam. 11
and 12. 9.
Hittite.
6 And there was warre betweene
Rehoboam and leroboam all the
dayes of his life.
7 Now the rest of the actes of Abi-
iam, and all that hee did, are they not
written in the *booke of the Chronicles *2. Chron.
of the Kings of ludah ? And there 13. 3.
was warre betweene Abiiam and le-
roboam.
8 And Abiiam slept with his fa-
thers, and they buried him in the citie of
Dauid : and Asa his sonne reigned in
his stead.
9 IF And * in the twentieth yeere of * 2. Chron.
14. I.
leroboam king of Israel, reigned Asa
ouer ludah.
10 Arid forty and one yeeres reigned
hee- in Jerusalem : and his ||mothers grandmo-
II That w,
name was Maachah, the daughter of ther.
Abishalom.
11 And Asa did that which was right
in the eies of the LORD, as did Dauid
his father.
12 And hee tooke away the Sodo-
mites out of the land, and rernooued
all the idoles that his fathers had
made.
13 And also * Maachah his mother, * 2. Chron.
euen her hee remoued from being 15. 16.
Queene, because she had made an idble
in a groue, and Asa t destroyed her idole, \Heb. cut
and burnt it by the brooke Kidron. off.
14 But the high places were not
remooded: neuerthelesse, Asa his heart
was perfect with the L O R D all his
dayes.
15 And he brought in the t things tHeb. holy.
which his father, had dedicated, and the
things which himselfe had dedicated,
into the house of the L o n p , siluer,
and gold, and vessels.
16 U And there was war betweene
Asa and Baasha King of Israel all
their, dayes.
17 And Baasha king of Israel went
vp against ludah, and built Ramah,
that he might not suffer any to goe out
or come in to Asa. king of ludah.
18 Then
Afa and Ben had ad. I. Kings.
18 Then Asa tooke all the siluerand
thegolde that were left in the treasures and reigned in his stead.
t were left in the the
treasuresof
LORD, and
the the
house
trea-
o 29 And it came to passe when hee
ures of the kings house, and deliuered
;hem into the hand of his seruants : and
2. Chron. king Asa sent them to *Benhadad the
6. 2.
sonne of Tabrimon, the sonne of Hezi-
on king of Syria, that dwelt at Da-
mascus, saying,
19 There is a league betweene me and
;hee , and betweene my father and thy
ather : behold, I haue sent vnto thee a
>resent of siluer and gold; come and
)reake the league with Baasha king of
Hcbr. goe [srael, that he may tdepart from me.
P* 20 So Bcnhadad hearkened vnto
cing Asa, and sent the captaines of the
losts, which he had, against the cities of
[srael, and smote lion, and Dan, and
Abel - Bethmaachah , and all Cinne-
roth, with all the land of Naphtali.
£1 And it came to passe when Ba-
asha heard thereof, that hee left off buil-
ding of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
22 Then king Asa made a Procla-
mation throughout all ludah, (none
\Hebr.free. was f exempted : ) and they tooke away
the stones of Ramah, and the timber
thereof wherewith Baasha had buil-
ded, and king Asa built with them Geba
of Beniamin, and Mizpah.
23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, and
all his might, and all that he did, and
the cities which hee built, are they not
written in the booke of the Chronicles
of the Kings of ludah ? Neuerthelesse
in the time of his old age, hee was disea-
sed in his feete.
24 And Asa slept with his fathers,
and was buried with his fathers, in
*Matth I. the citie of Dauid his father : and *Ie-
8. called 10-
saphat. hoshaphat his sonne reigned in his
stead.
25 11 And Nadab the sonne of le-
\Hebr. reig- roboam t began to reigne ouer Israel,
ned.
in the second yeere of Asa king of lu-
dah, and reigned ouer Israel two
yeeres.
26 And he did euill in the sight of the
L O R D , and walked in the way of his
father, and in his sinne wherewith hee
made Israel to sinne.
27 H And Baasha the sonne of A-
hiiah, of the house of Issachar, conspi-
red against him, and Baasha smote
him at Gibbethon, which belongeth tc
the Philistines, ( for Nadab and all Is-
rael layd siege to Gibbethon,)
28 Euen in the third yeere of Asa
Nadab. Baaflia.
ting of ludah , did Baasha slay him,
raigned, that he smote all the house le-
roboam, hee left not to leroboam any
that breathed, vntill hee had destroyed
*Chap. u.
lim, according vnto *the saying of the 10.
LORD, which hee spake by his ser-
uant Ahiiah the Shilonite :
30 Because of the sinnes of lero-
>oam which he sinned, and which hee
made Israel sinne, by his prouocation
wherewith he prouoked the L O R D
jrod of Israel to anger.
31 11" Now the rest of the acts of Na-
dab, and all that hee did, are they not
written in the booke of the Chronicles
of the Kings of Israel?
32 And there was warre betweene
Asa and Baasha lung of Israel al theii
dayes.
33 In the third yeere of Asa King
of ludah, began Baasha the sonne of
Ahiiah to reigne ouer all Israel in Tir-
zah, twentie and foure yeeres.
34 And hee did euill in the sight ol
the L O R D , and walked in the waj
of leroboam, and in his sinne where
with he made Israel to sinne.
C H A P . XVI.
1. 7 lehus prophesie against Baasha. 5 Elal
succeedetn him. 8 Zimri conspiring agains
Elah, succeedeth him. 11 Zimri executed
lehus prophesie. 15 Omri made King b]
the souldiers, forceth Zimri desperatfy fo
burne himselfe. 21 The kingdome bein^
diuided, Omri preuaileth against Tibni. 2^
Omri buildeth Samaria. 25 His wickec
reigne. 27 Ahab succeedeth him. 29 A-
habs most wicked reigne. 34 loshuas curse
vpon Kiel the builder of lericho.
11
Hen the word of the
fe&L&ft&fe&£%$
L O R D came to lehu
the sonne of Hanani, a-
orainst Baasha. savins.
/ ' J O'
2 Forasmuch as I ex-
alted thee out of the dust, and made thee
Prince ouer my people Israel, and thou
hast walked in the way of leroboam,
and hast made my people Israel to
sinne, to prouoke mee to anger with
their sinnes:
3 Behold, I will take away the po-
steritie of Baasha, and the posted tie of
his house : and will make thy house like
*the house of leroboam the sonne of 29. * Chap. 15.
Nebat.
4 *Him
 Baaiha dieth. Elah. Chap.xvj.
* Chap. 14. 4 *Him that dieth of Baasha in the
11.
citie, shall the dogs eate: and him that
dieth of his in the fields, shall the foules
of the aire eate.
5 Now the rest of the actes of Baa-
sha, and what he did, and his might, are
* 2. Chron. they not written in the *booke of the
16. 1.
Chronicles of the kings of Israel ?
6 So Baasha slept with his fathers,
and was buried in Tirzah, and Elah
his sonne reigned in his stead.
7 And also by the hand of the pro-
phet lehu the sonne of Hanani, came
the word of the LORD against Baa-
sha, and against his house, euen for all
;he euill that hee did in the sight of the
L O R D , in prouoking him to anger
with the worke of his hands, in being
ike the house of leroboam, and be-
cause he killed him.
8 IF In the twentieth and sixt yeere
of Asa king of ludah, began Elah the
sonne of Baasha to reigne ouer Israel
n Tirzah, two yeeres.
9 And his seruant Zimri (captaine
of halfe his charets) conspired against
lim as he was in Tirzah drinking him-
t Heb. which selfe drunke in the house of Arza t stew-
was ouer. ard of his house in Tirzah.
10 And Zimri went in and smote
lim, and killed him, in the twentie and
seuenth yeere of Asa king of ludah,
and reigned in his stead.
11 U And it came to passe when hee
)egan to reigne, assoone as hee sate on
lis throne, that he slew all the house of
Baasha: hee left him not one that pis-
II Or, both seth against a wall, |j neither of his kins-
hiskinsemen bikes, nor of his friends.
and his
friends. 12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the
louse of Baasha, according to the word
of the LORD, which he spake against
t Heb. by the Baasha tby lehu the prophet,
hand of.
13 For all the sinnes of Baasha and
the sinnes of Elah his sonne, by which
they sinned, and by which they made
[srael to sinne, in prouoking the
L O R D God of Israel to anger with
their vanities.
14 Now the rest of the actes of E-
ah, and all that he did, are they not
written in the booke of the Chronicles
of the kings of Israel ?'
15 U In the twentie and seuenth
yeere of Asa king of ludah, did Zimri
reigne seuen dayes in Tirzah : and the
jeople were encamped against Gibbe-
;hon which belonged to the Philistines.
16 And the people that were encam-
Omri. TibnL
ped, heard say, Zimri hath conspired,
and hath also slaine the king: Wherforc
all Israel made Omri the captaine oi
the hoste, king ouer Israel that day, in
the campe.
17 And Omri went vp from Gibbe-
thon, and all Israel with him, and they
besieged Tirzah.
18 And it came to passe when Zimri
saw that the citie was taken, that hee
went into the palace of the kings house3
and blirnt the kings house ouer him
with fire, and died,
19 For his sinnes which he sinned in
doing euill in the sight of the LORD,
in walking in the way of leroboam,
and in his sinne which he did, to make
Israel sinne.
20 Now the rest of the acts of Zim-
ri, and his treason that hee wrought,
are they not written in the booke of the
Chronicles of the kings of Israel ?
21 11 Then were the people of Is-
rael diuided into two parts : halfe of
the people followed Tibni the sonne of
Ginath, to make him king : and halfe
followed Omri.
22 But the people that followed
3mri preuailed against the people that
followed Tibni the sonne of Ginath:
so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.
23 1[ In the thirtie and one yeere of
Asa king of ludah, began Omri to
reigne ouer Israel twelue yeeres: sixe
yeeres reigned he in Tirzan.
24 And hee bought the hill Sa-
maria of Shemer, for two talents of
siluer, and built on the hill, and called
the name of the citie which hee built, af-
ter the name of Shemer, owner of the
lill, t Samaria. t Heb. Sho-
meron.
25 11 But Omri wrought euil in the
eyes of the LORD, .and did worse then
all that were before him.
26 For he walked in all the way of
[eroboam the son of Nebat, and in his
sinne wherewith hee made Israel to
sinne, to prouoke the L O R D God of
[srael to anger with their vanities.
27 Now the rest of the acts of Om-
ri, which he did, and his might that he
shewed, are they* not written in the
3ooke of the Chronicles of the kings of
Israel ?
28 So Omri slept with his fathers,
and was buried in Samaria, and Ahab
bis sonne reigned in his stead.
29 H And in the thirtie and eight
yeere of Asa king of ludah, began
Ahab
*13
lericho built. Elijah. I.Kings.
Ahab the sonne of Omri to reigne ouer
Israel, and Ahab the sonne of Omri
reigned ouer Israel in Samaria, twen-
tie and two yeeres.
30 And Ahab the sonne of Omri did
euill in the sight of the LORD, aboue
all that were before him.
t Heb. was
it a light 31 And it came to passe, t as if it had
thing? <J-c. beene a light thing for him to walke in
the sinnes of Jeroboam the sonne of
Nebat; that hee tooke to wife lezebel
the daughter of Ethbaal king t)f the
Zidonians, and went and serued Baal,
and worshipped him.
32 And hee reared vp an Altar for
Baal, in the house of Baal, which hee
had built in Samaria.
33 And Ahab made a groue, and A-
hab did more to prouoke the L O R D
God of Israel to anger, then all the
kings of Israel that were before him.
34 f In his dayes did Hiel the Be-
thelite build lericho: lie laid the foun-
dation therof in Abiram his first borne,
and set vp the gates thereof in his yon-
*Iosh.6.26. gest sonne Segub, * according to the
word of the LORD, which hee spake
by loshua the sonne of Nun.
C H A P . XVII.
1 Elij ah hauingprophecied against Ahab, is sent
to Cherith, where the rauens feed him. 8 He
is sent to the widow of Zarephath. 17 Hee
raiseth the widowes sonne. 24 The wo-
man beleeueth him.
t Heb. Eli. Nd tEliiah the Tishbite,
A
iahu. Luke
4. 25. he is
called Elias, A who was of the inhabi-
tants of Gilead, said vnto
* Ecclus,
48. 3. iames Ahab, *As the L O R D
5. 17.
God of Israel liueth, be-
fore whome I stand, there shall not be
deaw nor raine these yeres, but accor-
ding to my word. .
£ And the worde of the LORD
came vnto him, saying,
3 Get thee hence, and turne thee
Eastward, and hide thy selfe by the
brooke Cherith, that is before lordane.
4 And it shall bee, that thou shalt
drinke of the brooke, and I haue com-
manded the rauens to feed thee there.
5 So hee went, .&nd did according
vnto the word of the L O R D : for hee
went and dwelt by the brooke Cherith,
that is before lordane.
6 And the rauens brought him bread
and flesh in the morning, and bread and
flesh in the euening: and hee dranke of
the brooke.
fed by a widow.
7 And it came to passe tatter a while, ] Heb. at the
that the brooke dryed vp, because there endofdayes.
tiad beene no raine in the land.
8 IT And the word of the LORD
came vnto him, saying,
9 Arise, get thee to * Zarephath, 26. * Luke 4.
called
which behngeth to Zidon, and dwell Sarcpta.
there : behold, I haue commaunded a
widow woman there to sustaine thee.
20 So he arose, and went to Zare-
phath : and when he came to the gate of
the citie, behold, the widow woman
was there gathering of stickes : and he
called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray
thee, a little water in a vessell, that I
may drinke.
11 And as shee was going to fetch it,
he called to her, and said, Bring mee, I
pray thee, a morsell of bread in thine
hand.
12 And she said, As the LORD thy
God liueth, I haue not a cake, but an
handfull of meale in a barrell, and a lit-
tle oyle in a cruse: and behold, I am ga-
thering two stickee, that I may goe in,
and dresse it for me and my sonne, that
we may eate it, and die.
13 And Eliiah said vnto her, Feare
not, goe, and doe as thou hast said: but
make mee thereof a little cake first, and
bring it vnto mee, and after make for
thee, and for thy sonne.
14 For thus saith the LORD God
of Israel, The barrell of meale shall
not waste, neither shall the cruse of oile
faile, vntill the day that the LORD
tsendeth raine vpon the earth.
15 And shee went, and did according ueth.
MJeb.gi-
to the saying of Eliiah: and she, and he,
and her house did eate \\many dayes. \ Or, a full
16 And the barrell of meale wasted yeere.
not, neither did the cruse of oyle faile, ac-
cording to the word of the LORD,
which he spake tby Eliiah. t Heb. by the
17 IF And it came to passe after these hand of.
things, that the sonne of the woman,
the mistresse of the house, fell sicke, and
his sickenesse was so sore, that thtre
was no breath left in him.
18 And shee sayd vnto Eliiah, What
haue I to doe with thee ? O thou man
of God ! Art thou come vnto me to call
my sinne to remembrance, and to slay
my sonne ?
19 And he said vnto her, Giue me thy
sonne. And he tooke him out of her bo-
some , and caried him vp into a loft,
where he abode, and laide him vpon his
owne bed.
20 And
He ffoeth, and Chap.xviij.
20 And hee cried vnto the LORD,
and said, O LORD my God, hast
thou also brought euill vpon the wi-
dow , with whom I soiourne, by slay-
ing her sonne ?
t Hebr. mea. 21 And he t stretched himselfe vpon
sured.
the child three times, and cried vnto the
L O R D , and said; O L O R D my
God, I pray thee, let this childes soule
t Hebr. into come tinto him againe.
his inward
parts. 22 And the L O R D heard the voice
of Eliiah, and the soule of the child came
into him againe, and he reuiued.
23 And Eliiah tooke the childe, and
brought him downe out of the cham-
ber into the house, and deliuered him
vnto his mother. and Eliiah said, See,
thy sonne liueth.
24? H And the woman said to Eli-
iah, Now by this I know, that thou
art a man of God, and that the word of
the LORD in thy mouth is trueth.
C H A P . XVIII.
I In the extremitie of famine Eliiah sent to A-
hab, meeteth good Obadiah. 9 Obadiah
bringeth Ahab to Eliiah. 17 Eliiah repro-
uing Ahab, by fire from heauen conuinceth
Baals prophets. 41 Eliiah by prayer obtai-
ning raine, followeth Ahab to lezreel.
m
Nd it came to passe after
many daies, that the word
of the LORD came to E-
liiah in the third y eere,say-
ing, Goe shewe thy selfe
vnto Ahab, and 1 will send raine vp-
on the earth.
2 And Eliiah went to shew him-
selfe vnto Ahab, and there was a sore fa-
mine in Samaria.
t Hebr. Oba- 3 And Ahab called t Obadiah which
diahu.
t Hebr. ouer was t the gouernour of his house.: (now
his house. Obadiah feared the LORD greatly :
t Heir. Ixe- 4 For it was so, when tlezebel cut
bel. off the Prophets of the LORD, that
Obadiah tooke an hundred Prophets,
and hid them by fiftie in a caue, and fed
them with bread and water.)
5 And Ahab said vnto Obadiah,
Goe into the land, vnto all fountaines
of water, and vnto all brookes : perad-
uenture we may finde grasse to saue the
\ Hebr. that horses and mules aliue, that we tleese
we cut not off
our selues not all the beasts.
from the
beasts.
6 So they diuided the land be-
tweene them to passe throughout it: A-
hab went one way by himselfe, and O-
badiah went another way by himselfe.
meeteth Ahab.
7 IF And as Obadiah was in the
way, behold, Eliiah met him: and hee
knew him, and fell on his face, arid said;
Art thou that my lord Eliiah ?
8 And he answered him, I am: goe,
tell thy lord, Behold, Eliiah Is here.
9 And he said, What haue I sinned,
that thou wouldest deliuer thy ser-
uant into the hand of Ahab;, to slay
mee?
10 As the L O R D thy God liueth,
there is no nation or kingdome, whi-
ther my lord hath not sent to seeke thee:
and when they said, He is not therey hee
tooke an oath of the kingdome and na-
tion, that they found thee not.
11 And now thou say est, Goe, tell thy
lord, Behold, Eliiah is here.
12 And it shall come to passe, as soane
as I am gone from thee, that the spirit
of the L O R D shall cary thee whither
I know not; and so when I come and
tell Ahab, and he cannot finde thee, he
shall slay mee : but I thy seruant feare
the LORD from my youth.
13 Was it not told my lord, what I
did when lezebel slew the Prophets
of the L O R D ? how I hid an hun-
dred men of the L O R D S Prophets,
by fiftie in a caue, and fedde them with
bread and water ?
14 And now thou say est, Goe, tell
thy lord, Behold, Eliiah is here; and hee
shall slay me.
15 And Eliiah said, As the LORD
of hostes liueth, before whom I stand,
I will surely shew my selfe vnto him
to day.
16 So Obadiah went to meete A-
hab, and told him: and Ahab went to
meete Eliiah.
17 11 And it came to passe when A-
hab saw Eliiah, that Ahab saide vnto
him, Art thou hee that troubleth Is-
rael ?
18 And hee answered, I haue not
troubled Israel, but thou and thy fa-
thers house, in that yee haue forsaken
the Commandements of the LORD,
and thou hast followed Baalim.
19 Now therefore send, and gather
to mee all Israel vnto mount Carmel,
and the prophets of Baal foure hun-
dred and fiftie, and the prophets of the
groues foure hundred, which eate at
lezebels table.
20 So Ahab sent vnto all the chil-
dren of Israel, and gathered the pro-
phets together vnto mount Carmel.
21 And
Baals prophets, and I. Kings.
21 And Eliiah came vnto all the peo-
ple, and said, How long halt yee be-
BOr, tweene two ||opinions? If the L O R D
thoupnts. bee God, follow him : but if Baal, then
follow him: and the people answered
him not a word.
22 Then said Eliiah vnto the people,
I, euen I onely remaine a Prophet of
the L O U D : but Baals prophets are
fbure hundred and fiftie men.
23 Let them therefore giue vs two
bullocks, and let them chuse one bul-
locke for themselues, and cut it in pieces,
and lay it on wood, and put no fire vn-
der: and I will dresse the other bul-
locke, and lay it on wood, and put no
fire vnder.
24 And call ye on the name of your
gods, and I will call on the Name of
the LORD : and the God that answe-
reth by fire, let him be God. And all the
t Heir, the people answered, and said, t It is well
wordisgood. spoken.
25 And Eliiah said vnto the prophets
of Baal, Chuse you one bullocke for
jyourselues, and dresse it first, for yee are
|many: and call on the name of your
Igods, but put no fire vnder.
j 26 And they took the bullocke which
was giuen them, and they dressed it, and
(called on the name of Baal from mor-
ning, euen vntil noone, saying, O Baal,
\\0r,an- ||heare vs. But there was no voyce, nor
swere.
i! Or, teflr-d. any that ||answered: And they ||leapt
1 Or, leaped vpon the altar which was made.
vp ff downe
at the altar. 27 And it came to passe at noone,
that Eliiah mocked them, and saide,
t #e6. wt7/t Crie t aloud: for he is a god, either||heis
a grea* voice talking, or he tis pursuing, or hee is in
!l Or,-he me-
ditateth. a iourney9 or peraduenture he sleepeth,
t Hei. Aa/A and must be awaked.
a pursuit.
28 And they cried loud, and cut them-
selues after their maner, with kniues,
\ Hebr. vow- and lancers, till tthe blood gushed out
red out blood vpon them.
upon them.
29 And it came to passe when mid-
day was past, and they prophesied vnti]
\ Hebr. as- the time of the t offering of the euening
cending.
sacrifice; that there was neither voice, nor
t Hch. at- any to answere, nor t any that regarded.
tention.
30 And Eliiah said vnto all the peo-
ple, Come neere vnto me. And all the
people came neere vnto him. And he re-
paired the Altar of the L O R D that
was broken downe.
31 And Eliiah tooke twelue stones,
according to the number of the tribes of
the sonnes of lacob, vnto whome the
word of the L O R D came, saying,
Eliiah facrifice.
* Israel shall bee thy name. * Gen. 32.
32 And with the stones hee built an 28. 2. king,
17. 34.
altar in the Name of the LORD, and
bee made a trench about the altar, as
great as would containe two measures
of seed.
33 And he put the wood in order, and
cut the bullocke in pieces, and laide him
on the wood, and said, Fill foure bar-
rels with water, and powre it on the
burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
34 And hee said, Doe it the second
time. And they did it the second time
And he said, Doe it the third time. Anc
they did it the third time.
35 And the water tran round aboul t He]b. went.
the altar, and hee filled the trench alsc
with water
36 And it came to passe at the time oi
the offering of the euening sacrifice, thai
Eliiah the prophet came neere and said,
L O R D God of Abraham, Isaac, anc
of Israel, Let it bee knowen this da)
that thou art God iti Israel, and that 1
am thy seruant, and that I haue done al!
these things at thy word.
57 Heare me, O LORD, heare me,
that this people may know that thoi
art the LORD God, and that thou hasl
turned their heart backe againe.
38 Then the fire of the L O R D fell,
and consumed the burnt sacrifice, anc
the wood, and the stones, and the dust,
and licked, vp the water that was in the
trench.
39 And when all the people sawe it
they fell on their faces: and they saide
The LORD, he is the God, the LORD,
he is the God.
40 And Eliiah saide vnto them,
|| Take the prophets of Baal, let not II Or, appre-
one of them escape: And they tooke hend.
them, and Eliiah brought them downe
to the brooke Kishon, and slewe .there
there.
41 H And Eliiah said vnto Ahab,
Get thee vp, eate and drinke, for there w
[| a sound of abundance of raine. I Or, a sound
of a noise (tf
42 So Ahab went vp to eate and raine.
to drinke, and Eliiah went vp to the top
of Carmel, and he cast himselfe downe
vpon the earth, and put his face be-
tweene his knees,
43 And said to his seruant, Goe vj
now, looke toward the Sea. And hee
went vp, and looked, and saide, There u
nothing. And he said, Goe againe se-
uen times.
44 And it came to passe at the se-
uentV
Elijah fed. He Chap.xix.
uenth time, that he said, Behold, there
ariseth a little cloud out of the Sea, like
a mans hand. And he said, Goe vp, say
tHeb.tie, vnto Ahab, t Prepare thy cliaret^ and
or binde* get thee downe, that the raine stop thee
not.
45 And it came to passe in the meane
while, that the heauen was blacke with
cloudes and winde, and there was a
great raine : and Ahab rode and went
to lezreeL
46 And the hand of the LORD
was on Eliiah; and hee girded vp his
t- Heb. tm
Ifyou com4
loynes, andranne before Ahab, tto the
to lezreel. entrance of lezreel.
CHAP. XIX.
1 Eliiah threatned by lezebel, fleeth to Beer-
sheba, 4 In the wildernesse being wearie of
his life, is comforted by an Angel. 9 At Ho-
reb God appeareth vnto him, sending him to
anoint Hazael, Jehu, and Elisha. 19Elisha
taking leaue of his friends, followeth Elijah.
ND Ahab told lezebel
Pi all that Eliiah had done,
iMs and withall, how hee had
slaine all the Prophets
with the sword.
52 Then lezebel sent a messenger
vnto Eliiah, saying; So let the gods do
to me> and more also, if I make not thy
life as the life of one of them, by to mor-
row about this time.
3 And when he saw that, hee arose,
and went for his life, and came to Beer-
sheba, which belongeth to ludah, and
left his seruant there.
4 IF But he himselfe went a dayes
iourney into the wildernesse, and came
and sate downe vnder a luniper tree:
t Heb. for and hee requested t for himselfe that hee
his life. might die, and sayd, It is enough, now
O LORD, take away ray life: for I
am not better then my fathers.
5 And as hee lay and slept vnder a
luniper tree, behold then, an Angel
touched him, and sayd vnto him, Arise,
and eate.
6 And he looked, and behold, there
was a cake baken on the coales , and a
iHeb.bol- cruse of water at his t head : and hee did
ster* eate and drinke, and laide him downe
againe.
7 And the Angel of the LORD
came againe the second time, and tou-
ched him, and sayd, Arise, and eate, be-
cause the iourney is too great for thee.
8 And hee arose, and did eate and
talketh with God.
drmke, and went in the strength of thai
meate fourtie dayes and fourtie nights,
vnto Horeb the mount of God.
9 II And he came thither vnto a caue,
and lodged there, and behold, the word
of the LORD came to him, and he said
vnto him , What doest thou here, E-
liiah?
10 And hee sayd, I haue beene verj
Jealous for the LORD God of hostes;
for the children of Israel haue forsaken
thy Couenant, throwen downe thine
Altars, and slaine thy Prophets with
the sword : and *I, euen I onely am * R0m.ii. 3.
left, and they seeke my life, to take it a-
way.
11 And he sayd, Goe forth, and stand
vpon the mount before the LORD,
And beholde, the LORD passed by,
and a great and strong winde rent the
mountaines, and brake in pieces the
rockes, before the L O R D ; but the
L O R D was not in the winde : and af
ter the winde an earthquake, but the
LORD was not in the earthquake.
1£ And after the earthquake, a fire.
but the LORD was not in the fire : and
after the fire, a still small voice.
13 And it was so, when Eliiah heard
it, that he wrapped his face in his man-
tle, and went out, and stood in the en-
tring in of the caue : and behold, then
came a voice vnto him, and sayd, Whal
doest thou here, Eliiah ?
14 And he sayd, I haue beene verj
iealous for the L O R D God of hostes,
because the children of Israel haue for-
saken thy Couenant, throwen downe
thine Altars, and slaine thy Prophets
with the sword, and I, euen I onety
am left, and they seeke my life, to take il
away.
15 And the LORD sayd vnto him.
Goe, returne on thy way to the wilder-
nesse of Damascus : and when thou
commest, anoint Hazael to be King o-
uer Syria.
16 And lehu the sonne of Nimshi
shalt thou anoint to bee king ouer Is-
rael : and * Elisha the sonne of Sha-called *Luk. 4. 27
Ell,
phat of Abel Meholah, shalt thou an- seus.
noint to be Prophet in thy roume.
17 And *it shall come to passe, that 9.*2.1,King.
.?, ec-
him that escapeth the sword of Hazael, clus. 48. 8.
shall lehu slay: and him that escapeth
from the sword of lehu, shall Elisha
slay.
18 * Yet || I haue left me seuen thou- II.*Rom.
4.
sand in Israel, all the knees which \\ Or, I will
haue leaue.
hhhhTTT called. I. Kings.
tiaue not bowed vnto Baal, and euery
mouth which hath not kissed him.
19 IF So hee departed thence and
found Elisha the sonne of Shaphat,
who was plowing with twelue yoke
of oxen before him, and hee with the
twelfth : and Eliiah passed by him, and
cast his mantle vpon him.
20 And he left the oxen, and ranne
after Eliiah, and said, Let mee, I pray
thee, kisse my father and my mother,
and then I wil follow thee : and he said
t/fe&r. #>e vnto him, t Goe backe againe; for what
returns. haue I done to thee ?
21 And he returned backe from him,
and tooke a yoke of oxen, & slew them,
and boyled their flesh with the instru-
ments of the oxen, and gaue vnto the
people, and they did eat: then he arose,
and went after Eliiah, and ministred
vnto him.
C H A P . XX.
1 Benhadad not content with Ahabs hom-
mage, besiegeth Samaria. 13 By the dire-
ction of a Prophet, the Syrians are slaine. 2S
As the Prophet forewarned Ahab, the Syri-
ans trusting in the valleys, come against niir
in Aphek. 28 By rhe word of the Prophet
and Gods mdement, the Syrians are smitter
againe. 31 The Syrians submitting them-
selues, Ahab sendeth Benhadad away witli
a couenant. 35 The Prophet vnder th<
parable of a prisoner, making Ahab t<
mdge himselfe, denounceth Gods iudge-
ment against him*
Nd Benhadad the King
A of Syria gathered all his
hoste together , and there
were thirtie and two kings
with him, and horses, and
cnarets : ana nee went vp ana oesiegea
Samaria, and warred against it.
2 And hee sent messengers to Ahab
king of Israel, into the city, and saide
vnto him, Thus saith Benhadad,
3 Thy siluer and thy gold is mine,
thy wiues also, and thy children, euen
the goodliest, are mine.
4 And the king of Israel answered,
and said, My lord 0 king, according to
thy saying, I am thine, and all that I
haue,
5 And the messengers came againe,
and saide, Thus speaketh Benhadad,
saying, Although I haue sent vnto
thee, saying, Thou shalt deliuer me thy
siluer, and thy gold, and thy wiues, and
thy children:
I Benhadad
Benhadads crueltie.
6 Yet I will send my seruants vn-
to thee to morrow about this time, and
bey shall search thine house, and the
louses of thy seruants; and it shall be,
hat whatsoeuer is t pleasant in thine ^Heb. desi-
eies, they shall put it in their hand, and rable.
take it away.
7 Then the king of Israel called
all the Elders of the land, and saide;
Vlarke, I pray you, and see how this
man seeketh mischiefe: for hee sent vnto
me for my wiues, and for my children,
and for my siluer, and for my gold, and
tl denied him not. \Heb.Ikept
not backe
8 And all the Elders, and all the from him.
>eople said vnto him; Hearken not vnto
\im^ nor consent.
9 Wherefore hee said vnto the mes-
sengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord
the king, All that thou diddest send for
;o thy seruant at the first, I will doe:
nit tnis thing I may not doe. And the
messengers departed, and brought him
word againe.
10 And Benhadad sent vnto him,
and said, The gods doe so vnto me anc
more also, if the dust of Samaria shal
suffice for handfuls for all the people
that t follow me. t Heb. are at
11 And the king of Israel answered, myfeete.
and said, Tell him, Let not him that
rirdeth on hisharnesse, boast himselfe. as
be that putteth it off.
12 And it came to passe, when Benha-
dad heard this t message (as hee was t Heb. word.
drinking, he and the kings in the ||paui- I Or, Tents.
lions) that hee said vnto his seruants,
\\Setyourseluesin aray. And they set them- \i the
II Or, place
engins:
selues in aray against the citie. and they
13 f And behold, there tcame a Pro- | gines. en-
placed
phet vnto Ahab king of Israel, saying, iHeb.appro-
Thus saith the L O R D , Hast thou ched.
scene all this great multitude ? behold,
I will deliuer it into thine hand this
day, and thou shalt knowe that I am
the LORD.
14 And Ahab saide, By whom ? and
he saide, Thus saith the LORD, Euen
by the || young men of the Princes of the uants.II Or, ser-
prouinces: Then he said, Who shall t or- iHeb.Bynd,
der the battell? And hee answered, or, tie.
Thou.
15 Then he numbred the young men
of the Princes of the prouinces, and they
were two hundred and thirty two : and
after them hee numbred all the people,
euen all the children of Israel, being
seuen thousand.
16 And they went out at noone: But
The Syrians are Chap.xx.
Bcnhadad was drinking himselfe
drunke in the pauilions, hee and the
cings, the thirty and two kings- that
Yelped him.
17 And the young men of the Prin-
ces of the Province's went out first, and
Benhadad sent out, and"they told him,
saying, There are men come out of Sa-
maria.
18 And he said, Whether they be come
out for peace, take them aliue : or whe-
ther they be come put for warre, take
them aliue.
19 So these yong men of the princes
of the prouinces, came out of the citie,
and the armie which followed them:
20 And they slew euery one his man:
and the Syrians fled, and Israel pur-
sued them : and Benhadad the king of
Syria escaped* on an horse, with the
horsemen.
21 And the king of Israel went out,
and smote the horses and charets, and
slewe the Syrians with a great slaugh-
ter.
22 f And the Prophet came to the
king of Israel, and said vnto him, Goe,
strengthen thy selfe, and marke and see
what thou doest: for at the returne of
the yeere, the king of Syria will come
vp against thee.
23 And the seruants of the King of
Syria said vnto him , Their gods are
gods of the hilles , therefore they were
stronger then wee : but let vs fight a-
gainst them in the plaine, and surely we
shall be stronger then they.
24 And doe this thing, Take the
kings away, euery man out of his place,
and put captaines in their roumes.
25 And number thee an armie, like
t Heb. tkat the armie t that thou hast lost, horse for
was/alien.
horse, and charet for charet : and wee
will fight against them in the plaine,
and surely wee shall be stronger then
they. And hee hearkened vnto their
voice, and did so.
26 And it came to passe at the returne
of the yeere, that Benhadad numbred
the Syrians, and went vp to Aphek,
t Heb. to the tto fight against Israel
warre with
Israel. 27 And the children of Israel were
II Or, were numbred, and ||were all present, and
victualled.
went against them: and the children oi
Israel pitched before them, like two
little flockes of kids • but the Syrians
filled the countrey.
28 H And there came a man of God,
and spake vnto the king of Israel, and
put to flight.
saydj Thus sayth the L O R D , Be-
cause the Syrians haue sayde, The
L O R D is God1 of the hilles, but hee is
not God of the "valleys : therefore will
Tdeliuer all this great multitude into
thine hand, and yee shall know that I
am the LORD.
29 And they pitched one ouer against
;he other seuen daies, and so it was, that
in the.seuenth day the battell was ioy-
ned : and the children of Israel slewe of
the Syrians; an hundred thousand foot-
men in one day.
30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the
citie, and there a wall fell vpon twentie
and seuen thousand of the men that
were left: and Benhadad fled, and came
into the citie, ||into an inner chamber. chamber
I Or, from
to
31 IF And his seruants said vnto him, chamber.
Behold now;, wee haue heard that th« chamber Heb. into a
tings of the house of Israel are merci- chamber.
within a
full kings : let vs, I pray thee, put sack-
cloth on our loines, and ropes vpon our
heads, and goe out to the king of Is-
rael; peraduenture he will saue thy life.
32 So they girded sackcloth on their
loynes, and put ropes on their heads,
and came to the king of Israel, and said,
Thy seruant Benhadad saith, I pray
thee, let me Hue. And he said, Is he yet
aliue ? he is my brother.
33 Now the men did diligently ob-
serue whether any thing would come
from him,and did hastily catch it: and
they saide, Thy brother Benhadad.
Then he said, Goe ye, bring him : then
Benhadad came forth to him : and hee
caused him to come vp into the charet.
34 And Benhadad said vnto him, The
cities which my father tooke from thy
father, I will restore, and thou shalt
make streets for thee in Damascus, as
my father made in Samaria. Then, said
Ahab, I will send thee away with this
couenant. So he made a couenant with
him, and sent him away.
35 If And a certaine man of the
sonnes of the Prophets, saide vnto his
neighbour in the word of the L O R D ,
Smite me, I pray thee. And the man
refused to smite him.
36 Then said .he vnto him, Because
thou hast not obeyed the voyce of the
LORD, beholde, assoone as thou art
departed from me, a lyon shal slay thee.
And assoone as hee was departed from
him, a lyon found him ? and slew him.
37 Then he found another man, and
said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the
man
Ahab reproued. I. Kings.
t Heir, smi- man smote him, so that in t smiting hee
ting arul Bounded him.
wounding.
38 So the prophet departed, and
waited for the king by the way, and dis-
guised himselfe with ashes vpon his
•ace.
39 And as the king passed by, he cried
vnto the king: and he saide, Thy ser-
uant went out into the mids of the bat-
;ell,and behold, a man turned aside, artd
>rought a man vnto me, and said, Keep
this man : if by any meanes he be mis-
sing, then shall thy life be for his life, or
Heb. weigh else thou shalt tpay a talent of siluer.
40 And as thy seruant was busie
t Heb. tiee lere and there, the was gone. And the
was not.
ung of Israel saide vnto him, So shall
thy Judgement bee, thyselfe hast disci-
ded it.
41 And he hasted , and tooke the a-
shes away from his face, and the king
of Israel discerned him that hee was of
the Prophets.
42 And hee said vnto him, Thus
* Chap. 22. saith the L O R D , * Because thou hast
8.
et goe out of thy hand, a man whom I
appointed to vtter destruction, therfore
thy life shall goe for his life, and thy peo-
ple for his people.
43 And the king of Israel went to
iis house, heauie, and displeased, and
came to Samaria.
C H A P . XXFf
1 Ahab being denied Naboths vineyard, is grie-
ued. 5 lezebelwritinglettersagainstNaboth,
he is condemned of blasphemie. 15 Ahab
taketh possession of the vineyard. 17 Eliiah
denounceth Judgements against Ahab anc
lezebel. 25 Wicked Ahab repentingj God
cleferreth the Judgement.
Nd it came to passe after
A these things, that Naboth
the lezreelite had a vine-
yard , which was in lez-
reel, hard by the palace o:
Ahab king of Samaria
2 And Ahab spake vnto Naboth
saying, Giue me thy vineyard, that 1
may haue it for a garden of herbes, be
cause it is neere vnto my house, and !
will giue thee for it a better vineyarc
t Hebr. tte then it: or if it tseeme good to thee, \
gnodin thine
ryes. will giue thee the worth of it in money
3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The
L O R D forbid it mee, that I shoulc
giue the inheritance of my fathers vnto
thee
Naboth ftoned.
4 And Ahab came into his house,
leauie, and displeased, because of the
word which Naboth the lezreelite
lad spoken to him : for he had saide, I
will not giue thee the inheritance of my
'athers: and he laid him downe vpon
iis bed, and turned away his face, and
would eate no bread,
5 If But lezebel his wife came to
lim, and said vnto him, Why is thy spi-
rit so sad, that thou eatest no bread ?
6 And he said vnto her, Because I
pake vnto Naboth the lezreelite, and
aid vnto him, Giue mee thy vineyard
•or money, or else if it please thee, I will
*iue thee another vineyard for it: And he
answered, I wil not giue the£ my vine-
yard.
7 And lezebel his wife saide vnto
lim, Doest thou now gouerne the king-
dome of Israel ? Arise, and eate bread,
and let thine heart bee merrie: I will
yiue thee the vineyard of Naboth the
[ezreelite.
8 So shee wrote letters in Ahabs
name, and sealed them with his scale,
and sent the letters vnto the Elders,
and to the Nobles that were in his citie
dwelling with Naboth.
9 And she wrote in the letters, say-
ing, Proclaime a fast, and set Naboth
t on high among the people : \Heb.inthe
top of the
10 And set two men, sonnes of Be- people.
lial before him, to beare witnes against
him, saying, Thou diddest blaspheme
God and the king: and then carie him
out, and stone him that he may die.
11 And the men of his citie, euen the
Elders and the Nobles who were the
Inhabitants in his citie , did as lezebe
bad sent vnto them, and as it was writ-
ten in the letters which she had sent vn-
to them.
12 They proclaimed a fast, and set
Naboth on high among the people.
13 And there came in two men, chil-
dren of Belial, and sate before him : anc
the men of Belial witnessed agains
him, euen against Naboth, in the pre
sence of the people, saying, Naboth die
blaspheme God and the king. Then
they caried him foorth out of the citie
and stoned him with stones, that hee
died,
14 Then they sent to lezebel, say
ing, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
15 If And it came to passe when le
zebel heard that Naboth was stonec
and was dead, that lezebel said to A
hab
 /\habs wickednes. Chap.xxij.
nab. Arise, take possession of the Vine-
yard of Naboth the lezreelite, which
hee refused to giue thee for money : for
Naboth is not aliue, but dead.
16 And it came to passe when Ahab
heard that Naboth was dead, that A-
hab rose vp to goe downe to the Vine-
yard of Naboth the lezreelite, to take
possession of it.
17 f And the word of the L O R D
came to Eliiah the Tishbite, saying,
18 Arise, goe downe to meet Ahab
king of Israel, which is in Samaria:
behold, hee is in the Vineyard of Na-
both, whither he is gone downe to pos-
sesse it.
19 And thou shalt speake vnto him,
saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast
thou killed, and also taken possession ?
And thou shalt speake vnto him, say-
ing, Thus saith the L O R D ; In the
place where dogs licked the blood of
Naboth, shall dogges licke thy blood,
euen thine.
20 And Ahab said to Eliiah, Hast
thou found me, O mine enemie ? And he
answered, I haue found thee: because
thou hast sold thy selfe to worke euill in
the sight of the LORD.
* Chap. 14. 21 Behold, '*! will bring euill vpon
10. 2. king.
9. 8. thee, and will take away thy posteritie,
*. i. Sam. and will cut off from Ahab *him that
25. 22.
* Chap. 14. pisseth against the wall, and*him that
10. is shut vp, and left in Israel,
22 And will make thine house like
* Chap. 15. the house of * leroboam the sonne of
29.
* Chap. 16. Nebat, and like the house of *Baasha
3. the sonne of Ahiiah, for the prouocation
wherewith thou hast prouoked mee to
anger, and made Israel to sinne.
2. King. 9.
36.
23 And * of lezebel also spake the
L O R D , saying, The dogs shall eate
il Or, ditch. lezebel by the ||wall of lezreel.
24 Him that dieth of Ahab in the ci-
tie, the dogs shall eate: and him that di-
eth in the field, shall the foules of the
aire eat.
25 IT But there was none like vnto
Ahab, which did sell himselfe to worke
wickednesse in the sight of the LORD,
I Or, incited. whom lezebel his wife ||stirred vp.
26 And hee did very abominably in
following Idoles, according to all
things as did the Amorites, whom the
L O R D cast out before the children of
Israel.
27 And it came to passe when Ahab
heard those wordes, that hee rent his
clothes, and put sackccloth vpon his
leholhaphat.
flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth,
and went softly
28 And the word of the L O R D
came to Eliiah the Tishbite, saying,
29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth
himselfe before mee? because hee hum-
bleth himselfe before mee, I will not
bring the euill in his dayes: but in his
sonnes dayes will I bring the euill vp-
on his house.
C H A P . XXII.
1 Ahab seduced by false prophets, according to
the word of Micaiah, is slaine at Ramoth Gi-
lead. 37 The dogges licke vp his blood, and
Ahaziah succeedeth him. 41 lehoshaphats
good reigne, 45 his acts. 50 lehoram suc-
ceedeth him. 51 Ahaziahs euil reigne.
Nd*they continued three * I. Citron.
A yeeres without warre be- 18. 1, &c.
tweene Syria and Israel.
2 And it came to passe
on the third yere, that le-
hoshaphat the King of ludah came
downe to the king of Israel.
3 (And the king of Israel said vnto
his seruants, Know ye that Ramoth
in Gilead is ours, and wee be t still, and
take it not out of the hand of the kingr' tlentHetn: si.
from ta-
of Syria?) king it.
4 And hee said vnto lehoshaphat,
Wilt thou goe with me to battel to Ra-
moth Gilead ? And lehoshaphat said
to the king of Israel, *I am as thou
art, my people as thy people, my horses * 2. King. 3.
.7-
as thy horses.
5 And lehoshaphat said vnto the
king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at
the word of the LORD to day.
6 Then the king of Israel gathered
the prophets together about foure hun-
dred men, and said vnto them, Shall I
goe against Ramoth Gilead to battell,
or shall I forbeare ? And they said, Goe
vp, for the LORD shall deliuer it into
the hand of the king.
7 And lehoshaphat said, Is there
not here a Prophet of the LORD be-
sides, that we might enquire of him ?
8 And the king of Israel said vnto
lehoshaphat, There is yet one man,
(Micaiah the sonne of Imlah) by
whom we may enquire of the L O R D ;
but I hate him, for he doth not prophe-
sie good concerning me, but euill. And
lehoshaphat said, Let not the King
say so.
9 Then the king of Israel called
an
13 a
Vlicaiah prophecieth LKings.
Or, Eu- an || Officer, and said, Hasten hither Mi-
nuch.
caiah the sonne of Imlah.
10 And the King of Israel and le-
loshaphat the ' King of ludah sate
each on his throne, hauing put on their
Heb.ftoore. robes, in a tvoyd place in the entrance
of the gate of Samaria, and all the
5
rophets prophecied before them.
11 And Zedekiah the sonne of Che-
naanah made him homes of yron : and
le sayd, Thus saith the LORD, With
these shalt thou push the Syrians, vn-
till thou haue consumed them.
12 And all the Prophets prophecied
so, saying; Goe vp to Ramoth Gilead,
and prosper : for the LORD shall deli-
uer it into the kings hand.
13 And the messenger that was gone
;o call Micaiah, spake vnto him, say-
ing, Behold now, tne words of the pro-
>ee like the word of one of them, and
phets declare good vnto the King with
me mouth: let thy word, I pray thee,
speake that which is good.
14? And Micaiah sayde, As the
LORD linetb, what the L O R D saith
vnto me, that will I speake.
15 f So he came to the king;, and the
ling sayd vnto him, Micaiah, shall wee
>r shall we forbeare ? And he answered
roe against Ramoth Gilead to battell,
him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD
shall deliuer it into the hand of the king.
16 And the king said vnto him, How
many times shall I adiure thee, that
thou tell me nothing but that which is
true, in the Name of the LORD ?
17 And hee sayd, I saw all Israe
scattered vpon the hilles, as sheepe that
haue not a shepheard. And the LORD
said, These haue no master, let them re-
turne euery man to his house in peace.
18 And the King of Israel said vnto
lehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee, that
he would prophecie no good concerning
me, but euill ?
19 And he said, Heare thou therefore
the word of the L O R D : I sawe the
LORD sitting on his Throne, and al
the hoste of heauen standing by him, on
his right hand and on his left.
20 And the LORD said, Who shal
l\0r,deceiue Uperswade Ahab, that hee may goe vp
and fall at Ramoth Gilead ? And one
sayd on this manner, and another saic
on that manner.
21 And there came forth a spirit, anc
stood before the LORD, and said, 1
will perswade him.
Ahabs deftrudtion.
22 And the L O R D said vnto -him,
therewith ? And hee sayd, I will goe
foorth, and I will be a lying spirit in the
mouth of all his prophets. And he said,
Thou shalt perswade him, and pre-
uaile also: Goe forth, and doe so.
23 Now therfore behold, the L O R D
iath put a lying spirit in the mouth of
all these thy prophets, and the LORD
iath spoken euill concerning thee.
24 But Zedekiah the sonne of Che-
naanah went neere, and smote Mi-
caiah on the cheeke, and said, * Which *2. Chrorv
way went the Spirit of the LORD 18. 23.
rom me, to speake vnto thee ?
25 And Micaiah sayde, Beholde,
thou shalt see in that day, when thou
shalt goe ||into an inner chamber, to I. Or, from
chamber to
lide thy selfe. chamber.
26 And the King of Israel sayde, Heb. ber in a
cham-
Take Micaiah, and cary him backe chamber,
vnto Amon the gouernour of the citie,
and to loash the kings sonne:
27 And say, Thus sayth the King,
Put this fellow in the prison, and feede
lim with bread of affliction, and with
water of afflictio, vntil I come in peace.
28 And Micaiah saide, If thou re-
turne at all in peace, the LORD hath
not spoken by me. And he said, Hear-
ken, O people, euery one of you.
29 So the King of Israel, and le-
hoshaphat the king of Iudaha went vp
to Ramoth Gilead.
30 And the king of Israel said vnto
lehoshaphat, ||I wil disguise my selfe,, heiuastodis-
I! Or, when
& enter into the battell, but put thou oni guise him-
thy robes. And the King of Israel dis-' selfe and en-
ter into the
guised himselfe, & went into the battell.. battell.
31 But the King of Syria comman-
ded his thirtie and two Captaines that
had rule ouer his charets, saying, Fight
neither with small nor great, saue only
with the king of Israel.
32 And it came to passe, when the
captaines of the charets saw lehosha-
phat , that they said, Surely it is the
king of Israel. And they turned aside
to fight against him : and lehoshaphal
cryed out.
33 And it came to passe, when the cap-
taines of the charets perceiued that it
was not the king of Israel, that they
turned backe from pursuing him.
34? And a certaine man drew a bow
tat a venture, and smote the king of Is- i Heb. in his
rael betweene the tioynts of the har- simplicitie.
t Heb. ioynts
nesse: wherefore hee sayd vnto the dri- and the
brestpldte.
uer of his charet, Turne thine hand,
and
Ahab dietb. Chap.xxij.
and cary me out of the hoste, for I am
t Heb. made
sicke.
t wounded.
t Hebr. as. 35 And the battell t increased that
cended. day : and the king was stayed vp in his
cliaret against the Syrians, and died at
euen : and the blood ranne out of the
t Heb. 60- wound, into the tmids of the charet
some.
36 And there went a proclamation
throughout the hoste, about the going
downe of the Sunne, saying, Euery
man to his citie, and euery man to his
owne countrey.
t Heb. came. 37 11 So the King died, and twas
brought to Samaria, and they buried
the king in Samaria.
38 And one washed the charet in the
poole of Samaria, and the dogges lic-
ked vp his blood, and they washed his
* Chap, 21. armour, according *vnto the word of
19.
the LORD which he spake.
39 Now the rest of the actes of A-
hab, and all that he did, and the luory
house which he made, and all the cities
that he built, are they not written in the
booke of the Chronicles of the Kings
of Israel?
40 So Ahab slept with his fa-
thers , and Ahaziah his sonne reigned
in his stead.
* 2. Chron. 41 IT And * lehoshaphat the sonne
20, 31.
of Asa began to reigne oner ludah in
the fourth yeere of Ahab King of Is-
rael.
42 lehoshaphat was thirtie and flue
yeeres olde when hee began to reigne,
and he reigned twentie and flue yeeres
in lerusalem: and his mothers name
was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
43 And he walked in all the wayes
of Asa his father, hee turned not aside
from it, doing that which was right in
the eyes of the LOUD : neuerthelesse,
Ahaziah. lehoram.
the high places were not.taken away:
for the people offered and burnt incense
yet in the high places.
44 And lehoshaphat made peace
with the king,of Israel.
45 Now the rest of the actes of le-
hoshaphat , and his might that hee
shewed, and how he warred, are they
not written in the booke of the Chroni-
cles of the Kings of ludah ?
46 And the remnant of the Sodo-
mites which remained in.the dayes of
his father Asa, he tooke out of the land.
47 There was then no king in E-
dom : a deputie was king.
48 lehoshaphat ||made shippes of II Or, had
ten ships.
Tharshish to goe to Ophir for golde :
but they went not, for the shippes were
broken at Ezion Geber.
49 Then said Ahaziah the sonne of
Ahab vnto lehoshaphat, Let my ser-
uants goe with thy seruants in the
ships: But lehoshaphat would not.
50 1[ And lehoshaphat slept with
his fathers, and was buried with his
fathers in the citie of Dauid his father:
and lehoram his sonne reigned in his
stead.
51 U Ahaziah the sonne of Ahab be-
gan to reigne ouer Israel in Samaria
the seuenteenth yeere of lehoshaphat
king of ludah, and reigned two yeres
ouer Israel.
52 And he did euill in the sight of the
LORD, and walked in the way of his
father, and in the way of his mother,
and in the way of leroboam the sonne
of Nebat, who made Israel to sinne.
53 For he serued Baal, and worship-
ped him, and prouoked to anger the
L O R D God of Israel, according vn-
to all that his father had done.
HE
Ahaziah ficke. 11.Kings.
jTHE SECOND B O O K E
of the Kings, commonly called, The
fourth Booke of the Kings.
C H A P . I.
1 Moab rebelleth. 2 Ahaziah, sending to Baal-
zebub, hath his iudgement by Eliiah. 5 E-
liiah twise bringeth fire from heauen vpon
them whom Ahaziah sent to apprehend him.
13 He pitieth the third captaine, and incou-
raged by an Angel, telletn the King of his
death. 17 lehoram succeedeth Ahaziah.
Hen Moab rebel-
T
^L£/p^^xg^^^ led against Isra-
* Chap, 3.
5.
T el Rafter the death
of Ahab.
2 And Ahazi-
ah fel downe tho-
row a lattesse in
his vpper cham-
ber that was in Sa^
maria, and was sicke: and he sent mes-
sengers, and said vnto them, Goe, en-
quire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron,
whether I shal recouer of this disease.
p Uut the Angel ot the .LORD said
to Eliiah the Tishbite, Arise, gjoe vp
to meete the messengers of the king of
Samaria, and say vnto them, Is it not
because, there is not a God in Israel,
that ye goe to enquire of Baalzebub the
god of Ekron ?
4 Now therefore, thus sayeth the
t Heb. the LORD, tThou shalt not come downe
bed; whither from that bed on which thou art gone
thou art
ffonevp.thou vp, but shalt surely die. And Eliiah de-
Shalt not
coynedowne parted.
Aorott. 5 If And when the messengers tur-
ned backe vrito him, he said vnto them,
Why are ye now turned backe ?
6 And they said vnto him, There
came a man vp to meet vs, and said vn-
to vs, Goe, turne againe vnto the king
that sent you, and say vnto him, Thus
saith the LORD, Is it not because there
is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest
to enquire of Baalzebub the god of E-
kron? therefore thou shalt not come
Fire from heauen.
downe from that bedde on which thou
art gone vp, but shalt surely die.
7 And hee said vnto them, tWhat was t Hcb. what
the ma-
maner of man was he which came vp to tter of the
meet you, and told you .these words ? man7
8 And they answered him, He was
an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of
leather about his loyries: and he said,
It is Eliiah the Tishbite.
9 Then the King sent vnto him a
captaine of fiftie, with his fiftie : and he
went vp to him, (and behold, he sate on
the top of an hill) and hee spake vnto
him, Thou man of God, the king hath
said, Come downe.
10 And Eliiah answered, and said to
the captaine of fiftie, If I be a man of
God, then let fire come downe from
heauen, and consume thee and thy fiftie.
And there came downe fire from hea-
uen, and consumed him and his fiftie.
11 Againe also hee sent vnto him an-
other captaine of fiftie, with his fiftie:
And hee answered, and said vnto him,
O man of God, Thus hath the king
said, Come downe quickly.
12 And Eliiah answered, and saide
vnto them, If I be a man of God, let
fire come downe from heauen, and con-
sume thee, and thy fiftie. And the fire of
God came downe from heauen, and
consumed him, and his fiftie.
13 1f And hee sent againe a captaine
of the third fiftie, with his fiftie: and the
third captaine of fiftie went vp, and
came and tfell on his knees before Eli- IHebr.
bowed.
iah, and besought him, and saide vnto
him, Oh man of God, I pray thee, let
my life, and the life of these fiftie thy ser-
uants, be precious in thy sight.
14 Behold, there came fire downe
from heauen, and burnt vp the two
captaines of the former fifties, with
their fifties : Therefore let my life now
be precious in thy sight.
15 And
Ahaziah dieth. Chap.y.
15 And the Angel of the L O R D
said vnto Elijah, Goe downe with him,
be not afraid of him. And he arose, and
went downe with him vnto the king.
16 And he said vnto him, Thus saith
the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast
sent messengers to enquire of B.aalze-
bub the god of Ekron (is it not because
there is no God in Israel, to enquire of
his word?) therefore thou shalt not
come downe off that bed on which thou
art gone vp, but shalt surely die.
17 1F So he died, according to the
worde of the L O R D which Eliiah
had spoken: and lehoram reigned in
his stead, in the second yeere of leho-
ram the sonne of lehoshaphat king of
ludah, because he had no sonne.
18 Now the rest of the actes of Aha-
ziah, which hee did, are they not writ-
ten in the booke of the Chronicles of
the kings of Israel ?
C H A P . II
1 Elij ah, takinghis leaue of Elisha/with his man-
tle diuideth lordan, 9 and granting Elisha
his request, is taken vp by a fierie charet into
heauen. 12 Elisha, diuiding Jordan with E-
lijahs mantle, is acknowledged his successor.
16 The young prophets, hardly obtaining
leaue to seeke Elijah, could not finde him. 19
Elisha with salt, healeth the vnwholesome
waters. 23 Beares destroy the children
that mocked Elisha.
Nd it came to passe when
Pi
the LORD would take
vp Elijah into heauen
by a whirlewinde, that
— —— Eliiah
^ went with Eli-
sha from Gilgal.
2 And Jblyali said vnto Jblisha, Ta-
rie here, I pray thee- for the L O R D
hath sent me to Bethel: and Elisha said
vnto him, As the L O R D liueth, and
as thy soule liueth, I wil not leaue thee.
So they went downe to Bethel.
3 And the sonnes of the Prophets
that were at Bethel, came foorth to Eli-
sha, and said vnto him, Knowest thou
that the L O R D will take away
thy master from thy head to day ? And
he said, Yea, I know it, hold you your
peace.
4 And Elijah said vnto him, Elisha,
tarie here, I pray thee: for the LORD
hath sent me to lericho: And hee said,
As the LORD liueth, and as thy soule
liueth, I will not leaue thee. So they
came to lericho.
Elijah taken vp.
5 And the sonnes or tne rropnefo
that were at lericho came to Elisha, anc
said vnto him, Knowest thou that the
L O R D will take away thy mastei
from thy head to day ? and hee answe-
red. Yea, I knowe it, holde you youi
peace.
6 And Elijah said vnto him, Tarie,
I pray thee, here: for the LORD hatli
sent me to lordan And he said, As the
LORD liueth, and as thy soule liueth,
I will not leaue thee. And they two
went on.
7 And fiftie men of the sonnes of
the Prophets went, and stood tto view t Hebr. in
afarre off; and they two stood by sight,oroiter
against.
lordan.
8 And Elijah tooke his mantle, and
wrapt it together, and smote the wa-
ters, and they were diuided hither and
thither, so that they two went ouer on
drie ground
9 11 And it came to passe when they
were gone ouer, that Elijah said vnto
Elisha, Aske what I shall doe for thee,
before I be taken away from thee. And
Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double
portion of thy spirit be vpon me.
10 And hee said, tThou hast asked a • ffebr. thvu
last done
hard thing: neuerthelesse,iftliou see me, lard in as-
when lam taken from thee, it shall be so king.
vrfto thee: but if not, it shall not be so.
11 And it came to passe as they still
went on and talked, that beholde, there
appeared a charet of fire, and horses of
fire, and parted them both asunder, and
* Elijah went vp by a whirlewind into * Ecclus. 48
heauen. o. 1. mac, 2.
5«.
12 IT And Elisha saw it, and he cried,
* My father, my father, the charet of * Chap. 13.
Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And 14.
he saw him no more : and he tooke hold
of his owne cloathes, and rent them in
two pieces.
13 He tooke vp also the mantle of E-
tijah that fell from him, and went back,
and stood by the tbanke of lordan. r Hebr. lip
14 And he tooke the mantle of Eli-
iah that fell from him,, and smote the
waters, and said, Where is the LORD
God of Elijah ? and when hee also had
smitten the waters, they parted hither
and thither : and Elisha went ouer.
15 And when the sonnes of the Pro-
phets which were *to view at lericho, * Verse 7-
saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah
doth rest on Elisha: And they came to
meet him, and bowed themselues to the
ground before him.
16 1) And
Waters healed. II.Kings.
16 11 And they said vnto him, Be-
iold now, there bee with thy seruants
t Hebr. iftie t strong men, let them goe, we pray
onnes of
trength. thee, and seeke thy master : lest perad-
uenture the Spirit of the LORD hath
t Hebr. one taken him vp, and cast him vpon tsome
of the moun-
talnes. mountaine, or into some valley. And he
said, Ye shall not send
17 And when they vrged him, till he
was ashamed, he said, Send They sent
therefore fiftie men, and they sought
three dayes, but found him not.
18 And when they came againe to
lim (for he taried at lericho) hee said
vnto them , Did I not say vnto you,
Goe not ?
19 f And the men of the city said vn-
to Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situ-
ation of this city is pleasant, as my lord
seeth : but the water is nought, and the
t Hebr. cau- ground t barren.
sing to mis-
cary. 20 And hee said, Bring mee a new
cruse, and put salt therein. And they
brought it to him
21 And he went forth vnto the spring
of the waters, and cast the salt in there,
and said, Thus saith the L O R D , I
haue healed these waters; there shall
not be from thence any more death, or
barren land.
22 So the waters were healed vnto
this day, according to the saying of E-
lisha, which he spake.
23 IT And he went vp from thence
vnto Bethel : and as hee was going vp
by the way, there came foorth little chil-
dren out of the citie, and mocked him,
and said vnto him , Goe vp thou bald
bead, Goe vp thou bald head.
24 And hee turned backe, and loo-
ked on them, and cursed them in the
Name of the L O R D : and there came
foorth two shee Beares out of the
wood, and tare fortie and two children
of them.
25 And hee went from thence to
mount Carmel, and from thence he re-
turned to Samaria.
CHAP. III.
1 lehorams reigne. 4 Mesha rebelleth. 6 le-
horam, with lehoshaphat, and the king of
Edom, being distressed for want of water, by
Elisha obtaineth water, and promise of vi-
ctory. 21 The Moabites deceiued by the
colour of the water, comming to spoile, are
ouercome. 26 The king of Moab, by sa-
crificing the king of Edoms sonne, raiseth
the siege.
lehoram King.
HI
3^ra%£ol£S Ow lehoram the sonne
vS VwXi^SCJsT T
of Ahab began to reigne
ouer Israel in Samaria,
I **lks^Z the eighteenth yere of le-
hoshaphat king of lu-
dah. and reierned twehip veeres.
2 And he wrought euill in the sight
of the L O R D , but not like his father
and like his mother; for hee put away
the t image of Baal that his father had t Hebr.
statue.
made.
3 Neuerthelesse, hee cleaued vnto
the sinnes of leroboam the sonne of
Nebat, which made Israel to sinne; he
departed not therefrom-.
4 f And Mesha king of Moab was
a sheepe-master, and rendred vnto the
king of Israel an hundred thousand
lambes, and an hundred thousand
rammes, with the wooll.
5 But it came to passe when *Ahab * Chap. i.
was dead, that the king of Moab re-
belled against the king of Israel.
6 U And king lehoram went out
of Samaria the same time, and num-
bred all Israel.
7 And he went, and sent to leho-
shaphat the King of ludah, saying,
The king of Moab hath rebelled a-
gainst mee : Wilt thou goe with mee a-
srainst Moab to battell P and he said, I
will goe vp : * I am as thou art, my * 1. King.
people as thy people, and my horses as 22. 4.
thy horses.
8 And he said, Which way shall we
goe vp? And he answered, The way
through the wildernesse of Edom.
9 So the king of Israel went, and
the king of ludah, and the king of E-
dom: and they fetch t a compasse of seuen
dayes iourney: and there was no wa-
ter for the hoste, and for the cattell t that t Hebr. at
theirfeet.
followed them.
10 And the king of Israel said, Alas,
that the LORD hath called these three
kings together, to deliuer them into the
hand of Moab.
11 But lehoshaphat said, Is there
not here a Prophet of the LORD, that
we may enquire of the LORD by him ?
And one of the king of Israels ser-
uants answered, and said, Here is Elisha
the sonne of Shaphat, which powred
water on the hands of Eliiah.
12 And lehoshaphat saide, The
word of the L O R D is with him. So
the king of Israel, & lehoshaphat, and
the king of Edom went downe to him.
13 And Elisha saide vnto the king oi
Israel,
The Moabites Chap.xvj.
Israel, What haue I to doe with thee ?
Get thee to the prophets of thy father,
and to the prophets of thy mother. And
be king of Israel said vnto him, Nay:
br the LORD hath called these three
dngs together, to deliuer them into the
land pf Moab.
14 And Elisha said, As the L O R D
ofliostes liueth, before whom I stand,
Surely were it not that I regard the
>resence of lehoshaphat the King of
udah, I would not looke toward
thee, nor see thee.
15 But now bring me a minstrell.
And it came to passe when the minstrell
>layed, that the hand of the L O R D
came vpon him.
16 And hee sayde, Thus sayth the
^ O R D , Make this valley full of dit-
ches.
17 For thus sayth the L O R D , Yee
shall not see winde* neither shall ye see
raine, yet that valley shall be filled with
water, that ye may drinke, both ye, and
your cattell, and your beasts.
18 And this is but a light thing in
the sight of the LORD, he will deli-
uer the Moabites also into your hand.
19 And ye shall smite euery fenced ci-
tie, and euery choice citie, and shall fell
euery good tree, and stop all welles of|
t H e b . g r i e u e water, and tmarre euery good piece of
and with stones.
20 And it came to passe in the mor-
ning when the meate offering was of-
fered, that behold, there came water by
the way of Edom, and the countrey
was filled with water.
21 1i And when all the Moabites
heard that the kings were come vp to
t Heb. were Sght against them, they t gathered all
cryed toge-
ther. that were able to tput on armour, and
t Heb. gird vpward, and stood in th« border.
himselfe
with a gir- 22 And they rose vp early in the
dle.
morning, and the Sunne shone vpon
the water, and the Moabites sawe the
water on the other side as red as blood.
23 And they said, This is blood : the
t Heb. de. kings are surely tslaine, aud they haue
strayed.
smitten one another : now therefore,
Moab, to the spoile.
24 And when they came to the campe
of Israel, the Israelites rose vp and
smote the Moabites, so that they fledde
H 0r« they before them: but ||they went forward
smote in tY,
euen smi- smiting the Moabites, euen in their
ting. countrey.
25 And they beat downe the cities,
and on euery good piece of land cast
are ouercome.
euery man his stone, and ruled it, and
they stopped all the welles of water,
and felled all the good trees : tonely in Heb. vntill
e left the
Kirharaseth left they the stones there- tones there-
fin Kir-
of : howbeit the slingers went about z7, haraseth.
and smote it.
26 f And when the king of Moab
sawe that the battell was too sore for
lim, he tooke with him seuen hundred
men that drewe swordes, to breake tho-
row euen vnto the king of Edom ; but
they could not,
27 Then hee tooke his eldest sonne
that should haue reigned in his stead,
and offered him for a burnt offering vp-
on the wall: and there was great in-
dignation against Israel, and they de-
)arted from him, and returned to their
owne land.
C H A P . IIII,
1 Elisha multiplieth the widowes oyle. 8 Hee
giueth a sonne to the good Shunammite.
18 Hee raiseth againe her dead sonne. 38
At Gilgal hee healeth the deadly pottage.
42 Hee satisfieth an hundred men with
twentie loaues.
Ow there cryed a certame
N woman of the wiues oi
the sonnes of the Prophets
vnto Elisha, saying, Thy
(dMll^b seruant my husband is
dead, and thou knowest that thy ser-
uant did feare the L O R D : and the
creditour is come to take vnto him my
two sonnes to be bondmen.
2 And Elisha said vnto her, What
shall I doe for thee? Tell mee, what
hast thou in the house ? And shee sayd.
Thine handmaid hath not any thing in
the house, saue a pot of oyle.
3 Then hee said, Goe, borrow thee
vessels abroad , of all thy neighbours;
euen emptie vessels, ||borrow not a few. !l Or, scant
4 And when thou art come in, thou not.
shalt shut the doore vpon thee, and vp-
on thy sonnes, and shalt powre out into
all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside
that which is full.
5 So shee went from him, and shut
the doore vpon her, & vpon her sonnes:
who brought the vessels to her, and shee
powred out.
6 And it came to passe, when the
vessels were full, that shee said vnto her
sonne, Bring me yet a vessell. And hee
said vnto her, There is not a vessel more.
And the oyle stayed.
7 Then
iliiha, and 11.Kings.
7 Then she came, and told the man
of God: and he said, Goe, sell the oyle,
«Or, craft- and pay thy ||debt, and Hue thou and thy
tour. children of the rest.
t Heb. there 8 f Aud tit fell on a day, that Eli-
was a day.
sha passed to Shunem, where was a
t Heb. lavl ^reat woman; and shee t constrained
hold on him. him to eate bread: And so it was, that
as oft as he passed by, hee turned in thi-
ther to eate bread.
9 And shee said vnto her husband,
Behold now, I perceiue that this is an
holy man of God, which passeth by vs
continually.
10 Let vs make a litle chamber, I
pray thee, on the wall, and let vs set for
him there a bed, and a table, and a
stoole, and a candlesticke: and it shall be
when he commeth to vs, that hee shall
turne in thither.
11 And it fell on a day that hee came
thither, and hee turned into the cham-
ber, and lay there.
12 And he said to Gehazi his seruant,
Call this Shunammite. And when hee
had called her, she stood before him.
13 And he said vnto him, Say, now
vnto her, Behold, thou hast beene care-
full for vs with all this care; What is to
be done for thee? Wouldest thou be spo-
ken for to the king, or to the captaine of
the hoste? And she answered, I dwell
among mine owne people.
14 And he said, What then is to bee
done for her? And Gehazi answered,
Verily she hath no child, and her hus-
band is old.
15 And he said, Call her. And when
he had called her, she stood in the doore.
* Gen. 18. 16 And he said, * About this t season,
10.
t Heb. set according to the time of life, thou shalt
time. imbrace a sonne. And she said, Nay my
lord, thou man of God, doe not lie vnto
thine handmaid.
17 And the woman conceiued, and
bare a sonne at that season, that Elisha
had said vnto her, according to the time
of life.
18 f And when the child was grow-
en, it fell on a day that hee went out to
his father, to the reapers.
19 And he said vnto his father, My
head, my head: and he said to a ladde,
Carie him to his mother.
20 And when he had taken him, anc
brought him to his mother, hee sate on
her knees till noone, and then died.
21 And she went vp, and laid him on
the bed of the man of God, and shut the
the Shunammite.
doore vpon him, and went out.
22 And she called vnto her husband,
and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of
;he yong men, and one of the asses, that
! may runne to the man of God, and
come againe.
23 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou
goe to him to day ? it is neither newe
moone nor Sabbath And shee said, It
shalbe twell. 1 Heb* peace.
24 Then she sadled an asse, and said
to her seruant, Driue, and goe forward:
tslacke not thy riding for mee, except I t Heb. re-
straine not
>id thee. for me to
25 So she went, and came vnto the ride.
man of God to mount Carmel: and it
came to passe when the man of God
saw her afarre off, that hee said to Ge-
lazi his seruant, Behold, yonder is that
Shunammite:
26 Runne now, I pray thee, to meet
icr, and say vnto her, Is it wel with thee?
is it wel with thy husband ? is it wel with
the child ? And she answered, It is well.
27 And when shee came to the man
of God to the hill, shee caught thim by iHeb. by his
he feet: but Gehazi came neere to thrust feete.
icr away. And the man of God saide,
Let her alone, for her soule is t vexed t Heb. bitter
within her; and the L O R D hath hid
it from me, and hath not told me.
28 Then shee said, Did I desire a
sonne of my L O U D ? did I not say,
Doe not deceiue me ?
29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird vp
;hy loines, and take my staffe in thine
hand, and goe thy way : if thou meete
any man, salute him not: and if any sa-
ute thee, answere him not againe : and
lay my staffe vpon the face of the childe.
30 And the mother of the childe said,
As the LORD liueth, and as thy soule
liueth, I will not leaue thee. And he a-
rose, and followed her.
31 And Gehazi passed on before them,
and laid the staffe vpon the face of the
child, but there was neither voyce, nor
t hearing : wherefore he went againe to i Heb. atten-
meete him, and tolde him, saying, The tion.
child is not awaked.
32 And when Elisha was come into
the house, behold, the child was dead,
and laid vpon his bed.
33 He went in therefore, and shut the
doore vpon them twaine, and prayec
vnto the LORD.
34 And he went vp, and lay vpon
the child, and put his mouth vpon his
mouth, and his eyes vpon his eyes, anc
his
The dead railed. Chap.v.
his hands vpon his hands, and he stret-
ched himselfe vpon the child, and the
flesh of the child waxed warme.
35 Then he returned, and walked in
t Heb. once the house t to and fro, and went vp, and
hither* and
once thither. stretched himselfe vpon him : and the
child neesed seuen times, and the child o-
pened his eyes.
36 And hee called Gehazi, and said,
Call this Shunammite. So hee called
her : and when shee was come in vnto
him, he said, Take vp thy sonne.
37 Then she went in, and fell at his
feet, and bowed her selfe to the ground,
and tooke vp her sonne, and went out.
38 f And Elisha came againe to Gil-
gal, and there was a dearth in the land,
and the sonnes of the Prophets were sit-
ting before him : and hee said vnto his
seruant, Set on the great pot, and seethe
pottage for the sonnes of the Prophets.
39 And one went out into the field to
gather herbes, and found a wild vine,
and gathered thereof wilde gourds
his lap full, and came and shred them
into the pot of pottage: for they knew
them not.
40 So they powred out for the men
to eat: and it came to passe as they were
eating of the pottage, that they cried
out, and said, O thou man of God, there
is death in the pot. And they could not
eate thereof,
41 But he said, Then bring meale.
And he castit into the pot: Andhe said,
Powre out for the people, that they
\Hebr.euil may eat. And there was no tharme in
thing. the pot.
42 If And there came a man from
BaaUShalisha, and brought the man
of God bread of the first fruits, twentie
loaues of barley, and full eares of corne
H Or, in his t in the huske thereof: and he said, Giue
scripiorgar*
ment. vnto the people, that they may eate.
43 And his seruitour saide, What
should I set this before an hundred
men? He said againe, Giue the people,
that they may eate : for thus saith the
Mohne. LORD, *They shall eate, and shall
n. leaue thereof.
44 So he set it before them, and they
did eate, and left thereof^ according to the
word of the LORD.
C H A P . V.
1 Naaman, by the report of a captiue mayd, is
sent to Samaria to be cured of his leprosie. 8
Elisha., sending him to Jordan, cureth him.
15 He refusing Naaraans gifts, granteth
Naaman leprous.
him some of the earth. 20 Gehazi, abu-
sing his masters name vnto Naaman, is smit-
m
ten with leprosie.
S8BK Ow Naaman captaine oi
the host of the king of Sy-
ria , was a great man
t with hismaster, and ||ho- fore.
t Heir, be-
nourable, because by him H Or, graci-
the LORD had giuen ||deliuerance vn- lifted ous. Hebr.
vpt or
to Syria : He was also a mighty man in accepted in
valour, but he was a lener. countenance.
\ Or victory.
2 And the Syrians had gone out t
by companies, and had brought away
captiue out of the land of Israel a litle before.
\ Heir, tvas
maid, & she t waited on Naamans wife.
3 And shee saide vnto her mistresse,
Would God my lord were twith the \Hebr. be-
Prophet that is in Samaria, for hee fore.
would trecouer him of his leprosie. \ Hebr. ga-
4 And one went in, and tolde his ther in*
lord, saying, Thus and thus said the
mayd that is of the land of Israel.
5 And the king of Syria said, Goe
to, Goe, and I will send a letter vnto
the king of Israel. And hee departed,
and tooke t with him ten talents of sil- his \Hebr. in
uer,and sixe thousand pieces of gold, and hand.
ten changes of raiment.
6 And hee brought the letter to the
king of Israel, saying, Now when this
letter is come vnto thee, behold, I haue
therewith sent Naaman my seruant to
thee, that thou mayest recouer him of
his leprosie.
7 And it came to passe when the
king of Israel had read the letter, that
he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God,
to kill and to make aliue, that this man
doeth send vnto me, to recouer a man of
his leprosie? Wherefore consider, I pray
you, and see how he seeketh a quarrell
against me.
8 IF And it was so when Elisha the
man of God had heard, that the king of
Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent
to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou
rent thy clothes? Let him come now to
mee, and he shall know that there is a
Prophet in Israel.
9 So Naaman came with his hor-
ses, and with his charet, and stood at
the doore of the house of Elisha.
10 And Elisha sent a messenger vnto
him, saying, Goe and wash in lordane
seuen times, and thy flesh shall come a-
gaine to thee, and thou shalt be cleane.
11 But Naaman was wroth, and Or, Hebr. said.
I said
went away, and saide, Beholde, tl with my
thought, He will surely come out to me selfe,Hewill
surely come
and out$c.
Naaman clenfed. 11.Kings.
and stand, and call on the Name of the
tHebr. LORD his God, tand strike his hand
moouevp
and downe. ouer the place, and recouer the leper
lOr>A- 12 Are not |j Abana and Pharpar, ri-
mono.
uers of Damascus, better then all the
waters of Israel ? May I not wash in
them, and be cleane ? So he turned, and
went away in a rage.
13 And his seruants came neere and
spake vnto him, and said, My father, If
the Prophet had bid thee do some great
thing, wouldest thou not haue done it ?
How much rather then, when hee saith
to thee, Wash and be cleane ?
14 Then went he downe, and dip-
ped himselfe seuen times in Jordan, ac-
cording to the saying of the man of God:
and his flesh came againe like vnto the
* Luke 4. flesh of a litle childe,and *he was cleane.
27- 15 IF And he returned to the man of
God, he and all his company, and came,
and stood before him : and he said, Be-
hold, now I know that there is no- God
in all the earth , but in Israel : now
therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of
thy seruant.
16 But he said, As the L O R D li-
ueth, before whom I stand, I will re-
ceiue none. And hee vrged him to take
it, but he refused.
17 And Naaman said, Shall there
not then, I pray thee, be giuen to thy
seruant two mules burden of earth ?
for thy seruant wil henceforth offer nei-
ther burnt offering, nor sacrifice vnto
other gods, but vnto the LORD.
18 In this thing the L O R D par-
don thy seruant, that when my master
goeth into the house of Rimmon to
worship there, and hee leaneth on my
hand, and I bow my selfe in the house
of Rimmon : when I bow downe my
selfe in the house of Rimmon, the
L O R D pardon thy seruant in this
thing
19 And he said vnto him, Go in peace.
t Hebr. a
title piece of
ground.
So he departed from him, ta litle way.
20 f But Gehazi the seruant of E-
lisha the man of God, said, Behold, my
master hath spared Naaman this Sy-
rian, in not receiuing at his hands that
which hee brought: but as the LORD
liueth, I wil runne after him, and take
somewhat of him.
21 So Gehazi followed after Naa-
man . and when Naaman saw him
running after him, hee lighted downe
from the charet to meet him, and said,
t Hebr. IB
there peace? t/^all well?
Gehazi leprous.
22 And he said, All is well : my ma-
ster hath sent me, saying, Behold, euen
now there be come to mee from mount
Ephraim two yong men, of the sonnes
of the Prophets : Giue them, I pray
thee, a talent of siluer, and two changes
of garments.
23 And Naaman said, Bee content,
take two talents: and hee vrged him.
and bound two talents of siluer in two
bags, with two changes of garments,
and layde them vpon two of his ser-
uants, and they bare them before him.
24 And when he came to the ||towre, Hplace.
Or, secret
he tooke them from their hand, and be-
stowed them in the house, and hee let the
men goe, and they departed,
25 But he went in, and stood before
his master : and Elisha said vnto him,
Whencecommestthou, Gehazi ? And hee
said, Thy seruant went tno whither hither t Hebr. Not
or
26 And he said vnto him, Went not thither
mine heart with thee, when the man tur-
ned againe from his charet to meete
thee? Is it a time to receiue money, and
to receiue garments, and Oliue yards,
and Vineyards, and sheepe, and oxen,
and men seruants, and mayd seruants ?
27 The leprosie therefore of Naa-
man shall cleaue vnto thee , and vnto
thy seede for euer : And hee went out
from his presence a leper as white as
snow.
CHAP VL
1 Elisha giuing leaue to the yong Prophets to
inlarge their dwellings, causeth yron to swim.
8 Hee discloseth the king of Syria his coun-
sell. 13 The armie which was sent to Do-
than to apprehend Elisha, is smitten with
blindnesse: 19 Being brought into Sama-
ria, they are dismissed in peace. 24 The fa-
mine in Samaria, causetn women to eate
their owne children. 30 The king sendeth
to slay Elisha.
Nd the sonnes of the Pro-
A phets saide vnto Elisha,
Beholde now , the place
where wee dwell with
thee. is too strait for vs :
2 T.et vs goe, wee pray thee, vnto
lordane, and take thence euery man a
beame, and let vs make vs a place there
where we may dwell. And hee answe-
red, Goe ye.
3 And one said, Be content, I pray
thee, and goe with thy seruants. And he
answered, I will goe.
4 So hee went with them • and
when
Iron swimmeth. Chap.vj.
when they came to lordane, they cut
downe wood.
5 But as one was felling a beame,
t Hcb. yron. the taxe head fell into the water : and
hee cryed, and sayd, Alas master, for it
was borrowed.
6 And the man of God said. Where
fell it ? and hee shewed him the place :
and he cut downe a sticke, and cast it in
thither, and the yron did swimme.
7 Therefore said he, Take it vp to
thee: And hee put out his hand, and
tooke it.
8 f Then the king of Syria war-
red against Israel, and tooke counsell
with nis seruants, saying, In such and
I; pr, encam- such a place shall be my ||campe.
ping* 9 And the man of God sent vnto the
king of Israel, saying, Beware that
thou passe not such a place; for thither
the Syrians are come downe.
10 And the king of Israel sent to the
place which the man of God tolde him,
and warned him of, and saued himselfe
there, not once nor twise.
11 Therefore the heart of the king of
Syria was sore troubled for this thing,
and he called his seruants, and said vn-
to them, Will ye not shewe me which of
vs is for the king of Israel ?
12 And one of his seruants sayde,
\ Heb. No. t None, my lord O king; but Elisha the
Prophet, that is in Israel, telleth the
king of Israel, the wordes that thou
speakest in thy bed-chamber.
13 H And he said, Goe and spie where
he w, that I may send and fetch him.
And it was tolde him, saying, Behold,
he is in Dothan.
14? Therefore sent he thither horses,
1
Hel* hea- and charets, and a t great hoste: and
tie. they came by night, and compassed the
citie about.
i Or, mini- 15 And when the ||seruant of the man
tier.
of God was risen early and gone forth,
behold, an host compassed the citie,both
with horses and charets : and his ser-
uant said vnto him , Alas my master,
how shall we doe ?
16 And he answered, Feare not : for
* 2. Chron. * they that be with vs, are moe then they
32.7. that be with them.
17 And Elisha prayed, and sayde,
L O R D , I pray thee, open his eyes
that he may see. And the LORD ope-
ned the eyes of the young man, and hee
saw: and behold, the mountaine was full
of horses , and charets of fire round a-
bout Elisha.
A great famine.
18 And when they came downe tc
him, Elisha prayed vnto the L O R D
and said, Smite this people, I pray
thee, with blindnesse. And hee smote
them with blindnesse, according to the
word of Elisha.
19 If And Elisha saide vnto them,
This is not the way, neither is this the
citie : t follow me, and I will bring you t Heb. come
to the man whom ye seeke. But hee led ye after me.
them to Samaria.
20 And it came to passe when they
were come into Samaria, that Elisha
said, LORD, open the eyes of these
men, that they may see. And the
L O R D opened their eyes, and they
saw, and beholde, they were in the mids
of Samaria.
21 And the king of Israel saide vnto
Elisha, when he saw them, My father,
shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
22 And he answered, Thou shalt not
smite them: wouldest thou smite those
whom thou hast taken captiue with
thy sword, and with thy bow ? set bread
and water before them, that they may
eate, and drinke, and go to their master.
23 And hee prepared great prouision
for them, and when they had eaten and
drunke, hee sent them away, and they
went to their master: so the bands of
Syria came no more into the lande of
Israel.
24 If And it came to passe after this,
that Benhadad king of Syria gathe-
red all his hoste, and went vp, and besie-
ged Samaria.
25 And there was a great famine in
Samaria : and behold, they besieged it,
vntill an asses head was solde for foure-
score pieces of siluer, and the fourth part
of a kab of doues doungfor fiue pieces of
siluer.
26 And as the king of Israel was
passing by vpon the wall, there cried a
nroman vnto him, saying, Helpe, my
lord, O king.
27 And he said, ||If the LORD do II Or, Let not]
the Lord \
not helpe thee, whence shall I helpe sane thee.
thee ? out of the barne fioore, or out of
the wine presse ?
28 And the king said vnto her, What
aileth thee? And shee answered, This
woman said vnto me, Giue thy sonne,
that we may eate him to day, and wee
will eate my sonne to morrow.
29 So *we boyled my sonne, and did 53. * Deut. 28.
eate him : and I saide vnto her on the
t next day, Giue thy sonne, that we may1Heb.othe*.
eate
Plenty foretold. 11.Kings.
eate him : and she hath hid her sonne.
30 H And it came to passe when the
ung heard the words of the woman,
that he rent his clothes, and hee passed
3y vpon the wall, and the people loo-
ted, and behold, hee had sack cloth with-
in, vpon his flesh.
31 Then he said, God doe so, and more
also to mee, if the head of Elisha the
sonne of Shaphat, shall stand on him
this day.
32 But Elisha sate in his house (and
the elders sate with him) and the king
sent a man from before him: but yer the
messenger came to him, hee said to the
Elders, See yee how this sonne of a
murderer hath sent to take away
mine head ? Looke when the messenger
commeth, shut the doore, and hold him
fast at the doore : Is not the sound of
his masters feete behind him ?
33 And while hee yet talked with
them, beholde, the messenger came
downe vnto him: and he said, Behold,
this euill is of the L O R D , what should
I waite for the L O R D any longer ?
C H A P . VII.
1 Elisha prophecieth incredible plenty in Sa-
maria. 3 Foure Lepers venturing on the
host of the Syrians, bring tydings of their
flight. 22 The king finding by spies the
newes to be true, spoileth the tents of the Sy-
rians. 17 The Lord, who would not beleeue
the prophecy of plenty, hauing the charge
of the gate, is troden to death in the presse.
*&2gflgj£y HenElishasaidjHeareyee
H
T the word of the LORD,
Thus saith the LORD,
To morrowe about this
•j^^j^^H5B*b^888 time shal a measure of fine
flower he sold for a shekel!, and two mea-
sures of barley for a shekel, in the gate o1
Samaria.
\Heb.a 2 Then ta lord on whose hand the
Lord which
belonged to king leaned, answered the man of God,
the King* and said, Behold, if the L O R D woulc
leaningvpon
his hand. make windowes in heauen, might this
thing bee? and he saide, Behold, thou
shalt see it with thine eies, but shalt not
eate thereof.
3 H And there were foure leprous
men at the entring in of the gate : anc
they saide one to another, Why sit wee
here vntill we die ?
4 If we say, We will enter into the
citie, then the famine is in the citie, anc
wee shall die there : and if we sit stil
here, we die also. Now therefore come
The Syrians flee.
and let vs fall vnto the host of the Syri-
ans : if they saue vs aliue, we shall Hue;
and if they kill vs, we shall but die.
5 And they rose vp in the twilight,
to goe vnto the campe of the Syrians :
and when they were come to the vtter-
most part of the campe of Syria, be-
lold, there was no man there.
6 For the LORD had made the host
of the Syrians to heare a noise of cha-
rets, and a noise of horses, euen the noise
of a great host: and they said one to an-
other, Loe, the king of Israel hath hi-
red against vs the kings of the Hittites,
and the kings of the Egyptians, to come
vpon vs.
7 Wherefore they arose and fled in
the twilight, and left their tents, and
their horses, and their asses, euen the
campe as it was, and fled for their life.
8 And when these lepers came to
the vttermost part of the campe, they
went into one tent, and did eate, and
drinke, and carried thence siluer, and
gold, and raiment, and went and hid it,
and came againe, and entred into ano-
ther tent, and carried thence also, and
went and hid it
9 Then they said one to another,
We doe not well : this day is a day of
rood tydings, and we hold our peace : if
we tarie till the morning light, tsome t Heb. we
mischiefe will come vpon vs : nowe shall find pu-
nishment.
therefore come, that we may goe, and
tell the kings houshold.
10 So they came, and called vnto the
porter of the citie : and they told them,
saying; We came to the campe of the
Syrians, and behold, there was no man
there, neither voice of man, but horses
tyed, and asses tyed, and the tents as
they were.
11 And hee called the porters, and
they told it to the kings house within.
12 11 And the king arose in the night,
and said vnto his seruants, I will now
shew you what the Syrians haue done
to vs : They know that we be hungrie,
therefore are they gone out of the camp,
to hide themselues in the field, saying;
When they come out of the citie, we shal
catch them aliue, and get into the citie.
13 And one of his seruants answe-
red, and said, Let some take, I pray
thee, fiue of the horses that remaine,
which areleft tin the citie: (behold,they Wleb. in it.
are as all the multitude of Israel that
are left in it : behold, I say, they are
euen as all the multitude of the Israe-
lites
Plenty in Samaria. Chap.viij.
lites that are consumed) and let vs send,
and see.
14 They tooke therefore two charet
lorses, and the king sent after the hoste
of the Syrians, saying, Goe, and see.
15 And they went after them vnto
[ordane, and loe, all the way was full
of garments, and vessels, which the
Syrians had cast away in their haste:
and the messengers returned, and told
the king.
16 And the people went out, and spoi-
ed the tents of the Syrians: So a mea-
sure of fine flowre was sold for a shekel!,
and two measures of barley for a shekel',
according to the word of the LORD.
17 1F And the king appointed the
ord on whose hand he leaned, to haue
the charge of the gate: and the people
trode vpon him in the gate, and he died,
as the man of God had said, who spake
when the king came downe to him.
18 And it came to passe, as the man
of God had spoken to the king, saying,
Two measures of barley for a shekel,
and a measure of fine flowre for a she-
eel, shalbe to morrow about this time,
in the gate of Samaria:
19 And that lord answered the man
of God, and said, Now behold, if the
LORD should make windowes in
iieauen, might such a thing be ? And he
said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine
eyes, but shalt not eate thereof.
20 And so it fell out vnto him: for the
people trode vpon him in the gate, and
fie died,
C H A P . VIII.
1 The Shunammite / hauing left her coun-
trey seuen yeeres, to auoide the forewarned
famine, for Elishas miracle sake,hath her land
restored by the king. 7 Hazael being sent
with a present by Benhadad to Elisha at Da-
mascus, after he had heard the prophesie, kil-
led* his master, and succeedeth him. 16 le-
horams wicked reigne in ludah. 20 Edom
and Libnah reuolt. 23 Ahaziah succeedeth
lehoram. 25 Ahaziahs wicked reigne. 28 He
visiteth lehoram wounded, at lezreel.
Hen spake Elisha vnto the
T
*Cbap woman (* whose sonne he
495,
had restored to life) saying,
Arise, and goe thou and
thine housholde, and so-
lourne wnersoeuer tnou canst soiourne:
for the LORD hath called for a famin,
and it shall also come vpon the land se-
uen yeeres.
Benhadad ficke.
2 And the woman arose, and did
after the saying of the man of God: and
she went with her housholde, and so-
iourned in the land of the Philistines
seuen yeeres,
3 And it came to passe at the seuen
reeres ende, that the woman returned
out of the land of the Philistines : and
she went foorth to crie vnto the king for
ler house, and for her land.
4 And the king talked with Gehazi
the seruant of the man of God, saying,
Tell mee, I pray thee, all the great
things that Elisha hath done.
5 And it came to passe as he was tel-
ing the King how hee had restored a
dead body to life, that behold, the wo-
man whose sonne he had restored to life,
cryed to the King for her house and for
icr land. And Gehazi said, My lord O
ting, this is the woman, and this is her
sonne, whom Elisha restored to life.
6 And when the king asked the wo-
man, shee tolde him. So the King ap-
>ointed vnto her a certaine || officer, say- i Or. En-
ng, Restore all that was hers, and all nuch.
the fruites of the field, since the day that
she left the land, euen till now.
7 1F And Elisha came to Damas-
cus , and Benhadad the king of Syria
was sicke, and it was tolde him, saying,
The man of God is come hither.
8 And the king said vnto Hazael,
Take a present in thine hand, and goe
meete the man of God, and enquire of
the L O R D by him, saying, Shall I
recouer of this disease ?
9 So Hazael went to meete him,
and tooke a present twith him, euen of hand. \Keb, in his
euery good thing of Damascus, fourtie
camels burden, and came, and stood be-
fore him, and said, Thy sonne Benha-
dad king of Syria hath sent me to thee,
saying, Shall I recouer of this disease?
10 And Elisha said vnto him, Goe,
say vnto him, Thou mayest certeinly
recouer: howbeit, the LORD hath
shewed me, that he shall surely die.
11 And hee setled his countenance
tstedfastly, vntill he was ashamed : anc set t Heh. and
ii.
the man of God wept.
12 And Hazael said > Why weepeth
my lord ? And he answered, Because I
know the euill that thou wilt doe vnto
the children of Israel : their strong
holds wilt thou set on fire, and their
young men wilt thou slay with the
sword, and wilt dash their children, anc
rip vp their women with childe.
13 And
Hazael is king. II.Kings.
13 And Hazael said, But what, is thy
seruant a dogge, that he should doe this
^reat thing? And Elisha answered, The
L O R D hath shewed mee that thou
shalt be king ouer Syria.
14 So he departed from Elisha, and
came to his master, who saide .to him,
What said Elisha to thee ? and hee an-
swered, He told me that thou shouldst
surely recouer
15 And it came to passe on the mor-
row, that he tooke a thicke cloth, and
dipt it in water, and spread it on his face,
so that he died, and Hazael reigned in
his stead.
16 f And in the fifth yeere of loram
the sonne of Ahab king of Israel, le-
hoshaphat being1 then King of ludah,
* 2. Chron. *Iehoram the sonne of lehoshaphat
21. 4.
t Hebr. reig' king of ludah t began to reigne
ned. 17 Thirtie and two yeeres old was
he when he began to reigne, and hee
reigned eight yeeres in Jerusalem.
18 And he walked in the way of the
kings of Israel, as did the house of A-
hab : for the daughter of Ahab was his
wife, and hee did euill in the sight of the
LORD.
19 Yet the L O R D would not de-
stroy ludah , for Dauid his seruants
* 2. Sam, 7. sake, *as hee promised to giue to him al-
13.
t Hebr. way a flight, and to his children.
candle', or 20 11 In his dayes Edom reuolted
lampe
from vnder the hand of ludah, and
made a king ouer themselues.
21 So loram went ouer to Zafr,
and all the charets with him , and hee
rose by night, and smote the Edomites,
which compassed him about; and the
captaines of the charets, and the people
fled into their tents.
22 Yet Edom reuolted from vnder
the hand of ludah vnto this day.
Then Libnah reuolted at the same
time.
23 And the rest of the actes of lo-
ram, and all that hee did, are they not
written in the booke of the Chronicles
of the kings of ludah ?
24 And loram slept with his fa-
thers, and was buried with his fathers
* 2. Chron. in the citie of Dauid : And* Ahaziah his
22. 1.
sonne reigned in his stead
25 H In the twelfth yeere of lo-
ram the sonne of Ahab, king of Israel,
did Ahaziah, the sonne of lehoram
king of ludah, begin to reigne.
26 Two and twentie yeeres old was
Ahaziah when he began to reigne, anc
Ahaziah wicked.
ie reigned one yeere in lerusalem, and
us mothers name was Athaliah the
daughter of Omri king of Israel.
27 And he walked in the way of the
louse of Ahab, and did euill in the sight
of the L O R D , as did the house of A-
liab : for hee was the sonne in law of the
bouse of Ahab.
28 U And he went with loram the
sonne of Ahab, to the war re against Ha-
zael king of Syria in Ramoth Gilead,
and the Syrians wounded loram.
29 And king loram went backe to
be healed in lezreel, of the woundes
t which the Syrians thad giuen him at t Hebr.
Raman, when hee fought against Ha- wherewith
the Syrians
zael king of Syria : And Ahaziah the ded. had woun-
son of lehoram king of ludah, went t Hebr.
downe to see loram the sonne of Ahab wounded.
in lezreel, because he was sicke.
C H A P . IX,
1 Eli sha sendeth a yong Prophet with instructi-
ons to annoint lehu at Ramoth Gilead. 4
The Prophet hairing done his message, flieth.
11 lehu being made king by the souldiers,
killeth loram in the field of Naboth. 27 A-
haziah is slaine at Gur, and buried at lerusa-
lem. 30 Proud lezebel is throwen downe
out of a window, and eaten by dogs
Hi
Nd Elisha the Prophet
called one of the children
of the Prophets, and said
vnto him, Gird vp thy
loines, and take this boxe
of oile in thine hand, and goe to Ra-
moth Gilead.
x, /\nu wnen uiou commeBi uiiuier,
looke out there lehu the sonne of le-
hoshaphat, the sonne of Nimshi, and
goe in, and make him arise vp from a-
mong his brethren, and carie him to an
tinner chamber t Heb. cham-
ber in a
3 Then * take the boxe of oile, and chamber.
powre it on his head, and say, Thus 19. * I.King.
16.
saith the L O R D , I haue anointed
thee king ouer Israel: then open the
doore, and flee, and tary not.
4 H So the yong man, euen the yong
man the Prophet, went to Ramotli
Gilead:
5 And when hee came, behold, the
captaines of the host were sitting; and
hee said, I haue an errand to thee, O
captame: And lehu said, Vnto which
of all vs? And he said, To thee, 0 cap-
tain e.
6 And hee arose, and went into the
house,
lehu annoynted. Chap.ix.
house, and hee powred the oyle'on hisj
head, and said vnto him , Thus sayth
the L O R D God of Israel, I haue
anoynted thee king ouer the people of
the LOUD, euen ouer Israel.
7 And thou shalt smite the house of
Ahab thy master, that I may auenge
the blood of my seruants the Prophets,
and the blood of all the seruants of the
* 1. Kings LOUD, *at the hand of lezebel.
21. 15.
8 For the whole house of Ahab shal
* 1. Kings perish, and * I will cut off from Ahab,
14.10. and him that pisseth against the wall, and
21. 21.
him that is shut vp and left in Israel.
9 And I will make the house of A-
* 1. Kings hab, like the house of *Ieroboam the
14.10. and sonne of Nebat, and like the house of
21. 22.
" 1. Kings *Baasha the sonne of Ahiiah.
16. 3.
10 And the dogges shal eate lezebel
in the portion of lezreel, and there shal
be none to burie her. And he opened the
doore, and fled.
11 11 Then lehu came foorth to the
seruants of his lord, and one said vnto
him, Is all well ? wherefore came this
madde fellow to thee ? And he said vn-
to them, Yee know the man, and his
communication.
12 And they said, It is false, tell vs
now: And hee sayde, Thus and thus
spake he to me, saying. Thus saith the
LORD, I haue anoynted thee King
ouer Israel.
13 Then they hasted, and tooke eue-
ry man his garment, and put it vnder
him on the top of the staires, and blewe
t Heb. rciff- with trumpets, saying, lehu tis king.
neth. 14 So lehu the sonne of lehosha-
phat, the sonne of Nimshi, conspired a-
gainst loram : (now loram had kept
Ramoth Gilead, hee, and all Israel, be-
cause of Hazael king of Syria :
* Cha. 8. 29 15 But * king t loram was retur-
t Heb. leho- ned to bee healed in lezreel, of the
ram.
t Heb. smote wounds which the Syrians had tgi-
uen him, when he fought with Hazael
king of Syria.) And lehu said, If it
t Heb. let no be your minds, then tlet none goe forth
escaper goe,
$c. nor escape out of the citie, to goe to tell it
in lezreel.
16 So lehu rode in a charet, and
went to lezreel, (for loram lay there:)
and Ahaziah king of ludah was come
downe to see loram.
17 And there stood a watchman on
the towre in lezreel, and hee spied the
company of lehu as he came, and said,
I see a companie. And loram sayd,
Take an horseman, and send to meete
lehoram ilaine.
them, and let him say, Is it peace ?
18 So there went one on horsebacke
to meete him, and said, Thus sayth the
king, Is it peace ? And lehu said, What
hast thou to doe with peace ? turne thee
behinde me. And the watchman tolde,
saying, The messenger came to them,
but he commeth not againe.
19 Then he sent out a second on horse-
backe, which came to them, and sayd,
Thus sayth the king, Is it peace ? And
lehu answered, What hast thou to doe
with peace ? turne thee behinde me,
20 And the watchman tolde, saying,
He came euen vnto them, and commeth
not againe: and the ||driuing is like the II Or, mar-
ching.
driuing of lehu the sonne of Nimshi;
for he driueth tfuriously. t Heb. in
madnesse.
21 And loram said, tMake readie. t Heb. bind.
And his charet was made ready. And
loram king of Israel, and Ahaziah
king of ludah, went out, each in his
charet, and they went out against le-
hu, and tmet him in the portion of Na- t Heb.found
both the lezreelite.
22 And it came to passe when lo-
ram saw lehu, that hee said, Is it peace,
lehu ? And he answered, What peace,
so long as the whoredomes of thy mo-
ther lezebel, and her witchcrafts are so
many ?
23 And loram turned his hand, and
fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is trea-
chery, O Ahaziah.
24 And lehu tdrew a bowe with t Heb. filled
his hand
his full strength, and smote lehoram with a bow.
betweene his armes, and the arrow
went out at his heart, and hee tsunke t Heb. bow-
ed.
downe in his charet.
25 Then said lehu to Bidkar his cap-
taine, Take vp, and cast him in the por-
tion of the field of Naboth the lezree-
lite : for remember, how that when I
and thou rode together after Ahab his
father, the L O R D laide this burden
vpon him.
26 * Surely I haue scene yesterday * 1. Kings
the t blood of Naboth, and the blood of?21. 29.
t Heb. bloods
his sonnes, sayd the L O R D , and I
will requite thee in this ||plat, sayth the I Or, portion.
LORD. Now therefore take and cast
him into the plat of ground^ according to
the word of the LORD.
27 f But when Ahaziah the king
of ludah saw this, hee fled by the way
of the garden house : and lehu follow-
ed after him, and said, Smite him also
in the charet; and they did so, at the going
vp to Gur, which is by Ibleam: And
hee
lezebels death. 11.Kings.
hee fled to Megiddo, and died there.
28 And his seruants caried him in
a chafet to Jerusalem, and buried him
in his sepulchre with his fathers, in the
eitie of Dauid.
29 And in the eleuenth yeere of lo-
ram the sonne of Ahab, began Ahazi-
ah to reigne ouer ludah.
30 IT And when lehu was come to
lezreel, lezebel heard of it, and shee
f Heb. put t pain ted her face, and tyred her head,
her eyes in
painting. and looked out at a window.
31 And as lehu entred in at the gate,
she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his
master ?
32 And he lift vp his face to the win-
dow, and said, Who is on my side, who?
And there looked out to him two or
U Or. cham- three [[Eunuches.
berlaines.
38 And he said, Throw her downe.
So they threw her downe, and some of
her blood was sprinkled on the wall,
and on the horses: and he trode her vn-
der foote.
34 And when he was come in, hee
did eate and drinke, and saide, Goe, see
now this cursed woman, and burie her:
for she is a kings daughter.
35 And they went to burie her, but
they found no more of her then the skul,
and the feete, & the palmes of her hands.
36 Wherefore they came againe, and
told him : and he said, This is the word
t Heb. by the of the LORD, which he spake tby his
hand of.
seruant Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
* 1. King. *In the portion of lezreel shall dogs
91. 23.
eate the flesh of lezebel:
37 And the carkeise of lezebel shall
be as doung vpon the face of the field in
the portion of lezreel, so that they shall
not say, This is lezebel.
C H A P . X.
I lehu by his letters causeth seuentie of Ahabs
children to be beheaded. 8 He excuseth the
facte by the prophecie of Elijah. 12 At the
shearing house he slayeth two and fourtie of
Ahaziahs brethren. 15 Hee taketh lehona-
dab into his company. 18 By sub tiltie hee de-
stroyeth all the worsnippers of Baal. 29 lehu
followeth leroboams sinnes. 32 Hazael op-
presseth Israel. 34 lehoahaz succeedeth lehu.
ND Ahab had seuentie
t Heb. nwt-
A sonnes in Samaria: and
lehu wrote letters, and
sent to Samaria vnto the
rulers of lezreel, to the
Elders, and to tthem that brought vp
rishers.
Ahabs children, saying,
Ahabs fonnes flaine.
2 Now assoone as this letter com-
raeth to you, seeing your masters sons
arswith you,and there arevrith you cha-
rets and horses, a fenced citie also, and
armour:
3 Looke euen out the best and mee-
test of your masters sonnes, and set him
on his fathers throne, and fight for
your masters house.
4 But they were exceedingly afraid,
and said, Behold, two kings stood not
before him : how then shall we stand?
5 And he that was ouer the house,
and he that was ouer the citie, the elders
also, and the bringers vp of the children,
sent to lehu, saying, Wee are thy ser-
uants, and will doe all that thou shalt
bid vs, we will hot make any king: doe
thou that which is good in thine eyes.
6 Then he wrote a letter the second
time to them, saying, If yee be tmine, i Heb. for
and if ye will hearken vnto my voyce, me.
take ye the heads of the men your ma-
sters sonnes, and come to me to lezreel
by to morow this time : (now the kings
sonnes being seuenty persons, were with
the great men of the city, which brought
them vp,)
7 And it came to passe when the let-
ter came to them, that they tooke the
kings sonnes, and slewe seuentie per-
sons, and put their heads in baskets,
and sent him them to lezreel.
8 1 And there came a messenger,
and tolde him, saying, They haue
brought the heads of the kings sonnes.
And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps
at the entring in of the gate, vntill the
morning.
9 And it came to passe in the mor-
ning, that he went out, & stood, and said
to all the people, Ye be righteous : be-
hold, I conspired against my master,
and slew him: But who slew all these ?
10 Know now, that there shall fall
vnto the earth nothing of the worde of
the LORD, which the L O R D spake
concerning the house of Ahab: for the
LORD hath done that which he spake
*tby his seruant Elijah. *I.KtaR.
11 So lehu slew all that remained 21.29. I- Heb. by the
of the house of Ahab, in lezreel, and hand of.
all his great men, and his jjkinsefolkes, quaintance.
II Or, ac-
and his priests, vntill he left him none
remaining.
12 H And hee arose, and departed, l Heb. house
and came to Samaria: And as he was of shepherds
at the t shearing house in the way, binding
sheepe,
13 lehu tmet with the brethren of t Heb. found
Aha-
lehu dellroyeth Chap.x.
Ahaziah king of ludah, and said, Who
are ye? And they answered, Wee are the
brethren of Ahaziah, and we go downe
t ffebr. to tto salute the children of the King, and
the peace of
$c. the children of the Queene.
14 And hee said, Take them aliue.
And they tooke them aliue, and slew
them at the pit of the shearing house,
euen two and fourty men; neither left
he any of them.
15 U And when hee was departed
f Hebr. thence,
t he flighted on lehonadab the
found.
sonne of Rechab, commingle meet him:
t Hebr. and he t saluted him, & said to him, Is
blessed. thine heart right, as my heart is with
thy heart ? And lehonadab answered,
It is : If it be, giue mee thine hand.
And hee gaue him his hand, and hee
tooke him vp to him into the charet.
16 And he said, Come with me, and
see my zeale. for the L O R D : so they
made him ride in his charet.
17 And when he came to Samaria,
he slew all that remained vnto Ahab in
Samaria, till he had destroyed him, ac-
cording to the saying of the LORD,
which he spake to Eliiah.
18 If And lehu gathered all the
people together, and said vnto them, A-
hab serued Baal a litle, but lehu shall
serue him much.
19 Now therefore, call vnto me all
the prophets of Baal, all his seruants,
and all his priests, let none be wanting:
for I haue a great sacrifice to doe to
Baal; whosoeuer shall be wanting, he
shall not liue. But lehu did itin subtili-
tie, to the intent that hee might destroy
the worshippers of Baal.
t Hchr. sail- 20 And lehu said, tProclaime a so-
cti/ic.
lemne assembly for Baal. And they pro-
claimed it.
21 And lehu sent through all Is-
rael , and all the worshippers of Baal
came, so that there was not a man left
that came not : and they came into the
house of Baal j and the house of Baal
II Ori so full, was ||full from one end to another.
that they 22 And he said vnto him that was
stood mouth
to mouth. ouer the vestrie, Bring forth vestments
for all the worshippers of Baal. And he
brought them forth vestments.
23 And lehu went, and lehonadab
the sonne of Rechab into the house of
Baal, and said vnto the worshippers of
Baal, Search, and looke that there be
here with you none of the seruants of
the L O R D , but the worshippers of
Baal onely.
Baals priefts.
24 And when they went in to offei
sacrifices, and burnt offerings, lehu
appointed fourescore men without, and
said, If any of the men whom I hauc
brought into your hands, escape, hee
that letteth him goe, his life shall be foi
the life of him.
25 And it came to passe assoone as
hee had made an end of offering the
burnt offering, that lehu saide to the
guard, and to the cap tain es, Goe in, and
slay them, let none come foorth. And
they smote them with the tedge of the; t Hebr.
sword, and the guard, and the captaines the mouth*
cast them out, and went to the citie of
the house of Baal.
26 And they brought foorth the tl- t Hebr. sta-
mages out of the house of Baal, and tues.
burnt them.
27 And they brake downe the image
of Baal, and brake downe the house of
Baal, and made it a draughthouse, vn-
to this day.
28 Thus lehu destroyed Baal out
of Israel.
29 H Howbeit,yrom the sinnes of le-
roboam the sonne of Nebat, who made
Israel to sinne, lehu departed not
from after them, to wit^ the golden calues
that were in Bethel, and that were in
Dan.
30 And the L O R D said vnto lehu,
Because thdu hast done well in execu-
ting that which is right in mine eyes,
and hast done vnto the house of Ahab
according to all that was in mine heart,
thy children of the fourth generation, shal
sit on the throne of Israel.
31 But lehu t tooke no heede to \Hebr.ob-
serued not.
walke in the Law of the -LORD God
of Israel, with all his heart \for he de-
parted not from the sinnes of lero-
boam, which made Israel to sinne.
32 H In those dayes the L O R D
began tto cut Israel short: and Hazael cut t Hebr. to
off the
smote them in all the coasts of Israel: ends.
33 From lordan t Eastward, all t Hebr. to-
the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the ward the ri-
sing of the
Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Sunne.
Aroer, (which is by the riuer Arnon)
|euen Gilead and Bashan. Or, euen to
34 Now the rest of the acts of le- Gilead Bashan.
and
riu, and all that he did, & all his might,
are they not written in the booke of the
Chronicles of the kings of Israel ?
35 And lehu slept with his fa-
thers , and they buried him in Sama-
ria, and lehoahaz his sonne reigned in
bis stead,
36 And
Athaliahs crueltie: II.Kings. Shee is flaine.
Heb. the 36 And tthe time that lehu reigned lehoiada the Priest commanded: and
dayes were.
ouer Israel in Samaria, was twentie they tooke euery man his men that
and eight yeeres. were to come in on the Sabbath, with
;hem that should goe out on the Sab-
>ath, and came to lehoiada the Priest.
C H A P XL 10 And to the captaines ouer hun-
1 lehoash, being saued by lehosheba his aunt dreds, did the Priest giue king Dauids
from Athalians massacre of the seed royall, speares and shields, that were in the
is hid sixe yeeres in the house of God. 4 le- Temple.
hoiada giuing order to the captaines, in the 11 And the guard stood, euery man
seuenth yeere anointeth him King. 13 A-
thaliah is slaine. 17 lehoiada restoreth the with his weapons in his hand, round
worship of God. about the king, from the right tcorner 1 Heb. shud-
of the Temple, to the left corner of the der.

A
* 2. Chron.
22. 10.
Nd when * Athaliah the Temple, along by the Altar and the
mother of Ahaziah sawe Temple.
that her sonne was dead, 12 And he brought foorth the kings
she arose, and destroyed all sonne, and put the crowne vpon him,
Heb. seede
of the king- the tseed royall andgaue him the Testimonie, and they
'ome. 2 But lehosheba the daughter of made him King, and anointed him, and
dng loram, sister of Ahaziah, tooke they clapt their hands, and said, tGod theHeb. let
king
[oash the sonne of Ahaziah, and stale saue the King. iue.
lim from among the Kings sonnes 13 IT And when Athaliah heard the
which were slaine, and they hid him, noise of the guard, and of the people, she
euen him and his nurse in the bed-cham- came to the people, into the Temple of
)er from Athaliah, so that he was not the LORD.
slaine. 14 And when shee looked, behold,
3 And he was with her hidde in the the king stood by a pillar, as the maner
House of the LORD, sixe yeeres : and was, and the Princes, and the trumpet-
Athaliah did reigne oner the land. ters by the King, and all the people of
* 2, Chron* 4} IT And * the seuenth yeere leho- the land reioyced, and blew with trum-
23. 1.
iada sent and fet the rulers ouer hun- pets: and Athaliah rent her clothes,
dreds, with the captains, and the guard, and cryed, Treason, treason.
and brought them to him into the house 15 But lehoiada the Priest com-
of the L O R D , and made a couenant manded the captaines of the hundreds,
with them, and tooke an othe of them the officers of the hoste, and sayde vnto
in the house of the LORD, and shewed them, Haue her foorth without the
them the Kings sonne. ranges; and him that followeth her,
5 And he commanded them, saying, kill with the sword : for the Priest had
This is the thing that yee shall doe; A sayd, Let her not be slaine in the house
third part of you that enter in on the of the LORD.
Sabbath, shall euen be keepers of the 16 And they laid hands on her, and
watch of the kings house: she went by the way, by the which the
6 And a third part shall be at the gate horses came into the kings house, and
of Sur, and a third part at the gate be- there was she slaine.
hinde the guard : so shall yee keepe the 17 IF And lehoiada made a coue-
I Or, from watch of the house, ||that it.be not bro- nant betweene the L O R D and the
breaking vp.
ken downe. king, and the people, that they should
II Or, compa- 7 And two ||parts of all you, that be the L O R D S people; betweene the
nies* Heb.
hands. goe foorth on the Sabbath, eiien they king also and the people.
shall keepe the watch of the house of the 18 And all the people of the land went
LORD about the King. into the house of Baal, and brake it
8 And yee shall compasse the King down, his altars, and his images brake
round about, euery man with his wea- they in pieces throughly, and slew Mat-
pons in his hand : and he that commeth tan the priest of Baal before the altars:
within the ranges, let him bee slaine: and the Priest appointed t officers ouei \Heb.offices
and be yee with the king, as hee goeth the house of the LORD
out, and as he commeth in. 19 And hee tooke the rulers ouei
9 And the caj>taines ouer the hun- hundreds, and the captaines, and the
dreds did according to all things that guard, and all the people of the land.
am
Prouifion for Chap.xij.
and they brought downe the king from
the house of the LORD, and came by
he way of the gate of the guard, to the
kings house, and he sate on the throne of
the kings.
£0 And all the people of the land re-
ioyced, and the citie was in quiet , and
they slew Athaliah with the sword, be-
side the kings house.
21 Seuen yeeres old was lehoash
when he began to reigne.
CHAP. XII.
1 lehoash reigneth well all the dayes of leho-
iada. 4- Hee giueth order for the repaire of
the Temple. 17 Hazaelis diuertedfrom Jeru-
salem by a present of the halowed treasures.
19 lehoash being slaine by his seruants4 A-
maziah succeedeth him
I
* 2. Chron. N *the seaenth yeere of
24. I.
lehu, lehoash began to
reigne, and fourtie yeeres
reigned he in lerusalem,
and his mothers name
was Zibiah of Beersheba.
2 And lehoash did that which was
right in the sight of the LORD all his
dayes, wherein lehoiada the Priest in-
structed him,
3 But the high places were not ta-
ken away: the people still sacrificed, and
burnt incense in the high places. > men, and repaired therewith the house
4 f And lehoash said to the priests,
I Or, holy
things. Heb.
All the money of the || dedicated things
holincsses. that is brought into the house of the
L O R D , euen the money of euery one
\ Heb. the thatpasseth the account, t the money that
money of the
soules of his euery man is set at, and all the money
estimation. that tcommeth into any mans heart, to
t Heb.ascen-
deth vpon bring into the house of the LORD,
the heart of 5 Let the priests take it to them, e-
a man.
uery man of his acquaintance, and let
them repaire the breaches of the house,
wheresoeuer any breach shalbe found.
t Heb. in the 6 But it was so that tin the three and
twentieth
yeerei and twentieth yeere of king lehoash, the
third yeere.
priests had not repaired the breaches ol
the house.
7 Then king lehoash called for
lehoiada the priest, and the other
priests, and saide vnto them, Why re-
paire ye not the breaches of the house ?
now therefore receiue no more money
of your acquaintance, but deliuer it for
the breaches of the house.
8 And the priests consented to receiue
no more money of the people, neither to
repaire the breaches of the house.
the Temple.
9 But lehoiada the priest tooke a
chest, and bored a hole in thelid of it, and
set it beside the Altar, on the right side,
as one commeth into the house of the
LORD, and the priests that kept the
tdoore, put therein all the money that t Heb. thre-
was brought into the house of the shQld.
LORD.
10 And it was so when they saw that
there was much money in the chest, that
the kings || scribe, and the high priest Or, secre-
came vp, and they tput vp in bags and tarie. t Heb. bound
told the money that was found in the vp.
bouse of the LORD.
11 And they gaue the money, being
told, into the handes of them that did
the worke, that had the ouersight of the
bouse of the LORD : and they tlaid it t ffebr. t
Brought it
out to the carpenters and builders, that foort/i.
wrought vpon the house of the LORD,
12 And to Masons, and hewers of
stone, and to buy timber, and hewed
stone to repaire the breaches of the
house of the LORD, and for all that
twas laid out for the house to repaire it. forth.
!• Heb. went
13 Howbeit, there were not made for
the house of the LORD, bowles of sil-
tier, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any
vessels of gold, or vessels of siluer, of
the money that was brought into the
house of the LORD :
14 But they gaue that to the worke-
of the LORD.
15 Moreouer, they reckned not with
the men, into whose hand they deliue-
red the money to be bestowed on work-
men : for they dealt faithfully.
16 The trespasse money, and sinne-
money was not brought into the house
of the LORD : it was the Priests.
17 II Then Hazael king of Syria
went vp, and fought against Gath, and
tooke it: and Hazael set his face to goe
vp to lerusalem.
18 And lehoash king of ludah
tooke all the hallowed things that le-
hoshaphat, and lehoram, and Ahazi-
ah his fathers, kings of ludah had de-
dicate , and his owne hallowed things,
and all the gold that was found in the
treasures of the house of the L O R D ,
and in the kings house, and sent it to
Hazael king of Syria, and hee twent \ Heb. went
vp.
away from lerusalem.
19 f And the rest of the actes of le-
hoash, and all that he did, are they not
written in the booke of the Chronicles
of the kings of ludah ?
20 And
lehoaih flaine. II.Kings.
20 And his seruants arose, and
made a conspiracie, and slew lehoash
! Or, Beth. in ||the house of Millo, which goeth
Millo.
downe to Silla.
21 For lozachar the sonne of Shi-
meath, and lehozabad the sonne of
Shomer, his seruants, smote *him, and
he died; and they buried him with his
fathers in the citie of Dauid, and Ama-
ziah his sonne reigned in his stead.
C H AP. XIII
1 lehoahaz his wicked reigne. 3 lehoahaz
oppressed by Hazael, is relieued by prayer.
8 loash succeedeth him. 10 His wicked
reigne. 12 leroboam succeedeth him. 14
Elisha dying prophecieth to loash three
victories ouer the Syrians. 20 The Moa-
bitesinuading the land, Elishas bones raise vp
a dead man. 22 Hazael dying, loash get-
teth three victories ouer Benhadad.
I
t Heb. in the N tthe three and twenti-
twentieth
yeere and eth yeere of loash the
third yeere. sonne of Ahaziah king of
ludah , lehoahaz the
sonne of lehu beganne to
reigne ouer Israel in Samaria, and
reigned seuenteene veeres.
2 And hee did that which was euill in
t Heb. wal- the sight of the LORD, and ^followed
ked after.
the sinnes of leroboam the sonne of
Nebat, which made Israel to sinne, he
departed not there from.
3 f And the anger of the L O R D
was kindled against Israel, and hee de-
liuered them into the hand of Hazael
king of Syria, and into the hand of
Benhadad the sonne of Hazael, all their
clayes
4- And lehoahaz besought the
L O U D , and the L O R D hearkened
vnto him : for hee saw the oppression of
Israel, because the king of Syria op-
pressed them.
5 (And the L O R D gaue Israel a
sauiour, so that they went out from vn-
der the hand of the Syrians: and the
children of Israel dwelt in their tents
t Heb. as
yesterday*
tas before-time.
and third 6 Neuerthelesse, they departed not
day. from the sinnes of the house of lerobo-
t Heb. hee am, who made Israel sinne, but + wal-
walked. ked therein : and there tremained the
t Heb. stood.
groue also in Samaria.)
7 Neither did he leaue of the people
to lehoahaz, but fiftie horsemen, and
tenne charets, and tenne thousand foot-
men : for the king of Syria had destroy-
Eliftia ficke.
ed them, and had made them like the
dust by threshing.
8 f Nowe the rest of the actes of
lehoahaz, and all that he did, an'd his
might, are they not written in the
booke of the Chronicles of the kings of
Israel ?
9 And lehoahaz slept with his fa-
thers , and they buried him in Sama-
ria, and loash his sonne reigned in his
stead.
10 IF In the thirty and seuenth yeere
of loash king of ludah, beganne le-
hoash the sonne of lehoahaz to reignje
ouer Israel in Samaria, and reigned
sixteene yeeres.
11 And hee did that which was euill in
the sight of the LORD ; hee departed
not from all the sinnes of leroboam
the sonne of Nebat, who made Israel
sinne : but hee walked therein.
12 And the rest of the actes of loash,
and all that hee did, and his might,
wherewith hee fought against Ama-
ziah king of ludah, are they not writ-
ten in the booke of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel ?
13 And loash slept with his fathers,
and leroboam sate vpon his throne :
and loash was buried in Samaria
with the kings of Israel.
14 1F Nowe Elisha was fallen
sicke, of his sicknesse whereof he died,
and loash the king of Israel came
downe vnto him , and wept ouer his
face, and said, O my father, my father,
the charet of Israel, and the horsemen
thereof.
15 And Elisha said vnto him, Take
bowe and arrowes. And he tooke vnto
him bowe and arrowes.
16 And he said to the king of Israel,
tPut thine hand vpon the bowe. And t Heb. make
he put his hand vpon it: and Elisha put thine hand
to ride.
his hands vpon the kings hands.
37 And he sayd, Open the window
Eastward. And hee opened it. Then
Elisha sayd, Shoote. And he shot. And
he said; The arrowe of the L O R D S
deliuerance, and the arrowe of deliue-
rance from Syria : for thou shalt smite
the Syrians in Aphek, till thou haue
consumed them.
18 And he sayd, Take the arrowes.
And he tooke them. And hee said vnto
the king of Israel, -Smite vpon the
ground. Andhesmotethrise,andstayed.
19 And the man of God was wroth
with him, and saide, Thou shouldest
haue
Elifha dieth. Chap.xiiij.
haue smitten fiue orsixe times, then had-
dest thou smitten Syria till thou had-
dest consumed it : whereas now thou
shalt smite Syria but thrice.
20 f And Elisha died, and they bu-
ried him : And the bands of the Moa-
bites inuaded the land at the comming
in of the yeere.
2^1 And it came to passe as they were
burying a man, that behold, they spyed
abandr/Vnm, and they cast the man into
the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the
t Heb. went man twas let downe, and touched the
downe. bones of Elisha, *he reuiued, and stood
* Ecclus.
48. 14. vp on his feete.
22 f But Hazael king of Syria, op-
pressed Israel all the dayes of lehoa-
haz.
23 And the L O R D was gracious
vnto them , and had compassion on
them, and had respect vnto them, be-
cause of his couenant with Abraham,
Isaac, and lacob, and would not de-
stroy them, neither cast hee them from
* Heb. face. his t presence as yet.
24 So Hazael the king of Syria dy-
ed, and Benhadad his sonne reigned
in his stead.
25 And lehoash the sonne of leho-
WIeb. re- ahaz t tooke againe out of the hand of
turned and
tooke. Benhadad the sonne of Hazael, the ci-
ties which he had taken out of the hand
of lehoahaz his father, by warre:
three times did loash beat him, and re-
couered the cities of Israel.
C H A R XIIII.
1 Amaziah his good reigne. 5 His iustice on
the murderers of his father. 7 His victory
ouer Edom. 8 Amaziah prouoking leho-
ash, is ouercome and spoiled. 15 Jeroboam
succeedcth lehoash. 17 Amaziah slaine by
a conspiracie. 21 Azariah succeedeth him.
23 leroboams wicked reigne. 28 Zacha-
riah succeedeth him.
N the second yeere of lo-
I ash sonne of lehoahaz
* 2. Chron. king of Israel, reign ed* A-
25. 1.
maziah the sonne of loash
^^^eh^af&^a^L king of ludah.
2 Hee was twentie and fiue yeeres
olde when he began to reigne, and reig-
ned twentie and nine yeeres in lerusa-
lem : and his mothers name was leho-
addan of lerusalem.
3 And he did that which was right in
the sight of the L O R D , yet not like
Dauid his father : hee did according to
all things as loash his father did.
Amaziah taken.
4 Howbeit, the high places were
not taken away : as yet the people did
sacrifice, and burnt incense on the high
places.
5 IF And it came to passe assoone as
the kingdome was confirmed in his
hand, that he slew his seruants * which * Chap. 12.
20.
had slaine the king his father.
6 But the children of the murderers
he slew not, according vnto that which
is written in the booke of the Law of
Moses, wherein the L O R D com-
manded, saying, #The fathers shal not * Deut. 24.
be put to death for the children, nor the 16. ezik.
18. 20.
children be put to death for the fathers:
but euery man shall be put, to death for
his owne sinne.
7 He slew of Edom in the valley of
salt, ten thousand, and tooke ||Selah K0r,(he
by warre, and called the name of it, rocfee.
loktheel, vnto this day.
8 II Then Amaziah sent messen-
gers to lehoash the sonne of lehoa-
haz sonne of lehu king of Israel, say-
ing, Come, let vs looke one another in
the face.
9 And lehoash the king of Israel
sent to Amaziah king of ludah, saying,
The thistle that was in Lebanon, sent to
the Cedar that was in Lebanon, saying,
Giue thy daughter to my sonne to wife.
And there passed by a wilde beast that
was in Lebanon, and trode downe the
thistle.
10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom,
and thine heart hath lifted thee vp : glo-
ry ofthiSy and tary tat home : for why Ao«se.
iHebatthy
shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that
thou shouldest fall, euen thou, and lu-
dah with thee ?
11 But Amaziah would not heare :
therefore lehoash king of Israel went
vp, and hee, and Amaziah king of lu-
dah, looked one another in the face at
Bethshemesh, which belongeth to lu-
dah.
12 And ludah twas put to the smitten. t Heb. was
worse before Israel, and they fled euery
man to their tents.
13 And lehoash king of Israel tooke
Amaziah king of ludah, the sonne of
lehoash the sonne of Ahaziah at Beth-
shemesh, and came to lerusalem, and
brake downe the wall of lerusalem,
from the gate of Ephraim, vnto the cor-
ner gate, foure hundred cubites.
14 And he tooke all the golde and sil-
uer, and all the vessels that were found
in the house of the LORD, and in the
trea-
Amaziah.leroboam. II.Kings.
reasures of the kings house, and hosta-
jes, and returned to Samaria.
15 IT Now the rest of the acts of le-
loash which he did, and his might, and
low he fought with Amaziah king of
'udah, are they not written in the
>ooke of the Chronicles of the kings of
'srael ?
16 And lehoash slept with his fa-
hers, and was buried in Samaria,
with the kings of Israel, and lerobo-
arn his sonne reigned in his stead.
17 H And Amaziah the sonne of lo-
ash king of I udah, liued after the death
of lehoash sonne of lehoahaz king of
[srael, fifteene yeeres.
18 And the rest of the acts of Amazi-
ah, are they not written in the booke of
the Chronicles of the kings of ludah ?
* 2. Chron. 19 Now *they made a conspiracie a-
25. 27.
rainst him in lerusalem: and he fled to
Lachish, but they sent after him to La-
chish, and slew him there.
20 And they brought him on horses,
and he was buried at lerusalem with
tris fathers, in the city of Dauid.
21 If And all the people of ludah
* 2. Chron. tooke * Azariah (which wets sixteene
26. l. He is
called f'z- yeeres old ) and made him king in steac
xiak. of his father Amaziah.
22 He built Elath, and restored it to
ludah, after that the king slept with
his fathers.
23 U In the fifteenth yeere of Ama-
ziah the sonne of loash king of ludah,
leroboam the sonne of loash king o'
Israel began to raigne in Samaria,
and raigned forty and one yeeres:
24 And hee did that which was euil
in the sight of the L O R D • hee depar-
ted not from all the sinnes of lerobo-
am the sonne of Nebat, who made Is-
rael to sinne.
25 Hee restored the coast of Israel,
from the entring of Hamath, vnto the
sea of the plaine, according to the wore
of the L O R D God of Israel, which
* Mfttth. 12 , he spake by the hand of his seruant *Io-
39, 40. cal-
led lonats. nah, the sonne of Amittai the Prophet,
which was of Gath Hepher.
26 For the L O R D saw the afflic-
tion of Israel, that it was very bitter: for
there was not any shut vp, nor any left,
nor any helper for Israel.
27 And the L O R D said not, tha
hee would blot out the name of Israe
from vnder heauen : but he saued them
by the hand of leroboam the sonne o
loash.
Azariah a leper.
28 IT Now the rest of the actes of
eroboam, and all that he did, and his
might, how he warred, and how he re-
ouered Damascus and Hamath, which
jeloJiged to ludah, for Israel, are they
not written in the booke of the Chroni-
cles of the kings of Israel ?
29 And leroboam slept with his
athers, euen with the kings of Israel,
and Zachariah his sonne reigned in
lis stead.
C H A P . XV.
1 Azariah his good reigne. 5 He dying a Le-
i>er, lotham succeedeth. 8 Zachariah, the
last of lehu his generation, reigning ill, is
slaine by Shallum. 13 Shallum reigning a
moneth, is slaine by Menahem. 16 Mena-
hem strengthened himselfe by Pul. 21 Pe-
kahiah succeedeth him. 23 Pekahiah is
slaine by Pekah. 27 Pekah is oppressed by
Tiglath Pileser, and slaine by Hoshea. 32 lo-
tham s good reigne. 36 Ahaz succeedeth him.
I
N the twenty and seuenth
yeere of leroboam king
of Israel, began Azariah
sonne of Amaziah king of
ludah to reigne.
* bixteene yeeres old was he when
he began to reigne, and he reigned two
aud fifty yeeres in lerusalem : and his
mothers name was lecholiah of le-
rusalem.
3 And he did that which was right in
the sight of the L O R D , according to
all that his father Amaziah had done;
4? Saue that the high places were
not remoued : the people sacrificed, anc
burnt incense still on the high places.
5 H And the L O R D smote the
king, so that hee was a Leper vnto the
day of his death, and dwelt in a seueral
house, and lotham the kings sonne
was ouer the house, iudging the people
of the land.
6 And the rest of the actes of Aza-
riah, and all that hee did, are they not
written in the booke of the Chronicles
of the kings of ludah ?
7 So Azariah slept with his fa-
thers, and they buried him with his fa-
thers in the city of Dauid, and lotham
his sonne reigned in his stead.
8 H In the thirty and eight yeere
of Azariah king of ludah, did Zacha-
riah the sonne of leroboam reigne o-
uer Israel in Samaria sixe moneths.
9 And hee did that which was euil in
the
Shallum.Menahem. Chap.xv.
the sight of the LORD, as his fathers
lad done : he departed not from the
sinnes of leroboam the sonne of Ne-
mt, who made Israel to shine.
10 And Shallum the sonne of la-
>esh, conspired against him, and smote
lim before the people , and slewe him,
and reigned in his stead.
11 And the rest of the actes of Zacha-
riah, beholde, they are written in the
30oke of the chronicles of the kings of
Israel.
* Chap. jo. 12 This was *the word of the LORD
30.
which he spake vnto lehu, saying, Thy
sonnes shall sit on the throne of Israel,
vnto the fourth generation. And so it
came to passe.
13 f Shallum the sonne of labesh
began to reigne in the nine and thir-
*Matth. 1. tieth yeere of* Vzziah kingofludah,
9. called O-
zias. and he reigned ta full moneth in Sa-
iHebr.a
moneth of
maria.
dayes. 14 For Menahem the sonne of Gadi,
went vp from Tirzah, and came to Sa-
maria, and smote Shallum the sonne
of labesh, in Samaria, and slew him,
and reigned in his stead.
15 And the rest of the actes of Shal-
lum, and the conspiracy which he made,
behold, they are written in the booke of
the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
16 iTThen Menahem smote Tiph-
sah, and all that retfr£Jtherein, and the
coasts thereof from Tirzah : because
they opened not to him, therfore he smote
it, and all the women therein that were
with child, he ript vp.
17 In the nine and thirtieth yeere of
Azariah king of ludah, began Mena-
hem the sonne of Gadi to reigne ouer
Israel, and reigned tenne yeres in Sa-
maria.
18 And he did that which was euill in
the sight of the L O R D : hee departed
not all his dayes from the sinnes of le-
roboam the sonne of Nebat, who made
Israel to sinne.
* i. Chron.
s< 26.
19 *AndPul the king of Assyria came
against the land: and Menahem gaue
Pul a thousand talents of siluer, that
his hand might be with him, to confirm
the kingdome in his hand.
t Heb. cau-
sed to come
20 And Menahem t exacted the mo-
forth. ny of Israel, euen of all the mightie men
of wealth, of each man fiftie shekels
of siluer, to giue to the king of Assyria:
so the king of Assyria turned backe, and
stayed not there in the land.
21 11 And the rest of the acts of Me-
Pekahiah.Pekah.
nahem, and all that he did, are they not
written in the booke of the Chronicles
of the kings of Israel ?
22 And Menahem slept with his fa-
thers, and Pekahiah his sonne reigned
in his stead.
23 U In the fiftieth yere of Azariah
king of ludah, Pekahiah the sonne of
Menahem began to reigne ouer Israel
in Samaria, and reigned two yeeres.
24 And he did that which was euill in
the sight of the LORD, hee departed
not from the sinnes of leroboam the
sonne of Nebat, who made Israel to
sinne.
25 But Pekah the sonne of Rema-
liah, a captaine of his, conspired against
him, and smote him in Samaria, in the
palace of the kings house, with Ar-
gob, and Arieh, and with him fiftie men
of the Gileadites : and hee killed him,
and reigned in his roume.
26 And the rest of the actes of Peka-
hiah, and all that he did, beholde, they
are written in the booke of the chroni-
cles of the kings of Israel.
27 U In the two and fiftieth yeere
of Azariah king of ludah, Pekah the
sonne of Remaliah began to reigne o-
uer Israel in Samaria, and reigned
twentie yeeres.
28 And he did that which was euill in
the sight of the LORD, hee departed
not from the sinnes of leroboam the
sonne of Nebat, who made Israel to
sinne.
29 In the dayes of Pekah king of
Israel, came Tiglath Pileser king of
Assyria, and tooke lion, and Abel-
Beth - maachah, and lanoah, and Ke-
desh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Gali-
lee, all the land of Naphtali, and caried
them captiue to Assyria.
30 And Hoshea the sonne of Elah,
made a conspiracie against Pekah the
sonne of Remaliah, and smote him, and
slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the
twentieth yeere of lotham the sonne
of Vzziah.
31 And the rest of the actes of Pekah,
and all that he did, behold, they are
written in the booke of the Chronicles
of the kings of Israel.
32 IF * In the second yeere of Pekah * 2. Chron.
the sonne of Remaliah king of Israel, 27. 1.
began lotham the sonne of Vzziah
king of ludah to reigne.
33 Fiue and twentie yeeres olde was
he when he began to reigne, and hee
reigned
[othams death. 11. Kings.
reigned sixteene yeeres in ierusaiem :
and his mothers name was lerusha,
the daughter of Zadok.
34 And he did that which was right in
the sight of the L O R D : hee did accor-
ling to all that his father Vzziah had
lone.
35 f Howbeit, the high places were
not remoued • the people sacrificed and
mrnt incense still in the high places: He
milt the higher gate of the house of the
L.ORD
36 H Now the rest of the actes of
lotham, and all that hee did, are they
not written in the booke of the Chroni-
cles of the kings of ludah ?
37 (In those dayes the L O R D be-
ran to send against ludah, Ilezin the
dng of Syria, and Pekah the sonne of
Elemaliah)
38 And lotham slept with his fa-
thers, and was buried with his fathers
n the citie of Dauid his father, and A-
laz his sonne reigned in his stead.
CHAP XVI.
I Ahaz his wicked reigne. 5 Ahaz assailed by
Rezin and Pekah, .hireth Tiglath Pileser a-
gainst them. 10 Ahaz sending a paterne of
an Altar from Damascus to Vrijah, diuerteth
the brasen Altar to his owne deuotion. 17
Hee spoileth the Temple. 19 Hezekiah
succeedeth him.
* 3. Chron. N * the seuenteenth yeere
I
28. 1.
of Pekah the sonne of Re-
maliah, Ahaz the sonne oj
lotham King of ludah
began to reigne.
% Twentie yeeres olde was Ahaz
when hee began to reigne, and reigneci
sixteene yeeres in Ierusaiem, and die
not that which was right in the sight oi
the L O R D his God, like Dauid his
father.
3 But hee walked in the way of the
kings of Israel, yea & made his sonne
to passe through the fire, according to
the abominations of the heathen,
whom the LORD cast out from before
the children of Israel.
4 And hee sacrificed and burnt in-
cense in the high places, and on the hils,
and vnder euery greene tree.
*Isa7. l. 5 II * Then Rezin king of Syria, anc
Pekah sonne of Remaliah king of Is-
rael, came vp to Ierusaiem to warre:
and they besieged Ahaz, but could not
ouercome him.
Ahaz his idolatrie.
o At that time Rezin king of Syria,
recouered Elath to Syria, & draue the
'ewes from Elath ; and the Syrians
came to Elath, and dwelt there vnto
his day.
7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tig-
lath Pileser king of Assyria, saying, I
am thy seruant, and thy sonne: come vp,
and saue me out of the hand of the king
of Syria, and out of the hand of the king
of Israel, which rise vp against me.
8 And Ahaz tooke the siluer and
Told that was found in the house of the
L O R D , and in the treasures of the
cings house, and sent it for a present to
the king of Assyria.
9 And the king of Assyria hearkened
vnto him : for the king of Assyria went
vp against Damascus, and tooke it, and
caried the people of it captiue to Kir, and
slew Rezin
10 f And King Ahaz went to t Da- mesek. t Heb. Dam.
mascus, to meete Tiglath Pileser king
of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at
Damascus : and king Ahaz sent to Vri-
iah the Priest the fashion of the altar,
and the paterne of it, according to all the
workemanship thereof.
11 And Vriiah the Priest built an al-
tar: according to all that king Ahaz had
sent from Damascus, so Vriiah the
Priest made it, against king Ahaz came
from Damascus.
1£ And when the king was come
From Damascus, the King saw the al-
tar : and the King approched to the al-
tar, and offered thereon.
13 And he burnt his burnt offering,
and his meate offering, and powred his
drinke offering, and sprinkled the blood
of this peace offerings vpon the altar. t Heb. which
14 And hee brought also the brasen were his.
altar which was before the LORD,
from the forefront of the house, from
betweene the altar and the house of the
L O U D , and put it on the North side
of the altar.
15 And king Ahaz commanded V-
riiah the Priest, saying, Vpon the great
altar, burne the morning burnt offe-
ring, and the euening meate offering,
and the Kings burnt sacrifice, and his
meate offering, with the burnt offe-
ring of all the people of the land, anc
their meate offering, and their drinke
offerings, and sprinkle vpon it all the
blood of the burnt offering, and all the
blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen al-
tar shall be for me to enquire by.
16 Thus
Ahaz dieth. Chap.xvij.
16 Thus did Vriiah the Priest, ac-
cording to all that king Ahaz com-
maunded.
17 H And king Ahaz cut off the bor-
ders of the bases, and remooued the la-
uer from off them , and tooke clowne
the sea from off the brasen oxen that
were vnder it, and put it vpon a paue-
ment of stones:
18 And the couert for the Sabbath
that they had built in the house, and
the kings entry without, turned hee
from the house of the L O R D , for the
king of Assyria.
19 H Now the rest of the actes of A-
haz, which he did, are they not written
in the booke of the Chronicles of the
kings of ludah ?
20 And Ahaz slept with his fathers,
and was buried with his fathers in the
city of Dauid, and Hezekiah his sonne
reigned in his stead.
C H A P . XVII.
1 Hoshea his wicked reigne. 3 Being sub-
dued by Shalmaneser, hee conspireth against
him with So King of Egypt. 5 Samaria for
their sinnes, is captiuated. 24 The strange
nations, which were transplanted in Samaria,
beeing plagued with Lions, make a mix-
ture of Religions.
ffl
N the twelfth yeere of A-
haz, king ofludah, began
Hoshea the sonne of Elah
to reigne in Samaria, o-
<zKZ&'efa «&» laSfoxrdxL uer Israel nine yeeres.
2 And hee did that wmcfi was euill in
the sight of the LOUD, but not as the
kings of Israel that were before him.
3 1f Against him came vp Shalmar
neser king of Assyria, and Hoshea be-
t Heti. rw- came his seruant, and tgaue him || pre-
dred.
II Or, tribute. sents.
4 Arid the king of Assyria found
conspiracie in Hoshea : for hee had sent
messengers to So king of Egypt, and
brought no present to the king of Assy-
ria, as he had done yeei'e by yeere: there-
fore the king of Assyria shut him vp,
and bound him in prison.
5 H Then tjie king of Assyria came
vp thqrowout all the land, and went vp
to Samaria, and besieged it three yeres.
* Chap. 10. 6 if *ln the fiinth yeere of Hoshea,
10.
the king of Assyria tooke Samaria, and
caried Israel away into Assyria, and
placed them in Halah, and in Habor 6y
the riuer of Gozan, and in the cities of
the Medes.
Ifraels captiuitie.
7 For so it was, that the children of
Israel had sinned against the L O R D
their God, which had brought them vp
out of the land of Egypt, from vnder
the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt,
and had feared other gods,
8 And walked in the statutes of the
heathen, (whom the L O R D cast out
from before the children of Israel) and
of the kings of Israel, which they had
made.
9 And the children of Israel did se-
cretly those things that were not right,
against the L O R D their God : and
they built them high places in all their
cities, from the tower of the watch-
men, to the fenced city.
10 And they set them vp t images, t Heb. sta-
and groues in euery high hill, and vn- tues.
der euery greene tree.
11 And there they burnt incense in all
the high places, as did the heathen
whom the L O R D caried away before
them, and wrought wicked things to
prouoke the LORD to anger.
12 For they serued idoles, whereof
the L O R D had said vnto them, * Yee * Deut. 4.
shall not doe this thing. 19.
13 Yet the L O R D testified against
Israel, and against ludah, tby all the WIeb.bythe
Prophets, and by all the Seers, saying, hand of all.
*Turne ye from your euill wayes, and II. * lerem. 10.
and 25.
keepe my commandements, and my sta- 5. & 35. 15.
tutes, according to all the law which I
commanded your fathers, and which
I sent to you by my seruants the Pro-
phets.
14« Notwithstanding, they would
not heare, but * hardened their neckes,
like to the necke of their fathers, that
did not beleeue in the L O R D their
God.
15 And they reiected his Statutes^
and his Couenant that hee made with
their fathers, and his Testimonies
which he testified against them , and
they followed vanitie, and became
vaine, and went after the heathen that
were round about them ^ concerning
whom the L O R D had charged them,
that they should not doe like them.
16 And they left all the Gommande-
ments of the L O R D their God, and
*made them molten images, euen two * Exod. 32.
calues v and made a groue, and worship- 8.12.1.28.king.
ped all the hoste of heauen, and serued
Baal.
17 And they caused their sonnes and
their daughters to passe through the
fire,
*14
Lions in Samaria. II.Kings.
fire, and vsed dmmation, and mchant-
ments, and soldlthemselues to doe euill
in the sight of the LORD, to prouoke
him to anger.
18 Therefore the L O R D was very
angry with Israel, and remoued them
out of his sight, there was none left, but
the tribe of ludah onely.
19 Also ludah kept not the Com-
mandements of the LORD their God,
but walked in the Statutes of Israel
which they made.
20 And the L O R D reiected all the
seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and
deliuered them into the hand of spoi-
lers, vntill he had cast them out of his
sight. \ \ i melech, and Anammelech, the gods of
21 For he rent Israel from the house
of Dauid, and they made leroboam
the sonne of Nebat king, and lerobo-
am draue Israel from following the
LORD, and made them sinne a great
sinne. f1
22 For the children of Israel wal-
ked in al the sinnes of leroboam which
he did, they departed not from them:
23 Vntill the L O R D remoued Is-
rael out of his sight, as hee had said by
all his seruants the Prophets: so was
Israel caried away out of their owne
land to Assyria, vnto this day.
24 U And the King of Assyria
brought men from Babylon, and from
Cuthah, and from Aua, and from Ha-
math, and from Sepharuaim, and pla-
ced them in the cities of Samaria, in
stead of the children of Israel; and they
possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the ci-
ties thereof.
25 And so it was at the beginning of
their dwelling there, that they feared
not the L O R D ; therefore the L O R D
sent Lions among them, which slew
some of them.
26 Wherefore they spake to the king
of Assyria, saying, The nations which
thou hast remoued, and placed in the ci-
ties of Samaria, know not the maner
of the God of the land: therfore he hath
sent Lions among them, and beholde,
they slay them, because they know not
the maner of the God of the land.
27 Then the king of Assyria com-
manded, saying, Carie thither one of the
priests whom ye brought from thence,
and let them goe and dwell there, and
let him teach them the maner of the
God of the land. ?
28 Then one of the priests whom
Diuers religions.
they had caried away from Samaria,
came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught
them howe they should feare the
LORD.
29 Howbeit, euery nation made gods
of their owne, and put them in the hou-
ses of the high places which the Sa-
maritanes had made, euery nation in
their cities wherein they dwelt:
30 And the men of Babylon made
Succoth-Benoth, and the men of Cuth
made Nergal, and the men of Hamath
made A shim a:
31 Arid the Auites made Nibhaz
and , Tartak : and the Sepharuites
burnt their children in fire to Adram-
Sepharuaim.
32 So they feared the L O R D , and
made vnto themselues of the lowest of
them priests of the high places, which
sacrificed for them in the houses of the
high places.
33 * They feared the LORD, and 5.* Sophan, i.
serued their owne gods, after the ma-
ner of the nations ||whom they caried caried
II Or, who
them
away from thence. away from
34 Vnto this day they doe after the thence.
former maners : they feare not the
L O R D , neither doe they after their
Statutes, or after their Ordinances, or
after the Law and Commaundement
which the L O R D commaunded the
children of lacob, *whom hee named * Gen. 32.
28.1. king.
Israel, 18.31.
35 With whom the L O R D had
made a Couenant, and charged therti,
saying, * Yee shall not feare other gods, * Iud£. 6.
nor bow your seines to them^nor serue 10.
them, nor sacrifice to them:
36 But the L O R D , who brought
you vp out of the land of Egypt, with
great power, and a stretched out arme,
him shall ye feare, and him shall ye wor-
ship, and to him shall ye doe sacrifice.
37 And the Statutes, and the Ordi-
nances, and the Law, and the Com-
mandement which he wrote for you, ye
shall obserue to doe for euermore, and
ye shall not feare other gods:
38 And the Couenant that I haue
made with you, ye shall not forget, nei-
ther shall ye feare other gods.
39 But the L O R D your God yee
shall feare, and he shall deliuer you out
of the hand of all your enemies.
40 Howbeit, they did not hearken,
but they did after their former maner.
41 So these nations feared the
LORD7
 Hezekiah king. Chap.xviij. Samaria taken.
LORD, and serued their grauen ima- king of Israel) Samaria was taken.
ges, both their children, and their chil- 11 And the king of Assyria did carie
drens children: as did their fathers, so away Israel vnto Assyria, and put
doe they vnto this day. them in Halah and in Habor by the riuer
of Gozan, & in the cities of the Medes:
C H A P . XVIII. 12 Because they obeyed not the voice
1 Hezekiah his good reigne. 4 He destroyeth
of the L O R D their God, but trans*
idolatrie, and prospereth. 9 Samaria is cariec gressed his Couenant, and all that Mo-
. captiue for their sins. 13 Sennacherib inua- ses the seruant of the LORD comman-
ding ludah, is pacified hy a tribute. 17 Rab- ded, and would not heare them, nor doe
shakeh sent by Sennacherib againe, reuileth them.
Hezekiah, ana by blasphemous perswasions,
solliciteth the people to reuolt 13 ^f Now *in the fourteenth yeere * 2. Chron.
of king Hezekiah, did t Sennacherib 32.1. esa.

Hf
36. i. ecclu.
rik VtSil^lEX^* Ow it came to passe in the king of Assyria come vp against all the 48. 18.
\ Heb. San-
third y ere of Hoshea sonne fenced cities of ludah, and tooke them. hcrti.
of Elah king of Israel, 14 And Hezekiah king of ludah
* 2. Chron. that *Hezekiah the sonne sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish,
28. 27. and of Ahaz kincr of Indah. saying, I haue offended, returne from
29. i. hee
is called E- >e£ran to reigne.
zekias, Mat.
me : that which thou puttest on me, wil
1. 9. 52 Iwentie and hue yeeres old was I beare. And the king of Assyria ap-
he when hee began to reigne, and hee pointed vnto Hezekiah king of ludah,
reigned twentie and nine yeeres in le- three hundred talents of siluer, and
rusalem: His mothers name also wtu thirtie talents of gold.
Abi, the daughter of Zachariah. 15 And Hezekiah gaue Mm all the sil-
3 And he did that which Was right in uer that was found in the house of the
the sight of the LORD, according to LORD, and in the treasures of the
all that Dauid his father did. kings house.
4 IT He remooued the high places, 16 At that time did Hezekiah cut off
t Heb. sta« and brake the timages, and cut downe the gold from the doores of the temple of
tues. the groues, and brake in pieces the * bra- :he LORD, and from the pillars which
* Numb.
21, 8. sen serpent that Moses had made: for Hezekiah king of ludah had ouerlaid,
vnto those dayes the children of Israel and gaue tit to the king of Assyria. 1 Heb. them.
did burne incense to it: and he called it 17 1T And the king of Assyria sent
Nehushtan. Tartan and Rabsaris, and Rabsha-
5 He trusted in the LORD God of ceh , from Lachish to king Hezekiah,
Israel, so that after him was none like with a t great hoste against lerusalem: \Heb.heauy
him among all the kings of ludah, nor and they went vp, and came to lerusa-
any that were before him. em • and when they were come vp, they
6 For he claue to the LORD, and came and stood by the conduit of the vp-
t Heb.from departed not tfrom following him, but jer poole, which i$ in the high way of
after him. kept his commandements, which the the fullers field.
L O R D commanded Moses. 18 And when they had called to the
7 And the LORD was with him, cing, there came out to them Eliakim
and hee prospered whithersoeuer hee the sonne of Helkiah, which was ouer
went forth: and he rebelled Against the the houshold, and Shebna the || Scribe, Or, arie.
Seere-
dng of Assyria, and serued him not. and loah the sonne of Asaph the Re-
8 He smote the Philistines euen vn- corder.
MIeb.Az- to t Gaza, and the borders thereof, from 19 And Rabshakeh said vnto them,
zah.\
the towre of the watchmen to the fenced Speake yee now to Hezekiah, Thus
Cities. saith the great king, the king of Assyria,
*Cha,i7.3 9 1F And *it came to passe in the What confidence is this wherein thou
fourth yeere of king Hezekiah, ( which trustest ?
was the seuenth yeere of Hoshea, sonne 20 Thou ||sayest, ( but they are bid Or, talked.
Heb. word
of Elah king of Israel) that Shalma- hvaine words ) ||7 haue counsell and fthe lips.
neser king of Assyria came vp against strength for the warre: now on whom ounsell and
Samaria, and besieged it. doest thou trust, that thou rebellest a- trength are
for the war.
10 And at the end of three yeeres they jainst me ?
tookeit: eueninihe sixtyeereofHezeki- 21 Now behold, thou t trustest vpon Heb. tru.
test thee.
* Cba. 17- 6 ah (that is * the ninth yeere of Hoshea ;he staffe of this bruised reed, euen vpon
fc
Egyp >
Rabfhakehs outrage, ILKings.
Egypt, on which if a man leane, it will
goe into his hand , and pierce it: so is
Pharaoh king of Egypt vnto all that
trust on him.
88 But if ye say vnto me, We trust in
the L O R D our God: is not that hee
whose high places, and whose altars
Hezeldah hath taken away , and hath
said to ludah and Jerusalem, Ye shall
worship before this altar in lerusa-
lem ?
23 Now therefore, I pray thee, giue
I) 0r, hosta- Upledges to my lord the king of Assyria,
ges. and I will deliuer thee two thousand
horses, if thou be able on thy part to set
riders vpon them.
24< How then wilt thou turne away
the face of one captaine of the least of my
masters seruants, and put thy trust on
Egypt for charets and for horsemen ?
§5 Am I now come vp without the
LORD against this place, to destroy
it? The LORD sayd to me, Goe vp
against this land, and destroy it.
26 Then said Eliakim the sonne of
Hilkiah, and Shebna, and loah, vnto
Rabshakeh, Speake, I pray thee, to
thy seruants in the Syrian language,
(for wee vnderstand it) and talke not
with vs in the lewes language, in the
eares of the people that are on the wall.
27 But Rabshakeh sayd vnto them,
Hath my master sent me to thy master,
and to thee, to speake these wordes?
hath he not sent me to the men which sit
on the wall, that they may eate their
tHet.the. owne doung, and drinke their towne
water of pisse with you ?
thsirfeetet
28 Then Rabshakeh stood and cri-
ed with a loude voice in the lewes lan-
guage, and spake, saying, Heare the
word of the great king, the king of As-
syria.
29 Thus sayth the king, Let not
Hezekiah deceiue you, for he shall not be
able to deliuer you out of his hand:
30 Neither let Hezekiah make you
trust in the LORD, saying, The
L O R D will surely deliuer vs, and
this city shall not bee deliuered into the
hand of the king of Assyria.
31 Hearken not to Hezekiah: 'for thus
II Or, seeks sayth the king of Assyria, || Make an a-
myfauour.
Heb, make greementvrith me by a present, and come
with me a
blessing. out to me, and then eate yee euery man
of his owne vine, and euery one of his
figge tree, and drinke yee euery one the
I0r,pit. waters of his || cisterne:
32 Vntill I come and take you a-
and blafphemie.
way to a land like your owne land, a
land of corne and wine, a land of bread
and vineyards, a land of oile Oliue, and
of honie, that yee may Hue, and not die:
and hearken not vnto Hezekiah, when
bee ||perswadeth you, saying, The ueth. y Or, deed-
L O R D will deliuer vs.
33 Hath any of the gods of the nati-
ons deliuered at all his land out of the
hand of the king of Assyria ?
34 Where are the gods of Hamath,
and of Arpad ? where are the gods of
Sepharuaim, Hena, and luah? haue
they deliuered Samaria out of mine
hand ?
35 Who are they among all the gods
of the countreys, that haue deliuered
their countrey out of mine hand, that
the LORD should deliuer Jerusalem
out of mine hand ?
36 But the people helde their peace,
and answered him not a word : for the
kings commaundement was, saying,
Answere him not.
37 Then came Eliakim the sonne of
Hilkiah, which was ouer the houshold,
and Shebna the Scribe, and loah the
sonne of Asaph the Recorder, to Heze-
kiah with their clothes rent, and tolde
him the words of Rabshakeh.
CHAP. XIX.
1 Hezekiah mourning, sendeth to Esay to pray
for them. 6 Esay coraforteth them. 8 Sen-
nacherib going to encounter Tirhakah, sen-
deth a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah. 14
Hezekiah his prayer. 20 Esay his prophe-
cie of the pride and destruction of Sennache-
rib, and the good of Zion. 35 An Angel
slayeth the Assyrians. 36 Sennacherib is
slame at Nineueh by his owne sonnes.
f Nd * it came to passe when *EsaI.37-i.
Pi
111
King Hezekiah heard it,
that hee rent his clothes,
; and couered himselfe with
: sackecloth , and went into
the house of the LORD.
2 And nee sent iMiakim, wnicn was
ouer the houshold, and Shebna the
Scribe, and the Elders of the Priests,
couered with sackcloth, to Esai the Pro-
phet the sonne of Amoz.
3 And they sayd vnto him, Thus
sayth Hezekiah, This day is a day of
trouble, and of rebuke, and ||blasphe- cation.
U0r,prouo-
mie : for the children are come to the
birth, and there is not strength to bring
foorth.
4. It
The prayer of Chap.xix.
4 It may be, the L O R D thy Goc thou hast made heauen and earth.
will heare all the words of Rabshakeh
whome the king of Assyria his mastei
hath sent to reproch the liuing God, anc
will reprooue the wordes which the
L O R D thy God hath heard: where-
fore lift vp thy prayer for the remnant
t Heb. found that are tleft.
5 So the eeruants of king Hezekiah
came to Isaiah.
* Luke 3. 4. 6 IF And * Isaiah said vnto them,
called JB.
saias. Thus shal ye say to your master, Thus
saith the L O R D , Be not afraid of the
wordes which thou hast heard, with
which the seruants of the king of Assy-
ria haue blasphemed me.
7 Behold, I will send a blast vpon
him, and he shall heare a rumour, and
shall returne to his owne land, and I
will cause him to fall by the sword in his
owne land.
8 1T So Rabshakeh returned, and
found the king of Assyria warring a-
gainst Libnah: for hee had heard that
be was departed from Lachish.
9 And when he heard say of Tirha-
kah king of Ethiopia, Behold, hee is
come out to fight against thee: hee sent
messengers againe vnto Hezekiah, say-
ing,
10 Thus shall ye speake to* Hezekiah
king of ludah, saying, Let not thy
God in whome thou trustest, deceiue
thee, saying, lerusalem shall not be de-
liuered into the hande of the king of
Assyria.
11 Behold, thou hast heard what
the kings of Assyria haue done to all
lands, by destroying them vtterly : and
shalt thou be deliuered P
12 Haue the gods of the nations deli-
uered them which my fathers haue de-
stroyed? As Gozan, and Haran, and Re-
zepn, and the children of Eden which
were in Thelasar ?
13 Where is the? king of Hamath, and
the king of Arpad, and the king of the
citie of Sepharuaim, of Hena, and
laah?
14« 1T And Hezekiah receiued the let-
ter of the hand of the messengers, and
read it: and Hezekiah went vp into the
house of the LORD, and spread it be-
fore the LORD.
15 And Hezekiah prayed before the
LORD, and said, O LORD God of
Israel, which dwellest between the Che-
rubims, thou art the God, euen thou a-
lone, of all the kingdomes of the earth,
Hezekiah is heard.
16 LORD, bow downe thine eare,
and heare: open, L O R D , thine eyes,
and see: and heare the words of Sen-
nacherib which hath sent him to re-
proch the liuing God.
17 Of a trueth, LORD, the kings
of Assyria haue destroyed the nations
and their lands,
18 And haue feast their gods into the Wlehgiuen
fire: for they were no gods, but the work
of mens hands, wood and stone: ther-
fore they haue destroyed them.
19 Now therefore, O LORD OUT
God, I beseech thee, saue thou vs out oi
his hand, that all the kingdoms of the
earth may know, that thou art the
LORD God, euen thou onely.
20 IF Then Isaiah the sonne of A-
moz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus
saith the LORD God of Israel, That
which thou hast prayed to mee against
Sennacherib king of Assyria, I haue
heard.
21 This is the word that the LORD
hath spoken concerning him, The Vir-
gin, the daughter of Zion hath despised
thee, and laughed thee to scorne, the
daughter of lerusalem hath shaken
her head at thee.
22 Whome hast thou reproched and
blasphemed? and against whome hast
thou exalted thy voyce, and lift vp thine
eyes on high ? eu&n against the Holy One
of Israel.
23 tBy thy messengers thou hast re- Wlekbythe
proched the Lord, and hast said, With hand of.
the multitude of my charets, I am
come vp to the height of the moun-
taines, to the sides of Lebanon, and
will cut downe tthe tall cedar trees t Heb. the
thereof, and the choice firre trees there- talnesse, $c.
of: and I will enter into the lodgings
of. his borders, and into the ||forrest of rest
II Or, the for-
and his
his Carmel. fruitfulfieto
24 I haue digged & drunke strange
waters, and with the sole of my feete
haue I dried vp all the riuers of || besie- U Or, fenced
ged places.
25 I! Hast thou not heard long agoe, \\ Or, hast
how I haue done it, and of ancient heard thou not
how
times that I haue formed it ? now haue IIthaue made
long agoe,
I brought it to passe, that thou shoul-
dest be to lay waste fenced cities into rui- aa
'imeslshovld
nous heapes. I now bring
ittotetaide
26 Therefore their Inhabitants wasteland
were tof small power, they were dis- fenced toberut-
cities
nausheapes?
mayed and confounded, they were as the t Heb. short
grasse of the field, and as the greene of hand.
herbe,
Sennacherib flaine. II.Kings.
herbej as the grasse on the house tops,
apd as come blasted before it be giwen
vp.
II07-, sitting. 27 But I know thy ||abode, and
thy going out, and thy cojflining in, and
thy rage against me.
28 Because thy rage against me, and
thy tumult is come vp into mine eares,
therefore I will put my hooke in thy
nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I
will turne thee backe by the way by
which thou earnest.
39 And this shalbe a signe vnto thee,
Yee shall eate this yeere such things as
grow of themselues, and in the second
yeere that which springeth of the same,
and in the third yeere sow ye and reape,
and plant Vineyards, and eate the
fruits thereof.
t Hebr. the
escaping of
30 And tjhe remnant that is .escaped
the house oj of the house of ludah, shall yet againe
ludah that
remaineth. take root downward, and tieare fruit
vpward.
31 For out of lerusalem shall goe
t Hebr. the forth a remnant, and tthey that escape
escaping.
out of mount Zion : the zeale >of the
LORD of hostes shall doe this.
32 Therefore thus saith the L O R D
concerning the king of Assyria, He shall
not come into this city, nor shoot an ar-
row there, nor come before it with
shield, nor cast a banke against it:
33 By the way that hee came, by the
same shal he returne, and shal not come
into this city, saith the LORD.
34 For I will defend this citie, to
saue it, for mine owne sake3 and for my
seruant Dauids sake.
* Isa. 37. 36. 35 1F And * it came to passe that
tob. 1.21.
ecclus. 48> night, that the Angel of the LORD
24.1. mace. went out, and smote in the campe of the
7.41.2.
macca, 8. Assyrians^ an hundred foure score and
19. fiue thousand: and when they arose
earely in the morning, behold, they were
all dead corpses.
36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria
departed, and went and returned, and
dwelt at Nineueh. -,
37 And it came to passe as hee waa
worshipping in the house of Nisroch
his god, that Adramelech, and Share-
fcer Ins sonnes, smote him with the
sword: and thej escaped into the land of
t Kebr. A- t Armenia, and Esarhaddon his sonne
rarat.
reigned in his stead.
C H A P . XX.
1 Hezekiah hairing receiued a message of death,
by prayer hath bis life lengthned. B The
Hezekiah licke.
Sunne goeth tenne degrees backward, for &
signe of that promise. 12 Berodach Baladan
sending to visits Hezekiah,, because of the
wonder, hath notice of his treasures.. 14 Isa-
iah vnderstanding thereof, foretelleth the
Babylonian captiuitie. 20 Manasseh sue-
pppilptVl HpyplriaVi.
ii
l
3n>
•^•^f^ N those dayes *was Heze- * 2. Chron.
if! kiah sicke vnto death: and32. 24. isa.
p I? the Prophet Isaiah the
38. 1.
sonne of Amos came to
*xiiiVj him, and saide vnto him,
Thus saith the LORD, tSet thinet Hebr. giue
house in order : for thou shalt die, and( charge con-
cerning thine
not Hue. hOWS.
9, Then hee turned his face to the
wall, and prayed vnto the L O R D ,
saying;
3 I beseech thee, O L O R D , re-
member now how I haue walked be-
fore thee in trueth , and with a perfect
heart, and haue done that which is
good in thy sight: and Hezekiah wept
t sore. t Hebr. with
a great wee-
4- And it came to passe afore Isaiahping.
was gone out into the middle ]| court,II Or, city.
that the word of the L O R D came to
him, saying;
5 Turne againe, and tell Hezekiah
the captaine of my people, Thus saith
the L O R D , the God of Dauid thy fa-
ther, I haue heard thy prayer, I haue
scene thy teares : behold , I will heale
thee; on the third day thou shalt goe vp
vnto the bouse of the LORD. '
6 And I will adde vnto thy dayes
fifteene yeeres, and I will deliuer thee,
and this city, out of the hand of the king
of Assyria, and I will defend this citie
for mine owne sake, and for my seruant
Dauids sake.
7 And Isaiah said, Take a lumpe
of figs. And they tooke and layd it on
the boile, and he recouered. \
8 II And Hezekiah said vnto Isa-
iah , What shall bee the signe that the
LORD wil heale me, and that I shall
goe vp into the house of the L O R D
the third day ?
9 And. Isaiah said, This signe shalt
thou haue of the L O R D , that the
L O R D will doe the thing that hee
hath spoken: shall the shadow goe for-
ward ten degrees, or *goe backe tenne* Ecclus,
49. 24. tea.
degrees ? 38.8.
10 And Hezekiah answered, It is a
light thing for the shadow to goe downe
tenne degrees: nay, but let the shadow
returns backward tenne degrees.
11 And
Hezekiah dieth. Chap.xxj.
11 And Isaiah the Prophet cryed
vnto the L O R D , and he brought the
shadow tenne degrees backward, by
t Heb, de- which it had gone downe in the tdiall
grees. of Ahaz.
* Isai. 39.1. 12 IT *At that time BerodachJBa-
adan the sonne of Baladan King of
Babylon, sent letters and a present
vnto Hezekiah : for he had heard that
Hezekiah had beene sicke.
13 And Hezekiah hearkened vnto
;hem, and shewed them the house of
0r,jpiojfy. lis || precious things, the siluer, and
the golde, and the spices, and the pre-
cious oyntment, and all the house of
I Or, iewels. bis || armour, and all that was found
Heb. vessels, in his treasures: there was nothing in
bis house, nor in all his dominion, that
Hezekiah shewed them not.
14* f Then came Isaiah the Pro-
phet vnto King Hezekiah, and sayde
vnto him, What sayd these men ? and
from whence came they vnto thee?
And Hezekiah sayde, They are come
from a farre countrey, euen from Ba-
bylon,
15 And he said, What haue they scene
in thine house ? And Hezekiah answe-
red , All the things that are in mine
house haue they seene : there is nothing
among my treasures, that I haue not
shewed them.
16 And Isaiah said vnto Hezekiah,
Heare the word of the LORD.
17 Behold, the dayes come, that all
that is in thine house, and that which
thy fathers haue layde vp in store vn-
* Chap. 94. to this day, * shall be caried vnto Ba-
13. & 26. K
iere. 27.19. bylon : nothing shall be left, sayth the
LORD.
IS And of thy sonnes that shall issue
from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall
they take away, and they shall bee Eu-
nuches in the palace of the king of Ba-
bylon.
19 Then said Hezekiah vnto Isaiah,
Good is the word of the LORD which
II Or, shall thou hast spoken. And he said, || Is it
there not be not good, if peace and trueth be in my
peace and
truethl $c. dayes ?
20 IF And the rest of the actes of He-
zekiah, and all his might, and how hee
made a poole and a conduit, & brought
water into the city, are they not written
in the booke of the Chronicles of the
Kings of ludah ?
21 And Hezekiah slept with his fa-
thers , and Manasseh his sonne reig-
ned in his stead,
Manafleh wicked.
C H A P . *XXI.
1 Manasseh his reigne. 3 His great idolatrie.
10 His wickednesse causeth prophecies a*
gainst ludah. 17 Amon succeedeth him.
19 Amons wicked reigne. 23 Hee being
slaine by his seruants, and those murderers
slaine by the people, Josiah is made King.
Anasseh *was twelue y eres * 2. Chron.
m olde when hee beganne to 3d. l.
reigne , and reigned fiftie
and fiue yeeres in leru-
salem : and his mothers
name was Hephzibah.
% And hee did that tvhich was euill in
the sight of the LORD, after the abo-
minations of the heathen, whom the
LORD cast out before the children of
Israel.
3 For he built vp againe the high pla-
ces, * which Hezelciah his father had de- * Cha, 18.4.
stroyed , and hee reared vp altars for
Baal, and made a groue, as did Ahab
dng of Israel, and worshipped all the
loste of heauen, and serued them.
4 And *he built altars in the house * lore. 32.
of the LORD, of which the LORD 34.
sayd, *In Jerusalem will I put my * 2, Sam. 7.
Name. 13*
5 And he built altars for all the host
of heauen, in the two courts of the house
of the LORD.
6 And he made his sonne passe tho-
row the fire, and obserued times, and
vsed enchantments, and dealt with fa-
miliar spirits, and wizards: he wrought
much wickednesse in the sight of the
LORD, to prouoke him to anger.
7 And he set a grauen image of the
groue that he had made, in the house, of
which the LORD said to Dauid, and
to Solomon his sonne, *In this house * 1. King.
and in Jerusalem, which I haue cho- 8. 29. and
9. 3. chap.
sen out of all tribes of Israel, wil I put 23.27.
my Name for euer:
8 Neither will I make the feete of
Israel mooue any more out of the land,
which I gaue. their fathers : onely if
they will obserue to doe according to all
that I haue commanded them, and ac-
cording to all the Law, that my seruant
Moses commanded them.
9 But they hearkened not : and
Manasseh seduced them to doe more
euill then did the nations, whome the
L O R D destroyed before the children
of Israel.
10 1T And the L O R D spake by his
seruants the Prophets, saying,
11 *Be-
Manaffeh dieth. II.Kings.
* lere. 15.4 11 * Because Manasseh king of lu-
dah hath done these abominations, and
bath done wickedly aboue all that the
Amorites did, which were before him,
and hath made ludah also to sinne
with his idoles:
12 Therefore thus saith the. LORD
God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing
such euill vpon Jerusalem and ludah,
*. lSam.3. that whosoeuer heareth of it, both *his
11.
eares $hall tingle.
13 And I will stretch ouer Jerusa-
lem the line of Samaria, and the plum-
met of the house of Ahab: and I will
wipe lerusalem as a man wipeth a
\Heb.h*
wipeth and disk, t wiping it and turning U vpside
turnethit downe.
vpon the
face (hereof. 14 And I will forsake the remnant
of mine inheritance, and deliuer them
into the hand of their enemies, and they
shall become a pray and a spoile to all
their enemies,
15 Because they haue done that which
was euill in my sight, and haue prouoked
me to anger since the day their fathers
came forth out of Egypt, euen vnto this
day.
16 Moreouer, Manasseh shed inno-
cent blood very much, till he had filled
Wleb.from lerusalem tfrom one end to another,
mouth to
mouth. beside his sinne wherwith he made lu-
dah to sinne, in doing that which zeweuill
in the sight of the LORD.
17 1T Now the rest of the actes oi
Manasseh, and all that he did, and his
sinne that he sinned, are they not writ-
ten in the booke of the Chronicles of the
kings of ludah ?
* 2. Chron. 18 And * Manasseh slept with his fa-
33. 20.
thers, and was buried in the garden oi
his qwne house, in the garden of Vzza:
and Amon his sonne reigned in his
stead.
19 U Amon was twentie and two
yeres old when he began to reigne, and
he reigned two yeeres in Jerusalem:
and his mothers name was Meshulle-
meth, the daughter of Haruz of lot-
bah.
20 And he did that which was euill in
the sight of the LORD, as his father
Manasseh did.
£1 And he walked in all the wayes
that his father walked in, and seruec
the idoles that his father serued, and
worshipped them:
22 And he fofsooke the LORD God
of his fathers, and walked not in the
way of the LORD.
Amon flaine.
23 f And the seruants of Amon con-
spired against him, and slew the king in
lis owne house.
24 And the people of the land slew
al them that had conspired against king
Amon, and the people of the land made
[osiah his sonne king in his stead.
25 Now the rest of the acts of Amon,
which he did, are they not written in
the booke of the chronicles of the kings
of ludah?
26 And he was buried in his sepul-
chre, in the garden of Vzza, and *Iosi- * Mat. 1.10.
called lo.
ah his sonne reigned in his stead. slas.
C H A P . XXII.
1 losiah his good reigne. 3 He taketh care for
the repaire of the Temple. 8 Hilkiah ba-
iling found a booke of the Lawe, losiah sen-
deth to Huldah to enquire of the Lord. 15
Huldah prophesieth destruction of lerusa-
lem, but respite thereof in losiahs time.
Dsiah *was eight yeeres * 2. Chron.
i )ld when hee beganne to 34. 1.
•eigne, and hee reigned
;hirtie and one yeeres in
~^™-™-~, Jerusalem : a
thers name was ledidah, the daughter
of Adaiah of Boscath.
2 And he did that which was right in
the sight of the LORD, and walked in
all the wayes of Dauid his father, and
turned not aside to the right hand, or to
the left.
3 1F And it came to passe in the eigh-
teenth yeere of king losiah, that the
king sent Shaphan the sonne of Azali-
ah, the sonne of Meshullam the Scribe
to the house of the LORD, saying,
4 Goe vp to Hilkiah the high priest,
that he may summe the siluer which is
brought into the house of the LORD,
which the keepers of the tdoore haue \ He*, thre-
gathered of the people, shold.
5 And let them deliuer it into the
hand of the doers of the worke, that
haue the ouersight of the house of the
LORD : and let them giue it to the do-
ers of the worke, which is in the house
of the LORD, to repaire the breaches
of the house,
6 Vnto carpenters, and builders,
and masons, and to buy timber and
hewen stone* to repaire the house.
7 Howbeit, there was no reckoning
made with them , of the money thai
was deliuefred into their hand, because
they dealt.faithfully.
8 f And
The Law found, Cnap.xxiij.
8 1? And Hilkiah the high Priest
said vnto Shaphan the Scribe, I haue
found the booke of the Law in the
house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gaue
the booke to Shaphan, and he read it.
9 And Shaphan the Scribe came
to the king, and brought the king word
againe, and said, Thy seruants haue
iffebr. mel- tgathered the money that was found
ted.
in the house, and haue deliuered it into
the band of them that doe the worke,
that haue the ouersight of the house of
the LORD.
10 And Shaphan the Scribe shew-
ed the king, saying, Hilkiah the Priest
hath deliuered mee a booke : and Sha-
phan read it before the king.
11 And it came to passe when the
king had heard the words of the booke
of the Law, that he rent his clothes.
12 And the king commanded Hilkiah
the Priest, and Ahikam the sonne of
Shaphan , and Achbor the sonne of
Michaiah, and Shaphan the Scribe,
and Asahiah a seruant of the Kings,
saying,
13 Goe yee, enquire of the LORD
for me, and for the people, and for all
ludah, concerning the wordes of this
booke that is found : for great is the
wrath of the L O R D that is kindled a-
gainst vs, because our fathers haue not
hearkened vnto the woordes of this
booke , to doe according vnto all that
which is written concerning vs.
14 So Hilkiah the Priest, and Ahi-
kam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and
Asahiah, went vnto Huldah the Pro-
phetesse, the wife of Shallum the sonne
0/"Tikuah, the sonne of Harhas, keeper
t Ifebr. gar- of the t wardrobe : now she dwelt in
ments.
I Or, in the lerusalem in ||the colledge : And they
second part. communed with her.
15 U And she said vnto them, Thus
saith the L O R D God of Israel, Tell
the man that sent you to me;
16 Thus saith the LORD, Behold,
I will bring euill vpon this place, and
vpon the inhabitants thereof, euen all
the words of the booke which the king
of ludah hath read.
17 Because they haue forsaken me,
and haue burnt incense vnto other
gods, that they might prouoke mee to
anger with all the woorkes of their
handes; therefore my wrath shall bee
kindled against this place, and shall not
be quenched.
18 But to the king of ludah which
and read openly.
sent you to enquire of the LORD,
Thus shall yee say to him, Thus saith
the L O R D God of Israel, as tou-
ching the woordes which thou hast
heard:
19 Because thine heart was tender,
and thou hast humbled thy selfe before
the LORD, when thou heardest what
I spake against this place, and against
the inhabitants thereof, that they
should become a desolation and a curse,
and hast rent thy cloathes, and wept
before me; I also haue heard thecy saith
the LORD.
20 Behold therefore, I will gather
thee vnto thy fathers, and thou shalt be
gathered into thy graue in peace, and
thine eyes shal not see all the euil which
I will bring vpon this place. And they
brought the king word againe.
C H A P . XXIII.
1 losiah causeth the booke to bee read in a so-
lemne assembly. S He reneweth the Cone-
nant of the LORD. 4 He destroyeth ido-
latry. 15 He burnt dead mens bones vpon
the altar of Bethel, as was foreprophesied. 21
He kept a most solemne Passeouer. 24- He
put away witches, and all abomination. 26
Gods finall wrath against ludah. 29 losiah
prouoking Pharaoh Nechoh, is slairie at Me-
giddo. 31 lehoahaz succeeding him, is im-
prisoned by Pharaoh Nechoh, who made
loiakim king. 36 loiakim his wicked reigne.
Nd *the king sen t,andthey * 2. Chron.
a
vp
gathered vnto him all the 34. 30.
Elders of ludah , and of
Jerusalem.
acSRrfWZZS 2 And
into the house of the L O R D ,
and all the men of ludah, and all the
inhabitants of Jerusalem with him,
and the Priestes, and the Prophets,
and all the people t both small and small Wtebr.from
euen
great: and he read in their eares all the vnto great.
wordes of the booke of the Couenant
which was found in the house of the
LORD
3 f And the King stood by a pil-
lar, and made a Couenant before the
L O R D , to walke after the L O R D ,
and to keepe his Commaundements,
and his Testimonies, & his Statutes,
with all their heart, and all their soule,to
performe the words of this Couenant,
that were written in this booke : and
all the people stood to the Couenant.
4 And the king commanded Hilkiah
the
*143
I oil ah s zeale, II. Kings.
;he high Priest, and the priests of the se-
cond order, and the keepers of the doore
to bring forth out of the Temple of the
LOED all the vessels that were made
For Baal, and for the groue, and for all
the hoste of heauen : and he burnt them
without Jerusalem in the fields of Ki-
Iron, and caried the ashes of them vnio
Bethel.
tHekcaused 5 And hee tput downe the t idola-
to cease.
iHeb.Cke- trous priests whome the kings of lu-
marwn. dah had ordeined to burne incense in the
high places, in the cities of ludah and
in the places round about Jerusalem :
them also that burnt incense vnto Ba-
al, to the Sunne, and to the Moone,
!l Or, twelue and to the || Planets, and to all the hoste
tignes or eon-
situations. of heauen.
*Cha.21.7. 6 And he brought out the * groue
from the house of the LORD, with-
out lerusalem, vnto the brooke Ki-
dron, and burnt it at the brooke Ki-
dron, and stampt it small to powder,
and cast the powder thereof vpon the
graues of the children of the people.
7 And he brake downe the houses
of the Sodomites that were by the house
of the L O R D , where the women
iHeb.houses woue t hangings for the groue.
8 And he brought all the priests out
of the cities of ludah, and defiled the
high places where the priests had burnt
incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and
brake downe the hie places of the gates
that were in the entring in of the gate
of loshua the gouernour of the citie,
which were on a mans left hand at the
gate of the citie.
9 Neuerthelesse, the priests of the
high places came not vp to the Altar of
the LORD in lerusalem, but they did
eate of the vnleauened bread among
their brethren.
10 And he defiled Topheth which is
in the valley of the children of Hinnom,
that no man might make his sonne or
his daughter to passe through the fire
to Molech.
11 And he tooke away the horses that
the kings of ludah had giuen to the
Sunne, at the entring in of the house oi
the L O R D , by the chamber of Na-
II Or, Eu- thanmelech the ((chamberlaine, which
nucn, or Of- was in the suburbs, and burnt the cha-
ficer.
rets of the Sunne with fire,
12 And the altars that were on the
top of the vpper chamber of Ahaz,
which the kings of ludah had made,
*Cha. 21.5 and the altars which *Manasseh hac
and reformation:
made in the two courts of the house of
the LORD, did the king beat downe,
ind || brake them downe from thence, II Or, ran
and cast the dust of them into the brooke front thence.
Kidron.
13 And the high places that were be-
fore lerusalem, which were on the right
hand of the || mount of corruption, \\T1wt is, the
which * Solomon the king of Israel mount Hues,.
of 0-
had builded for Ashtoreth, the abomi- * I.King.
11. 7.
nation of the Zidonians, and for Che-
mosh the abomination of the Moa-
bites, and for Milchom the abominati-
on of the children of Ammon, did the
king defile.
14 And he brake in pieces the t ima- t Hel. sta*
ges, and cut downe the groues, and fil- tues.
led their places with the bones of men.
15 If Moreouer the altar that was at
Bethel, and the high place which lero-
boam the sonne of Nebat, who made
Israel to sinne, had made, both that al-
tar, and the high place he brake downe,
and burnt the high place, and stampt it
small to powder, and burnt the groue.
16 And as losiah turned himselfe, he
spied the sepulchres that were there in
the mount, and sent, & tooke the bones
out of the sepulchres, and burnt them
vpon the altar, and polluted it, accor-
ding to the * word of the LORD which 13.2. * I.King.
the man of God proclaimed, who pro-
claimed these words.
17 Then hee said, What title is that
that I see ? and the men of the city
told him, It is the sepulchre of the man
of God, which came from ludah, and
proclaimed these things that thou hast,
done against the altar of Bethel.
18 And he said, Let him alone : let
no man moue his bones: so they let his
iHete.to
bones t alone, with the bones of the escape*
Prophet that came out of Samaria.
19 And all the houses also of the hie
places that were in the cities of Sama-
ria, which the kings of Israel had made
to prouoke the LORD to anger, losiah
tooke away, and did to them according
to all the actes that hee had done in
Bethel.
20 And he ||slew all the priests of the !! Or sacri-
high places that were there, vpon the ficcd.
altars, and burnt mens bones vpon
them, and returned to lerusalem.
21 If And the King commanded all
the people saying, *Keepe thePasseo- *2. Ohron.
uer vnto the L O R D your God, *as it 3d. 1.1.
1.1. esd.
is written in this booke of the Coue- dent.*Bxaia. 3
16. 2.
nant.
22 Surely
 The building Chap.iij.
daughters of Dan, and his father was a
man of Tyre, skilful! to worke in golde
and in siluer, in brasse, in yron, in stone
and in timber, in purple, in blew, and in
fine linen, and in crimson: also to graue
any maner of grauing, and to find out
euery deuice which shall be put to him,
with thy cunning men, and with the
cunning men of my lord Dauid thy fa-
ther.
15 Now therefore the wheate and
the barley, the oyle and the wine, which
my lord hath spoken of, let him send
vnto his seruants:
16 And wee will cut wood out of
\Heb.ac. Lebanon, fas much as thou shalt
cording to
all thy need. need, and wee will bring it to thee in
\Heb.Iapho\\ flotes by sea to tloppa, and thou shalt
carie
( it vp to Jerusalem.
» As Ver. 3. 17 . 1F * And Solomon numbred all
t Hebr. the -tthe strangers that were in the lande of
men the
strangers. Israel, after the numbring wherewith
Dauid his father had numbred them:
and
'< they were found an hundred and
fiftie
1 thousand, and three thousand and
sixe
! hundred.
* As it is ver. 18 Andheset*threescoreand ten thou-
sand of them to be bearers of burdens,
and fourescore thousand to be hewers in
the mountaine, and three thousand and
sixe hundred ouerseers to set the people
a worke.
CHAP. III.
1 The place, and time of building the Temple.
3 The measure and ornaments of the house.
11 TheCherubiras. 14 The vaile and pillars.
T
"i. Kin. 6.1, ^Sr^SP Hen * Solom
&c.
build the house of the
LORD at Jerusalem in
Or, which
was scene of
Mount Moriah, || where
Dauid his _ the LORD appeared vn
father. Dauid his father, in the place that Da-
uid had prepared in the threshing floore
Or, Arau-
nah, 2. Sam.
of || Oman the lebusite.
24.18. \.chr. 2 And he began to build in the second
21. IH.
day of the second moneth, in the fourth
yeere of his reigne.
* I.King. 6. 3 11 Now these are the things * wherein
t Heb.foun-
Solomon was tinstructed for the buil-
led. ding of the house of God. The length
by cubites after the first measure was
threescore cubits, and the breadth twen-
tie cubites.
* I.King.6. 4 And the * porch that was in the front
i.
ofthehouse, thelength ofitwas atcording
to the breadth of the house, twentie cu-
bites, and the height was an hundred and
of the Temple.
twenty: and he ouerlaid it within, with
pure gold.
5 And the greater house hee sielec
with firre tree, which he ouerlaid with
fine gold, and set thereon palme trees
and chaines,
6 And he t garnished the house with f Heb. cove-
precious stones for beautie, and the gold red.
was gold of Paruaim.
7 Hee ouerlaid also the house, the
beames, the postes and the wals there-
of, and the doores thereof with gold,
and graued Cherubims on the walles.
8 And he made the most holy house,
the length whereof was, according to
the breadth of the house, twenty cubits,
and the breadth thereof twentie cubits:
and he ouerlaid it with fine gold amoun-
ting to sixe hundred talents.
9 And the weight of the nailes was
fiftie shekels of gold: and he ouerlaide
the vpper chambers with gold.
10 And in the most holy place hee
made two Cherubims of || image work, somethinke)
1Or, fas
and ouerlaid them with gold. ofmoouea-
11 IF And the wings of the Cheru- >le worke.
bims were twentie cubites long: one
wing of the one Cherub was fiue cubites,
reaching to the wall of the house: and
the other wing was likewise fiue cu-
bites, reaching to the wing of the other
Cherub:
12 And one wing of the other Che-
rub was fiue cubites, reaching to the
wall of the house: and the other wing
was fiue cubites also, ioyning to the
wing of the other Cherub.
13 The wings of these Cherubims
spread themselues forth twentie cubits:
and they stood on their feet, and their fa-
ces were || in ward. Or, toward
14? f And he made the #vaile of blue *heMat. house.
27. 51
and purple, and crimson, and fine linen,
and t wrought Cherubims thereon. Heb. cav-
15 Also hee made before the house, ed to ascend
* two pillars of thirtie and fiue cubites * ler. 52. 21
. king. 7.15
thigh, and the chapiter that was on the Hebr. long.
top of each of them, was fiue cubites.
16 And he made chaines, as in the O-
racle, and put them on the heads of the
pillars, and made an hundred pome-
granates, and put them on the chaines.
17 And he * reared vp the pillars be- * I.King.7-
fore the temple, one on the right hand, 1.
and the other on the left, and called the
name of that on the right hand, || la- Thatis.he
halestablish
chin, and the name of that on the left, That is, in
||Boaz. t is strength
CHAP.
[erufalem is II. aaaaaaa
he LORD came this vpon ludah, to
remooue tJwm out of his sight, for the
shines of Manasseh , according to all
that he did:
4 And also for the innocent blood
;hat hee shedde : (for hee filled lerusa-
em with innocent blood) which the
1,0ED would not pardon.
5 If Nowe the rest of the actes of
[ehoiakim, and all that he did, are they
not written in the booke of the Chroni-
cles of the Kings of ludah ?
6 So lehoiakim slept with his fa-
thers: and lehoiachin his sonne reig-
ned in his stead.
7 And the king of Egypt came not
againe any more out of his land : for the
ling of Babylon had taken from the
riuer of Egypt, vnto the riuer Euphra-
es, all that pertained to the King of
Egypt.
8 IF lehoiachin was eighteene
yeres old when he began to reigne, & he
•eigned in Jerusalem three moneths:
& his mothers name was Nehushta the
daughter of Elhathan, of Jerusalem.
9 And hee did that which was euill in
the sight of the LORD, according to all
that his father had done.
*Dan. i.l. 10 H * At that time the seruants ol
Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon
came vp against Jerusalem, and the ci-
\ ffeb. came tie t was besieged.
into siege.
11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Ba-
bylon came against the citie, and his ser-
uants did besiege it.
12 And lehoiachin the King of lu-
dah went out to the king of Babylon,
hee, and his mother, and his seruants,
II Or, Eu- and his princes, and his ||officers : anc
nuches.
the king of Babylon tooke him in the
eight yeere of his reigne.
* Chap. 20. 13 * And hee caried out thence all the
17. esa. 39. 6
treasures of the house of the L O R D
and the treasure of the kings house, anc
cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which
Solomon King of Israel had made
in the Temple of the L O R D ^ as the
L O R D had said.
14 And hee caried away all Jerusa-
lem, and all the princes, & all the mighty
men of valour, euen tenne thousand cap
tiues, and all the craftsmen, and smiths
none remained, saue the poorest sort o
the people of the land.
* 2. Chron. 15 And *he caried away lehoiachin
36. 10. esth.
2.6. to Babylon, and the kings mother, am
II Or, Eu- the kings wiues, and his ||officers, anc
nitches.
the mighty of the land, those caried hee
aaaaaaaaaaa
nto captiuitie, from lerusalem to Ba-
>ylon.
16 And all the men of might, euen se-
uen thousand, and craftesraen, & smiths
a thousand, all that were strong and apt
or warre, euen them the king of Baby-
on brought captiue to Babylon.
17 U And *the king of Babylon made and *Iere. 37.1
52. i
Vlattaniah his fathers brother king in
lis stead, and changed his name to Ze-
dekiah.
18 Zedekiah was twentie and one
yeeres olde when hee began to reigne,
and he reigned eleuen yeeres in lerusa-
em : and his mothers name was Ha-
mutal, the daughter of leremiah of
Libnah.
19 And hee did that which wa-s euill in
the sight of the L O R D , according to
all that lehoiachin had done.
20 For through the anger of the
LORD it came to passe in lerusalem
and ludah, vntill he had cast them out
Tom his presence, that Zedekiah rebel-
led against the king of Babylon.
CHAP. XXV.
1 Jerusalem is besieged. 4 Zedekiah taken, his
sonnes slaine, his eyes put out. 8 Nabuzara-
dan defaceth the city, carieth the remnant,
except a few poore labourers, into captiuitie,
13 Spoileth and carieth away the treasures
18 Tne Nobles are slaine at Riblah. 22 Ge-
daliah, who was set ouer them that remained,
being slaine, therestfleeinto Egypt 27 Euil-
raerodach aduanceth lehoiachin In his court
Nd it came to passe * in the and
*Iere. 39. 1.
a
62. 4.
ninth yeere of his reigne,
in the tenth moneth, in
the tenth day of the mo-
neth , that Nebuchadnez-
zar king of Babylon came, hee, and al
his hoste, against Jerusalem, and pit-
ched against it, and they built fortes a-
gainst it, round about.
2 And the citie was besieged vnto
the eleuenth yeere of king Zedekiah.
3 And on the ninth day of the *fourih * lere. 52.«.
moneth, thefamine preuailed in the city
and there was no bread for the people
of the land.
4 IF And the citie was broken vp
and all the men of warre^d by night
by the way of the gate, betweene two
walles, which is by the kings garden
(now the Caldees were against the citie
round about) and the King went the way
toward the plaine.
5 Anc
Zedekiah taken. Chap.xxv.
5 And the army of the Caldees pur-
sued after the King, and ouertooke
him in the plaines of Jericho : and all
his armie were scattered from him.
6 So they tooke the King, and
brought him vp to the King of Baby-
*i Hebr.spake lon, to Riblah, and they gaue tiudge-
iudeem&ni
with him. ment vpon him.
7 And they slew the sonnes of Ze-
t Heb. made dekiah before'his eyes, and tput out the
llinde.
eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with
fetters of brasse, and carried him to Ba-
bylon.
8 1f And in the fifth moneth, on the
seuenth day of the moneth (which is
the nineteenth yeere of King Nebu-
chadnezzar King of Babylon) came
i! Or, chief* Nebuzaradan || captaine of the guard,
Marshall
a seruant of the king of Babylon, vnto
Jerusalem :
9 And hee burnt the house of the
LORD, and the kings house, and all
the houses of Jerusalem, and euery
great mans house burnt he with fire.
10 And all the army of the Caldees
that were with the captaine of the
guard, brake downe the walles of Je-
rusalem round about.
11 Now the rest of the people that
\Hebr.fdl* were left in the citie, and the tfugitiues
len away. that fell away to the king of Babylon,
with the remnant of the multitude,
did Nebuzaradan the captaine of the
guard cary away.
12 But the captaine of the guard left
of the poore of the land, to be Vine-dres-
sers, and husbandmen.
* Chap, 20. 13 And * the pillars of brasse that
17. iere. 27.
22. were in the house of the L O R D , and
the bases, and the brasen sea that was in
the house of the LORD, did the Cal-
dees breake in pieces, and caried the
brasse of them to Babylon.
14 And the pots, and the shouels,
and the snuffers, and the spoones, and
all the vessels of brasse wherewith they
ministred, tooke they away.
15 And the fire-pans, and the bowles,
& such things as were of golde, in golde,
and of siluer,m siluer, the captaine of the
guard tooke away.
t Hebr. the 16 The two pillars, tone sea, and
one sea.
the bases which Solomon had made
for the house of the LORD, the brasse
of al these vessels was without weight.
* 1. King. 7- 17 * The height of the one pillar was
15. iere. 52.
£!• eighteene cubits, and the chapiter vpon
it was brasse: and the height of the cha-
piter three cubites; and the wreathen
Gedaliah flaine.
worke, and pomegranates vpon the
chapiter round about, all of brasse : and
like vnto these had the second pillar
with wreathen worke.
18 IF And the captaine of the guard,
tooke Seraiah the chiefe Priest, and
Zephaniah the second Priest, and the
three keepers of the t doore. iHeto.
19 And out of the citie hee tooke an threshold.
||Officer, that was set ouer the men of II Or, Eu-
warre, and fiue men of them that twere nuch.
t Hebr. saw
in the kings presence, which were found the Kings
in the citie, and the flprincipall Scribe I Or, scribe
of the hoste, which mustered the people toine ofthe
of the land, and threescore tnen of the haste.
people of the land that were found in
the citie.
20 And Nebuzaradan captaine of
the guard tooke these, and brought
them to the king of Babylon, to Rib-
lah.
21 And the King of Babylon smote
them, and slew them at Riblah in the
land of Hamath : so ludah was caried
away out of their land.
22 IT * And as for the people that re- * lere. 40.
mained in the land of ludah, whom 3,9.
Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon
had left, euen ouer them he made Geda-
liah the sonne of Ahikam, the sonne of
Shaphan, ruler.
23 And when all the * captaines of * lerc. 40.
the armies, they, and their men, heard 7.
that the King of Babylon had made
Gedaliah gouernour, there came to
Gedaliah to Mispah, euen Ishmael
the sonne of Nethaniah, and Johanan
the sonne of Careah, and Seraiah the
sonne of Tanhumeth the Netopha-
thite, and Jaazaniah the sonne of a
Maachathite, they, and their men.
24 And Gedaliah sware to them
and to their men, and said vnto them,
Feare not to be the seruants of the Cal-
dees : dwell in the land, and serue the
King of Babylon; and it shall bee well
with you.
25 But it came to passe in the seuenth
moneth, that Ishmael the sonne of Ne-
thaniah, the sonne of Elishama, of tthe tlTeftr.o/
seed royal, came, and ten men with him, dome.
^ fting--
and *smote Gedaliah, that he died, and * Iere. 41.2.
the lewes, and the Caldees that were
with him at Mizpah.
26 And all the people both small and
great, and the captaines of the armies
arose, and came to Egypt: for they were
afraid of the Caldees.
27 IT And it came to passe in the seuen
and
Adam, and I.Chron.
and thirtieth yeere of the captiuitie of
ehoiachin king of ludah, in the
twelfth moneth, on the seuen and twen-
tieth day of the moneth, that Euilmero-
lach king of Babylon, in the yeere that
le began to reigne, did lift vp the head
of lehoiachin king of ludah out ofi
Heb. good >rison.
things with 28 And he spake t kindly to him, and
him.
jTHE F I R S T B O O K E
of the Chronicles.
C H A P . I.
1 Adams line to Noah. 5 The sonnes of la-
pheth. 8 The sonnes of Ham. 17 The
sonnes of Shem. 24 Shems line to A-
braham. 29 Ishmaels sonnes. 32 The
sonnes of Keturah. 34 The posteritie of
Abraham by Esau. 43 The Kings of E-
dom. 51 The Dukes of Edom.
Dam, * Sheth,
A
* Gen. 5. Enosh,
3,9.
2 Kenan, Ma-
halaleel, lered,
3 Henoch, Me-
thushelah, La-
in ech,
4 Noah, Shem,
Ham,& lapheth.
* Gen. 10. 2 5 If * The sonnes of lapheth: Go-
mer, and Magog, and Madai, and la-
uan , and Tubal, and Meshech , and
Tiras.
6 And the sonnes of Gomer: Ash-
8 Or, Di- cbenaz, and || Riphath, and Togar-
j>hatki as it mah.
is in some
copies. 7 And the sonnes of lauan : Eli-
a Or, Roda* shah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and ||Do-
nim, accor- danim.
ning to some
copies. 8 1F The sonnes of Ham : Cush,
and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
9 And the sonnes of Cush : Siba,
and Hauilah, and Sabta, and Raa-
mah, and Sabtecha : and the sonnes of
Raamah : Sheba, and Dedan.
* Gen. 10. 8 10 And Cush * begate Nimrod: hee
began to be mightie vpon the earth.
11 And Mizraim begate Ludim, and
his genealogies.
set his throne aboue the throne of the
kings that were with him in Babylon,
29 And changed his prison gar-
ments : and he did eate bread continu-
ally before him all the dayes of his life.
30 And his allowance was a continu-
all allowance giuen him of the king, a
dayly rate for euery day, all the dayes of
his life.
Anamim, and Lehabim , and Naph-
tuhim,
12 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim
[of whome came the Philistines) and
* Caphthorim. * Deut 2.
13 And Canaan begate Zidon his 23.
first borne, and Heth.
14 The lebusite also, and the Amo-
rite, and the Girgashite,
15 And the Hiuite, and the Arkite,
and the Sinite,
16 And the Aruadite, and the Zema-
rite, and the Hamathite.
17 H The sonnes of *Shem : Elam, * Gen. 10.
and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, 23. 10.
& 11.
and Aram, and Vz, & Hul, and Gether,
and 11 Meshech. II Or, Mash,
18 And Arphaxad begate Shelah, gen. 10. 23.
and Shelah begate Eber.
19 And vnto Eber were borne two
sonnes : the name of the one was \\ Peleg, !! That is, di
(because in his dayes the earth was di- uision.
uided) and his brothers name was lok-
tan.
20 And * loktan begate Almodad, * Gen. 10.
and Sheleph, and Hazermaueth, anc 26.
lerah,
21 Hadoram also, and Vzal, anc
Diklah,
22 And Ebal, and Abimael, anc
Sheba,
23 And Ophir, and Hauilah, anc
lobab: all these were the sonnes o:
loktan.
24 f *Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, * Luke 3.24
25 *Eber, Peleg, Rehu, * Gen. 11.
15.
26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,
27 *Abram,
Abrahams Chap.ij.
* Gen. 17.5 #7 ^Abram, the same is Abraham.
* Gen, 21.
2,3.
9.8 The sonnes of Abraham : * I-
* Gen, 16. saac, and * Ishmael.
11. 29 IT These are their generations:
* Gen. 25, The * first-borne of Ishmael 5 Neba-
13, to 17.
ioth, then Kedar, and Adbeel, and
Mibsam,
30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa,
\Ot,Hadart ||Hadad, and Tema,
Gen. 2fi* 14
31 letur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
These are the sonnes of Ishmael.
38 1F Now the sonnes of Keturah,
Abrahams Concubine : she bare Zim-
ran, and lokshan, and Medan, and
Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
And the sonnes of lokshan, Sheba,
and Dedan.
33 And the sonnes of Midian : E-
phah, and Ephar, and Henoch, and Abi-
da, and Eldaah. All these are the sonnes
of Keturah.
34 And Abraham begate Isaac.
The sonnes of Isaac : Esau, and Is-
rael.
* Gen. 36.
9,10.
35 f The sonnes of *Esau : Eliphaz,
Reuel, and leush, and laalam, and
Korah.
36 The sonnes of Eliphaz : Teman,
I! Or, Zepho, and Omar, ||Zephi, and Gatam, Ke-
Gen. 36. 12
naz, and Timna, and Amalek.
37 The sonnes of Reuel : Nahath,
Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
38 And the sonnes of Seir : Lotan,
and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.
39 And the sonnes of Lotan : Hori,
11 Oijfeman, and ||Homam : and Timna was Lotans
Gen. 3G. 22.
sister.
II Or, Alium, 40 The sonnes of Shobal : || Alian,
Gen. 36. 23
I Or, Sepho, and Manahath , and Ebal, || Shephi,
Gen. 36.23 and Onam. And the sonnes of Zibe-
on : Aiah, and Anah.
* Chap. 2, 41 The sonnes of Anah : * Dishon.
31.
II Or Hem- And the sonnes of Dishon : || Amram,
dun> Gen. and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
36. 26.
42 The sonnes of Ezer : Bilham,
II Or Akan^ and Zauan, and \\ lakan. The sonnes of
Gen. 36. 27 Dishon : Vz, and Aran,
* Gen. sa.
31.
43 11 Now these are the * kings that
reigned in the land of Edom, before any
king reigned ouer the children of Is-
rael. Bela the sonne of Beor; and the
name of his citie, was Dinhabah.
44 And when Bela was dead, lo-
bab the sonne of Zerah of Bosrah, reig-
ned in his stead.
45 And when lobab was dead,
Husham of th"e land of the Temanits,
reigned in his stead.
generations.
46 And when Husham was dead,
Hadad the sonne of Bedad (which
smote Midian in the field of Moab)
reigned in his stead: and the name of
his citie was Auith.
47 And when Hadad was dead,
Samlah of Masrekah, reigned in his
stead.
48 And when Samlah was dead,
Shaul of Rehoboth *by the riuer, * Gen. 36.
reigned in his stead. 37.
49 And when Shaul was dead, Ba-
al-hanan the sonne of Achbor, reigned
in his stead.
50 And when Baal-hanan was
dead, || Hadad reigned in his stead : andGen.
!J Or, Hadar,
39. 39
the name of his citie was \\ Pai: and his II Or, Paw,
wiues name was Mehetabel the daugh- Gen. 36. 39
ter of Hatred, the daughter of Me-
zahab.
51 f Hadad dyed also. And the
* Dukes of Edom were : Duke Tim- * Gen. 36.
40.
nah, Duke Aliah, Duke letheth,
52 Duke Aholibamah, Duke Elah,
Duke Pinon,
53 Duke Kenaz, Duke Teman,
Duke Mibzar,
54 Duke Magdiel, Duke Iram.
These are the Dukes of Edom.
C H A P . II.
1 The sonnes of Israel. 3 The poste^itie of
ludah by Tamar. 13 The children of lesse.
18 The posteritie of Caleb the sonne of
Hesron. 21 Hesrons posteritie by the daugh-
ter of Machir. 25 lerahraeels posteritie.
34 Sheshans posteritie. 42 another branch
of Calebs posteritie. 50 The posteritie of
Caleb the sonne of Hur.
t
Heseare the sonnes of || Is- II Or, Jacob.
rael : * Reuben, Simeon, 32. * Gen. 29.
& 30. 5.
Leui, and ludah, Issa- 22. & 35. 18;
& 43.
char, and Zebulun, 8. &C.
% Dan, Joseph, and
Beniamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3 IF The sonnes of * ludah : Er5 * Gen. 38.
and Onan, and Shelah. Which three 3. & 46,12.
were borne vnto him, of the daughter
of Shua * the Canaanites. And Er the * Gen. 38.2.
first-borne of ludah, was euill in the
sight of the LORD, and he slue him.
4 And * Tamar his daughter-in * Gen. 3t\
law bare him Pharez, and Zeran. All 29, 30.
Hat.!. 3.
the sonnes of ludah were fine.
5 The sonnes of * Pharez : Hez- * Ruth. 4.
ron, and Hamul. 18.
6 And the sonnes of Zerah : ||Zim- II Or. Zabdi,
7.1.
ri,*and Ethan, and Reman, and Caleol, Ivsh.*l.Kin.4.
and ||Dara. Fine of them in all. 31.
7 And II Ot, Dafda.
The genealogie I.Chron.
Or, Achan. 7 And the sonnes of Carmi: || A-
char, the troubler of Israel, who trans-
* losh. 6. gressed in the thing * accursed.
9. ana 7. 8 And the sonnes of Ethan : Aza-
,25.
riah.
9 The sonnes also of Hezron, that
were borne vnto him : lerahmeel, and
Of. Aram. | Ram, and ||Chelubai.
Mat. l. 3.
Of, Caleb, 10 And Ram * begate Arainadab,
ver. 18.
* Ruth. 4.
and Aminadab begat Nahshon, prince
19. of the children of ludah.
11 And Nahshon begate Salma,
and Salma begate Boaz.
12 And Boaz begate Obed, and O-
bed begate lesse.
* 1.3am. 16. 13 IF * And lesse begate his first-
6. borne Eliab, and Abinadab the second,
I! Or, Sham- and HShimma the third,
ma, l. Sam. 14 Nathanael the fourth, Raddai
16.9.
the fifth,
15 Ozem the sixth, Dauid the se-
uenth:
16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and
Abigail. And the sonnes of Zeruiah:
Abishai, and loab, and Asahel, three.
17 And Abigail bare Amasa. And
the father of Amasa, was lether the
Ishmeelite.
18 IF And Caleb the sonne of Hez-
ron, begate children of Azubah his wife,
and of lerioth : her sonnes are these:
lusher, Shobab, and Ardon.
19 And when Azubah was dead, Ca-
leb tooke vnto him Ephrath, which
bare him Hur.
20 And Hur begate Vri, and Vri
• EXOd. 31e begate *Bezaleel.
2.
21 IF And afterward Hezron went
in to the daughter of Machir, the fa-
tHtf&feefr*. ther of Gilead, whom hee || married
when he was threescore yeeres old, and
she bare him Segub.
22 And Segub begate lair, who
had three and twenty cities in the land
of Gilead.
* Num. 32. 23 * And he tooke Geshur, and A-
41. deut 3.
14. tosh. 13. ram, with the townes of lair, from
30.
them, with Kenath, and the townes
thereof, euen threescore cities. All these
belonged to the sonnes of Machir, the fa-
ther of Gilead.
24 And after that Hezron was dead
in Caleb Ephratah, then Abiah Hez-
rons wife, bare him Ashur, the father
of Tekoa.
25 IF And the sonnes of lerahmeel
the first-borne of Hezron, were Ram
the first-borne, and Bunah, and Oren,
and Ozen, and Ahiiab.
of ludah.
26 lerahmeel had also an other
wife, whose name was Atarah, she was
the mother of Onam.
27 And the sonnes of Ram the first-
)orne of lerahmeel, were Maaz, and
Eamin, and Ekar.
28 And the sonnes of Onam were,
Shammai, and lada. And the sonnes
of Shammai: Nadab, and Abishur.
29 And the name of the wife of A-
bishur was Abihail, and shee bare him
Ahban, and Molid.
30 And the sonnes of Nadab: Se-
led, and Appaim. But Seled died with-
out children.
31 And the sonnes of Appaim, Ishi:
and the sonnes of Ishi, Sheshan : and
the children of Sheshan, Ahlai.
32 And the sonnes of lada the bro-
ther of Shammai, lether, and Jona-
than : and lether died without chil-
dren.
33 And the sonnes of Jonathan, Pe-
leth, and Zaza. These were the sonnes
of lerahmeel.
34 U Now Sheshan had no sonnes,
but daughters : and Sheshan had a ser-
uant, an Egyptian, whose name was
larha.
35 And Sheshan gaue his daugh-
ter to larha his seruant to wife, and
she bare him Attai.
36 And Attai begate Nathan, and
Nathan begate *Zabad, * Chap. 11.
37 And Zabad begate Ephlal, and 41.
Ephlal begate Obed,
38 And Obed begate lehu, and le-
hu begate Azariah,
39 And Azariah begate Helez , and
Helez begate Eleasah,
40 And Eleasah begate Sisamai,
and Sisamai begate Shallum,
41 And Shallum begate leka-
miah, and lekamiah begate Elishama.
42 1F Now the sonnes of Caleb the
brother of lerahmeel were, Mesha his
first-borne, which was the father oi
Ziph : and the sonnes of Maresha the
father of Hebron.
43 And the sonnes of Hebron : Ko-
rah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and
Shema.
44 And Shema begat Raham, the
father of lorkoam: and Rekem begate
Shammai.
45 And the sonne of Shammai was
Maon: and Maon was the father oi
Beth-zur.
46 And Ephah Calebs concubine
bare
The genealogie Chapaij* of Dauid.
bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Nathan, and Solomon, foure, of
and Haran begate Gazez. ||Bathshua the daughter of JlAmmieL I Or, Beth-
47 And the. sonnes of lahdai: Re- 6 Ibhar also, and ||Elishama, and sabe^.Sam.
11. 13.
gem, and loth am, and Geshan, and Eliphelet, I Or, Eliam*
2. Sam. 11. 3
Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. 7 And Nog% and NepTieg, and ^Or^Elishua
48 Maacha Calebs concubine, bare laphia, 2.5am. 5.15
Sheber, and Tirhanah. 8 And Elfetoma, and ||Eliada, and da, lOr.'MSb.
1. £%ro.
49 Shee bare also Shaaph the fa* Eliphelet, nine. 14.7.
ther of Madmannah, Sheua the father 9 These were all the sonnes of Dauid:
of Machbenah, & the father of Gibea: beside the sonnes of the concubines, and
* losfi. 15. And the daughter of Caleb *was Ach- Tamar * their sister. * •». Saift.
13.1.
17. sah. 10 U And Solomons sonne was *Re- * i.King. 11
50 f These were the sonnes of Ca- hoboam : || Abia his sonne: Asa his son: 43. & 15. 8
lOr*Abiam,
leb, the sonne of Hur, the first borne of lehoshaphat his sonne: 1. king. is. l
Ephratah : Shobal the father of Ki- 11 loram his sonne : || Ahaziah his I Or, Azari-
aM.cAr.22.
riath-iearim, sonne : loash his sonne: S. <J 21. 17.
51 Salma tfte fkther of Bethlehem: 12 Amaziah his sonne: |[ Azarmh his I Or, Psasiah
2. king. 15.
Hareph the father of Beth-gader. sonne : lotham his sonne :• 30.
5% And Shobal the father of Kiri- 18 Ahaz his sonne: Hezekiah his
r^jzw^, ath-iearim» had sonnes, HHaroe, dnd sonne : Manasseh his sonne:
chap. 4.2. ||halfe of the Manahethites. 14 Amon his sonne : losiah his
ft Or, fudft
of the Me- 59 And the families of Kiriath*iea* sonne.
riuchitet.
Or Hatsl- rim, the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and 15 And the sonnes of I0sfeh were:
hammenu- the Shumathites, and the Mishraites: the first borne || lohanan, the second chaz<2.king.
II Or, Ida.
choth.
of them came the Zateathites, and the Hloakim, the third ||Zedekiah, the 23. 30.
Eshtaulites. fourth Sallum. 5 Or, JEJta-
fctm, 2. Ariwg-.
54 The sonnet of Salmah : Beth* 16 And the sonnes* of *Ioakim: 23. 34.
lehem, and the Netophathites, ||Ata- I Or, Ma-
||leconiah his sonne, ||Zedekiah his thania,2jcin.
I! Of, Atft^ roth, the house of Ioab> and halfe of sonne. 24. 17.
rites, or.
crownesfy the Manahethites, the Zorites.
Mat. l.ll.
17 1F And the somes of || leconiah, *I Or, lehoia-
the house 55 And the families of the Scribes, Assir, tSalathiel *his sonne, chin, 2. king.
ofloab. 24.6.
which dwelt at labez : the Tirathites, 18 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, B Or, Coniah,
the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. and Shenazar, lecamiah, Hosama, ier. 22. 24.
* lud. i, ia These are the * Kenites that came of t Heb. She.
and Nedabiah^ altiel.
Hemath, the father of the house of 19 And the sOUmes of Pfid^iah were: *24.2.17.King.
being
* ler. 35.». *Rechab. Zerubbabel, and Shimei : And the his vncle.
sonne of Zerubbabel, Meshullam, and * Mat. Ti. 12
CHAP. III. Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister.
1 The sonnes of Dauid. 10 His line to Zedd- 20 And Hazubah, and Ohel, and Be-
kiah. 17 The successors of leconiah.
rechiah,& Hasadiah, Tushabhesed, fiue.
Ow these were the sonnes SI And the sonnes of Hananiah, Pe-

n
* 2. Sam. 3.2
* losh. 15.
56.
of Dauid, which were
borne vnto him in Hebron.
The first borne * Amnon,
of Ahinoam the * lesree-
B Or, Chile. litesse: the Second ||Daniel, of Abigail
latiah, and lesaiah : the sonnes of Re-
phaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sonnes
of Obadiah, the sonnes of Sechaniah.
22 And the sonnes of Sechaniah,
Semaiah : and the sonnes of Semaiah,
a0,2.$am.3.3 the CarmeliteSse: Hat tush, and .Igeal, and Bariah, and
2 The third, Absalom the sonne of Neariah, and Shaphat, sixe.
Maacha, the daughter of Talmai king 28 And the sonnes of Neariah : Eli-
of Geshur : the fourth, Adoniah the oenai, and t Hezekiah, and Azrikam, t Heb. His.
sonne of Haggith: three. kijah.
3 The fifth > Shephatia of Abital: 24 And the sonnes of Elioenai, were:
*2. Sain. 3.5 the sixth, Ithream by * Eglah his wife. tlodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah,
4 These sixe were borne vnto him in and Akkub, and lohanan, and Dala-
Hebron, and there bee reigned seuen iah, and Anani, seuen,
yeeres, and sixe moneths: and in Jeru-
* s. Sain. 5. salem he reigned thirty and three yeres. C H A P . IIIL
14.
II Or, Sham. 5 *And these were borne vnto him 1.11 The posteritte of tudah by Caleb the sonne
mua,2.Sam. in Jerusalem, ||Shimea, and Shobab, of Hur. SOfAshurtheposthumussonofHez-
5. 14.
ron.
The genealogie I.Chron.
ron. 9 Of labez, and his prayer. 21 The
posteritie of Shelah. 24 The posteritie and
cities of Simeon. 39 Their conquest of Ge-
dor, and of the Amalekites in mount Seir.
H E sonnes of ludah :
t
* Gen. 38. * Pharez , Hebron , and
29. and
46.12. j|Carmi, and Hur, and
Or, Che* Shobal.
ubai, Chap.
2. 9. or Ca- % And ||Reaiah, the
leb, Chap, son of Shobal, begate lahath, and la-
s. 18.
I Or, Haroe, lath begate Ahumai, & Lahad. These
Chap. 2. 52.
are the families of the Zorathites.
3 And these were of the father of E-
tam : lezreel & Ishma, & Idbash : and
the name of their sister was Hazelelponi.
4 And Penuel the father of Gedor,
and Ezer the father of Hushah. These
are the sonnes of Hur, the first borne of
Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.
* Cha. 2.24. 5 f And *Ashur the father of Te-
coa, had two wiues : Helah, & Naarah.
6 And Naarah bare him Ahusam,
and Hepher, and Temeni, and Ahash-
tari. These were the sonnes of Naarah.
7 And the sonnes of Helah were:
Zereth, and Zoar, and Ethnan.
8 And Coz begate Anub, and Zo-
bebah, and the families of Aharhel, the
sonne of Harum.
9 1F And labez was more honou-
rable then his brethren: and his mother
II That is, called his name || labez, saying, Be-
Borrowfutt. cause I bare him with sorrow.
10 And labez called on the God of
WJeb.If Israel, saying, tOh that thou woul-
thou wilt, dest blesse mee indeede, and enlarge my
&•
coast, and that thine hand might bee
i Heb. doe with me, and that thou wouldest tkeepe
vn$. mee from euill, that it may not grieue
me. And God granted him that which
he requested.
11 1[ And Chelub the brother of
Shuah, begate Mehir, which was the
father of Eshton.
12 And Eshton begate Beth-rapha,
and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father
!! Or, the city of || Ir-nahash. These are the men ol
rfNahash. Rechah.
13 And the sonnes of Kenaz : Oth-
niel, and Saraia : and the sonnes o1
i Or, Ha- Othniel, || Hathath.
thath, and 14 And Meonothai begate Ophrah:
Afeonothai,
who beg-ate, and Seraiah begate Ioab v the father
4*
II Or, inha- of the 11 valley of ||Charasim, for they
bitants of were craftesmen.
the valley.
II That is, 15 And the sonnes of Caleb the sonne
craftesmen. of lephunneh : Iru, Elah, and Naam,
\\Or,Vknaz and the sonnes of Elah, ||euen Kenaz.
16 And the sonnes of lehaleleel •
ofludah.
Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.
17 And the sonnes of Ezra were: le-
;her, and Mered, and Epher> and la-
on : and she bare Miriam, and Sham-
iriai, & Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
18 And his wife || lehudiiah bare nI Or, the
lered the father of Gedor, and Heber 2lew'esse,
the father of Socho, and lekuthiel the
Gather of Zanoah. And these are the
sonnes of Bithiah the daughter of
Pharaoh, which Mered tooke.
19 And the sonnes of his wife ||Ho-nII Or, lehu-
diah, the sister of Naham the father of diiah,
\ men-
tioned be-
Keilah, the Garmite, and Eshtemoa^fore.
the Maachathite.
20 And the sonnes of Simeon were:
Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and
Tilon, And the sonnes of Ishi were:
Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.
£1 1f The sonnes of Shelah *the*T
sonne of ludah were : Er the father of*
Lecah, and Laadah the father of Ma-
reshah, and the families of the house of
them that wrought fine linnen, of the
bouse of Ashbea.
22 And lokim, and the men of Cho-
zeba, and loash, and Saraph, who
had the dominion in Moab, & lashubi
Lehem. And these are ancient things.
23 These were the Potters, and those
that dwelt amongst plants and hedges.
There they dwelt with the king for his
worke.
24 IF The sonnes of Simeon were:
||Nemuel, and lamin, larib, Zerah, n II Or, le-
and Shaul: \muel, Gen.
46. 10. -E.T-
25 Shallum his sonne : Mibsam his o od. 6. 15.
sonne : Mishma his sonne.
26 And the sonnes of Mishma : Ha-
muel his sonne, Zacchur his sonne,
Shimei his sonne.
27 And Shimei had sixteene sonnes,
and sixe daughters, but his brethren
had not many children, neither did all
their family multiply tlike to the chil- 1t Heb. vnto.
dren of ludah.
28 And they dwelt at *Beer-sheba, <* loch. 19. 2
and Moladah, and Hazar-shual,
29 And at ||Bilha, and at Ezem, and iII Or, Bcla,
losh. 19.3.
at ||Tolad, \II Or, Elto-
30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, *lad,Ios.i<). 4
and at Ziklag,
31 And at Beth - marcaboth , and
||Hazar-Susim, and at Bethbirei, a n d ]Susa,
II Or, Hazar-
losh.
at Shaaraim. These were their cities, i19. 5.
vnto th6 reigne of Dauid.
32 And their villages were : ||Etam, II1 Or, Ether,
and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Jlosh. 19. 7.
Ashan, fiue cities.
33 And
Simeons genealogie,
33 And all their villages that were
ft Or, Baa- round about the same cities, vnto || Ba-
lath-Beer,
losh. 19. 8.al. These were their habitations, and
their ||genealogie:
II Or, as they
diuided
themselves 34 And Meshobab, and lamlech,
by nations a-
mong them. and loshah the sonne of Amashiah,
35 And loel, and lehu the sonne of
losibia, the sonne of Seraia, the sonne
of Asiel,
36 And Elioenai, and laakobah,
and lesohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel,
and lesimiel, and Benaiah,
37 And Ziza the sonne of Shiphi,
the sonne of Allon, the sonne of ledaia,
the sonne of Shiran, the sonne of She-
rnaiah.
t Hebr. com- 38 These tmentioned by their names,
minff.
were Princes in their families, and
the house of their fathers increased
greatly.
39 U And they went to the entrance
of Gedor, euen vnto the East side of the
valley, to seeke pasture for their flocks.
40 And they found fat pasture and
good, and the land was wide, and quiet,
and peaceable : for theyj of Ham had
dwelt there of old.
41 And these written by name, came
in the dayes of Hezekiah king of Iu-
dah$ and smote their tents, and the habi-
tations that were found there, and de-
stroyed them vtterly vnto this day, and
dwelt in their roomes: because there was
pasture there for their flocks.
42 And some of them, euen of the
sonnes of Simeon, fiue hundred men,
went to mount Seir, hauing for their
captaines Pelatiah, and Neariah, and
Rephaiah, and Vzziel, the sonnes of
Mil.
43 And they smote the rest of the A-
malekites that were escaped, and dwelt
there vnto this day.
C H A P . V.
1 The line of Reuben ( who lost his birthright)
vnto the captiuitie. 9 Their habitation and
conquest of the Hagarites. 11 The chiefe
men, and habitations of Gad. 18 The num-
ber and conquest of Reuben, Gad, and the
halfe of Manasseh. 23 The habitations and
chiefe men of that halfe tribe. 25 Their cap-
tiuitie for their sinne.
)w the sonnes of Reu-
AA
*en the first borne of Is-
* Gen. 35. ael, (for *hee was the first
22. -and 49.
4. >orne, but, forasrftuch as
«^WCT<VW *ie defiled his
his birthright was giuen vnto
Chap.v. and Reubens.
sonnes of Joseph the sonne of Israel:
and the genealogie is not to be recko-
ned after the birthright.
2 por *Iudah preuailed aboue his * Gen. 49.
brethren, and of him came the *chiefe 9,10.
* Mich. 5* 2.
|| rulers, but the birthright was Jo- matth. 2. 6.
sephs. II Or', Prince.
3 The *sonnes, / say> of Reuben the * Gen. 46.
first borne of Israel were: Hanoch, and 9.14.exod. 6.
num. 26:
Pallu, Ezron, and Carmi. 5.
4 The sonnes of loel: Shemaiah
his sonne : Gog his sonne ; Shimei his
sonne:
5 Mieah his son : Reaia his sonne:
Baal his sonne.
6 Beerah his sonne : whom ||Til- II Or, Tiff-
gath-pilneser king of Assyria, carried lath-pilne-
ser, 2. king.
awaycaptiue:Hewas Prince of the Reu-15. 16.7.
29. and
benites.
7 And his brethren by their fami-
lies (when the genealogie of their gene-
rations was reckoned) were the chiefe,
leiel, and Zechariah,
8 And Bela the sonne of Azah, the
sonne of ||Shema, the sonne of loel, II Or, Shema-
who dwelt in * Aroer, euen vnto Nebo, iahi ver. 4.
* losh. 13.
and Baalmeon, 15, 16.
9 And Eastward he inhabited vnto
the entring in of the wildernes, from
the riuer Euphrates: because their cat-
tell were multiplied in the land of Gi-
lead.
10 And in the dayes of Saul, they
made warre with the Hagarites, who
fell by their hand : and they dwelt in
their tents t throughout all the East Iffebr.vpon
land of Gilead. all the face
of the Mast.
11 If And the children of Gad dwelt
ouer against them, in the land of *Ba*- * I06h. 13.
11.
shan vnto Salchah.
1& loel the chiefe, and Shapham
the next : and laanai, and Shaphat in
Bashan.
13 And their brethren of the house of
their fathers, were: Michael, and Me-
shullam, and Sheba, and lorai, and
lachan, and Zia, and Heber, seuen.
14« These are the children of Abihail
the sonne of Huri, the sonne of laroah,
the sonne of Gilead, the sonne of Mi-
chael, the sonne of leshishai, the sonne
of lahdo, the sonne of Buz:
15 Ahi the sonne of Abdiel, the sonne
of Guni, chiefe of the house of their fa-
thers.
16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Ba-
shan , and in her townes, and in all the * Chap. 27.
Suburbs of * Sharon, vpon t their 29.
the borders. t Hebr. their
goingsforth.
17 All
The genealogie I.ChrOn.
17 All these were reckoned by gene-
* 2. Kings alogies in the dayes of lotham *king
16. 5, 32.
of ludah, and in the dayes of lerobo-
1
am king of Israel.
18 IF The sonnes of Reuben, and
the Gadites, and halfe the tribe of Ma-
Heb. sons nasseh, of t valiant men , men able to
of valour. beare buckler and sword, and to shoote
with bow, and skilfull in warre, were
foure and fourtie thousand, seuen hun-
dred and threescore, that went out to the
warre*
. 19 And they made warre with the
* Gen. 25. Hagarites, with *Ietur, and Nephish,
is.
and Nodab.
20 And they were helped against
them, and the Hagarites were deliue-
red into their hand, and all that were
with them: for they cried to God in the
battell, and he Was intreated of them,
because they put their trust in him.
\Heb.kd 21 And they ttooke away their cat-
captiue. tell : of their camels fiftie thousand, and
of sheepe two hundted and fiftie thou-
sand, and of asses twtf thousand, and of
t Heb. aoules tmen an hundred thousand.
of men, as
num. 31. 35. 22 For there fell downe many slaine,
because the warre was of God. And they
dwelt in their steads vntil the captiuity.
23 .1T And the children of the halfe
tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the lande:
they increased from Bashan vnto Ba-
al-hermon, and Senir, and vnto mount
Hermon.
24* And these were the heads of the
house of their fathers, euen Epher, and
Ishi, & Eliel, and Azriel, and leremiah,
and Hodauiah, and lahdiel, mightie
t Hebr. men men of valour, t famous irten, & heads
of names.
of the house of their fathers.
25 IF And they transgressed against
* 2. King. the God of their fathers, and went *a
17-7. whoring after the Gods of the people
of the land, whome God destroyed be-
fore them.
26 And the God of Israel stirred vp
* 2. Kings the spirit of * Pul king of Assyria, and
15. 19.
the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of
Assyria, and he caried them away (euen
the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and
the halfe tribe of Manasseh:) & brought
* 2. King. them vhta *Halah, and Habor, and Ha-
17. 6. ra, and to the riuer Gozan, vnto this
day.
C H A P . VI.
\ Hiesonnesof Leui. 4 The line of the Priests
vnto the captiuitie. 16 The families of Ger- minadab
shoiiij Merari, and Kohath. 49 The office of Assir his sonne,
of the Leuites,
Aaron and his line vnto Ahimaaz. 54* The
cities of the Priests and Leuites.
He sonnes of Leui: * || Ger- 11.
AA
* Gen. 46.
t shon, Kohath & Merari. 17. exod. s.
Kohath : Amram, Iza-
^^P^B^^ har, & Hebr
3 And the children of Amram: Aa-
8 Or, Ger.
% And the sonnes of sftom,ver.i6
ron , and Moses, and Miriam. The
sonnes also of Aaron : *Nadab, and A- *l. Leuit. 10.
bihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
4 f Eleazar begate Phihehas, Phi-
nehas begate Abishua.
5 And Abishua begate Bukki, and
Bukki begate Vzzi,
6 And Vzzi begate Zerahiah, and
Zerahiah begate Meraioth,
7 Meraioth begate Amariah, and
Amariah begate Ahitub,
8 And * Ahitub begate Zadok, and 27. * 2. Sam. 15
Zadok begate Ahimaaz,
9 And Ahimaaz begate Azariah,
and Azariah begate lohanan,
10 And lohanan begate Azariah,
(hee it is that executed the Priests office,
in tthe ^temple that Solomon built in (he t Hebr. in
house.
lerusalem) * 2. Chron.
11 And Azariah begate Amariah, 3.1. king. G.
and Amariah begate Ahitub,
1% And Ahitub begate Zadok, and
Zadok begate ||Shallum, I Or, Me.
shullam.
IS And Shallum begate Hilkiah, and l.chro. 9.1!
Hilkiah begate Azariah,
14* And Azariah begate. # Seraiah, *11.11. Nehem.
and Seraiah begate lehozaclak,
15 And lehozadak went into captiui-
tie, *when the LORD caried away lu- *25.18. 2. Kings
dah and lerusalem by the hand of Ne-
buchad-nezzar.
16 H The sonnes of Leui : *||Ger- *17.Exod. 6.
shom, Kohath, and Merari. B Or, Ger-
17 And these be the names of the shon, ver. i.
sonnes of Gershom : Libni, & Shimei.
18 And the sonnes of Kohath were:
Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and
Vzziel.
19 The sonnes of Merari: Mahli,
and Mushi. And these are the families
of the Leuites, according to their fa-
thers.
20 Of Gershom: Libni his sonne,
lahath his sonne, * Zimmah his * Vers. 42.
sonne,
21 || loah his sonne, || Iddo his IIver. Or, Ethan,
2.
sonne, Zerah his sonne, leaterai his 8 Or, Adaia.
sonne, ver. 41.
22 The sonnes of Kohath : ||Am- IIhar, Or, Iza-
ver. 2,
his sonne, Korah his sonne, 18.
23 Elkanah
The genealogie Chap.vj,
23 Elkanah his sonne, and Ebiasaph
his sonne, and Assir his sonne,
24 Tahath his sonne, Vriel his
sonne, Vzziah his sonne, and Shaul
his sonne.
•• See 35. & 25 And the sonnes of Elkanah : * A-
36. verses.
masai, and Ahimoth.
26 -As for Elkanah : the sonnes of
lOrZuph, Elkanah, ||Zophai his sonne, and Na-
I.Sam, l.l.
hath his sonne,
27 Eliab his sonne, leroham his
sonne, Elkanah his sonne.
28 And the sonnes of Samuel t the
I Called also first borne ||Vashni, and Abiah.
loel, ver. 33.
& 1. Sam. 29 The sonnes of Merari : Mahli,
8.3. Libni Iiis sonne, Shimei his sonne,
Vzza his sonne,
30 Shimea his sonne, Haggiah his'
sonne, Asaiah his sonne.
31 And these are Ihey, whom Dauid
set ouer the seruice of song in the house
•Chap. of the Lord, after that the * Arke had
16. l. ,
rest.
32 And they ministred before the
dwelling place of the Tabernacle of the
Congregation, with singing, •vntill
Solomon had built the house of the
LOUD in lerusalem : and then they
waited on their office, according to their
order.
t Heb. stood. 33 And these are they that t waited
with their children of the sonnes of the
Kohathites, Heman a singer: the sonne
of loel, the sonne of Sheirhuel,
34 The sonne of Elkanah, the sonne
of leroham, the sonne of Eliel, the
sonne of Toah,
35 The sonne of Zuph , the sonne of
Elkanah, the sonne of Mahath, the
sonne of Amasai,
36 The sonne of Elkanah, the sonne
of loel, the sonne of Azariah, the sonne
of Zephaniah,
37 The sonne of Tahath, the sonne
* Kxod. 6. of Assir, the sonne of * Ebiasaph , the
24.
sonne of Korah,
38 The sonne of Izhar, the sonne
of Kohath, the sonne of Leui, the sonne
of Israel.
39 And his brother Asaph (who stood
on his right hand) euen Asaph the sonne
of Berachiah, the sonne of Shimea,
40 The sonne of Michael, the sonne
of Baasiah, the sonne of Melchiah,
41 The sonne of Ethni, the sonne of
Zerah, the sonne of Adaiah,
42 The sonne of Ethan, the sonne
of Zimmah, the sonne of Shimei,
43 The sonne of lahath, the sonne
of fche Leuites*
of Gershom, the sonne of Leui.
44 And their brethren the sonnes
of Merari} stood on the left hand: Ethan
the sonne of || Kishi, the sonne of Abdi, Wr,Kusha-
iah. chap.
' the sonne of Malluch, 15. 17.
45 The sonne of Hashabiah, the
! sonne of Amazfah, the sonne of Hilkiah,
46 The sonne of Amzi, the sonne ol
Bani, the sonne of Shamer,
47 The sonne of Mahli, the sonne oi
Mushi, the sonne of Merari, the sonne
of Leui.
48 Their brethren also the Leuits
were appointed vnto all maner of ser-
uice of the Tabernacle of the house oi
God.
j 49 U But Aaron, and his sonnes
offered * vpon the altar of the burnt of- *LeuitK9.
' fering, and * on the altar of incense, and * Expd.
30. 7. '
were appointed for all the worke of the
place most holy, and to make an atone-
ment for Israel, according to all that
| Moses the seruant of God had com-
maunded.
50 And these are the sonnes of Aa-
ron : Eleazar his sonne, Phinehas
his sonne, Abishua his sonne,
51 Bukki his sonne, Vzzi his sonne,
Zerahiah his sonne,
! 52 Meraioth his sonne, Amariah
his sonne, Ahitub his sonne,
53 Zadok his sonne, Ahimaaz his
sonne.
54 11" Now these are their dwelling
places, throughout their castels in their
coasts, of the sonnes of Aaron, of the fa-
milies of the Kohathites : for theirs
was the lot.
55 And they gaue them Hebron in
the land of ludah, and the suburbes
thereof round about it.
56 But the fields of the citie, and the
villages thereof, they gaue to Caleb the
sonne of lephunneh.
57 And to the sonnes of Aaron they
gaue the cities of ludah, namely He-
bron the citie of refuge, and Libna with
her suburbes, and lattir and Eshte-
! rn oa, with their suburbes,
58 And ||Hilen with her suburbes, H Or Holon,
losh. 21. 15.
Debir with her suburbes,
59 And ||Ashan with her suburbes, I Or Ain,
losh. 21. 16.
and Beth-shemesh with her suburbes.
60 And out of the tribe of Benia-
min, Geba with her suburbes, and
)|Alemeth with her suburbes, Ana- lOrAliMn*
losh. 21.18.
thoth with her suburbes. All their ci-
ties throughout their families were thir-
teene cities.
61 And
The Leuites cities. l.Chron.
61 And vnto the sonnes of Kohath,
which were left of the family of that
ribe, were cities giuen out of the halfe
ribe, namely out of the halfetribe of Ma-
* losh. 21. 5 nasseh, by *lot, ten cities.
62 And to the sonnes of Gershom
throughout their families, out of the
tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe
of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naph-
;ali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in
Bashan, thirteene cities.
63 Vnto the sonnes of Merari were
giuen by lot, throughout their families,
out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of
;he tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of
* losh. 21. Zebulun, * twelue cities.
7,34.
64? And the children of Israel gaue
to the Leuites these cities, with their
suburbs.
65 And they gaue by lot, out of the
tribe of the children of ludah, and out
of the tribe of the children of Simeon,
and out of the tribe of the children of
Beniamin, these cities, which are called
3y their names.
66 And the residue of the families of
the sonnes of Kohath, had cities of
their coasts, out of the tribe of Ephraim.
* losh. 21. 67 * And they gaue vnto them of the
21.
cities of refuge, Shechem in mount E-
phraim, with her suburbs: they gaue al-
so Gezer with her suburbs,
68 And lokmearn with her sub-
urbs, & Beth-horon with her suburbs,
69 And Aialon with her suburbs,
and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs.
70 And out of the halfe tribe of Ma-
nasseh, Aner with her suburbs, and Bi-
leam with her suburbs, for the family of
the remnant of the sonnes of Kohath.
71 Vnto the sonnes of Gershom,
were giuen out of the family of the halfe
tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan
with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with
her suburbs.
72 And out of the tribe of Issachar,
Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath
with her suburbs,
73 And Ramoth with her suburbs
and Anem with her suburbs.
74 And out of the tribe of Asher,
Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon
with her suburbs,
75 And Hukok with her suburbs,
and Rehob with her suburbs.
76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali
Kedesh in Galilee, with her suburbs
and Hammon with her subnrbs, anc
Kiriathaim with her suburbs.
Iffachar, BeniamTin,
77 Vnto the rest of the children of
Vlerari were giuen out of the tribe of Ze-
>ulun, Rimmon with her suburbs,
Tabor with her suburbs.
78 And on the other side lorden by
[ericho, on the East side of lorden,
were giuen them out of the tribe of Reu-
II Or, Bozor,
)en, ||Bezer in the wildernesse with her losh. 21. 35.
suburbs, & Tahzah with her suburbs,
79 Kedemoth also with her sub-
urbs, & Mephaath with her suburbs.
80 And out of the tribe of Gad, Ra-
moth in Gilead with her suburbs, and
Mahanaim with her suburbs,
81 And Heshbon with her suburbs,
and lazer with her suburbs.
C H A P . VII.
1 The sonnes of Issachar, 6 Of Beniamin,
13 Of Naphtali, 14 Of Manasseh, 20, 24
And of Ephraim. 21 The calamitie of E-
phraim by the men of Gath. 23 Beriah is
borne. 28 Ephraims habitations. 30 The
sonnes of Asher.
[)w the sonnes of Issa-
n
*<5en. 46.
Aar were, * Tola, and Pu- 13.
num.
ih, lashub, and Shim- 26. 23.
ron, foure.
2 And the sonnes of
Tola : Vzzi, and Rephaiah, and le-
rrel, and lahmai, and libsam, and
Shemuel, heads of their fathers house,
to wit, of Tola, they were valiant men of
might in their generations, * whose *2. Sain. 24.
1,2.
number was in the dayes of Dauid two
and twentie thousand and sixe hundred.
3 And the sonnes of Vzzi, Izrahi-
ah: and the sonnes of Izrahiah, Mi-
chael, and Obadiah, and loel, Ishiah,
fiue : all of them ehiefe men.
4 And with them, by their genera-
tions , after the house of their fathers,
were bands of souldiers for warre , sixe
and thirtie thousand men : for they had
many wiues and sonnes.
5 And their brethren among all the
families of Issachar, were men of might,
reckoned in all by their genealogies3
fourescore and seuen thousand.
6 H The sonnes of * Beniamin : Bela, 21. * Gen 46.
and Becher, and lediael, three.
7 And the sonnes of Bela : Ezbon,
and Vzzi, and Vzziel, and lerimoth,
and Iri, fiue, heads of the house of their
fathers, mightie men of valour, and
were reckoned by their genealogies,
twentie and two thousand > and thirtie
and foure.
8 And the sonnes of Becher: Ze-
mira,
Manaffeh, Chap.vij.
mira, ana loasn, ana j&nezer, ana j&n-
oenai, and Omri, and lerimoth, and
Abiah, and Anathoth , and Alameth.
All these are the sonnes of Becher.
9 And the number of them, after
their genealogie by their generations,
heads of the house of their fathers ,
mightie men of valour, was twentie
thousand and two hundred.
10 The sonnes also of lediael, Bil-
han : and the sonnes of Bilhan, leush,
and Beniamin, and Ehud, and Chena-
anah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and
Ahishahar.
11 All these the sonnes of lediael, by
the heads of their fathers, mighty men
of valour, were seuenteene thousand
and two hundred souldiers, fit to goe
out for warre and battaile.
12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the
II Or, Iri,
vers. 7.
children of || Ir, and Hushim, the sonnes
I! Or, Ahi- of||Aher.
ram. num. 13 H The sonnes of Naphtali, lah-
26. 38.
ziel, and Guni, and lezer, and Shal-
lum, the sonnes of Bilhah.
14 1T The sonnes of Manasseh:
Ashriel, whom shee bare (but his concn-
bine the Aramitesse, bare Machir the
father of Gilead.
15 And Machir tooke to wife the sister
of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sisters
name was Maachah ) and the name of
the second was Zelophehad : and Zelo-
phehad had daughters.
16 And Maachah the wife of Ma-
chir bare a sonne, and shee called his
name Peresh, and the name of his bro-
ther was Sheresh, and his sonnes were
Vlam and Rakem.
* I.Sam. 12 17 And the sonnes of Vlam , *Be-
11.
dan. These were the sonnes of Gilead,
the sonne of Machir, the sonne of Ma-
nasseh.
18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare
Ishad, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
19 And the sonnes of Shemida were:
Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and
Aniam,
20 U And the sonnes of Ephraim :
Shuthelah: and Bered his sonne, and
Tahath his sonne, and Eladah his
sonne, and Tahath his sonne,
21 IT And Zabad his sonne, and Shu-
thelah his sonne, and Ezer, andElead,
whom the men of Gath, that were
borne in that land slewe, because they
came downe to take away their cattell.
22 And Ephraim their father mour-
ned many dayes, and his brethren came
and Ephraim.
to comrort mm.
23 IF And when hee went in to his
wife, shee conceiued and bare a sonne,
and he called his name, Beriah, because
it went euill with his house.
24 (And his daughter was She-
rah, who built Bethoron the nether,
and the vpper, and Vzzen Sherah.)
25 And Rephah was his sonne , also
Rezeph, and Telah his sonne, and Ta-
li an his sonne,
26 Laadan his sonne, Amihud his
sonne, Elishama his sonne,
27 || Non his sonne, lehoshua his numb. il Or, Nun.
13, 9.
sonne.
28 f And their possessions and ha-
bitations were, Bethel, and the townes
thereof, and Eastward * Naaran, and *I08kl6. 7
Westward Gezer with the t townes iHebr.
daughters.
thereof, Shechem also and the townes
thereof, vnto ]|Gaza and the townes dassa, \\Or,A-
1.
thereof. mac. 7* 45.
29 And by the borders of the chil-
dren of * Manasseh, Bethshean and her *Iosh. 17.7
townes, Taanach and her townes,
* Megiddo and her townes, Dor and 11. *Iosh.l7.
her townes. In these dwelt the chil-
dren of loseph the sonne of Israel.
30 f *The sonnes of Asher: Im- 17- * Gen. 46.
nali, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Be-
riah, and Serah their sister.
31 And the sonnes of Beriah : He-
ber, and Malchiel, who is the father of
Birzauith.
32 And Heber begate laphlet, and
Shomer, and Hotham, and Shuah
their sister.
S3 And the sonnes of laphlet : Pa-
sach, and Bimhal, and Ashuath. These
are the children of laphlet.
34 And the sonnes of Shamer : Ahi,
and Rohgah, lehubbah, and Aram.
35 And the sonne of his brother, He-
lem : Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh,
and Amal.
36 The sonnes of Zophah : Suah,
and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri,
and Imrah:
37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma,
and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.
38 And the sonnes of lether: le-
phunneh, and Pispa, and Ara.
39 And the sonnes of Vila : Arah,
and Haniel, and Rezia.
40 All these were the children of A-
sher, heads of their fathers house, choice
and mightie ftien of valour, chiefe of the
princes. And the number throughout
the genealogie of them , that were apt
to
The genealogie I.Chron. of Beniamin.
to the warre ana to battell, was twen- 23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and
tie and sixe thousand men. Hanan,
24 And Hananiah, and Elam , and
C H A P . VIII. Antothiiah,
25 And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the
1 The sonnes and chiefe men of Beniamin. 33 sonnes of Shashak,
The stocke of Saul and lonathan.
26 And Shamsherai, and Sheha-
Ow Beniamin begate riah, and Athaliah,
* Gene. 46.
21. num. 2&
38.
N * Bela his first borne, Ash-
bel the second,
rah the third,
and Aha-
27 And laresiah, and Eliah, and
Zichri the sonnes of leroham.
28 These were heads of the fathers,
2 Nohah the fourth, by their generations, chiefe men. These
and Rapha the fifth. dwelt in Jerusalem.
II Or, Ard, 3 And the sonnes of Bela were: \\ Ad- 29 And at Gibeon dwelt the ||father hiel, II Called Ie+
Gen. 46. 21. 1. Chro.
dar, and Gera, and Abihud, of Gibeon, ( whose * wiues name was 9.35.
4 And Abishua, and Naaman, and Maachah:) * Chap. 9,
35.
Ahoah, 30 And his first borne sonne Abdon,
II Or, Shu.
pham, Num.
5 And Gera, and ||Shephuphan, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, & Nadab,
26.39. and Huram. 31 And Gidor, & Ahio, and || Zacher, riah;\. II Or, Zacha-
Chr.
6 And these are the sonnes of E~ 32 And Mikloth begate ||Shimeah. 9.37.
hud: these are the heads of the fathers And these also dwelt with their bre- meam* ca. 9. II Or, Shi-
of the inhabitants of Geba, and they re- thren in Jerusalem, ouer against them. 38.
* Chap. 2. moued them to *Manahath: 33 f And *Ner begate Kish , and 51. 1. Sam. U.
52.
7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Kish begate Saul, and Saul begate
Gera, he remooued them, and begate Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abi-
Vzza, and Ahihud. nadab, and ||Eshbaal. II Or, Ishbo-
sheth, 2.
8 And Shaharaim begate children in 34 And the sonne of Jonathan was Sam. 2. 8.
the countrey of Moab. After hee had ||Meribbaal, and Meribbaal begate II Or, Me-
phibosheth,
sent them away : Hushim, and Baara Micah. 2. Sam. 4. 4.
were his wiues. 35 And the sonnes of Micah were Pi-
9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, thon, and Melech, and ||Tarea, and rea, II Or, Tah-
c. 9. 41.
lobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Ahaz.
Malcham, 36 And Ahaz begat lehoadah, and
10 And leuz, and Shachia, and lehoadah begate Alemeth, and Asma-
Mirma. These were his sonnes, heads ueth, and Zimri, and Zimri begate
of the fathers. Moza,
11 And of Hushim he begate Ahitub, 37 And Moza begate Binea: Rapha
and Elpaal. was his sonne, Elasa his sonne, Azel his
12 The sonnes of Elpaal: Eber, and sonne:
Misham, & Shamed, who built Ono, 38 And Azel had sixe sonnes, whose
and Lod with the townes thereof. names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru,
13 Beriah also and Shema, who and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and O-
were heads of the fathers of the inhabi- badiah, and Hanan. All these were the
tants of Aialon, who drpue away the sonnes of Azel.
inhabitants of Gath. 39 And the sonnes of Eshek his bro-
14 And Ahio, Shashak, and leri- ther were Vlam his first-borne, lehush
moth, the second, and Eliphelet the third.
15 And Zebadiah, & Arad, & Ader, 40 And the sonnes of Vlam were
16 And Michael, and Ispah , and mighty men of valour, archers, and
loha the sonnes of Beriah, had many sonnes, and sonnes sonnes,
17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, an hundred and fiftie. All these are of
and Hezeki, and Heber, the sonnes of Beniamin.
18 Ishmerai also, and lezliah, and
lobab the sonnes of Elpaal. C H A P . IX.
19 And lakim, and Zichri, & Zabdi,
20 AndElienai, and Zilthai, & Eliel, 1 The originall of Israels and ludahs genealo-
21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and gies. 2 The Israelites, 10 the Priests, 14
and the Leuites, with Nethinims which dwelt
II Or, Shema, Shimrath, the sonnes of ((Shimhi, in Jerusalem. 27 The charge of certaine
vers. 13.
22 And Ishpan, and Heber, & Eliel, Leuites. 35 The stocke of Saul and Jonathan.
So
Diuers officers Chap.ix. of the Temple.
O all Israel were recko- 15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Ga-

PH
ned by genealogies, & be- lal: and Mattaniah thesonne of Micah,
hold, they were written in the sonne of Zichri, the sonne of Asaph.
the booke of the Kings of 16 And Obadiah the sonne of Sho-
*8&WZS&M3Sfr Israel and ludah, who rn aiah, the sonne of Galal, the sonne of
were caried away to Babylon for their leduthun: and Berechiah the sonne of
transgression. Asa, the sonne of Elkanah, that dwelt
2 f Now the first inhabitants that in the villages of the Netophathites.
dwelt in their possessions, in their cities, 17 And the Porters were Shallum,
were the Israelites, the Priests, Leuits, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman,
and the Nethinims. and their brethren: Shallum wa$ the
* Nehein. 3 And in *lerusalem dwelt of the chiefe.
l.l.
children of ludah, and of the children 18 (Who hitherto waited in the kings
of Beniamin, and of the children of E- gate Eastward) they were Porters in
pihraim, and Manasseh. the companies of the children of Leui.
4? Vthai the sonne of Amihud, the 19 And Shallum the eonne of Kore,
sonne of Omri, the sonne of Imri, the the sonne of Ebiasaph, the sonne of Ko-
sonne of Bani, of the children of Pha- rah, and his brethren (of the house of
rez the sonne of ludah. bis father) the Korahites, were ouer
5 And of the Shiloniles : Asaiah the worke of the seruice, keepers of the
the first borne, and his sonnes. t gates of the Tabernacle : and their t Heb. thre-
6 And of the sonnes of Zerah : le- fathers being ouer the hoste of the sholds.
uel, and their brethren, sixe hundred and LORD, were Keepers of the entrie.
ninetie. 20 And Phinehas the sonne of Elea-
7 And of the sonnes of Beniamin: zar was the ruler ouer them in time
Sallu the sonne of Meshullam, the past, and the LORD was with him.
sonne of Hodauiah, the sonne of Ha- 21 And Zechariah the sonne of Me-
senuah: shelemiah, was porter of the doore of the
8 And Ibneiah the sonne of lero- Tabernacle of the Congregation.
lam, and Elah the sonne of Vzzi, the 22 All these which were chosen to be
sonne of Michri, and Meshullam the porters in the gates, were two hundred
sonne of Shephatiah, the sonne of Re- and twelue. These were reckoned by
uel, the sonne of Ibniiah, their genealogie in their villages:
9 And their brethren, according to whom Dauid and Samuel the Seer,
their generations, nine hundred and fif- tdid ordeine in their ||set office. ilfcb. foun-
tie and sixe. All these menwere chiefe of 23 So they and their children had the ded.
t Or, trust,
the fathers in the house of their fathers. ouersight of the gates of the house of
10 f And of the Priests: ledaiah, the L O R D , namely, the house of the
and lehoiarib, and lachin, Tabernacle, by wards.
11 And Azariah the sonne of Hilkiah, 24 In foure quarters were the por-
;he sonne of Meshullam, the sonne of ters : toward the East, West, North,
Zadok, the sonne of Meraioth, the and South. \
sonne of Ahitub the ruler of the house 25 And their brethren, which were in
of God. their villages, were to come after seuen
1£ And Adrian the sonne of lero- dayes, from time to time with them.
bam, the sonne of Passhur, the sonne of 26 For these Leuites, the foure chiefe
Malchiiah, and Maasia the sonne of A- porters, were in their ||set office, and I Or, trust.
diel, the sonne of lahzerah , the sonne were ouer the || chambers and treasu- I Or, store-
of Meshullam, the -sonne of Meshille- ries of the house of God. houses.
mith, the sonne of Immer. 27 U And they lodged round about
13 And their brethren, heads of the the house of God, because the charge
house of their fathers, a thousand, and was vpon them, and the opening there-
t Heb. migh seuen hundred and threescore, very t able of euery morning, perteined to them.
tie men of men for the worke of the seruice of the 28 And ceriaine of them had the charge
valour.
house of God. of the ministring vessels, that they
14 And of the Leuites: Shemaiah should t bring them in and out by tale. t Heb. bring
the sonne of Hasshub, the sonne of Azri- 29 Some of them also were appointed them in by
tale, and ca-
kam , the sonne of Hashabiah, of the to ouersee the vessels, and all the || in- rte them out
by tale.
sonnes of Merari. struments of the Sanctuarie 9 and the D Or, vessels.
fine
Sauls genealogie. I.Chron.
ine floure, and the wine, and the oyle,
and the frankincense, and the spices.
30 And some of the sonnes of the
* Exod. 30. Priests made * the oyntment of the
23.
spices.
31 And Mattithiah, one of the Le-
uites (who was the first borne of Shal-
II Or, trust. um the Korahite) had the ||set office o-
II Or, on flat uer the things that were made ||in the
plates, or,
slices. jannes.
32 And other of their brethren of the
sonnes of the Kohathites, were ouer the
\ Heb. brefld hShew-bread to prepare it euery Sab-
of ordering.
bath.
33 And these are the singers, chiefe of
the fathers of the Leuites, who remay-
Hebr. upon ning'm the chambers, were free: for t they was wounded of the archers.
them.
were imployed in that worke, day and
night.
34? These chiefe fathers of the Le-
uites, were chiefe throughout their ge-
lerations ; these dwelt at lerusalem.
35 U And in Gibeon dwelt the fa-
ther of Gibeon, lehiel, whose wiues
* Chap. 8. name was *Maacha:
29.
36 And his first borne sonne Abdon,
hen Zur, and Kish , and Baal, and
^er, and Nadab,
37 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Ze-
chariah, and Mikloth.
38 And Mikloth begate Shimeam:
and they also dwelt with their brethren fled, and that Saul and his sonnes
at lerusalem, ouer against their bre-
thren.
#1. Chro, 8. 39 * And Ner begat Kish, and Kish
33.
begate Saul, and Saul begate lona-
than, and Malchishua, and Abinadab,
and Eshbaal.
40 And the sonne of lonathan was
Meribbaal ; and Meribbaal begate
Micah.
41 And the sonnes of Micah were
Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea
* Chap. 8. *and Ahaz.
35.
42 And Ahaz begate larah, anc
larah begate Alemeth, & Azmaueth
and Zimri : and Zimri begate Moza,
43 And Moza begate Binea. anc
Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his sonne,
Azel his sonne.
44 And Azel had sixe sonnes, whose
names are these i Azrikam, Bocheru
and Ismael, and Sheariah, and Oba-
diah, and Hanau. These were the sonnes
of Azel.
C H A P . X.
1 Sauls overthrow and death. 8 The Phili- sion which hee t committed against .the pressed.
stines triumph ouer Saul. 11 The kindnes o
His death.
labesh Gilead, towards Saul and his sonnes.
13 Sauls sinne for which the kingdo.me was
translated from him to Dauid.
N
Owe * the Philistines * i. Sam. 31.
fought against Israel , i, 2.
and the men of Israel
fled from before the Phi-
-9s~9cw»o-««* listines , and
|slaine in mount Gilboa. H Or, woun-
2 And the Philistines followed ded.
lard after Saul, and after his sonnes,
and the Philistines slew lonathan,
and ||Abinadab, and Malchishua, the Or, leshui,
1. Sam. 14.
sonnes of Saul. 49.
3 And the battell went sore against
Saul, and the t archers thit him, and he Hebr. shoo-
ers with
^owes.
4 Then saide Saul to his armour him. Hebr.found
nearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me
through therewith, lest these vncircum-
cised come, and ||abuse mee: but his ar- II Or, mocke
mour bearer would not, for he was sore me.
afraid. So Saul tooke a sword, and
*ell vpon it.
5 And when his armour bearer
saw that Saul was dead, hee fell like-
wise on the sword, and died.
6 So Saul died, and his three
sonnes, and all his house died together.
7 And when all the men of Israe]
that were in the valley, saw that they
were dead : then they forsooke their ci-
ties, and fled, and the Philistines came
and dwelt in them.
8 IF And it came to passe on the mor-
row, when the Philistines came to strip
the slaine, that they found Saul and his
sonnes fallen in mount Gilboa.
9 And when they had stripped him
they tooke his head, and his armour
and sent into the land of the Philistines
round about, to cary tidings vnto theii
idoles, and to the people
10 And they put his armour in the
house of their gods, and fastened his
head in the temple of Dagon.
11 U And when ail labesh Gilead
heard all that the Philistines had done
to Saul:
12 They arose, all the valiant men
and tooke away the body of Saul, anc
the bodies of his sonnes, and brough
them to labesh, and buried their bones
vnder the oke in labesh, and fasted se
uen dayes.
13 U So Saul died for his transgres
t Heb. trans
LORD, * euen against the word of the * 1,9am. 15
LORI 23.
Daiiid made King. Chap.xj.
LORD which he kept not, and also for
asking counsel of one that had a familiar
* i. Sam. 28.spirit, *to enqnire of it:
',% 14 And enquired not of the LORD:
therefore he slew him, and turned the
kingdome vnto Dauid the sonne of
t Heb. Isri. tlesse.
C H A P . XL
1 Dauid by a generall consent is made king at
Hebron. 4 Hee winneth tbe castle of Sion
from the lebusites, by loabs valour. 10 A
catalogue of Dauids mightie men.
Hen *all Israel gathered
T
* 2. Sam. 5.
themselues to Dauid vn-
Hebron, saying, Behold,
wee are thy bone and thy
flesh.
t Heb. both 2 And moreouer tin time past, euen
yesterday
and the third when Saul was king, thou wast he that
dtty. leddest out and broughtest in Israel:
and the LORD thy God said vnto
!i Or, rule. thee, Thou shalt ||feede my people
Israel, and thou shalt be ruler ouer my
people Israel.
3 Therefore came all the Elders of
Israel to the king to Hebron, and Da-
uid made a couenant with them in He-
bron before the L O R D , and they an-
nointed Dauid king ouer Israel, accor-
\ Heb. by the ding to the word of the L O R D , tby
hand of
* I.Sam. 16. * Samuel.
13. 4 IF And Dauid & all Israel, * went
* 2. Sam. 5.6
to lerusalem, which is lebus, where
the lebusites were the inhabitants of
the land.
5 And the inhabitants of lebus said
to Dauid, Thou shalt not come hither.
Neuerthelesse Dauid tooke the castle of
Zion, which is the citie of Dauid.
6 And Dauid said, Whosoeuer smi-
t Heb, head. teth the lebusites first, shall be t chiefe5
and captaine. So loab the sonne of
Zeruiah went first vp, and was chiefe.
7 And Dauid dwelt in the castell:
t Thai is, therefore they called tit the citie of Da-
Zion,2.Sam
5. 7. uid.
8 And he built the citie round about,
euen from Millo round about : and
I Heb. reui- loab trepaired the rest of the citie.
ued.
\ Heb. went 9 So Dauid t waxed greater and
in going and greater : for the L O U D of hostes was
increasing.
with him.
* 2, Sam. 23. 10 1T ®These also are the chiefe of the
8.
mightie men, whom Dauid had, who
II Or, held Hstrenthened themselues with him in
stronglywitti his kingdome, and with all Israel, to
him.
make him king according to the word
of the LORD, concerning Israel.
His mightie men.
11 And this is the number of themigh-
tie men, whom Dauid had : lashobaam
|| an Hachmonite, the chiefe of the cap- II Or, Sonne
taines: he lift vp his speare against three ofHach-
moni.
hundred, slaine by him at one time.
12 And after him was Eleazar the
sonne of Dodo the Ahohite, who was
one of the three mighties.
IS He was with Dauid at ||Pasdam- I! Or, Ephes-
mim; and there the Philistines were dammim, 1. Sam. 17. i
gathered together to battell, where
was a parcell of ground full of barley,
and the people fled from before the Phi-
listines.
14 And they ||set themselues in the II Or9 stood.
middest of that parcell, and deliuered it,
and slue the * Philistines, & the LORD * 2. Sam. 23
saued them by a great ||deliuerance. 13. II Or, salva-
15 IF Now || three of the thirtie cap- tion.
I Or, three
taines, went downe to the rocke of Da- oaptaines
uid, into the caue of Adullam, and the thirtte.
ov#r the
host of the Philistines encamped in the
valley of Rephaim.
16 And Dauid was then in the hold,
and the Philistines garison was then at
Bethlehem.
17 And Dauid longed and said, Oh
that one would giue me drinke of the
water of the well of Bethlehem, that is
at the gate.
18 And the three brake through the
host of the Philistines, and drew water
out of the well of Bethlehem, that was
by the gate, and tooke it and brought it
to Dauid. But Dauid would not drink
of it, but powred it out to the LORD,
19 And said, My God forbid it mee,
that I should doe this thing. Shall I
drinke the blood of these men, tthat t Heb. with
haue put their liues in ieopardie ? for their Hues?
with the ieopardie of their liues, they
brought it: therfore he would not drink
it. These things did these three migh-
tiest.
20 f And Abishai the brother of lo-
ab, he was chiefe of the three. For lif-
ting vp his speare against three hun-
dred, he slew them, and had a name a-
mong the three.
21 *Of the three, hee was more ho- * a. Sam, 23,
nourable then the two, for he was their 19. &C.
captaine; howbeit, he attained not to
the first three.
22 Benaiah the sonne of lehoiada,
the sonne of a valiant man of Kabzeel,
twho had done many acts : he slue two 1 Heb. great
Lyon-like men of Moab, also he went ofdeed*.
downe and slue a Lyon in a pit in a
snowy day.
23 And
 3auids worthies, I.Chron.
Heb. a man 23 And he slue an Egyptian, ta man
/measure.
£ great stature, fiiie cubits high, and in
he Egyptians hand was a speare like a
tveauers beame: and he went downe to
lim with a staffe, and pluckt the speare
jut of the Egyptians hand s and slue
iim with his owne speare.
24 These things did Benaiah the
onne of lehoiada, and had the name
among the three mighties.
25 Behold, hee was honourable a-
mong the thirtie, but attained not to
he first three: and Dauid set him ouer
lis guard.
26 H Also the valiant men of the ar-
mies were Asahel the brother of loab,
Elhanan the sonne of Dodo of Bethle-
lem.
II Or, Haro~ 27 Shammoth the || Harorite, He-
dice, 2. Sam.
23. 25. ez the Pelonite,
28 Ira the sonne of Ikkesh the Te-
coite, Abiezer the Antothite,
29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the
Ahohite,
30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled
the sonne of Baanah the Netophathite,
31 Ithai the sonne of Ribai of Gi-
leahjhatperteinedto thechildrenof Ben-
amin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
32 Hurai of the brookes of Gaash,
Abiel the Arbathite,
33 Azmaueth the Baharumite, Eli-
laba the Shaalbonite,
34 The sonnes of Hashem the Gi-
zonite : lonathan the sonne of Sha-
jeh the Hararite,
35 Ahiham the sonne of Sacar the
Hararite, Eliphal the sonne of Vr,
36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahi-
iah the Pelonite,
37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the
sonne of Ezbai,
38 loel the brother of Nathan,
i Or, the Mibhar the || sonne of Haggeri,
Haggerite.
39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai
the Berothite, the armour bearer oi
loab the sonne of Zeruiah,
40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the I-
thrite,
41 Vriah the Hittite, Zabad the
sonne of Ahlai,
42 Adina the sonne of Shiza the
Reubenite, a captaine of the Reube-
nites, and thirtie with him,
43 Hanan the sonne of Maacah, anc
loshaphat the Mithnite,
44 Vzzia the Ashterathite, Shama
and lehiel the sonnes of Hothan the
Aroerite,
and helpers.
45 lediael the ||sonne of Zimri, and I Or, Zim
rite.
ioha his brother, the Tizite,
46 Eliel the Mahauite, and leri-
jai, and loshauiah the sonnes of Elna-
an, and Ithmah the Moabite,
47 Eliel, and Obed, and lasiel the
VIesobaite,
CHAP XII.
1 The companies that came to Dauid at Ziklag.
23 The armies that came to him at Hebron.
Ow * these are they that * i. Sam.
A
came to Dauid to Ziklag 27. i.
t Heb. being
t while hee yet kept him- yet shut vp.
selfe close, because of Saul
the sonne of Kish : and
they were among the
mighty men, helpers of the warre.
2 They were armed with bowes,
and could vse both the right hand and
the left,in hurlinffstones^nd shootingwc-
rowes out of a bow, euen of Sauls t>re-
thren of Beniamin.
3 The chiefe was Ahiezer, then loash
the sonnes of || Shemaah the Gibea- I Or, Ha*
thite, and leziel, and Pelet, the sonnes maa.
of Azmaueth, and Berachah, and le-
hu the Antothite,
4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a
mightie man among the thirtie, and o-
uer the thirtie, and leremiah, and la-
haziel, and lohanan, and losabad the
Gederathite,
5 Eleuzai, and lerimoth, and Bea-
liath, and Shemariah, and Shephati-
ah the Haruphite,
6 Elkanah, and lesiah, and Azari-
el, and loezer, and lashobeam, the
Korhites,
7 And loelah, and Zebadiah the
sonnes of leroam of Gedor.
8 And of the Gadites there separa-
ted themselues vnto Dauid, into the
hold to the wildernesse, men of might,
and men t of warre, fit for the battel, that 1 Heb. Qf the
could handle shield and buckler, whose ho*te.
faces were like the faces of Lyons, and
were tas swift as the Roes vpon the Roes t Heb. as the
vpon
mountaines: the moun-
taines
9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, make haste. to
Eliab the third,
10 Mashmannah the fourth, lere-
miah the fift,
11 Atthai the sixt, Eliel the seuenth,
12 lohanan the eighth, Elzabad
the ninth,
13 leremiah the tenth, Machbanai
the eleuenth.
14 These were of the sonnes of Gad,
cantaines
Dauids helpers to Chap.xij.
\\ Or, one that captaines of the hoste: ||one of the least
was least
could resist was ouer an hundred, and the greatest,
an hundred, ouer a thousand.
and the grea-
test a thou- 15 These are they that went ouer
sand. lorden in the first moneth, when it had
IHeb. filled fouerflowen all his *bankes, and they
otter.
* losh. a. 15. put to flight all them of the valleis, both
toward the East, and toward the West.
16 And there came of the children of
Beniamin, and ludah, to the hold vn-
to Dauid.
\Heb. before 17 And Dauid went out tto meete
them.
them, and answered and sayd vnto
them : If yee bee come peaceably vnto
t Heb. be one me to helpe me, mine heart shall t be knit
irnto you : but if yee be come to betray
me to mine enemies, seeing there is no
II Or, vto- (wrong in mine hands : the God of our
lence.
fathers looke thereon, and rebuke It.
t Heb. the 18 Then tthe spirit came vpon A-
Spirit c/o-
tfted Ama- fnasai, who was chiefe of the captaines,
sai. mdhesayd) Thine arewe, Dauid, andon
thy side, thou sonne of lesse : Peace,
peace be vnto thee, and peace be to thine
helpers; forthyGodhelpeth thee. Then
Dauid receiued them, and made them
captaines of the band.
19 And there fell some of Manasseh
to Dauid, when he came with the Phi-
listines against Saul to battell, but
they helped them not. For the Lords
)f the Philistines, vpon aduisement,
* 1. Sam. jenthim away, saying, *Hee will fall to
29.4.
t Heb.onour bis master Saul, tto the ieopardie o£our
heads. beads.
20 As he went to Zildag, there fell
to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and lo-
sabad, and lediel, and Michael^ and
[ozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, cap-
taines of the thousands that were of
Manasseh.
I Or, with a 21 And they helped Dauid || against
band.
the band of the Rouers: for they were all
mighty men of valour, and were cap-
taines in the hoste.
22 For at that time day by day, there
same to Dauid to helpe him, vntill it
was a great hoste, like the hoste of
God.
23 f And these are the numbers of
I Or, cap- the ||bands, that were ready armed to
taines, or, the warre, and came to Dauid to He-
men,
Heb. heads. bron, to turne the kingdome of Saul to
him, according to the word of the
LORD.
24 The children of Jtidah that bare
shield, and speare, were sixe thousand,
II Or, prepa- and eigl^t hundred, readie || armed to the
red. Rrarre.
make him king.
25 Of the children of Simeon, migh-
ty men of valour for the warre, seuen
thousand and one hundred.
26 Of the children of Leui, foure
thousand and sixe hundred.
27 And lehoiada was the leader
of the Aaronits, and with him were
three thousand, and seuen hundred.
28 And Zadok, a young man migh-
tie of valour, and of his fathers house
twentie and two captaines.'
29 And of the children of Beniamin
the tkitired of Saul three thousand : for t Heb. bre-
hitherto tthe greatest part of them had thren.
t Heb. a
kept the ward of the house of Saul. multitude of
them.
30 And of the children of Ephraim,
twentie thousand, and eight hundred,
mightie men of valour, t famous t Heb. men
throughout the house of their fathers. ofnames.
31 And of the halfe tribe of Manasseh,
eighteene thousand, which were ex-
pressed by name, to come and make Da-
uid king.
32 Arid of the children of Issachar,
which were men that had vnderstan-
ding of the times, to know what Isra-
el ought to doe : the heads of them were
two hundred, and all their brethren
were at their commandement.
33 Of Zebulun, such as went foorth
to battell, H expert in warre, with all in- II Or, rangers
struments of warre, fifty thousand, of battett, or
ranged in
which could ||keepe ranke : They were battett.
H Or, set the
f not of double heart. battett ina-
34 And of Naphtali a thousand cap- ray. •Heb. with'
taines, and with them, with shield and out a heart
speare, thirtie and seuen thousand. and a heart.
35 And of the Danites, expert in war,
twentie and eight thousand, and sixe
hundred.
36 And of Asher, such as went foorth
to battell, 11expert in warre, fourtie their I Or, keeping
ranke.
thousand.
37 And on the other side of lorden,
of the Reubenites, & the Gadites, and
of the halfe tribe of Manasseh, with all
maner of instruments of warre for the
battell, an hundred and twentie thou-
sand.
38 All these men of warre* that could
keepe ranke, came with a perfect heart
to Hebron, to make Dauid king ouer all
Israel : and all the rest also of Israel,
were of one heart to make Dauid king.
39 And there they were with Dauid
three dayes, eating and drinking: for
their brethren had prepared for them.
40 Moreouer, they that were nigh
them, euen vnto Issachar, and Zebu-
lun*
Vzza slaine. The I.Chron.
lun, and Naphtali brought bread on
asses, and on camels
camels,, and on mules,
II Or, vitaile and on oxen, and ||meat, meale, cakes of
ofmeale.
figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine,
and oyle, and oxen, and sheepe abun-
dantly : for there was ioy in Israel.
C H A P . XIII.
1 Dauid fetcheth the Arke with great solemnitie
from Kiriath-iearim. 9 Vzza being smitten,
the Arke is left at the house of Obed-Edom.
Obed-Edom.
Nd Dauid consulted
S^S$K?^9 Nd Dauid with
co
aaaa SL§3MjvVgg
the the ofcaptaine
captaines thou-
gBpS^Sg
sands sands, and
, and hundreds, andhu
with euery leader.
^^^^^^with euery l
2la^gSraqj
And Dauid 2said Andvn-D
to all the Congregation of Israel, If it
seeme good vnto you, and that it be of the
i Hebr. let L O R D our God, tlet vs send abroad
v$ breake
foorth and vnto our brethren euery where, that
send.
are left in all the land of Israel, and
with them also to the Priests and Le-
t Hebr. in uites which are in t their cities and sub-
the cities of
their sub- urbs, that they may gather themselues
urbs. vnto vs.
\ Heb. bring 3 And let vs t bring againe the Arke
about.
of our God to vs : for wee enquired not
at it in the dayes of Saul.
4 And all the Congregation saide,
that they would doe so : for the thing
was right in the eyes of all the people.
*l. Sam. 7. 5 So * Dauid gathered all Israel
1.2. sam.6.2.
together, from Shihor of Egypt, euen
vnto the entring of Hemath , to bring
the Arke of God from Kiriath-iearim.
6 And Dauid went vp, and all Is-
* losh. 16. 9. rael, to #Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-iea-
rim, which belonged to ludah, to bring
vp thence the Arke of God the LORD,
that dwelleth betweene the Cheru-
bims, whose name is called on it.
t Heb. made 7 And they tcaried the Arke of God
the Arke to
ride. in a new cart, out of the house of Abina-
dab : and Vzza, and Ahio draue the cart.
8 And Dauid and all Israel played
before God with all their might, and
t Heb. songs with t singing, and with harpes, and
with psalteries, and with tymbrels, and
with cymbals, and with trumpets.
9 IF And when they came vnto the
I! Called Na- threshing floore of ||Chidon, Vzza put
chon, 2. Sam
6. 6. foorth his hand to hold the Arke, for
II Or, shoofce the oxen ||stumbled.
it.
10 And the anger of the L O R D
was kindled against Vzza, and hee
smote him, because hee put his hand to
* Num. 4. the *Arke: and there he died before God.
15.
11 And Dauid was displeased, be-
Philiftines smitten.
cause the L O R D had made a breach
vpon Vzza; wherefore that place is
called t Perez-Vzza, to this day. \Heb.breach
12 And Dauid was afraide of God ofTzxa.
that day, saying, How shall I bring the
Arke of God home to me ?
IS So Dauid t brought not the Arke mooued.
t Hebr. re.
borne to himselfe to the city of Dauid,
but caried it aside into the house of O-
bed-Edom the Gittite.
14 And the Arke of God remained
with the family of Obed-Edom in his
bouse three moneths. And the L O R D
blessed * the house of Obed-Edom, and 26.5.
* As chap.
all that he had.
CHAP. XIIII.
1 Hirams kindnesse to Dauid. 2 Dauids feli-
citie in people, wiues and children. 8 His
two victories against the Philistines.
N
Ow * Hiram king of Tyre * 2. Sam. 5.
11. &c.
sent messengers to Dauid,
and timber of Cedars,
with masons, and carpen-
ters to build him an house.
2 And Dauid perceiued that the
L O R D had confirmed him king ouer
Israel, for his kingdome was lift vp on
high, because of his people Israel.
8 11 And Dauid tooke tmoe wiues t Hebr. yet.
at lerusalem : and Dauid begate moe
sonnes and daughters.
4 ^Now these are the names of his
children which hee had in lerusalem :
Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan,
and Solomon,
5 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and El-
palet,
6 And Noga, and Nepheg, and
laphia,
7 And Elishama, and || Beeliada, and 2.II Or, Eliada,
Sam. B.
Elpalet. 16.
8 f And when the Philistines heard
that * Dauid was anoynted king ouer 2. Sam. 5.
all Israel, all the Philistines went vp 17.
to seeke Dauid : and Dauid heard of it,
and went out against them.
9 And the Philistines came & spread
themselues in the valley of Rephaim.
10 And Dauid enquired of God, say-
ing, Shall I goe vp against the Phili-
stines ? and wilt thou deliuer them into
mine hand? And the L O R D said vnto
him, Go vp, for I will deliuer them in-
to thine hand.
11 So they came vp to Baal-Pera-
zim, and Dauid smote them there.
Then Dauid said, God hath broken in
Tpon
The bringing Chap.xv.
vpon mine enemies by mine hand, like
the breaking foorth
foorth of waters: there-
fore they called the name of that place,
\Heb.that tBaal-Perazim.
is, a place of
breaches. 1& And when they had left their gods
commandement,
there, Dauid gaue a commandement,
and they were burnt with fire.
13 And the Philistines yet againe
spread themselues abroad in the val-
ley.
14 Therfore Dauid enquired againe
of God, and God said vnto him, Goe
not vp after them , turne away from
* 2, Sam. 5. them, * and come vpon them ouer a-
23.
gainst the mulbery trees.
15 And it shall bee, when thou shalt
leare a sound of going in the tops of the
mulbery trees, that then thou shalt goe
out to battaile : for God is gone foorth
>efore thee, to smite the hoste of thePhi-
istines.
16 Dauid therefore did as God com-
manded him: and they smote the hoste
of the Philistines from Gibeon euen to
Gazer.
17 And the fame of Dauid went out
into all lands, and the L O R D brought
the feare of him vpon all nations.
C H A P . XV.
1 Dauid hauing prepared a place for the Arke,
ordereth the Priestes and Leuites to bring
perfourmeui
it from Obed-Edom. 25 Hee perfourmeui
the soleranitie
soleranitie thereof with great ioy. 29 Mi-
chal despiseth him.
of the Arke.
el the chiefe, and his brethren an hun-
dred and thirtie.
8 Of the sonnes of Elizaphan: She-
maiah the chiefe, and his brethren two
lundred.
9 Of the sonnes of Hebron: Eliel the
chiefe, and his brethren fourescore.
10 Of the sonnes of Vzziel : Ammi-
nadab the chiefe , and his brethren an
lundred and twelue.
11 And Dauid called for Zadok and
Abiathar the Priests, and for the Le-
uites, for Vriel, Asaiah and loel, She-
maiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
12 And said vnto them, Yee are the
chiefe of the fathers of the Leuites:
sanctifie your selues both yee and your
Brethren, that you may bring vp the
Arke of the L O R D God of Isra-
el , vnto the place that I haue prepared
for it.
13 For because ye did it not at the first,
the L O R D our God made a breach
vpon vs, for that we sought him not af-
ter the due order.
14 So the Priestes and the Leuites
sanctified themselues to bring vp the
Arke of the L O R D God of Israel.
15 And the children of the Leuites
bare the Arke of God vpon their shoul-
ders, with the staues thereon, as * Mo- * Exod. 25.
14.
ses commanded, according to the word
of the L O R D .
16 And Dauid spake to the chiefe of
the Leuites, to appoint their brethren
to be the singers with instruments of

A
j|8@*ig$|&?t&
Nd Dauid made Nd him
Dauid m
hou- musicke, Psalteries, and Harpes, and
ses in the citie of Dauid, Cymbales, sounding, by lifting vp the
and preparedan<a^place
(pf^gl^^l for
prepare voice with ioy.
the Arke of God, and pit- 17 So the Leuites appointed * He- 33. * Chap. G.
ched
^^^^^ for it a ched
tent. man the sonne of loel: and of his bre-
t Heb. It is & Then Dauid sayd, tNone ought thren, * Asaph the sonne of Berechiah: * Vets. 39.
not to cary
the Arke of to carie the * Arke of God, but the Le- and of the sonnes of Merari their bre-
God, but for uites: for them hath the L O R D cho- thren, * Ethan the sonne of Kushaiah. * Vers. 44.
the Leuites.
* Num. 4. sen to cary the Arke of God, and to mi- 18 And with them their brethren of
2, 15.
nister vnto him fo^euer. the second degree, Zachariah, Ben,
3 And Dauid gathered all Israel and laziel, & Shemiramoth , and le-
together to Jerusalem, to bring vp the hiel, and Vnni, Eliab, and Benaiah,
Arke of the LORD vnto his place, and Maasiah, and Mattithiah, and E-
which hee had prepared for it. liphaleh, and Mikniah, and Obed E-
4 And Dauid assembled the chil- dom, and lehiel the Porters.
dren of Aaron, and the Leuites. 19 So the Singers, Heman, Asaph,
5 Of the sonnes of Kohath : Vrie and Ethan, were appointed to sound
\ Or, kinse- thechiefte, and his || brethren an hundrec with cymbales of brasse.
men. and twentie. 20 And Zachariah, and Aziel, ancl
6 Of the sonnes of Merari : Asa- Shemiramoth, and lehiel, and Vnni,
iali the chiefe,and his brethren two hun- and Eliab, and Maasiah, and Benaiah,
dred and twentie. with Psalteries on Alamoth.
7 Of the sonnes of Gershom: lo- 21 And Mattithiah, and Eliphaleh,
and
The Arke brought. I.Chron.
and Mikniah, and Obed Edom, and
leiel, and Azzaziah, with harpes on
!! pr, on the the ||Sheminith to excell.
eight to o-
uersee. 22 And Chenaniah chiefe of the Le-
I Or, was for uites ||wa*for t song: he instructed about
he cariage:
he instructed the song, because he was skilfull.
about the
cariage.
23 And Berechiah, and Elkanah
i Heb. lifting were doore keepers for the Arke.
vp. 24? And Shebaniah, and lehosha-
phat, and Nathaneel, and Amasai, and
Zachariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer
the priests, did blow with the trumpets
before the Arke of God : and Obed E-
dom, and lehiah were doore keepers
for the Arke.
* 2. Sam. 6. 25 IF So * Dauid and the Elders of
2, 13. &C.
Israel, and the captaines ouer thou-
sands, went to bring vp the Arke of the
couenant of the L O R D , out of the
bouse of Obed Edom with ioy.
26 And it came to passe when God
helped the Leuites that bare the Arke
of the couenant of the L O R D , that
they offered seuen bullocks, and seuen
rammes.
27 And Dauid was clothed with a
robe of fine linnen, and all the Leuites
that bare the Arke, and the singers, and
0r, cariagv Chenaniah the master of the ||song,
with the singers. Dauid also had vpon
him, an Ephod of linnen.
28 Thus all Israel brought vp the
Arke of the Couenant of the L O R D
with shouting, and with sound of the
cornet, and with trumpets, and with
cymbals, making a noise with psalte-
ries and harpes.
29 f And it came to passe as the Arke
of the couenant of the LORD came
to the citie of Dauid, that Michal the
daughter of Saul looking out at a win-
dow, saw King Dauid dauncing and
playing : and shee despised him in her
heart.
C H A P . XVI.
1 Dauids festiuall sacrifice. 4 Hee ordereth a
Quire to sing Thankesgiuing. 7 The Psalme
of Thankesgiuing. 37 He appointeth Mini-
sters, Porters, Priests and Musitians, to attend
continually on the Arke.
^^A-Sf O * they broug
lip
* 2. Sam. 6.
17.
of God , and set it in the
|!^W>&% midst of the t
uid had pitched for it: and
**** iMswl«\»" 5 ^JAU %$££ft3&$ji they offered b
1 heritance.
ces, and peace offerings before God.
2 And when Dauid had made an
Ihe long
end of offering the burnt offerings, and
the peace offrings, he blessed the people
in the name of the LORD.
8 And hee dealt to euery one of Is-
rael, both nlan and woman, to euery
one a loafe of bread, and a good piece of
flesh, and a flagon of wine.
4 IF And he appointed certaine of the
Leuites to minister before the Arke of
the L O R D , and to record, and to
thanke and praise the L O R D God of
Israel,
5 Asaph the chiefe, and next to him
Zachariah, leiel, and Shemiramoth,
and lehiel, and Mattithiah, and E-
liab, and Benaiah, and Obed Edom:
and leiel twith Psalteries and with tinstruments
Heb. with
harpes: but Asaph made a sound with of Psalte-
ries^ harps
cymbals.
6 Benaiah also and lahaziel the
Priestes, with trumpets continually
before the Arke of the Couenant of
God.
7 If Then on that day, Dauid deli-
uered first this Psalme to thanke the
LORD, into the hand of Asaph and
his brethren:
S *Giue thankes vnto the LORD, * Psal. 105.
1.
call vpon his name, make knowen his
deeds among the people.
9 Sing vnto him, sing psalmes vn-
to him, talke you of all his wonderous
workes.
10 Glory yee in his holy Name, let
the heart of them reioyce that seeke the
LORD.
11 Seeke the L O R D , . and his
strength, seeke his face continually.
12 Remember his marueilous works
that he hath done, his wonders, and
the Judgements of his mouth,
13 O ye seed of Israel his seruant, ye
children of lacob his chosen ones.
14? He is the L O R D our God, his
iudgements are in all the earth.
15 Be ye mindfull alwayes of his
Couenant : the worde which hee com-
manded to a thousand generations:
16 Euen of the * Couenant which hee * Gen. 17. 2.
and 26. 3.
made with Abraham, and of his othe & 28. 13.
vnto Isaac:
17 And hath confirmed the same to
lacob for a la we, and to Israel for an
euerlasting Couenant,
18 Saying, vnto thee will I giue
the land of Canaan, the tlot of your in- t Heb. the
ward.
t Heb. men
19 When ye were but tfew, * euen a of number.
few, and strangers in it: *Gen, 34.
30.
20 And
of Aiaph. Chap.xvij,
20 And when they went from nati-
on to nation, and from one kingdom*
to another people :
21 Hee suffered no man to doe them
* Gen. 12. wrong: yea, hee *reprooued kings for
17. and
20. 3.
their sakes,
* Psal. 105; 22 Saying, * Touch not mine anoin-
15.
ted, and doe my Prophets no harme.
* PsaL96. i. 23 *Sing vnto the L O R D all the
earth : shew foorth from day to day his
saluation.
24 Declare his glory among the
heathen : his marueilous workes a-
mong all nations.
25 For great is the L O R D , and
greatly to be praised: he also is to be fea-
red aboue all gods.
* Leu. 19. 4 26 For all the gods *of the people
are idoles : but the L O R D made the
heauens.
27 Glory and honour are in his pre-
sence : strength and gladnesse are in his
place.
28 Giue vnto the LORD, yee kin-
reds of the people : giue vnto the
LORD glory and strength.
29 Giue vnto the L O R D the glo-
ry due vnto his Name: bring an offe-
ring, and come before him , worship
the L O R D in the beau tie of holi-
nesse.
30 Feare before him all the earth:
the world also shall be stable, that it be
not mooued.
31 Let the heauens be glad, and let
the earth reioyce: and let men say a-
mong the nations, The LORD reig-
neth.
32 Let the sea roare, and the fulnesse
thereof: let the fieldes reioyce, and all
that is therein.
33 Then shall the trees of the wood
sing out at the presence of the LORD,
because hee commeth to iudge the
earth.
* Psa. 107.1 34 *O giue,thanks vnto the LORD,
and 118.1. for hee is good: for his mercy endureth
and 136. I.
for euer.
35 And say yee, Saue vs, 0 God of
our saluation, and gather vs together,
and deliuer vs from the heathen, that
we may giue thanks to thy holy Name,
and glory in thy praise.
36 Blessed be the L O R D God of
* Dcut. 27. Israel for euer and euer: and all *the
15. people saide, Amen, and praised the
LORD.
37 U So hee left there before the
Arke of the couenant of the L O R D ,
Priefts, Porters, &c.
Asaph and his brethren, to minister be-
fore the Arke continually, as euery
dayes worke required:
38 And Obed Edom with their bre-
thren, threescore and eight: Obed E-
dom also the sonne of leduthun, and
Hbsah to be porters:
39 And Zadok the Priest, and his
brethren the Priests, before the Taber-
nacle of the LORD, in the high place
that was at Gibeon,
40 To offer burnt offerings vnto
the L O R D , vpon the Altar of the
burnt offering continually t morning t Heb. in the
and euening, and to doe according to mominganc
in the eve-
all that is written in the Lawe of the ning.
L O R D , which hee commanded Is-
rael:
41 And with them Heman and le-
duthun , and the rest that were chosen,
who were expressed by name, to giue
thankes to the L O R D , because his
mercy endureth for euer.
42 And with them Heman and le-
duthun with trumpets and cymbales,
for those that should make a sound, and
with musicall instruments of God : and
the sonnes of leduthun were t Por- Ml & for
the gate.
ters.
43 And all the people departed eue-
ry man to his house, and Dauid retur-
ned to blesse his house.
C H A P . XVII.
1 Nathan first approouing the purpose of Da-
uid, to build God an house, 3 after by the
word of God forbiddeth him. 11 Hee pro-
miseth him blessings and benefits in his seed.
16 Dauids prayer and thankesgiuing.
Ow *it came to passe, as
N
* 2. Sam. 7«
1,&C.
Dauid sate in his house,
that Dauid sayde to Na-
than the Prophet, Loe, I
dwell in an house of Ce-
dars , but the Arke of the Couenant
of the L O R D remaineth vnder cur-
taines.
2 Then Nathan sayd vnto Dauid,
Doe all that is in thine heart, for God
is with thee.
3 If And it came to passe the same
night, that the word of God came to
Nathan, saying,
4 Goe and tell Dauid my seruant,
Thus saith the L O R D , Thou shalt
not build me an house to dwell in.
5 For I haue not dwelt in a house
since the day that I brought vp Israel,
vnto
* 15
Dauids thankes, LChron.
vnto this day, but thaue gone from tent
t Heb. haue
beng. to tent, and from one Tabernacle to a-
nother.
6 Wheresoeuer I haue walked with
all Israel, spake I a word to any of the
ludges of Israel (whom I comman-
ded to feed my people) saying, Why haue
ye not built me an house of Cedars ?
7 Now therefore thus shalt thou
say vnto my seruant Dauid, Thus saith
the LORD of hosts, I tooke thee from
\Heb.from the Sheep-coat, euen tfrom folowing the
after.
sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler ouer
my people Israel:
8 And I haue bene with thee whi-
thersoeuer thou hast walked, and haue
cut off all thine enemies from before
thee, and haue made thee a name, like
the name of the great men that are in
the earth.
9 Also I will ordeine a place for my
people Israel, and will plant them, and
they shall dwell in their place, and shall make thine owne people for euer, and
be moued no more: neither shal the chil-
dren of wickednesse waste them any
more (as at the beginning,
10 And since the time that I com-
manded ludges to bee ouer my people
Israel.) Moreouer, I will subdue all
thine enemies. Furthermore I tel thee,
that the L O R D will build thee an
house.
11 IT And it shall come to passe, when
thy dayes be expired, that thou must go
to be with thy fathers, that I will raise
vp thy seed after thee, which shall bee of
thy sonnes, and I wil stablish his king-
dome.
12 He shall build me an house, and I
will stablish his throne for euer.
**.J«ng.9. 13 I * will be his father, and he shall
be my sonne, and I will not take my
mercie away from him, as I tooke it
from him that was before thee.
14 But I will settle him in mine
house, and in my kingdom for euer, and
his throne shall bee established for euer- for euer.
more.
15 According to all these words, and
according to all this vision, so did Na-
than speake vnto Dauid.
16 IT And Dauid the king came, and
sate before the LORD, and said, Who
am I, O L O R D God, and what is
mine house, that thou hast brought mee
hitherto ?
17 And yet this was a small thing in
thine eyes,OGod: for thou hast also spo-
ken of thy seruants house, for a great
and prayer.
while to come, and hast regarded inee
according to the estate of a man of high
degree, O LORD God.
18 What can Dauid spedke more to
thee for the honour of thy seruant ? for
thou knowest thy seruant.
19 O LORD, for thy seruants sake,
and according to thine owne heart, hast
thou done all this greatnesse in making
knowen all these t great things. \Heb. great-
20 O LORD, there is none like thee nesses.
neither is there any God besides thee, ac-
cording to all that we haue heard with
our eares.
21 And what one nation in the earth
is like thy people Israel, whome God
went to redeeme to be his owne people,
to make thee a name of greatnesse and
terriblenesse, by driuing out nations
from before thy people whom thou hast
redeemed out of Egypt?
22 For thy people Israel didst thou
thou, LORD, becamest their God.
23 Therefore now L O R D , let the
thing that thou hast spoken concerning
thy seruant, and concerning his house,
be established for euer, and doe as thou
hast said.
24 Let it euen bee established, that
thy name may bee magnified for euer,
saying, The LORD of hosts is the God
of Israel, euen a God to Israel: and
let the house of Dauid thy seruant be e-
stablished before thee.
25 For thou, O my God, thast tolde t Heb. hast
thy seruant that thou wilt build him an revealed the
eare of thy
house: therefore thy seruant hath found servant.
in his heart to pray before thee.
26 And now, LORD (thou art
God, and hast promised this goodnesse
vnto thy seruant.)
27 Now therefore ||let it please thee \\ Or, it hath
to blesse the house of thy seruant, that it pleated thee.
may bee before thee for euer : for thou
blessest, O LORD, and it shalbe blessed
C H A P . XVIII.
I Dauid subdueth the Philistines and the Moa-
bites. 3 He smiteth Hadadezer and the Syri-
ans. 9 Tou sendeth Hadorara with presents
to blesse Dauid. 11 The presents & the spoile,
Dauid dedicateth to God. 13 He puttetn ga-
risons in Edom. 14 Dauids officers.
Ow after this, *it came to * 2. Sam. 8.
aaaa passe, that Dauid smote the i. &c.
Philistines & subdued them,
and tooke Gath, and her
townes,
His victories. Chap.xix.
townes out of the hand of the Phili-
stines.
2 And he smote Moab, and the Mo-
abites became Dauids seruants, and
brought gifts.
I Or, Hado. 3 IT And Dauid smote || Hadarezer
dezer in
Sam. king of Zobah vnto Hamath, as hee
went to stablish his dominion by the ri-
uer Euphrates.
4 And Dauid tooke from him a
thousand charets, and seuen thousand
horsemen , and t wen tie thousand foot-
men : Dauid also houghed all the cha-
ret horseSy but reserued of them an hun-
dred charets.
iHeb.Dar-
mesek.
5 And when the Syrians of t Da-
mascus came to helpe Hadarezer king
of Zobah, Dauid slew of the Syrians
two and twentie thousand men.
6 Then Dauid put garisons in Syria
Damascus, and the Syrians became
Dauids seruants, and brought giftes.
Thus the L O R D preserued Dauid,
whithersoeuer he went.
7 And Dauid tooke the shields of
golde that were on the seruants of Ha-
darezer, & brought them to lerusalem.
\ Called in 8 Likewise from || Tibhath, and
the booke of from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, broght
Sam. Beta
and Bero- Dauid very much brasse, wherewith
thai.
"I.King. 7. * Solomon made the brasen Sea, and
23. and 2. the pillars, and the vessels of brasse.
chro. 4. 15.
II Or, Tai, 2. 9 1[ Now when || Tou king of Ha-
Sam. 8. 9. math heard how Dauid had smitten
all the hoste of Hadarezer king of Zo-
bah:
li Or, loram, 10 Hee sent ||Hadoram his sonne to
2. Sam. 8. king Dauid, ||to enquire of his welfare,
10.
II Or, to sa- and to t congratulate him, because hee
lute.
t Heb. to had fought against Hadarezer, and
blesse. smitten him (for Hadarezer thad warre
t Heb. was
the man of with Tou) and with him all manner of
warres. vessels of golde and siluer, and brasse.
11 1T Them also king Dauid dedica-
ted vnto the LORD, with the siluer
and the golde that he brought from all
these nations: from Edom, and from
Moab, and from the children of Am-
mon, and from the Philistines, and
from Amalek.
12 Moreouer, Abishai the sonne of
Zeruiah, slew of the Edomites in the
valley of salt, eighteene thousand.
13 11 And he put garisons in Edom,
and all the Edomites became Dauids
seruants. Thus the L O R D preser-
ued Dauid whithersoeuer he went.
14 U So Dauid reigned ouer all Is-
rael, and executed iudgement and iustice
Hanuns villenie.
among all his people.
15 And loab the sonne of Zeruiah
was ouer the hoste, and lehoshaphat
the sonne of Ahilud, || Recorder. I Or, Re-
16 And Zadok the sonne of Ahitub, cer.membran-
and || Abimelech the sonne of Abiathar, II Catted A-
were the Priests, and || Shausha was himelech
Sam.
in
Scribe. II Called Sa-
17 And Benaiah the sonne of le- raia in Sam.
andSisa, 1.
hoiada was ouer the Cherethites, and King. 4. 2.
the Pelethites: and the sonnes of Da-
uid were tchiefe about the king. t Heb. at the
hand of the
King.
CHAP. XIX.
1 Dauids messengers sent to comfort Hanun
the sonne of Nabash, are villanously intrea-
ted. 6 The Ammonites strengthened by
the Syrians, are ouercome by loab and Abi-
shai. 16 Shophach making a new supply
of the Syrians, is slaine by Dauid.
Ow *it came to passe af- * 2. Sam. 10
B
ter this, that Nahash the ver. I, &c.
King of the children of
Ammon dyed, & his sonne
-xa-^v^^,-reigned
2 And Dauid sayde, I will shewe
kindnesse vnto Hanun the sonne of Na-
hash, because his father shewed kind-
nesse to mee. And Dauid sent messen-
gers to comfort him concerning his fa-
ther. So the seruants of Dauid came
into the land of the children of Ammon,
to Hanun, to comfort him.
3 But the Princes of the children of
Ammon sayde to Hanun, tThinkest thine t Heb. In
eyes
thou that Dauid doeth honour thy fa- doeth Da-
ther, that he hath sent comforters vnto uid, &c.
thee ? Are not his seruants come vnto
thee for to search, and to ouerthrow,
and to spie out the land ?
4 Wherefore Hanun tooke Dauids
seruants, and shaued them, and cut off
their garments in the middest, hard by
their buttockes, and sent them away.
5 Then there went certeine, and
told Dauid, how the men were serued,
and hee sent to meet them (for the men
were greatly ashamed) and the King
sayde, Tary at lericho vntill your
beards be growen, and then returne.
6 51" And when the children of Am-
mon sawe, that they had made them-
selues todious to Dauid; Hanun and stinke.
t Heb. to
the children of Ammon sent a thousand
talents of siluer, to hire them charets
and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and
out of Syria-Maachah, and out of Zo-
bah.
7 So
The Ammonites LChron.
7 So they hired thirtie and two
thousand charets, and the king of Maa-
chah and his people, who came and pit-
ched before Medeba. And the children
of Ammon gathered themselues toge-
ther from their cities, and came to bat-
taile.
8 And when Dauid heard of it, hee
sent loab, and all the host of the migh-
tie men.
9 And the children of Ammori came
out, and put the battell in aray before
the gate of the citie, and the kings that
were come, were by themselues in the
field.
t Hebr. the 10 Now when loab saw that tthe
face of the
battell was. battell was set against him, before and
II Or, yong behinde: hee chose out of all the || choice
men.
of Israel, and put them in aray against
the Syrians.
11 And the rest of the people hee deli-
\HehrAb- uered vnto the hand of tAbishai his
shai. brother, and they set themselues in a-
ray against the children of Ammon.
12 And he said, If the Syrians bee
too strong for me, then thou shalt helpe
me: but if the children of Ammon be too
strong for thee, then I wil helpe thee.
13 Be of good courage, and let vs be-
haue our selues valiantly for our peo-
ple, and for the Cities of our God : and
let the LOED do that which is good in
his sight.
14 So loab and the people that
were with him, drew nigh before the
Syrians, vnto the battell; and they fled
before him.
15 And when the children of Am-
mon saw that the Syrians were fled,
they likewise fled before Abishai his
brother, and entred into the city. Then
loab came to lerusalem.
16 IF And when the Syrians saw
that they were put to the worse before
Israel, they sent messengers, and drew
forth the Syrians, that were beyond the
!l i. Euphra- ||R5uer : and [|Shophach the captaine
tes.
il Or, Sho- of the hoste of Hadarezer, went before
bach, 2. sam> them.
10. 16.
17 And it was tolde Dauid, and hee
gathered all Israel, and passed ouer
lordane, and came vpon them, and set
the battell in aray against them: so when
Dauid had put the battell in aray a-
gainst the Syrians, they fought with
him.
18 But the Syrians fled before Is-
rael, and Dauid slew of the Syrians
seuen thousand men, which fought in cha-
are ouercome.
Irets, and fourty thousand footmen, and
killed Shophach the captaine of the
hoste.
19 And when the seruants of Hada-
rezer saw that they were put to the
worse before Israel, they made peace
with Dauid, and became his seruants:
neither would the Syrians helpe the
children of Ammon any more.
C H A P . XX.
1 Rabbah is besieged by loab, spoiled by Da-
uid , and the people thereof tortured. 4
Three giants are slaine in three seuerall ouer-
throwes of the Philistines.
Nd*it came to passe, that * 2. Sam. 11.
A
t after the yeere was expi- ti.Hebr. at
red, at the time that kings oftheyeere.
the returne
goe out to battell, loab led
forth the power of the ar-
mie 3 and wasted the countrey of the
children of Ammon, and came and be-
sieged Rabbah (but Dauid taried at
Jerusalem,) and loab smote Rabbah,
and destroyed it.
£ And Dauid *tooke the crowne of *2. Sam. 12.
their king from off his head, and found it 26.
t to weigh a talent of gold, and there were t Hebr. the
precious stones in it, and it was set vp- weight of*
on Dauids head; and hee brought also
exceeding much spoile out of the city.
3 And hee brought out the people
that were in it, and cut them with sawes,
and with harrowes of yron, and with
axes : euen so dealt Dauid with all the
cities of the children of Ammon. And
Dauid and all the people returned to
Jerusalem.
4 1[ And it came to passe after this,
*that there || arose warre at ||Gezer with * 2. Sam. 21,
the Philistines, at which time Sibbe- 18. II Or, conti-
chai the Hushathite, slew Sippai, that nued, Hebr.
was of the children of ||the giant: and stood.
I Or, Gob.
they were subdued. I Or, Rapfia.
5 And there was warre againe
with the Philistines, and Elhanan the
sonne of ||Iair, slew Lahmi the brother \\CalleilalsOi
of Goliath the Gittite, whose speare- g-im, laare-ore-
2. sum.
staffe was like a weauers beame. 21. 19.
6 And yet againe * there was warre * 2. Sam. 21.
at Gath, where was a man tof'great sta- 20. t Hebr. a
ture, whose fingers and toes were foure man sure.
of mea-
andtwentie,sixecw£acM#7id,andsixe0tt
eachfoot. And he also was t the sonne of tot Hebr. borne
the giant*
the giant. or, Rapha.
7 But when he || defied Israel, Jo- ched. II Or, repro-
nathan the sonne of ||Shimea Dauids I Called
brother, slew him. Shammah,
l. Sam. 16.
8 These 9.
People numbred. Chap.xxj, The peftilence.
8 These were borne vnto the Gi- saith the LORD, I toffer thee three WIelr.
ant in Gath, and they fell by the hand things, choose thee one of them, that I stretch out.
of Dauid, and by the hand of his ser- may doe it vnto thee.
uants. 11 So Gad came to Dauid, and said
vnto him, Thus saith the LORD,
CHAP. XXI. t Choose thee iHebr.take
to thee.
12 Either three yeeres famine, or
1 Dauid tempted by Satan , forceth loab to three moneths to bee destroyed before
number the people. 5 The number of the
people being brought, Dauid repenteth of it. thy foes (while that the sword of thine
9 Dauid hauing three plagues propounded enemies ouertaketh thee) or else three
by Gad, chuseth the pestilence. 14 After the dayes the sword of the LORD, euen
death of 70000, Dauid by repentance pre- the pestilence in the land, and the Angel
uenteth the destruction of lerusalem. 18 JDa-
uid by Gads direction, purchaseth Ornans of the LORD destroying throughout
threshing floore, where hauing built an Al- all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore
tar, God giueth a signe of his fauour by fire, aduise thy selfe, what word I shall
and stayeth the plague. 28 Dauid sacrifi* Dring againe to him that sent me.
ceth there, being restrained from Gibeon by
feare of the Angel. 13 And Dauid said vnto Gad, I am
in a great strait. Let mee fall now into
the hand of the LORD (for very Hgreat I Or, many.
Nd * Satan stoode vp a- are his mercies,) but let me not fall into

A
* Sam. 24.
l,&c. gainst Israel, and prouo- the hand of man.
ked Dauid to number Is- 14 1f So the LORD sent pestilence
rael. vpon Israel : and there fell of Israel,
2 And Dauid saide to seuentie thousand men.
loab, and to the rulers of the people, 15 And God sent an * Angel vnto 24. * 2. Sam.
16.
Goe, number Israel from Beer-sheba lerusalem to destroy it: and as he was
eueu to Dan : and bring the number of destroying, the LORD beheld, and he
them to me, that I may know it. repented him of the euill, and said to the
3 And loab answered, The LORD Angel that destroyed, It is ynough,
make his people an hundred times so stay now thine hand. And the Angel of
many moe as they bee: but, my lord the the L O R D stood by the threshing
king, are they not al my lords seruants ? floore of || Oman the lebusite. II Or, Arau-
2. sam.
why then doeth my lord require this 16 And Dauid lift vp his eyes, and nah. 24. 16.
thing ? why will hee bee a cause of tres- saw the Angel of the L O R D stand be-
passe to Israel ? tweene the earth and the heauen, ha-
4? Neuerthelesse, the kings word uing a drawen sword in his hand stret-
preuailed against loab : wherefore ched out ouer lerusalem. Then Dauid
loab departed, and went throughout and the Elders of Israel, who were
all Israel, and came to lerusalem. clothed in sackecloth, fell vpon their
5 If And loab gaue the summe of faces.
the number of the people vnto Dauid: 17 And Dauid said vnto God, Is it
and all they of Israel were a thousand not I that commanded the people to be
thousand, and an hundred thousand n urn bred ? euen I it is that haue sinned,
men that drew sword: and ludah was and done euill indeed, but as for these
foure hundred threescore and ten thou- sheepe, what haue they done? Let thine
sand men, that drew sword. hand, I pray thee, 0 LORD my God,
6 But Leui and Beniamin coun- be on me, and on my fathers house, but
ted hee not among them : for the kings not on thy people, that they should bee
word was abominable to loab. plagued.
t And[it was 7 tAnd God was displeased with 18 IF Then the * Angel of the LORD * 2. Chron.
euitl in the
eyes of the this thing, therefore he smote Israel. commanded Gad to say to Dauid, that 3. i.
LORD
concerning 8 And Dauid saide vnto God, *I Dauid should goe vp and set vp an Al-
this thing. haue sinned greatly, because I haue tar vnto the L O R D , in the threshing
* 2. Sam.
24. 10. done this thing : but uow, I beseech floore of Oman the lebusite.
II Or, when
thee, doe away the iniquitie of thy ser- 19 And Dauid went vp at the saying Ornan tur-
uant, for I haue done very foolishly. of Gad, which he spake in the Name oi ami backe*
ned
saw ttie
9 IF And the L O R D spake vnto the L o R D. Angel, then
he and his
Gad, Dauids Seer, saying, 20 || And Ornan turned backe anc fourcsonnes
10 Goe and tell Dauid, saying, Thus saw the Angel, and his foure sonnes with him.
hid them,
with selucs.
Dauid and Oman. I.Chron.
with him, hid themselues. Now Or-
nan was threshing wheat.
21 And as Dauid came to Oman,
Oman looked and saw Dauid, and
went out of the threshing floore, and
bowed himselfe to Dauid with his face
to the ground.
22 Then Dauid saide to Oman,
t Heb, giue. t Grant mee the place of this threshing
floore, that I may build an Altar there-
in vnto the L O R D : thou shalt grant
it mee for the full price, that the plague
may be stayed from the people.
23 And Oman saide vnto Dauid,
Take it to thee, and let my lord the king
do that which is good in his eyes. Loe,
I giue thee the oxen also for burnt of-
ferings, and the threshing instruments
for wood, and the wheat for the meate
offering, I giue it all.
24? And king Dauid said to Oman;
Nay, but I wil verily buy it for the full
price : for I will not take that which is
thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt
offerings without cost.
* 2. Sam. 24. 25 So * Dauid gaue to Oman for
24.
the place, sixe hundred shekels of gold
by weight.
26 And Dauid built there an Altar
vnto the L O U D , and offered burnt of-
ferings, and peace offerings, and called
vpon the L O R D , and hee answered
him from heauen by fire vpon the Al-
tar of burnt offering.
27 And the LORD commaunded
the Angel, and hee put vp his sword a-
gaine into the sheath thereof.
28 ^1 At that time, when Dauid saw
that the L O R D had answered him in
the threshing floore of Oman the le-
busite, then he sacrificed there.
29 For the tabernacle of the LORD
which Moses made in the wildernesse,
and the Altar of the burnt offering were
* Chap. 16. at that season, in the high place at * Gi-
3.0. 2. Chro.
i, 3. i. king. beon:
3. 4, 30 But Dauid could not goe before
it to euquire of God; for he was afraid,
because of the sword of the Angel of the
LORD.
C H A P . XXII.
1 Dauid foreknowing the place of the Temple,
prepareth abundance for the building of it.
6 Hee instructeth Solomon in Gods pro-
mises, and his duety in building the Tem-
ple. 17 He chargeth the Princes to assist his
sonne.
Dauids preparation
Hen Dauid said, This is
T the house of the L O R D
God, and this is the Altar
of the burnt offering for
Israel.
2 And Dauid commanded to gather
together the strangers that were in the
land of Israel : and hee set masons to
hew wrought stones to build the house
of God.
3 And Dauid prepared yron in a-
bundance for the nailes for the doores
of the gates, and for the ioynings, and
brasse in abundance without weight;
4 Also Cedar trees in abundance:
for the Zidonians, and they of Tyre,
brought much Cedar wood to Dauid.
5 And Dauid said, * Solomon my * Chap. 2S.
sonne is yong and tender, and the house 1.
that is to be builded for the LORD, must
be exceeding magnificall, of fame and of
glory throughout all countreys : I will
therefore now make preparation for it.
So Dauid prepared abundantly before
his death.
6 H Then hee called for Solomon
his sonne, and charged him to build an
house for the L O R D God of Israel.
7 And Dauid saide to Solomon;
My sonne, as for me, it was in my mind
to build an house vnto the Name of the
L O R D my God.
8 But the word of the LORD
came to mee, saying, *Thou hast shed 3.* Chap. 28.
2. sain. 7.
blood abundantly, and hast made great 19.
warres : thou shalt not build an house
vnto my Name, because thou hast shed
much blood vpon the earth in my sight.
9 Behold, a sonne shall bee borne to
thee, who shall bee a man of rest, and I
will giue him rest from all his enemies
II That Is,
round about : for his name shalbe || So-peaceable.
lomon, and I wil giue peace and quiet-
nesse vnto Israel in his dayes.
10 Hee shall build an house for my
Name, and he shal be my sonne, and I
will be his father, and I will establish
the throne of his kingdome ouer Is-
rael for euer.
11 Now my sonne, The LORD be
with thee, and prosper thou, and build
the house of the L O R D thy God, as he
hath said of thee.
12 Onely the L O R D giue thee
wisedome and vnderstanding, and giue
thee charge concerning Israel, that
thou mayest keepe the Law of the
L O R D thy God.
13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou
takest
for the Temple. Chap.xxiij.
takest heed to fulfill the Statutes and
Judgements which the LORD char-
ged Moses with, concerning Israel:
be strong, and of good courage, dread
not, nor be dismayed.
II Or, in my 14 Now beholde, ||in my trouble
pouertie.
I haue prepared for the house of the
L O R D an hundred thousand talents
of gold, and a thousand thousand ta-
lents of siluer, and of brasse and yron
* As Ver. 3. without * weight : (for it is in abun-
dance) timber also and stone haue I pre-
pared , and thou mayest adde thereto.
15 Moreouer, there are workmen with
II That w, thee in abundance, hewers, and ||wor-
Masons anc
Carpenters. kers of stone and timber, and all ma-
ner of cunning men for euery maner of
worke:
16 Of the gold, the siluer, and the
brasse, and the yron, there is no number.
Arise therefore, and be doing, and the
L O R D be with thee.
17 11 Dauid also commanded all the
Princes of Israel to helpe Solomon
his sonne, saying,
18 Is not the LORD your God with
you? and hath he not giuen you rest on
euery side? for he hath giuen the inhabi-
tants of the land into mine hand, and
the land is subdued before the L O R D ,
and before his people.
19 Now set your heart and your soule
to seeke the L O R D your God: arise
therfore, and build ye the Sanctuary of
the L O R D God, to bring the Arke of
the Couenant of the LORD, & the holy
vessels of God, into the house that is to
be built to the Name of the LORD.
C H A P . XXIII.
1 Dauid in his old agemaketh Solomon King.
2 The number and distribution of the Leuites
7 The families of the Gershonites. 12 The
sonnes of Kohath. 21 The sonnes of Merari.
24 The office of the Leuites.
*Chap. 28. O *when Dauid was old
S
u.
and full of dayes, he made
Solomon his sonne king
ouer Israel.
» 11 ^na ne gatnerea
together all the Princes of Israel, with
the Priests and the Leuites.
3 Now the Leuites were numbred
* Num. 4. 3. from the age of thirtie * yeeres and vp-
ward: and their number, by their
polles, man by man, was thirtie and
eight thousand.
4 Of which, twentie and foure
Mofes his sonnes.
thousand were \\ to set forward the work II Or, too.
of the house of the L O R D : and sixe ucrsee.
thousand were Officers arid ludges.
5 Moreouer, foure thousand were
porters, and foure thousand praised the
L O R D with the instruments which
I made (saidDauid) to praise therewith.
6 And * Dauid diuided them into l.chro. *Exod6. 1C
6.1.
t courses among the sonnes of Leui, &c. 2. chro.
8. 14. and
namely Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 29. 25.
7 H Of the * Gershonites were \\ La- t Heb. rfiui-
sions.
adan, and Shimei. * Chap. 26.
8 The sonnes of Laadan, the chiefe 21.
II Or, Libni,
was lehiel, and Zetham, and loel, chap. 6. 17.
three.
9 The sonnes of Shimei : Shelo-
mith , and Haziel, and Haran, three.
These were the chiefe of the fathers of
Laadan.
10 And the sonnes of Shimei were:
lahath, ||Zina, and leush, and Beri- ver. I! Or, Zixa,
11.
ah. These foure were the sonnes of
Shimei.
11 And lahath was the chiefe, and
Ziza the second: but leush and Beriah
t had not many sonnes : therefore they not t Heb. did
multiply
were in one reckoning, according to their sonnes*
fathers house.
12 f The sonnes of Kohath: Am-
ram, Izhar, Hebron, and Vzziel, foure.
13 The sonnes of *Amram : Aaron * Exo. 6. 20.
and Moses: and * Aaron was separa- * Exod. 28.
ted, that he should sanctifie the most ho- heb. 5. 4,
ly things, he and his sonnes for euer, to
burne incense before the L O R D , to mi-
nister vnto him , and to blesse in his
Name for euer.
14 *Now concerning Moses the * EXO. 2. 22.
man of God, his sonnes were named of
the tribe of Leui.
15 The sonnes of Moses were: * Ger- * EXO. 18.3,4
shom and Eliezer.
16 Of the sonnes of Gershom She-
buel was the chiefe.
17 And the sonnes of Eliezer were:
*Rehabiah ||the chiefe. And Eliezer * Chap. 26.
had none other sonnes: but the sonnes 25.
II Or, the first
of Rehabiah twere very many. t Heb. were
highly mul-
18 Of the sonnes of Izhar, Shelo- tiplied*
mith the chiefe.
19 Of the sonnes of Hebron, leriah
the first, Amariah the second, lahaziel
the third, and lekamiam the fourth.
20 Of the sonnes of Vzziel : Michah
the first, and lesiah the second.
21 1T The sonnes of Merari: Mahli
and Mushi. The sonnes of Mahli: Ele-
azar and Kish.
22 And Eleazar died, and had no
sonnes
The Priefts and I.Chron.
11
Or, kinse- sormes but daughters: and their ||bre-
men. thren the sonnes of Kish tooke them.
23 The sonnes of Mushi : Mahli,
and Eder, and lerimoth, three.
* Num. 10.
24.
24 1T These were the sonnes of *Le-
ui after the house of their fathers, euen
the chiefe of the fathers, as they were
counted by number of names by their
polles, that did the worke for the ser-
uice of the house of the LORD, from
* Num. 1.3. the age of *twentie yeeres and vpward.
25 For Dauid sayd, The L O R D
God of Israel hath giuen rest vnto his
I! Or, and he people, || that they may dwell in Jerusa-
dwelleth in lem for euer.
Jerusalem,
$c. 26 And also vnto the Leuites : they
shall no more cary the Tabernacle, nor
any vessels of it for the seruice thereof.
27 For by the last words of Dauid,
t Heb. num- the Leuites were tnumbred from twen-
ber.
tie yeeres olde, and aboue:
t Heb. their 28 Because t their office was to wait
station was
at the hand on the sonnes of Aaron, for the seruice
of the sonnes of the house of the L O R D , in the
of Aaron.
courts, and in the chambers, and in the
purifying of all holy things, and the
worke of the seruice of the house of God:
* Chap. 9.
29, &c.
29 Both for the * shew-bread, and
leuit. 6. 21. for the fine floure for meat offering, and
for the vnleauened cakes, and for that
8 Or, flat which is baked in the || panne, and for that
plate. which is fried, and for all maner of mea-
sures and size:
30 And to stand euery morning to
thanke and praise the L O R D , and
likewise at Euen:
31 And to offer all burnt sacrifices
vnto the L O R D in the Sabbaths, in
the new moones, and on the set feasts,
by number, according to the order com-
manded vnto them continually before
the L O R D :
32 And that they should keepe the
charge of the Tabernacle of the Con-
gregation, and the charge of the holy
place, and the charge of the sonnes of
Aaron their brethren , in the seruice of
the house of the LORD.
C H A P . XXIIII.
1 The diuisions of the sonnes of Aaron by lot
into fbure and twenty orders. 20 The Koha-
thites, 27 and the Merarites diuided by lot.
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of the sonnes of Aaron.
* Leui. 10. 4 * The sonnes of Aaron :
Nadab and Abihu, Elea-
zar and Ithamar.
Leuites offices.
2 But Nadab and Abihu died * be-* Num. 3. 4.
fore their father, and had no children: and 86.60.
Therefore Eleazar and Ithamar exe-
cuted the Priests office.
3 And Dauid distributed them, both
Zadok of the sonnes of Eleazar, and A-
himelech of the sonnes of Ithamar, ac-
cording to their offices in their seruice.
4 And there were moe chiefe men
found of the sonnes of Eleazar, then of
the sonnes of Ithamar: and thus were
they diuided. Among the sonnes of E-
leazar there were sixteene chiefe "men of
the house of their fathers, and eight a-
mong the sonnes of Ithamar accor-
ding to the house of their fathers.
5 Thus were they diuided by lot,
one sort with another; for the gouer-
nours of the Sanctuarie, and gouer-
nours of the house of God, were of the
sonnes of Eleazar, and of the sonnes of
Ithamar.
6 And Shemaiah the sonne of Na-
than ael the Scribe, one of the Leuites,
wrote them before the King and the
Princes, and Zadok the Priest, and A-
himelech the sonne of Abiathar, and be-
fore the chiefe of the fathers of the priests
and Leuites: one tprincipall houshold oft Heb. house
the father.
being taken for Eleazar, and one taken
for Ithamar.
7 Now the first lot came foorth to
lehoiarib : the second to ledaiah,
8 The third to Harim, the fourth
to Seorim,
9 The fifth to Malchiiah, the sixth
to Miiamin,
10 The seuenth to Hakkoz, the eight
to *Abiiah, *Luk. I. 5.
11 The ninth to leshua, the tenth to
Shecaniah,
12 The eleuenth to Eliashib, the
twelfth to lakim,
13 The thirteenth to Huppah, the
fourteenth to leshebeab,
14 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the six-
teenth to Immer,
15 The seuenteenth to Hezir, the
eighteenth to Aphses,
16 The ninteenth to Pethahiah, the
twentieth to lehezekel,
17 The one and twentieth to la-
chin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,
18 The three and twentieth to De-
laiah, the foure and twentieth to Maa-
ziah.
19 These were the orderings of them
in their seruice to come into the house of
the LORD according to their maner,
vnaer
The Leuites and Chap.xxv.
vnder Aaron their father, as the
-•ORD God of Israel had comman-
led him.
20 H And the rest of the sonnes of
^euiwere these: of the sons of Amrarn,
Shubael : of the sonnes of Shubael,
edeiah.
21 Concerning Rehabiah, of the
ons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah.
22 Of the Izharites, Shelomoth:
of the sonnes of Shelomoth, lahath.
* Chap. 23. 23 And the sonnes of* Hebron, leriah
9. and 26.
1. the first, Amariah the second, lahaziel
the third, lekameam the fourth.
24 Of the sonnes of Vzziel, Michah :
of the sonnes of Michah, Shamir.
25 The brother of Michah was Is-
shiah : of the sonnes of Isshiah, Zecha-
riah.
26 The sonnes of Merari were Mah-
i and Mushi : the sonnes of laaziah,
Jeno.
27 IF The sonnes of Merari by la-
aziah, Beno, and Shoham, and Zac-
cur, and Ibri.
28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had
no sonnes.
29 Concerning Kish : the sonne of
Kish was lerahmeel.
30 The sonnes also of Mushi, Mah-
i , and Eder, and lerimoth. These
were the sonnes of the Leuites after the
louse of their fathers,
31 These likewise cast lots ouer a-
jainst their brethren the sonnes of Aa-
ron, in the presence of Dauid the King,
and Zadok and Ahimelech, and the
chiefe of the fathers of the priests and
Leuites, euen the principal! fathers o-
uer against their yonger brethren.
CHAP. XXV.
1 The number & offices of the singers. 8 Their
diuision by lot, into foure and twentie orders.
Oreouer Dauid and the
Mm
M
captaines of the h'oste se-
parated to the seruice ol
the sonnes of Asaph, anc
_ , _ . of Heman, and of
thun , who should prophesie with
harps, with psalteries, and with cym-
bals : and the number of the workmen,
according to their seruice, was:
2 Of trie sonnes of Asaph: Zaccur,
I Otherwise and loseph, and Nethaniah, and Asa-
called lesha-
relah, v. 14. relah, the sonnes of Asaph vnder the
*Heb.lythe hands of Asaph, which prophesied tac-
hand tf the
Mr** cording to the order of the king.
their offices.
3 Of leduthun : the sonnes of le-
duthun, Gedaliah, and ||Zeri, and le- Or, Ixri,
haiah , Hashabiah , and Mattithiah , ver. 11.
|sixe, vnder the handes of their father With Shi-
leduthun, who prophesied with a mei mentio-
ned ver. 17-
larpe, to giue thankes and to praise the
LORD.
4? Of Heman: the sonnes of He-
man, Bukkiah, Mattaniah, ||Vzziel, Or, Aza-
ver. 18.
[Shebuel, and lerimoth, Hananiah, reel, Or, Shuba-
3anani, Eliatha, Giddalti, and Ro- el, ver. 20.
mamti -Ezer, loshbekashah , Mallo-
hi, Hothir, and Mahazioth :
5 All these were the sonnes of He-
man the kings Seer in the ||wordes of Or, mat-
God, to lift vp the home. And God ers.
gaue to Heman fourteene sonnes and
ihree daughters
6 All these were vnder the hands of
;heir father, for song in the house of the
L O R D with cymbals, psalteries and
larpes, for the seruice of the house of
God, taccording to the kings order, to Heb.bythe
hands of the
Asaph, leduthun, and Heman. King.
7 So the number of them, with
their brethren that were instructed in
the songs of the LORD, euen all that
were cunning, was two hundred, foure
score and eight.
8 f And they cast lots ward against
ward, as well the small as the great, the
teacher as the scholler.
9 Now the first lot came foorth for
Asaph to Joseph, the second to Gedali-
ah, who with his brethren and sonnes
were twelue;
10 The third to Zaccur, he, his sons,
and his brethren were twelue:
11 The fourth to Izri, he, his sonnes
and his brethren were twelue:
12 The fift to Nethaniah, hee, his
sonnes and his brethren were twelue:
13 The sixt to Bukkiah, he, his sons
and his brethren were twelue.
14 The seuenth to lesharelah, heey
his sonnes & his brethren were twelue:
15 The eight to leshaiah, hee, his
sonnes and his brethren, were twelue:
16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his
sonnes and his brethren were twelue:
17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons
and his brethren were twelue:
18 The eleuenth to Azareel, hee, his
sonnes and his brethren were twelue:
19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his
S9nnes and his brethren, were twelue:
"20 The thirteenth to Shubael, hee,
his sonnes and his brethren were twelue
21 The fourteenth to Mattithiah
he
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The Leuites and I.Chron.
hee, his sonnes and his brethren, were
twelue.
22 The fifteenth to lerimoth, hee,
lis sonnes & his brethren, were twelue:
23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, hee,
his sonnes & his brethren, were twelue:
24 The seuenteenth to loshbeka-
shah, he, his sonnes and his brethren,
were twelue:
25 The eighteenth to Hanani: hee,
lis sonnes & his brethren, were twelue:
26 The nineteenth to Mallothi, hee,
lis sonnes & his brethren, were twelue:
27 The twentieth to Eliathah, hee,
his sonnes & his brethren, were twelue:
28 The one and twentieth to Ho-
thir, he, his sonnes and his brethren were
twelue.
29 The two and twentieth to Gid-
dalti, hee, his sonnes and his brethren,
were twelue.
30 The three and twentieth to Ma-
lazioth, he, his sonnes and his brethren,
were twelue.
31 The foure and twentieth to Ro-
marati-Ezer, he, his sonnes and his bre-
thren, were twelue.
CHAP. XXVI.
1 The diuisions of the porters. 13 The gates as-
signed by lot. 20 The Leuites that had charge
of the treasures. 29 Officers and ludges.
Oncerning the diuisions
!l Or, Mete.
miah, ver.
14.
H Or, Abia-
SAPH, CHAP.9
19. & 6.
C of the porters: oftheKor-
hites was \\ Meshelemiah
the sonne of Kore, of the
^^,^v^-~ sonne
2 And the sonnes of Meshelemiah
37. were Zechariah the first borne, lediael
the second, Zebadiah the third, lath-
niel the fourth,
3 Elam the fifth, lehohanan the
sixth, Elioenai the seuenth.
4 Moreouer the sonnes of Obed-E-
dom were Shemaiah the first borne, le-
hozabad the second, loah the thirde,
and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel
the fifth,
5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the se-
uenth , Peulthai the eighth : for God
II That is, blessed ||him.
Obed.E-
dom^aschap. 6 Also vnto Shemaiah his sonne
13. U. were sonnes borne, that ruled through-
out the house of their father: for they
were mighty men of valour.
7 The sonnes of Shemaiah : Oth-
ni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elza-
bad, whose brethren were strong men;
Porters offices.
-tMihu, and bemacniah.
8 All these of the sonnes of Obed-
Edom: they and their sonnes and their
>rethren, able men for strength for the
seruice, were threescore and two of O-
red-Edom.
9 And Meshelemiah had sonnes and
>rethren, strong men, eighteene.
10 Also Hosah of the children of Me-
rari, had sonnes: Simri the chiefe, (for
though he was not the first borne, yet his
Bather made him the chiefe)
11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the
thirde, Zechariah the fourth : all the
sonnes and brethren of Hosah, were thir-
teene.
12 Among these were the diuisions
of the porters, euen among the chiefe
men, hauing wards one against an-
other, to minister in the house of the
LORD.
13 IT And they cast lots ||as well the I Or, aswell
small as the. great, according to the for the small
as for the
louse of their fathers for euery gate. great,
14 And the lot Eastward fel to ||She- shelemiah,
D Called Me-
emiah; then for Zechariah his sonne ver. 1.
'a wise counseller:) they cast lots, and
his lot came out Northward.
15 To Obed-Edom Southward,
and to his sonnes, the house of t A- theringt.
iHebr.ga.
suppim.
16 To Shuppim and Hosa, the lot
came jfborth Westward with the gate
Shallecheth, by the causey of the going
|vp, ward against ward.
17 Eastward were sixe Leuites, 10.
Northward foure a day, Southward
foure a day, and toward Asuppim two
and two.
I See 1. king.
4. 2. chr.
). 4,11.
18 And Parbar Westward, foure at
the causey, and two at Parbar.
19 These are the diuisions of the por-
ters among the sonnes of Kore, and a-
mong the sonnes of Merari.
20 11 And of the Leuites, Ahiiah wot
ouer the treasures of the house of Godj
and ouer the treasures of the t dedicate
t Heb, holy
things.
things.
21 As concerning the sonnes of ||La- I Or, Libni,
adan : the sonnes of the Gershonitc chap. 6. 17.
Laadan, hiefe fathers; euen of Laadan
the Gershonite, were ||Iehieli.
22 The sonnes of lehieli, Zethara \Or,Iehitl,
and loel his brother ^which were ouer the chap. 23. 8.
treasures of the house of the LORD.
23 Of the Amramites, and the Iz-
harites, the Hebronites, and the Vz-
zielites:
24 And Shebuel the sonne of Ger
shorn
Officers appointed Chap.xxvij.
shorn, the sonne of Moses, was ruler o:
the treasures.
25 And his brethren by Eliezer: Re-
habiah his sonne, and leshaiah his
sonne, and loram his sonne, and Zi-
chri his sonne, & Shelomith his sonne.
26 Which Shelomith and his bre-
thren, were ouer all the treasures of the
dedicate things, which Dauid the king
and the chiefe fathers, the captaines
ouer thousands and hundreds, and the
captaines of the hoste had dedicated.
t Heb.outof
the battels
27 t Out of the spoyles wonne in
and spoiles. battels, did they dedicate to maintaine
the house of the LORD.
28 And all that Samuel the Seer,
and Saul the sonne of Kish, and Abner
the sonne of Ner, and loab the sonne
of Zeruiah had dedicated, and whoso-
euer had dedicated any thing, it was vn-
der the hand of Shelomith and of his
brethren.
29 IF Of the Izharites, Chenaniah
and his sonnes, were for the outward
busines ouer Israel, for officers and
ludges.
30 And of the Hebronits, Hashabiah
and his brethren, men of valour, a thou-
t Heb. ouer sand and seuen hundred, were t officers
the charge.
among them of Israel on this side
lorden westward, in all busines of the
LORD, and in the seruice of the king.
31 Among the Hebronites was leri-
iah the chiefe, euen among the Hebro-
nits, according to the generations of his
fathers : in the fourtieth yeere of the
reigne of Dauid, they were sought for,
and there were found among them
mightie men of valour, at lazer of
Gilead.
32 And his brethren, men of valour*
were two thousand and seuen hundred
chiefe fathers, whom King Dauid
made rulers ouer the Reubenites, the
Gadites, & the halfe tribe of Manasseh,
for euery matter perteining to God, and
t Heb, thing. t affaires of the king.
C H A P . XXVII.
1 The twelue Captaines, for euery seuerall
moneth. 16 The Princes of the twelue
Tribes. 23 The numbring of the people is
hindered. 25 Dauids seuerall Officers.
AAAAAAAAAA
A rael after their number, to
wit, the chiefe fathers and
captaines of thousands
and hundreds, and their
officers that serued the king in any
for the King.
matter of the courses, which came in
and went out moneth by moneth
throughout all the moneth s of the
yeare, of euery course were twentie anc
foure thousand.
% Ouer the first course for the first
moneth was lashobeam the sonne o:
Zabdiel, and in his course were twentie
and foure thousand.
3 Of the children of Perez, was the
chiefe of all the captaines of the host, for
the first moneth.
4 And ouer the course of the seconc
moneth was ||Dodai an Ahohite, and o1 Sam. II Or9 Dodo. 2
23. 9.
his course was Mikloth also the ruler:
In his course likewise were twentie anc
foure thousand.
5 The third captaine of the host for
the third month was Benaiah the sonne
of lehoiada a ||chiefe priest, and in his II Or, princi-
course were twenty and foure thousand. paU officer.
6 This is tfiat Benaiah, who was
* mightie among the thirtie, and aboue * 2. Sam. 23.
20. 22. 23.
the thirty : and in his course was Ami- & i. Chion.
zabad his sonne. II. 24.
7 The fourth captaine for the fourth
moneth was Asahel the brother of lo-
ab, and Zebadiah his sonne after him:
and in his course were twentie and foure
thousand.
8 The fifth captaine for the fifth
moneth, was Shamhuth the Izrahite:
and in his course were twentie and foure
thousand.
9 The sixt captaine for the sixt moneth,
was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite:
and in his course were twentie and foure
thousand.
10 The seuen th captaine for the seuenth
moneth was Helez the Pelonite, of the
children of Ephraim : and in his course
were twentie and foure thousand.
11 The eighth captaine for the eighth
moneth, was Sibbecai the Hushathite,
of the Zarhites : and in his course were
twentie and foure thousand.
12 The ninth captaine for the ninth
moneth, was Abiezer the Anetothite, of
the Beniamites; and in his course were
twentie and foure thousand.
13 The tenth captaine for the tenth
moneth, was Maharai the Netopha-
thite, of the Zarhites : and in his course
were twentie and foure thousand.
14 The eleuenth captaine for the ele-
uenth moneth was Benaiah the Pira-
thonite, of the children of Ephraim:
and in his course were twenty and foure
thousand.
15 The
 Officers for the I.Chron.
15 The twelfth captaine for the twelfth
Or, Heled, moneth, was \\ Heldai the Netophathite,
Chap. 11.30
f Othniel: and in his course were twen-
ie and foure thousand.
16 IF Furthermore, ouer the tribes
f Israel: The Ruler of the Reube-
nites was Eliezer the sonne of Zichri:
f the Simeonites, Shephatiah the
onne of Maachah.
17 Of the Leuites : Hashabiah the
onne of Eemuel; of the Aaronites,
Zadok.
18 Of ludah, Elihu, one of the bre-
hren of Dauid : of Issachar, Omri the
sonne of Michael.
19 Of Zebukm, Ishmaiah the son
of Obadiah : of Naphtali , leriinoth
the sonne of Azriel.
20 Of the children of Ephraim, Ho-
shea the sonne of Azazziah: of the halfe
tribe of Manasseh, loel the sonne of
Pedaiah.
21 Of the halfe tribe of Manasseh in
Gilead, Iddo the sonne of Zechariah:
of Beniamin, laasiel the son of Abner.
%% Of Dan, Azariel the sonne of
leroham. These were the princes of the
tribes of Israel.
S3 1T But Dauid tooke not the num-
?er of them from twentie yeeres olde
and vnder : because the LORD hac
said, hee would increase Israel like to
the starres of the heauens.
24 loab the sonne of Zeruiah be-
* 1. Chron. gan to number, #but he finished not, be-
21.7-2. san
24. 5. &c. cause there fell wrath for it against Is-
\ Heb. as- rael $ neither t was .the number put in
cended.
the account of the Chronicles of King
Dauid.
25 f And ouer the Kings treasures,
was Azmaueth the sonne of Adiel: anc
ouer the store-houses in the fields, in the
cities, and in the villages, and in the ca
sties, was lehonathan the sonne of Vz-
ziah.
26 And ouer them that did the worke
of the field, for tillage of the ground, was
Ezri the sonne of Chelub.
27 And ouer the Vineyards, was
t Heb. ouer
Shimei the Ramathite: touer the in
that which crease of the vineyards for the wine eel
was of the
vineyards. lars, was iSabdi the Ziphmite.
28 And ouer the Oliue trees, and the
Sycom ore trees that were in the lowe
plaines, was Baal-hanan the Gederite
and ouer the ceflars of oyle was loash
29 And ouer the herdes that fed ir
Sharon, was Shetrai the Sharonite
i and ouer the herds that were in the val
Kings feruice.
eys, was Shaphat the sonne of Adlai. |
30 Ouer the camels also, was Obil
he Ishmaelite: and ouer the Asses, was
ehdeiah the Meronothite.
31 And ouer the flockes, was laziz
he Hagerite. All these were the rulers
of the substance which was king Dauids.
32 Also lonathan Dauids vncle,
was a counseller, a wise man, and a
| Scribe: and lehiel the || sonne of Hach- arie.
Ol% 9€GT€*
moni, was with the kings sonnes. Or, ffach-
33 And Ahitophel was the kings coun- monite.
seller, and Hushai the Archite, was the
nngs companion.
34 And after Ahitophel, was leho-
iada the sonne of Benaiah, and Abia-
thaf: and the general of the Kings ar-
mie was loab.
CHAP XXVIII
1 Dauid in a solemne assembly, hauing declared
Gods fauour to him, and promise toThis sonne
Solomon, exhorteth them to feare God. 9.
20 Hee encourageth Solomon to build the
Temple. 11 He giueth him paternes for the
forme, and gold and siluer for the materials.
IND Dauid assembled a
Aa ?the Princes of Israel, th
I Princes of the tribes, an
I the captains of the comp
? nies that ministred to th
king by course : and the captaines ouer
the thousands, and captaines ouer the
hundreds, and the stewards ouer all the
substance and || possession of the King, II Or, cattell
and of his sonnes, with the || officers, nuches.
II Or, .Ett-
and with the mightie men, and with all
the valiantinen, vnto Jerusalem.
2 Then JDauid the Icing stood vp vp-
on his feete, and said, Heare me, my bre-
thren, and my people : As for me, I hac
in mine heart to builde an house of rest
for the Arke of the Couenant of the
LORD, and for the *footestoole of our * 2. Sam. 7.
God, & had made ready for the building. 5.5,13.1. kin
5. 1. chro
3 But God said vnto me, Thou shalt 22. 8-
not builde an house for my Name, be-
cause thou hast been a man of warre, anc
hast shed tblood t Heb. bhodi
4 Howbeit, the LORD God of Is-
rael chose me before all the house of my
father, to be king ouer Israel for euer:
for he hath chosen *Iudah to be the ru- Gen. 49. fl.
1. sam. 1G.
ler; & of the house of ludah, the house 13. psal 78.
of my father; and among the sonnes 0167
my father, he liked me to make me king
ouer all Israel:
5 *And of all my sonnes (for the * Cha. 23. 1
LORD hath giuen me many sonnes'
hee
Dauid exhorteth Chap.xxix.
hee hath chosen Solomon my sonne, to
sifevpon the throne of the kingdome of
the L O R D ouer Israel.
* 2. Sam. 7. 6 And he said vnto me, * Solomon
13. 2. chro.
1.9. thy sonne, hee shall build my house and
my courts: for I haue chosen him to be
my sonne, and I will be his father.
7 Moreouer, I will establish his
With sirong kingdome for euer, if he be t constant to
do my commandements and my iudge-
ments, as at this day.
8 Now therefore in the sight of all
Israel, the congregation of the LORD,
and in the audience of our God, keepe,
and seeke for all the commandements
of the LORD your God, that ye may
possesse this good land, and leaue it for
an inheritance for your children after
you, for euer.
* 1. Sam. 16. 9 1f * And thou, Solomon my sonne,
7. psal. 139.
2. and 7. 9. know thou the God of thy father, and
iere. 11. 20. serue him with a perfite heart, and with
and 17.10.
and 20. 12. a willing minde : for the LORD sear-
cheth all hearts, and vnderstandeth all
the imaginations of the thoughts : if
thou seeke him, he will be found of thee,
but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee
off for euer.
10 Take heed now, for the LORD
hath chosen thee to builde an house for
the Sanctuarie : be strong, and doe it.
11 If Then Dauid gaue to Solo-
mon his sonne the paterne of the porch,
and of the houses thereof, and of the
treasuries thereof, and of the vpper
chambers thereof, and of the inner par-
lours thereof, and of the place of the
Mercie-seate.
tHeb.ofall 1£ And the paterne t of all that hee
that was
with him. had by the spirit, of the courts of the
house of the LORD, and of all the
chambers round about, of the treasu-
ries of the house of God, and of the trea-
suries of the dedicate things :
13 Also for the courses of the Priests
and the Leuites, & for all the worke of
the seruice of the house of the LORD,
and for all the vessels of seruice in the
house of the LORD.
14 Hee gaue of golde by weight, for
things of golde, for all instruments of all
manner of seruice : siluer also for all in-
struments of siluer, by weight, for all
instruments of euery kinde of seruice:
15 Euen the weight for the Candle-
stickes of golde, and for their lampes of
golde, by weight for euery candlesticke,
and for the lampes thereof: and for the
Candlestickes of siluer by weight, both
his sonne Solomon,
for the Candlesticke and also for the
lampes thereof, according to the vse ol
euery candlesticke.
16 And by weight hee gaue golde for
the tables of shew-bread, for euery ta-
ble, and likewise siluer for the tables of
siluer.
17 Also pure golde for the flesh-
hookes, and the bowles, and the cups :
and for the golden basins hee gaue golde
by weight, for euery basin; and like-
wise siluer by weight, for euery basin of
siluer.
18 And for the Altar of incense, refi-
ned golde by weight; and gold for the
paterne of the charet of the * Cheru- 1. *i.Sam.4.4
king. 6.
bims, that spread outtkeirwng$9a,nd co- 23, &c.
uered the Arke of the Couenant of the
LORD.
19 All this, sayd Dauid, the L O R D
made mee vnderstand in writing by his
hand vpon mee, euen all the workes of
this paterne.
20 And Dauid said to Solomon his
sonne, Be strong, and of good courage,
and doe it: feare not, nor be dismayed,
for the LORD God, euen my God, wiU
be with thee; he will not faile thee, nor
forsake thee, vntill thou hast finished all
the worke for the seruice of the house of
the LORD.
21 And behold, the courses of the
Priests and the Leuites, euen they shall
be with thee for all the seruice of the
house of God, and there shall be with
thee for all manner of workemanship,
euery willing skilfull man, for any ma-
ner of seruice : also the Princes and all
the people will bee wholly at thy com-
mandement.
CHAP. XXIX.
1 Dauid by his example and intreatie, 6 cau-
seth the Princes and people to offer willing-
ly. 10 Daniels thankesgiuing and prayer.
20 The people hauing blessed God and sa-
crificed 3 make Solomon King. 26 Dauids
reigne and death.
Vrthermore, Dauid the
F King said vnto all the con-
gregation, Solomon my
sonne, wlwme alone God
hath chosen,^yet*young *Cha. 22. 5.
and tender, and the worke is great: for
the palace is not for man, but for the
L O R D God.
£ Now I haue prepared with all
my might for the house of my God, the
gold
The Princes gifts. l.Chron.
rold farthings to be made of gold, the sil-
aer farthings of siluer, and the brasse for
things of brasse, the yron for things of y-
ron, and wood for things of wood, onix
stones, and stones to be set, glistering
stones, and of diuers colours, and all
maner of precious stones, and marble
stones in abundance.
3 Moreouer, because I haue set my
affection to the house of my God, I
laue of mine owne proper good, of gold
and siluer, which I haue giuen to the
louse of my God, ouer & aboue all that
[ haue prepared for the holy house:
4* Euen three thousand talents of
*l.king.9. Told, of the gold of *Ophir, and seuen
28. thousand talents of refined siluer, to o-
uerlay the walles of the houses with-
all.
5 The gold for things of golde, and
the siluer for things of siluer, and for all
maner of worke to be made by the hands
of Artificers. And who then is willing
\Hebr.tofill tto consecrate his seruice this day vnto
his hand. the L O R D ?
6 U Then the chiefe of the fathers
and Princes of the tribes of Israel, and
the captaines of thousands and of hun-
dreds, with the rulers ouer the Kings
worke, offered willingly,
7 And gaue for the seruice of the
bouse of God, of gold fiue thousand ta-
lents, and ten thousand drammes: and
of siluer, ten thousand talents: and of
brasse, eighteene thousand talents: and
one hundred thousand talents of yron.
8 And they with whom precious
stones were found, gaue them to the
treasure of the house of the L O R D , by
the hand of lehiel the Gershonite.
9 Then the people reioyced, for that
they offred willingly, because with per-
fect heart they offered willingly to the
LORD : and Dauid the King also re-
ioyced with great ioy.
10 1T Wherefore Dauid blessed the
L O R D before all the Congregation:
and Dauid saide, Blessed bee thou,
L O R D God of Israel our father, for
euer and euer.
11 Thine, O LORD, is the great-
nes, and the power, and the glory, & the
victorie, and the maiestie: for all that is in
the heauen & in the earth,z* thine: thine
*Mat. 6. 13 is *the kingdome, O L O R D , and thou
1. tim. 1.17
apoc. 5.13. art exalted as head aboue all.
12 Both riches, and honour come of
thee, and thou reignest ouer all, and in
thine hand is power and might, and in
Dauids prayer.
thine hand it is to make great, and to
riue strength vnto all.
13 Now therefore, our God, wee
thanke thee, and praise thy glorious
Name.
14 But who am I, and what is my
people, that we should tbe able to offer ttaineHebr. re-
or 06-
so willingly after this sort ? for all things tainstrength
come of thee, and of t thine owne haue \Hebr.of
thine hand.
we giuen thee.
15 For we are strangers before thee,
and soiourners, as were all our fathers:
* Our dayes on the earth are as a sha- and * PsaL 39.12
90. 9.
dow, and there is none tabiding. heb. 11. 13.
16 O LORD our God, all this store i. pet. 2. ll.
t Hebr. ex-
that we haue prepared to build thee an pectation.
house for thine holy Name, commeth of
thine hand, and is all thine owne.
171 know also, my God, that thou
* triestthe heart, and hast pleasure in vp- * Cha. 28. 9
rightnesse. As for me,in the vprightnes 1. Sam. 16.7
of mine heart I haue willingly offered
all these things : and now haue I scene
with ioy, thy people which are tpresent t Heb. found
here, to offer willingly vnto thee.
18 O LORD God of Abraham,
Isaac and of Israel our fathers, keepe
this for euer in the imagination of the
thoughts of the heart of thy people, and
11 prepare their heart vnto thee : I Or, stablish
19 And giue vnto Solomon my sonne
a perfect heart to keepe thy Commaun-
dements, thy testimonies, and thy sta-
tutes, and to doe all these things, and to
build the pallace, for the which I haue
made prouision.
20 f And Dauid said to all the Con-
gregation : Nowe blesse the LORD
your God. And all the Congregation
blessed the L O R D God of their fa-
thers, and bowed downe their heads,
and worshipped the L O R D , and the
King.
21 And they sacrificed sacrifices vnto
the LORD, & offered burnt offerings
vnto the L O R D on the morrow after
that day, euen a thousand bullockes, a
thousand rams, and a thousand lambes,
with their drinke offerings, and sacrifi-
ces in abundance for all Israel:
22 And did eate and drinke before
the L O R D on that day with great
gladnesse, and they made Solomon the
sonne of Dauid King the second time,
and * anointed him vnto the L O R D to 33. 1. King. 1.
jbe the chiefe gouernour, and Zadok to
be Priest.
23 Then Solomon sate on the
throne of the LORD, as king in stead
of
 Solomons royaltie. Chap.j.
of Dauid his father, and prospered,
and all Israel obeyed him.
24? And all the princes and the migh-
tie men, and all the sonnes likewise of
t Heb. gaue king Dauid, t submitted themselues vn-
the hand vn-
der Solomon. to Solomon the King.
25 And the L O R D magnified So-
lomon exceedingly in the sight of all Is-
»I.King. 3 rael, and * bestowed vpon him such royal
13. 2. chro.
1.12. cedes. maiestie, as had not bene on any king
2.9. before him in Israel.
26 f Thus Dauid the sonne of
lesse, reigned ouer all Israel.
27 And the time that he reigned o-
uer Israel, was fourtie yeeres. Seuen
5[THE S E C O N D B O O K E
of the Chronicles.
C H A P . I.
1 The solemne offering of Solomon at Gibeon.
7 Solomons choise of wisdome is blessed by
God. 13 Solomons strength and wealth.
Nd Solomon the
A
sonne of Dauid
was strengthned
in his kingdome,
• I.King. 2. *and the LOUD
46. his God was with
him, & magnified
him exceedingly.
2 Then Solo-
mon spake vnto all Israel, to the cap-
taines of thousands, and of hundreds,
and to the ludges, and to euery gouer-
nour in all Israel, the chiefe of the fa-
thers.
3 So Solomon and all the Con-
gregation with him, went to the high
«l.King.3. slace that was at * Gibeon, for there was
4.1. Chro. ;he Tabernacle of the Congregation of
6.39.
and 21. 29. Sod, which Moses the seruant of the
LORD had made in the wildernesse.
* 2. Same. 4 *But the Arke of God had Da-
2,17. uid brought vp from Kiriath-iearim,
,o the place which Dauid had prepared for
it: for he had pitched a tent for it at le-
rusalem.
*Exod. 38.
1.
5 Moreouer * the brasen Altar that
Dauids death.
yeeres reigned hee in Hebron, and thir
tie and three yeeres reigned hee in le
rusalem.
28 And he died in a good old age, fu
of dayes, riches and honour : and So
lomon his sonne reigned in his stead.
29 Now the acts of Dauid the Kin
first and last, behold, they are written i
the ||booke of Samuel the Seer, and in rie.\\0r,histo.
the tbooke of Nathan the Prophet, am \Hebr.
in the booke of Gad the Seer, words.
30 With all his reigne and his might
and the times that went ouer him, am
ouer Israel, and ouer all the king
domes of the countreys.
Bezaleel the sonne of Vri, the sonne oi
Hur, had made, ||hee put before the Ta- there.
II Or, was
bernacle of the L O R D : and Solo-
mon and the Congregation sought vn-
to it.
6 And Solomon went vp thithei
to the brasen Altar before the LORD.
which was at the Tabernacle of the
Congregation, and offered a thousand
burnt offerings vpon it.
7 U In that night did God appeare
vnto Solomon, and saide vnto nim ;
Aske what I shall giue thee.
8 And Solomon saide vnto God,
Thou hast shewed great mercy vnto
Dauid my father, and nast made *me to * l. Chro.
28.3.
reigne in his stead:
9 Now, O L O R D God, let thy
promise vnto Dauid my father be esta-
blished : * for thou hast made mee King *l. King. 3.
ouer a people, tlike the dust of the earth Heb. much
in multitude. as the dust
f the earth.
10 Giue *mee now wisedome and * 1. King. 3.
11,12.
knowledge, that I may goe out and num. 27.
come in before this people. For who can 17
iudge this thy people, that is so great ?
11 And God said to Solomon, Be-
cause, this was in thine heart, and thou
bast not asked riches, wealth , or ho-
nour, nor the life of thine enemies, nei-
ther yet hast asked long life; but hast
asked
 Preparation for Jl.Chron.
sked wisedome and knowledge for
by selfe, that thou mayest iudge my
>eople, ouer whom I haue made thee
King:
12 Wisedome and knowledge is gran-
ed vnto thee, and I will giue thee ri-
ches, and wealth, and honour, such as
l. Chron. *none of the kings haue had, that haue
9, 25. ec-
les. 2. 9. 2. >eene before thee, neither shall there a-
hro. 9. £2, ny after thee haue the like.
13 1f Then Solomon earned/row his
aurney to the high place that was at Gi-
>eon, to Jerusalem, from before the
Tabernacle of the Congregation, and
reigned ouer Israel.
1. King. 10 14 *And Solomon gathered charets
6. &c. and
.26. and horsemen : and hee had a thousand
and foure hundred charets, and twelue
housand horsemen, which he placed in
;he charet - cities, and with the King at
Jerusalem.
* I.King. 10 15 * And the King t made siluer and
26. 2. chro.
9. 27,28. gold at lerusalem as plenteous as stones,
t Heb. gaue. and Cedar trees made hee as the Syco-
more trees, that are in the vale for abun-
dance.
* 1. King. 10 16 * And t Solomon had horses
28. 2. chro.
9.28. )rought out of Egypt, and linen yarne:
t Heb. ike
going foorth the Kings merchants receiued the lin-
of the horses nen yarne at a price.
which was
Solomons. 17 And they fetcht vp and brought
borth out of Egypt, a charet for sixe
lundred shekels of siluer, and an horse
for an hundred and fiftie: and so brought
;hey out horses for all the kings of the
t Heb. by Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, tby
heir hand.
their meanes.
C H A P . II.
1 and 17 Solomons labourers for the building
of the Temple. 3 His embassage to Hurara
for workemen and provision of stuffe. 11 Hu-
ram sendeth him a kinde answere.
A
A
ND Solomon determi-
ned to build an house for
the Name of the LORD,
and an house for his king-
dome.
2 And Solomon told out threescore
and tenne thousand men to beare bur-
dens , and fourescore thousand to hewe
in the mountaine, and three thousanc
and sixe hundred to ouersee them.
II Or, Hiram 3 11 And Solomon sent to ||Huram
l. King. 5.1
the king of Tyre, saying, As thou did-
dest deale with Dauid my father, anc
diddest send him Cedars to builde him
an house to dwell therein 5 euen so deale
with me.
the Temple.
4 Behold, I build an house to the
name of the LORD my God, to dedi-
cate it to him, and to burne before him
tsweet incense, and for the continuall 1cense
iHeb. in-
Qf spi-
shew.bread, and for the burnt offrings cces.
morning and euening, on the Sab-
>aths, and on the new Moones, and on
the solemne feasts of the LORD our
God. This is an ordinanceforeueT to Is-
rael.
5 And the house which I build, is
great: for great is our God aboue all
jods.
6 *But who tis able to build him^27. *l.King.8.
2. chro.
an house, seeing the heauen, and hea- <6.18.
i Heb.
uen of heauens cannot conteine him ? ]retained, hath
or
who am I then that I should build obtainedstrength.
lim an house ? saue onely to burne sa-
crifice before him ?
7 Send me now therefore a man,
cunning to worke in gold and in siluer,
and in brasse, and in yron, and in purple
and crimson, and blew, and that can skil
to tgraue, with the cunning men that• gravet Heb. to
gra-
are with me in ludah, and in lerusa-- uings.
em, whome Dauid my father did pro-
uide.
8 Send me also Cedar trees, firreI
;rees, and ||Algume trees, out of Le-. muggim,
lOr.Al.
1.
)anon : (for I know that thy seruants1 Kin. 10.11.
can skill to cut timber in Lebanon) and
jehold, my seruants shalbe with thy ser-
uants,
9 Euen to prepare me timber in a-
bundance: for the house which I am a-
bout to build, shalbe fwonderfull great. and
t Heb. great
10 And behold, I will giue to thy ser- full.wonder-
uants the hewers that cut timber,
twentie thousand measures of beaten
wheat, and twentie thousand measures
of barley, and twentie thousand baths
of wine, and twentie thousand baths of
oyle.
11 f Then Huram the king of Tyre
answered in writing, which hee sent to
Solomon : Because the L O R D hath
loued his people, hee hath made thee
King ouer them.
12 Huram said moreouer, Blessed be
the L O R D God of Israel that made
heauen and earth, who hath giuen to
Dauid the King a wise sonne, t indued tingprudencc
Heb. know-
with prudence and vnderstanding, that and vnder*
might build an house for the LORD, standing.
and an house for his kingdome.
13 And now I haue sent a cunning
man (indued with vnderstanding) ol
Huram my fathers:
14 The sonne of a woman of the
daugh-
 The building Chap.iij.
daughters of Dan, and his father was a
man of Tyre, skilful! to worke in golde
and in siluer, in brasse, in yron, in stone
and in timber, in purple, in blew, and in
fine linen, and in crimson: also to graue
any maner of grauing, and to find out
euery deuice which shall be put to him,
with thy cunning men, and with the
cunning men of my lord Dauid thy fa-
ther.
15 Now therefore the wheate and
the barley, the oyle and the wine, which
my lord hath spoken of, let him send
vnto his seruants:
16 And wee will cut wood out of
\Heb.ac. Lebanon, fas much as thou shalt
cording to
all thy need. need, and wee will bring it to thee in
\Heb. lapho flotes by sea to tloppa, and thou shalt
carie it vp to Jerusalem.
» As Ver. 3. 17 . 1F * And Solomon numbred all
t Hebr. the tthe strangers that were in the lande of
men the
strangers. Israel, after the numbring wherewith
Dauid his father had numbred them:
and they were found an hundred and
fiftie thousand, and three thousand and
sixe hundred.
* As it is ver. 18 Andheset*threescoreand ten thou-
sand of them to be bearers of burdens,
and fourescore thousand to be hewers in
the mountaine, and three thousand and
sixe hundred ouerseers to set the people
a worke.
CHAP. III.
1 The place, and time of building the Temple.
3 The measure and ornaments of the house.
11 TheCherubiras. 14 The vaile and pillars.
T
"I. Kin. 6.1, ?^sar=rSP Hen * Solomon began to
&c.
build the house of the
LORD at lerusalem in
U Or, which
was scene of
Mount Moriah, || where
Dauid his the LORD appeared vnto
father. Dauid his father, in the place that Da-
uid had prepared in the threshing floore
H Or, Arau-
nah, 2. Sam.
of || Oman the lebusite.
24.18. \.chr. 2 And he began to build in the second
21. I H.
day of the second moneth, in the fourth
yeere of his reigne.
* l.King. 6. 3 11 Now these are the things * wherein
t Heb. foun-
Solomon was tinstructed for the buil-
ded. ding of the house of God. The length
by cubites after the first measure was
threescore cubits, and the breadth twen-
tie cubites.
* l.King.6. 4 And the * porch that was in the front
i.
ofthehouse, thelength ofitwas atcording
to the breadth of the house, twentie cu-
bites, and the height was an hundred and
i
of the Temple.
twenty: ana ne ouemia it wnnin, witn
pure gold.
5 And the greater house hee sielec
with firre tree, which he ouerlaid with
fine gold, and set thereon palme trees
and chaines,
6 And he t garnished the house with f Heb. cove-
precious stones for beautie, and the gold red.
was gold of Paruaim.
7 Hee ouerlaid also the house, the
beames, the postes and the wals there-
of, and the doores thereof with gold,
and graued Cherubims on the walles.
8 And he made the most holy house,
the length whereof was, according to
the breadth of the house, twenty cubits,
and the breadth thereof twentie cubits:
and he ouerlaid it with fine gold amoun-
ting to sixe hundred talents.
9 And the weight of the nailes was
fiftie shekels of gold: and he ouerlaide
the vpper chambers with gold.
10 And in the most holy place hee
made two Cherubims of || image work, somethinke)
II Or, fas
and ouerlaid them with gold. qfmoouea-
11 IF And the wings of the Cheru- '>le worke.
bims were twentie cubites long: one
wing of the one Cherub was fiue cubites,
reaching to the wall of the house: and
the other wing was likewise fiue cu-
bites, reaching to the wing of the other
Cherub:
12 And one wing of the other Che-
rub was fiue cubites, reaching to the
wall of the house: and the other wing
was fiue cubites also, ioyning to the
wing of the other Cherub.
13 The wings of these Cherubims
spread themselues forth twentie cubits:
and they stood on their feet, and their fa-
ces were || in ward. II Or, toward
14? f And he made the #vaile of blue the house.
* Mat. 27. 51
and purple, and crimson, and fine linen,
and t wrought Cherubims thereon. t Hebi cau-
15 Also hee made before the house, sed to ascend
* two pillars of thirtie and fiue cubites * ler. 52. 21
thigh, and the chapiter that was on the 1.Heir. king. 7.15
long.
top of each of them, was fiue cubites.
16 And he made chaines, as in the O-
racle, and put them on the heads of the
pillars, and made an hundred pome-
granates, and put them on the chaines.
17 And he * reared vp the pillars be- * l.King.7-
fore the temple, one on the right hand, 21.
and the other on the left, and called the
name of that on the right hand, || la- shalestablish
What is, he
chin, and the name of that on the left, H That is, in
||Boaz. it is strength
CHAP.
Diuers veffels Il.Chron. for the Temple.
. 12 Ta wit, the^two pillars, and the
CHAP. mi. pommels, and the chapiters, which were
I The Altar of brasse. 2 The iflolteff Sea ffon
twelue oxen. 6 The ten lauers, candlesticks,
and tables. 9 The Courts & the instruments
of brasse. 19 The instruments of gold.
Oreouer he made an Al-
M
tar of brasse, twentie cu-
bites the length thereof,
and twentie cubites the
breadth thereof, and ten
cubites the height therof.
* I.King. 7. 2 11 * Also he made a molten Sea of
23. &C.
\ Hebr.from ten cubites, tfrom brim to brim, round
its ftri'm, to in compasse, and fiue cubites the height
his brim.
thereof, and a line of thirtie cubites did
compasse it round about.
* i.King. 7. 3 * And vnder it was the similitude of
24.
oxen, which did compasse it round a-
!x>ut: tenne in a cubite compassing the
Sea round about. Two rowes of oxen
were cast, when it was cast.
4 It stood vporc twelue «oxen: three
looking toward! the North, and three
ooking toward the West, and three loo-
ting toward the South, and three loo-
king toward the East: and the Sea was
set aboue vpon them, and all their hin-
der parts were inward.
5 And the thicknes of it was an hand
breadth, & the brim of it like the worke
I Or, like a of the brim of a cup, ||with flowers of
Lillieftower. Lillies: and it receiued and held three
thousand baths.
6 f He made also ten Lauers, and
put fiue on the right hand, and fiue on
the left, to wash in them: such things as
\Hebr.the they offered for the t burnt offring, they
worke of
burnt of. washed in them, but the Sea was for
fering. the Priests to wash in.
7 And hee made ten candlesticks of
ijold according to their forme, and set
them in the Temple, fiue on the right
hand, and fiue on the left.
8 He made also ten tables, and pla-
ced them in the Temple, flue on the right
side, and fiue on the left: and hee made
U Or, bowles. an hundred ||basens of gold.
9 IF Furthermore, hee made the
court of the Priests, and the great court,
and doores for the court, and ouerlayd
the doores of them with brasse.
10 And he set the Sea on the rightside
of the East end, ouer against the South.
11 And Huram made the pots, and
II 'Or, bowles. the shouels, and the ||basens, and Hu-
iHebr. fi- ram t finished the worke that he was tc
nished to make for King Solomon for the house
make.
of God:
on the top of the two pillars, and the
two wreathes to colier the two pom-
mels of the chapiters, which were on the
top of the pillars:
13 And foure hundred Pomegra-
nats on the' two wreathes : two rowes
of Pomegranats on each wreath, to
couer the two pommels of the chapi-
ters, which were tvpon the pillars. WIebr.vpon
li He made also bases; and ||lauers theface.
0 Or, cal-
ma$e he vpon the bases. drons.
15 One Sea, & twelue oxen vnder it.
16 The pots, also, and the shouels,
and the fleshhookes, and all their in-
struments, did? Huram his father make
to King Solomon for the house of the
LORD, of tbright brasse.
t Heb. made
17 In the plaine of lordan did the bright^
scoured.
or
King cast them, in the t clay-ground, nesses of the
t Heb. thick,
betweene Succoth and Zeredathah. ground.
f 18' Thus Solomon made all these
vessels in great abundance : for the
weight of the brasse could not be found
out.
I 19 1T And Solomon made all the
vessels, that were for the house of God,
the golden, Altar also, and the tables
whereon the Shew-bread was set.
1 20* Moreouer the candlesticks with
their lampes, that they should burne af-
ter the maner, before the Oracle, of pure
gold:
£1 And the flowers, and the lamps,
and the tongs made he of golde, and that
t perfect gold'. t Heir, per-
• 22 And the snuffers, and the ||ba- fections
gold.
of
sens, and the spoones, and the censers, II Or, bowles.
of pure gold. And the entry of the
house, the inner doores thereof for the
most Holy place, and the doores of the
house of the Temple, were of gold.
C H A P . V.
1 The dedicated treasures. 2 The solemne indu-
ction of the Arke into the oracle. 11 God be-
ing praised,giueth a visible signeof his fauour.
T
Hus al the worke that So-
lomon made for the house
of the LORD, was finish-
ed : * & Solomon brought * \. King. 7.
in all the things that Da- 5K
uid his father had dedicated; and the sil-
uer,and the gold, and all the instru-
ments, put he among the treasures of
the house of God.
2 f * Then Solomon assembled "I.King, a.
l.&c.
the
Solomon facrificeth, Chap.vj.
the Elders of Israel, and all the heads
of the Tribes, the chiefe of the fathers
of the children of Israel vnto lerusa-
lem, to bring vp the Arke of the Coue-
nant of the LORD, out of the citie of
Dauid, which is Zion.
3 Wherefore all the men of Israel
assembled themselues vnto the king in
the feast, which was in the seuenth
moneth.
4 And all the Elders of Israel
came, and the Leuites tooke vp the
Arke.
5 And they brought vp the Arke,
and the tabernacle of the Congregati-
on, and all the holy vessels that were in
the tabernacle, these did the Priests and
the Leuites bring vp.
6 Also king Solomon and all the
congregation of Israel that were as-
sembled vnto him before the Arke, sa-
crificed sheepe and oxen, which could
not be told nor numbred for multitude.
7 And the priests brought in the
Arke of the Couehant of the L O R D
vnto his place, to the Oracle of the
house, into the most holy place, euen vn-
der the wings of the Cherubims:
8 For the Cherubims spread foorth
their wings ouer the place of the Arke,
and the Cherubims couered the Arke
and the staues thereof, aboue.
9 And they drew out the staues of
the Arke, that the ends of the staues
were scene from the Arke before the O-
racle, but they were not scene without.
II Or, they
are there, as
And there ||it is vnto this day.
1. king. 8.8. 10 There was nothing in the Arke
* Deut. 10. saue the two tables which Moses *put
2, 5.
II Or, where. therein at Horeb, || when the L O R D
made a couenant with the children of Is-
rael, when they came out of Egypt.
11 IT And it came to passe when the
Priests were come out of the holy place
t Hsb./oitnd (for all the priests that were tpresent
were sanctified, and did not then wait by
course •
* l. Chron.
24. 5.
1£ *Also the Leuites which were the
singers, all of them of Asaph, of He-
man, of leduthun, with their soniies
and their brethren, being arayed in
white linnen hauing cymbals, and psal-
teries, and harpes, stood at the East
end of the altar, and with them an hun-
dred and twentie Priests, sounding
with trumpets:)
13 It came euen to passe, as the trum-
petters and singers were as one, to
make one sound to be heard in praising
and praifeth God.
and thanking the LORD: and when
they lift vp their voyce with the trum-
pets, and cymbals, and instruments of
musicke, and praised the LORD, saying,
* For he is good, for his mercie endureth * Psal. 13G.
for euer : that then the house was filled
with a cloude, euen the house of the
LORD.
14 So that the Priests could not
stand to minister, by reason of the cloud:
for the glory of tne LORD had filled
the house of God.
C H A P . VI.
1 Solomon hauing blessed the people, blesseth
God. 12 Solomons prayer in the consecration
of the Temple, vpon tne brasen scaffold.
TtT
Hen *said Solomon, The * I. King. 8.
L O R D hath said that he 12, &c.
t would dwell in the *thicke * Leuit. 16.
2.
darkenesse.
2 But I haue built an
house of habitation for thee, and a place
for thy dwelling for euer.
3 And the King turned his face and
blessed the whole Congregation of Is-
rael, (and all the Congregation of Is-
rael stood)
4 And he said, Blessed be the LORD
God of Israel, who hath with his
handes fulfilled that which he spake
with his mouth to my father Dauid,
saying,
5 Since the day that I brought
foorth my people out of the land of E-
gypt, I chose no citie among all the
tribes of Israel to builde an house in,
that my Name might be there, neither
chose I any man to be a ruler ouer my
people Israel:
6 But I haue chosen Jerusalem,
that my name might be there, and haue
chosen Dauid to be ouer my people Is-
rael.
7 Now *it was in the heart of Da- * 2. Sam. 7.
uid my father to build an house for the 2. l. chro.
28. 2.
Name of the LORD God of Israel.
8 But the L O R D said to Dauid
my father : Forasmuch as it was in
thine heart to builde an house for my
Name, thou diddest well in that it was
in thine heart.
9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not
build the house, but thy sonne which
shall come foorth out of thy loynes, he
shall build the house for my Name.
10 The L O R D therefore hath per-
formed his word that he hath spoken:
for
The prayer ILChron.
for I am risen vp in the roome of Da-
aid my father, and am set on the throne
rf Israel, as the LORD promised, and
liaue built the house for the Name of the
LORD God of Israel.
11 And in it haue I put the Arke,
wherein is the Couenant of the LORD,
that hee made with the children of Is-
rael.
12 IF And he stood before the Altar of
the L O R D , in the presence of all the
Congregation of Israel, and spread
foorth his hands:
13 (For Solomon had made a brasen
t Hebr. the scaffold of fiue cubi test long, and fiuecu-
length there'
of, $c. bites broad, and three cubites high, and
had set it in the midst of the Court, and
vpon it hee stood, and kneeled downe
vpon his knees before all the Congre-
gation of Israel, and spread foorth his
hands towards heauen.)
14 And said, O LORD God of Is-
* Exod. 15. rael, * there is no God like thee in the
11. heauen, nor in the earth, which keepest
couenant, and shewest mercy vnto thy
seruants, that walke before thee with
all their hearts,
15 Thou which hast kept with thy
seruant Dauid my father, that which
thou hast promised him : and spalcest
with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it
with thine hand, as it is this day.
16 Now therefore, O LORD God
of Israel, keepe with thy seruant Da-
uid my father, that which thou hast
* 2., Sam. 7. promised him, saying, * There shall not
12. 1. king. t faile thee a man in my sight, to sit vpon
2. 4. and 6.
12. the throne of Israel: *yet so, that thy
t Heb. there
shall not a children take heede to their way, to
man be cut
off.
walke in my Law, as thou hast walked
* Psal. 132. before me.
12. 17 Now then, O LORD God of
Israel, let thy word be verified, which
thou hast spoken vnto thy seruant
Dauid.
18 (But wil God in very deed dwell
* Chap. 2. with men on the earth ? * Behold, hea-
6. esay 66. uen, and the heauen of heauens cannot
l. acts. 7.
49. conteine thee : how much lesse this
house which I haue built?)
19 Haue respect therfore to the prayer
of thy seruant, and to his supplication,
O LORD my God, to hearken vnto
the cry, and the prayer which thy ser-
uant prayeth before thee :
20 That thine eyes may bee open
vpon this house day and night, vpon
the place whereof thou hast saide, that
thou wouldest put thy Name there, to
of Solomon.
hearken vnto the prayer, which thy ser-
uant prayeth || towards this place. \\Ch-, in this
21 Hearken therefore vnto the sup- place.
plications of thy seruant, and of thy
people Israel, which they shall tmake t Heb. pray.
towards this place: heare thou from
thy dwelling place, euen from heauen;
and when thou nearest, forgiue.
22 1T If a man sinne against his
neighbour, tand an oath be layd vpon t Hebr. and
him, to make him sweare, and the oath he require
an oath of
come before thine Altar in this house: him.
23 Then heare thou from heauen,
and doe, and iudge thy seruants by re-
quiting the wicked, by recompensing
his way vpon his owne head, and by
iustifying the righteous, by giuing him
according to his righteousnesse,
24 f And if thy people Israel tbe put II Or, bee
to the worse before the enemy, because smitten.
they haue sinned against thee, and shall
returne and confesse thy Name, and
pray and make supplication before thee
||hi this house: \\0rjowards.
25 Then heare thou from the hea-
uens, and forgiue the sinne of thy people
Israel, and bring them againe vnto the
land which thou gauest to them, and to
their fathers.
26 ^f When the * heauen is shut vp, * 1. King.
and there is no raine, because they haue 17.1-
sinned against thee : yet if they pray to-
wards this place, and confesse thy
Name, and turne from their sinne,
when thou doest afflict them :
27 Then heare thou from heauen,
and forgiue the sinne of thy seruants,
and of thy people Israel; when thou
hast taught them the good way, where-
in they should walke, and send raine
vpon the land, which thou hast giuen
vnto thy people for an inheritance.
28 IF If there *be dearth in the land, 9.* Chap. 20.
if there be pestilence, if there be blasting,
or mil-dew, locusts or caterpillers; if
their enemies besiege them in the t cities t Hebr. in
of their land: whatsoeuer sore, or what- the land of
their gates.
soeuer sicknesse there be:
29 Then what prayer, or what sup-
plication soeuer shall bee made of any
man, or of all thy people Israel, when
euery one shal know his owne sore and
his owne griefe, and shall spread foorth
his hands ||in this house: H Or, to-
ward this
30 Then heare thou from heauen house.
thy dwelling place, and forgiue, and
render vnto euery man according vnto
all his wayes, whose heart thou know-
est (for thou onely *knowest the hearts * 1. Chron.
of 28. 9.
Solomon prayeth, Chap.vij.
of the children of men: )
31 That they may feare thee, to
iHebr.all walke in thy waies tso long as they liue
the day e»
which. tin the land which thou gauest vnto
t Hebr. vpon our fathers.
theface o/
theland. 32 11 Moreouer concerning the
*Iohnl2. stranger * which is not of thy people Is-
SO. acts. 6. rael, but is come from a farre countreyi
27.
for thy great Names sake, & thy migh-
tie hand, and thy stretched out arme : if
they come and pray in this house:
33 Then heare thou from the hea-
uens, euen from thy dwelling place,
and doe according to all that the stran-
ger calleth to thee for; that all people of
the earth may know thy Name, and
feare thee, as doeth thy people Israel,
* Heb. thy and may know that t this house which
Name is cal-
led vpon this I haue built, is called by thy Name.
house. 34 If thy people goe out to warre
against their enemies by the way that
thou shalt send them, and they pray vn-
to thee toward this citie which thou
hast chosen, and the house which I
haue built for thy Name:
35 Then heare thou from the hea-
uens their prayer and their supplicati-
\\ Or, right. on, and maintaine their ||cause.
36 If they sinne against thee (for there
* Prou. 20.9. is * no man which sinneth not) and thou
eccles. 7. 21. be angry with them, and deliuer them
iames 3. 2.
l. iohn 1. 8. ouer before their enemies, and t they ca-
t Heb. they ry them away captiues vnto a land far
that take
them cap- off or neere:
tiues cary
them away. 37 Yet j/Hhey tbethinke themselues
t Heb. brinp in the land whither they are caried cap-
back to their
heart. tiue, and turne and pray vnto thee in
the land of their captiuitie, saying, Wee
haue sinned, we haue done amisse, and
haue dealt wickedly:
38 If they returne to thee with all
their heart, and with all their soule, in
the land of their captiuitie, whither
they haue caried them captiues, and
pray toward their land which thou
gauest vnto their fathers, and toward
the citie which thou hast chosen, and to-
ward the house which I haue built for
thy Name:
39 Then heare thou from the hea-
uens, euen from thy dwelling place,
their prayer and their supplications,
II 0r, right. and maintaine their || cause, and forgiue
thy people, which haue sinned against
thee.
40 Now, my God, let (I beseech
thee) thine eyes bee open, and let thine
t Heb. to the eares be attent tvnto the prayer that is
prayer of this
place. vnnA0 in fViic nlos«£>
and oflreth facrifices.
41 Now * therefore arise, O LORD "Psalm 9
God, into thy resting place, thou, and
the Arke of thy strength : Let thy
Priests, O L O R D God, be clothed
with saluation, and let thy Saints re-
ioyce in goodnesse.
42 O L O U D God, turne not a-
way the face of thine anointed: remem-
ber the mercies of Dauid thy seruant.
CHAP. VII.
1 God hauing giuen testimonie to Solomons
prayer by fire from heauen, and glory in the
Temple, the people worship him. 4 Solo-
mons solemne sacrifice. 8 Solomon hauing
kept the feast of Tabernacles and the feast of
the Dedication of the Altar, dismisseth the
people. 12 God appearing to Solomon., gi-
ueth him promises vpon condition.
Ow when Solomon had
n made an ende of praying,
the *fire came downe from *1. King, a
heauen, and consumed the 54,
burnt offering, and the sa-
crifices, and the glory of the LORD
&c. le-
uit, 9. 24.
filled the house.
% And the Priests could not enter
into the house of the L O R D , because
the glory of the L O R D had filled the
LORDS house.
3 And when all the children of Is-
rael saw how the fire came downe, and
the glory of the L O R D vpon the
house, they bowed themselues with
their faces to the ground vpon the paue-
ment, and worshipped, and praised the
LORD,saying. For hee is good,for his
mercy endureth for euer.
4 f Then the King and all the peo-
ple, offered sacrifices before the LORD.
5 And King Solomon offered a sa-
crifice of twentie and two thousand
oxen, and an hundred and twentie thou-
sand sheepe. So the King and all the
people, dedicated the house of God. 15. * 1. Chron.
16.
6 *And the Priests waited on their
offices : the Leuites also with instru-
ments of musicke of the LORD, which
Dauid the King had made to praise the
LORD, because his mercy endureth for
euer, when Dauid praised tby their mi- their
t Heb. by
hand.
nisterie : and the Priests sounded trum-
pets before them, and all Israel stood.
7 Moreouer, Solomon hallowed
the middle of the Court, that was before
the house of the L O R D : for there hee
offered burnt offerings, and the fat of
the peace offerings, because the brasen
altar
Gods promifes. Il.Chron.
Altar which Solomon had made, was
not able to receiue the burnt offerings,
and the meat offerings, and the fat.
8 f Also at the same time Solo-
mon kept the feast seuen dayes, and all
Israel with him, a very great Congre-
gation, from the entring in of Hamath,
* losh. is. 3. vnto the *Riuer of Egypt.
t Hebr. a 9 And in the eight day they made ta
restraint.
solemne assembly : for they kept the de-
dication of the Altar seuen dayes, and
the feast seuen dayes.
10 And on the three and twentieth
day of the seuenth moneth, he sent the
people away into their tents, glad and
merry in heart for the goodnesse that
the LORD had shewed vnto Dauid,
and to Solomon, and to Israel his
people.
*i. King. 9. 11 Thus * Solomon finished the
i.&c.
house of the L O R D , and the Kings
house : and all that came into Solo-
mons heart to make in the house of the
LORD, and in his owne house, hee
prosperously effected.
12 H And the LORD appeared to
Solomon by night, and said vnto him,
* Deut 12. I haue heard thy prayer, * and haue
5.
chosen this place to my selfe for an house
of sacrifice.
13 If I shut vp heauen that there
bee no raine, or if I command the lo-
custs to deuoure the land, or if I send
pestilence among my people:
t Hebr. vpon 14 If my people t which are called by
fvfiommy
Name is
called.
my Name, shall humble themselues
and pray, and seeke my face, and turne
from their wicked wayes : then will I
heare from heauen, and will forgiue
their sinne, and will heale their land.
15 Now mine eyes shalbe open, and
* Chap. 6. mine *eares attent tvnto the prayer that
40.
t Heb. to
is made in this place.
the prayer 16 For now haue * I chosen, & sancti-
of this place.
*Chap. 6. 6. fied this house, that my Name may be
there for euer: and mine eyes and mine
heart shalbe there perpetually.
17 And as for thee, if thou wilt
walke before me, as Dauid thy father
walked, and doe according to all that I
haue commanded thee, and shalt ob-
serue my Statutes, and my ludge-
ments:
* Chap. 0.
16.
18 Then wil I stablish the throne of
t Hebr. there thy kingdome, according as I haue co-
shall not be uenanted with Dauid thy father, say-
cut off to
thee. ing, *tThere shall not faile thee a man
* Leuit. 26. to be ruler in Israel.
14. deut. 28.
15. 19 *But if yee turne away and for-
Solomons buildings.
sake my Statutes and my Commande-
ments which I haue set before you,
and shall goe and serue other gods, and
worship them:
20 Then will I plucke them vp by
the roots out of my land which I haue
giuen them, and this house which I
haue sanctified for my Name, wil I cast
out of my sight, and will make it to be a
prouerbe, and a by-word among all na-
tions.
21 And this house which is high,
shall be an astonishment to euery one
that passeth by it; so that hee shall say;
* Why hath the L O R D done thus vn- 24, * Deut. 29.
iere. 22.
to this land, and vnto this house ? 8, 9.
22 And it shalbe answered, Because
they forsooke the L O R D God of their
fathers, which brought them forth out
of the land of Egypt, and layd hold on
others gods, and worshipped them,
aud serued them : Therefore hath hee
brought all this euil vpon them.
C H A P . VIII.
1 Solomons buildings. 7 The Gentiles which
were left, Solomon made tributaries, but the
Israelites, rulers. 11 Pharaohs daughter re-
moueth to her house. 12 Solomons yeerely
solemne sacrifices. 14- Hee appointeth the
Priests and Leuites to their places. 17 The
Nauie fetcheth gold from Ophir.
?d *it came to passe ( at *1. King. 9.
a% That
be end of twentie yeeres, 10, &C.
'herein Solomon had
uilt the house of the
JORD, & his own house)
the cities which Huram
had restored to Solomon, Solomon
built them, and caused the children of
Israel to dwell there.
3 And Solomon went to Hamath
Zobah, and preuailed against it.
4 And he built Tadmor in the wil-
dernesse, and all the store-cities, which
he built in Hamath.
5 Also he built Beth-horon the vp-
per, and Beth-horon the netber, fensed
cities with walles, gates and barres:
6 And Baalath, and all the store-ci-
ties that Solomon had, and all the cha-
ret-cities, and the cities of the horsemen,
and tall that Solomon desired to build i Hebr. all
in lerusalem, and in Lebanon , and the desire o/
Solomor^
throughout all the land of his domi- sired which lie de*
to
nion. build.
7 f As for all the people that were
left of the Hittites, and the Amorites,
and
Solomons offrings : Chap.ix.
and the Perizzites, and the Hiuites, and
the lebusites, which were not of Is-
rael :
8 But of their children, who were
left after them in the land , whom the
children of Israel consumed not ; them
did Solomon make to pay tribute , vn-
till this day.
9 But of the children of Israel did
Solomon make no seruants for his
worke : but they were men of warre,
and chiefe of his captains , and captains
of his charets and horsemen.
10 And these were the chiefe of king
Solomons officers, euen two hundred
and fifty, that bare rule ouer the people.
* I.King.
3. 1. & 7. 8.
11 f And Solomon * brought vp
the daughter of Pharaoh out of the ci-
tie of Dauid, vnto the house that he had
built for her : for hee said, My wife shall
not dwell in the house of Dauid king of
iHeb.holi- Israel , because the places are t holy ,
nesse.
whereunto the Arke of the L O R D
hath come.
1£ IF Then Solomon offered burnt
offerings vnto the LORD on the Al-
tar of the LORD, which he had built
before the porch :
13 Euen after a certaine rate euery
* Exod. 29. *day, offering according to the comman-
23.
dement of Moses, on the Sabbaths,
and on the new Moones, and on the so-
* Exod. 23. lemne Feasts * three times in the yeere,
14. deut
16. 16. euen in the feast of Vnleauened bread.
and in the feast of Weekes, and in the
feast of Tabernacles.
14 f And he appointed, according to
* i. Chron. the order of Dauid his father, the * cour-
24.1.
ses of the Priests to their sendee, and the
Leuites to their charges, to praise and
minister before the Priests, as the duety
* J. ChroD. of euery day required : the * porters also
9.17. by their courses, at euery gate : for tso
Web. so was
thecomman- had Dauid the man of God comman-
dementof
Dauid the ded.
man of God. 15 And they departed not from the
commandement of the King vnto the
Priests and Leuites, concerning any
matter, or concerning the treasures.
16 Now all the worke of Solomon
was prepared vnto the day of the foun-
dation of the house of the LORD, and
vntill it was finished : so the house of
God was perfected.
17 1f Then went Solomon to Ezi-
I Or, Elath, on Geber, and to || Eloth, at the sea side
deut. 2. 8.
in the land of Edom.
18 And Huram sent him by the hands
of his seruants , shippes, and seruants
His wifedome.
that had knowledge of the sea ; and they
went with the seruants of Solomon
to Ophir , and tooke thence foure hun-
dred and fiftie talents of golde , and
brought them to king Solomon.
C H A P . IX.
1 The Queene of Sheba admireth the wise-
dome of Solomon. 13 Solomons golde,
15 His Targets. 17 The throne of luo-
. 20 His vessels. 23 His presents. 25
S is chariots and horse. 26 His tributes.
29 His reigne and death.
A
Nd *when the Queene of * 1. King.
10. 1, &c.
Sheba heard of the fame mat. 12. 42.
of Solomon, shee came hike 11. 31.
to prooue Solomon with
hard questions at lerusa-
lem , with a very great companie , and
camels that bare spices, and golde in a-
bundance, and precious stones : and
when she was come to Solomon, shee
communed with him of all that was in
her heart.
2 And Solomon tolde her all her
questions : and there was nothing hid
from Solomon, which he told her not.
3 And when the Queene of Sheba
had seene the wisedome of Solomon,
and the house that he had built,
4 And the meate of his table, and
the sitting of his seruants , and the at-
tendance of his ministers, and their ap-
parell, his || cup -bearers also, and their Wrt butters
apparell , and his ascent, by which hee
went vp into the house of the LORD ;
there was no more spirit in her.
5 And she said to the King , It was
a true t report which I heard in mine t Heb. word.
owne land, of thine ||actes , and of thy fl Or, sayings
wisedome :
6 Howbeit, I beleeued not their
wordes, vntill I came , and mine eyes
had seene it: and behold, the one halfe of
the greatnesse of thy wisedome was not
tolde mee :Jbr thou exceedest the fame
that I heard.
7 Happy are thy men, and happy are
these thy seruants, which stand continu-
ally before thee , and heare thy wise-
dome.
8 Blessed be the L O R D thy God,
which delighted in thee to set thee on
his throne, to be King for the LORD
thy God : because thy God loued Isra-
el, to establish them for euer, therefore
made hee thee King ouer them , to doe
iudgement and Justice.
9 And
!Solomons riches: ILChron.
9 And she gaue the king an hundred
and twentie talents of gold, and of spi-
ces great abundance, & precious stones :
neither was there any such spice as the
Queene of Sheba gaue King Solo-
mon
10 And the seruants also of Huram,
and the seruants of Solomon, which
brought gold from Ophir, brought Al-
gume trees and, precious stones.
11 And the king made of the Algume
lOr.staires: trees, tterrises to the house of the
Heb. high
wayes. L O R D , and to the kings palace, and
harpes and psalteries for singers : and
there were none such seene before in the
land of ludah.
12 And King Solomon gaue to the
Queene of Sheba, all her desire, what-
soeuer she asked, besides that which she
had brought vnto the king : So she tur-
ned, and went away to her owne land,
she, and her seruants.
13 IF Now the weight of gold that
came to Solomon in one yeere, was sixe
hundred and threescore and sixe talents
of gold:
14 Besides that which chapmen and
merchants brought: and all the kings
II Or, cap- of Arabia, and ||gouernours of the
taines.
countrie, brought gold and siluer to So-
lomon.
15 IF And king Solomon made two
hundred targets of beaten gold: sixe
hundred shekels of beaten gold went to
one target.
16 And three hundred shields made he
of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of
gold went to one shield : and the king
put them in the house of the forrest of
Lebanon.
17 Moreouer the king made a great
throne of yuorie f and ouerlaid it with
pure gold.
18 And there were sixe steps to the
throne, with a footstoole of gold, which
\Heb. hands were fastened to the throne, and t stayes
on each side of the sitting place, and two
lyons standing by the stayes
19 And twelue lyons stood there on
the one side and on the other, vpon the
sixe steps. There was not the like made
in anyJ kingdome.
20 f And all the drinking vessels of
King Solomon were of gold, and all the
vessels of the house of the forrest of Le-
iHeb.shut banon wereot t pure gold: || none were of
vp.
II Or, there siluer; it was not any thing accounted of
vra&no stiver in the dayes of Solomon.
in them.
21 For the kings ships went to Tar- when leroboam the sonne of Nebat
His death.
shish with the seruants of Hurarn : eue-
rie three yeeres once came the ships of
Tarshish bringing golde, and siluer,
||yuorie, and apes, and peacocks. 0 Or, ele~
22 And king Solomon passed all phants teeth.
the kings of the earth in riches and
wisedome.
23 f And all the kings of the earth
sought the presence of Solomon, to
heare his wisedome, that God had put
in his heart.
24 And they brought euery man his
present, vessels of siluer, and vessels of
gold, and raiment, harnesse, and spices,
horses, and mules, a rate yeere by yeere.
25 IT And Solomon *had foure thou- 26- *l.Klng. 4.
sand stalles for horses, and charets, and
twelue thousand horsemen, whom hee
bestowed in the charet cities, and with
the king at Jerusalem.
26 f And hee reigned ouer all the
kings, *from the ||riuer, euen vnto the *Gen. 1$.
land of the Philistines, and to the bor- 18.
II That w,
der of Egypt. Euphrates.
27 And the king tmade siluer in le- t Heb. gatte.
rusalem as stones, and cedar trees made
he as the Sycomore trees, that are in the
low plaines, in abundance.
28 *And they brought vnto Solo- 28. M.King. 10
and 8,
mon horses out of Egypt, and out of all chron* 1.16*
lands.
29 If Now the rest of the *actes of 41. *l. King. ll.
Solomon first and last, are they not
written in the tbooke of Nathan the tHehwordt
Prophet, and in the prophesie of Ahiiah
the Shilonite, and in the visions of
*Iddo the Seer, against leroboam *Chap»l2.
15.
the sonne of Nebat ?
30 And Solomon reigned in leru-
salem ouer all Israel, fourtie yeeres
31 And Solomon slept with his fa-
thers, and hee was buried in the citie of
Dauid his father, and Rehoboam his
sonne reigned in his stead,
CHAP. X.
!
The Israelites assembled at Shechem to crowne
Rehoboam. by leroboam make a suite of re-
laxation vnto him. 6 Rehoboam, refusing
the old mens counsell, by the aduice of yong
men, answereth them roughly. 16 Tenne
Tribes reuolting, kill Hadoram, and make
Rehoboam to flie.
ND * Rehoboam went I.King
A
19.
to Shechem : for to She- 1,&C.
chem were all Israel
come to make him king.
2 And it came to passe
(who
Rehoboams yoke. Chap.xj.
(who was in Egypt , whither hee had
fled from the presence of Solomon the
king) heard it, that leroboam retur-
ned out of Egypt,
3 And they sent and called him. So
leroboam and all Israel came, and
spake to Rehoboam, saying,
4 Thy father made our yoke grie-
uous, nowe therefore ease thou some-
what the grieuous seruitude of thy fa-
ther, and his heauy yoke that he put vp-
on vs, and we will serue thee.
5 And hee said vnto them, Come a-
gaine vnto me after three dayes. And
the people departed.
6 IT And king Rehoboam tooke
counsel with the old men that had stood
before Solomon his father, while hee
yet liued, saying, What counsell giue ye
me, to returne answere to this people?
7 And they spake vnto him, saying,
If thou bee kinde to this people, and
)lcase them, and speake good words to
;hem, they will be thy seruants for euer.
8 But he forsooke the counsel which
the old men gaue him, and tooke coun-
sell with the yong men, that were
wrought vp with him, that stood before
lim.
9 And he said vnto them, What ad-
uice giue ye, that wee may returne an-
swere to this people, which haue spo-
ien to me, saying, Ease somewhat the
Jyoke that thyJ father did A
put vpon
r vs?
10 And the yong men that were
brought vp with him, spake vnto him,
saying, Thus shalt thou answere the
people that spake vnto thee, saying,
Thy father made our yoke heauy, but
make thou it somewhat lighter for vs :
thus shalt thou say vnto them, My litle
finger shall be thicker then my fathers
loynes.
1Heb.lmled. 11 For where as my father tput a
heauy yoke vpon you, I will put more
to your yoke: my father chastised you
with whips, but I will chastise you with
scorpions.
12 So leroboam and all the people
came to Rehoboam on the third day,
as the King bade, saying, Come againe
to me on the third day
13 And the king answered them
roughly, and king Rehoboam forsooke
the counsell of the old men,
14 And answered them after the
aduice of the yong men, saying, My fa-
ther made your yoke heauy, but I wil
adde thereto; my father chastised you
Ifrael reuolteth.
with whips, but I will chastise you with
scorpions.
15 So the king hearkened not vnto
the people, for the cause was of God,
that the L O R D might performe his
word, which he spake by the * hand of •l. King. 11
9.
Ahijah the Shilonite to leroboam the
sonne of Nebat.
16 f And when all Israel sawe that
the king would not hearken vnto
them, the people answered the king say-
ing, What portion haue wee in Dauid?
and wee haue none inheritance in the
sonne of lesse : Euery man to your
tents, O Israel : and now Dauid, see to
thine owne house. So all Israel went
to their tents.
17 But as for the children of Israel
;hat dwelt in the cities of ludah, Re-
loboam reigned ouer them.
18 Then king Rehoboam sent Ha-
doram that was ouer the tribute , and
the children of Israel stoned him with
stones, that he died: but king Rehobo-
am tmade speed to get him vp to his Hebstreng-
hcncd him-
charet, to flee to lerusalem. selfe.
19 And Israel rebelled against the
bouse of Dauid vnto this day.
CHAP. XL
1 Rehoboam raising an armie to subdue Israel,
is forbidden by Snemaiah. 5 He strengthe-
neth his kingdome with forts and prouision.
13 The Priests and Leuites, and such as fea-
red God, forsaken by leroboam, strengthen
the kingdome of ludah. 18 The wiues and
children of Rehoboam.
Nd * when Rehoboam * l. King. 12
A was come to lerusalem, 21, &C.
he gathered of the house
of ludah and Beniamin,
an hundred and foure.score
thousand chosen men, which were war-
riers, to fight against Israel, that hee
might bring the kingdome againe to
Rehoboam.
2 But the worde of the L O R D
came to Shemaiah the man of God,
saying,
3 Speake vnto Rehoboam the son
of Solomon, king of ludah, and to al]
Israel in ludah & Beniamin, saying,
4 Thus saith the L O R D ; Ye shall
not goe vp, nor fight against your bre-
thren : returne euery man to his house,
for this thing is done of me. And they
obeyed the words of the L O R D , and
returned from going against lero-
boam.
5 f Anc
Rehoboams wines: ILChron.
5 IF And Rehoboam dwelt in le-
rusalem, and built cities for defence in
ludah.
6 He built euen Bethlehem, and E-
tarn, and Tekoa,
7 And Bethzur, and Shoco, and
Adullam,
8 And Gath, and Maresha, and
Ziph,
9 And Adoraim, and Lachish, and
Azekah,
10 And Zorah, and Aialon, and He-
bron, which are in ludah and in Benia-
min, fenced cities.
11 And he fortified the strong holds,
j , . . • • ! j i
and put captames in them, and store of
vitaile, and of oyle and wine.
12 And in euery seuerall citie he put
shields and speares, and made them ex-
ceeding strong, hauing ludah and
Beniamin on his side.
IS If And the Priests and the Le-
t Hebr. pre- uites that were in all Israel, t resorted to
sented tfiern-
seluestohim. him out of all their coasts.
14 For the Leuites left their sub-
urbs, and their possession, and came to
ludah and lerusalem : for leroboam
* Chap. is. *and his sonnes had cast them off from
9.
executing the Priests office vnto the
LORD
15 And hee ordeined him priests for
the high places, and for the deuils, and
for the calues which he had made.
16 And after them out of all the
tribes of Israel, such as set their hearts
to seeke the L O R D God of Israel,
came to lerusalem, to sacrifice vnto the
LORD God of their fathers.
17 So they strengthened the king-
dome of ludah, and made Rehoboam
the sonne of Solomon strong , three
yeeres : for three yeeres they walked in
the way of Dauid and Solomon
18 1F And Rehoboam tooke him
Mahalath the daughter of lerimoth
the sonne of Dauid to wife, and Abihail
the daughter of Eliab the son of lesse :
19 Which bare him children, leush,
and Shamariah, and Zaham.
*l. King. 20 And after her, hee tooke * Maa-
15. 2.
cah the daughter of Absalom , which
bare him Abiiah, and Atthai, and Zi-
za, and Shelomith
21 And Rehoboam loued Maacah
the daughter of Absalom, aboue all his
wiues and his concubines : for he toolce
eighteene wiues, and threescore concu-
bines , and begate twentie and eight
sonnes, and threescore daughters.
His finne,
22 And Rehoboam made Abiiah
the sonne of Maacah the chiefe, to be ru-
ler among his brethren: for lie thought to
make him king.
28 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed
of all his children throughout all the
countries of ludah and Beniamin, vn-
to euery fenced citie: and he gaue them
vitaile in abundance: and hee desired
tmany wiues. t Hebr. a
multitude
of wiues.
c xii.
1 Rehoboam forsaking the LORD, is punished
by Shishak 5 He and the Princes repenting
at the preaching of Shemaiah, are deliuere
from Destruction, but not from spoile. 13
The reigiie and death of Rehoboam.
a
Nd it came to passe when
Rehoboam had establish-
ed the kingdome, and had
strengthened himselfe, hee
forsooke the Law of the
LORD, and all Israel with him.
2 And it came to passe, that in the
fifth yere of Rehoboam, Shishak king
of Egypt came vp against lerusalem,
(*because they had transgressed against 14. * 1. King.
24. and
the LORD) 25.
3 With twelue hundred charets,
and threescore thousand horsemen : and
the people were without number that
came with him out of Egypt : the Lu-
bims, the Sukkiims, & the Ethiopians,
4 And hee tooke the fenced cities
which perteined to ludah, and came to
lerusalem.
5 1T Then came Shemaiah the
prophet to Rehoboam, and to the Prin-
ces of ludah that were gathered to-
gether to Jerusalem because of Shi-
shak, and said vnto them, Thus saith
the LORD, Ye haue forsaken me, and
therfore haue I also left you in the hand
of Shishak.
6 Whereupon, the Princes of Is-
rael, and the ting humbled themselues ;
and they saide, The L O R D is righ-
teous.
7 And when the LORD sa# that
they humbled themselues $ the word of
the. LORD* came to Shemaiah, say-
ing, They haue humbled themselues,
therefore I will not destroy them , butM, BUT
I will grant them ||some deliuerance, y Or, a title
while.
and my wrath shall not bee powred
out vpon lerusalem, by the hand of
Shishak.
8 Neuerthelesse they shalbe his ser-
uants,
His death, Chap.xiij.
uants, that they may know my seruice,
and the seruice of the kingdomes of the
countreys.
9 So Shishak king of Egypt came
vp against lerusalem , and tooke a-
way the treasures of the house of the
LORD, and the treasures of the kings
house, hee tooke all : he caried away al-
so the shields of gold, which Solomon
* Cha. 9.15 had *made.
10 In stead of which, king Rehobo-
am made shields of brasse, and commit-
ted them to the hands of the chiefe of the
guard , that kept the entrance of the
Kings house
11 And when the king entred into
the house of the L O U D , the guard
came and fet them, and brought them
againe into the guard-chamber.
12 And when he humbled himselfe,
the wrath of the L O R D turned from
him, that hee would not destroy him al-
\ Or, and yettogether: ||and also in ludah things
in ludah
there were went well.
good things, 13 If So king * Rehoboam streng-
* I.King.
14. 21. thened himselfe in lerusalem, and reig-
ned : for Rehoboam was one and fourty
yeeres olde when hee began to reigne,
and he reigned seuenteene yeeres in le-
rusalem , the citie which the L O R D
had chosen out of all the tribes of Isra-
el, to put his Name there : and his mo-
thers name was Naamah an Ammoni-
tesse
14 And hee did euill, because hee
II Or, fixed. || prepared not his heart to seeke the
LORD.
15 Now the acts of Rehoboam first
and last, are they not written in the
t Heb. words tbooke of Shemaiah the Prophet, and
of Iddo the Seer, concerning genea-
logies ? and there were warres betweene
Rehoboam & leroboam continually.
16 And Rehoboam slept with his fa-
thers, and was buried in the citie of
Dauid , and Abiiah his sonne reigned
in his stead.
C H A P . XIII.
1 Abiiah succeeding, maketh warre against le-
roboam. 4 Hee declareth the right of hiaaaas
cause. 13 Trusting in God, hee oueaaaarcom-
meth leroboam. 21 The wiues and chil-
dren 01 ./YDHBII.
Owe *in the eighteenth
Na
* 1. King.
15. 1,&C.
yeere of king leroboam,
began Abiiah to reigne o-
uer ludah.
2 He reigned three yeres
I IS And
and lucceffour.
in lerusalem : (his mothers name also
was Michaiah the daughter of Vriel of
Gibea : ) and there was warre between
Abiiah and leroboam.
3 And Abiiah tset the battel in aray t Heb. bound
with an army of valiant men of warre, together.
euen foure hundred thousand chosen
men : leroboam also set the battell in
aray against him with eight hundred
thousand chosen men, being mightie
men of valour.
4 f And Abiiah stood vp vpon
mount Zemaraim, which is in mount
Ephraim, and sayde, Heare mee thou
leroboam, and all Israel :
5 Ought you not to know, that the
L O R D God of Israel gaue the king-
dome ouer Israel to Dauid for euer,
euen to him and to his sonnes by a coue-
nant of salt ?
6 Yet leroboam the sonne of Ne-
bat, the seruant of Solomon the sonne
of Dauid, is risen vp, and hath * rebel- *i.King
11. 26.
led against his LORD
If And there are gathered vnto nim
vaine men the children of Belial, and
haue strengthened themselues against
Rehoboam the sonne of Solomon,
when Rehoboam was young, & tender
hearted, and could not withstand them.
8 And now ye thinke to withstand
the kingdome of the L O R D , in the
hand of the sonnes of Dauid, and ye be
a great multitude, and there are with you
golden calues, which leroboam *made * i. King,
12. 28.
you for gods.
9 * Haue yee not cast out the Priests Chap. Ji
*
of the L O R D the sonnes of Aaron, 14.
and the Leuites, and hane made you
priests after the maner of the nations
of other lands ? so that whosoeuer com-
meth to t consecrate himselfe with a t Heb.tofill
his hand.
young bullocke and seuen rammes, the
same may be a priest of them that are no
gods.
10 But as for vs, the L O R D is our
God, and wee haue not forsaken him,
and the Priests which minister vnto the
LORD, are the sonnes of Aaron, and
the Leuites waite vpon their businesse.
11 * And they burne vnto the LORD » Chap. 2.4.
euery morning, and euery euening,
burnt sacrifices and sweete incense : the
*shew- bread also set they in order vpon » Leu. 24. 6,
the pure table, and the Candlesticke of
golde with the lampes therof, to burne
euery euening : for we keepe the charge
of the L O R D our God, but yee haue
forsaken him.
leroboam dieth. Il.Chron. Afa his victory.
18 And behold , God himselfe is with |and right in the eyes of the LORD his
s foar our captaine, and his Priests with God.
ounading trumpets to cry alarme a- 3 For hee tooke away the altars of
aiast you : O children of Israel, fightTIGHT the strange gods , and the high places,
rea not against the LORD God of your and brake downe the t images, and cut -Hebr. sta-
ves.
aathers, for you shall not prosper. downe the groues :
13 U But leroboam caused an am- 4 And commanded ludah to seeke
mshment to come about behinde them : the LORD God of their fathers, and to
ao they were before ludah, and the am-0 do the Law, and the Commandement.
mshment was behind them. 5 Also he tooke away out of all the
14 And when ludah looked backe, cities of ludah, the high places and the
)ehold,the battelzm$ before and behind ; t images : and the kingdome was quiet -Heb. Sun-
mages.
nad they cried vnto the L O R D , and before him.
abe Priests sounded with the trumpets. 6 U And hee built fenced cities in
15 Then the men of ludah gaue a [udah ; for the land had rest, and hee
hout : and as the men of ludah shou- had no warre in those yeeres ; because
ed, it came to passe that God smote le- the LORD had giuen him rest.
oboaam and all Israel, before Abiiah 7 Therefore hee said vnto ludah,
and ludah. Let vs build these cities, & make about
16 And the children of Israel fled be- them walles , and towers , gates and
bre ludah : and God deliuered them barres , while the land is yet before vs :
nto their hand. because wee haue sought the L O R D
17 And Abiiah and his people slew our God, wee haue sought him, and hee
;haem with a great slaughter : so there hath giuen vs rest on euery side : so they
eal downe slaine of Israel, flue hundred built, and prospered.
housand chosen men. 8 And Asa had an armie of men that
18 Thus the children of Israel were bare targets and speares, out of ludah
>rought vnder at that time, and the chil- three hundred thousand , and out of
Iren of ludah preuailed , because they Beniamin, that bare shields and drew
relied vpon the L O R D God of their bowes , two hundred and fourescore
athers. thousand : all these were mighty men oi
19 And Abiiah pursued after lero- valour.
>oam, & tooke cities from him, Beth-e 9 1i * And there came out against them * Chap. 18,
with the townes thereof, and lesha- Zerah the Ethiopian, with an host ol 8.
nah with the townes thereof, and E- a thousand thousand , and three hun-
ihrain with the townes thereof. dred charets, and came vnto Mareshah
20 Neither did leroboam recouer 10 Then Asa went out against him
strength againe in the dayes of Abiiah: and they set the battel in aray in the val-
and the LORD strooke him, & he died. ley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
21 H But Abiiah waxed mighty, anc 11 And Asa cried vnto the L O R D
married fourteene wiues , and begate bis God, and said, LORD, it is * no- * I.Sam. 14
twentie and tw,o sonnes , and sixteene thing with thee to helpe, whether with 6.
daughters. many, or with them that haue no pow-
i! Or, com-
22 And the rest of the acts of Abiiah, er. Helpe vs, O LORD our God, for
mentary. and his waies, and his sayings, are writ- we rest on thee, and in thy Name wee
* Chap. 12 ten in the || story of the Prophet *Iddo. goe against this multitude: O LORD
15. •
thou art our God, let not ||man preuaile I Ort mortal
man.
C H A P . XIIU against thee.
1 Asa succeeding destroieth idolatry. 6 Hauin 13 So the LORD smote the Ethio
peace, he strengthened! his kingdome wit pians before Asa, and before lud,,h
forts and armies. 9 Calling on God, he ouer- and the Ethiopians fled.
throweth Zerah, and spoileth the Ethiopians.
13 And Asa and the people that waer
O Abiiah slept with his with him, pursued them vnto Gerar:

• 1. King.
15. 0. &C.
S fathers, and they buried and the Ethiopians were ouerthrown,
him in the citie of Dauid, that they could not recouer themselues,
and * Asa his sonne reig- for they were t destroyed before the t Hebr. bro
ned in his stead : in his LORD, and before his hoste, and the'ken.
dayes the land was quiet ten yeeres. caried away very much spoile.
2 And Asa did that which was good 14 And they smote all the cities
rounc
Ifraels couenant Chap.xv. with God.
round about Gerar, for the feare of the saw that the LORD his God was with
LORD came vpon them: and they him.)
spoiled all the cities, for there was excee- 10 So they gathered themselues to-
ding much spoile in them. gether at lerusalem, in the third
15 They smote also the tents of cat- moneth, in the fifteenth yeere of the
tell, and caried away sheepe and camels reigne of Asa.
inabundance, and returned to leru- 11 And they offered vnto the LORD
salem. t the same time, of the spoile which they tt Hel>. in
had brought, seuen hundred oxen, and f>that day.
seuen thousand sheepe.
C H A P . XV. 12 And they entred into a couenant
1 Asa with ludah and many of Israel, ffiotiedby to seeke the L O R D God of their fa-
theprophesie of Azariahthe sonne of Oded, thers, with all their heart and with all
make a solemne couenant with God. 16 He flieir SOule •
putteth downe Maachah his mother, for her 13
idolatry. 18 He bringeth dedicate things into That whosoeuer would not seeke
the house of God, and enioyeth a long peace, the LORD God of Israel, 'should be «* Deut. 13.9
put to death, whether small or great,
N D the Spirit of God whether man or woman.

t Heb. be-
fore Asa. A came vpon Azariah the
sonne of Oded-
2 And he went out tto
meet Asa, and said vnto
him, Heare ye me, Asa, and all ludah,
and Beniamin, The LORD is with
you, while yee be with him: and if yee
seeke him, he will be found of you: but
if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
3 Now for a long season Israel hath
bene without the true God, and with-
out a teaching priest, and without law.
4 But when they in their trouble
did turne vnto the LORD God of Is-
rael, and sought him, hee was found of
them.
5 And in those times there was no
peace to him that went out, nor to him
that came in, but great vexations were
vpon all the inhabitants of the coun-
treys.
tffebr.bea- 6 And nation was t destroyed of na-
ten in pieces. tion, and citie of citie: for God did vexe
them with all aduersitie.
7 Be ye strong therefore, and let
not your hands bee weake: for your
worke shall be rewarded.
8 And when Asa heard these words,
and
t
the prophesie of Oded
i r r j
the
-.
prophet,
^1 Asa, hy the aideaof the. Syrians,,.
he tooke courage, and put^ away the
f Heb. abo- t abominable idoles out of all the lande prpued thereof hy Hanani, he putteth him in
minations. of ludah and Beniamin, and out of
the cities which hee had taken from ""I
mount Ephraim. and renewed the Al- ti
tar of the LORD, that was before the
porch of the LORD.
9 And lie gathered all ludah and
Beniamin, and the strangers with
them out of Ephraim and Manasseh,
and out of Simeon: (for th&y, fell to him intent that hee might let none goe out
out of Israel iii aButidance when they or come in to Asa king of ludah.
14 And they sware vnto the LORD
with a loud voice, and with shouting,
and with trumpets, and with cornets.
15 And all ludah reioyced at the
oath : for they had sworne with all their
heart, & sought him with their whole
desire, and he was found of thein : and
the LORD gaue them rest round a-
bout.
16 1T And also concerning * Maachah * l. King.
the mother of Asa the king, he remoo- 15.13.
ued her from beeing Queene, because
she had made antidote in a groue : and WJebhorror
Asa cut downe her idole, and stamped if,
and burnt it at the brooke Kidron.
17 But the high places were not ta-
ken away out of Israel: nmerthelesse
the heart of Asa was perfect all his
dayes.
18 IT And he brought into the house
of God the things tnat his father had
dedicated, and that he himselfe had de-
dicated, siluer, and gold, and vessels,
19 And there was no more warre vn-
to the fiue and thirtieth yeere of the
reigne of Asa.
C H A P . XVI.
aaaf* dmertethBa-
Aiuw
asha from bufldingof filmah. 7 Beingre-
prison. 11 Among his other actes in his dis-
ease he seeketh not God, but to the Physai-
tians. 13 His death and Buriall.
N *the sixe and thirtieth * 1. Kings
I yeere of the reigne of Asa, 15. 17.
Baasha king of Israel
came vp against ludah,
and builtHamah, to the
2 Then
Afa his death, and Il.Chron. buriall. lehofhaphat.
2 Then Asa brought out siluer and I 14 And they buried him in his owne
olde out of the treasures of the house sepulchres which he had t made for him- Heb. dig.
f the LORD, and of the kings house, selfein thecitieof Dauid, and!aide himaLAIDEHI ed.
and sent to Benhadad King of Syria in the bed, which was filled with sweet
<(Heb. Dar- tbat dwelt at t Damascus, saying; odours, and diuers kindes ofsapices pre-
mesek.
3 There is a league betweene me and pared by the Apothecaries arte: & they
dee, as there was betweene my father made a very great burning for hima.
and thy father: beholde, I haue sent
thee siluer and golde, goe, breake thy
league with Baasha king of Israel, CHAP. XVII
hat he may depart from me. i lehoshaphat succeeding Asa, reigneth well,
4 And Benhadad hearkened vnto and prospereth. 7 He sendeth Leuites with
i Heb. which king Asa, and sent the captaines
r
of this ^he Princes; to.teach I udah. 10 His enemies
were his. 3 . . .* . . /» T , -J being terrified by God. some of them bring
armies against the cities of Israel, and him prescnte an/tribute. 12 His greatnesse!
hey smote lion , and Dan, and Abel- captaines and armies.
maim, & all the store-cities of Naphtali.

A
5 And it came to passe, when Baa- ND * lehoshaphat his * 1. King.
sha heard it, that hee left off building of sonne reigned in his stead, 15. 24.
iamah, and let his worke cease. and strengthened himselfe
6 Then Asa the king tooke all lu- against Israel,
lali. and thev rarierl awav the stones Fof 2 And he nlaced fnrpes
Iamah, and the timber thereof, where- in all the fenced cities of ludah, and set
with Baasha was a building, and hee garisons in the land of ludah, and in
nrilt therewith Geba and Mizpah. the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his fa-
7 11 And at that time Hanani the ther had taken*
Seer came to Asa king of ludah, and 3 And the L O R D was with le-
Daid vnto him, Because thou hast relyed loshaphat , because hee walked in the
on the king of Syria, and not relyed on irst wayes of his father Dauid , anc1
;hEe L O R D thy God, therefore is the sought not vnto Baalim :
loFste of the king of Syria escaped out of 4 But sought to the L O R D Goc
thine hand. of his father , and walked in his com-
* Cha. U. 9 8 Were * riot the Ethiopians anc mandements, and not after the doings
Heb. in a- the Lubims a thuge hoste, with very of Israel ;
bundance.
many charets and horsemen ? Yet be- 5 Therefore the L O R D stablishec
cause thou diddest relie on the LORD, the kingdome in his hand , and all lu-
le deliuered them into thine hand. dah t brought to lehoshaphat presents, • Heb. gaue.
9 For the eyes of the L O R D run and he had riches and honour in abun-
to and fro throughput the whole earth, dance.
I Or^trongl\ (to shewe himselfe strong in the behalfe 6 And his heart was ||lift vp in the I That t>,
to holde with
them, £c. of them, whose heart is perfite towards wayes of the L O R D : moreouer hee was encou-
raged.
lim. Herein thou hast done foolishly; tooke away the high places and groues
therefore, from hencefoorth thou shalt out of ludah.
haue war res. 7 11 Also in the third yeere of his
10 Then Asa was wroth with the reigne, hee sent to his princes, euen to
Seer, and put him in a prison-house; Benhail , and to Obadiah, and to Ze-
for he was in a rage with him because oa chariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Mi-
\ Heb. cru- this thing. And Asa t oppressed some o chaiah, to teach in the cities of ludah:
sted.
the people the same time. 8 And with them hee sent Leuites,
11 1F And behold, the actes of Asa first euen Shemaiah , and Nethaniah, aanc
and last, lo, they are written in the booke Zebadiah , and Asahel, and Shemaira
of the Kings of ludah and Israel. moth, and lehonathan , and Adaoni
1£ And Asa in the thirtie and naintl iah, and Tobiiah, and Tob-adoniaiah
yeere of his reigne, was diseased in his Leuites: and with them, Elishama anc
feete, vntill his disease was exceeding lehoram, Priests.
great: yet in his disease hee sought not to 9 And they taught in ludah , anc
the LORD, but to the Physicians. had the book of the Law of the LORD
13 IF And Asa slept with his fathers, with them , and went about througah
and died in the one and fourtieth yeere out all the cities of ludah, and taaugh
of his reigne. the people.
10 f And
 His captaines. Chap.xviij.
10 H And the feare of the LORD
t Hel>. was. tfell vpon all the kingdomes of the
lands that were round about ludah, so
that they made no warre against le-
hoshaphat.
11 Also some of the Philistines brought
lehoshaphat presents, and tribute sil-
uer, and the Arabians brought him
flocks, seuen thousand and seuen hun-
dred rammes, and seuen thousand and
seuen hundred he goats.
12 IT And lehoshaphat waxed great
\ Or, palacesexceedingly, and he built in ludah || ca-
stles, and cities of store.
13 And he had much businesse in the
cities of ludah ; and the men of warre,
mightie men of valour, were in Jeru-
salem.
14 And these are the numbers of them
according to the house of their fathers :
Of ludah, the captaines of thousands,
Adnah the chiefe, and with him mighty
men of valour, three hundred thousand.
1 Heb. at his 15 And tnext to him was lehohanan
hand.
the captaine, and with him two hun-
dred and fourescore thousand.
16 And next him was Amasiah the
sonne of Zichri, who willingly offered
limselfe vnto the L O R D , and with
lim two hundred thousand mightie
men of valour.
17 And of Beniamin, Eliada a migh-
tie man of valour, and with him , ar-
med men with bow and shield two
lundred thousand.
18 And next him was lehoshabad,
and with him an hundred and foure
score thousand, ready prepared for the
warre.
19 These waited on the king, besides
those whom the king put in the fenced
cities throughout all ludah,
C H A P . XVIII.
1 lehoshaphat ioyned in affinitie with Ahab,
is perswaded to goe with him against Ra-
moth Gilead. 4 Ahab seduced by false
prophets, according to the worde of Mica-
lah is slaine there.
OVP lehoshaphat had ri-
N
c^es anc^ h°nour i*1 a^un-a
dance,
w and ioyned affinitie
Wlttl wC\
* J.King. 22 % * And t after certame
t Heb. at the yeeres, he went downe to Ahab to Sa-
endofyeeres. maria : and Ahab killed sheepe and ox-
en forhim in abundance, and for the peo-
ple that he had with him, and perswa-
Ahabs prophets.
ded him to goe vp with him to RamotHl
Gilead.
3 And Ahab king of Israel said v-n
to lehoshaphat king of ludah, WilT
thou goe with me to Ramoth Gilea?d
And he answered him, I am as thou a,rt
and my people as thy people, and we wLil
be with thee in the warre.
4 IF And lehoshaphat saide vntc
the king of Israel, Enquire, I pra)
thee, at the word of the LORD to da.y
5 Therefore the king of Israel g-a
thered together of prophets foure hun-
dred men, and said vnto them, Shal we
goe to Ramoth Gilead to battel, or shLa
I forbeare? And they said, Goe vp, foi
God will deliuer it into the kings hand
6 But lehoshaphat saide, Is there
not here a Prophet of the L O R D t be- i Heb. yet or
sides, that we might enquire of him ? more
7 And the king of Israel said vntc
lehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by
whom we may enquire of the L O R D :
but I hate him, for he neuer prophesiec
£ood vnto me, but alwayes euill : the
same is Micaiah the sonne of limla.
And lehoshaphat saide, Let not the
king say so.
8 And the king of Israel called for
one of his || officers, and saide, tFetch iJ Or, Eunu-
quickly Micaiah the sonne of limla. ches. t Heb.hasten
9 And the king of Israel and leho-
shaphat king of ludah sate , either of
them on his throne, clothed in their
robes, and they sate in a || voide place at OEr^floore.
the entring in of the gate of Samaria,
and all the prophets prophesied before
them.
10 And Zedekiah the sonne of Che-
naanah, had made him homes of yron,
and said, Thus saith the LORD, With
;hese thou shalt push Syria, vntil tthey t Hebr. thou
)e consumed. consume
them.
11 And all the prophets prophesied
so, sayiug, Goe vp to Ramoth Gilead,
and prosper • for the L O R D shall de-
iuer U into the hand of the king.
12 And the messenger that went to
call Micaiah, spake to him, saying, Be-
lold, the words of the prophets declare
good to the king twith one assent : let t Heb. with
;hy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one mouth.
one of theirs, and speake thou good.
13 And Micaiah said, As the LORD
iueth, euen what my God saith, that
will I speake
14 And when hee was come to the
dng, the king sayd vnto him, Micaiah,
shall we goe to Ramoth Gilead to bat-
tell,
Vlicaiahs prophecie. H.Chron.
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5oe yee vp, and prosper, and they shalal
>e deliueted into your hand.
15 And thfc king sayd to him, Howe
many times shall I adiure thee , that
haou say nothing but the truth to me, in
fie name of the L O R a D ?
16 Then he sayd, I did see all Isra-
el scattered vpon the mountaines, as
heepe that haue no shepheard : and the
LOB& sayd, These haue no master, let
them returne therefore, euery man to his
louse in peace.
17 (And the king of Israel sayd to
!ehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee, that
lee would not prophesie good vnto
I Or, but for mee, |f but euill?)
euill. 18 Againe he sayd; Therefore heave
;he "word of the L O R D : L sawe the
_,ORD asitting vpon his throne, and
all the hoste of heauen standing on his
right hand, and on his left.
19 And the L O R D sayd, Who shall
entise Ahab king of Israel, that hee
may goe vp and fall at R&moth Gi-
ead ? And one spake, saying after this
maner, and another saying after that
matter.
* lob. 1.6. 20 Then there came out a * spirit,
and stood before the LOAD, and sayd,
\ will entise him. And the LORD
sayd vnto him, Wherewith ?
21 And hee sayd, I will goe out, and
>e a lying spirit in the mouth of all his
>rophets. And the LORD sayd, Thou
shalt entise him, and thou shalt also pre-
uaile : goe out, and doe euen so.
22 Nowe therefore behold , the
L O R D hath put a lying spirit in the
mouth of these thy prophets , and the
LORD hath spoken euill against thee.
23 Then Zedekiah the sonne of Che-
naanah, came neere, and smote Mica-
iah vpon the cheeke, and sayd, Which
way went the spirit of the L O R D
from mee, to speake vnto thee?
24? And Micaiah sayd , Behold,
thou shalt see on that day* when thou
0 Or* from shalt goe ||into an inner chamber to hide
chamber to thy selfe.
chamber:
Heb. cham- 25 Then the king of Israel sayd
ber in a
chamber. Take yee Micaiah, and carie him backe
to Amon the gouernour of the citie, and
to loash the kings sonne.
26 And say, Thus saith the king,
Put this fellow in the prison, and feede
him with bread of affliction, and with
water of affliction, vntill I returne in
peace.
Ahab llaine.
27 And Micaiah sayd, If thou cer-
tainly returne in peace, then hath not
ie LaORD spoken by mee. And hee
sayd, Hearken all yee people.
28 So the king of Israel, and le-
loshaphat the king of ludah, went
vp to Ramoth Gitead.
29 And the king of Israel sayd vn-
td lehoshaphat, I will disguise my
selfe, and will goe to the battell, but put
hou on thy robes. So the king of Is-
rael disguised himselfe, and they went to
the battell.
30 Now the king of Syria had com-
maunded the captaines of the charets
that were with him, saying, Fight ye not
with small or great, saue onely with the
dng of Israel.
31 And it came to passe when the
captaines of the charets saw lehosha-
)abat, that they sayd, It is the king oi
sarael : therefore they compassed about
lim to fight. But lehoshaphat cryed
out, and the LORD helped him, and
God moued them to depart from him.
32 For it came to passe , that when
the captaines of the charets perceiued
that it was not the king of Israel, they
iurned backe againe tfrom pursuing Heb.frvm
fter Mm.
lim.
33 And a certaine man drew a bowe
tat a venture, and smote the king of Is-
Heb. in his
rael tbetweene the ioints of the har- implicit*.
Heb. be-
nesse : therefore hee sayd to his charet- oints
weenethe
and
mah, Turne thine hand, that thou vtweene the
mayest carie me out of the hoste, for I brettplate.
am t wounded. t Heb. made
34 And the battell increased that day: sicke.
lowbeit the king of Israel stayed him-
selfe vp in his charet against the Syri-
ans , vntill the Euen : and about the
time of the sunne going downe, hee
dyed.
CHAR XIX
1 lehoshaphat, retiroued by lehu, visiteth ahi
kingdomc. 5 His instructions to the luad
ges, 8 To the Priests and Leuites.
Nd lehoshaphat the
A
king of ludah returneaea
to his house in peace to
lerusalem
2 And lehu the sonne
of Hanani the seer, went out to meete
him, and sayd to king lehbshaphat,
Shouldest thou helpe the vngodly, ama
loue them that hate the LaORD
Therefore is wrath vpon thee froam be
fore the LOUD.
3 Neuerthetesse
lehofhapbat: His Chap.xx.
* Chap. 17. 3 Neuerthelesse, there * are good
4,6. things found in thee, in that thou hast
taken away the groues out of the land,
and hast prepared thine heart to seeke
God.
turned and
4 And lehoshaphat dwelt at Je-
t Heb. he re- rusalem : and thee went out againe
went out. through the people, from Beer-sheba
to mount Ephraim. and brought them
backe vnto the LORD God of their
fathers.
5 1T And he set Judges in the land,
throughout all the fenced cities of lu-
dah, city by city,
6 And said to the Judges, Take
heed what ye doe : for yee iudge not for
man, but for the LORD, who is with
t Hebr. in you tin the iudgement.
the matter
of iudge. 7 Wherefore now , let the feare of
merit. the L O R D be vpon you, take heed
* Deut. 10. and doe it: for there is no * iniquitie with
17. iob 34.
19. act. 10. the LORD our God, nor respect of
34. rom. 2, persons, nor taking of gifts.
11. Col. 2.
6. l.pet. 1. 8 IT Moreouer in Jerusalem did le-
17. hoshaphat set of the Leuites, and of the
Priests, and of the chiefe of the fathers
of Israel, for the iudgement of the
LORD, and for controuersies, when
they returned to Jerusalem.
9 And hee charged them, saying,
Thus shall yee doe in the feare of the
L O R D faithfully, and with a perfept
heart.
10 And what cause soeuer shal come
to you of your brethren that dwell in
:heir cities , betweene blood and blood,
3etweene Law and Commandement,
Statutes and Judgements , yee shall
euen warne them that they trespasse
not against the LORD, and so wrath
come vpon you, and vpon your bre-
thren: this doe, & ye shall not trespasse.
11 And behold , Amariah the chiefe
Priest is ouer you in all matters of the
L O R D , and Zebadiah the sonne of
Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Ju-
dah , for all the Kings matters : Also
the Leuites shatt be officers before you.
t Hebr. take t Deale couragiously , and the L O R D
courage and
doe. shajbe with the good.
C H A P . XX.
1 lehoshaphat, in his feare proclaimeth a fast.
5 His prayer. 14- The prophesie of laha-
ziel. 20 lehoshaphat exnorteth the people,
and setteth singers to praise the Lord. 22The
great ouerthrow of the enemies. 26 The
people hauing blessed God at Berachah, re-
faft, and prayer.
turne in triumph. 31 Jehpshaphats reigae
35 His conuoy of ships, which he made with
AAAAAAAA
Z
T came to passe after this
i also, that the children o
Moab, and the children o:
Ammon, and with them,
other beside the Ammo-
nites, came against lehoshaphat to
battell.
2 Then there came some that tolde
lehoshaphat, saying, There commeth
a great multitude against thee from be-
yond the Sea on this side Syria , anc
behold , they bee in Hazazon - Tamar,
which is En-gedi.
3 And lehoshaphat feared, and set
thimselfe to seeke the LORD, and pro- \Helr. his
claimed a fast throughout all ludah. faee.
4 And ludah gathered themselues
together, to aske helpe of the L O R D :
euen out of all the cities of ludah they
came to seeke the LORD.
5 IF And lehoshaphat stood in the
Congregation of ludah and Jerusa-
lem, in the house of the L O R D before
the new Court,
6 And said, O L O R D God of our
Fathers, art not thou God in heauen?
and rulest not thou ouer all the king-
doms of the heathen ? and in thine hand
is there not power and might , so that
none is able to withstand thee ?
7 Art not thou our God, twho didst Heb. thou,
driue out the inhabitants of this land
before thy people Israel , and gauest it
to the seed of Abraham thy friend for
euer ?
8 And they dwelt therein, and haue
iuilt thee a Sanctuarie therein for thy
Name, saying,
9 *If, when euill commeth vpon * Chap. 6.
vs, as the sword, iudgement , or pesti- 8.28.37.i. king.
lence , or famine, wee stand before this
louse, and in thy presence (for thy Name
is in this house) and cry vnto thee in our
affliction, then thou wilt heare & helpe.
10 And now behold, the children of
Ammon, and Moab, and mount Seir,
whom thou *wouldest not let Israel Deut. 2. 9.
inuade^ when they came out of the land
of Egypt, but they turned from them,
and destroyed them not:
11 Beholde , / sayi how they reward
vs, to come to cast vs out of thy possessi-
on, which thou hast giuen vs to inherit.
12 Q our God , wilt thou not iudge
them ? for wee haue no might against
this
*16
God fighteth Il.Chron.
his great company that commeth a-
sjainst vs? neither know wee what to
loe ; but our eyes are vpon thee.
18 And all ludah stood before the
L O R D , with their litle ones, their
wiues and their children.
14 11 Then vpon lahaziel the sonne
of Zechariah , the sonne of Benaiah,
the sonne of lehiel, the sonne of Mat-
taniah , a Leuite of the sons of Asaph,
came the Spirit of the LOED in the
midst of the Congregation :
15 And he said. Hearken yee, all lu-
dah, and ye inhabitants of lerusalem,
and thou king lehoshaphat, Thus
sayth the LORD vnto you; Be not a-
fraid, nor dismayed by reason of this
great multitude ; for the battell is not
yours, but Gods.
16 To morrow goe ye downe against
them : behold , they come vp by the
t Heb. as. t cliffe of Ziz, and ye shall finde them at
cenf.
I Or, valley the end of the ||brooke, before the wil-
dernesse of leruel.
17 Yee shall not neede to fight in this
battell; set your selues, stand yeestill, and
see the saluation of the L O R D with
you , O ludah and lerusalem : feare
not, nor be dismayed; to morow goe out
against them, for the LORD will bee
with you.
18 And lehoshaphat bowed his
head, with his face to the ground: anc
all ludah, and the inhabitants of le-
rusalem , fell before the L O R D , wor-
shipping the LORD.
19 And the Leuites , of the children
of the Kohathites , and of the children
of the Korhites, stood vp to praise the
LORD God of Israel, with a loude
voice on high.
20 U And they rose early in the mor-
ning , and went foorth into the wilder-
nesse of Tekoa : and as they went forth,
lehoshaphat stood and said, Heare me,
0 ludah, and yee inhabitants of le-
*Isai. 7. 9. rusalem; *Beleeue in the L O R D your
God, so shall you be established ; beleeue
his Prophets, so shall yee prosper.
£1 And when he had consulted with
the people, he appointed Singers vnto
t Heb. prai- the LORD, and tthat should praise the
sers.
beautie of holinesse , as they went out
before the armie ; and to say, Praise the
LORD, for his mercy endureth for euer.
t//4<znrfm 22 f t And when they beganne tto
the lime that
they* cj-c. sing and to praise, the L O R D set am-
\Heb.in sin- bushments against the children of Am-
ging and
praise. mon, Moab, and mount Seir, which
i hoshaphat
for ludah.
were come against ludah, and ||they II Or, tliey
smote one
were smitten. another.
23 For the children of Ammon and
Moab, stood vp against the inhabitants
of mount Seir , vtterly to slay and de-
stroy them : and when they had made
an end of the inhabitants of Seir , eue-
ry one helped tto destroy another. Heb.for
24? And when ludah came toward the Qeasru-
ction.
the watch-tower in the wildernesse,
they looked vnto the multitude, and be-
hold, they were dead bodies fallen to the
earth, and t none escaped. t Heb. there
was not an
25 And when lehoshaphat and his escaping-.
people came to take away the spoile of
them, they found among them in abun-
dance both riches with the dead bodies,
and precious iewels ( which they stript
off for themselues) more then they could
cary away : and they were three dayes
in gathering of the spoile, it was so
much.
26 11 And on the fourth day they as-
sembled themselues in the valley of
||Berachah; for there they blessed the II That is,
blessing.
L O R D : therfore the name of the same
place was called the valley of Berachah
vnto this day.
27 Then they returned, euery man
of ludah and lerusalem, and leho-
shaphat in the t forefront of them, to go i Heb. head.
againe to lerusalem with ioy : for the
L O R D had made them to reioyce o-
uer their enemies.
28 And they came to lerusalem
with Psalteries, and harpes, and trum-
pets, vnto the house of the LORD.
29 And the feare of God was on all
the kingdoms of those countreys, when
they had heard that the LORD fought
against the enemies of Israel.
30 So the Realm e of lehoshaphat
was quiet ; for his God gaue him rest
round about.
31 If *And lehoshaphat reigned 25. »1. King.
41, &c.
ouer ludah : Hee was thirtie and flue
yeeres olde when hee began to reigne,
and he reigned twentie and fiue yeeres
in lerusalem : and his mothers name
was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
32 And he walked in the way of Asa
his father, and departed not from it, do-
ing that which was right in the sight of
the LORD.
83 Howbeit the high places were not
taken away : for as yet the people had
not prepared their hearts vnto the God
of their fathers.
34? Now the rest of the actes of le-
lehorams crueltie: Chap.xxj.
hoshaphat first and last, behold, they
tHeb. words, are written in the tbooke of lehu the
* I. Kings sonne of Hanani; *who fis mentioned
16.1. in the booke of the Kings of Israel.
t Heb. was
made to as- 35 IF And after this did lehosha-
cend.
phat king of ludah ioine himselfe with
Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very
wickedly:
36 And he ioyned himselfe with him
to make ships to goe to Tarshish : and
they made the ships in Ezion-Geber.
37 Then Eliezer the sonne of Do-
dauah of Mareshah, prophesied against
lehoshaphat, saying; Because thou
hast ioyned thy selfe with Ahaziah, the
LORD hath broken thy workes • and
the ships were broken, that they were
not able to goe to Tarshish.
r TT A P Tt V T
CliAr. -X.A1.
1 lehoram succeeding lehoshaphat, slayeth his mi' fornication, and compelled ludah
brethren. 5 His wicked reigne. 8 Edom thereto.
and Libnah reuolt. 12 The prophetic of
Elnaha^ainsthim in writing 16 Philistines him from E1Hah the Prop h e t, saying,
and Arabiansoppresse him. ISHismcura- ^^
ble disease, infamous death, and buriall.
Ow * lehoshaphat slept
n
* 1. King.
22. 50. with his fathers, and was
buried with his fathers
in the citie of Pauid: and
lehoram his sonne reig-
ned in his stead.
2 And he had brethren the sonnes of
lehoshaphat, Azariah, and lehiel.
and Zechariah , and Azariah, and Mi-
chael, and Shephatiah : All these were
the sonnes of lehoshaphat king of Is-
rael.
8 And their father gaue them great
giftes of siluer and of golde, and of pre-
cious things , with fenced cities in lu-
dah : but the kingdome gaue hee to le-
horam, because he was the first borne.
* 2. King. 8. 4 'Now #when lehoram was ri-
16,17.
sen vp to the kingdome of his father, he
strengthened himselfe, and slew all his
brethren with the sword, and diners also
of the Princes of Israel.
5 11 lehoram was thirtie and two
yeeres olde when hee began to reigne,
and hee reigned eight yeeres in leru-
salem.
6 And he walked in the way of the
kings of Israel, like as did the house of
* Cha. 22. 2. Ahab : for hee had the daughter of * A-
hab to wife : and he wrought that which
was euill in the eyes of the LORD.
7 Howbeit the L O R D would not
His great plague.
destroy the house of Dauid, because of
the couenant that hee had made with
Dauid, and as hee promised, to giue a
flight to him and to his * sons for euer. t Heb. lamp,
8 IF In his dayes the Edomites re- or candle.
* 2. Sam. 8.
uolted from vnder the t dominion of 36. 2. king.
1. king. 11.
ludah, and made themselues a king, 8. 19. psal.
132. 11, &c.
9 Then lehoram *went forth with iHeb.hand.
his Princes, and all his charets with * 2. King.
him: and he rose vp by night, and smote 8.21.
the Edomites which compassed him in,
and the captaines of the charets.
10 So the Edomites reuolted from
vnder the hand of ludah vnto this
day. The same time also did Libn
reuoltfrom vnder his hand, because he
had forsaken the LORD God of his
fathers.
11 Moreouer, he made high places in
t ie mounta nes
" ^ °f ludah, and caused
the inhabitants of lerusalem to com-
12 If And there came a writing to
., ., T
Thus saith JT i > T\ -j
the L O R D God of Dauid
thy father, Because thou hast not wal-
ked in the wayes of lehoshaphat thy
father, nor in the wayes of Asa king of
ludah:
13 But hast walked in the way of the
kings of Israel, and hast made ludah
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to
goe a whoring, like to the whoredomes
of the house of Ahab, and also hast slaine
thy brethren of thy fathers house, which
were better then thy selfe :
14 Behold, with a t great plague wil tHeb.a
the LORD smite thy people, and thy great stroke*
children , and thy wiues , and all thy
goods.
15 And thou shalthaue great si cknesse
by disease of thy bowels, vntil thy bow-
els fall out , by reason of the sickenesse
day by day.
16 1T Moreouer, the LORD stirred
vp against lehoram the spirit of the
Philistines, and of the Arabians , that
were neere the Ethiopians.
17 And they came vp into ludah,
and brake into it, and tcaried away all f-saptiue.
Heb^caried
the substance that was found in the
kings house , and his sonnes also and
his wiues ; so that there was neuer a
sonne feft him, saue ||Iehoahaz, the ziah, I Or, Aha.
chap.
yongest of his sonnes. 22. l. or, A-
18 IF And after all this, the LORD 6. zariah, ver.
smote him in his bowels, with an incu-
rable disease.
19 And
Ahaziah wicked:
19 And it came to passe, that in pro-
cesse of time, after the end of two yeres,
his bowels fell out by reason of his
sickenesse : so hee dyed of sore diseases.
And his people made no burning for
him, like the burning of his fathers.
SO Thirtie and two yeeres old was
he when he began to reigne, and he reig-
ned in lerusalem eight yeeres, and de-
t Heb. with- parted t without being desired: howbe-
out desire.
it, they buried him in the citie of Dauid,
but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
vy JL J. AJL J. » -/V. .XV A X «
1 Ahaziah succeeding, reigneth wickedly. 5 In
his confederacie with loram the sonne of A-
hab, heis slaineby lehu. 10 Athaliah destroy-
ing all the seed royall, saue loash., who leho-
shabeath his aunt hid, vsurpeth the kingdom.
a
* 2. King. 8. [Nd *the inhabitants of
24, &C. 'Jerusalem made Ahazi-
; ah his yongest sonne, king
>in his stead: for the band
'of men that came with the
Arabians to the campe, had slaine all
* Chap. 21. the * eldest. So Ahaziah the sonne of
17.
lehoram king of ludah reigned.
2 Fourtie and two yeeres old was
Ahaziah, when he began to reigne, and
he reigned owe yeere in Jerusalem : his
* Clisp. 21» 6 mothers flame also was * Athaliah the
daughter of Ornri.
3 Hee also walked in the wayes of
the house of Ahab : for his mother was
his counseller to doe wickedly.
4 Wherefore he did euill in the sight
of the LORD, like the house of Ahab :
for they were his counsellers after the
death of his father, to his destruction.
5 IF He walked also after their coun-
sell, and went with lehoram the sonne
of Ahab king of Israel, to warre a-
gainst Hazael king of Syria at Ra-
moth Gilead: and the Syrians smote
loram.
6 And he returned to bee healed in
HIeb.wher- lezreel, because of the wounds t which
w&A *A<?y
wounded were giuen him. at Ramah when hee
him. fought with Hazael king of Syria,
II Otherwise And |[ Azariah the sonne of lehoram
called Aha- king of ludah, went downe to see le-
ziah, ver. l.
4 lehoahaz horam the sonne of Ahab at lezreel,
chap. 21.17.
because he was sicke,
MJebr.trea- 7 And tthe destruction of Ahaziah
dinrdowne.,
was of God by comming to loram :
For when he was come, hee went out
* 2. King.
with lehoram against lehu the sonne
9.7. of Nimshij *whome the L O R D had
Il.Chron. He is flaine.
anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
8 And it came to passe, that when
lehu was executing iudgement vpon
the house of Ahab, and found the prin-
ces of ludah, and the sonnes of the bre-
thren of Ahaziah, that ministred to A-
haziah, he slew them.
9 *And he sought Ahaziah: and 9.27. * 2. Kings
they caught him (for he was hid in Sa-
maria) and brought him to lehu : and
when they had slaine him, they buried
him : because, said they, hee is the sonne
of lehoshaphat , who sought the
LORD with all his heart. So the
house of Ahaziah had no power to keepe
still the kingdome.
10 1f *But when Athaliah the mo- *n.i. 2. Kings
ther of Ahaziah , sawe that her sonne
was dead, shee arose, and destroyed all
the seed rovall of the house of ludah.
11 But lehoshabeath the daughter
of the king, tooke loash the sonne of
Ahaziah , and stole him from among
the kings sonnes, that were slaine, and
put him and his nurse in a bed chamber.
So lehoshabeath the daughter of
king lehoram, the wife of lehoiada
the priest ( for she was the sister of Aha-
ziah) hid him from Athaliah, so that
she slew him not.
12 An<J he was with them hid in the
house of God sixe yeeres, ajid Athaliah
reigned ouer the land.
:
C H A P . XXIII.
^ i lehoiada hauing set things in order, maketh
loash king. 12 Athaliah is slaine. IGleho-
iada
restoreth the worship of God.
a
Nd *in the seuenth yeere * 2. Kings
lehoiada strengthened 11.4,.&c.
himselfe, and tooke the
captaines of hundreds, A-
zariah the sonne of lero-
ham, and Ishmael the sonne of leho-
hanan, and Azariah the sonne of Obed,
and Maasiah the sonne of Adaiah, and
Elishaphat the sonne of Zichri, into co-
uenant with him.
2 And they went about in ludah,
and gathered the Leuites out of all the
cities of ludah, and the chiefe of the fa-
thers of Israel, and they came to le-
rusalem.
3 And all the Congregation made
a couenant with the king in the house of
God : and he saidvnto them, Beholde,
111
the kings sojtine shall reigne , as the 12/1. 2. Sam. 11
kings
L O R D hath *sa]d of the sonnes of 2. 4. and y. 5
2. chr. (i. 16.
Dauid. and 7. 18.
4 This
loafli made king. Chap.xxiiij.
4 This is the thing that yee shall
doe, A third part of you entring on the
Sabbath, of the priests and of the Le-
t Hebr. thre uites, shdlbe porters of the t doores.
sholds.
5 And a thirde part shall bee at the
kings house, and a third part at the gate
of the foundation : and all the people
shall be in the Courts of the house of the
LORD.
6 But let none come into the holise
of the LORD, saue the Priests, & they
that minister of the Leuites, they shall
go in, for they are holy: but all the people
shall keepe the watch of the LORD.
7 And the Leuites shall compasse
the king round about, euery man with
his weapons in his hand, and whoso-
euer else commeth into the house , hee
shalbe put to death : but be you with the
King when he commeth in, and when
he goeth out.
8 So the Leuites and all ludah
did according to all things that leho-
iada the Priest had commanded : and
tooke euery man his men that were to
come in on the Sabbath, with them
that were to goe out on the Sabbath :
for lehoiada the Priest dismissed not
the courses.
9 Moreoiier, lehoiada the Priest
deliuered to the captaines of hundreds,
speares and bucklers, and shields, that
had bene King Dauids, which were in
the house of God.
10 And hee set all the* people (euery
man hauing his weapon? in his hand)
t Heir, from the right tside of the t Temple, to
shoulder.
^Heb. house. the left side of the Temple, along by the
Altar and the Temple, by the King,
round about.
11 Then they brought out the kings
sonne, and put vpon him the Crowne,
* Deut. 17. 3Lnd*gaue him the Testimony, and made
18. him King : and lehoiada and his
t Hebr. Let sonnes anointed him, and said, tGod
'he King
Hue. saue the King.
12 ^1 Now when Athaliah heard
the noise pf the people running and
praising the King; she came to the peo-
ple into the house of the LORD.
13 And she looked, and behold, the
king stood at his pillar, at the entring
in, and the Princes, and the trumpets
t>y the King: and all the people of the
land reioyced, and sounded with trum-
\ Hebr. can-
spiracie.
pets ; also the singers with instruments
of musicke; and such as taught to sing
praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes,
' and saids,(tTreason, treason.
Athaliah flaine.
14 Then lehoiada the Priest
brought out the captaines of hundreds,
that were set ouer the host, and said vn-
to them, Haue her foorth of the ranges:
and who so follow eth her, let him bee
slaine with the sword . For the Priest
said ; Slay her not in the house of the
LORD.
15 So they layd handes on her, and
when shee was come to the entring of
the horse gate, by the kings house, they
slew her there.
16 H And lehoiada made a cbue-
nant betweene him, and betweene all
the people, and betweene the king, that
they should be the L O R D S people.
17 Then all the people went to the
house of Baal, and brake it downe, and
brake his altars and his images in pie-
ces , and slew * Mattan the priest of 13. * Deut. 13.
9.
Baal before the altars.
18 Also lehoiada appointed the of-
fices of the house of the LORD by the
hand of the Priests the Leuites, whom
Dauid had Distributed in the house of 24^ * i. Chro.
1.
the LORD, to offer the burnt offrings
of the LORD, as it is written in the
*Law of Moses, with reioycing and 2. * Num. 28.
widismgingiasitwasordeined^byTdbuiA. tHetor. by
1 9 And he set the * porters at the gatesthe hands of
Dauid.
of the house of the L O R D , that none * l. Chro.
which was vncleane in any thing, 26. 1. &C.
should enter in.
20 And hee tooke the captaines of
hundreds, and the nobles, and the go-
uernours of the people, and all the peo-
ple of the land, and brought downe the
ting from the house of the L O R D :
and they came through the high gate
nGto the kings house , and set the king
vpon the throne of the kingdome.
21 And all the people of the land re-
ioyced, and the city was quiet, after that
they had slaine Athaliah w the sword.
VA
\~J ±JL «TX J. . .xY. JtV. A JL JL JL .
1 Idash reigneth well, all the dayes of lehoiada.
4 Hee giueth order for the repaire of the
Temple. 15 lehoiada, his death and ho-
nourable buriall. 17 I cash falling to idola-
trie, slaieth Zechariah the sonne of lehoiada.
23 loash is spoiled by the Syrians, and slaine
by Zabad and lehozabad. 27 Amaziah
succeedeth, him.
Oash *was seuen yeeres * 2. Kin. 12.
i old when he beganne to 1..&C.
reigne; and he reigned for-
tie yeeres in Jerusalem:
his mothers name also
was
loafli his zeale. Il.Chron.
was Zibiah, of Beer-sheba.
2 And loash did that which was
right in the sight of the LORD, all the
dayes of lehoiada the Priest.
3 And lehoiada tooke for him two
wiues, and he begat sonnes and daugh-
ters.
4 H And it came to passe after this
t Heb. to re- that loash was minded tto repaire the
new.
house of the LORD.
5 And hee gathered together the
priests and the Leuites, and saide to
them, Go out vnto the cities of ludah,
and gather of all Israel money to re-
paire the house of your God from yeere
to yere, and see that ye haste the matter:
howbeit the Leuites hastened it not.
6 And the king called for lehoiada
the chiefe, and saide vnto him, Why hast
thou not required of the Leuites to
bring in out of ludah and out of Jeru-
salem , th e collection ^according tothe com-
* Exod. 30. mandement of* Moses the seruant of the
12, 13,14.
LORD, and of the Congregation of
Israel, for the tabernacle of Witnesse?
7 For the sonnes of Athaliah that
wicked woman, had broken vp the
house of God, and also all the dedicate
things of the house of the LORD, did
they bestow vpon Baalim.
8 And at the kings commandement
they made a chest, and set it without, at
the gate of the house of the LORD.
t Hebr. a 9 And they made t a proclamation
voice.
through ludah & lerusalem, to bring
in to the L O R D , the collection that
Moses the seruant of God laid vpon Is-
rael in the wildernesse,
10 And all the Princes and all the
people reioy ced, and brought in, and cast
into the chest, vntill they had made an
ende.
11 Now it came to passe that at what
time the chest was brought vnto the
kings office, by the hand of the Leuites:
and when they sawe that there was much
money : the kings Scribe, and the high
priests officer, came and emptied the
chest, and tooke it, and caried it to his
place again e. Thus they did day by day,
and gathered money in abundance.
12 And the king and lehoiada gaue
it to such as did the worke of the seruice
of the house of the LORD, and hired
Masons and carpenters to repaire the
house of the L O R D , and also such as
wrought yron and brasse to mend the
house of the LORD.
13 So the workemen wrought, and
lehoiada dieth.
tthe worke was perfected by them : and \Hebr.the
they set the house of God in his state, heating
wentvpvpon
and strengthened it. the worke.
14* And when they had finished it>
they brought the rest of the money be-
fore the king and lehoiada, whereof
were made vessels for the house of the
LORD, euen vessels to minister and to
|| offer withall, and spoones, and vessels H Or, pestils.
of golde and siluer : and they offered
burnt offerings in the house of the
LORD continually, all the dayes of
lehoiada.
15 IT But lehoiada waxed old, and
was full of dayes when hee died : an
hundred and thirtie yeeres olde was hee
when hee died.
16 And they buried him in the citie ol
Dauid among the kings, because he had
done good in Israel , both towards
God, and towards his house.
17 Now after the death of lehoia-
da, came the Princes of ludah , and
made obeysance to the king : then the
king hearkened vnto them.
18 And they left the house of the
LORD God of their fathers, and ser-
ued groues and idols : and wrath came
vpon ludah and lerusalem for this
their trespasse.
19 Yet hee sent prophets to them to
bring them againe vnto the LORD,
and they testified against them: but they
would not giue eare.
20 And the spirit of God tcame vp- t Heb. c/o-
on Zechariah the sonne of lehoiada thed.
the priest, which stood aboue the people,
and said vnto them : Thus saith God,
Why transgresse yee the commande-
ments of the LORD, that yee cannot
prosper? because yee haue forsaken the
LORD, he hath also forsaken you.
21 And they conspired against him,
and stoned him with stones at the com-
mandement of the king, in the court of
the house of the LORD.
22 Thus loash the king remem-
bred not the kindnesse which lehoiada
his father had done to him, but slew his
sonne: and when he died, he said, The
LORD looke vpon it, and require it.
23 1F And it came to passe tat the end t If eh. in the
reuolutionof
of the yeere , that the hoste of Syria the yeere.
came vp against him : and they came to
ludah and lerusalem , and destroyed
all the Princes of the people from a-
mong the people, and sent all the spoile
of them vnto the king of t Damascus. IHeb.Dar-
24 For the armie of the Syrians mesek.
came
loaflb ilaine. Chap.xxv.
came with a small companie of men.
and the LORD deliuered a very great
hoste into their hand, because they had
forsaken the LORD God of their fa-
thers : so they executed iudgement a-
gainst loash.
85 And when they were departed
from him (for they left him in great dis*
eases) his owne seruants conspired a-
gainst him , for the blood of the sonnes
of lehoiada the Priest, and slewe him
on his bed, and he died : and they buried
him in the citie of Dauid, but they bu-
ried him not in the sepulchres of the
Kings.
26 And these are they that conspired
I Or, loasq- against him ; ||Zabad the sonne of Shi-
char% 2. kin<c meah an Ammonitesse, and lehoza-
12. 21.
I Or, Sho- bad the sonne of ||Shimrith a Moabi-
wer.
tesse.
£7 IT Now concerning his sonnes,
and the greatnesse of the burdens laide
t Heb. foun- vpon him , and the t repairing of the
ding. house of God, behold, they are written
I Or, Com- in the || story of the booke of the Kings.
mentarie.
And Amaziah his sonne reigned in his
stead.
CHAP. XXV.
1 Amaziah "beginneth to reigne. well. 3 Hee
executeth iustice on the traitours. 5 Hatting
hired an armie of Israelites against the Edo-
mites, at the word of a Prophet, he loseth the
hundred talents, anddismisseth them. 1 1 He
ouerthroweth the Edomites. 10. 13 The Is-
raelites discontented with their dismission,
spoile as they returne home. 14 Amaziah
proud of his victory, serueth the gods of E-
dom , and despisetn the admonitions of the
Prophet. 17 Hee prouoketh loash to his o-
uerthrow. 25 His reigne. 27 Hee is slaine
by conspiracie.
Maziah *was twentie and
a
* 2. King
14. 1, &C, flue yeeres olde when hee
began to reigne, and hee
reigned twentie and nine
yeeres in lerusalem, and
his mothers name was lehoadan of
lerusalem.
2 And hee did that which was right
in the sight of the LORD, but not with
a perfite heart.
3 IT Now it came to passe when the
t Heb. con- kingdome was testablished to him, that
,firmed vpon he slew his seruants, that had killed the
him.
king his father.
4«« But hee slewe not their children,
but did as it 2*,? written in the Law in the
booke of Moses, where the LORD
Amaziah king.
commanded, saying, *The fathers shall * Deut. 24.
16.2. king.
not die for the children, neither shall the 14. 6. iere.
31.
children die for the fathers ; but euery 18.20* do. ezek,
man shall die for his owne sinne.
5 IT Moreouer, Amaziah gathered
ludah together, and made them Cap-
taines ouer thousands, and captaines
ouer hundreds, according to the nouses
of their fathers, throughout all ludah
and Beniamin ,* And he numbred them
from twentie yeeres olde and aboue,
and found them three hundred thou-
sand choice men , able to goe foorth to
warre, that could handle speare and
shield.
6 Hee hired also an hundred thou-
sand mightie men of valour, out of Is-
rael, for an hundred talents of siluer.
7 But there came a man of God to
him, saying, O king, let not the armie of
Israel goe with thee : for the LORD
is not with Israel, to wit, with all the
children of Ephraim.
8 But if thou wilt goe, doe it, bee
strong for the battell : God shall make
thee fall before the enemy: for God hath
power to helpe, and to cast downe.
9 And Amaziah said to the man of
God , But what shall wee doe for the
hundred talents which I haue giuen to
the tarmie of Israel ? And the man of \Heb.band.
God answered, The LORD is able
to giue thee much more then this.
10 Then Amaziah separated them,
to wit, the armie that was come to him
out of Ephraim , to goe thome againe. t Heb. to
Wherfore their anger was greatly kin- their place»
dled against ludah, and they returned
home in t great anger. t Heb. in
11 If And Amaziah strengthened heat ger.
of an-
himselfe , and ledde foorth his people,
and went to the valley of salt, and smote
of the children of Seir, ten thousand,
12 And other ten thousand left aliue,
did the children of ludah cary away
captiue, and brought tliem vnto the top
of the rocke, and cast them downe from
the top of the rocke, that they all were
broken in pieces.
13 IF But the tsouldiers of the army t Heb. the
which Amaziah sent backe, that they sonnes band.
qfthe
should not goe with him to battell, fell
vpon the cities of ludah, from Sama-
ria euen vnto Beth-horon, and smote
three thousand of them, and took much
spoile.
14 1f Now it came to passe, after
that Amaziah was come from the
slaughter of the Edomites, that hee
brought
Arnaziah taken, Il.Chron.
brought the gods of the children of
Seir , and set them vp to be his gods,
and bowed down himselfe before them,
and burned incense vnto them.
15 Wherfore the anger of the LORD
was kindled against Amaziah, and hee
sent vnto him a Prophet, which said vn-
to him, Why hast thou sought after the
gods of the people, which could not de-
liuer their owne people out of thine
hand?
16 And it came to passe as hee talked
with him, that the king said vnto him,
Art thou made of the Kings counsell ?
forbeare ; why shouldest thou be smit-
ten ? Then the Prophet forbare , and
t Heb. coun- said, I know that God hath t determi-
selled
ned to destroy thee, because thou hast
done this, and hast not hearkened vnto
my counsell.
17 1F Then Amaziah king of ludah
tooke aduice, and sent to loash the
sonne of lehoahaz the sonne of lehu,
king of Israel, saying, Come, let vs see
one another in the face.
* 2. King. 14. 18 * And loash king of Israel sent
8,9.
to Amaziah king of ludah , saying,
B Or,furre The || thistle that was in Lebanon, sent
busk j or
tfyorne. to the Cedar that was in Lebanon , say-
ing, Giue thy daughter to my sonne to
t Hebr. a wife : and there passed by a twild beast
beast of the that was in Lebanon, and trode downe
field.
the thistle.
19 Thou sayest, Loe, thou hast smit-
ten the Edomites, and thine heart lif-
teth thee vp to boast. Abide now at
home, why shouldest thou meddle to
thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even
thou, and ludah with thee ?
20 But Amaziah would not heare:
for it came of God, that he might deliuer
them into the hand of their enemies, be-
cause they sought after the gods of
Edom.
21 So loash the King of Israel
went vp, and they saw one another in
the face, both hee and Amaziah King of
ludah at Beth-shemesh, which belon-
geth to ludah.
t Hebr. smit- 22 And ludaB was tput to the
ten.
worse before Israel, and they fled cue-
ry man to his tent
23 And loash the king of Israel
tooke Amaziah king of ludah the son
of loash, the son of loahaz, at Beth-
shemesh , and brought him to lerusa-
lem, and brake downe the wall of le-
t Hebr. the rusalem, from the gate of Ephraim to
gate of it that t the corner gate, foure hundred cubits.
looketh.
He is ilaine.
24 And hee tooke all the gold and the
siluer, and all the vessels that were
*ound in the house of God with Obed-
Edom , and the treasures of the kings
bouse, the hostages also, and returned
to Samaria.
25 H And Amaziah the sonne of
loash King of ludah liued after the
death of loash sonne of lehoahaz
king of Israel, fifteene yeeres.
26 Now the rest of the acts of Ama-
ziah, first and last, behold, are they not
written in the booke of the Kings of
ludah and Israel ?
27 IF Now after the time that A-
maziah did turne away tfrom follow- MJeb.frorn
ing the LORD, they tmade a conspi- after. t Hebr. con-
racie against him in lerusalem, and he spired a con-
spiracie.
fled to Lachish : but they sent to La-
chish after him, and slew him there.
28 And they brought him vpon
horses, and buried him with his fathers I That is,
the citie of
in the citie of || ludah. Dauidi as jit
is2.king.u.
on_
C 11 A r. .A. A. VI.
1 Vzziah succeeding, and reigning well in the
dayes of Zechariah, prospereth. 16 Wax-
ing proud, he inuadetn the Priests office, and
is smitten with leprosie. 22 Hee dieth , and
lotham succeedetn him.
Hen all the people of
a
ludah * tooke || Vzziah, *14.2.21.King.
and
who was sixteene yeeres 15. 1.
II
old, and made him King riah. Or, Aza-
in the roome of his fa-
ther Amaziah.
2 He built Eldth, and restored it to
ludah : after that the King slept with
his fathers.
3 Sixteene yeeres old was Vzziah,
when he began to reigne, and he reig-
ned fiftie and two yeeres in lerusalem:
his mothers name also was lecoliah of
lerusalem.
4 And hee did that which was fight
in the sight of the LORD, according to
all that his father Amaziah did.
5 And hee sought God in the dayes
of Zechariah, who had vnderstanding
tin the visions of God : and as long as t Hebr. in
the seeing of
he sought the LORD, God made him God.
to prosper.
6 And hee went foorth and warred
against the Philistines, & brake downe
the wall of Gath, and the wall of lab-
neh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built
cities ||about Ashdod, and among the I Or, in the
coiuitrey
Philistines. of Ashdod.
7 And
Vzziahs ftrength: Chap.xxvij.
7 And God helped him against the
Philistines, and against the Arabians,
;hat dwelt in Gur - baal, and the Me-
iiunims.
8 And the Ammonites gaue gifts
\Heb.went. to Vzziah, and his name t spread abroad
euen to the entring in of Egypt : for hee
strengthened himselfe exceedingly.
9 Moreouer Vzziah built towers
in lerusalem at the corner gate, and at
the valley gate, and at the turning of the
I Or, repai- wall) and |j fortified them.
red.
10 Also he built towers in the desert,
H Or, cut out and || digged many welles, for hee had
many ci-
sternes. much cattell, both in the low countrey,
and in the plaines : husbandmen also,
and vine dressers in the mountaines,
H Or, fruit, and in ||Carmel: for hee loued thus-
fullfields.
Mlebr. sandrie.
ground. 11 Moreouer, Vzziah had- an host of
fighting men, that went out to warre
[>y bands, according to the number of
their account, by the hand of leiel the
Scribe, and Maasiah the ruler, vnder
the hand of Hananiah, one of the kings
captaines.
12 The whole number of the chiefe
of the fathers of the mightie men of va-
lour, were two thousand and sixe hun-
dred. ; 23 So Vzziah slept with his fathers,
MIebr.the
power of an
13 And vnder their hand was tan ar-
armie mie, three hundred thousand, and seuen
thousand, and fiue hundred, that made
warre with mightie power, to helpe
the king against the enemie.
14 And Vzziah prepared for them
throughout all the hoste , shields, and
speares, and helmets, and habergions,
MIeb. stone* and bowes, and t slings to cast stones.
oftlings.
15 And hee made in lerusalem en-
gines inuented by cunning men, to bee
on the towers, & vpon the bulwarks,
to shoote arrowes and great stones
\Heb.went withall: and his name t spread farre a-
fowth.
broad, for he was marueilously helped,
till he was strong.
16 If But when he was strong, his
heart was lifted vp to ^destruction :
for he transgressed against the LORD
his God, and went into the temple of
the LORD, to burne incense vpon the
altar of incense.
17 And Azariah the priest went in
after him , and with him fourescore
priests of the LORD, that were vali-
ant men.
18 And they withstood Vzziah the
* Num. 18.; king, and said vnto him, It *perteineth
not vnto thee, Vzziah, to burne incense
He is leprous.
vnto the L O R D , but to the *priestes * Exo. 30* 7
the sonnes of Aaron, that are consecra-
ted to burne incense. Goe out of the
Sanctuarie; for thou hast trespassed,
neither shall it be for thine honour from
the L O R D God.
19 Then Vzziah was wroth , and
had a censer in his hand, to burne in-
cense, and while he was wroth with the
priests, the leprosie euen rose vp in his
Forehead, before the priests, in the house
of the LORD, from beside the incense
altar.
20 And Azariah the chiefe priest, and
all the priests looked vpon him, and be-
hold, he was leprous in his forehead,
and they thrust him out from thence,
yea himselfe * hasted also to goe out, be- * As Ester 6
12.
cause the L O R D had smitten him.
21 * And Vzziah the king was a le- *15.5. 2. Kings
per vnto the day of his death, and dwelt
in a * seuerall house being a leper, for he * Leuit. 13.
46.
was cut off from the house of the Mleb.free.
L O R D : and lothara his sonne was
ouer the kings house, iudging the peo-
ple of the land.
22 1F Now the rest of the actes of
Vzziah first and last, did Isaiah the
prophet the sonne of Amoz write.
and they buried him with his fathers in
the field of the buriall which belonged to
the kings : for they saide, He Is a leper :
And I otham his sonne reigned in his
stead.
C H A P . XXVII.
1 lotham reigning well, prospereth. 5Hesub-
dueth the Ammonites. 7 His reigne. 9Ahaz
succeedeth him.
Otham *was twenty and 15. * 2. Kings
a
32.
fiue yeeres olde, when hee
began to reigne, and hee
reigned sixteene yeeres in
lerusalem: his mothers
name also was lerushah, the daughter
of Zadok.
2 And he did that which was right in
the sight of the L O R D , according to
all that his father Vzziah did: howbeit
hee entred not into the temple of the
LORD. And the people did yet cor-
ruptly.
3 He built the high gate of the house
I Or, the
of the LORD, and on the wall of ||O- tower.
phel, he built much.
4« Moreouer hee built cities in the
mountaines of ludah, and in the for-
rests he built castles and towers.
5 IT He
*163
lotham. Ahaz. Il.Chron.
5 1F He fought also with the king of
the Ammonites , and preuailed against
them. And the children of Ammon gaue
him the same yeere an hundred talents
of siluer, and ten thousand measures of
wheate, and tenne thousand of barley.
\Hehmuch. tSo much did the children of Ammon
pay vnto him , both the second yeere,
and the third.
6 So loth am became mightie, be-
\\0r.ettobli. cause he || prepared his wayes before the
shed.
LORD his God.
7 f Now the rest of the actes of
lotham, and all his warres , and his
wayes, lo, they are written in the booke
of the Kings of Israel and ludah.
8 Hee was fiue and twentie yeeres
olde when he began to reigne, and reig-
ned sixteene yeeres in Jerusalem.
9 IF And lotham slept with his fa-
thers, and they buried him in the city of
Dauid : and Ahaz his sonne reigned in
his stead.
C H A P . XXVIII.
1 Ahaz reigning very wickedly, is greatly affli-
cted by me Syrians. 6 ludah being captiua-
ted by the Israelites, is sent home by the coun-
sell of Oded the Prophet. 16 Ahaz sending
for aide to Assyria, is not helped thereby. 22
In his distresse, he groweth more idolatrous.
26 He dviner. Hezekiah succeedeth him.
Haz *was twentie yeeres
a
* 2. King.
16. 2.
olde when hee beganne to
reigne, and he reigned six-
teene yeres in lerusalem:
but hee did not that which
was right in the sight of the L O R D ,
like Dauid his father.
2 For he walked in the wayes of the
Kings of Israel, and made also molten
images for Baalim.
I Or, offered 3 Moreouer, he [[burnt incense in the
sacrifice*
valley of the sonne of Hinnom, & burnt
* Leuit. 18. * his children in the fire, after the abo-
21.
minations of the heathen, whome the
LORD had cast out before the children
of Israel.
4 Hee sacrificed also, and burnt in-
cense in the high places, and on the hils,
and vnder euery greene tree.
5 Wherefore the L O R D his God
deliuered him into the hand of the king
of Syria, and they smote him , and ca-
ried away a great multitude of them
tHeb.X>ar- captiues, and brought them to t Damas-
mesek.
cus : And he was also deliuered into the
hand of the king of Israel, who smote
Ifraels crueltie.
him wich a great slaughter.
6 1f For Pekah the sonne of Rema-
liah slew in ludah an hundred t twen-
tie thousand in one day, which were all
t valiant men : because they had forsa- of}Heb. sonnes
valour.
ken the L O K D God of their fathers.
7 And Zichri a mightie man of E-
phraim, slue Maaseiah the kings sonne,
and Azrikam the gouernour of the
bouse, and Elkanah that was tnext to second tHeb. the
to the
the King. King.
8 And the children of Israel caried
away captiue of their brethren, two
hundred thousand, women, sonnes and
daughters, and tooke also away much
spoile from them, and brought the spoile
to Samaria.
9 But a Prophet of the LORD
was there , whose name was Oded :
and hee went out before the hoste that
came to Samaria, and said vnto them,
Behold, because the L O R D God of
your fathers was wroth with ludah,
he hath deliuered them into your hand,
and yee haue slaine them in a rage that
reacheth vp vnto heauen.
10 And now ye purpose to keepe vn-
der the children of ludah and lerusa-
lem for bondmen, and bondwomen vn-
to you: But are there not with you, euen
with you, sinnes against the L O R D
your God ?
11 Now heare me therefore, and de-
liuer the captiues againe, which ye haue
taken captiue of your brethren : for the
fierce wrath of God is vpon you.
12 Then certeine of the heads of the
children of Ephraim, Azariah the sonne
of lohanan, Berechiah the sonne oi
Meshillemoth, and lehizkiah the son
of Shallum, and Amasa the sonne of
Hadlai, stood vp against them that came
from the warre,
13 And said vnto them, Ye shall not
bring in the captiues hither: for where-
as wee haue offended against the
LORD already, ye intend to adde more
to our sinned and to our trespasse: for
our trespasse is great, and there is fierce
wrath against Israel.
14 So the armed men left the cap-
tiues, and the spoile before the Princes,
and all the congregation.
15 And the men which were expressed
by name, rose vp and tooke the cap-
tiues, aud with the spoile clothed all
that were naked among them, and a-
rayed them , and shod them, and gaue
them to eate and to drinke, and anoin-
ted
Ahaz an idolater. Chap.xxxix. Hezekiah king.
ted them, and caried all the feeble of him not into the sepulchres of the kings
them vpon asses, and brought them to of Israel: and Hezekiah his sonne reig-
* Deut 34.
3.
lericho, * the city of palme - trees, to ned in his stead.
their brethren : then they returned to
Samaria. c
16 IF At that time did king Ahaz
send vnto the kings of Assyria to helpe i Hezekiah his good reigne. 3 He restoreth
him. Religion. 5 He exhorteth the Leuites. 12
17 For againe the Edomites had ^ey sa^ctifie themselues and cleanse the
come and smitten ludah, and caried a- *£ t^^SSf&SSf^
tHebr.a way t captiues. more forward then the Priests.
captiuiti*. 18 The Philistines also had inuaded
the cities of the low - countrey, and of Ezekiah * began to reigne 18. * 2. King.

h
1.
the South of ludah, and had taken when hee was fiue and
Beth-shemesh, and Aialon, and Gede- twentie yeeres old, and he
roth, and Shocho with the villages reigned nine and twentie
thereof, and Timnah with the villages vpj^res in IfirtiRalem • smf\
thereof, Gimzo also, and the villages his mothers name was Abiiah the
thereof: and they dwelt there, daughter of Zechariah.
19 For the L O R D brought ludah 2 And hee did that which was right
low, because of Ahaz king of Israel; for in the sight of the LORD, according to
he made ludah naked, and transgres- all that Dauid his father had done,
sed sore against the LOR D. 3 If He, in the first yere of his reigne,
20 And Tilgath-Pilneser king of in the first moneth, opened the doores
Assyria came vnto him, and distressed of the house of the LORD, and repai-
him, but strengthened him not. red them.
21 For Ahaz tooke away a portion 4 And hee brought in the Priests,
out of the house of the L o R D, and out and the Leuites, and gathered them
of the house of the King , and of the together into the East street,
Princes, and gaue it vnto the King of 5 And said vnto them, Heare me, ye
Assyria : but he helped him not. Leuites, sanctifie now your selues, and
22 If And in the time of this distresse sanctifie the house of the L O R D God
did hee trespasse yet more against the of your fathers, and caryfoorth the fil-
L O R D : This is that king Ahaz. thinesse out of the holy place.
23 For he sacrificed vnto the gods of 6 For our fathers haue trespassed,
tH«ft.JDar- t Damascus, which smote him: and he and done that which was euill in the
mesek.
said, Because the gods of the kings of eyes of the L O R D our God, and haue
Syria helpe them, therefore will I sa- forsaken him, and haue turned away
crifice to tnem, that they may helpe me: their faces from the habitation of the
but they were the ruine of him, and of LORD, and t turned their backs. tHebr.gi.
all Israel. 7 Also they haue shut vp the doores uenihe necke.
24? And Ahaz gathered together the of the Porch, and put out the lampes,
vessels of the house of God, and cut in and haue not burnt incense, nor offered
pieces the vessels of the house of God, burnt offerings in the holy place, vnto
md shut vp the doores of the house of the God of Israel,
the LORD , and hee made him altars 8 Wherfore the wrath of the LORD
in euery corner of lerusalem. was vpon ludah and Jerusalem, and
25 And in euery seuerall city of lu- he hath deliuered them to t trouble, to motion. t Hebr. com-
\\ Or, to offer. dah hee made high places to ||burne in- astonishment, and to hissing, as yee see
cense vnto other gods, and prouoked with your eyes.
to anger the LORD God of his fa- 9 For loe, our fathers haue fallen
thers. by the sword, and our sonnes and our
26 IF Now the rest of his acts, and daughters, and our wiues, are in capti-
of all his waves, first and last, behold, uitie for this.
they are written in the booke of the 10 Now it is in mine heart to make a
kings of ludah and Israel. couenant with the LORD God of Is-
27 And Ahaz slept with his far. rael, that his fierce wrath may turne a-
thers, and they buried him in the citie, way from vs.
euen in lerusalem: but they brought 11 My sonnes, ||bee not now negli- now \ Or, be not
decei-
gent: ved.
?he clenling IICOHR OF TJETEM
* Num. a 14 Uent : for the L O R D hath * chosen you (FNer them on the Altar of the LORD.
and 18. 2,6.
o stand before him, to serue him, andD 22 So they killed the Tbullockes, and
laDt you should minister vnto him, and lDe priestes receiued the blood, and
I Or, offer burneE. incense. * sprinkled it on the altar: likewise when .Leuit. 8.
sacrifice.
1£ 1F Then the Leuites arose, Ma- iDcy had.killed the rams, they sprinkled *.4,15. 21.
beb.
lath the sonne of Amashai , and loel lL-e blood vpon the altar : they killed al
lFe sonne of Azariah , of the sonnes of so the lambes, and they sprinkled the
le OFKohathites : and of the sonnes of jRlood vpon the altar.
Vierari, Kish the sonne of Abdi, and 23 And they brought tfoorth the hee Heb. neere.
Azariah the sonne of lahalelel : and of joatsE for the sinne offering , before the
leF Gershonites loah, the sonne of dnEg and the congregation , and laide
Zimmah, and Eden the sonne of loah: beir; * hands vpon them: * Leuit.. 4.
13 And of the sonnes of Elizaphan, 24 And the priests killed them, and 15.
Shimri, and lehiel : and of the sonnes ;hRey made reconciliation with their
f Asaph , Z;echariah and Mattaniah : ->lood vpon the altar, to make an atone-
14 And of the sonnes of Heman, le- ment for all Israel : for the king com-
lFiel, and Shimei : and of the sonnes oi manded that the burnt offring and the
edLuthun, Shemaiah and Vzziel. sin offering should be made for all Israel.
15 And they gathered their brethren, 25 *And hee set the Leuites in the .*l.Chro.
and 25.6.
16
and sanctified themselues, and came ac- louse of the LORD with cymbals,
ording to the commandement of theTHE with psalteries, and with harpes, accor-
Or, in the dng, || by the words of the LORD, to ling to the commandement of Dauid,
busines of
the Lord. leanse the house of the LORD. and of Gad the kings Seer, and Na-
16 And the priests went into the inner than the prophet : for so wasthe comman-
>art of the house of the LORD, to dement tof the LORD tby his pro- hand \Heb.bythe
of the
Jeanse it, and brought out all the vn- )hets. Lard.
cleannes that they found in the temple 26 And the Leuites stood with the hand of\Heb.byHhe
of the L O R D , into the court of the instruments of Dauid, and the priestes
louse of the LORD. And the Leuites with the trumpets.
;ooke it, to carie it out abroad into the 27 And Hezekiah commaunded to
>rooke Kidron. offer the burnt offering vpon the altar :
17 Now they began on the first day and twhen the burnt offering began, time. • ffeb. in the
of the first moneth to sanctifie , and on the song of the L O R D began also with
the eight day of the moneth, came they the trumpets , and with the t instru- of•Heb. hands
instru-
to the porch of the LORD. So the] ments ordeined by Dauid king of Israel. ments.
sanctified the house of the L O R D in 28 And all the congregation wor-
eight dayes, and in the sixteenth day o: shipped, and the t singers sang, and the t Heb. song.
the first moneth, they made an end. trumpetters sounded : and all this conti-
18 Then they went in to HezekHial nued vntill the burnt offering was fini-
the king, and said, We haue cleansed Ll shed.
the house of the LORD, and the altar , 29 And when they had made an em
of burnt offering, with all the vessels of offering, the king and all that were
thereof, and the shew- bread table, Gwit! t present with him, bowed themselues WIeb. found
all the vessels thereof. and worshipped.
19 Moreouer all the vessels whicHl 30 Moreouer Hezekiah the king aDn<
king Ahaz in his reigne did cast away the Princes, commanded the Leuites
in his transgression, haue we preparec to sing praise vnto the LORD, with the
and sanctified, and behold, they are be- words of Dauid, and of Asaph the Se-
fore the altar of the LORD. er : and they sang praises with gladnes,
20 IT Then Hezekiah the king rose and they bowed their heads and wor-
earely, and gathered the rulers of the shipped.
citie, and went vp to the house of the 31 Then Hezekiah answered and sa,id
LORD. Now ye haue t consecrated your selues your lOr.fiUed
hand.
21 And they brought seuen bullocks vnto the LORD : come neere and brinjG
and seuen rammes, and seuen lambes, sacrifices, and thanke - offerings into
* Leuit. 4. and seuen hee goats for a * sinne offring the house of the LORD. . And the co-n
14.
for the kingdome, and for the Sanctu- gregation brought in sacrifices , anc
arie, and for ludah : and he commaun- thank - offrings, and as many as weEr
ded the priests the sonnes of Aaron to of a free heart, burnt offerings.
32 And
The Pafleouer Chap.xxx.
32 And the number of the burnt offe-
rings which the congregation brought,
was threescore and ten bullockes, an hun-
dred rammes, and two hundred lambs :
all these were for a burnt oifring to the
LORD*
33 And the consecrated things were.
sixe hundred oxen, and three thousand
sheepe.
34 But the Priests were too few, so
that they could not flay all the burnt
offerings ; wherefore their brethren the
^Hebstreng- Leuites tdid helpe them, till the work e
thened them
was ended, and yntill the other Priestes
bad sanctified themselues : for the Le-
uites were more vpright in heart, to san-
ctifie themselues, then the Priests.
35 And also the burnt offerings were
in abundance, with the fat of the peace
offerings, & the drinke offrings, for eue-
ry burnt offering. So the seruice of the
house of the L O R D was set in order.
36 And Hezekiah reioyced , and all
the people, that God had prepared the
people : for the thing was done suddenly.
CHAP. XXX.
1 Hezekiah proclaimeth a solemne Passeouer
on the second moneth, for ludah and Israel.
13 The assembly hailing destroyed the altars
of idolatry, keepe the feast fourteene dayes.
27 The Priests and Leuites blesse the people.
ND Hezekiah sent to all
a Israel and ludah, and
wrote letters also to E-
phraim and Manasseh ,
that they should come to
the house of the L O R D at lerusa-
lem, to keepe the Passeouer vnto the
LORD God of Israel.
2 For the king had taken counsell,
and his Princes, and all the congrega-
tion in Jerusalem, to keepe the Passe-
* Num. 19. ouer in the second *moneth.
11.
3 For they could not keepe it at that
time, because the Priests had not sancti-
fied themselues sufficiently, neither had
the people gathered themselues toge-
ther to lerusalem.
t Heb. was 4 And the thing t pleased the king,
right in the
eyes of the and all the Congregation.
King. 5 So they established a decree, to
make proclamation throughout all Is-
rael, from Beersheba euen to Dan,
that they should come to keep the Passe-
ouer vnto the LORD God of Israel at
lerusalem : for they had not done it of
a long time in such sort, as it was written.
is proclaimed.
6 So the Postes went with the let-
ters tfrom the King and his Princes, t Heb.from
throughout all Israel and ludah, and the hand.
according to the commandement of the
king, saying; Yee children of Israel,
turne againe vnto the L O R D God of
Abraham, Isaac and Israel, and hee
wil returne to the remnant of you, that
are escaped out of the hand of the kings
of Assyria.
7 And be not ye like your fathers,
and like your brethren , which trespas-
sed against the L O R D God of their
fathers, who therefore gaue them vp to
desolation, as ye see.
J
8 Now tbe yee not stiffe-necked as t Harden
your fathers were , but t yeeld your not your
neckes.
selues vnto the LORD, and enter into t Heb. giue
his Sanctuarie, which he hath sancti- the hand.
fied for euer •- and serue the LORD your
God, that the fiercenesse of his wrath
may turne away from you.
9 For if yee turne againe vnto the
LORD, your brethren and your chil-
dren shall finde compassion before them
that leade them captiue , so that they
shall come againe into this land : for the
L O R D your God is gracious and
* mercifull, and will not turne away his * Exo. 34. 5.
face from you, if ye returne vnto him.
10 So the Posts passed from citie to
citie, through the countrey of Ephraim
and Manasseh, euen vnto Zebulun:
but they laughed them to scorne, and
mocked them,
11 Neuerthelesse, diuers of Asher,
and Manasseh, and of Zebulun, hum-
bled themselues, and came to lerusa-
lem.
1£ Also in ludah, the hand of God
was to giue them one heart to doe the
commandement of the king and of the
Princes, by the word of the LORD.
13 H And there assembled at leru-
salem much people, to keepe the feast of
vnleauened bread in the second moneth,
a very great congregation.
14 And they arose and tooke away
the *altars that were in lerusalem, and * Chap. 28.
all the altars for incense tooke they a- 24.
way, and cast /Am into the brooke Ki-
dron.
15 Then they killed the Passeouer
on the fourteenth day of the second mo-
neth: and the Priests and the Leuites
were ashamed, and sanctified them-
selues, and brought in the burnt offe-
rings into the house of the LORD,
16 And they stood in t their place af- t Heb. their
standing.
ter
The Paffeouer. Il.Chron.
ter their maner, according to the Law!
of Moses the man of God : The priests
sprinckled theblood,w>AicA*Aey receiuedof
the hand of the Leuites.
17 For there were many in the Con-
gregation that were not sanctified:
therefore the Leuites had the charge of
the killing of the Passeouers for euery
one that was not cleane, to sanctifce
them vnto the LORD.
1 ft PW ft mill tiHid A r»f t>i A npnnl A stisn
1S * or a;multitude ot the people, eum
many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Is-
sachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed
themselues: yet did they eate the Passe-
ouer. otherwise then it was written.
But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying;
The good LORD pardon euery one,
19 That prepareth his heart to seeke
God, the L O R D God of his fathers,
though hee be not cleansed according to
the purification of the Sanctuary.
£0 And the LORD hearkened to
Hezekiah, and healed the people.
21 And the children of Israel that
tHehfound. were tpresent at lerusalem , kept the
feast of vnleauened bread seuen daves
with great gladnesse : and the Leuites
and the Priests praised the LORD day
t Hebr. in- by day, singing with tlowd instruments
struments of
strength. vnto the LORD.
t Hebr. to %% And Hezekiah spake t comforta-
the heart of
all$c. bly vnto all the Leuites , that taught
the good knowledge of the L O R D :
and they did eate throughout the feast,
seuen dayes, offering peace-offerings,
and making confession to the L O R D
God of their fathers.
23 And the whole assembly tooke
counsel to keepe other seuen dayes : and
they kept other seuen dayes with glad-
nesse.
S4 For Hezekiah king of ludah
t Heb. lifted tdid giue to the Congregation, a thou-
vpor offred. sand bullockes , and seuen thousand
sheep: and the Princes gaue to the Con-
gregation a thousand bullocks, and ten
thousand sheepe, and a great number
of Priests sanctified themselues.
25 And all the Congregation of lu-
dah, with the Priests and the Leuites,
and al the Congregation that came out
of Israel, and the strangers that came
out of the land of Israel , and that
dwelt in ludah, reioyced.
S6 So there was great ioy in leru-
salem : for since the time of Solomon
the sonne of Dauid King of Israel,
there was not the like in lerusalem.
£7 1f Then the Priests the Leuites
Idolatry deftroyed.
arose, and blessed the people : and their
voice was heard, and their prayer came
vp to t his holy dwelling place, euen vnto thabitation
Hebr. the
of
he«men. his holinefse.
CHAP. XXXI,
1 The People is Forward in Destroying Idolatry.
2 Hezekiah ordereth the courses of the priests
and
and
Suites, and prouideth for their worke
maintenance. 5 The peoples forward-
nesse in offerings and tithef ll Hezekiah
appointed officers to dispose of the tithes,
20 The sinceritie of Hezekiah.
Ow when all this was fi-
n
nished , all Israel that
were t present, went out to IHekfound.
the cities of ludah, and
*brake the t images in pie- * 2. King.
ces , and cut downe the groues ., and t18.Hebr.4.
Sta-
threw downe the high places and the tues.
altars out of all ludah and Benia-
rain , in Ephraim also and Manasseh,
tvntill they had vtterly destroyed them t Heb, vntill
to make an
all. Then all the children of Israel re- end.
turned euery man to his possession into
their owne cities.
% H And Hezekiah appointed the
courses of the Priests and the Leuites
after their courses, euery man according
to his seruice, the Priests and Leuites
Tor burnt offerings, and for peace offer-
ings, to minister and to giue thankes,
and to praise in the gates of the tents of
the LORD.
3 He appointed also the kipgs portion
of his substance, for the burnt oflrings,
to wit, for the morning and euening
burnt offrings ; and the burnt offrings
for the Sabbaths, and for the New-
moones, and for the set feasts, as it is
written in the Law *of the LORD. * Num. 28.
4 Moreouer, he commaunded the
people that dwelt in lerusalem, to giue
the portion of the Priests, and the Le-
uites, that they might be incouraged in
the Law of the LORD.
5 IF And assoone as the commaun-
dement t came abroad , the children of \Hebr.
brought
Israel brought in abundance the first foorth.
fruits of corne, wine and oile, & ||hony, II Or, dates.
and of all the increase of the field, and
the tithe of all things brought they in a-
bundantly.
6 And concerning the children oi
Israel and ludah, that dwelt in the
cities of ludah, they also brought in the
tithes of oxen and sheepe, and the tithe * Leuit. 27.
of holy * things, which were consecra- 30. 28.
deu. 14.
ted
Prouiiion for Chap.xxxij. the priefts.
ted vnto the L O R D their God, and litle ones, their wiues, and their sonnes,
t Heb.heapes layd them tby heapes. and their daughters, through all the
heapes
7 In the third moneth they began congregation: for in their || set office they I Or, trust.
to lay the foundation of the heapes, and sanctified themselues in holinesse.
finished them in the seuenth moneth. 19 Also of the sonnes of Aaron the
8 And when Hezekiah and the prin- priests, which were in the fields of the
ces came, and saw the heapes, they bles- suburbs of their cities, in euery seuerall
sed the LORD, and his people Is- citie, the men that were expressed by
rael. name, to giue portions to all the males
9 Then Hezekiah questioned with among the priests, and to all that were
the priests and the Leuites concerning reckoned by genealogies, among the
the heapes. Leuites.
10 AndAzariah thechiefe priest of the 20 f And thus did Hezekiah through-
house of Zadok, answered him & said: out al ludah, and wrought that which
Since the people began to bring the of- was good and right, and trueth before
ferings into the house of the LORD, the LORD his God.
wee haue had enough to eate, and haue 21 And in euery worke that he began
left plentie: for the L O R D hath bles- in the seruice of the house of God, and in
sed his people; and that which is left, is the law, and in the commandements to
this great store. seeke his God, he did it with all his
11 1T Then Hezekiah commanded to heart, and prospered,
I Or, store- prepare || chambers in the house of the
houses. LORD, and they prepared them,
12 And brought in the offerings and CHAP XXXII
the tithes, and the dedicate things, faith-
fully: ouer which Cononiah the Leuite 1 eSennacherib inuadmgIudah,Hezekiahfortifi-
was ruler, and Shimei his brother was .th himselfe and encourageth his people. 9
es of Sennacherib by
the next. message and letters, Hezekiah & Isaiah pray.
13 And lehiel, and Azaziah, and Na- 21 An Angel destroyeth the hoste of the As-

SY
hath, and Asahel, and lerimoth, and
lozatad and Eliel, and Ismachiah,
and Mahath, and Benaiah were ouer-
\Heb.attht seers tvnder the hande of Cononiah, 31 His errour in the embassage of Babylon,
hand. and Shimei his brother, at the com- 32 He dying, Manasseh succeedeth him.
mandement of Hezekiah the king, and
Azariah the ruler of the house of God. Fter* these things and the * 2. king. IB

14 And Kore the sonne of Immah
the Leuite the porter toward the East,
was ouer the free will offerings of God,
;o distribute the oblations of the
LORD, and the most holy things.
Heb.athis 15 And tnext him were Eden, and
hand. Miniamin, and leshua, and Shema-
iah, Amariah, and Shechaniah, in the
I Or, trust. cities of the priests, in their || set office, to
giue to their brethren "by courses, as wel
;o the great as to the small:
16 Beside their genealogie of males,
Vom three yeeres old and vpward, euen
vnto euery one that entreth into the
louse of the LORD, his dayly portion
br their seruice in their charges, accor-
ding to their courses:
17 Both to the genealogie of the
>riests by the house of their fathers, and
;he Leuites from twenty yeeres olde
and vpward, in their charges by their
courses:
18 And to the genealogie of all their
a
13, £c. esai.
establishment therof, Sen- 3d. 1, &c.
nacherib king of Assyria
came, and entred into lu-
dah, & encamped against
the fenced cities, and thought t to winne f /fe&r. ft)
^reake tliem
them for himselfe. vp.
2 And when Hezekiah sawe thaf
Sennacherib was come, and that thee t #<?&. Aw
was purposed to fight against leru- /bee warre.
was fa
salem,
3 He tooke counsel with his princes3
and his mightie men, to stop the waters
of the fountaines, which were without
the citie: and they did helpe him.
4 So there was gathered much
people together, who stopt all the foun-
taines, and the brooke that tranne t He&. ower-
through the midst of the land, saying, flowed.
Why should the kings of Assyria come,
and finde much water ?
5 Also he strengthened himselfe, and
built vp all the wall that was broken,
and raised it vp to the towers, and ano-
ther
Sennacheribs H.Chron. blafphemie.
ler Owall without, and prepared Millo his seruant Hezekiah.
Or, swords, n the citie of Dauid, and made ||darts 17 Hee wrote also letters to raile Non
or weapons. le LORD God of Israel, & to speakEe
n,d shields in abundance.
6 And hee set captaines of warre o- against him, saying, As the gods of thEe
Oer the people , and gathered them to- nations of other lands haue not del-iue-
Eether to him in the streete of the gate red their people out of mine hand :O
\Heb.h6e f thO city, and spake t comfortably to shall not the God of Hezekiah delRiuer
spake to their ris people out of mine hand.
heart. ;hem, saying;
7 Be strong and couragious, be not 18 Then they cryed with a loudeE
fraid nor dismayed for the king of As- voice in the lewes speech vnto the peo-
yria , nor for all the multitude that Sis >le of Jerusalem that were on the ,wal,
with him : for there bee moe with vs, o affright them , and to trouble the,m,
he.n with him. that they might take .the city.
* lere. 17.«. 8 *With him is an arme of flesh, but 19 And they spake against the God oFf
with vs is the LORD our God to helpe "eErusalem, as against the gods of the
vs , and to fight our battels. And the >Eeople of the earth which were the worke
t Heb. lea. >eople t rested themselues vpon the of the hands of Ynan.
ned. pords of Hezekiah king of lu..Hah. 20 For this cause Hezekiah the king,
* 2. King.
18. 17.
9 If * After this did Sennacherib and the Prophet Isaiah the sonne oFi
.ting of Assyria send his seruants to le- Amoz, prayed and cryed to heauen.
rusalem (but he himself elaide siege againsTt 21 If * And the LORD sent an An- * 2. King.
t Heb. do- L,achish, and all his t power with him]) jel , which cut off all the mightie menN19. 35, &c.
minion.
vnto tjezekiah king of ludah, and vn- >f valour, and the leaders and captaSins
to all ludah that were at Jerusalem, n the campe of the king of Assyria : so
aying; ; lee returned with shame of face to Shis
10 TJius sayth Sennacherib king Fol owne land. And when !hee was coEme
Assyria, Whereon doe ye trust, that yee into ?
the house of his god, they that cEame
Or, in the abide ||in the siege in Jerusalem? oMorth of his owne bowels, tslew him k Heb. made
stronghold. him fall.
11 Doeth not Hezekiah perswade there with the sword.
rou to giue ouer your selues to die by fa- 22 Thus the LORD saued Heze-
mine and by thirst, saying, The LORD dah, and the inhabitants of leru-sa-
our God shall deliuer vs out of the em , from the hand oBf Sennacherib
land of the king of Assyria ?? the king of Assyria, and from tDhe hanc
12 Hath not the same Hezekiah ta- of all other , and guided them on eueryy
ten away his high places, and his al- side.
tars-, and commanded ludah and le- 23 And many brought gifts vnto the
rusalem , saying ; Yee shall worship be- LOUD to Jerusalem , and t presents tJW.prw.
fore one altar, & burne incense vpon it? to Hezekiah king of ludah : so that hee tivus things
13 Know ye not what I and my fe- was magnified in the sight of all nati-
thers haue done vnto all the people Fo ons, from thenceforth.
other lands ? were the^gods of the nati-- 24 H *In those dayes Hezekiah was * 2. King. 20
ons of those landes atiy wayes able tOo sicke to the death, and prayed vnto the l. Ssai. .38.1
deliuer their lands out of mine hand ?? L O R D : and he spake vnto him , anDc
14 Who was there among all the goSds he ||gaue him a signe. I Or, wrogTht
of those nations, that my fathers vtter- 25 But Hezekiah rendred not againe, for a mtracle
him.
ly destroyed, that could deliuer his peo- according to the benefit done vnto him:
ple out of mine hand , that your GoDt for his heart was lifted vp, therefore
should bee able to deliuer you outF o: there was wrath vpon him, and vpon
mine hand ? ludah and Jerusalem.
15 Now therefore let not HezekiaHl 26 Notwithstanding, Hezekiah hum-
deceiue you , nor perswade you on this bled himselfe for t the pride of his heart,, t Heb. the
manner, neither yet beleeue him : for no (both hee and the inhabitants of ler-utifttng
god of any nation or kingdom e was -a- salem) so that the wrath of the LORD
ble to deliuer his people out of mineE came not vpon them in the dayes of He-
hand, & out of the hand of my fatherSs: zekiah.
how much lesse shall your God deliuerR 27 U And Hezekiah had exceeding
you out of mine hand ? much riches, and honour : and he maEde
16 And his seruants spake yEet more himselfe treasuries for siluer, and fRo
against the LORD God, and agTainst golde, and for precious stones, and fRo
spice,s,
Hezekiah dieth: Chap.xxxiij.
spices, and for shields, and for all maner
t Hebr. in- of t pleasant iewels ;
strumentsof
desire. 28 Store-houses also for the increase
of corne, and wine and oile ; and stalles
for all maner of beasts , and coates for
flocks.
29 Moreouer, hee prouided him ci-
ties, and possessions of flockes & heards
in abundance : for God had giuen him
substance very much.
30 This same Hezekiah also stopped
the vpper water - course of Gihon , and
brought it straight downe to the West-
side of the City ofDauid. And Hezekiah
prospered in all his workes.
31 f Howbeit, in the businesse of the
t Hebr. in- t Embassadours of the Princes of Ba-
terpreters.
* 2. King. bylon, who *sent vnto him to enquire of
20. 12. isa. the wonder that was done in the land,
39. 1.
God left him, to try him, that he might
know all that was in his heart.
32 f Now, the rest of the acts of He-
t Hebr. kind- zekiah, and his t goodnesse, behold, they
nesses.
are written in the vision of Isaiah the
Prophet, the sonne of Amoz, and in the
booke of the kings of ludah and Is-
rael.
33 And Hezekiah slept with his fa-
Wr, highest. thers, and they buried him in the ||chie-
fest of the Sepulchres of the sonnes of
Dauid : and all ludah and the inhabi-
tants of Jerusalem did him honour at
his death : and Manasseh his sonne
reigned in his stead.
CHAP. XXXIII.
1 Manasseh his wicked reigne. 3 Hee setteth
vp idolatry, and would not be admonished.
11 He is caried into Babylon. 12 Vpon his
prayer to God hee is released, and putteth
downe idolatry. 18 His acts. 20 Hee dy-
ing, Amon succeedeth him. 21 Amon
reigning wickedly is slaine by his servants.
25 The murtherers beeing slaine, losiah
succeedeth him.
* 2. King. Anasseh * was twelue
m
21. 1. &C.
yeeres old when he began
to reigne, and he reigned
fiftie and fiue yeres in le-
rusalem :
% But did that which was euil in the
sight of the LORD, like vnto the abo-
* Deut. 18. minations of the heathen, *whom the
9. LORD had cast out before the children
of Israel.
tHebr.hee 3 1F For t hee built againe the high
returned
and built. places, which Hezekiah his father had
* 2. King. * broken downe, and he reared vp altars
18.4. for Baalim, and made groues, and
Manafleh wicked
worshipped all the host of heauen, and
serued them.
4 Also hee built altars in the house
of the LORD, whereof the LORD
had saide, *In lerusalem shall my *Deut. 12.
11. 1. king.
Name be for euer. 8. 29. and
5 And he built altars for all the host 9. 3.2. chro
6. 6. and 7.
of heauen , in the two Courts of the 16.
house of the LORD.
6 And he caused his children to passe
through the fire in the valley of the son
of Hinnom : also he obserued times, and
vsed inchantments , and vsed witch-
craft , and dealt with a familiar spirit,
and with wizards : he wrought much
euill in the sight of the LORD, to pro-
uoke him to anger.
7 And hee set a carued image (the
idole which he had made ) in the house
of Godj of which God had said to Da-
uid , and to Solomon his sonne : In
* this house, and in lerusalem which I 14. * Psal. 132.
haue chosen before all the tribes of Is-
rael, will I put my Name for euer.
8 Neither will I any more remoue
the foot *of Israel from out of the land 10.
* 2. Sam. 7.
which I haue appointed for your fa-
thers ; so that they will take heed to doe
all that I haue commanded them , ac-
cording to the whole Law, and the sta-
tutes , and the ordinances by the hand
of Moses.
9 So Manasseh made ludah, and
the inhabitants of lerusalem to erre,
and to doe worse then the heathen,
whom the LORD had destroyed be-
fore the children of Israel.
10 And the LORD spake to Ma-
nasseh , and to his people : but they
would not hearken.
11 f Wherfore the L O R D brought
vpon them the captaines of the host tof iHeb. which
were the
the king of Assyria, which took Manas- kings.
seh among the thornes , & bound him
with || fetters, & caried him to Babylon. H Or.chaines.
12 And when hee was in affliction,
be besought the LORD his God, and
bumbled himselfe greatly before the
God of his fathers,
13 And prayed vnto him, and he was
intreated of him, and heard his suppli-
cation, and brought him againe to le-
rusalem into his kingdome. Then Ma-
nasseh knew that the LORD hee was
God.
14 Now after this, hee built a wall
without the citie ofDauid, on the West-
side of Gihon, in the valley, euen to the
entring in at the fish-gate, and compas-
sed
Manaffeh dieth. ll.Chron.
\\0r,the sed about IIOphel, and raised it vp a ve-
tower.
ry great height, and ptit captames of
warre in all the fenced cities of ludah.
15 And hee tooke away J the strange
j •» i - j -, r i , r» t P
gods and the idol out of the house of the
LORD, and all the altars that he had
:milt in the mount of the house of the
L O R D , and in Jerusalem, and cast
them out of the citie.
16 And hee repaired the altar of the
LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace
offerings, and thanke offerings, and
commaunded ludah to serue the
L O R D God of Israel.
17 Neuerthelesse , the people did sa-
crifice still in the high places, yet vnto the wayes of Dauid his father, and de-
the L O R D their God only.
18 1T Nowe the rest of the actes of
Manasseh, & his prayer vnto his God,
and the words of the seers that spake to
lim in the name of the L O R D God of
tsrael , behold , they are written in the
3ooke of , the kings of Israel :
19 His prayer also, and how God was
ntreated of him, and all his sinne, and
lis trespasse, and the places wherein he
3uilt high places, and set vp groues and
*rauen images before hee was hum-
}led : behold, they are written among
I Or9 Hosai. the sayings of ||the Seers.
20 f So Manasseh slept with his
fathers, and they buried him in his
owne house : and Amon his sonne reig-
ned in his stead.
* 2. Kin. 21. 21 f *Amon was two and twentie
19. &c.
yeeres old , when he beganne to reigne,
and reigned two yeares in lerusalem.
22 But he did that which was euill in
the sight of the L O R D , as did Ma-
nasseh his father : for Amon sacrificed
vnto all the carued images, which Ma-
nasseh his father had made, and serued
them;
23 And humbled not himselfe before
the LORD, as Manasseh his father
WJeb. multi- had humbled himselfe: but Amon t tres-
plied tres- passed more and more.
passe.
24? And his seruants conspired a-
gainst him , and slew him in his owne
house.
25 f But the people of the land slew
all them that had conspired against
king Amon, and the people of the land
made losiah his sonne, king in his
stead.
C H A P . XXXIIII.
1 losiah his good reigne. 3 He destroyeth I- ney that was brought into the house of
dolatry. 8 Hee taketh order for the repaire God , which the Leuites that kept the
lofiahs zeale.
OF THE TEMPLE. 14 HIKIAH HAUING FOUND
abookeoftheLaw.IosiahsendethtoHuldah
to inquire of the Lord. 23 Huldah prophe-
cieth destruction of lerusalem.butrespit^er-
of in Josiahs time. 29 losiah causing it to be
read in a solemne asserabl } renew%th the
couenant with God.
* Osiah was eight yeeres * 2. Kin. 22.
i
old when hee beganne to l.&c.
reigne, and he reigned in
lerusalem one and thirty
yeeres.
2 And he did that which was right in
the sight of the LORD, and walked in
clined neitkerto theright hand norto the
left.
3 1T For in the eight yeare of his
reigne, while he was yet young, hee be-
ranne to seeke after the God of Dauid
bis father : and in the twelfth yeere hee
beganne to * purge ludah and lerusa- "l.Kin.
lem from the high places and the 13. 2.
groues, and the carued images, and the
molten images.
4> *And they brake downe the al- 30. * Leuit. 2G.
tars of Baalim in his presence, and || the II Or, sun-
images that were on high aboue them, Images.
he cut downe , and the groues, and the
carued images, and the molten images
be brake in peeces , and made dust of
them, and strowed it vpon the tgraues of Webjaceof
them, that had sacrificed vnto them. the graues.
5 And hee burnt the bones of the
priests vpon their altars , and cleansed
ludah and lerusalem.
6 And so did he in the cities of Ma-
nasseh , and Ephraim , and Simeon,
euen vnto Naph tali, with their |]mat- I Or, mantes.
tockes, round about.
7 And when he had broken downe
the altars and the groues, and had bea-
ten the grauen images t into pouder, MIeb.to
and cut downe all the idoles through- makepou-
der.
out all the land of Israel, hee returned
to lerusalem.
8 IT Now in the eighteenth yeere of
his reigne , when hee had purged the
land, and the house ; he sent Shaphan
the sonne of Azaliah, and Maasiah the
gouernour of the citie , and loah the
sonne of loahaz the recorder , to re-
paire the house of the L O R D his
God.
9 And when they came to Hilkiah
the high priest, they deliuered the mo-
doores,
The Law found. Chap.xxxiiij.
doores, had gathered of the hand of
Manasseh, and Ephraim, and of all the
remnant of Israel, and *of all ludah,
and Beniamin, and they returned to
Jerusalem.
10 And they put U in the hand of the
workemen that had the ouersight of the
house of the LORD, and they gaue it
to the workemen that wrought in the
house of the L O R D , to repaire anc
mend the house.
11 Euen to the artificers and builders
gaue they it , to buy hewen stone, and
U Or, to raf- timber for couplings, and ||to floore the
ter.
houses, which the kings of ludah had
destroyed.
12 And the men did the worke faith-
fully, and the ouerseers of them were
lahath, and Obadiah, the Leuites, of
the sonnes of Merari, and Sechariah,
and Meshullam , of the sonnes of the
Kohathites , to set it forward : and o-
ther of the Leuites, all that could skill
of instruments of musicke.
13 Also they were .ouer the bearers of
burdens, and were ouerseers of all that
wrought the worke in any manner of
seruice : and of the Leuites there were
Scribes, and officers, and porters.
14 U And when they brought out
the money that was brought into the
bouse of the LORD , Hilkiah the priest
* 2. Kings * found a booke of the lawe of the
22. 8, &C.
t Heb. by LORD, giuen tby Moses.
the hand of. 15 And Hilkiah answered and saide
to Shaphan the scribe : I haue found
;he booke of the law in the house of the
L O R D . And Hilkiah deliuered the
3ooke to Shaphan :
16 And Shaphan caried the booke
;o the king, and brought the king word
3acke againe, saying, All that was com-
Heb. to the mitted tto thy seruants, they doe it.
hand of.
Heb. pow- 17 And they haue t gathered toge-
red out. or ;her the money that was found in the
melted.
louse of the LORD, and haue deliue-
red it into the hand of the ouerseers,
and to the hand of the workemen.
18 Then Shaphan the scribe tolde
the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath
giuen me a booke. And Shaphan read
t Heb. in it. tit before the king.
19 And it came to passe when the
dng had heard the words of the lawe,
that he rent his clothes.
20 And the king commanded Hilki-
ah , and Ahikam the sonne of Sha-
Or, Ach- ihan, and || Abdon the sonne of Micah,
bor, 2. kings
22. 12. and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a
Huldahs prophefie.
seruant of the kings, saying,
21 Goe, enquire of the LORD fo
me, and for them that are left in Israe
and in ludah, concerning the worde
of the booke that is found : for great i
the wrath of the LORD that is pow
red out vpon vs, because our fathers
haue not kept the word of the LORD
to doe after all that is written in this
booke.
22 And Hilkiah and they that the
king had appointed went to Huldah theHE
prophetesse, the wife of Shall urn the
sonne of Tikuath , the sonne of ||Has- has,
\Or,Har.
2. kings
rahj keeper of the t wardrobe (now she 22.14.
' Hcb, gar-
dwelt in Jerusalem in the ||colledge), ] ments.
and they spake to her to that effect.T I Or, in the
23 11 And she answered them, Thus sefioole.or
he second
in
saith the L O R D God of Israel: Tel part.
ye the man that sent you to me,
24 Thus saith the LORD, behold,
[ will bring euill vpon this place, anc
vpon the inhabitants thereof, euen al
the curses that are written in the booke
which they haue read before the king oi
[udah :
25 Because they haue forsaken mee,
and haue burned incense vnto other
gods, that they might prouoke mee to
inger with all the workes of their
lands , therefore my wrath shall bee
)owred out vpon this place, and shall
not be quenched.
26 And as for the king of ludah,
who sent you to enquire of the LORD,
so shal ye say vnto him : Thus saith the
L O R D God of Israel, concerning the
words which thou hast heard :
27 Because thine heart was tender,
and thou didst humble thy selfe before
God, when thou heardest his words
against this place, and against the in ba-
rn ants thereof, and humbledst thy selfe
>efore me, and diddest rend thy clothes,
and weepe before me , I haue euen
leard thee also, saith the LORD,
28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy
athers, and thou shalt bee gathered to
thy graue in peace , neither shall thine
eyes see all the euill that I will bring
vpon this place, and vpon the inhabi-
tants of the same. So they brought the
cing word againe.
29 f * Then the king sent, and ga- 2.U Rings
thered together all the Elders of lu- 23. 3.1.
lah and lerusalem.
30 And the king went vp into the
louse of the LORD, and all the men
of ludah, and the inhabitants of le-
rusalem,
loiiah keepeth ILChron.
rusalem, and the priests and the Le-
MIeb.from uites, and all the people t great and
great euen
to small. small : and he read in their eares all the
words of the booke of the couenant,
that was found in the 'house of the
LORD,
31 And the King stood in his place,
& made a Couenant before the LORD,
to walke after the LORD, and to keep
his Commandements , and his Testi-
monies, and his Statutes, with all his
heart, & with allhissoule, to performe
the words of the Couenant which are
written in this booke.
\Heb. found 3-2 And he caused all that were t pre-
sent in lerusalem and Beniamin , to
stand to it. And the inhabitants of le-
rusalem did according to the couenant
of God, the God of their fathers.
33 And losiah tooke away all the
abominations out of all the countreys
that perteined to the children of Israel,
and made all that were present in Isra-
el to serue, euen to serue the LORD
their God. And all his dayes they de-
t Heb. from parted not tfrom folowing the LORD
after.
the God of their fathers.
C H A P . XXXV.
1 losiah keepeth a most solemne Passeouer. 20
Hee prouoking Pharaoh Nechoh , is slaine at
Megiddo. 25 Lamentations for losiah.
* 2. King. Oreouer * losiah kept a
m
23. 21, 22.
Passeouer vnto y LORD
in Jerusalem : and they
killed the Passeouer on
* Exo. 12. 6. the fourteenth *day of the
first moneth.
2 And hee set the Priestes in their
charges, and encouraged them to the
seruice of the house of the LORD,
3 And said vnto the Leuites, that
taught all Israel, which were holy vn-
to the L O R D , Put the holy Arke in
the house, which Solomon the sonne of
Dauid king of Israel did build; it shall
not be a burden vpon your shoulders:
serue now the LORD your God, and
his people Israel.
4 And prepare your selues by the hou-
ses of your fathers, after your courses,
* I. Chron.
9. 10. and according to the * writing of Dauid king
24. 25, and of Israel, and according to the #wri-
chap. 23,
26. ting of Solomon his sonne.
* 2. Chron. 5 And stand in the holy place accor-
8. u.
t Heb. the ding to the diuisions of the t families of
house of the
fathers. the fathers of your t brethren the peo-
\Heb. the ple, and after the diuision of the fami-
sonnes of the
people. es of the Leuites.
the Pafleouer.
6 So kill the Passeouer, and sancti-
fie your selues , and prepare your bre-
thren, that they may doe according to the
word of the L O R D , by the hand of
Moses.
7 And losiah tgaue to the people, \HeJi. offred
of the flocke, lambes and kiddes, all for
the Passeouer - offerings , for all that
were present , to the number of thirtie
thousand, and three thousand bullocks :
these were of the kings substance.
8 And his Princes tgaue willingly \Hehoffred.
vnto the people, to the Priests and to
the Leuites : Hilkiah, and Zachariah,
and lehiel, rulers of the house of God,
gaue vnto the Priests for the Passeouer-
offerings , two thousand and sixe hun-
dred small cattell, an d three hundred oxen.
9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah,
andNethaneel, his brethren, & Hasha-
biah , and lehiel, and loshabad chiefe
of the Leuites, tgaue vnto the Leuites t Heb.offred.
for Passeouer -offerings, fine thousand
small cattett9 and fiue hundred oxen.
10 So the seruice was prepared, and
the Priests stood in their place, and the
Leuites in their courses , according to
the kings commandement.
11 And they killed the Passeouer, and
the Priestes sprinckled the blood from
their handes , and the Leuites * flayed29. * See Chap.
34.
them.
12 And they remooued the burnt of-
ferings, that they might giue according
to the diuisions of the families of the
people, to offer vnto the LORD, as
it is written in the booke of Moses : and
so did they with the oxen.
13 And they * rested the Passeouer *Exod. 12.
with fire, according to the ordinance : 8,9.
but the other holy offerings sod they in
pots, and in cauldrons, and in pannes,
and t diuided them speedily among all them MIeb. made
runne.
the people.
14 And afterward they made ready
for themselues, and for the Priests : be-
cause the Priests the sonnes of Aaron
were busied in offring of burnt offrings,
and the fat vntill night : therefore the
Leuites prepared for themselues , and
for the Priests the sonnes of Aaron,
15 And the singers the sonnes of A-
saph,o>£r0 in their t place according to Web. station
the *commandement of Dauid, and A- 25.1, * 1. Chron.
&c.
saph, and Heman, and leduthun the
kings Seer : and the Porters * waited at *1. Chron.
9. 17. and
euery gate : they might not depart from 26.14.
their sruice; for their brthren the Le- Le-
uites prepared for them.
16 So
lofiah fiaine. Chap.xxxvj.
16 So all the seruice of the L O R D
was prepared the same day, to keepe
the Passeouer, and to offer burnt offe-
rings vpon the altar of the LOBD,
according to the commaundement of
king losiah.
17 And the children of Israel that
iHebfound. were t present, kept the Passeouer at
that time, and the feast of vnleauened
bread seuen dayes.
18 And there was no Passeouer like
to that, kept in Israel, from the dayes
of Samuel the Prophet : neither did
all the Kings of Israel keepe such a
Passeouer, as losiah kept, and the
Priests and the Leuites, and all ludah
and Israel that were present, and the
inhabitants of lerusalem.
19 In the eighteenth yeere of the
reigne of losiah, was this Passeouer
kept.
* 2. King. 20 IT * After all this, when losiah
23. 29.
^Heb. house. had prepared the t Temple, Necho
king of Egypt came vp to fight against
Carchemish by Euphrates : and 10-
siah went out against him.
21 But hee sent Embassadours to
him, saying, What haue I to doe with
thee, thou king of ludah ? / come not a-
gainst thee this day , but against the
t Hebr. the house, t wherewith I haue warre : for
house of my
warre. God commaunded mee to make haste :
forbeare thee from vnedlmg with God,
who is with mee, that hee destroy thee
not.
22 NeuerEhelesse losiah would not
turne his face from him , but disguised
himselfe that he might fight with him,
and hearkened not vnto the wordes of
Necho from the rnouth of God, and
came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
23 And the archers shot at king lo-
siah : and the King saide to his ser-
^Hebr.made uants, Haue mee away, for I am tsore
sicke.
wounded.
24 His seruants therefore tooke him
out of that charet, and put him in the se-
cond charet that hee had : and they
brought him to lerusalem , and hee
II Or, among died, and was buried |fih one of the Se-
the sepul-
chres. pulchres of his fathers. And *!all lueiah
* Zach. 12.
n. and lerusalem mourned for losiah.
25 f And. leremiah lamented for
losiah, and all "the singing men and the
singing women spake of losiah in their
lamentations to this day , and made
them an ordinance in Israel ; and be-
holde, they are written in the Lamen-
tations.
lehoahaz king.
26 Now the rest of the acts of lo-
siah,andhistgoodnes, according to that tHebr. kind-
which was written in the Law of the nesses.
LORD,
72 And his deedes first and last; be-
hold, they are written in the booke of the
kings of Israel and ludah.
C H A R XXXVI.
1 iEHIAHAZ SUCCEEDING, IS DEPOSE
AND CAEIED TO eGYPTY ;EHPOALO
ill,iscaHedboundmtoBabylon.9Iehoiachin
succeedingreignethill.andisbroughtintoBa-
M°?- tl ZedekiahsucceedingreignethiU,
AND DESPISETH pRIHES, AND R
GAIN nEBUAHXASNZZAR. 14 IER
the sinnes of the Priests and people, is whole-
ly destroyed. 22 The proclamation of Cyrus.
Hen *• the people of the* 2.King.23.
t
land tooke lehoahaz the 30. &C.
son of losiah, and made
him King in his fathers
stead in lerusalem.
2 lehoahaz was twentie and three
yeeres old, when hee began to reigne,
and hee reigned three moneths in le-
rusalem.
3 And the king of Egypt tput him t Hebr. re-
downe at lerusalem, and tcondemned moouedhim.
' Hebr. mul-
the land in an hundred talents of siluer, cted.
and a talent of gold.
4 And the king of Egypt made Elia-
kim his brother, king ouer ludah and
lerusalem, and turned his name to
lehoiakim. And Necho tooke lehoa-
haz his brother , and caried him to E-
gyp5 1-H lehoiakim was twentie and fiue
yeres old when he began to reigne, and
lie reigned eleuen yeeres in lerusalem:
and hee did th at -which was euill in the
sight of the. LORD his God.
6 Against him came vp Nebuchad-
nezzar King of Babylon, and bound
him in j| fetters to cary him to Babylon. Wr,chaines.
7 * Nebuchadnezzar also caried of * 2. King.
the vessels of the house of the L O R D 24. 13. dan.
1." 1, 2.
to Babylon, and put them in his temple
at Babylon,
8 Now the rest of the acts of leho-
iakim, and his abominations which he
did, and that which was found in him,
behold, they Are written in the booke oi
the Kings of Israel and ludah : anc
||Iehoiachin his spnne reigned in his niah,f Or, leco-
l.cthro.
stead. 3. 16. or, Co-
9 f * lehoiachin was eight yeetes 24. niah, ief. 22.
- old when hee began to reigne, and hee & 2. King.
reignec 24.8;
Ifrael caried Il.Chron.
reigned three moneths and ten dayes
in lerusalem , and hee did that which
was euill in the sight of the LORD.
t Hebr. at 10 And twhen the yeere was expi-
Hie returne
of the yeere. red, King Nebuchadnezzar sent, and
brought him to Babylon, with the
t Heb. ves- t goodly vessels of the house of the
sels of desire.
II Or% Mat- L O R D , and made || Zecjekiah his
taniah^Jcin.
24. 17. ier. brother, king ouer ludah and leru-
37.1. salem.
* Ier. 52. 1, 11 IF *Zedekiah was one and twentie
&c. 2. king
24, 18. yeres old, when he. began to reigne, and
reigned eleuen yeeres in lerusalem.
12 And hee did that which was euill
in the sight of the LORD his God, and
dumbled not himselfe before Jeremiah
the Prophet, speaking from the mouth
of the LORD.
13 And he also rebelled against king
Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him
sweare by God : but he stiffened his
necke , and hardened his heart from
turning vnto the L O R D God of Is-
rael.
14 IT Moreouer all the chiefe of the
priests, and the people transgressed very
much, after all the abominations of the
heathen, and polluted the house of the
LORD which hee had hallowed in
lerusalem.
* ler. 25. 3.
and 35. 15, 15 * And the LORD God of their
^Heb.bythe fathers sent to them t by his messen-
hand Qf his gers, rising vp || betimes, and sending:
messengers.
II T.hat w, ' because he had compassion on his peo-
continually
and carefully ple, and on his dwelling place :
16 But they mocked the messengers
of God, and despised his wordes, arid
misused his prophets, vntill the wrath
of the L O R D arose against his people,
\ Heb. hea- till there was no tremedie.
ting.
* 2. Kings 17 * Therefore hee brought vpon
25.1, &c. them the king of the Caldees, who
into captiuitie.
slew their yong men with the sword, in
the house of their sanctuarie , and had
no compassion vpon yong man or mai-
den, olde man, or him that stouped for
age : he gaue them all into his hand.
18 And all the vessels of the house of
God great and small, and the treasures
of the house of the LORD, and the
treasures of the king, and of his prin-
ces : all these he brought to Babylon.
19 And they burnt the house of God,
and brake downe the wall of lerusa-
em, and burnt all the palaces thereof
with fire, and destroyed all the goodly
vessels thereof.
20 And tthem that had escaped from t Heb. the
remainder
the sword, caried he away to Babylon: from (he
where they were seruants to him and sword.
lis sonnes, vntil the reigne of the king-
dome of Persia :
21 To fulfill the word of the LORD
yy the mouth of *Ieremiah, vntill the * ler. 25. 9,
12. & 29. 10
and *had enioyed her Sabbaths: for * Leuit. 26.
as long as shee lay desolate, shee kept andand
34.
43.
35.
Sabbath, to fulfill threescore and tenne
yeeres.
22 If *Nbw in the first yeere of Cy- *Ezral. 1.
rus king of Persia (that the word of the
LORD spoken by the mouth of Jere- *13.ler. 25.12
and 29.
miah , might bee accomplished ) the 10.
LORD stirred vp the spirit of Cyrus
king of Persia, that hee made a procla-
mation throughout all his kingdome,
and put it also in writing, saying,
23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia,
All the kingdomes of the earth hath
the L O R D God of heauen giuen mee,
and he hath charged me to build him an
house in lerusalem, which is in ludah :
Who is there among you of all his peo-
ple ? the LORD his God be with him,
and let him goe vp.
EZRA.
Ifraels returne Chapj.ij.
EZRA.
C H A P . I.
1 The Proclamation of Cyrus for the building
of the Temple. 5 The people prouide for
the returne. 7 Cyrus restoreth the vessels
of the Temple to Sheshbazzar.
OW in the first
yeere of Cyrus
N
King of Persia,
(that the word of
* 2. Chron.
36. 22. iere.
the L O R D * by
25.12. and the mouth of Je-
29, 10. remiah, might be
fulfilled) y LORD
stirred vp the spi-
rit of Cyrus king
t Heb. cau- of Persia, that he fmade a proclamation
sed a voice throughout all his kingdome, and put it
to passe.
also in writing, saying;
2 Thus sayth Cyrus king of Per-
sia, The L O R D God of heauen hath
giuen mee all the kingdomes of the
* Isa. 44. 28.earth, and he hath *charged me to build
& 45. 1,13. him an house at Jerusalem, which is in
ludah.
3 Who is there among you of all his
people ? his God be with him, and let
him goe vp to Jerusalem, which is in
ludah , and build the house of the
LORD God of Israel (He is the God)
which is in Jerusalem.
4 And whosoeuer remaineth in a-
ny place where hee soiourneth, let the
iffeb.W men of his place thelpe him with siluer,
himvp. and with golde, and with goods, and
with beasts, besides the free-will offe-
ring for the house of God that is in Je-
rusalem.
5 H Then rose vp the chiefe of the
fathers of ludah and Beniamin, and
the Priests, and the Leuites, with all
them whose spirit God had raised to goe
vp, to build the house of the LORD
which is in Jerusalem.
6 And all they that were about them,
I That w, ||strengthened their hands with vessels
helped them.
of siluer, with golde, with goods, and
with beasts, and with precious things;
besides all that was willingly offered.
from Babylon.
7 IF Also Cyrus the king brought
foorth the vessels of the house of the
* 2. Kings
LORD, * which Nebuchadnezzar had 24. 13.
brought foorth out of Jerusalem, and 2. chr. 36. 7.
had put them in the house of his gods:
8 Euen those did Cyrus king of Per-
sia bring foorth, by the hand of Mithre-
dath the treasurer, and numbred them
vnto * Sheshbazzar the Prince of lu- * See Chap.
dah. 5.14-
9 And this is the number of them:
thirtie chargers of golde, a thousand
chargers of siluer, nine and twentie
kniues:
10 Thirtie basins of golde : siluer ba-
sins of a second sort, foure hundred and
ten : and other vessels a thousand.
11 All the vessels of golde and of sil-
uer, were fiue thousand and foure hun-
dred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring
vp with them of t the captiuitie, that Wlebr.the
were brought vp from Babylon vnto transporta-
tion.
Jerusalem.
C H A P . II.
1 The number that returne, of the people, 36
of the Priests, 40 of the Leuites, 43 of the
Nethinims, 55 of Solomons seruants, 62 of
the Priests which could not shewe their pedi-
gree. 64 The whole numher of them, with
their substance. 68 Their oblations.
Ow* these are the children[ * Nehem.
N
of the prouince, that went. 7. 6, &c.
vp out of the captiuitie, of
those which had beene ca-
ried away, whom Nebu-
chadnezzar the King of Babylon had
caried away vnto Babylon, and came
againe vnto Jerusalem and ludah,
euery one vnto his citie;
2 Which came with Zetubbabel,
leshua, Nehemiah , || Saraiah, Ree- ah,nehe.7.7.
i8 <7r, Azari-
laiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bi- l
guai, Rehurn, Baanah: The number
of the men of the people of Israel.
3 The children of Parosh, two thou-
sand, an hundred seuentie and two.
4 The children of Shephatiah,
three hundred seuentie and two.
5 The
Who returned Ezra.
5 The children of Arab, seuen hun-
dred, seuentie and fiue.
* Nehem. 6 The children of * Pahath-Moab,
7.10.
of the children of Teshua\and loab, two
thousand, eight hundred and twelue.
7 The children of Elam, a thousand,
two hundred fiftie and foure.
8 The children of Zattu, nine hun-
dred fourtie and fiue.
9 The children of Zaccai, seuen hun-
dred and threescore.
lOr^Bvnnui, 10 The children of ||Bani, sixe hun-
nehem, 1.
15. dred, fourtie and two.
11 The children of Bebai, sixe hun-
dred, twentie and three.
12 The children of Azgad , a thou-
sand, two hundred, twentie and two.
13 The children of Adonik^m , sixe
hundred, sixtie and sixe.
14 The children of Biguai, two
thousand fiftie and sixe.
15 The children of Adin, foure hun-
dred, fiftie and foure.
16 The children of Ater of Hezekiah,
ninetie and eight.
17 The children of Bezai, three hun-
dred twenty and three.
I0r,tfo-
riph, nehem.
18 The children of ||Iorah , an hun-
7. 24. dred and twelue.
19 The children of Hashum , two
hundred twentie and three.
I0r,0ibeon 20 The children of ||Gibbar, ninetie
nehem. 7* 25
and fiue.
21 The children of Bethlehem , an
hundred twentie and three.
22 The children of Netophah , fiftie
and sixe.
23 The men of Anathoth, an hun-
dred twentie and eight.
I Or, Beth. 24 The children of ||Azmaueth, for-
Asmaueth*
Nehe. 7. 28. tie and two.
25 The children of Kiriath-arim,
Chephirah , and Beeroth , seuen hun-
dred, and fourtie and three.
26 The children of Ramah and Ga-
ba, sixe hundred, twentie and one.
27 The men of Michmas , an hun-
dred, twentie and two.
28 The men of Bethel and Ai, two
hundred, twentie and three.
29 The children of Nebo , fiftie and
two.
30 The children of Magbish, an
hundred fiftie and sixe.
*Seever.7. 31 The children of the other *Elam,
a thousand , two hundred, fiftie and
foure.
32 The children of Harim, three hun-
dredand twentie.
from captiuitie.
33 The children of Lod ||Hadid, and B0r,/fcmd,
Ono, seuen hundred, twentie arid fiue. as it is in
some copies.
34 The children of lerichp, three
hundred fourtie and fiue.
35 The children of Senaah , three
thousand and sixe hundred and thirtie.
36 IF The Priests. The children of
*Iedaiah, of the house of leshua, nine *i.Chro.
hundred, seuentie and three. 24.7.
37 The children of *ImmeT, a thou- * 1. Chro.
sand, fiftie and two. 24. 14.
38 The children of *Pashur, a thou- * 1. Chro. 9.
sand, two hundred, fourtie and seuen. 12.
39 The children of * Harim, a thou- * l- Chro.
sand and seuen teene. 24.8.
40 1T The Leuites. The children of
leshua, and Kadmiel, of the children
of || Hodauia, seuentie and foure. II Or, luda,
3. 9.
41 1f The singers. The children of chap.
called also
Hodeuah,
Asaph, an hundred twentie and eight. nehem.7.43.
42 U The children of the porters.
The children of Shallotf) , the children
of Ater, the children of Talmon, the
children of Akkub, the children of Hati-
ta, the children of Shobai, in all , an
hundred thirtie and nine.
43 IF The Nethiriims. The children
of Ziha , the children of Hasupha, the
children of Tabbaoth*
44 The children of Keros, the chil-
dren of Siaha, the children of Padon,
45 The children of Lebanah , the
children of Hagabah , the children of
Akkub,
46 The cMIdrern of Hagab, the chil-
dren of ItShaJmai, the children of II Or, Sham-
lal
Hanan.
47 The Children of Giddel, the
children of Gahar, the children of Re-
aiah,
48 The children of Rezin, the chil-
dren of Nekoda , the children of Gaz-
zam,
49 The children of Vzza , the chil-
dren of Paseah, the children of Besai,
50 The children of Asnah , the chil-
dren of Mehunjim , the children of Ne-
phushim,
51 The children of Bakbuk , the
children of Hakupha , the children of
Harhur,
52 The children of || Bazluth , the H Or, Baz-
children of Mehida, the children of hem. lith, in Ne-
Harsha,
53 The children of Barkos, the chil-
dren of Sisera, the children of Tha-
mah,
54 The children of Neziah, the chil-
dren of Hatipha.
55 f The
The peoples zeale. Chap.iij.
55 f 1 he children of Solomons ser-
uants. The children of Sotai, the chil-
I Or, Perida, dren of Sophereth, the children of ||Pe-
in Nehem.
ruda,
56 The children of laalah, the chil-
dren of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
57 The children of Shephatiah, the
children of Hattil, the children of Poche-
\ Or, Amon, reth of Zebaim, the children of ||Ami.
in Nehem.
* losh. 9. 58 All the *Nethmims, and the chil-
21, 27. dren of * Solomons seruants, were three
1. chro. 9. 2.
* I.King. 9. hundred ninetie and two.
59 And these were they which went vp
21.
from Tel-melah, Tel-Harsa, Cherub,
Addan, and Immer: but they could not
shewe their fathers house, and their
I Or, pede- ||IIseed,
seed, whether they were of Israel.
%ree.
60 The children of Delaiah, the chil-
dren of Tobiah , the children of Neko-
da : sixe hundred fiftie and two.
61 f And of the children of the priests :
the children of Habaiah, the children of
Koz, the children of Barzillai, (which
* 2. Sain. 17 tooke a wife of the daughters of * Bar-
27.
zillai the Gileadite, and was called af-
ter their name.)
62 These sought their register among
those that were reckoned by genealo-
gie, but they were not found : therefore
MJeb.they were they tas polluted, put from the
werepolluted
from the priesthood.
priesthood. 63 And the || Tirshatha said vnto
I Or9 goiter-
nour. them, that they should not eate of the
most holy things , till there stood vp a
* Exod. 28. priest with * Vrim & with Thummim.
30. 64? U The whole Congregation to-
jether, was fourtie and two thousand.
three hundred and threescore :
65 Beside their seruants and their
maids, of whom there were seuen thou-
sand , three hundred thirtie and seuen :
and there were among them two hun-
dred singing men, and singing women.
66 Their horses were seuen hundred,
thirtie and sixe : their mules, two hun-
dred fourtie and fiue :
67 Their camels , foure hundred,
thirty and Sue: their asses, sixe thousand,
seuen hundred and twentie.
68 H And some of the chiefe of the fa-
thers, when they came to the house of
;he L O R D which is at lerusalem, of-
fered freely for the house of God, to set
it vp in his place :
69 They gaue after their abilitie, vn-
* 1. Chron. to the * treasure of the worke, threescore
26. 20.
and one thousand drammes of golde,
and fiue thousand pound of siluer, and
one hundred priests garments.
The Altar,
70 So the priests and the Leuites,
and some of the people, and the singers,
and the porters, and the Nethinims,
dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in
their cities,
C H A P . III.
1 The Altar is set up. 4 Offerings frequented.
7 Workmen prepared. 8 The foundations oj
the Temple aie laid in great ioy& mourning,
N D when the seuenth
a moneth was come, and
the children of Israel were
in the cities: the people ga-
thered themselues toge-
ther, as one man to lerusalem.
lerusalem.
3 Then stood vp || leshua the sonne H Or, losua.
of lozadak , & his brethren the priests, Hagge l. 1.
and *Zerubbabel the sonne of *Sheal- * Afatth. 1.
tiel, and his brethren, and builded the 3.12.27. and hike
called
Altar of the God of Israel, to offer Zorobdbel.
* Matth. l.
burnt offrings thereon, as it is * writ ten 12. and luke
in the law of Moses the man of God. 3. 27- called
SalathieL
3 And they set the altar vpon his ba- * Dcut.12.6.
ses, (for feare was vpon them, because of
the people of those countreys) and they
offered burnt offerings thereon vnto
the LORD, euen burnt offerings, mor-
ning and euening.
4? They kept also the feast of taber-
nacles, *as it is written, and *ofrred the * Num. 29.
dayly burnt offrings, by number, accor- 12. * Exod. 23.
ding to the custome, tas the duetie of e- 16.
t Hebr. the
uery day required : matter of the
5 And afterward offered the conti- day in his
day.
nuall burnt offering, both of the new
moones , and of all the set feasts of
the L O R D , that were consecrated,
and of euery one that willingly offred,
offered a free will offering vnto the
LORD.
6 From the first day of the seuenth
moneth, began they to offer burnt offe-
rings vnto the LORD : but the t foun- t Hebr. the
Temple of
dation of the temple of the L O R D the Lord
was not yet laid. was not yet
founded.
7 They gaue money also vnto the
masons, and to the || carpenters, and men. H Or, worke-
meate, and drinke, and oyle, vnto them
of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring
Cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea
of * loppa : according to the grant that * Acts 9. 3.
they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
8 IT Now in the second yere of their
comming vnto the house of God at le-
rusalem , in the second moneth , began
Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel,
and leshua the sonne of lozadak, and
the
The building of the Ezra.
e hee remnant of their brethren , the
3
ryiests and the Leuites , and all AAthey
t were come out of the captiuitie vn -
o lerusalem : and appointed the Le-
lites, from twentie yeeres olde and vp-
ward , to set forward the worke of the
unise of the LORD.
9 Then stood leshua, with his sons
and his brethren , Kadmiel and his
10r. Hoda sonnes, the sonnes of || ludah t together,
uiah, Chap.
2. 40. ;o set forward the workemen in the
iHeb.asone. louse of God : the sonnes of Henadad,
with their sonnes and their brethren
he Leuites.
10 And when the builders laide the
bundation of the Temple of the
LORD, they set the Priests in their
apparell with Trumpets, and the Le-
uites the sonnes of Asaph , with Cym-
>ales, to praise the LORD, after the
* 1. Chro. 6. * ordinance of Dauid king of Israel.
1 . And end.
16. 7. and 1 1 And they sung together by course,
25,1. n praising, and giuing thanks vnto the
LORD ; Because hee is good , for his
mercy endureth for euer towards Is-
rael. And all the people shouted with
a great shoute, when they praised the
LORD ; because the foundation of the
louse of the LORD was laide.
12 But many of the Priests and Le-
uites, and chiefe of the fathers, who were
ancient men , that had scene the first
louse ; when the foundation of this
louse was laide before their eyes, wepi
with a loude voice, and many shoutec
aloude for ioy :
13 So that the people could not dis-
cerne the noyse of the shout of ioy, from
the noyse of the weeping of the people :
?
or the people shouted with a loude
shout , and the noyse was heard a-
Earre off.
C H A P . IIII.
1 The aduersaries, being not accepted in the uer, tand at such a time.
building of the Temple with the lewes , en-
deauour to hinder it. 7 Their Letter to that they sent vnto him, euen vnto -Ar
Artaxerxes. 17 The decree of Artaxerxes. taxerxes the king : Thy seruants on
23 The building is hindred.
Qw when the aduersa-
Temple, hindered.
oe sacrifice vnto him , since the daayes
of Esar-Haddon king of Assur , which
wrought vs vp hither.
3 But Zerubbabel and leshua, and
the rest of the chiefe of the fathers of Is-
rael, said vnto them, You haue no-
thing to doe with vs, to build an house
vnto our God, but we our selues toge-
ther will build vnto the L O R D God
of Israel , as king Cyrus the King of
Persia hath commanded vs.
4 Then the people of the land wea-
cened the handes of the people of lu-
dah, and troubled them in building,
5 And hired counsellers against
them, to frustrate their purpose, all the
dayes of Cyrus king of Persia, euen vn-
till the reigne of Darius king of Persia.
6 And in the reigne of tAhasuerus, Heb. Aha.
in the beginning of his reigne , wrote huerosh.
they vnto him an accusation against the
inhabitants of ludah and lerusalem.
7 11 And in the dayes of Artaxer-
xes wrote || Bishlam, Mithredath, Ta- O r,n in
beel, and the rest of their tcompanions, leace.
Heb, socie-
vnto Artaxerxes king of Persia; anc ties.
the writing of the letter was written in
the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in
the Syrian tongue.
8 Rehum the Chancellour , anc
Shimshai the || Scribe , wrote a letter 0 r,e Secre-
against lerusalem, to Artaxerxes the tarie.
king, in this sort :
9 Then, wrote Rehum the Chancel-
lour, and Shimshai the Scribe, anc
the rest of their tcompanions; the Di- t Chald. so-
naties , the Apharsathkites , the Tar- cieties.
pelites, the Apnarsites, the Archeuites
the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the
Dehauites, and the Elamites,
10 And the rest of the nations whom
the great and noble Asnappar broutgh
ouer, and set in the cities of Samari,a
and the rest that are on this side the -Ri
t Chal. die-
eneth.
11 f This is the copy of the Le,tter
this side tlie Riuer, arid at such a time,
12 Be it knowen vnto the king, thta

t Hebr. (he
sonnes ofth
transporta-
tion.
N "es °^ *udah anc* Benia- the lewes which came vp from thee
min, heard that t the chil- to vs, are come vnto lerusalem , bui-l
dren of the captiuitie buil- ding the rebellious and the bad citi,e
ded the Temple vnto the and haue || set vp the walles there,of Wr, finished
LORD God of Israel : and tioyned the foundations. t Choi, sow-
£ Then they came to Zerubbabel 13 Be it knowen now vnto the k,ing ed togetter.
and to the chiefe of the fathers, and saic that if this city be builded, and the wsal
vnto them, Let vs build with you, for set vp againe, then will they not tpay t Clial. siue.
wee seeke your God, as yee doe, and we tolle, tribute, and custome, and so thoiu
shatl
The Kings letter Chap.v.
8 Of, shall endammage the llreuenue of the
strength." fangs
\ Clial. we
are salted
14 Now because we thaue mamte-
with the salt nancejfroTtt the Kings palace, and it was
ofthepalace. not meete for vs to see the kings disho-
nour : therefore haue we sent, and cer-
tified the king,
15 That search may be made in the
booke of the Records of thy fathers : so
shalt thou finde in the booke of the Re-
cords, and know, that this City is a re-
bellious city, and hurtfull vnto Kings
\Cald.made. and prouinces, and that they haue t mo-
t Chald. m ued sedition t within the same of olde
the midst time : for which cause was this citie de-
thereof.
stroyed.
16 We certifie the king, that if this ci-
tie be builded againe, & the walles thereof
set vp : by this rneanes, thou shalt haue
no portion on this side the Riuer.
17 1F Then sent the king an answere
vnto Rehum the Chancellour , and to
Shimshai the scribe , and to the rest of
t Choi, so. their t companions, that dwell in Sa-
cietics.
maria, and vnto the rest beyond the Ri-
uer, Peace, and at such a time.
18 The letter, which ye sent vnto vs.
hath bene plainly read before me.
t Ctold. by 19 And tl commaunded, and search
me a decree
is set. hath bene made, and it is found, that
t Chald. lif. this citie of old time hath tmade insur-
tedvpit rection against Kings , and that rebel-
self*.
lion & sedition haue bene made therein.
20 There haue bene mighty Kings
also ouer Jerusalem, which haue ru-
led ouer all countreys beyond the Riuer,
and tolle , tribute , and custome , was
payd vnto them.
t Choi, make 21 t Giue ye now commandement,
a decree.
to cause these men to cease, and that this
citie be not builded, vntill another com-
mandement shall be giuen from me.
22 Take heed now that ye faile not
to doe this : why should damage grow
to the hurt of tne kings ?
S3 f Now when the copy of King
Artaxerxes letter was read before Re-
hum and Shimshai the scribe, and their
companions, they went yp in haste to
Jerusalem, vnto the lewes, and made
t Chald. by them to cease, by tforce and power.
armeand 24 Then ceased the woorke of the
power.
house of the God , which is at Jerusa-
lem. So it ceased, vnto the second yeere
of the reigne of Darius king of Persia.
C H A P . V.
1 Zenibbabel and Shealtiel, incited by Haggai
and Zacharie, set forward the building of the
and the enemies.
Temple. 3 Tatnai and Shether-Boznai
could not hinder the Iewes. 6 Their letter
to Darius against the Iewes.
T
Hen the Prophets, *Hag- * Agge. 1.1.
gai the Prophet, and Ze- sach. 1. 1.
chariah the sonne of Id-
do , prophesied vnto the
lewes that were in lu-
dah and Jerusalem , in the Name of
the God of Israel, euen vnto them.
2 Then rose vp Zerubbabel the
sonne of Shealtiel , and Jeshua the
sonne of lozadak , and began to build
the house of God which is at Jerusa-
lem : and with them were the Prophets
of God helping them.
3 11 At the same time came to them
Tatnai, gouernour on this side the Ri-
uer, and Shethar-Boznai , and their
companions, and said thus vnto them ;
Who hath commaunded you to build
this house, and to make vp this wall ?
4 Then said wee vnto them after
this maner, What are the names of the
men tthat make this building? \Chald. that
5 But the eye of their God was vp- build this
building.
on the Elders of the lewes, that they
could not cause them to cease , till the
matter came to Darius : and then they
returned answere by letter concerning
this matter.
6 IF The copy of the letter that Tat-
nai, gouernour on this side the Riuer,
and Shethar-Boznai, and his compa-
nions the Apharsachites , which were
on this side the Riuer, sent vnto Da-
rius the King :
7 They sent a letter vnto him,
t wherein was written thus : Vnto Da-t Chald. in
the midst
rius the king, all peace. whereof.
8 Be it knowen vnto the king, that
we went into the prouince of Judea, to
the house of the great God , which is
builded with tgreat stones, & timber is t Chald.
laied in the vals, and this worke goeth stones
ling.
ofro-
fast on, and prospereth in their hands.
9 Then asked we those Elders, and
said vnto them thus, Who commanded
you to build this house, and to make vp
these walles ?
10 We asked their names also, to certi-
fie thee, that we might write the names
of the men that were the chiefe of them.
11 And thus they returned vs an-
swere, saying, We are the seruants of
the God of heauen and earth, and build
the house that was builded these many
yeeres agoe, which a great King of Is-
rael builded, * and set vp. * I. King.
12 But 6. 1.
 Tatnais letter to Ezra.
12 But after that our fathers had
prouoked the God of heauen vnto
wrath : he gaue them into the hande of
* 2. Kings * Nebuchadnezzar the king of Baby-
34. 2. and
25.8. on, the Caldean , who destroyed this
louse, and caried the people away into
Jabylon.
*Ezra. 1.1. 13 But in the first yere of * Cyrus the
dng of Babylon, the same king Cyrus
made a decree to build this house of
God.
14 And the vessels also of golde and
iluer of the house of God, which Ne-
mchadnezzar tooke out of the Tem-
>le that was in Jerusalem, and brought
;hem into the temple of Babylon, those
did Cyrus the king take out of the tem-
Je of Babylon, and they were deliue-
* Ezra 1.18 •ed vnto one, * whose name was Shesh-
and 6. a.
I Or, deputy )azzar, whome he had made ||gouer-
nour:
15 And said vnto him , Take these
vessels, goe, carie them into the temple
hat is in Jerusalem, and let the house
of God be builded in his place.
16 Then came the same Sheshbaz-
zar, and laid the foundation of the house
of God , which is in Jerusalem. And
since that time, euen vntill now, hath it
rin in building, & yet it is not finished.
17 Now therefore, if it seeme good to
ihe king, let there be search made in the
rings treasure house which is there at
Babylon, whether it be so that a decree
was made of Cyrus the king, to build
;his house of God at Jerusalem : and
et the king send his pleasure to vs con-
cerning this matter.
C H A P . VI.
1 Darius finding the decree of Cyrus, maketh
a new decree foif the aduanceraent of the
building. 13 By the helpe of the enemies, and
the directions of the prophets, the Temple is
finished. 16 The feast of the Dedication is
kept. 19 And the Passeouer.
T
Hen Darius the King
made a decree, and search
was made in the house of
iChalde, the t rolles , where the
bookes.
\Chalde, treasures were t laide
made to de- vp in Babylon.
scend.
I Or, Ecba- % And there was found at || Achme-
tana, or in a tha, in the palace that is in the prouince
coffer.
of the Medes, a rolle, and therein was
a record thus written:
3 In the first yeere of Cyrus the
king, the same Cyrus the king made a de-
cree concerning the house of God at le-
Darius, anfwered.
rusalem: Let the house be builded, the
Dlace where they offered sacrifices, and
et the foundations thereof be strongly
aid, the height therof threescore cubits,
and the breadth thereof threescore cu-
rites :
4 With three rowes of great stones,
and a row of new timber : and let the
expences bee giuen out of the kings
louse.
5 And also let the golden, and siluer
vessels of the house of God, which Ne-
buchadnezzar tooke foorth out of the
;emple which is at Jerusalem , and
>rought vnto Babylon, be restored, and
•brought againe vnto the temple which t Chalde, go.
is at Jerusalem, euery one to his place,
and place them in the house of God.
6 Now therefore Tatnai, gouernour
Beyond the riuer, Shethar - Boznai,
and tyour companions the Apharsa- C,,ealde,
heir socie-
chites, which are beyond the riuer, be ye ies*
arre from thence :
7 Let the worke of this house of
Jod alone, let the gouernour of the
[ewes, and the elders of the Jewes,
mild this house of God in his place.
8 Moreouer t l make a decree, t Chalde t by
what ye shall doe to the Elders of these me a decree
smade.
[ewes, for the building of this house of
God : that of the kings goods, euen of
the tribute beyond the riuer, forthwith
expences be giuen vnto these men, that
they be not t hindered. \Chdlde,
made to
9 And that which they haue need of, cease.
)oth yong bullocks, and rammes, and
ambes, for the burnt offerings of the
God of heauen, wheat, salt, wine, and
oyle, according to the appoyment of the
priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be
riuen them, day by day without faile :
10 That they may offer sacrifices tof trest.
Chalde, of
sweet sauours vnto the God of heauen,
and pray fo&the life of the king, and of
bis sonnes.
11 Also I haue made a decree, that
whosoeuer shall alter this word, let
timber be pulled down from his house,
and being set vp, let him bee t hanged him t Chalde, let
be de-
thereon, and let his house bee made a stroyed.
doung hill for this,
12 And the God that hath caused his
name to dwell there, destroy all kings
and people that shall put to their hand,
to alter and to destroy this house of Goc
which is at Jerusalem. I Darius haue
made a decree, let it be done with speed,
13 f Then Tatnai gouernour on this
side the riuer, Shethar-Boznai, & their
com-
The dedication. Chap.vij.
companions, according to that which
Darius the king had sent, so they did
speedily.
14 And the elders of the lewes buil-
ded, and they prospered, through the
prophecying of Haggai the Prophet ,
and Zechariah the sonne of Iddo, and
they builded, and finished it, according
to the commandement of the God of
t Chald. De- [srael, and according to the t comman-
cree.
dement of Cyrus and Darius, and Ar-
taxerxes king of Persia.
15 And this honse was finished on
the third day of the month Adar, which
was in the sixt yere of the reigne of Da-
rius the king.
16 IF And the children of Israel, the
Priests and the Leuites, and the rest of
\Chald. the tthe children of the captiuitie, kept the
tonnes of the
transporta- dedicatio of this house of God, with ioy,
tion. 17 And offered at the dedication of
this house of God, an hundred bul-
lockes, two hundred rammes, foure
hundred lambes ; and for a sinne offe-
ring for all Israel, twelue hee goates,
according to the number of the tribes of
Israel.
18 And they set the Priests in their di-
uisions , and the Leuites in their cour-
ses, for the seruice of God , which is at
\Chala, ac- lerusalem, t*as it is written in the
cording to
the writing. booke of Moses.
* Num. 3.6. 19 And the children of the captiuitie
and 8. 9.
kept the Passeouer, vpon the four-
teenth day of the first moneth :
20 For the Priestes and the Leuites
were purified together, all of them were
pure, and killed the Passeouer for all
the children of the captiuitie , and for
their brethren the Priests, and for them-
selues.
£1 And the children of Israel, which
were come againe out of captiuitie, and
all such as had separated themselues
vnto them , from the filthinesse of the
heathen of the land, to seeke the LORD
God of Israel, did eate,
£& jAnd kept
j the ,feast
*«i_ ofioy
• vnleauened
«bread seuen dayes with /» the
: for .1
LORD had made them ioyfull, and
turned the heart of the king of Assyria
vnto them, to strengthen their handes
in the worke of the nouse of God , the
God of Israel.
C H A P . VII.
1 Ezra goeth vp to lerusalem. 1 1 The gracious
commission of Artaxerxes to Ezra. 27 Ezra
blesseth God for his fauour.
The kings letter.
Ow after these things, in
N
the reigne of Artaxerxes
king of Persia, Ezra the
son of Seraiah, the sonne
of Azariah, the sonne of
Hilkiah,
2 The sonne of Shallum, the sonne
of Zadok, the sonne of Ahitub,
3 The sonne of Amariah, the sonne
of Azariah, the sonne of Meraioth,
4 The sonne of Zeraiah, the sonne
of Vzzi, the sonne of Bukki,
5 The sonne of Abishua, the sonne
of Phinehas, the sonne of Eleazar, the
sonne of Aaron the chiefe Priest :
6 This Ezra went vp from Baby-
lon, and hee was a ready Scribe in the
law of Moses, which the L O R D God
of Israel had giuen : and the king gran-
ted him all his request, according to the
hand of the LORD his God vpon him.
7 And there went vp some of the
children of Israel, and of the Priests,
and the Leuites, and the Singers, and
the Porters , and the Nethinims, vn-
to lerusalem, in the seuen th yeere of
Artaxerxes the king.
8 And he came to lerusalem in the
fifth moneth, which was in the seuenth
yeere of the king.
9 For vpon the first day of the first
moneth, t began he to go vp fro Baby- foundation
t He was the
Ion , and on the first day of the fifth mo- of the going
neth, came he to lerusalem, according vp.
to the good hand of his God vpon him.
10 For Ezra had prepared nis heart
to seeke the Law of the LORD, and
to doe it , and to teach in Israel, Sta-
tutes and ludgements.
11 1T Now this is the copy of the let-
ter that the king Artaxerxes gaue vn-
to Ezra the Priest , the Scribe , euen a
Scribe of the words of the commande-
ments of the L O R D , and of his Sta-
tutes to Israel.
12 Artaxerxes king of kings, ||Vnto ^Or^toExra
the Priest a
Ezra the Priest , a Scribe of the Law per/it Scribe
of the God of heauen, Perfect peace, and Ofof the
Lawe
at such a time.
the God of
heauen,
18 I make a decree , that all they of Peace, &c.
the people of Israel, and of his Priests,
and Leuites in my Real me, which are
minded of their owne free - will to goe
vp to lerusalem, goe with thee.
14 Forasmuch as thou art sent tof t Choi, from
the king, and of his * seuen counsellors, before
King.
the
to enquire concerning ludah and le- *Esth. 1. 14.
rusalem, according to the Lawe of thy
God, which is in thine hand ;
15 And
 The commiffion Ezra.
15 And to cary the siluer and gold,
which the king and his counsellors
laue freely offered vnto the God of Is-
rael, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
* Chap. 8. 16. * And all the siluer and gold, that
25.
thou canst find in all the prouince of Ba-
bylon, with the free-will offering of the
)eople, and offthe priests, offering wil-
ingly for the house of their God, which
is in Jerusalem :
17 That thou maiest buy speedily
with this money, tullockes, rammes,
ambes, with their meate offerings,
and their drinke offerings, and offer
them vpon the altar of the house of
your God, which j$ in, Jerusalem.
18 And whatsoeuer shall seeme good
to thee, and to thy brethren, to doe with
the rest of the siluer and gold; that doe,
after the will of your God.
19 The vessels also that are giuen
thee, for the seruice of the house of thy
God, those deliuer thou before the God
of Jerusalem.
20 And whatsoeuer more shall be
JP 11 * 1.1- r*.i~ • r* i t,- i.
needfull for the house of thy God, which
thou shalt haue occasion to bestowe;
bestowe it out of the kings treasure
house.
21 And I, euen I Artaxerxes the
king, doe make a decree to all the
treasurers which are beyond the riuer,
that whatsoeuer Ezra the priest, the
scribe of the law of the God of heauen,
shall require of you, it be done speedily,
22 Vnto an hundred talents of sil-
t Chald: uer, and to an hundred t measures of
Cores.
wheate, and to an hundred bathes of
wine, and to an hundred bathes of oyle,
and salt, without prescribing how much,
WIekwhat-
soeuer is of
231 Whatsoeuer is commanded by the
the decree. God of heauen, let it be diligently done,
for the house of the God of heauen: for
why should there be wrath against the
realme of the king and his sonnes ?
24? Also we certifie you, that tou-
ching any of the priests, and Leuites,
singers, porters, Nethinims, or mini-
sters of this house of God, it shall not be
lawfull to impose tolle, tishute, or cu-
stome vpon them.
25 And thou, Ezra, after the wis-
dome of thy God, that is in thine hand,
set magistrates and iudges, which may
iudge all the people, that are beyond the
riuer, all such as know the lawes of thy
God, and teach yee them that knowe
them not.
26 And whosoeuer will not doe the
giuen to Ezra-
law of thy God, and the law of the king,
let iudgement be executed speedily vpon
him, whether it be vnto death, or to t ba- trooting
Chald. to
out.
nishment, or to confiscation of goods, or
to imprisonment.
27 U Blessed be the LORD God
of our fathers , which hath put suck a
iking as this, in the kings heart, to beau-
tifie the house of the L O E D which is
in Jerusalem.:
28 And hath extended mercy vnto
me, before the king and his counsellers,
and before all the kings mighty prin-
ces, and I was strengthned as the
hand of the L O R D my God was vp-
on me, and I gathered together out of
Israel, chiefe men to goe vp with me.
C H A P . VIII.
x ThecoinpanionsofEzrajWhoreturnedfrom
Babylon, is He sendeth to Iddofor mini-
sters for the Temple. 21 He keepeth a fast
24 He committeth the treasures to the custo-
die
come°f tothe Priests. 31 .From Ahaua they
lerusalem. 33 The treasure is
weighed in the Temple. 36 The commis-
sion is deliuered.
Hese are now the chiefe oi
T
their fathers, and this is the
genealogie of them that
went vp with mee from
Babylon, in the reigne oi
Artaxerxes the king.
2 Of the sonnes of Phinehas, Ger-
shorn : of the sonnes of Ithamar, Da-
niel: of the sonnes of Dauid, Hattush.
3 Of the sonnes of Shechaniah, oi
the sonnes of Pharosh, Zechariah, anc
with him were reckoned, by genealogie
of the males, an hundred and fiftie.
4 Of the sonnes of Pahath-Moab,
Elihoenai the sonne of Zerahiah : anc
with him,, two hundred males,
5 Of the sonnes of Shechaniah, the
sonne of Jahaziel, and with him three
hundred males.
6 Of the sonnes also of Adin, Ebec1
the sonne of Jonathan, and with him
fiftie males,
7 And of the sonnes of Elam, Je-
shaiah the sonne of Athaliah, and with
him seuentie males.
8 And of the sonnes of Shephati-
ah, Zebadiah the sonne of Michael, anc
with him fourescore males.
9 Of the sonnes of Joab, Obadiah
the sonne of JehieJ : and with him two
hundred and eighteene males.
10 And
A faft proclaimed. Chap.viij.
10 And of the sonnes of Shelomith,
ime sonne of losiphiah , and with him
n. hundred and threescore males.
1 1 And of the sonnes of Bebai, Ze-
hhariah the sonne of Bebai , and with
iim twenty and eight males.
12 And of the sonnea of Azgad, Io-
I Or, the ldanan || the sonne of Hakkatan , and
yongest son.
with him an hundred and ten males.
13 And of the last sonnes of Adoni-
cam, whose names are these : Eliphelet,
^ehiel, and Shemaiah, and with them
hreescore males.
14> Of the sonnes also of Biguai, V-
!l Or, Zoc- hai, and ||Zabbud, and with them se-
c«r, as some uentie males.
read.
15 1F And I gathered them toge-
her to the riuer, that runneth to Aha-
II Or, pitched. ua, and there || abode wee in tents three
layes : and I viewed the people , and
he Priests, and found there none of thee
sonnes of Leui.
16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel,
or Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and
•or larib , and for Elnathan , and for
Nathan , and for Zechariah , and for
Meshullam, chiefe men; also for la-
rib, and for Elnathan, men of vnder-
standing.
17 And I sent them with comman-
dement vnto Iddo the chiefe at the
t Hebr, I pit slace Casiphia, and I ||told them what
words in
their mouth ;hey should say vnto Iddo , and to his
Brethren the Nethinims , at the place
Casiphia, that they should bring vnto
vs ministers for the house of our God.
18 And by the good hand of our Goc
vpon vs , they brought vs a man of vn-
derstanding, of the sonnes of Mahli
the sonne of Leui, the sonne of Israel,
and Sherebiah, with his sonnes, anc
bis brethren, eighteene.
19 And Hashabiah , and with him
leshaiah of the sonnes of Merari, his
brethren, and their sonnes, twentie.
9
See Chap. 20 *Also of the Nethinims, whom
2. 43.
Dauid, and the Princes had appointed
for the seruice of the Leuites, two hun-
dred and twentie Nethinims : all oi
them were expressed by name.
21 IT Then I proclaimed a fast there,
at the riuer Ahaua , that we might af-
flict our selues before our God, to seeke
of him a right way for vs , and for our
little ones, and for all our substance.
22 For I was ashamed to require
of the king a band of souldiers and nors-
men, to helpe vs against the enemie in
the way : because wee had spoken vnto
The Leuites charge.
;he king, saying, The hand of our God
\s vpon all them for good , that seeke
iim , but his power and his wrath is a-
jainst all them that forsake him.
23 So we fasted, and besought our
God for this , and hee was intreated
of vs.
24? 1T Then I separated twelue of
the chiefe of the Priests, Sherebiah, Ha-
shabiah, and ten of their brethren with
them,
25 And weighed vnto them the sil-
uer and the gold, and the vessels, euen
the offering of the house of our God,
which the king and his counsellours,
and his lords, and all Israel there pre-
sent, had offered :
26 I euen weighed vnto their
land , sixe hundred and fifty talents of
siluer, and siluer vessels an hundred ta-
ents, and of gold an hundred talents :
£7 Also twenty basons of gold, of a
thousand drammes, and two vessels of
h fine copper, t precious as gold. t Hebr. yel-
low or shi-
28 And I said vnto them , Yee are ning brasse.
loly vnto the LOUD, the vessels are sireable.
t Hebr. de-
loly also , and the siluer and the gold
are a free - will offring vnto the LOBD
God of your fathers.
29 Watch ye, and keepe them, vntil!
yee weigh them before the chiefe of the
Priests, and the Leuites, and chiefe oi
the fathers of Israel at lerusalem,
in the chambers of the house of the
LORD.
30 So tooke the Priests and the Le-
uites the weight of the siluer and the
gold , and the vessels, to bring them to
lerusalem, vnto the house of our
;God.
31 IF Then wee departed from the
riuer of Ahaua , on the twelfth day oi
the first moneth , to goe vnto lerusa-
lem ; and the hand of our God was vp-
on vs, and hee deliuered vs from the
hand of the enemie, and of such as lay in
,wait by the way.
32 And we came to lerusalem , anc
abode there three dayes.
33 IF Now on the fourth day was
the siluer and the gold, and the vessels
weighed in the house of our God, by the
hand of Meremoth the sonne of Vriah
the Priest , and with him was Eleazar
the sonne of Phinehas, and with them
was lozabad the sonne of leshua
and Noadiah the sonne of Binnui, Le
uites :
34j By number, and by weight of
euer]
Ezras confefsion Ezra.
uery one : and all the weight was writ-
ten at that time.
35 Also the children of those that had
bene caried away which were come out
of the captiuitie, offered burnt offrings
vnto the God of Israel, twelue bul-
locks for all Israelj ninetie and sixe
rammes, seuentie and seuen lambes,
twelue hee goates for a sinne offering:
All this was a burnt offering vnto the
LORD.
36 1F And they deliuered the Kings
commissions vnto the kings lieute-
uants, and to the gouernours on this
side the riuer, and they furthered the
people, and the house of God.
C H A P . IX.
1 Ezra mourneth for the affinitie of the people
with strangers. 5 He prayeth vnto God With
confession of sinnes.
Owe when these things
N
were done, the Princes
came to me, saying, The
people of Israel, and the
priests and the Leuites,
haue not separated themselues from
the people of the lands, doing according
to their abominations, euen of the Ca-
naanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites,
the lebusites, the Ammonites, the
Moabites, the Egyptians, and the A-
morites.
£ For they .haue taken of their
daughters for themselues, and for their
sonnes: so that the holy seed haue ming-
led themselues with the people of those
lands, yea the hand of the princes and
rulers hath bin chiefe in this trespasse.
3 And when I heard this thing, I
rent my garment and my mantle, and
pluckt off the haire of my head, and of
my beard, and sate downe astonied.
4 Then were assembled vnto me
euery one that trembled at the words
of the God of Israel, because of the
transgression of those that had bene ca-
ried away, and I sate astonied, vntill
the euening sacrifice.
5 11 And at the euening sacrifice, I
I Or, afflicti- arose vp from my ||heauinesse, and ha-
on. uing rent my garment and my mantle,
I fell vpon my knees, and spread out
my hands vnto the L O R D my God,
6 And said, O my God, I am asha-
med, and blush to lift vp my face to thee,
my God : for our iniquities are increa-
I0r,guilti~
nesse. sed ouer our head, and our || trespasse is
and prayer.
growen vp vnto the heauens.
7 Since the dayes of our fathers,
haue wee beem in a great trespasse vnto
this day , & for our iniquities haue we,
our kings and our priests, bin deliuered
into the hand of the kings of the lands,
to the sword, to captiuitie, and to a
spoile, and to confusion of face, as it is
this day.
8 And now for a tlitle space grace t Hebr. mo-
hath bene shewed from the LORD our ment.
God, to leaue vs a remnant to escape,
and to giue vs || a || naile in his holy lOr^apinne
I That is, a
place, that our God may lighten our constant and
eyes, and giue vs a litle reuiuing in our sure abode.
bondage:
9 For wee were bondmen, yet our
God hath not forsaken vs in our bon-
dage, but hath extended mercie vnto vs
in the sight of the kings of Persia , to
spue vs a reuiuing to set vp the house of
our God, and t to repaire the desolati- vp* WIeb.toset
ons thereof, and to giue vs a wall in
ludah and in lerusalem.
10 And now, O our God, what shal
we say after this ? for we haue forsaken
thy commandements,
11 Which thou hast commanded by
t thy seruants the prophets, saying, hand lHeb.bytte
of thy
* Tne land vnto which ye go to possesse seruants.
it, is an vncleane land, with the filthi- 32. deut.23.
* Exod.
7-3
nesse of the people of the lands, with
their abominations, which haue filled it
t from one end to another, with their mouth MIeb. from
to
vncleannesse. mouth.
12 Nowe therefore giue not your
daughters ynto their sonnes, neither
take their daughters vnto your sonnes,
nor seeke their peace or their wealth for
euer: that ye may bee strong, and eate
the good of the land, and leaue it for an
inheritance to your children for euer.
13 And after all that is come vpon
vs, for our euill deeds, and for our great
trespasse, seeing that thou, our God,
t hast punished vs lesse,then our iniqui- tHeb.hasf
ties deserue, and hast giuenvs such deli- withlield
neath our
be-
uerance as this. iniquities.
14? Should wee againe breake thy
commandements, and ioyne in affinitie
with the people of these abominations?
wouldest thou not be angry with vs, til
thou haddest consumed vs, so that there
should be no remnant, nor escaping ?
15 O L O U D God of Israel, thou
art righteous, for wee remaine yet esca-
Iped, as it is this day: Behold, we are be-
fore thee in our trespasses : for wee can
not stand before thee, because of this.
CHAP.
Order taken for Chap.x.
together vnto Jerusalem, within three
C H A P. X. dayes: it was the ninth moneth, on the
1 ShechaniahencouragethEzratoreformethe twentieth day of the moneth, and all
strange manages. 6 Ezra mourning, assem- the people sate in the streeteof the house
bleth the people. 9 The people at the ex- of God, trembling because o
nor tation of Ezra, repent and promise amend- ter and for the rea raine
ment. 15 The care to performe it. 18 The
namesof them who had maried strange wiues.
Ow when Ezra had prai-
n
ed, and when he had con-
fessed, weeping, and ca-
sting himselfe downe be-
fore the house of God,
there assembled vnto him out or Isra-
el, a very great congregation of men,
and women, and children : for the peo-
\ Heir, wept ple twept very sore.
a great wee-
ping. 2 And Sheehaniah the sonne of
lehiel, one of the sonnes of Elam, an-
swered and said vnto Ezra, Wee haue
trespassed against our God , and haue
taken strange wiues , of the people of
the land: yet now there is hope in Isra-
el concerning this thing.
3 Now therefore let vs make a co-
t Hebr. to uenant with our God, tta put away all
bringforth. the wiues, & such as are borne of them,
according to. the counsell of my lord, and
of those that tremble at the commande-
ment of our God, and lee it be done ac-
cording to the Law.
4r Arise, for this matter belongeth vn-
to thee, wee also will be with thee: be of
good courage, and doe it.
5 Then arose Ezra, and made the
chiefe Priests, the Leuites, and all Is-
rael to sweare, that they should doe ac-
cording to this word : and they sware.
6 If Then Ezra rose vp from before
the house of God , and went into the
chamber of lohanan, the sonne of E-
liashib : and when hee came thither, hee
did eate no bread, nor drinke water : for
hee mourned because of the transgressi-
on of them that had ben e caried away.
7 And they made Proclamation
throughout ludah and Jerusalem ,
vnto all the children of the captiuitie,
that they should gather themselues to-
gether vnto Jerusalem ;
8 And that whosoeuer would not
come within three dayes , according to
the counsell of the Princes, and the El-
t Hcb. deuo- ders, all his substance should be tforfei-
ted.
ted, and himselfe separated from the
congregation of those that had beene ca-
ried away.
ft IF Then all the men of ludah
and Beniamin, gathered themselues
ftrange manages.
> + ,g f E t Hebr. the
10 And Ezra the Priest stood vp, and showres.
said vnto them, Yee haue transgressed,
and thaue taken strange wiues, to en- t Hebr. haue
crease the trespasse of Israel, caused to
dwel^orhaue
11 Now therefore make confession brought
vnto the L O R D God of your fathers, backe.
and doe his pleasure: and separate your
semes trom the people or the land , and
from the strange wiues.
12 Then all the congregation an-
swered, and said with a loude voice, As
thou hast said, so must we doe :
13 But the people are many, and it is
a time of touch raine, and we afe not a-
ble to stand without; neither is this
a worke of one day- or two : for || wee are II Or, wee
manjr that haue transgressed in this haue greatly
offended in
thing. this thing.
14 Let now our rulers of all the
congregation stand , and let all them
which haue taken strange wiues in our
cities, come at appointed times, & with
them the Elders of euery citie, and the
Judges thereof; vntill the fierce wrath
of our God || for this matter, be turned matter
tt Or, till this
be
from vs. dispatched.
15 U Onely Jonathan the sonne of
Asahel, and lahaziah the sonne of Ti-
kuah, twere employed about this mat- t Heb. stood.
ter : and Meshullam, and Shabbethai
the Leuite, helped them.
16 And the children of the captiuitie
did so: and Ezra the Priest, with certaine
chiefe of the fathers, after the house of
their fathers , and all of them by their
names, were separated, and sate downe
in the first day of the tenth moneth to
examine the matter.
17 And they made an ende, with all
the men that had taken strange wiues,
by the first day of the first moneth.
18 U And among the sonnes of the
Priestes, there were found that had ta-
ken strange wiues : namely, of the sons
of leshua the sonne of lozadak , and
his brethren, Maasiah, and Eliezer, and
Jarib, and Gedaliah.
19 And they gaue their hands , that
they would put away their wiues : and
being guiltie, they offered & ramme of the
flocke for their trespasse.
20 And of the sonnes of Immer,
Hanani, and Zebadiah :
21 And
*17
iVho put away Nehemiah.
31 And of the sonnes of Harim, Ma-
asiah, and Eliiah, and Shemaiah , and
[ehiel, and Vzziah.
33 And of the sonnes of Pashur:
Slioenai, Maasiah, Ishmael, Netha-
neel, lozabad and Elasah.
33 Also of the Leuites: lozabad,
and Shimei, and Kelaiah (the same is
Kelitah) Pethahiah, ludah, and E-
iezer.
34 Of the singers also, Eliashib; and
of the porters, Shallum, and Telem,
and Vri.
35 Moreouer of Israel, of the sonnes
of Parosh, Ramiah, and lesiah, and
Vlalchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar,
and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
36 And of the sonnes of Elam: Mat-
taniah, Zechariah, and lehiel, and
Abdi, and leremoth, and Eliah.
37 And of the sonnes of Zattu: E-
ioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and le-
remoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
38 Of the sonnes also of Bebai: le-
lohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, # Athlai.
39 And of the sonnes of Bani : Me-
shullam, Malluch, and Adaiah , la-
shub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.
30 And of the sonnes of Pahath
Vfoab: Adna, aud Chelal, Benaiah,
THE BOOKE OF
Nehemiah.
C H A P . I.
1 Nehemiah, vnderstanding by Hanani, the
misery of Jerusalem, mourneth, fasteth and
prayeth. 6 His prayer.
He words of Ne-
T
hemiah the sonne
ofHachaliah.And
it came to passe in
the moneth Chi-
sleu, in the twen-
tieth yeere, as I
was in Shushan
the palace;
3 That Hanani, one of my brethren
came, he and ceriaine men of ludah, and
ftrange wiues.
Maasiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and
Binnui, and Manasseh.
31 And of the sonnes of Harim: Elie-
zer, Ishiiah , Malchiah , Shemaiah,
Shimeon,
33 Beniamin, Malluch; and She-
mariah.
33 Of the sonnes of Hashum : Mat-
tenai, Mattatha, Zabad, Eliphelet, le-
remai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
34* Of the sonnes of Bani: Maadai,
Amram, and Vel,
35 Benaiah, Bedaiah, Chelluh,
36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and laa-
sau, \
38 And Bani, and Bennui, Shimei,
39 And Shelemiah, and Nathan,
and Adaiah,
40 || Machnadebai, Shashai, Sha- I! Or, Mab-
nadebai^ ac-
rai, cording to
41 Azareel, and Shelemiah, She- some copies.
mariah,
43 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
43 Of the sopnes of Nebo, lehiel,
Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, ladau,
and loel, Benaiah.
44 All these had taken strange
wiues : and some of them had wiues, by
whom they had children.
I asked them concerning the lewes
that had escaped, which were left of the
captiuitie, and concerning Jerusalem.
3 And they said vnto me, The rem-
nant that are left of the captiuitie there
in the prouince, are in great affliction
and reproch : the wall of Jerusalem al-
so *is broken downe, and the gates * 2, King. 28.
thereof are burnt with fire. 9.
4 H And it came to passe when I
heard these words, that I sate downe
and wept, and mourned certame dayes,
and fasted, and prayed before the God
of heauen,
5 And said, I beseech thee, * 0 * Dan. 9.4.
LORD God of heauen, the great and
terrible
Nehemiahs prayer: Chap.ij.
terrible God , that keepeth couenant
and mercie for them that loue him, and
obserue his commandements :
6 Let thine eare now be attentiue,
and thine eyes open, that thou mayest
beare the prayer of thy seruant, which
I pray before thee now, day and night.
for the children of Israel tny seruants,
and confesse the sinnes of the children of
Israel, which wee haue sinned against
thee: both I, and my fathers house
baue sinned.
7 We haue dealt very corruptly a-
»ainst thee, and haue not kept the com-
mandements, nor the statutes, nor the
iudgements, which thou commandedst
thy seruant Moses.
8 Remember, I beseech thee, the
word that thou cotnmandedst thy ser-
* Dcut. 4. uant Moses, saying, * J/yee tf ansgresse,
25. &C.
I will scatter you abroad among the
nations :
9 But if ye turtle vnto me, and keepe
my commandements, and doe them:
* Deut. 30. * though there were of you cast out vnto
•*> the vttermost part of the heauen , yet
will I gather them from thence, and
will bring them vnto the place that I
baue chosen, to set my Name there.
10 Now these are thy seruants, and
thy people, whom thou hast redeemed
by thy great power, and by thy strong
hand.
11 O L O R D , I beseech thee, let
now thine eare be attentiue to the pray-
er of thy seruant, and to the prayer of
thy seruants , who desire to feare thy
name : and prosper, I pray thee, thy
seruant this day, and grant him mercie
in the sight of this man. For I was the
kings cup-bearer.
C H A P . II.
1 Artaxerxes vndef standing the cause of Ne-
hetniahs sadnesse, sendeth him with letters
and commission to Jerusalem. 9 Nehemiah, to
the griefe of the enemies, commeth to lerusa-
lem. 12 Hee vieweth secretly the ruines of
the walles. 17 He inciteth the lewes to huild
in despite of the enemies.
Nd it cattie to passe, in the
A moneth Nisan, in the
twentieth yeete df Artax-
erxes the king, that wine
was before him, : and I
tooke vp the wine, and gaue it vnto the
King: now I had not bene beforetime
sad iit his presence.
His requeft.
£ Wherefore the king said vnto me,
Why is thy countenance sadde, seeing
thou art not sicke ? this is nothing vise
but sorrow of heart. Then I was ve-
ry sore afraid,
3 And said vnto the king , Let the
king Hue for euer : why should not my
countenance be sad, when the city, the
place of my fathers Sepulchres, lyeth
waste, and the gates thereof are consu-
med with fire ?
4 Then the king said vnto me, For
what doest thou make request? So I
prayed to the God of heauen.
5 And I said vnto the king , If it
please the king, and if thy seruant haue
found fauour in thy sight, that thou
wouldest send m6 vnto ludah vnto the
City of my fathers sepulchres 5 that I
may build it.
6 And the king saide vnto mee (the
•rQueene also sitting by him) For how t Hebr.
long shall thy iourney bee ? and when wife.
wilt thou returne? So it pleased the
king to send me, and I set him a time.
7 Moreouer I saide vnto the king,
If it please the king, let letters be giuen
mee to the gouernours beyond the Bi-
uer, that they may conuey me ouer, till
I come into ludan ;
8 And a letter vnto Asaph the kee-
per of the kings forrest, that he may
giue me timber to make beames for the
gates of the palace which appertained to
the house, and for the wall of the Citie,
and for the house that I shall enter in-
to : And the king granted me, according
to the good hand of my God vpon me.
9 f Then I came to the gouer-
nours beyond the riuer, and gaue them
the kings letters t ( now the king had
sent captaines of the army , and horse-
men with me.)
10 When Sanballat the Horonite,
and Tobiah the seruant, the Ammo-
nite, heard of it, it grieued them excee-
dingly, that there was come a man , to
seeke the welfare of the children of Is-
««~i
rael.
11 So I came to lerusalam; and
was there three dayes.
12 11 And I arose in the night, I5
and some few men with mee, neither
tolde I any man what God had put in
my heart to doe at Jerusalem : neither
was there any beast with mee, saue the
beast that I rode vpon.
15 And I went out by night, by the
gate of the vaDey, euen before the dra-
gon
The building Nehemiah.
gon well , and to the doung-port, and
viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which
were broken downe, and the gates
hereof were consumed with fire.
14 Then I went on to the gate of
he fountaine , and to the kings poole :
>ut there was no place for the beast that
was vnder me, to passe.
15 Then went I vp in the night by
he brooke , and viewed the wall , anDd
urned backe, and entred by the gate oFf
he valley, and so returned.
16 And the rulers knew not whither
! went , or what I did, neither had I
as yet tolde it to the lewes, nor to the
Priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the ru-
ers, nor to the rest that did the worke.
17 If Then said I vnto them , Yee
see the distresse that we are in, how Je-
rusalem lieth waste, and the gates ther-
of are burnt with fire : come, and let vs
>uilde vp the wall of Jerusalem , that
we be no more a reproch.
18 Then I told them of the hand of
my God, which was good vpon me; as
also the kings wordes that he had spo-
cen vnto me. And they said, Let vs rise
vp and builde. So they strengthened
their hands for this good worke.
19 But when Sanballat the Horo-
nite, and Tobiah the seruant the Am-
monite, and Geshem the Arabian heard
it, they laughed vs to scorne, and despi-
sed vs, and said, What is this thing that
yee doe? will ye rebell against the Icing?
20 Then answered I them, and said
vnto them, The God of heauen, he will
prosper vs, therefore wee his seruants
will arise and build : But you haue no
portion, nor right, nor memoriall in Je-
rusalem.
CHAP. III.
1 The names and order of them that buil-
ded the wall.
HenEliashibthehiepriest,
t
rose vp with his brethren
the Priests, and they built
the sheepe-gate, theysano-
tified it, & set vp the doores
of it, euen vnto the towre of Meah they
* lere. 3. sanctified it, vnto the towre of *Hana-
38. neel.
t Kebr. at 2 And tnext vnto him builded the
his hand. men of lericho : and next to them buil-
ded Zaccur the sonne of Imri.
3 But the fish-gate did the sonnes
ofHassenaah build, who also laide the
beames thereof, and set vp the doores
of the walles.
thereof, the locks therof, and the barres
thereof.
4 And next vnto them repaired
VIerimoth the son of Vriah, the sonne
of Koz : and next vnto them repaired
Vleshullam the sonne of Berechiah, the
sonne of Meshezabeel : and next vn-
;o them repaired Zadok the sonne of
Baana.
5 And uext vnto them, the Tekoites
repaired ; but their nobles put not their
neckes to the worke of their LOKD,
6 Moreouer the olde gate repaired
[ehoiada the sonne of Paseah , and
Meshullam the sonne of Besodaiah ;
they laid the beames thereof, and set vp
the doores thereof, and the lockes there-
of, and the barres thereof.
7 And next vnto them repaired
Melatiah the Gibeonite , and ladon
the Meronothite , the fnen of Gibeon,
and of Mizpah, vnto the throne of the
gouernour on this side the Riuer.
8 Next vnto him repaired Vzziel
the sonne of Harhaiah , of the gold-
smiths : next vnto him also repaired
Hananiah, the sonne of one o/*the Apo-
thecaries, and they || fortified Jerusa- I! Or, left le-
lem vnto the broad wall. rusalem VTI~
to the broad
9 And next vnto them repaired Re- watt.
phaiah the sonne of Hur , the ruler oj
the halfe part of Jerusalem.
10 And next vnto them repaired le-
daiah the sonne of Harumapn , euen o-
uer against his house : and next vnto
him repaired Hattush the sonne of Ha-
sh abniah.
11 Malchiiah the sonne of Harim,
and Hashub the son of Pahath-Moab,
repaired the t other piece, & the towre t Hebr. se-
cond mea-
of the furnaces. sure.
12 And next vnto him repaired Shal-
lum the sonne of Halloesh the ruler o1
the halfe part of Jerusalem , hee, anc
his daughters.
V • J 11 J,
13 The valley-gate repaired Hanun,
and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they
built it, and set vp the doores thereof,
the lockes therof, and the bars thereof,
and a thousand cubits on the wall, vn-
to the doung-gate.
14 But the doung-gate repaired
Malchiah the sonne of Rechab, the ru-
ler of part of Beth-haccerem : hee built
it, and set vp the doores thereof, the
lockes thereof, and the barres thereof.
15 But the gate of the fountaine re-
paired Shallum the sonne of Col-ho-
zeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah : hee
built
The building Chap.iiij*
^N|
built it, and couered it, and set vp the
doores thereof, the lockes thereof, and
the barres thereof, and the wall of the
* lohn 9. 7. poole of * Siloah by the kings garden,
and vnto the staires that goe downe
from the citie of Dauid.
16 After him repaired Nehemiah
the sonne of Azbuk, the ruler of the halfe
part of Beth - zur, vnto the place ouer
against the sepulchres of Dauid, and to
* 2. King. tne poole that was made, * and vnto the
20. 20. house of the mightie.
17 After him repaired the Leuites,
Rehum the sonne of Batii : next vnto
him repaired Hashabiah the ruler of the
halfe part of Keilah in his part.
18 After him repaired their brethren,
Bauai, the sonne of Henadad the ruler
of the halfe part of Keilah.
19 And next to him repaired Ezer
the sonne of leshua , the ruler of Miz-
pah, another piece, ouer against the go-
ing vp to the armorie, at the turning of
the wall.
20 After him Baruch the sonne of
H Or, Zoc- ItZabbai, earnestly repaired the other
cat.
piece, from the turning of the wall vnto
the doore of the house of Eliashib the
high Priest.
21 After him repaired Merimoth
the sonne of Vriiah, the sonne of Koz,
another piece, from the doore of the
house of Eliashib, euen to the end of the
house of Eliashib.
22 And after him repaired the
Priests, the men of the plaine.
23 After him repaired Beniamin,
and Hashub, ouer against their house :
after him repaired Azariah the sonne
of Maaseiah, the sonne of Ananiah, by
his house.
24? After him repaired Binnui the
sonne of Henadad, another piece from
the house of Azariah, vnto the turning
of the wall, euen vnto the corner,
25 Palal the sonne of Vzai, ouer a-
gainst the turning of the watt, and the
tower which lyeth out, from the kings
* lere. 32. hie house, that was by the * court of the
2.
prison : after him, Pedaiah the sonne of
Parosh.
26 Moreouer the Nethinims dwelt
*2. Chron, in * || Ophel, vnto the place ouer against
27.3.
1 Or, flte the water gate, toward the East, and
tower. the tower that lieth out.
27 After them the Tekoites repai-
red another piece, ouer against the
great tower that lieth out, euen vnto
the wall of Ophel.
' ••••
of the walles.
28 From aboue the horsegate repai-
red the Priests, euery one ouer against
his house.
29 After them repaired Zadok the
sonne of Immer, ouer "against his
house : after him repaired also Shema-
iah, the son of Shechaniah , the keeper
of the East-gate.
30 After him repaired Hananiah the
sonne of Shelemiah , and Hanun the
sixth sonne of Zalaph, another piece :
after him repaired Meshullam , the
sonne of Berechiah ouer against his
chamber.
31 After him repaired Malchiah, the
goldsmiths sonne, vnto the place of the
Nethinims, and of the merchants, ouer
against the gate Miphkad , and to the
going vp of the || corner. 8 Or, corner
chamber.
32 And betweene the going vp of the
corner vnto the sheepe-gate , repaired
the gold-smithes and the merchants.
CHAP. IIII.
1 While the enemies scoffe> Nehemiah prayeth
and continueth the worke. TVnderstan-
ding the wrath and secrets of the enemy, hee
setteth a watch. 13 Hee armeth the labou-
rers. 19 and giueth military precepts.
Vt it came to passe , that
b when Sanbaliat heard,
that we builded the wall,
he was wroth, and tooke
great indignation, and
mocked the lewes.
2 And he spake before his brethren,
and the army of Samaria, and said,
What doe these feeble lewes ? wil they
tfortifie themselues? will they sacrifice? toHEebr.leam
them-
wil they make an end in a day ? wil they selues.
reuiue the stones, out of the heapes of
the rubbish, which are burnt?
3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was
by him, and he said, Euen that which
they build, if a foxe goe vp, he shall euen
breake downe their stone wall.
4 Heare, O our God, for we are t de- tffebr.dEe-
spised : and turne their reproch vpon spight.
their owne head, and giue them for a
pray, in the land of captiuitie.
5 And couer not their iniquitie, and
let not their sinne bee blotted out from
before thee: for they haue prouoked thee
to anger before the builders.
6 So built we the wall * and all the
wall was ioyned together vnto the
halfe therof: for the people had a minde
to worke.
7 1T But
The builders Nehemiah.
7 11 But it came to passe that when
Sanballat and Tobiah, and the Ara-
Dians , and the Ammonites , and the
Ashdodites, heard that the walles
t Hebr. as- of Jerusalem twere made vp, and
cended. that the breaches began to bee stopped ,
then they were very wroth,
8 And conspired all of them toge-
ther, to come and to fight against leru-
t Hebr. to salem, and t to hinder it.
make an er. 9 Neuertheles, we made our prayer
rour to if.
vnto our God, and set a watch against
them, day and night, because of them.
10 And ludah said, The strength
of the bearers of burdens is decayed,
and there is much rubbish, so that we are
not able to build the wall.
11 And our aduersaries said , They
shall not know, neither see, till wee
come in the midst among them, and slay
them, and cause the worke to cease.
12 And it came to passe that when
the lewes which dwelt by them, came,
\ Or, that they said vnto vs ten times, || From all
from att pla-
ces ye must places, whence yee shall returne vnto
returnetovs. vs, they will be vpon you.
t ffeb.fr'om 13 11 Therefore set I tin the lower
the lotver
parts of the places behind the wall, and on the high-
vlace, $c. er places, I euen set the people, after
their families, with their swords* their
speares, and their bowes.
14 And I looked, and rose vp, and
said vnto the Nobles, and to the rulers,
and to rest of the people, Bee not ye a-
fraid of them : Remember the Lord
which is great and terrible, and fight
for your brethren, your sonnes and your
daughters, your wiues & your houses.
15 And it came to passe when our ene-
mies heard that it was knowen vnto
vs, and God had brought their counsel!
to nought, that we returned all of vs to
the wall, euery one vnto his worke.
16 And it came to passe from that
time forth, that the halfe of my seruants
wrought in the worke, and the other
halfe of them held both the speares, the
shields and the bowes, and the haber-
geons, and the rulers were behind all the
house of ludah.
17 They which builded on the wall,
and they that bare burdens, with those
that laded, euery one with one of his
hands wrought in the worke, and with
the other hand held a weapon.
18 For the builders, euery one had
t Heb. on his his sword girded tby his side, and so
loynes.
builded: and he that sounded the trum-
pet was by mee.
with weapons.
19 1F And I said vnto the Nobles,
and to the rulers, and to the rest of the
>eople, The worke is great and large;
and wee are separated vpon the wall,
one farre from another :
20 In what place therefore ye heare
the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thi-
ther vnto vs : our God shal fight for vs.
21 So wee laboured in the worke :
and halfe of them held the speares, from
the rising of the morning, til the starres
appeared.
22 Likewise at the same time said I
vnto the people, Let euery one, with
bis seruant, lodge within lerusalem,
that in the night they may be a guard to
vs, and labour on the day.
23 So neither I, nor my brethren,
uor my seruants, nor the men of the
guard which followed me, none of vs
put off our clothes, || sauing that euery one
l Or, euery
>
went
one put them off for washing. with his
weapon for
water*
C H A P . V.
1 The lewes coroplaine of their debt, morgage,
and bondage. 6 Nehemiah rebuketh the v-
surers, and causeth them to make a couenant
of restitution. 14 Hee forbeareth his owne
allowance, and keepeth hospitalitie.
JNd tnere was a great cne
a of the people, and of their
wiues, against then: bre-
thren the lewes.
2 For there were that
said, We, our sonnes, and our daugh-
ters are many: therefore wee take vp
come for them, that we may eat, and Hue.
3 Some also there were that saide,
We haue morgaged our landes, vine-
yards and houses, that we might buy
corne, because of the dearth.
4? There were also that said, Wee
haue borrowed money for the kings tri-
bute, and that vpon our lands and vine-
yards.
5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of
our brethren, our children as their chil-
dren : and loe, wee bring into bondage
our sonnes and our daughters, to bee
seruants, and some of our daughters
are brought vnto bondage already, nei-
ther is it in our power to redeeme them :
for other men haue our lands and vine-
yards.
6 IT And I was very angry, when
I heard their crie, and these words.
7 Then tl consulted with my selfe, t Heb.consul. my
and I rebuked the Nobles, and the ru- heart ted to me.
lers,
Vfurie reformed. Chap.vj.
lers, and said vnto them, You exact v-
surie, euery one of his brother. And 1
set a great assembly against them;
8 And I said vnto them, We, after
•Leuit. 25. our abilitie, haue * redeemed our bre-
48. thren the I ewes, whic.h were sold vn-
to the heathen; and will you euen sel
your brethren ? or shall they be sold vn-
to vs ? Then held they their peace, and
found nothing to answere.
9 Also I said, It is not good that
yee doe ? ought yee not to walke in the
feare of our God, because of the reproch
of the heathen our enemies ?
10 I likewise, and my brethren, and
my seruants, might exact of them mo-
ney and corne: I pray you let vs leaue
off this vsurie.
11 Restore, I pray you, to them, euen
this day, their lands, their vineyards,
their oliue - yards, and their houses, al-
so the hundreth part of the money, and
of the corne, the wine, and the oyle, that
ye exact of them.
12 Then said they, Wee will restore
them,) and will require nothing of them;
so will we doe, as thou sayest. Then I
called the Priests, and tooke an oath of
them, that they should doe according to
this promise.
13 Also I shooke my lap, and said,
So God shake out euery man from his
louse, and from his labour, that perfor-
meth not this promise, euen thus be he
t#*ft. empty shaken out, and t emptied. And all the
or cofrf. Congregation said, Amen, and praised
the LORD. And the people did accor-
ding to this promise.
if f Moreouer, from the time that
[ was appointed to be their gouernor
in the land of ludah, from the twen-
tieth yeere euen vnto the two and thir-
tieth yere of Artaxerxes theking, that is,
twelue yeres, I and my brethren, haue
not eaten the bread of the gouernour;
15 But the former gouernours that
had bene before me, were chargeable vn-
x> the people , and had taken of them
Dread, and wine, beside fourtie shekels
of siluer, yea euen their seruants bare
rule ouer the people: but so did not I,
Because of the feare of God.
1.6 Yea also I continued in the worke
of this wall, neither bought wee any
and : and all my seruants were gathe-
red thither vnto the worke
17 Moreouer, there were at my ta-
:>le, an hundred and fiftie of the I ewes
and rulers, besides those that came vn»
Sanballats letters
to vs from among the heathen that are
about vs.
18 Now that which was prepared
forme daily, rewoneoxe,andsixe choice
sheepe, also foules were prepared for
mee, and once in ten dayes, store of all
sorts of wine : yet for all this required
not I the bread of the gouernour, be-
cause the bondage was heauy vpon this
people.
19 * Thinke vpon mee, my God, for 22. * Chap. 13.
good, according to all that I haue done
for this people.
C H A P . VI.
1 Sanballat practiseth by craft, by rumours, by
hired prophecies, to terrific Nehemiah. 15
The worke is finished to the terrour of the
enemies. 17 Secret intelligence passeth be-
tweene the enemies, and the nobles of ludah.
Ow it came to passe when
m
Sanballat, and Tobiah,
and Geshem the Arabian,
and the rest of our ene-
mies heard, that I had
bunded the wall, and that there was
no breach left therein : (though at that
time I had not set vp the doores vpon
the gates,)
2 That Sanballat, and Geshem
sent vnto me, saying, Come, let vsmeet
together in some one o/the villages in
the plaine of Ono; But they thought
to doe me mischiefe.
3 And I sent messengers vnto them,
saying, I am doing a great worke, so
that I can not come down : why should
the worke cease, whitest I leaue it, and
come downe to you ?
4 Yet they sent vnto me foure times*
after this sort; and I answered them af-
ter the same maner.
5 Then sent Sanballat his seruant
vnto me, in like manner, the fifth time,
with an open letter in his hand:
6 Wherein was written; It is re-
ported among the heathen, and || Gash- t2hem,
1Or, Ge-
ver.
mu sayth it, that thou and the lewes
thinke to rebell: for which cause thou
buildest the wall, that thou mayest be
their King, according to these words.
7 And thou hast also appointed Pro-
phets to preach of thee at lerusalem,
saying, There is a King in ludah. And
now shall it be reported to the king, ac-
cording to these wordes. Come now
therefore, and let vs take counsell to-
gether.
8 Then
Tobiahs letters. Nehemiah. Who returned
8 Then I sent vnto him, saying, CHAP* VII.
There are no such things done as thou
sayest , but thou feignest them out of 1 Nehemiah comtmtteth the charge of lenisa-
thine owne heart. lem to Hanani and Hananiah. 3 A register
9 For they all made vs afraid, say- of the genealogie of them which came at the
first out of Babylon, 9 of the people, 39 of
ing, Their handes shall be weakened the Priests. 43 of the Leuites. 46 of the
from the worke that it bee not done. Nethinims. 57 of Solomons seruants. 63
Now therefore, O God, strengthen my and of the Priests which could not find their
n oviHo
lialJlLo.
pedegree. 66 The whole number of them,
with their substance. 70 Their oblations.
10 Afterward I came vnto the house
of Shemaiah the sonne of Delaiah, the

sonne of Mehetabel , who was shut vp.
and he said. Let vs meet together in the
house of God , within the Temple, and
let vs shut the doores of the Temple ;
for they will come to slay thee, yea in the
night wil they come to slay thee.
11 And I said, Should such a man
as I, flee ? and who is there, that being
as I am, would goe into the Temple
to saue his life? I will not goe in.
12 And loe, I perceiued that God
had not sent him, but that he pronoun-
ced this prophecie against mee : for To-
biah, and Sanballat had hired him.
18 Therefore was hee hired , that I
should be afraid, and doe so, and sinne,
and that they might haue matter for an
euill report, that they might reproch
mee.
14 My God, thinke thou vpon To-
biah, and Sanballat, according to these
their workes, and on the prophetesse
Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets,
that would haue put me in feare.
15 U So the wall was finished, in
the twentie and fifth day of the moneth
Elul, in fiftie and two dayes.
16 And it came to passe that when all
our enemies heard thereof, and all the
heathen , that were about vs, saw these
things , they were much cast downe in
their owne eyes : for they perceiued
that this worke was wrought of our
God.
17 11 Moreouer , in those dayes the
\Hebr. mul- nobles of ludah tsent many letters
tiplied let-
ters passing vnto Tobiah , and the letters of Tobiah
to Tobiah. came vnto them.
18 For there were many in ludah
sworne vnto him : because nee was the
sonne in law of Shechaniah the sonne
of Arah , and his sonne lohanan had
taken the daughter of Meshullam , the
sonne of Berechiah.
19 Also they reported his good deeds
tt Or, mat" before me , and vttered my || wordes to
ten. him : and Tobiah sent letters to put
me in fearc.
n
Ow it came to passe when
^e wa^ was ku
^a^set VP ^e doores; and
"ie Porters » anc* t^ie 6^n"
gers, and the Leuites
were appointed,
2 That I gaue my brother Hana-
ni, and Hananiah the ruler of the pa-
lace , charge ouer lerusalem (for hee
was a faithfull man, and feared God a-
boue many.)
3 And I said vnto them', Let not
the gates of lerusalem be opened , vn-
till the Sunne bee hot ; and while they
stand by, let them shut the doores, and
barre them. And appoint watches of
the inhabitants of lerusalem, euery
one in his wateh, and euery one to bee
ouer against his house.
4 Now the city was t large and great, \Hebr.in spa-
but the people were few therein, and the broad
ces.
houses were not builded,
5 1f And my God put into mine
heart, to gather together the nobles,
and the rulers, & the people, that they
might be reckoned by genealogie. And
I found a register of the genealogie of
them which came vp at tne first , and
found written therein ;
6 * These are the children of the pro- * Ezra. 2.1.
uince, that went vp out of the captiuitie, &c.
of those that had beene caried away
whom Nebuchadnezzar the King of
Babylon had caried away, and came
againe to lerusalem and to ludah,
euery one vnto his citie :
7 Who came with Zerubbabel, le-
shua, Nehemiah, ||Azariah, Raamiah, H Or, Sera-
Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mis- iah.
pereth, Biguai, Nahum, Baanah. The
number, /MM/, of the men of thepeopleof
Israel, was this:
8 The children of Parosh, two thou-
sand, an hundred, seuentie and two.
9 The children of Shephatiah, three
hundred, seuentie and two.
10 The children of Arah , sixe hun-
dred, fiftie and two.
11 The
from Babylon Chap.vij.
11 The children of Pahath-Moab,
of the children of leshua, and loab,
two thousand, and eight hundred, and
eighteene.
12 The children of Elam, a thou-
sand, two hundred, fiftie and foure.
13 The children of Zattu, eight hun-
dred fourtie and fiue.
14 The children of Zaccai, seuen
hundred and threescore.
n Or, Bani. 15 The children of || Binnui, sixe hun-
dred, fourty and eight.
16 The children of Bebai, sixe hun-
dred, twentie and eight.
17 The children of Azgad, two thou-
sand, three hundred, twentie and two.
18 The children of Adonikam , sixe
hundred, threescore and seuen.
19 The children of Biguai, two thou-
sand, threescore and seuen.
20 The children of Adin , sixe hun-
dred, fiftie and fiue.
21 The children of Ater of Hezekiah,
ninetie and eight.
22 The children of Hashum, three
hundred, twentie and eight
23 The children of Bezai, three hun-
dred twentie and foure.
I Or, lord. 24 The children of ||Hariph, an hun-
dred and twelue.
1 Or, Qibbar. 25 The children of ||Gibeon, ninetie
and fiue.
26 The men of Bethlehem, and Ne-
tophah , an hundred, fourescore and
eight.
27 The men of Anathoth, an hun-
dred, twentie and eight.
II Or, Azma- 28 The men of || Bethazmaueth,
ueth.
fourtie and two.
lOr, Kiri- 29 The men of || Kiriath - iearim,
ath-arim. Chephirah and Beeroth, seuen hun-
dred fourtie. and three.
30 The men of Ramah and Geba,
sixe hundred, twentie and one.
31 The.men of Michmash, an hun-
dred and twenty and two.
32 The men- of Bethel and Ai, an
hundred, twentie and three.
33 The men of the other Nebo, fiftie
and two.
*Seever.u. 34 The children of the other '* Elam,
a thousand, two hundred, fiftie h foure.
35 The children of Harim,, three hun-
dred and twentie.
36 The children of lericho, three
hundred, fourtie and fiue.
37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and
Ono, seuen hundred, twentie and one.
38 The children of Senaa, three
to lerufalem.
thousand, nine hundred, and thirty.
39 5 The Priests. The children of
*Iedaia, of the house of leshua, nine • 1. Chro.
24. 7.
hundred, seuen tie .and three.
40 The children of Immer, a thou-
sand, fifty and two.
41 The children of Pashur, a thou-
sand, two hundred, fourtie and seuen.
42 The children of Harim, a thou-
sand, and seuenteene.
43 f The Leuites. The children of
leshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children
of || Hodguah, seuentie and foure. 8 Or, Hoda-
uiah, Ezra
44 f The singers. The children of 2. 4. Or, lu-
Asaph, an hundred, fourtie and eight. rfo/r,
3. 9
Ezra.
45 f The porters. The children of
Shallum, the children of Ater, the chil-
dren of Talmon, the children of Akkub,
the children of Hatita, the children of
Shobai, an hundred, thirtie and eight.
46 f The Nethinims. The children
of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the
children of Tabaoth,
47 The children of Keros, the chil-
dren of Sia, the children of Padon,
48 The children of Lebana, the chilr
dren of Hagaba, the children of Shal-
mai,
49 The children of Hanan, the chil-
dren of Giddel, the children of Gahar,
50 The children of Reaiah, the chil-
dren of Rezin, the children of Nekoda,
51 The children of Gazzam, the chil-
dren of Vzza, the children of Phaseah,
52 The children of Besai, the children
of Meunim, the children of Nephi-
shesim,
53 The children of Bakbuk, the chil-
dren of Hakupha, the children of Har-
hur,
54 The children of Baslith, the chil-
dren of Mehida., the children of Harsha,
55 The children of Barkos, the chil-
dren of Sisera, the children of Tamah,
56 The children of Neziah, the chil-
dren of Hatipha.
57 IF The children of Solomons
seruants : The children of Sotai, the
children of Sophereth, the children of
Perida,
58 The children of laala, the chil-
dren of Darken, the children of Giddel,
59 The children of Shephatiah, the
children of Hattil, the children of Poche-
reth Zebaim, the children of || Amon, I Or, Ami.
60 All the Nethinims, and the chil-
dren of Solomons seruants, were three
hundred ninetie and two.
61 * And these were they which went 43. * Ezra. 2.
vp
*173
Gifts to the worke. Nehemiah.
vp also from Tel-Melan, Tel-Hare-
sha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer : but
Jiey could not shewe their fathers
I0r,j*<fe. bouse, nor their ||seede, whether they
gree.
were of Israel.
62 The children of Delaiah, the chil-
dren of Tobiah, the children of Neko-
da, sixe hundred fourtie and two.
63 IF And of the priests: the children
of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the
children of Barzillai, which tooke one
of the daughters of Barzillai the Gile-
adite to wife, and was called after their
name.
64 These sought their register, a-
mong those that were reckoned by gene-
alogie, but it was not found: therfore
were they, as polluted, put from the
priesthood.
iOr>tkego~ 65 And ||the Tirshatha said vnto
uernour.
them, that they should not eate of the
most holy things, till there stood vp a
priest with Vrim and Thummim.
66 1F The whole congregation to-
gether, was fourtie and two thousand,
three hundred and threescore:
67 Beside their man seruants, and
their maid seruants, of whome there
were seuen thousand, three hundred,
thirtie and seuen: and they had two
hundred fourtie and fiue singing men
and singing women.
68 Their horses, seuen hundred,
thirtie and sixe : their mules, two hun-
dred fourtie and fiue:
69 Their camels, foure hundred thir-
tie and fiue: sixe thousand, seuen hun-
dred and twentie asses.
t Jlcbr* part* 70 f And t some of the chiefe of the
fathers, gaue vnto the worke: The
Tirshatha gaue to the treasure, a thou-
sand drammes of gold, fiftie basons, fiue
hundred and thirtie priests garments.
71 And some of the chiefe of the fa-
thers gaue to the treasure of the worke
twentie thousand drammes of golde,
and two thousand and two hundred
pound of siluer.
72 And that which the rest of the
people gaue, was twentie thousand
drammes of gold, and two thousand
pound of siluer, and threescore and seuen
priests garments.
73 So the priests, and the Leuites,
and the porters, and the singers, and
some of the people, and the Nethinims,
and all Israel, dwelt in their cities: And
when the seuenth moneth came, the
children of Israel were in their cities.
The Law is read.
C H A P . VIII.
1 The religious maner of reading and hearing
the Law. 9 They comfort the people. 13 The
forwardnesse of them to heare ana be instru*
cted. 16 They keepe the feast of Tabernacles.
Nd all the people gathe-
A
red themselues together,
as one man, into the street
that was before the water
gate, * and they spake vnto * Ezra 3. I.
Ezra the scribe, to bring the booke of the and 7. 6.
Law of Moses, which the XORD had
commanded to Israel.
2 And Ezra the priest brought the
Law before the Congregation, both of
men and women, and all tthat could understood\HeHhat
beare with vnderstanding 9 vpon the in hearing.
first day of the seuenth moneth.
3 And hee read therein before the
street that was before the water gate,
tfrom the morning vntill midday, be- \Heb.from
fore the men and the women, and those the light.
that could vnderstand: And the eares
of all the people were attentiue vnto the
booke of the law.
4 And Ezra the scribe, stood vpon
a t pulpit of wood, which they had made t Heb. towr
for the purpose, and beside him stood of wood.
Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah,
and Vrijah, and Hilkiah, and Maase-
iah, on his right hand: and on his left
hand,,Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Mal-
chiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana,
Zechariah, and Meshullam.
5 And Ezra opened the booke in the
t sight of all the people (for hee was a- t Hebr. eyes.
boue al the people) and when he opened
it, all the people stood vp:
6 And Ezra blessed the L O R D the
great God : and al the people answered,
Amen, Amen, with lifting vp their
hands : and they bowed their heads,
and worshipped the LORD, with their
faces to the ground.
7 Also leshua and Bani, and She-
rebiah, I am in, Akkub, Shabbethai,
Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita ,^ Azariah,
lozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, ancl the Le-
uites, caused the people to vnderstand
the law : and the people stood in their
place. :
8 So they read in the booke, in the
Law of God distinctly, and gaue the
sense, and caused them to vnderstand the
reading.
9 If And Nehemiah, which is the
|| Tirshatha, and Ezra the Priest the ft Or, the fro-
Scribe, and the Leuites that taught uernour.
the
They make boothes. Ghap.ix.
the people, said vnto all the people,
This day is holy vnto the LORD
your God, mourne not, nor weepe: for
all the people wept, when they heard
the words of the Law.
10 Then hee sayd vnto them, Goe
your way, eat the fat, & drinke the sweet,
and send portions vnto them, for whom
nothipg is prepared: for this day is ho-
ly vnto our L O R D : neither be ye so-
ry, for the ioy of the L O R D is your
strength.
11 So the Leuites stilled all the peo-
le, saying, Holde your peace, for the
§ ay is holy, neither be ye grieued.
12 And all the people went their
way to eate, and to drinke, and to send
portions, and to make great mirth, be-
cause they had vnderstood the wordes
that were declared vnto them.
13 IF And on the second day were ga-
thered together the chiefe of the fathers
of all the people, the Priestes and the
Leuites, vnto Ezra the Scribe, euen
\ Or, that || to vnderstand the wordes of the
they might
Instruct in Law.
the words of
the Law.
14 And they found written in the
Law whith the L O R D had comman-
\Heb.bvthe ded tby Moses, that the children of Is-
hand of.
• Lcuit. 23. rael should dwell in * boothes, hi the
34. deut.
16.13.
feast of the seuenth moneth:
15 And that they should publish and
proclaime in all their cities, and in le-
rusalem, saying, Goe foorth vnto the
mount, and fetch Oliue branches, and
Pine branches, and Myrtle branches,
and Palme branches, and branches of
thicke trees, to make boothes, as it is
written.
16 So the people went foorth, and
brought them, and made themselues
boothes, euery one vpon the roofe of
his house , and in their courts, and in
the courts of the house of God, and in
the streete of the water-gate, and in the
streete of the gate of Ephraim.
17 And all the congregation of them
that were come againe out of the capti-
uitie, made boothes, and sate vnder the
boothes: for since the dayes of leshua
the sonne of Nun, vnto that day, had
not the children of Israel done so: and
there was very great gladnesse.
18 Also day by day from the first day
vnto the last day, he read in the booke
of the Law of God: and they kept the
feast seuen dayes, and on the eight day
t Heh. a re- was ta solemne assembly according vn-
ttrqint.
to the maner.
A folemne faft.
C H A P . IX.
I A solemne Fast, and repentance of the peg-
pie. 4 The Leuites make a religious confes-
sion of Gods goodnes, and their wickednes.
Ow in the *twentie and * Chap. & 2
N
fourth day of this mo-
neth, the children of Isra-
el were assembled with fa^
sting, & with sackclothes,
ana earth vpon them.
3 And the seede of Israel separated
themselues from all t strangers, and children.
\Heb.strage
stood and confessed their sinnes, and the
iniquities of their fathers.
3 And they stood vp in their place,
and read in the booke of the Law of
the L O R D their God, one fourth part
of the day, and another fourth part they
confessed and worshipped the L O R D
their God.
4 1F Then stoode vp, vpon the
Ijstaires of the Leuites, leshua and fold. II Or, scaf-
Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni,
Sherebiah , Bani, and Chenani, and
cryed with a loude voice vnto the
LORD their God.
5 Then the Leuites, leshua and
Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Shere-
biah, Hodiiah, Shebaniah, and Petha-
hiah , sayde, Stand vp, and blesse the
L O R D your God for euer and euer,
and blessed bee thy glorious Name,
which is exalted aboue all blessing and
praise.
6 Thou, euen thou art L O R D a-
lone, *thou hast made heauen, the hea- * Gen. 1.1.
uen of heauens, with all their hoste, the
earth, and all things that are therein,
the seas, and all that is therin, and thou
preseruest them all, and the hoste of hea-
uen worshippeth thee.
7 Thou art the L O R D the God,
who diddest choose * Abram, and * Gen. 11.
broughtest him forth out of Vr of the 31. and 12.
i. & 17. 5.
Caldees, and gauest him the name of
Abraham:
8 And foundest his heart *faithfull * Gen. 15. 6.
before thee, & madest a *couenant with * Gen. 12.
him, to giue the land of the Canaanites, 17* and 15.
18. & 17. 9.
the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Pe-
rizzites, and the lebusites, and the Gir-
gashites, to giue it,Isay,to his seed,and
hast performed thy words, for thou art
righteous,
9 * And didst see the affliction of our * Rxod. 3.7.
fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry and 14. 10.
by the red Sea,
K
10 And shewedst signes * and won- ?, Exod. 7.8,
10, 12, &
14. chapters
ders
 jfods benefits. Nehemiah. Mans ingratitude.
ers vpon rnaraoh, and on all his ser- tney Jacked nothing; their * clothes wax- Deut. 8. 4
ants, and on all the people of his land: ed not old, and their feet swelled not.
or thou knewest that they dealt proud- 22 Morepuer, thou gauest them
e against them: so didst thou get thee a dngdomes and nations, and diddst di-
ame, as it is this day. uide them into corners: so they possessed
Exod. 14. 11 * And thou didst diuide the sea be- he land of #Sihon, and the land of the * Num. 21.
ore them, so that they went through dng of Heshbon , and the land of Og 21, &c.
22.

he midst of the sea on the drie land, and dng of Bashan.

heir persecutours thou threwest into 23 Their children also multipliedst
he deepes, as a stone into the mightie hou as the starres of heauen, and
* Exod. 15. * waters. >roughtest them into the land, concer-
10.
* Exod. 13. 12 Moreouer thou * leddest them in ning which thou hadst promised to
21. he day by a cloudy pillar, and in the their fathers, that they should goe in to
[light, by a pillar of fire, to giue them wssesse it.
ight in the way wherin they should go. 24 So the children went in, and pos-
* Exod. 20.1 13 Thou * earnest downe also vpon sessed the land, and thou subduedst be-
and 10. 20.
mount Sinai, and spakest with them bre them the inhabitants of the lande,
rom heauen, and gauest them right the Canaanites, and gauest them into
Heb. lawes udgements, and ttrue lawes, good sta- their hands, with their kings, and the
ftrueth.
utes and commandements : >eople of the land, that they might doe
14 And madest knowen vnto them with them, tas they would. t Heb. accor-
hy holy Sabbath, and commandedst 25 And they tooke strong cities, and ding
will.
to tlieir
hem precepts, statutes, and lawes, by a fat land, and possessed houses ful of all
he hand of Moses thy seruant: roods, [| welles digged, vineyards, anc Wrjisternes
* Exod. 16. 15 And * gauest them bread from hea- Oliue yards, and tfruit trees in abun- t Heb. tree
15. & 17. 6. offoode.
num. 20. 9. uen for their hunger, and broughtest dance : So they did eat and were filled,
brth water for them out of the rocke, and became fat ? and delighted them-
br their thirst, and promisedst them selues in thy great goodnesse.
* Deut. 1.8 hat they should *goe in to possess? the 26 Neuerthelesse, they were disobe-
Heb. which and, t which thou hadst sworne to giue dient, and rebelled against thee,and cast
hou hadst
ift vp thim hem. thy law behind their backes, and slewe
and to giue 16 But they and our fathers dealt thy * prophets, which testified against * I.King. 19
hem.
nroudly, aud hardened their necks, am them to turne them to thee, and they 20.
learkned not to thy commandements: wrought great prouocations.
17 And refused to obey, neither were 27 Therefore thou deliueredst them
mindful of the wonders that thou didst into the hande of their enemies, whc
among them: but hardened their necks, vexed them, & in the time of their trou
* Num. 14. and in their rebellion appointed *a cap- [>le, when they cried vnto thee, thot
4.
taine to returne to their bondage: but heardest them from heauen: and accor
t Heb. a go thou art ta God ready to pardon, graci- ding to thy manifold mercies, thou ga
of pardons.
ous and merciful!,'slow to anger, anc uest them sauiours, who saued them ou
of great kindnes, & forsookest them not. of the hand of their enemies.
* Kxo. 32. 18 Yea *when they had made them a 28 But after they had rest, t they dietreturned
Hebr. the$
to
molten calfe, and said, This is thy God, euill againe before thee: therefore leftes doe euill.
that brought thee vp out of Egypt, am thou them in the hand .of their enemies
had wrought great prouocations: so that -they had the dominion oue
19 Yet thou, in thy manifold mercies, them: yet when they returned and cri
forsookest them not in the wildernesse: ed vnto thee, thou heardest them fron
* Exod. 13. the * pillar of the cloude departed not heauen, and many^times didst thou de
22. num. 14
14.1. cor. from them by day, to leade them in the liuer them, according to thy mercies:
10.1. way, neither the pillar of fire by night, 29 And testifiedst against them, tha
to shew them light, and the way wher- thou mightest bring them againe vnt
in they should goe. thy lawe: yet they dealt proudly, an
* Num. 11. 20 Thou gauest also thy *good spi- hearkened not vnto thy commaunde
17.
rit , to instruct them, and withheldes ments, but sinned against thy iudge
•Exoa.i6.
15. & 17, ^6
not thy * Manna from their mouth, anc ments, (which if a man doe, he shal liu
iosh. 5>12. | gauest them water for their thirst in them) tand withdrew the shoulder t Heb. the*
21 Yea fourtie yeercs diddest thou and hardened their necke, and woul gaueawtih drawing
sustaine them in the wildernesse, sp that not heare. shouldef*
30 Ye
Who lealed Qiap.x.
Heb. pro* 30 Yet many yeres diddest thau tfor-
ract ouer
hem. jeare them, and testifiedst * against them
* 2. King. 3y thy Spirit tin thy Prophets : yet
7. 13. 2.
chr. 36'. 15. would they not giue eare : therefore ga-
^ Heb. in the
ha7idofthy uest thou them into the hand of the peo-
Prophets. ple* of the lands.
31 Neuerthelesse, for thy great mer-
cies sake, thou diddest not vtterly con-
sume them, nor forsake them ; for thou
art a gracious and inercifull God.
32 Now therefore, our God, the
* EXO. 34. 0. great, the *mightie, and the terrible
Srod, who keepest couenant and mer-
t Heb. toea- cie: let not all the t trouble seeme little
rinesse.
t Heb. that jefore thee, t that hath come vpon vs,
hath found on our Kings, on our Princes, & on our
JS.
Priests , and on our Prophets, & on our
?
athers, & on al thy people, since the time
of the Kings of Assyria, vnto this day.
33 Howbeit, thou art iust in all that is
wrought vpon vs, for thou hast done
right, but we haue done wickedly:
34 Neither haue our kings, our
Princes, our Priests, nor our fathers
cept thy Law, nor hearkened vnto thy
Commandements, and thy Testimo-
nies , wherewith thou didst testifie a-
gainst them.
35 For they haue not serued thee in
their kingdome, and in thy great good-
nesse that thou gauest them, and in the
large and fat land which thou gauest
before them /neither turned they from
their wicked workes.
36 Behold, we are seruants this day;
and for the land that thou gauest vnto
our fathers, to eat the fruit thereof, and
the good (thereof, behold, wee are ser-
uants in it.
37 And it yeeldeth much increase vn-
to the kings , whom thou hast set ouer
vs, because of our sinnes : also they haue
dominion ouer our bodies, and ouer
our cattell, at their pleasure; and wee
are in great distresse.
38 And because of all this, wee make
a sure couenant, and write it, and our
tH^.arc Princes, Leuites, and Priestes , t scale
at the sett-
ling* or sea- vnto it.
led.
C H A P . X.
1 The names of them that sealed the couenant
29 The points of the covenant
t Heb. at the Ow those t that sealed
NNA
sealings.
y Or, the. go- were, Nehemiah ||theTir-
uernour. shatha the sonne of Ha-
chaliah, and Zidkiiah,
2 Seraiah, Azariah,
Jeremiah,
the Couenant.
3 Pashur, Amariah, Malchiah,
4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
5 Harim, Merimoth, Obadiah,
6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
7 Meshullam, Abiiah, Miiamin,
8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah:
these were the Priests.
9 And the Leuites : both leshua
the sonne of Azaniah, Binnui, of the
sonnes of Henadad, Kadmiel;
10 And their brethren, Shebaniah,
Hodiiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
11 Micah, Rehob, Hashabiah,
12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
13 Hodiiah, Bani, Beninu,
14 The chiefe of the people. Parosh,
Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani,
15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
16 Adoniiah, Biguai, Adin,
17 Ater, Hizkiian, Azzur,
18 Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,
19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
21 Meshezabeel, Zadok, laddua,
22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,
24 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek,
25 Kehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiab,
26 And Ahiiah, Hanan, A nan,
27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
28 IF * And the rest of the people, the * Ezr. a. 4 3
Priests, the Leuites, the Porters, the
singers, the Nethinims, and all they
that had separated themselues from
the people of the lands, vnto the Law
of God, their wiues, their sonnes, and
their daughters, euery one hauing
knowledge, and hauing vnderstan-
ding.
29 They claue to their brethren their
nobles, and entred into a curse, and into
an oath to walke m Gods law, which
was giuen t by Moses the seruant of t Heb. by the
God, and to obserue and doe all the hand qf.
com man dements of the L O R D our
Lord, and his ludgernents, and his
statutes:
30 And that we would not giue * our * EXO. 34. Hi
daughters vnto the people of the land, deut. 7. 3,
nor take their daughters for our
sonnes.
31 * And if the people of the land bring * Exod. 20.
ware or any victuals on the Sabbath 3. 10. leui. 23.
deut. 5.
day, to sell, that we would not buy it oi 12. nehem.
13. 23.
them on the Sabbath, or on the holy-
day, and that wee would leaue the
seuenth y eere, and the * exaction of t eue- * Deut. 15. 9
rie debt. leuit. 25. 4.
t Heb. euery
32 Also we made ordinances for vs, hand.
to
Firft fruits &c. Nehemiah. Who dwelt
to charge our selues yeerely , with the Nd the rulers of the peo-

m
third part of a shekel, for the seruice of ple dwelt at Jerusalem:
the house of our God, the rest of the people also
33 For the shew-bread, and for the cast lots, to bring one of
continuall meate-offering, and for the tenne, to dwell in lerusa-
continuall burnt offering, of the Sab- Jem, the holy citie, and nine parts to
baths , of the new moones, for the set- dwell in other cities.
feastes, and for the holy things, and for 2 And the people blessed all the men,
the sin-offerings, to make an atonement that willingly offered themselues, to
for Israel, and for all the worke of thedwell at Jerusalem.
house of our God. 3 U Now these are the chiefe of the
34 And we cast the lots among the prouince that dwelt in Jerusalem : but
in the cities of ludah dwelt euerie one
priests, the Leuites, and the people, for
the wood offering, to bring it into the in his possession in their cities, to wit,
bouse of our God, after the houses of Israel, the priests, and the Leuites,
our fathers, at times appointed, yeere and the Nethinims, and the children of
by yeere, to burne vpon the altar of theSolomons seruants.
LORD our God, as it is written in 4 And at Jerusalem dwelt certaine
* See num. the *law: of the children ofludah, and of the chil-
28. & 29. dren of Beniamin. Of the children of
chap, and 35 And to bring the first fruits of our
Exod. 23. ground, and the first fruites of all fruit
19. and Le-
ludah : Athaiah the sonne of Vzziah,
uit. 19. 23. of all trees, yeere by yeere, vnto the the sonne of Zechariah, the sonne of A-
house of the LORD. mariah, the sonne of Shephatiah, the
36 Also the first-borne of our sonnes,sonne of Mahalaleel, of the children of
* Exod. 13. and of our cattell (as it is written * in Perez.
2. Leuit. 23. the lawe) and the firstlings of our
17. num. 5 And Maaseiah the sonne of Ba-
15.19. and heards, and of our flockes , to bring to ruch the sonne of Col-Hozeh, the sonne
18. 12. &c.
the house of our God, vnto the priests of Hazaiah the sonne of Adaiah , the
that minister in the house of our God : sonne of loiarib, the sonne of Zechari-
37 And that we should bring the first ah, the sonne of Shiloni.
fruits of our dough, and our offerings, 6 All the sonnes of Perez that
and the fruit of all maner of trees, of dwelt at Jerusalem, were foure hun-
dred threescore and eight valiant
wine and of oile, vnto the priests, to the
chambers of the house of our God, and men.
the tithes of our ground vnto the Le- 7 And these are the sonnes of Ben-
uites, that the same Leuites might iamin : Sallu the sonne of Meshullam,
haue the tithes, in all the cities of ourthe sonne of Joed, the sonne of Peda-
tillage. iah, the sonne of Kolaiah, the sonne of
38 And the priest the sonne of Aaron, Maaseiah, the sonne of Ithiel, the
* Num. is. shall be with the Leuites, * when the sonne of Jesaiah.
26,
Leuites take tithes, and the Leuites 8 And after him Gabai, Sallai, nine
hundred twentie and eight.
shal bring vp the tithe of the tithes vntd
the house of our God, to the chambers 9 And Joel the sonne of Zichri was
into the treasure house. their ouerseer : and ludah the sonne of
39 For the children of Israel, and Senuah, was second ouer the city.
10 Of the Priests : Jedaiah the sonne
the children of Leui, shall bring the offe-
ring of the corne, of the new wine, and of loiarib, Jachin;
the oyle, vnto the chambers, where are 11 Seraiah the sonne of Hilkiah, the
the vessels of the sanctuarie, and the sonne of Meshullam , the sonne of Za-
priests that minister, and the porters, dok, the sonne of Meraioth, the sonne
and the singers, and we will not forsakeof Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of
the house of our God. God.
12 And their brethren that did the
worke of the house, were eight hundred
CHAP.-XL twentie and two : and Adaiah the sonne
1 The rulers, voluntary men, and the tenth
of Jeroham, the sonne of Pelaliah, the
man chosen by Lot, dwell at Jerusalem. 3 sonne of Amzi, the sonne of Zechariah,
A catalogue of their names. 20 The resi- the sonne of Pashur, the sonne of Mal-
due dwell in other cities. chiah,
13 And
in lerufalem, and Chap.xij.
1& Ana nis brethren, cniete ot tne ia-
hers, two hundred fourty and two :
md Amashai the sonne of Azareel, the
onne of Ahasai, the sonne of Meshile-
noth, the sonne of Immer.
14 And their brethren mighty men
rf valour, an hundred twenty and
sight; and their ouerseer was Zabdiel,
II Or, to* | the sonne of one of the great men.
sonne of 15 Also of the Leuites : Shemaiah
Hafgeao-
ohm. ;he sonne of Hashub, the sonne of Azri-
cam, the sonne of Hashabiah, the sonne
of Bunni.
16 And Shabbethai, and lozabad,
Hebr. were of the chiefe of the Leuits, t had the ouer-
ouer. sight of the outward businesse of the
louse of God.
17 And Mattaniah the sonne of Mi-
cha, the sonne of Zabdi, the sonne of A-
saph, was the principall to beginne the
;hankesgiuing in prayer: and Bakbu-
ciah the second among his brethren,
and Abda the sonne of Shammua, the
sonne of Galal, the sonne of leduthun.
18 AH the Leuites in the holy City,
were two hundred, fourescore and foure.
19 Moreouer, the porters, Akkub,
Talmon, and their brethren that kept
t Hebr. at t the gates, were an hundred seuenty and
the gates. two.
20 f And the residue of Israel, of
the Priests and the Leuitesl were in all
the cities of ludah, euery one in his in-
heritance.
* See Chap; 21 *But the Nethinims dwelt in
3.26.
\\0rtthe ||Ophel : and Ziha, and Gispa were o-
tower. uer the Nethinims.
22 The ouerseer also of the Leuites
at lerusalem, was Vzzi the sonne of
Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the sonne
of Mattaniah, the sonne of Micha: Of
the sonnes of Asaph, the singers were
ouer the businesse of the house of God.
23 For it was the kings commande-
II Or, a sure ment concerning them, that ||a certaine
ordinance. portion should be for the singers, due for
euery day.
24> And Pethahiah the sonne of Me-
shezabel, of the children of Zerah the
sonne of ludah, was at the kings hand
in all matters concerning the people.
25 And for the villages, with their
fields, sowtf of the children of ludah
dwelt at Kiriath-arba, and in the vil-
lages thereof; and atDibon, and in the
villages thereof, and at lekabzeel, and
in the villages thereof:
26 And at leshua, and at Moladah,
and at Beth-phelet,
the cities of ludah.
27 And at Hazer-Shual, and at
Beer-sheba, and in the villages thereof:
28 And at Ziglag, and at Meko-
nah, and ha the villages thereof:
29 And at En-Rimmon, and at Za-
reah, and at larmuth,
30 Zanoah, Adullam, and in their
villages, at Lachish, and the fieldes
thereof: at Azekah, and in the villages
thereof. And they dwelt from Beer-
sheba, vnto the valley of Hinnom.
31 The children also of Beniamin,
|from Geba, dwelt ||at Michmash,and I Or, ofGe-
Aiia, and Beth-el, and in their villages: ba.
I Or. to
32 And at Anathoth, Nob, Anamah, Michmash.
33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
35 Lod, and Ono, the valley of
craftes-men.
36 And of the Leuites, were diuisions
in ludah, and in Beniamin.
CHAP. XII.
1 The Priests, 8 and the Leuites which came
vp with Zerubbabel. 10 The succession of
hie Priests. 92 Certaine chiefe Leuites. 27
The solemnitie of the dedication of the walls.
44 The offices of Priests and Leuites appoin-
ted in the Temple.
Ow these are the * Priests •Ezra2.1.
N
' and the Leuits that went
vp with Zerubbabel the
sonne of Shealtiel, and
leshua : Serai ah, le-
remiah, Ezra,
2 Amariah, ||Malluch, Hat tush, I Or, Jfeft.
t ver. 14.
3 HShecaniah, ||Rehum, [|Meri- cu 8 Or, Seba-
moth, niah t uer, 14.
II Or, Harim,
4 Iddo, HGhmetho, Abiiah, ver. 15.
5 ||Miamin, [jMadiah, Bilgah, «Or, Mera-
ioth, ver. 15.
6 Shemaiah, & loiarib, ledaiah, I Or, Oinne-
7 ||Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, ledaiah: thon, 16.
ver.
these were the ch iefe of the Priests, and of II Or, Min.
their brethren in the dayes of leshua. iamin, 17.
ver.
8 Moreouer the Leuites : leshua, lOr.JIfoa-
Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, ludah, diahiver.n.10r, Sallai,
and Mattaniah, which was ouer the ver. 20.
|| thankesgiuing, he and his brethren. the i That is,
Psalmes
9 Also Bakbukiah, and Vnni; their of thankes-
brethren, were ouer against them in the giuing.
watches.
10 H And leshua begate loiakim,
loiakim also begate Eliashib, and E-
liashib begate loiada,
11 And loiada begate lonathan,
and lonathan begate laddua.
12 And in the dayes of loiakim,
were Priests the chiefe of the fathers:
of
The wall is Nehemiah.
ot beraian, ivieraian: ot leremian,
•lananiah :
13 Of Ezra, Meshullam: of Ama-
riah, lehohanan :
14 Of Melicu, lonathan : of She-
>aniah, Joseph :
15 Of Harim, Adna : of Meraioth,
Helkai:
16 Of Iddo, Zechariah : of Ginne-
thon, Meshullam :
17 Of Abijah, Zichri : of Miniamin,
of Moadiah, Piltai :
18 Of Bilgah, Shammua ; of She-
maiah, lehonathan:
19 And of loiarib; Mattenai: of
[edaiah, Vzzi:
20 Of Sallai, Kallai : of Amok,
Eber:
21 Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah : of Ie-
daiah, Nethanael.
22 f The Leuites in the dayes of
Eliashib, loiada, and lohanan, and
laddua, were recorded chiefe of the fa-
thers : also the Priests, to the reigne of
Darius the Persian. i Asarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Ne-
23 The sonnes of Leui, the chiefe of
the fathers, were written in the foooke
*i. Chro. 9. of the * Chronicles, euen tfltill the dayes
of lohanan the sonne of Eliashib.
24 And the chiefe of the Leuites:
Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and leshua
the sonne of Kadmiel, with their bre-
thren ouer against them, to praise and to
iue thankes, according to the comman*
§ ement of Dauid the man of God, ward
ouer against ward.
25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah,
Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Ak-
kub, were porters keeping the ward, at
i Or, trea* the || thresholds of the gates.
suries, or as-
semblies. 26 These were in the dayes of loia-
kim, the sonne of leshua, the sonne of
lozadak, and in the dayes of Nehe-
miah the gouernour, and of Ezra the
Priest, the Scribe.
27 II And at the dedication of the
wall of Jerusalem, they sought the
Leuites out of all their places, to bring
them to Jerusalem, to keepe the dedica-
tion with gladnesse, both with thankes-
giuings and with singing, with cymbals,
psalteries, and with harpes.
28 And the sonnes of the Singers
gathered themselues together, both out
of the plaine countrey round about Je-
rusalem, and from the villages of Ne-
tophathi.
29 Also from the house of Gilgal,
and out of the fields of Geba, and Az-
dedicated.
mauetn: tor the lingers naa builaea
them villages round about Jerusalem.
30 And the Priests and the Leuites
jurified themselues, and purified the
people, and the gates, and the wall.
31 Then I brought vp the princes of
[udah vpon the wall, and appointed
two great companies of them that gaue
ihankes, whereof one went on the right
band vpon the wall toward the doyng-
jate :
32 And after them went Hoshaiah,
and halfe of the Princes of ludah,
33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshul-
lam,
34 I udah, and Beniamin, and She-
maiah, and Jeremiah,
35 And certaine of the Priests sonnes
with trumpets: namely, Zechariah the
sonne of Jonathan, the sonne of She-
maiah, the sonne of Mattaniah , the
sonne of Michaiah , the sonne of Zac-
cur, the sonne of Asaph:
36 And ihis brethren, Shemaiah, and
thanael, and I udah, Hanani, with the
musicall instruments of Dauid the man
of God; and Ezra the Scribe before
them.
37 And at the fountame-gate, which
was ouer against thein , they went vp
by the staires of the citie of Dauid, at the
going vp of the wall, aboue the 'house
of Dauid, e.uen vnto the water-gate,.
Eastward.
38 And the other company of them
that gaue thankes, went ouer against
them, and I after them, and the 'halfe
of the people vpon the wall, from foe-
yond the towre of the fornaces, euen vn-
to the broad wall,
39 And from aboue the gate of E-
phraim, and abque the olde gate, and a-
boue the fish-gate, and the towre of
Hananeel, and the towre of Meah, euen
vnto the sheepegate; and they stood still
in the prison gate.
40 So stood the two companies of
them that gaue thankes in the house of
God, and I, and the halfe of the ru-
lers with me:
41 And the Priests : Eliakim, Maa-
seiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai,
Zachariah, and Hananiah with trum-
pets:
42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah,
and Eleazar, and Vzzi, and lehoha-
nan, and Malchiiah, and Elam, and E- \ Heb. made
their voice
zer. And the Singers t sang loud, with '•o be heard.
Jezra-
The Law read. Chap.xiij. Abufes reformed.
Iezrahish their ouerseer.
43 Also that day they offered great great chamber, where aforetime they
sacrifices,. and raoyced; fo» Gad had
made them reioyce tfith great ioy: the
wiues al$o and the children reioyeed: so
that the ioy of lerusalem was heard
euen afarre off
44 1F And at that time were some
appointed oner the chambers for the
treasures, for the offerings, for the first
fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into
them out of the fields of the cities the
U That i>, dj>. portions of the ||law for the priests and
pointed by
the taw. Leuites: tfor Itidah reioyced for the
t Hebr. for Priests, & for the Leuites t that waited.
the ioy of
ludah. 45 And both the singers and the por-
t Heb. that ters kept the ward qf their God, and
stood.
* 1. Chron. the ward of the purification, * according
24. and 25. to the commandement of Dauid, and of
chap.
Solomon his sohtte.
"• 1. Chron.
25. 1, &C.
46 For in the dayes of Dauid *and
Asaph of old, there were chiefe of the
singers, attd songs of praise and thanks-
jiuing vnto God.
47 And all Israel in the dayes of
Zerubbabel, and in the dayes of Nehe-
miah, gaue the portions of the singers,
and the porters, euery day his portion,
I TJtat is, set and they || sanctified holy things vnto the
apart.
* Num. 18. Leuites, * and the Leuites sanctified
26. them vnto the children of Aaron.
CHAP XIIL
1 Vpon the reading of the Law, separation is
made from the mixed multitude. 4 Nehemi-
ah at bis returae, causeth the chambers to bee
cleansed. 10 He reformeth the offices in the
house of God. 15 The violation of the Sab-
bath. 23 & the manages with strange wiues.
t Heb. there
was read.
N that day tthey read in
OA
* Num. 22. the *booke of Moses in the
5. deut. 23.3 t audience of the people,
t Heb. eares
and therein was found
written, that the Ammo-
nite and the Moabite should not come
into the Congregation of God for euer,
* Num. 22, % * Because they met not the children
5. iosh. 24. 9 of Israel with bread, and with water,
but hired Balaam against them, that
he should curse them: howbeit our God
turned the curse into a blessing.
3 Now it came to passe when they
had heard the law, that they sepa-
rated from Israel all the mixed mul-
titude.
4 U And before this Eliashib the
t ffgb. 'being priest t hauing the ouersight of the cham-
set ouer.
ber of the house of our God, was allied
vnto Tobiah:
5 And hee had prepared for him a
laid! the meat offrings, the frankincense
and the vessels, and the tithes of the
corne, the new wine, and the oile, which
was t commanded to begiuen to the Le- t Hebr. the
uites, and the singers, and the porters, commande-
ment of the
and the offerings of* the priests. Leuites.
6 But in all this time was not I at
lerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth
yeere of'Artaxerxes king of Babylon,
catrie I vnto the king, and t after cer- t Heb. at the
taine dayes, || obtained I leaue of the end of dales.
II Or, I ear-
King: nesily reque-
7 And I came to lerusalem, and sted.
vnderstood of the euil th&t Eliashib did
for Tobiah, in .preparing him a cham-
ber in the courts of the house of God.
8 And it grieued me sore, therefore
I cast foorth all the houshold stuffe of
Tobiah out of the chamber:
9 Then I commanded, and they
cleansed the chambers, and thither
brought I againe the vessels of the
house of God, with the meate offering,
and the frankincense.
10 If And I perceiued that the porti-
ons of the Leuites had not beehe giueii
them: for the Leuites and the singers
that did the worke, were fled euery oile
to his field.
11 Then contended I with the ru-
lers, and said, Why is the house of God
forsaken? And I gathered them toge-
ther, and set them in their t place. t Heb. stan.
12 Then brought all ludah the ding.
tithe of the corne, and the new wine,
and the oyle, vnto the || treasuries. II Or, store-
13 And I made treasurers ouer the houses.
treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and
Zadok the scribe, and of the Leuites,
Pedaiah: and tnext to them was Hanan t Hebr. at
the sonne of Zaccur, the sonne of Mat- their hand.
taniah : for they were counted faithfull,
and t their office was to distribute vnto t Heb. it was
vpon them.
their brethren.
14 * Remember me, O my God, con-* Verse 22.
cerning this, and wipe not out my tgood nesses.
t Heb. kind,
deeds, that I haue done for the house
of my God, and for the || offices thereof.II Or, obser-
15 IT In those dayes sawe I in lu- vations.
dah, some treading wine presses on the
Sabbath, and bringing in sheaues, and
lading asses, as also wine, grapes, and
figs, and all maner of burdens, which
they brought into Jerusalem on the
Sabbath day : and I testified against
them in the day wherein they solde vi-
ctuals.
16 There
Abufe of the Nehemiah.
16 There dwelt men of Tyre also
therein, which brought fish and all ma-
ner of ware, and solde on the Sabbath
vnto the children of ludah, and in le-
rusalem.
17 Then I contended with the No-
bles of ludah, and sayd vnto them,
What euill thing is this that ye doe, and
profane the Sabbath day ?
18 Did not your fathers thus, and
did not our Grod bring all this euill vp-
on vs, and vpon this citie? yet ye bring
more wrath vpon Israel, by profaning
the Sabbath.
19 And it came to passe, that when
the gates of Jerusalem beganne to be
darke before the Sabbath, I comman-
ded that the-gates should be shut, and
charged that they should not be opened
till after the Sabbath : and some of my
seruants set I at the gates, that there
should no burden be brought in on the
Sabbath day.
20 So the merchants, and sellers of
all kinde of ware, lodged without Je-
rusalem once or twice.
21 Then I testified against them, and
t Heb. be- said vnto them, Why lodge yee t about
fore the wall.
the wall ? If ye doe so againe, I will
lay hands on you. From that time forth
came they no more on the Sabbath.
22 And I commanded the Leuites,
that they should cleanse themselues,
and that they should come and keepe
the gates, to sanctifie the Sabbath day:
Remember me, O my God, concerning
this also, and spare me, according to the
II Or, multi- Hgreatnesse of thy mercie.
tude.
23 f In those dayes also sawe I
Sabbath, reformed.
lewes mat jnaa manea wiues 01 Asn- t Heb. had
made to
dod, of Ammon, and of Moab: dwell with
24 And their children spake halfe in them.
the speech of Ashdod, and t could not discerned
t Heb. they
speake in the lewes language, but ac- nottospeake.
cording to the language tof ech people. Heb. of peo-
25 And I contended with them, and ple )le.
anapeo-
| cursed them, and smote certeine of Or, reuiled
them, and pluck t off their haire, and them.
made them sweare by God, saying, Yee
shall not giue your daughters vnto
their sonnes, nor take their daughters
vnto your sonnes, or for your selues.
26 Did not Solomon king of Is-
rael sinne by these things ? yet among
many nations was there no king like
him, who was beloued of his God, and
God made him king ouer all Israel:
*neuerthelesse,euen him did outlandish 1, •1. King. 11
&c.
women cause to sinne.
27 Shall wee then hearken vnto
you, to doe all this great euill, to trans-
gresse against our God, in marrying
strange wiues ?
28 And one of the sonnes of loiada,
the sonne of Eliashib the high Priest,
was sonne in law to Sanballat the Ho-
ronite : therfore I chased him from me.
29 Remember them, O my God,
t because they haue defiled the Priest- dealings.
IHekforthe
hood , and the couenant of the Priest-
hood, and of the Leuites.
30 Thus cleansed I them from all
strangers, and appointed the wards of
the Priests and the Leuites, euery one
in his businesse:
31 And for the wood - offering, at
times appointed, and for the first fruits.
Remember me, O my God, for good.
THE
The Kings, and Chap.j.
THE BOOKE OF
Efther.
C H A P . I.
1 Ahasuerus maketh royall feasts. 10 Vasthi,
sent for, refuseth to come. 13 Ahasuerus,
by the counsell of Memucan, maketh the
decree of mens soueraigntie.
Ow it came to
passe in the dayes
N
of Ahasuerus ,
(this is Ahasue-
rus which reig*
ned from India,
euen vnto Ethio-
pia, ouer an hun-
dred, and seuen
and twentie prouinces.)
2 That in those dayes, when the
King Ahasuerus-sate on the throne of
his kingdome, which was in Shushan
the palace:
3 In the third yeere of his reigne,
he made a feast vnto all his Princes, and
his .seruants, the power of Persia and
Media, the Nobles and Princes of the
prouinces beiriig before him.
4 When he shewed the riches of his
glorious kingdome, and the honour of
bis excellent maiestie, many dayes, euen
ah hundred and fourescore dayes.
5 And wheh these dayes were ex-
pired, the king made a feast vnto all the
t Hebr. people that were tpresent in Shushan
found. the palace, both vnto gteat $nd Small,
seuen dayes, in the court of the garden
of the kings palace,
M Or, violet. 6 Where were white, greene and ||blew
hangings, fastened with cords of fine lin-
nen, and purple, to siluer rings, and pil-
ers of marble : the beds were of gold
II Or, ofpor- and siluer, vpon a pauement of ||red,
phyre* and
marble, and and blewe, and white, and blacke
alabaster^
and stone of marble.
>lew colour. 7 And they gaue them drinke in ves-
t Hebr. wine sels of gold, (the vessels being diuers
of the king-
dome. one from another) and troy all wine in
Queenes feafts.
abundance, according to the tstate oi \Heb.accor
ding to the
the king. hand of the
8 And the drinking was according to king.
the law, none did compell: for the king
had appointed to all the officers of his
house, that they should doe according to
euery mans pleasure.
9 Also Vasthi the Queene made a
feast for the women, in the royall house
which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
10 1f On the seuenth day, when the
heart of the King was merry with
wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biz-
tha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha,
Zethar, and Carcas, the seuen ||cham- I Or, £M-
berlens that serued in the presence of A- nuches.
hasuerus the king,
11 To bring Vasthi the Queene be-
fore the king, with the Crowne royall,
to shew the people, and the Princes her
beau tie: for she was tfaire to looke on. t Hebr. good
12 But the Queene Vasthi refused ofnance. counte-
to come at the Kings commandement
t by his chamberlens : therefore was t Hebr.
the King very wroth, and his anger by uthioh was
the hand
burned in him. of his Eu-
nuches.
18 If Then the king saide tp the. wise
metij which knew the times (for so was
the Kings maner towards all that
knew law, and iudgement :
14 And the next vnto him, was Car-
sheii.a, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshis,
Meres , Marsena, and Memucan, the
seuen * Princes of Persia ? and Media, * Ezra. 7.14.
which saw the Kings face, and which
sate the first in the kingdome.)
15 t What »shall wee doe vnto the Hebr. what
Queene Va'sthi, according to law, be- odoe?
cause she hath not performed the com-
mandejn.ent of the king Ahasuerus, by
the chamberlens ?
16 And Memucan answered before
the king and the Princes; Vasfchi the
Queene hath not done wrong to the
king onely, but also to all thfe Princes,
and to all the people that are in all the
pro-
Vafthi put away. Either.
prouinces of the king Ahasuerus.
17 For this deed of the queene shall
come abroad vnto, all women, so that
they shal despise their husbands in their
eyes, when it shall bee reported; The
king Ahasuerus commanded Vasthi
the queene to be brought in before him,
but she came not.
18 Likewise shall the Ladies of Persia
and Media say this day vnto all the
kings princes, which haue heard of the
deed of the Queene. Thus shall there a-
rise too much contempt and wrath.
t-JSW. if it
be good with
19 t If it please the king, let there go
the king'. a royall commandement tfrom him,
t Heb. from and let it bee written among the lawes
before him.
t Heb. that of the Persians, and the Medes, tthat
it pause not it be not altered, that Vasthi come no
away.
more before king Ahasuerus, and let
t Hebr. vnto the king giue her royall estate tvnto a-
her compani-
on. nother that is better then she.
20 And when the kings decree, whicli
he shal make, shalbe published through-
out all his empire, (for it is great: ) all
the wiues shall giue to their husbands
honour, both to great and small.
t Heb. was
good in the
21 And the saying t pleased the king
eyes of the and the princes, and the king did accor-
king.
ding to the word of Memucan:
22 For he sent letters into all the
kings prouinces, into euery prouince,
according to the writing thereof, and to
euery people after their language, that
euery man should beare rule in his
t Hebr. that owne house, and tthat it should be pub-
one shovld lished according to the language of eue-
publish it
according to rie people.
the language
of his people.
C H A P . II.
1 Out of the choise of virgines, a Queene is to
be chosen. 5 Mordecai the nursing father of
Esther. 8 Esther is preferred by Hegai before
the rest. 12 The maner of purification, & go-
ing in to the king. 15 Esther best pleasing the
king, is made Queene. 21 Mordecai discoue-
ring a treason, is recorded in the Chronicles.
Fter these things, when
A the wrath of king Aha-
suerus was appeased ,
hee remembred Vasthi,
and what shee had done.
and what was decreed against her.
2 Then saide the kings seruants,
that ministred vnto him, Let there bee
faire yong virgins sought for the king:
3 And let the king appoint officers
iri all the prouinces of his kingdome,
that they may gather together all the
The kings decree.
taire yong virgins vntd Shushan the
palace, to the house of the women tvnto Heb. vnto
the custodie of ||Hege the kings cham- I he hand*
Or, Hegai>
berlaine, keeper of the women, and let )er. 8.
their things for purification bee giuen
them .*
4 And let the maiden which plea-
seth the king, bee Queene in stead of
Vasthi. And the thing pleased the king,
and he did so.
5 H Now in Shushan the palace,
there was a certaine lew, whose name
was Mordecai, the sonne of lair, the
sonne of Shimei, the sonne of Kish,
a Beniamite,
6 *Who had bene caried away from 15. * 2. King. 24
ier. 24.1
Jerusalem, with the captiuitie which and 2. chro.
36. 10.
had bene caried away with leconiah
king of ludah, whom Nebuchadnez-
zar the King of Babylon had caried
away.
7 And hee t brought vp Hadassah rished* t Heb. nou-
(that is Esther) his vncles daughter,
for she had neither father nor mother,
and the maid was tfaire and beautiful, offourme,
tHeb. faire
whom. Mordecai (when her father and and good of
mother were dead) tooke for his owne countenance.
daughter.
8 If So it came to passe, when the
kings commandement and his decree
was heard, and when many maidens
were gathered together vnto Shushan
the palace, to the custodie of Hegai, that
Esther was brought also vnto the kings
house, to the custodie of Hegai4 keeper
of the women.
9 And the maiden pleased him, and
she obtained kindnesse of him, and hee
speedily gaue her her things for purifi-
cation , with tsuch things as belonged portions.
t Heb. her
to her, and seuen maidens, which were
meet to be giuen her, out of the Kings
house, and thee preferred her and her IHebrYhee
maids, vnto the best place of the house of changed her.
the women.
10 Esther had not shewed her peo-
ple, nor her kinred: for Mordecai had
charged her, that she should not shew it.
11 And Mordecai walked euery day
before the court of the womens house,
tto know how Esther did, and what know t Heb. to
the
should become of her. peace.
12 II Now when euery maids turne
was come, to goe in to King Ahasne-
rus, after that shee had bene twelue
moneths, according to the maner of the
women (for so were the dayes of their
purifications accomplished, to wit, sixe
moneths with oile of myrrhe, and sixe
moneths
 Efther Queene* Chap.iij. Hamans fuit.
moneths with sweet odours, and wit of the matter, it was found out; therfore
other things for the purifying of th they were both hanged on a tree: and
women.) it was written in the booke of the chro-
13 Then thus came euery maide nicles before the king.
vnto the king, whatsoeuer she desirec
was giuen her, to goe with her out o
the house of the women, vnto the king C H A P . III.
house. 1 Haman advanced by the king, arid despised
14 In the euening she went, and 01 by Mordecai, seeketh reuenge vpon all the
lewes. 7 Hee casteth Lots. 8 Hee obtai-
the morrowe she returned into the se neth by calumniation, a Decree of the king,
cbnd house of the women, to the custo to put the lewes to death.
die of Shaashgaz the kings chamber
len, which kept the concubines : she Fter these things did king

A
came in vnto the king no more, excep Ahasuerus promote Ha-
the king delighted in her, and that she< man, the sonne of Ameda-
were called by name, tha the Agagite, and ad-
15 IT Now when the turne of Est uanced him. and set his
ler, the daughter of Abihail, the vncl< seate aboue all the princes that were
of Mordecai (who had taken her for hi, with him.
daughter) was come, to goe in vnto th< 9, And all the kings seruants, that
ting: she required nothing, but wha were in the kings gate, bowed, and reue-
ftegai the kings chamberlen the keepei renced Haman, for the king had so com-
of the women, appointed: And Esthei manded concerning him : but Mordecai
obtained fauour in the sight of all then: bowed not, nor did him reuerence.
that looked vpon her. 3 Then the kings seruants, which
16 So Esther was taken vnto king vere in the kings gate, sayd vnto Mor-
Ahasuerus, into his house royall, in the lecai, Why transgressest thou the kings
;enth moneth (which is the moneth Te- commandement ?
)eth) in the seuenth yeere of his reigne, 4 Now it came to passe, when they
17 And the king loued Esther aboue pake daily vnto him, and he hearkened
all the women , and she obtained grace not vnto them; that they told Haman,
II Or, kind, and 11fauour tin his sight, more then all o see whether Mordecai his matters
nesse. he virgins ; so that hee set the royal! would stand, for he had told them that
\ Heb. be-
fore him. crowne vpon her head, and made her le was a lewe.
ueene, in stead of Vasthi. 5 And when Haman saw that Mor-
18 Then the king made a great feast ecai bowed not, nor did him reuerence,
vnto all his princes and his seruants, len was Haman full of wrath.
t Heb. rest. euen Esthers feast, and hee made a t re- 6 And hee thought scorne to lay
ease to the prouinces, and gaue gifts, lands on Mordecai alone, for they had
according to the state of the king. lewed him the people of Mordecai :
19 And when the virgins were ga- wherefore Haman sought to destroy all
lered together the second time , then T
Vtordecai sate in the kings gate. hole kingdome of Ahasuerus, euen
20 Esther had not yet shewed her le people of Mordecai.
dndred , nor her people, as Mordecai 7 11 In the first moiieth (that is,
had charged her : For Esther did the ic moneth Nisan) in the twelfth yeere
commandement of Mordecai, like as F king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that
when she was brought vp with him. £, the lot, before Haman, from day to
£1 IT In those dayes, (while Mor- ay, and from moneth to moneth, to
ecai sate in the kings gate) two of the le twelfth moneth, that is the moneth
Of, Big. dngs chamberlens, ||Bigthan and Te- A.dar.
ana. chap. resh , of those which kept t the doore, 8 U And Haman saide vnto King
2.
Heb. the ere wroth, and sought to lay hand on rVhasuerus : There is a certaine people
reshold.
le king Ahasuerus; cattered abroad, and dispersed among
22 And the thing was knowen to le people, in all the prouinces of thy
Mordecai, who told it vnto Esther the T
'ueene, and Esther certified the king om all people, neither keepe they the
lereof, in Mordecais name. T t Heb. meete
or, equall.
28 And when inquisition was made ings profit to suffer them.
9 If
t t knowen to Either.
9 If it please the king, let it be writ- ;he midst of the citie, and cried with a
tJM. to de-en, t that they may be destroyed: and I oud and a bitter crie :
stroy them, will tpay ten thousand talents of siluer £ And came euen before the kings
i Heb. weigh.
0 the handes of those that haue the gate: for none might enter into the kings
charge of the businesse, to bring it into gate clothed with sackcloth.
he kings treasuries. 3 And in euery prouince, whitherso-
10 And the king tooke his ring from euer the kings commaundement, and
lis hand, and gaue it vnto Haman the lis decree came, there was great mour-
sonne of Ammedatha the Agagite, the ning among the lewes, and fasting,
Or, oppres- lewes ||enemie. and weeping, and wailing, and t many \ Heb. sacke-
svur. cloth and
11 And the king saide vnto Haman, ay in sackcloth and ashes. ashes were
The siluer is giuen tothee, the people al- 4 f So Esthers maides and her laidvndermany.
so, to doe with them, as it seemeth good tchamberlaines came, and told it her : t Heb. £w-
to thee. then was the Queene exceedingly grie- nuches.
Or, secre- 1£ Then were the kings || scribes cal- ued, and she sent raiment to clothe Mor-
aritf.
ed on the thirteenth day of the first decai, and to take away the sackcloth
moneth, and there was written, accor- from him : but he receiued it not.
ding to all that Haman had comman- 5 Then called Esther for Hatach,
ded, vnto the kings Lieutenants, and one of the kings chamberlaines, twhom Heb. h
whom
to the gouernours, that were ouer euery tie had appointed to attend vpon her,wbefore had set
her.
3rouince, and to the rulers of euery peo- and gaue nim a commaundement to
>le of euery prouince, according to the Mordecai, to know what it was, and
writing thereof, and to euery people, af- why it was.
ter their language, in the name of king 6 So Hatach went forth to Morde-
Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed cai, vnto the streetof the citie, which was
with the kings ring. before the kings gate:
13 And the letters were sent by posts 7 And Mordecai tolde him of all
into all the kings prouinces, to destroy, that had happened vnto him, and of
;o kill, and to cause to perish all lewes, the summe of the money that Haman
>oth yong and olde, litle children and bad promised to pay to the Kings
women, in one day, even vpon the thir- treasuries for the lewes, to destroy
teenth day of the twelfth moneth them.
[which is the moneth Adar) and to take 8 Also he gaue him the copie of the
the spoile of them for a pray. writing of the decree, that was giuen
14 The copie of the writing for a at Shushan to destroy them, to shewe it
commandement to bee giuen in* euery vnto Esther, and to declare it vnto her,
prouince, was published vnto all peo- and to charge her that she should goe in
ple, that they should bee ready against vnto the king, to make supplication vn-
that day. to him, and to make request before him',
15 The postes went out, being haste- for her people.
ned by the kings commandement, and 9 And Hatach came and told Esther
the decree was giuen in Shushan the the words of Mordecai.
palace: and the king and Haman sate 10 IT Againe Esther spake vnto Ha-
downe to drinke^but the citie Shushan tach, arid gaue him commaundement
was perplexed. vnto Mordecai;
11 All the Kings seruants, and the
people of the kings prouinces do know,
C H A R IIII. that whosoeuer, whether man or wo-
1 The great mourning of Mordecai and the man, shall come vnto the King into the
lewes. 4 Esther vnderstanding it, sendeth tc inner court, who is not called, there u
Mordecai, who sheweth the cause, and adui- one lawe of his to put him to death, ex-
seth her to vndertake the suit. 10 Shee exeu-
singher selfeisthreatnedby Mordecai. 13 She cept such to whom the King shall hole
appointing a fast, vndertaketh the suit. out the golden scepter, that he may Hue:
but I haue not beene called to come in
Hen Mordecai perceiuec vnto the King, these thirtie dayes.

W all that was done, Morde- 12 And they tolde to Mordecai Est-
cai rent his clothes, anc hers words.
put on sackcloth with a 13 Then Mordecai commanded tc
shes, and went out into answere Esther; Thinke not with thj
fielfc
Her faft, and fuit Chap.v.
selfe that thou shalt escape in the kings
house, more then all the I ewes.
14 For if thou altogether holdest
thy peace at this time, then shall there
t Heb. re- t enlargement and deliuerance arise to
spiration. the I ewes from another place, but
thou and thy fathers house shall be de-
stroyed : And who knoweth, whether
thou art come to the kingdome for such
a time as this ?
15 H Then Esther bade them returne
Mordecai this answere:
16 Goe, gather together all the
t Heb. found lewes that are tpresent in Shushan,
and fast yee for me, and neither eate nor
drinke three dayes, night or day : I also
and my maidens will fast likewise, and
so will I goe in vnto the king, which is
not according to the Law, and if I pe-
rish, I perish.
tHeb. passed 17 So Mordecai twent his way,
and did according to all that Esther had
commanded him.
C H A P . V.
1 Esther aduenturing on the kings fauour, ob-
teineth the grace of the golden scepter., and
inuiteth the king and Haraan to a banquet.
6 She being incouraged by the king in her
suit, inuiteth them to another banquet the
next day. 9 Haman proud of his advance-
ment, repineth at the contempt of Mordecai.
14 By the counsell of Zeresh, he buildeth for
him a paire of gallous.
Owit came to passe on the
to the King.
o l hen tne Jvmg sayd, Uause Jla-
man to make haste, that he may doe as
Esther hath said : So the king and Ha-
man came to the banquet that Esther
had prepared.
6 IT And the king said vnto Esther
at the banquet of wine, What is thy pe-
tition, and it shall be granted thee ? and
what is thy request ? euen to the halfe
of the kingdome it shall be performed.
7 Then answered Esther, and said,
My petition, and my request is,
8 If I haue found fauour in the
sight of the king, and if it pleasethe king
to grant my petition, and t to performe i Heb. to dot.
my request, let the king, and Haman,
come to the banquet that I shall pre-
pare for them, ana I wil do to morow,
as the king hath said,
9 U Then went Haman foorth that
day, ioyfull, and with a glad heart: but
when Haman saw Mordecai in the
kings gate, that hee stood not vp, nor
mooued for him , hee was full of indig-
nation against Mordecai.
10 Neuerthelesse Haman refrained
himselfe, and when he came home, hee
sent and t called for his friends, and Ze- Heb. caused
to come.
resh his wife.
11 And Haman told them of the glo-
ry of his riches, and the multitude of
his children, aud all the things wherein
the king had promoted him, and how
he had aduanced him aboue the Prin-
ces, and seruants of the king.
12 Haman said moreouer, Yea Est-

N
third day, that Esther put
on herYoya]\apparell,and
stood in the inner court of
the kings house, ouer a-
gainst the kings house: and the King
sate vpon his royall throne in the roy-
all house, ouer against the gate of the
house.
2 And it was so, when the king saw
Esther the Queene standing in the
court, that shee obtained fauour in his
sight: and the king helde out to Esther
the golden scepter that was in his hand:
So Esther drew neere, and touched the
top of the scepter,
3 Then sayd the King vnto her,
What wilt thou, Queene Esther? and
what is thy request ? it shall bee euen
giuen thee to the halfe of the kingdome.
4 And Esther answered, If it seeme
good vnto the King, let the King and 1 Ahasuerus reading in the Chronicles of the
Haman come this day vnto the ban-
quet that I haue prepared for him,
her the Queene did let no man come in
with the king vnto the banquet that
she had prepared, but my selfe; and to
morrow am I inuited vnto her also
with the king.
13 Yet all this auaileth me nothing,
so long as I see Mordecai the lew sit-
ting at the kings gate.
14 H Then saide Zeresh his wife,
and all his friends vnto him, Let a
t gallous be made of fifty cubits hie, and \Heb.tree.
to morrow speake thou vnto the king,
that Mordecai may be hanged thereon:
then goe thou in merily with the king
vnto the banquet. And the thing plea-
sed Haman, and hee caused the gallous
to be made
C H A P . VI.
good seruice done by Mordecai, taketh care
for his reward. 4 Haman comming to sue
that Mordecai might bee hanged, vnawares
giueth
Mordecai the -Either.
giueth counsell that hee might doe him ho-
nour, 12 qomplayning of his misfortune, his
friends tell him of his finall destinie.
Hebr. the N that night t could not
O
kings sleepe the King sleepe, and hee
fled away.
commaunded to bring the
booke of Records of the
chronicles: and thev were
read betore the king. ^ - ••--••—
2 And it was found written , that
\ Or, Big- Mordecai had told of || Bigthana, and
than, chap.
2. 21. Teresh, two of the kings chamberleus,
t Hebr. thre- the keepers of the t doore, who sought to
shold.
lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. "
3 And the king said. What honour
and dignitie hath bene done to Morde-
cai for this ? Then said the kings ser-
uants that ministred vnto him, There
is nothing done for him.
4 f And the king said. Who is in the
court? (now Haman was come into the
outward court of the kings house, to
speake vnto the king, to hang Morde-
cai on the gallous that hee had prepa-
red for him.) •' '.
5 And the kings seruants said vnto
him, Behold, Haman standeth in the
court And the King saide, Let him
come in.
6 So Haman came in, and the king
said vnto him, What shall be done vnto
t Hebr. in the man t whom the king delighteth to
whose ho-
noitrthe honour? (now Haman thought in his
King deligh* heart, To whom would the king de-
teth.
light to doe honour, more then to my
selfe?)
7 And Haman answered the king,
t Hebr. in, For the roan t whom the king deligh-
whose ho-
nour the teth to honour,
king deligh-
teth. 8 t Let the royall apparell bee
t Hebr, let brought, t which the King vseth to
them bring
tlie royattap- weare, and the horse that the King ri-
parell. deth vpon, and the crowne royal which
t Heb. wher-
with the is set vpon his head :
kingclotheth
himselfe. 9 And let this apparell and horse
bee deliuered to the'hand of one of the
kings most noble Princes, that they
may aray the man withall, whom the
^ Heb* cause king delighteth to honour, and t bring
Mm to ride.
him on horsebacke through the streete
of the city, and proclaim© before him,
Thus shal it be done to the man whom
the king delighteth to honour. ;
10 Then the king saide to Haman,
Make haste, and take the apparell, and
the horse, as thou hast said, and doe euen
so to Mordecai the lew, that sitteth at
tHeb. sufer the Kings gate : t let nothing faile oi
not a whit to
fall. ^ all that thou hast spoken.
Jew, promoted.
11 Then tooke Haman the apparell,
and the horse, & arayed Mordecai, and
jrought him on hors-backe through the
streete of the city , and proclaimed be-
fore him : Thus shall it bee done vnto
the man whom the King delighteth to
lonour. -
12 If And Mordecai came againe to
the kings gate : but Haman hasted to
lis house y mourning, and hauing his
lead couered.
13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife,
and all his friends, euery thing that
lad befallen him. Then saide his wise
men, and Zeresh his wife vnto him, If
Mordecai be of the seed of the lewes,
Defore whom thou hast begun to fall,
thou shalt not preuaile against him, but
shalt surely fall before him.
14 And while they were yet talking
with him , came the kings chamber-
lens , and hasted to bring Haman vnto
the banquet that Esther had prepared.
C H A P . VII.
1 Esther intertwining theKing and Haman, ma-
keth suit for her owne life, and her peoples.
5 She accuseth Haman. 7 The King in his
anger vnderstanding of the gallous, which
Haman had made for Mordecai, causeth him
to he haneed thereon. <*
O the King and Haman
H
came t to banquet with \ Hebr. to
irinke.
Esther the Queene.
52 And the king said a-
gaine vnto Esther, on the
second day at the banquet of wine,
What is thy petition, Queene Esther,
and it shalbe granted thee? and what is
thy request? and it shall bee performed,
euen to the halfe of the kingdome.
& Then Esther the Queene answe-
red, and said; If I haue found fauour
in thy sight, O King, and if it please the
King, let my life be giuen me at my pe-
tition, and my people at my request.
4 For we are sold, I, and my peo-
ple, t to be destroyed, to be slaine, and to t Hebr\ that
perish: but if we had ben« sold for bond- they should
destroy and
men, and bondwomen, I had held my tojperish. kil,andcause
tongue, although the enemy could not
counteruaile the kings dammage.
5 II Then the king Ahasuerus an-
swered, & said vnto Esther the Queene:
Who is he? and where is he, t that durst heart
i Heb. whose
hath
presume in his heart to do so ? filled him.
6 And Esther said, t The aduersary \rnan aduer-
tt Hebr. the
and enemie, is this wicked Haman. \sary.
Then
Hainan hanged. Cfaap.viij.
t Or, at the Then Hainan was afraid |j before tne
presence of. King and the Queene.
7 IT And the king arising from the
banquet of wine in his wrath, went into
the palace garden : and Ham an stood
vp to make request for his life to Esther
the Queene : for he saw that there was
euill determined against him by the
King.
8 Then the king returned out of
the palace garden, into the place of the
banquet of wine, and Ham an was fal-
len vpon the bed whereon Esther was.
Then said the King, Will hee force the
t Heb. with Queene also t before me in the house ?
me.
As the word went out of the Kings
mouth, they couered Hamans face.
9 And Harbonah one of the cham-
berlaines, said before the king; Behold
1 Heb. tree. also the tgallowes, fiftie cubites high,
which Ham an had made for Mordecai,
who had spoken good for the king, stan-
deth in the house of Hainan. Then the
king said, Hang him thereon.
10 So they hanged Haman on the
gallows that he had prepared for Mor-
decai. Then was the Kings wrath pa-
cified.
C H A P VIII.
1 Mordecai is aduanced. 3 Esther maketh suite
to reuerse Hamans letters. 7 Ahasuerus
granteth to the lewes to defend thernselues.
15 Mordecais honour, and the lewes ioy.
N that day did the King A-
O hasuerus giue the house of
Haman, the lewes enemy,
vnto Esther the Queene;
and Mordecai came before
the King; for Esther hade told what
he was vnto her.
2 And the king tooke off his Ring
which he had taken from Haman, and
gaue it vnto Mordecai. And Esther set
Mordecai ouer the house of Haman.
3 IF And Esther spake yet againe be-
fore the king, and fell downe at his feet,
t Heb. and tand besought him with teares, to put
she wept and
besought away the mischiefe of Haman the Aga-
him. gite, and his deuice, that he had deuised
against the lewes.
4 Then the king helde out the gol-
den scepter toward Esther. So Esther
arose, and stood before the king,
5 And said, If it please the king, and
if I haue found fauour in his sight, and
the thing seeme right before the king,
t Heb. the and I bee pleasing in his eyes, let it be
deuice, written to reuerse tthe letters deuised
Efthers requeft.
by Haman the sonne ot Hammedatna
the Agagite, || which hee wrote to de- I Or, who
stroy the lewes, which are in all the wrote.
kings prouinces.
6 For how can I t endure to see the t Heb. be a-
euill that shall come vnto my people ? ble thai I
may see.
or how can I endure to see the destruc-
tion of my kinred ?
7 IF Then the king Ahasuerus said
vnto Esther the Queene, and to Mor-
decai the lewe, Behold, I haue giuen
Esther the house of Haman, and him
they haue hanged vpon the gallowes,
because hee layde his hand vpon the
lewes.
8 Write ye also for the lewes, as it
liketh you, in the Kings name, and seale
it with the Kings ring: for the writing
which is written in the Kings name,
and sealed with the Kings ring, *may 9 See Chap.
1. 19.
no man reuerse.
9 Then were the kings scribes cal-
led at that time, in the third moneth,
(that is, the month Siuan) on the three
and twentieth day thereof, and it was
written (according to all that Mordecai
commanded) vnto the lewes, and to
the Lieutenants, and the deputies and
rulers of the prouinces, which are from
India vnto Ethiopia, an hundred,
twentie and seuen prouinces, vnto eue-
ry prouince according to the writing
thereof, and vnto euery people after
their language, and to the lewes, ac-
cording to their writing, and according
to their language.
10 And he wrote in the king Ahasue-
rus name, and sealed it with the kings
Ring, and sent letters by Postes, on
horsebacke, and riders on mules, ca-
mels, and yong dromedaries:
11 Wherein the King granted the
lewes, which were in euery citie, to
gather themselues together, and to
stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and
to cause to perish all the power of the
people and prouince that would assault
them, both little ones, and women, and
to take the spoile of them for a pray:
12 Vpon one day, in all the prouin-
ces of king Ahasuerus, namely vpon the
thirteenth day of the twelfth moneth,
which is the moneth Adar.
1 3 The copy of the writing, for a com-
mandement to bee giuen in euery pro-
uince, was t published vnto all people, tJM.f*
and that the lewes should be readie a- waled.
gainst that day, to auenge themselues
on their enemies.
USo
|The lewes ioy, Efther.
14 So the posts that rode vpon mules
and camels went out, being hastened,
and pressed on by the kings commande-
ment, and the decree was giuen at
Shush an the palace.
15 If And Mordecai went out from
the presence of the king, in royall appa-
11 Or, viotet. I rell, of ||blew and white, and with a
great crowne of gold, and with a gar-
ment of fine linnen, and purple, and the
citie of Shushan reioyced, and was
glad:
16 The lewes had light and glad-
nesse, and ioy and honour.
17 And in euery prouince, and in e-
uery city, whithersoeuer the kings com-
mandement, and his decree came, the
lewes had ioy and gladnes, a feast and
a good day: And many of the people of
the land became lewes; for the feare of
the lewes fell vpon them.
C H A P . IX.
1 The lewes, (the rulers, for feare of Mordecai
helping them) slay their enemies, with the
ten sonnes of Ham an. 12 Ahasuerus at the
request of Esther, granteth another day of
slaughter, and Hamans sonnes to he hanged.
20 The two daiesof Purim are made festiuall.
Ow in the twelfth month
N
(that is the moneth A-
dar) on the thirteenth day
of the same, when the
Kings commaundementi
and his decree drew neere to bee put in
execution, in the day that the enemies of
the lewes hoped to haue power ouer
them: (though it was turned to the
contrary, that the lewes had rule ouer
them that hated them.) «
% The lewes gathered themselues
together in their cities, throughout all
the prouinces of the king Ahasuerus, to
lay hand on such as sought their hurt,
and no man could withstand them: for
the feare of them fell vpon all people.
3 And all the rulers of the prouin-
ces, and the Lieutenants, and the depu-
t Heb. those ties, and tofficers of the king, helped
which did
the busines the lewes: because the feare of Morde-
that belon-
ged to the cai fell vpon them.
King. 4 For Mordecai was great in the
kings house, and his fame went out,
throughout all the prouinces: for this
man Mordecai waxed greater and
'greater.
5 Thus the lewes smote all their
enemies with the stroke of the sword,
Hamans ten fonnes.
and slaughter, and destruction, and did
twhat they would vnto those that ha- \ Heb. accor-
ted them. ding to their
will
6 And in Shushan the palace the
ewes slew and destroyed fiue hundred
men:
7 And Parshandatha, and Dal-
>hon, and Aspatha,
8 And Poratha, and Adalia, and
Aridatha,
9 And Parmashta, and Arisai, and
Aridai, and Vaiezatha,
10 The ten sonnes of Haman the
sonne of Hammedatha, the enemie of
be lewes, slew they, but on the spoile
aid they not their hand.
11 On that day, the number of those
;hat were slaine in Shushan the pa-
ace, twas brought before the king. t Heb, came.
12 IT And the king said vnto Esther
the Queene; The lewes haue slaine
and destroied fine hundred men in Shu-
shan the palace, & the ten sonnes of Ha-
man ; what haue they done in the rest
of the kings prouinces ? now what is
thy petition? anditshalbegrantedthee:
or what is thy request further ? and it
shall be done.
13 Then said Esther, If it please the
dng, Let it bee granted to the lewes
which are in Shushan, to doe to morow
also, according vnto this dayes decree,
and tlet Hamans ten sonnes be hanged tmen Hebr. let
hang.
vpon the gallous.
14 And the king commanded it so to
>e done; and the decree was giuen at
Shushan*, and they hanged Hamans
ten sonnes.
15 For the lewes that were in Shu-
shan, gathered themselues together or
the fourteenth day also of the monetl
Adar, and slewe three hundred men al
Shushan: but on the pray they laid nol
their hand.
16 But the other lewes that were ir
the kings prouinces, gathered them
selues together, & stood for their Hues
and had rest from their enemies, anc
slew of their foes seuenty and fiue thou
sand, but they laid not their handes or
the pray.
17 On the thirteenth day of th<
moneth Adar, and on the fourteentl
day t of the same, rested they, and mad( 1 Heb. in it
it a day of feasting and gladnes.
18 But the lewes that were.at Shu
shan, assembled together on the thir
teenth day therof, and on the fourteentl
thereof; and on the fifteenth day of th<
same
 A new Feaft Chap.x.
same, they rested, and made it a day o1
feasting and gladnesse.
19 Therefore the lewes of the vil
lages, that dwelt in the vnwallec
townes, made the foureteenth day oi
the moneth Adar, a day of gladnesse and
feasting, and a good day, and of sending
portions one to another.
20 1F And Mordecai wrote these
things, and sent letters vnto all the
lewes, that were in all theprouinces of
the king Ahasuerus, both nigh & farre,
21 To stablish this among them, that
they should keepe the fourteenth day of
the moneth Adar, and the fifteenth day
of the same, yeerely:
22 As the dayes wherein the lewes
rested from their enemies, & the moneth
which was turned vnto them, from sor-
row to ioy, and from mourning into a
good day : that they should make them
daies of feasting and ioy, and of sending
portions one to another, and gifts to
;he poore.
23 And the lewes vndertooke to
doe, as they had begun, and as Morde-
cai had written vnto them :
24* Because Haman the sonne of
ftammedatha the Agagite, the enemie
of all the lewes, had deuised against
the lewes to destroy them, and had
Heb, crush. cast Pur (that is, the lot) to tconsume
them, and to destroy them.
t Heb. when 25 But twhen Esther came before the
she came.
dng, he commanded by letters, that his
wicked deuice which he deuised against
the lewes, should returne vpon his
owne head, and that he and his sonnes,
should be hanged on the gallous.
26 Wherefore they called these dayes
3
II That is,
Lot,
urim, after the name of || Pur: there-
fore for all the words of this letter, and
of that which they had scene concerning
this matter, and which had come vnto
them,
27 The lewes ordeined, and tooke
vpon them, and vpon their seed, and
vpon all such as ioyned themselues vn-
Hebr.passe. o them, so as it should not tfaile, that
hey would keepe these two dayes, ac-
is ordeined
cording to* tneir^jmting, anaaccordinj
to their appointed tithe, euery yeere:
28 And that these dayes should be re
membred, and kept throughout euerj
generation, euery family, euery pro
uince, and euery citie, and that these
dayes of Purim should not tfaile from tHeb. passe
among the lewes, nor the memorial
of them t perish from their seed. t Hebr. be
29 Then Esther the Queene, the ended.
daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the
lew, wrote with tall authoritie, to con strength.
\Hebr.all
firme this secoflfl letter of Purim.
30 And.hee sent the letters vnto al
the lewes, to the hundred> twentie
and seuen prouinces of the kingdome o]
Ahasuerus, with wordes of peace anc
trueth:
31 To confirme these dayes of Pu-
rim, in their times appointed, according
as Mordecai the lew, and Esther the
Queene had enioyned them, and as
they had decreed tfor themselues anc \Hebr.for
their soules*
for their seed, the matters of the fastings
and their cry.
32 And the decree of Esther confir-
med these matters of Purim, and it
was written in tlie booke.
C H A P . X.
1 Ahasuerus his greatnesse. 3 Mordecais
aduan cement.
Nd the king Ahasuerus
A
layde a tribute vpon the
land, and vpon the Isles
of the sea.
2 And all the actes of
his powr, and of his might, and the de-
claration of the greatnesse of Mordecai,
whereunto the king t aduanced him, Heb. made
are they not written in the booke of the im great.
Chronicles of the kings of Media and
Persia ?
3 For Mordecai the lew was next
vnto King Ahasuerus, and great a-
mong the lewes, and accepted of the
multitude of his brethren, seeking the
wealth of his people, and speaking
peace to all his seed.
THE
obs vprightnefle lob.
THE BOOKE OF
Iob.
C H A P . I.
The holinesse, riches, and religious care of
lob for his children. 6 Satan appearing be-
fore God, by calumniation obtameth leaue
to tempt lob. 13 Vnderstanding of the
losse of his goods and children, in his mour-
ning hee blesseth GOD.
Here was a man
in the land of Vz,
T
whose name was
lob, and that
* Chap. 2. 3. man was * per-
fect and vpright,
and one that fea-
red God, and es-
chewed euill.
% And there were borne vnto him
seuen sonnes, and three daughters.
Or, cattett. 3 His || substance also was seuen
thousand sheepe;and three thousand ca-
mels, and flue hundred yoke of oxen,
and fiue hundred shee asses, and a very
Or, husbar^ nrreat ||houshold; so that this man was
trie.
\Heb.sonne ;he greatest of all the tmen of the East.
if the East. 4 And his sonnes went and feasted
in their houses, euery one his day, anc
sent and called for their three sisters, to
eate and to drinke with them.
5 And it was so, when the dayes oi
their feasting were gone about, that
lob sent and sanctified them, and rose
vp early in the morning, and offeree
burnt offerings according to the num-
ber of them all: For lob said. It may
* I.King. be that my sonnes haue sinned, and*cur-
21. 10, 13.
sed God in their hearts : Thus did lob
f Heb. all t continually.
the dayes. 6 IF Now there was a day, when
the sons of God came to present them-
t Heb. the selues before the L O R D , and t Satan
aduersarie came also t among them.
t Heb. in th
midst of 7 And the L O R D said vnto Sa-
them. tan , Whence commest thou ? Then
Satan answered the L O R D , anc
Satans malice.
ayde, From going to and fro in the
' earth, and from walking vp and *l.Pets.8.
iowne in it.
8 And the L O R D sayd vnto Sa-
an, tHast thou considered my seruant Heb. hast
ob, that there is none like him in the thou set thy
heart on$
*arth ? a perfect and an vpright man,
me that feareth .God, and escheweth
uill ?
9 Then Satan answered jf- LORD,
ind sayd, Doeth lob feare God for
nought ?
10 Hast not thou made an hedge a-
>out him, and about his house, and a-
>out all that he hath on euery side? thoi
last blessed the worke of his hands, anc
lis ||substance is increased in the land. I Or, cattell.
11 But put foorth thine hand now,
and touch all that he hath, tand he wil curse
iHebr.ifhe
thee
curse thee to thy face. nottothy
12 And the L O R D said vnto Sa- face.
tan , Behold, all that hee hath is in thy
t power, onely vpon himselfe put not t Heb. hand
"oorth thine hand. So Satan went
?
orth from the presence of the LORD.
13 f And there was a day, when his
sonnes and his daughters were eatipj
and drinking wine in their eldest bro-
thers house:
14 And there came a messenger vn-
to lob, and said, The oxen were plow-
ing, and the asses feeding beside them,
15 And the Sabeans fell vpon them,-
and tooke them away: yea they haue
slaine the seruants with the edge of the
sword, and I onely am escaped alone,
to tell thee.
16 While he was yet speaking, there
came also another, and said, ||The fire «Or, a great
of God is fallen from heauen, and hat fire.
burnt vp the sheepe, and the seruants,
and consumed them, and I onely am
escaped alone, to tell thee.
17 While he was yet speaking, there
came also another, and said, The Cal
deans
[obs patience. His Chap.ij.iij.
\Hebr. deans made out three bands, and t fell
rushed. vpon the camels, and haue caried them
away, yea, and slaine the seruants with
the edge of the sword, and I onely am
escaped alone, to tell thee.
18 While he was yet speaking, there
came also another, & said, Thy sonnes,
and thy daughters, were eating and
drinking wine in their eldest brothers
louse.
19 And beholde, there came a great
Hcbtfrovn winde t from the wildernes, and smote
aside, <Jc.
the foure corners of the house, and it fell
vpon the yong men, and they are dead,
and I onely am escaped alone to tell
thee.
20 Then lob arose, and rent his
B Or, robe. | mantle, and shaued his head, and fell
downe vpon the ground and wor-
shipped,
*Eccles.5. 21 And said, * Naked came I out of
14. l. tim.
6.7. my mothers wornbe, and naked shall
I returne thither : the LORD gaue,
and the L O R D hath taken away, bles-
sed be the Name of the LORD.
22 In all this lob sinned not, nor
n Or, attri- | charged God foolishly.
buted folly
to God.
C H A P . II.
1 Satan appearing againe before God, obtai-
neth further leaue to tempt lob. 7 He srai-
teth him with sore boiles. 9 lob reproueth
his wife, mooning him to curse God. 11 His
three friends condole with him in silence.
Gaine there was a day
A
when the sonnes of Goo
came to present them-
selues before the LORD,
and Satan came also a-
mong them to present Jumseite before
the LORD.
2 And the L O R D said vnto Sa-
tan, From whence commest thou ? And
*CfcRp. 1. * Satan answered the L O R D , and
7. said, From going to & fro in the earth,
and from walking vp and downe in it.
* Chap. 1. 3 *And the LORD said vnto Sa-
ver. l. & 8.
tan, Hast thou considered my seruant
lob, that there is none like him in the
earth; a perfect and an vpright man,
one that feareth God, and escheweth
euill ? and still bee holdeth fast his inte-
gritie, although thou znoouedst mee a-
\Hebr.to gainst him, tto destroy him without
swallow him
tjp. cause.
4 And Satan answered the LORD,
and said, Skinne for skinne, yea all that
a man hath, wil he giue for his life.
wife tempteth him.
5 But put loorth thine hand now,
and touch his bone and his flesh, and he
will curse thee to thy face.
6 And the L O R D said vnto Sa-
tan, Behold, hee is in thine hand, jjbut i Or, onefo;
saue his life.
7 f So went Satan foorth from
;he presence of the LORD, and smote
[ob with sore biles, from the sole of His
foote vnto his crowne.
8 And hee tooke him a potsheard to
scrape himselfe withall; and hee sate
downe among the ashes.
9 f Then saide his wife vnto him,
Doest thou still reteine thine integritie?
Curse God, and die.
10 But he said vnto her, Thou spea-
kest as one of the foolish women spea*
keth ; what ? shall wee receiue good at
the hand of God, and shall wee not re-
ceiue euillP In all this did not lob
sinne with his lippes.
11 f Now when lobs three friends
heard of all this euill, that was come
vpon him, they came euery one from
his owne place : Eliphaz the Tema-
nite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zo-
phar the Naamathite; for they had
made an appointment together to
come to mourne with him, and to com-
fort him.
12 And when they lift vp their eyes
afarre off, and knew him not, they lif-
ted vp their voice? and wept; and they
rent euery one his mantle, and sprinck-
led dust vpon their heades toward
heauen.
13 So they sate downe with him vp-
on the ground seuen dayes, and seuen
nights, and none spake a word vnto
him; for they saw that his griefe was
very great.
C H A P . III.
1 lob curseth the day, and seruices of his birth.
13 The ease of death. 20 He complaineth
of life, because of his anguish.
Fter this, opened lob his
A
mouth, and cursed his
day.
2 And lob t spake, MJebr. an-
and said. swered.
3 *Let the day perish, wherein I *Chap, 10.
was borne, and the night in which it was 18, 10. iere.
20. 14.
said, There is a man-childe conceiued.
4 Let that day bee darkenesse, let
not God regard it from aboue, neither
let the light shine vpon it.
_______ 5 Let
[obs patience. His Chap.ij.iij.
\Hebr. deans made out three bands, and t fell
rushed. vpon the camels, and haue caried them
away, yea, and slaine the seruants with
the edge of the sword, and I onely am
escaped alone, to tell thee.
18 While he was yet speaking, there
came also another, & said, Thy sonnes,
and thy daughters, were eating and
drinking wine in their eldest brothers
louse.
19 And beholde, there came a great
Hcbtfrovn winde t from the wildernes, and smote
aside, <Jc.
the foure corners of the house, and it fell
vpon the yong men, and they are dead,
and I onely am escaped alone to tell
thee.
20 Then lob arose, and rent his
B Or, robe. | mantle, and shaued his head, and fell
downe vpon the ground and wor-
shipped,
*Eccles.5. 21 And said, * Naked came I out of
14. l. tim.
6.7. my mothers wornbe, and naked shall
I returne thither : the LORD gaue,
and the L O R D hath taken away, bles-
sed be the Name of the LORD.
22 In all this lob sinned not, nor
n Or, attri- | charged God foolishly.
buted folly
to God.
C H A P . II.
1 Satan appearing againe before God, obtai-
neth further leaue to tempt lob. 7 He srai-
teth him with sore boiles. 9 lob reproueth
his wife, mooning him to curse God. 11 His
three friends condole with him in silence.
Gaine there was a day
A
when the sonnes of Goo
came to present them-
selues before the LORD,
and Satan came also a-
mong them to present himselfe before
the LORD.
2 And the L O R D said vnto Sa-
tan, From whence commest thou ? And
*CfcRp. 1. * Satan answered the L O R D , and
7. said, From going to & fro in the earth,
and from walking vp and downe in it.
* Chap. 1. 3 *And the LORD said vnto Sa-
ver. l. & 8.
tan, Hast thou considered my seruant
lob, that there is none like him in the
earth; a perfect and an vpright man,
one that feareth God, and escheweth
euill ? and still bee holdeth fast his inte-
gritie, although thou znoouedst mee a-
\Hebr.to gainst him, tto destroy him without
swallow him
tjp. cause.
4 And Satan answered the LORD,
and said, Skinne for skinne, yea all that
a man hath, wil he giue for his life.
wife tempteth him.
5 But put foorth thine hand now,
and touch his bone and his flesh, and he
will curse thee to thy face.
6 And the L O R D said vnto Sa-
tan, Behold, hee is in thine hand, jjbut i Or, ontty.
saue his life.
7 f So went Satan foorth from
;he presence of the LORD, and smote
[ob with sore biles, from the sole of His
foote vnto his crowne.
8 And hee tooke him a potsheard to
scrape himselfe withall; and hee sate
downe among the ashes.
9 f Then saide his wife vnto him,
Doest thou still reteine thine integritie?
Curse God, and die.
10 But he said vnto her, Thou spea-
kest as one of the foolish women spea*
keth ; what ? shall wee receiue good at
the hand of God, and shall wee not re-
ceiue euill P In all this did not lob
sinne with his lippes.
11 f Now when lobs three friends
heard of all this euill, that was come
vpon him, they came euery one from
his owne place : Eliphaz the Tema-
nite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zo-
phar the Naamathite; for they had
made an appointment together tc
come to mourne with him, and to com-
fort him.
12 And when they lift vp their eyes
afarre off, and knew him not, they li£
ted vp their voice? and wept; and they
rent euery one his mantle, and sprinck-
led dust vpon their heades toward
heauen.
13 So they sate downe with him vp-
on the ground seuen dayes, and seueti
nights, and none spake a word vnto
him; for they saw that his griefe was
very great.
C H A P . III.
1 lob curseth the day, and seruices of his birth.
13 The ease of death. 20 He complained)
of life, because of his anguish.
Fter this, opened lob his
A
mouth, and cursed his
day.
2 And lob t spake, MJebr. an-
and said. swered.
3 *Let the day perish, wherein I *Chap, 10.
was borne, and the night in which it was 18, 10. iere.
20. 14.
said, There is a man-childe conceiued.
4 Let that day bee darkenesse, let
not God regard it from aboues neither
let the light shine vpon it.
5 Let
Lobs impatiencie lob.
5 Let darkenes and the shadowe of
I Or, chal. death || staine it, let a cloud dwell vpon
tengeit.
\ Or, let it, || let the blacknes of the day terrific it,
them terrific 6 As for that night, let darkenesse
it* as those
who haue seaze vpon it, ||let it not be ioyned vnto
a bitter day. the dayes of the yeere, let it not come in-
II Or, let H
not reioyoe to the number of the moneths.
am&ngthe
dayes. 7 Loe, let that night be solitarie, let
no ioyfull voice come therein.
8 Let them curse it that curse the
It Or, Levia- day, who are ready to raise vp || their
than.
mourning.
9 Let the starres of the twilight
ihereof be darke, let it looke for light,
Web.fhe !)ut&flM£none, neither let it see t the daw-
eye lids of ning of the day:
the morning.
10 Because it shut not vp the doores
of my mothers wombe, nor hid sorrowe
*rom mine eyes.
11 Why died I not from the wombe ?
why did I not giue vp the ghost when I
came out of the bellie ?
IS Why did the knees preuent mee?
or why the breasts, that I should sucke?
13 For now should I haue lien still
and beene quiet, I should haue slept;
then had I bene at rest,
14 With Kings and counfiellers of
the earth, which built desolate places
for themselues,
15 Or with Princes that had gplde,
who filled their houses with siluer:
16 Or as an hidden vntimely birth,
I had not bene; as infants which neuer
saw light.
17 There the wicked ces.se from trou-
Heb. wea- bling : and there the t wearie be at rest.
ried in
strength 18 There the prisoners rest together,
they heare not the voice of the oppres-
sour.
19 The small and great are there, and
the seruant is free from his master.
50 Wherefore is light giuen to him
that is in misery, and life vnto the bitter
in soule ?
t Heb. wait. 51 Which tlong for death, but it com-
meth not, and dig for it more then for hid
treasures:
%& Which reioice exceedingly, and are
glad when they can finde the graue?
S3 Why is light giuen to a man, whose
*Chap. 19.8 way is hid, * and whom God hath hed-
ged in ?
t Heb. before £4 For my sighing comtneth tbefore
my meat.
I eate, and my roarings are powred
out like the waters.
\Heb. Ifea. 25 For tthe thing which I greatly
red.a fear d
and it came feared is come vpon me, and that which
vpon me. I was afraid of, is come vnto me.
is reprehended,
36 I was not in safetie, neither had
I rest, neither was I quiet: yet trou-
ble came.
C H A P . IIII.
1 Elipliaz rcprooueth lob for want of religion.
7 He teacheth Gods iudgetnents to bee not
for the righteous, but for the wicked* 12 His
fearefull vision, to humble the excellencie of
Creatures before God.
Hen Eliphaz the Tema-
T
nite answered, and said,
£ //'we assay tto com- tjwewsa
mune with thee, wilt word.
thou be grieued? But
twho can withhold mmselfe from spea- ^Heb. who
•
can refraint
king ? fromworasf
3 Beholde, Thou hast instructed
many, and thou hast strengthened the
weake hands.
4 Thy words haue vpholden him
that was falling, and thou hast streng-
thened t the feeble knees. iffebr. the
bowing
5 But now It is come vpon thee, and knees.
thou faintest, it toucheth thee, and thou
art troubled.
6 Is not this thy feare, thy confidence;
the vprightnesse of thy wayes and thy
hope ?
7 Remember, I pray thee, who
ener perished, being innocent ? or where
were the righteous cut off?
8 * Euen as I haue scene, they that *Prou.2S>. 8
plow iniquity, and sow wickeansse, ose 10.13.
reape the same.
9 By the blast of God they perish,
and by the breath of his * nostrils are * That is, by
they consumed. his anger, as
E$a. 30. 33,
10 The roaring of the Lyon, and
the voice of the fierce Lyon, and the
teeth of the yong Lyons are broken.
11 The old Lyon perisheth for lacfee
of pray, and the stout Lyons whelpes
are scattered abroad.
12 Nowe a thing was t secretly iffeb.ty
brought to me, and mine eare reeeiued stealth.
a litle thereof.
13 In thoughts from the visions of
the night, when deepe sleepe falleth on
men:
14 Feare t came vpon me, and trem- iHeb.met
mee.
bling, which made tall my bones to Ml&.fhe
shake. multitude of
my bones.
15 Then a spirit passed before my
face : the haire of my flesh stood vp.
16 It stood still, but I could not dis-
cerne the forme thereof: an image was
before mine eyes> || there was silence, and lOr^llieaffd
ctstiUvoyce.
I heard a voyce, $ayingy
17 SMI
[ob complaineth. lob.
the sand of the sea, therefore my words
8 That is, are || swallowed vp.
'leant words 4 *For the arrowes of the Almigh-
to expresse
my griefs. tie are within me, the poyson whereof
*Psal. 3&2. drinketh vp my spirit : the terrors of
jrod doe set themselues in aray against
mee.
iHebr.at 5 Doeth the wilde asse bray t when
grasse.
le hath grasse ? or loweth the oxe ouer
lis fodder ?
6 Can that which is vnsauery, bee
eaten without salt ? or is there any taste
in the white of an egge ?
7 The things that my soule refused
to touch, are as my sorrowful! meat.
8 O that I might haue my request!
t Hebr. my and that God would graunt mee t the
expectation.
thing that I long for!
9 Euen that it would please God to
destroy mee, that he would let loose his
hand, and cut me off.
10 Then should I yet haue comfort,
yea I would harden my selfe in sor-
row ; let him not spare, for I haue not
concealed the words of the holy One.
11 What is my strength, that I should
hope ? and what is mine ende, that I
should prolong my life ?
12 Is my strength the strength of
\He.brasen stones ? or is my flesh t of brasse ?
13 Is not my helpe in me? and is wise-
dome driuen quite from me ?
tffebr.to
him that
14« tTo him that is afflicted r pitie
metteth. should be shez&edfrom his friend; But he
forsaketh the feare of the Almighty.
15 My brethren haue delt deceitfully
as a brooke, 4* as the streame of brookes
they passe away,
la Which are blackish by reason of
the yce+and wherein the snow is hid:
17 What time they waxe warme,
\Hebr.they tthey vanish: twhen it is hot, they are
are cut off.
\Hebr.m t consumed out of their place.
the heat
thereof. 18 The pathes of their way are tur-
\Hebr. ex^ ned aside; they goe to nothing, and
tinguished. perish.
19 The troupes of Tema looked, the
companies of Sheba waited for them.
20 They were confounded because
they had hoped; they came thither, and
were ashamed.
I Or, for 21 || For now ye are tnothing; ye see
now ye are
like to them my casting downe, and are afraid.
Hebr. to it.
t Heir. Not
22 Did I say, Bring vnto mee? or
giue a reward for me of your substance?
23 Or deliuer me from the enemies
hand, or redeeme me from the hand oi
the mighty ?
24 Teach mer and I will hold my
Mans miferie.
tongue : and cause mee to vnderstand
wherein I haue erred.
25 How forcible are right wordes ?
rat what doeth your arguing reproue ?
26 Do ye imagine to reproue words,
and the speeches of one that is despe-
rate, which are as winde ?
27 Yea, t ye ouerwhelme the father- t Heltr. ye
esse, and you digge a pit for your friend. cause
vpon.
to fall
28 Now therefore be content, looke
vpon mee, for it is t euident vnto you, if \Hehlxfwe
I lie. yourface.
29 Retume, I pray you, let it not be
iniquitie; yea returne againe : my righ-
teousnesse \\is in it. I That is,
in this mat"
30 Is there iniquitie in my tongue ? ter.
cannot tmy taste discerne peruerse t Hebr 'my
palate.
things ?
CHAP. VII.
1 lob excuseth his desire of death. isHecom-
plaineth of his owne restiesnesse, 17 and
Gods watchfulnesse.
S there not ||an appointed I Or, a war*
I
time to man vpon earth ? fare.
are not his dayes also like
the dayes of an hireling ?
2 As a seruant tear- IHebr.ga-
nestly desireth the shadow, and as an peth after.
hireling looketh for the reward of his
worke:
3 So am I made to possesse mo-
neths of vanitie, and wearisome nights
are appointed to me.
4 When I lie downe, I say, When
shall I arise, and the tnight be gone? eucning
t Hebr. the
be
and I am full of tossings to and fro, vn- measured.
to the dawning of the day.
5 My flesh is cloathed with wormes
and clods of dust, my skinne is broken,
and become loathsome.
6 *My dayes are swifter then a " lob 16. 22.
psal. 90. 6.
weauers shuttle, and are spent with- and 102.11.
out hope. and 103.15.
and 144. 4.
7 O remember that my life is isa. 40. 6.
winde : mine eye t shall no more || seeiam. 4.14.
t Hebr. shall
good. not returne.
8 The eye of him that hath scene is\To seet that
y to enioy.
me, shall see mee no more: thine eyes are
ypon me, and I || am not. II That is,/
9 As. the cloud is consumed and va- can Hue no
lonerer.
nisheth away : so he that goeth downe
to the graue, shall come vp no more.
10 Hee shall returne no more to his
house: neither shall his. place know him
any more.
11 Therefore I will not refraine
my mouth, I wil speake in the anguish
of
Bildads anfwere, Chap.viij.ix.
ot my spint, 1 will complaine in toe
bitternesse of my soule.
12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou
settest a watch ouer me ?
13 When I say, My bed shal comfort
me, my couch shall ease my complaint:
14 Then thou skarest mee with
dreames, and terrifiest me through vi-
sions.
15 So that my soule chooseth strang-
t Heb. then ling : and death rather tthen my life.
my bones.
16 I loath it, I would not Hue al-
way: let me alone, for my dayes are va-
nitie.
» Psal, 8. 4. 17 *What is man, that thou shoul-
and 144. 3.
heb. 8. 6. dest magnifie him? and that thou shoul-
dest set thine heart vpon him ?
18 And that thou shouldest visite him
euery morning, and trie him euery mo-
ment ?
19 How long wilt thou not depart
from me ? nor let me alone till I swal-
low downe my spittle ?
20 I haue sinned, what shall I doe
vnto thee, O thou preseruer of men ?
why hast thou set me as a mark against
thee, so that I am a burden to my selfe?
21 And why doest thou not pardon
my transgression, and take -away mine
iniquitie ? for now shall I sleepe in the
dust, and thou shall seekeme in the mor-
ning, but I shall not be.
C H A P . VIII.
1 Bildad sheweth Gods iustice, in dealing with
men according to their .workes. 8 He alled-
geth antiquitie to proue the certaine destru-
etion of the Hypocrite. 20 Hee applieth
ction of the Hypocrite. 20 Hee applieth
Hen answered Bildad the
T
Shuhite, and said,
2 How long wilt tho\
speake these things ? am
how lon& shall the wordei
or tny mouth be Like a strong wind r
* Dcu. 32. 4 3 * Doth God peruert Judgement ?
2. chro. 19.7
dan. 9.14. or doth the Almightie peruert iustice ?
4 If thy children haue sinned a-
jainst him, and he haue cast them away
\Heb.\nthe tfor their transgression:
hand of their
transgression 5 * If thou wouldest seeke vnto God
* Chap. 22. )etimes, and make thy supplication to
3.
the Almightie:
6 If thou wert pure and vpright,
surely now he would awake for thee,
and make the habitation of thy righte-
ousnes prosperous.
7 Though thy beginning was
God righteous.
small, yet thy latter end should greatly
increase.
8 *For enquire, I pray thee, of the *Deut. 4.
former age, and prepare thy selfe to the 3*.
search of their fathers.
9 (For * we are but o^yesterday, and•* See chap.
know t nothing, because our dayes vp- 7. 6. gen. 47
9.1. chron.
on earth are a shadow.) 29.15. psal.
144. 4. psal.
10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell 39. 14.
t Heb. not.
thee, & vtter words out of their heart?
11 Can the rush growe vp without
myre ? can the flag growe without wa-
ter?
12 * Whitest it is yet in his greennesse, • Psal. 139.
and not cut downe, it withereth before 6. ler. 17. 6.
any other herbe.
13 So are the paths of all that forget
God, and the * hypocrites hope shall and *Iob. 11.20
18,14.
perish: psal. 112. 10
14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and prou. 10. 28
whose trust shall be ta spiders web. t Heb. a spi-
15 He shall leane vpon his house, but ders house.
it shall not stand: he shal hold it fast, but
it shall not endure.
16 He is greene before the sunne, and
his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
17 His roots are wrapped about the
heape, and seeth the place of stones.
18 If he destroy him from his place,
then it shal denie him, saying, I haue not
seene thee.
19 Beholde, this is the ioy of his
way, and out of the earth shall others
grow.
20 Behold, God will not cast away
a perfect man , neither will hee thelpe the t Heb. take
vngodly
the euill doers:
by the hand.
21 Till he fill thy mouth: with laugh-
ing, and thy lips with treioycing. t Heb. shou-
22 They that hate thee shall be cloa- ting JQr ioy.
thed with shame, and the dwelling
place of the wicked t shall come to t Heb. shall
njtbe.
nought.
C H A P . IX,
1 lob acknowledging Godsiustice,sheweth there
is no contending with him. 22 Mans inno-
cencie is not to be condemned by afflictions..
Hen lob answered, and
T
said,
2 I know It is so of a
trueth: but howe should
*man be iust II with God. *?. Psal. 143.
3 If he will contend with him, he U Or, before
cannot answere him one of a thousand. God.
4 He is wise in heart, and mightie
in strength: who hath hardened him-
selfe against him, and hath*prospered?
5 Which
*18
 jods power, and lob. iuftice. Mans
6 Which remoueth the mountains, xo INOW my aayes are ewnter tnen
md they knoiw not: which ouertur- a Poste : they flee away, they see no
leth them in his anger: rood.
6 Which shaketh the earth out of 26 They are passed away as the
ler place, & the pillars thereof tremble: 11|swift ships: as the Eagle that hasteth Jfebr. fdesire.
ships
7 Which commandeth the Sunne, to the pray. Or, ships
md it riseth not: and sealeth vp the 27 If I say, I will not forget my com- fEbeftf
tarres. >laint, I will leaue off my heauinesse,
* Gen. I. 6. 8 * Which alone spreadeth out the md comfort my selfe.
tHebr. ieauens,and treadeth vpon the ||waues 28 I am afraid of all my sorrowes.
heights. of the Sea. [ know that thou wilt not holde me
* Amos S. 8. 9 * Which maketh t Arcturus, 0- nnocent.
iob. 38. 31,
1C. rion and Pleiades, and the chambers of 29 If I be wicked, why then laboui
t Heb. Ash, the South. [ in vaine?
Cesil, and
Cimah. 10 * Which doeth great things past 30 If I wash my selfe with snow
* See Chap. finding out, yea and wonders witnout water, and make my handes neuer sc
5. 9.
number. cleane:
11 Loe, hee goeth by me, and I see 31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the
him not: he passeth on also, but I per- ditch, and mine owne clothes shall ||ab- IIneOr,tomake be ab-
ceiue him not, lorre me. •erred*
* leal. 45. 9. 13 * Behold, he taketh away, twho 32 For he is not a man as I am, thai
ere. 18. 6.
rom, 9, 20. can hinder him? who will say vnto I should answere him, and we should
Heb. who lim, What doest thou ? come together in Judgement.
can turne
him away 9 13 If God. will not withdraw his an- 33 Neither is there tany ||dayes-mat that Heb. one
should
t Heb. hel- *er, the t proud helpers doe stoupe vn- betwixt vs, that tnight lay his hand vp- argue.
vers of pride, der him. on vs both. II Or, Fm*
or strength. pire.
14 How much lesse shall I answere 34 Let him take his rodde awaj
iim, and choose out my words to reason Tom me, & let not his feare terrific me:
with him ? 35 Then would I speake, and nol
15 Whom, though I were righte- feare him; tbut it is not so with me. tamHeb. but I
not so
ous, yet would I not answere, but I with my
would make supplication to my ludge. *e\f*.
C H A P . X.
16 If I had called, and he had an-
swered me, yet would I not beleeue 1 teth lob, taking libertie of complaint, expostula-
with God about his afflictions. 18 He<
that he had hearkened vnto my voice: complaineth of life, and craueth a little eas<
17 For he breaketh me with a tem- before death.
)est, and multiplieth my wounds with-
out cause. Y soule is I] weary of my I Or, cut off
life, I will leaue my com- while I Hue.
M
18 Hee will not suffer me to take my
)reath, but filleth me with bitternesse. M plaint Tpon my selfe; I
19 If I speake of strength, loe,hee is will speake in the bitter-
strong : and if of mdgement, who shall npcco n-f mxr cnnlp
set me a time to pleaae? % I will say vnto God, Doe not
20 If I iustifie tny selfe, mine owne cotidemne mee; shewe me wherefore
mouth shall jcondemne me: If I say, 1 thou contendest with me,
am perfect, it shall also prooue me per- 3 Js it good vnto thee, that thoti
uerse. shouldest oppresse? that thou shouldesl
21 Though I were perfect, yet woulc despise tthe worke of thine hands? anc labour t Heb. the
of
I not know my soule: I would despise shine vpon the counsell of the wicked? thine hands
my life. 4 Hast thou eyes of flesh ? or seest
22 This is one thing, therefore ] thou as man seeth ?
said it; he destroyeth theperfect and the 5 Are thy dayes as the dayes of man?
wicked. are thy yeeres as mans dayes,
23 If the scourge slay suddenly, hee 6 That thou enquirest after mine
will laugh at the triall of the innocent. iniquitie, and searchest after my sinne?
24 The earth is giuen into the ham 7 tThou knowest that I am not vpon tHeb.lt is
thy
of the wicked: he couereth the faces o wicked, and there is none that can deli- knowledge.
the ludges thereof; if not, where, and uer out of thine hand. \Heb.tooke
paints about
who is hee ? 8 Thine hands thaue made me and me.
fashi-
righteoufneffe. Chap.xj.
fashioned me together round about; yet
thou doest destroy me.
9 Remember, I beseech thee, that
thou hast made me as the clay, and wilt
thou bring me into dust againe ?
* Psal. 139. 10 *Hast thou notpowredme out as
4. and 14,
15. milke, and cruddled me like cheese ?
11 Thou hast cloathed me with skin
\Heb.fodg. and flesh, and hast t fenced me with
ed.
bones and sinewes.
12 Thou hast granted me life and fa-
uour, and thy visitation hath preserued
my spirit.
13 And these things hast thou hid in
thine heart; I know that this is with
thee.
14 If I sinne, then thou markest
me, and thou wilt not acquite me from
mine iniquitie.
15 If I be wicked, woe vnto me;
and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift
vp my head : I am full of confusion,
therefore see thou mine affliction:
16 For it increasethi thou huntest me
as a fierce Lion: and againe thou shew-
est thy selfe marueilous vpon me.
II That is,
thy plagues.
17 Thou renuest thy || witnesses a-
gainst me, and increases! thine indigna-
tion vpon me; Changes and warre are
against me.
* Chap, 3.
11. 18 * Wherfore then hast thou brought
me forth out of the wombe ? Oh that I
had giuen vp the ghost, and no eye had
seene me!
19 I should haue bene as though I
had not bene, I should haue bene caried
from the wombe to the graue.
* See Chap, 20 *•' Are not my dayes few ? cease
8. 9. Oflrf;,
6*. thenj and let me alone that I may take
comfort a litle,
21 Before I goe whence I shall not
returne, euen to the land of darknes and
the shadow of death,
22 A land of darknes, as darknes it
selfe, and of the shadow of death, with-
out any order, and where the light is as
darkenes.
C H A P . XL
1 Zophar reproueth lob, for iustifying him-
selfe. 5 Gods wisdome is vnsearchable. 13
The assured blessing of repentance.
Hen answered Zophar the ghost.
TB>"^ N^H. HFJEa* ^^B
TT
the Naamathite, and said,
2 Should not the mul-
titude of words be answe- 1 lob mainteineth himselfe against bis friend
t Hebr. a redPandshouldtamanfuJ
man of lips.
of talke be Justified ?
lob reproued.
6 anouia tny ||nes make men nolo II Or,deuise$*
their .peace ? and when. thou mockest.
shall no man make thee ashamed ?
4 For thou hast said. My doctrine w
pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes.
5 But, O that God would speake,
and open his lippes against thee,
6 And that he would shew thee the
secrets of wisedome, that they are double
to that which is': know therefore that
God exactethof thee lesse then thine ini-
quitie deserueth.
7 Canst thou by searching finde out
God ? canst thou finde out the Almigh-
tie vnto perfection ?
8 It is tas high as heauen, what cansl t Hebr. the
heights of
thou doe ? deeper then hell, what cansl heauen.
thou know ?
9 The measure therof is longer then
the earth, and broader then the sea.
10 If he II cut off, and shut vp, or ga- I Or, make a
ther together, then twho can hindei change. \ Hebr. who
him ? xmturne*
\im away?
11 For, he knoweth vaine men : he<
seeth wickednesse also, will he not then
consider it ?
12 For t vaine man would be wise;iHebr.
though man be borne like a wilde asses emptie.
coult.
13 If thou prepare thine heart, and
stretch out thine hands toward him :
14 If iniquitie be in thine hand, put
it farre away, and let not wickednes
dwell in thy tabernacles.
15 For then shalt thou lift vp thy face
without spot, yea thou shalt be stedfast,
and shalt not feare:
16 Because thou shalt forget thy mi-
sery, and remember it as waters thai
passe away:
17 And thine age tshalbe clearer then t Hebr. shall
the noone day; thou shalt shine foorth, arise aboue
the noone-
thou shalt be as the morning. day.
18 And thou shalt be secure because
there is hope, yea thou shalt digge o-
bout thee^ and thou shalt take thy rest ir
safety.
19 * Also thou shalt lye downe, and *>. Leuit. 26.
none shall make thee afraid; yea manj \ Hebr. en-
shall tmake suite vnto thee. treat thy
face.
20 But the eyes of the wicked shall \Heb.ftight
faile, and t they shall not escape, anc shall perish
from them.
* their hope shall be as the || gluing vp ol * Chap. 8.
14. and 18.
14.
H Or, a puffe
of breath.
C H A P . XII.
tbat reproue him. 7 He acknowledged! th<
generall doctrine of Gods oranipotencie.
An<
Gods perfection. lob.
ND lob answered, and
AA
sayd,
2 No doubt but ye are
the people, and wisedome
shall die with you.
1 ieth in.
Heb. an
heart.
3 But I haue t vnderstanding as
iffeb.Ifattfall well as you, tl am not inferiour to
not lower you : yea, twho knoweth not such
then you.
t Heb. with things as these ?
whom are 4 I am as one mocked of his neigh-
not such as
these? bour, who ealleth vpon God, and he an-
swereth him : the iust vpright man is
laughed to scorne.
5 He that is ready to slippe with his
feet, is as a lamp despised in the thought
of him that is at ease.
6 The tabernacles of robbers pros-
per, and they that prouoke God are se-
cure, into whose hand God bringeth
abundantly.
7 But aske now the beasts, and they
shall teach thee; and the foules of the
aire, and they shall tell thee.
8 Or speake to the earth, and it shall
teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall
declare vnto thee.
9 Who knoweth not in all these,
that the hand of the L O R D hath
wrought this ?
II Or, life. 10 In whose hand is the ||soule oi
euery liuing thing, and the breath oi
* Heb. all fall mankinde.
flesh of man
* Cha. 34. 3 11 *Doeth not the eare trie wordes?
t Heb. pa. and the tmouth taste his meate?
late.
12 With the ancient is wisedome, anc
in length of dayes, vnderstanding.
\\Thati9, 13 With||him is wisedome & strength,
with God.
he hath counsell and vnderstanding.
* Isa. 22. 22 14f * Behold, he breaketh downe, anc
* Apoc 3. 7. it cannot be built againe: hee *shutteth
t Heb. vpon t vp a man, and there can be no opening.
1.5 Behold, hee withholdeth the wa-
ters, and they drie vp: also hee sendeth
them out, and they ouerturne the earth.
16 With him is strength & wisedome:
the deceiued, and the deceiuer, are his.
17 He leadeth counsellors away spoi-
led, and maketh the ludges fooles.
18 He looseth the bond of kings, anc
girdeth their loines with a girdle.
19 He leadeth Princes away spoiled,
and ouerthroweth the mightie.
* Cha. 32.9 £0 *He remooueth away tthe speech
* Heb. the
lip of the of the trustie, and taketh away the vn-
frithfull. derstanding of the aged.
£1 He powreth contempt vpon prin-
I0r,tooseth ces, and jjweakeneth the strength oi
the girdle tf
the strong* the mightie.
22 Hee discouewth deepe things out
Idbs Confidence.
ot darkenesse, and bringeth put to light
the shadow of death.
23 He increaseth the nations, and de-
stroyeth them: hee inlargeth the nati-
ons, and tstraiteneth them againe. \Heb.lea.
24 He taketh away the heart of the
chiefe of the people of the earth, and
causeth them to wander in a wildernes
where there is no way.
25 They grope in the darke without
light, and hee maketh them to tstagger t Heb. wan-
der.
like a drunken man.
C H A R XIII.
1 lob reprooueth his friends of partialitie. 14
He professeth his confidence in God: 20 and
entreateth to knowe his owne shines., and
Gods Duruose in afflicting him.
Oe, mine eye hath seene all
L
this, mine eare hath heard
and vnderstood it.
2 What yee know, the
same doe I know also, I
am not inleriour vnto you.
3 Surely I would speake to the Al-
mighty, & I desire to reason with God.
4s But ye are forgers of lies, yee are
all Physicians of no value.
5 O that you would altogether hold
your peace, & it should be your wisdome.
6 Heare now my reasoning, and
hearken to the pleadings: of my lips.
7 Wil you speake wickedly for God ?
and talke deceitfully for him ?
8 Will ye accept his person ? will yee
contend for God ?
9 Is it good that he should search
you out? or as one man mocketh ano-
ther, doe ye so mocke him ?
10 He will surely reprooue you, if yee
doe secretly accept persons.
11 Shall not his excellencie make
you afraid? and his dread fall vpon you?
12 Your remembrances are like vitfo
ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
131 Hold your peace, let me alone that \Heb.besi-
'entfrom me
I may speake, and let come on me
what will.
14 Wherefore doe I take my flesh in
my teeth, and put ray life in mine hand?
15 Though hee slay mee, yet will I
trust in him : but I will tmaintaine \Heb.proue9
mine owne wayes before him. yr argue*
16 Hee also shall be my saluation : for
an hypocrite shall not come before him.
17 Heare diligently my speach, and
my declaration with your eares.
18 Behold now, I haue ordered .my
cause, I know that I shall be iustified.
19 Who
The breuitie Chap.xiiij.xv,
19 Who is hee that will plead with
me? for now if I hold my tongue, I
shall giue vp the ghost.
20 Only doe not two things vnto
me : then will I not hide my selfe from
thee.
21 Withdrawe thine hand far from
me : and let not thy dread make mee a-
fraid.
22 Then call thou, and I will an-
swere : or let me speake, and answere
thou mee.
23 How many are mine iniquities and
sinnes ? make mee to knowe my trans-
gression, and my sinne,
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face,
and holdest me for thine enemie ?
25 Wilt thou breake a leafe driuen to
and fro ? and wilt thou pursue the drie
stubble?
26 For thou writest bitter things a-
* Peal, 25.7. gainst mee, and * makest me to possesse
the iniquities of my youth.
27 Thou puttest my feete also in
• Heb, obser- the stockes, and tlookest narrowly vn-
uest.
to all my pathes; thou settest a print yp-
t Heb. roots. on the t heeles of my feete.
28 And hee, as a rotten thing consu-
med^ as a garment that is moth-eaten.
CHAP. XIIII.
1 lob intreateth God for fauour, by the shortnes
of life, and certainty of death. 7 Though
life once lost be irrecouerable, yet he waiteth
for his change. 16 By sinne tne Creature is
subiect to corruption.
AN that is borne of a
M
\ Heb. short woman, is tof few dayes,
ofdayes 9 and full of trouble.
•Psal. 102. 2 * Hee commeth forth
12. & 103. like a flower, and is cut
15. & 144.
4. lob. 8. 9. lowne: he fleeth also, as a
snacmow ana contmuetn not.
3 And doest thou open thine eies
vpon such an one, and bringest me into
Judgment with thee ?
t Heb. who 4 t Who * can bring a cleane thing
will giue?
*PBBL61.5. out of an vncleane ? not one.
* Chap. 7.1. 5 * Seeing his daies are determined,
the number of his moneths are with
thee, thou hast appointed his bounds 1 Eliphaz reproueth lob of impiety in Justify-
that he cannot passe.
6 Turne from him that hee may
t Heb. cease. t rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hire-
ling, his day.
7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be
cut downe, that it will sprout againe,
and that the tender branch thereof will
not cease.
of mans life,
o I hough the roote thereof wax<
old in the earth, and the stocke thereo
die in the ground:
9 Yet through the sent of water ii
will bud, and bring forth boughes like
a plant.
10 But man dyeth, and t wasteth a tHeb.ii
way; yea, man giueth vp the ghost, anc weakened^
sutof.
where is hee ?
11 As the Waters faile from the sea,
and the floud decayeth and dryeth vp:
12 So man lyeth downe, and riseth
not, till the heauens be no more, they
shall not awake; nor bee raised out oi
their sleepe.
13 O that thou wouldest hide mee in
the graue, that thou wouldest keepe me
secret, vntill thy wrath bee past, that
thou wouldest appoint me a set time,
and remember me.
14 If a man die, shall he Hue againe?
All the dayes of my appointed time will
I waite, till my change come.
15 Thou shalt call, and I will an-
swer thee : thou wilt haue a desire to the
worke of thine hands.
16 * For nowe thou numbrest my •Psal.136.2
steppes, doest thou not watch ouer my
sinne ?
17 My transgression is sealed vp in a
3agge, and thou sowest vp mine ini-
quitie.
18 And surely the mountaine falling
tcommeth to nought: and the rocke is Heb. Jfa.
deth.
remoued out of his place.
19 The waters weare the stones,
thou t washest away the things which Heb. ouer-
jrowe out of the dust of the earth, and lowest.
;hou destroyest the hope of man.
SO Thou preuailest for euer against
rim, and hee passeth : thou changes t his
countenance, and sendest him away.
21 His sonnes come to honour, and
le knoweth it not; and they are brought
owe, but he perceiueth it not of them.
22 But his flesh vpon him shall haue
)aine, and his soule within him shall
mourne.
C H A P . XV.
ing hjmselfe. 17 He proueth by Tradition
the vnnuietnes of wicked men.
& Hen answered Eliphaz
T
K the Temanite, and said,
£ 2 Should a wise man
vtter tvaine knowledge, Heb.know-
ledge of
I and fill his belly with wmd.
the East winde ?
3 Should
Uaufes why lob.
3 Should hee reason with vnprofi-
able talke ? or with speeches where-
with he can doe no good ?
Heb. thou 4 Yea t thou castest off feare, and re-
makest void.
Or, speech. strainest || prayer before God.
Heb. tea. 5 For thy mouth tvttereth thine ini-
heth.
quitie, and thou choosest the tongue of
the craftie.
6 Thine owne mouth condemneth
thee, and not I : yea thine owne lippes
testifie against thee.
7 Art thou the first man that was
borne ? or wast thou made before the
hilles ?
*Rom. 11. 8 *Hast thou heard the secret of God?
34.
and doest thou restraine wisedome to
thy selfe?
9 What knowest thou that we know
not ? what vnderstandest thou, which is
not in vs ?
10 With vs are both the gray headed,
and very aged men, much elder then thy
father.
11 Are the consolations of God small
with thee? is there any secret thing
with thee?
12 Why doeth thine heart carie thee
away? and what doe thine eyes winke
at,
13 That thou turnest thy spirit a-
gainst God, and lettest such words goe
out of thy mouth ?
* Chap. 14. 14 * What is man, that he should be
4.1. king. 8.
46. 2. chron. cleane ? and he which is borne of a wo-
6. 36. psal. man, that he should be righteous ?
14. 3. prou.
20. 9. i.iohn 15 * Beholde, he putteth no trust in
1.8.
Mob. 4.18, his Saints, yea, the heauens are not
cleane in his sight.
16 How much more abominable and
filthie is man, which drinketh iniquitie
like water?
17 I will shew thee, heare me, and
that which I haue scene, I wil declare,
18 Which wise men haue tolde from
their fathers, and haue not hid it :
19 Vnto whom alone the earth was
giuen, and no stranger passed among
them.
20 The wicked man trauaileth with
paine all his dayes, and the number oi
yeeres is hidden to the oppressour.
* Heir, a 21 t A dreadfull sound is in his eares;
sound of
feares. in prosperitie the destroyer shall come
vpon him.
22 He beleeueth not that he shall re-
turne out of darkenesse, and he is wai-
ted for, of the sword.
23 He wandereth abroad for bread,
saying. Where mf?heknoweth that the
lob is reprehended.
day of darkenes is ready at his hand.
24 Trouble and anguish shall make
lim afraid; they shall preuaile against
lim, as a king ready to the battell.
25 For he stretcheth out his hand a-
gainst God, and strengtheneth himselfe
against the Almightie.
26 He runneth vpon him, euen on his
necke, vpon the thicke bosses of his
mcklers:
27 Because he couereth his face with
lis fatnesse, and maketh collops of fat
on his flankes.
28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities,
and in houses which no man inhabiteth,
which are ready to become heapes.
29 He shall not be rich, neither shall
lis substance continue, neither shall
le prolong the perfection thereof vpon
the earth.
30 He shall not depart out of darke-
nesse, the flame shall drie vp his bran-
ches, and by the breath of his mouth
shall he goe away.
31 Let not him that is deceiued, trust
in vanitie: for vanitie shalbe his recom-
pence.
32 It shall be || accomplished before I Ort cut off.
lis time, and his branch shall not bee
greene.
33 He shal shake off his vnripe grape
as the Vine, and shall cast off his ftowre
as the Oliue.
34? For the congregation of hypo-
crites shall be desolate, and fire shall con-
sume the tabernacles of briberie.
35 They conceiue mischiefe, * and * Esay 59. 4
psal. 7-15-
bring forth || vanitie, and their belly pre- i Or, iniqui-
pareth deceit. ?fe.
C H A P . XVI.
l lob reproueth his friends of vnraercifulnesse.
7 He sheweth the pitifulnesse of his case. 17
He maintaineth his innocencie.
gO<?SMiig*Mgt
Hen lob answered, and
II
said,
2 I haue heard many
such things : || * miserable U0r,/rou-
onmforters are ve all. blesome.
* Chap. 13.
3 Shall tvaine words haue an ende? 4.
or what emboldeneth thee, that thou \ffeb.wordt
ofwind.
answerest ?
4 I also could speake as yee doe: if
your soule were in my soules stead, I
could heape vp words against you, and
shake mine head at you.
5 But I would strengthen you with
my mouth, and the mouing of my lips
should
llob reckoneth vp Chap.xvij.
should asswage your gnefe.
6 Though I speake, my griefe i
not asswaged: and though I forbeare
t Heb. what twhat am I eased?
foethfrom
me? 7 But now he hath made me wea
ry : thou hast made desolate al my com
panie.
8 And thou hast filled mee witl
wrinckles, whichis awitnesseogmrz^ me
and my leannesse rising vp in me, bea
reth witnesse to my face.
9 He teareth me in his wrath, whc
bateth me: be gnasheth vpon me wit!
his teeth; mine enemy sharpened! hit
eyes vpon me.
10 They haue gaped vpon me with
their mouth, they haue smitten me vp.
on the cheeke reprochfully, they haue
gathered themselues together against
mee.
t Hebr. hath 11 God thath deliuered me to the vn-
oAwr me vp. jodly, and turned me ouer into the
lanas of the wicked.
12 I was at ease, but he hath broken
me asunder ; he hath also taken me by
my necke, and shaken me to pieces, and
set me vp for his marke.
13 His archers com passe me round
about, he cleaueth my reines asunder,
and doeth not spare; he powreth out
my gall vpon the ground.
14 He breaketh me with breach vpon
>reach, he runneth vpon me like a giant.
15 I haue sowed sackcloth vpon my
skin, and defiled my home in the dust.
16 My face is fowle with weeping,
and on mine eye-lids is the shadow of
teath,
17 Not for any iniustice in mine
lands : also my prayer is pure.
I S O earth couer not thou my blood,
and let my cry haue no place.
19 Also now , behold my witnesse is
Webr.in in heauen, and my record is ton high.
the high pla-
ces. 20 My friends tscorne me: but mine
\Hebr. are eye powreth out teares vnto God.
mysoorners.
21 O that one might plead for a man
with God, as a man pleadeth for his
1 Or^ friend. neighbour
t Heb.yeeret %% When t a few yeeres are come,
of number. hen I shall goe the way whence I shall
not returne.
C H A P , XVII.
1 lob appealeth from men to God. 6 The vn- warns we win speaice.
mercifull dealing of men with the afflicted,
may astonish, but not discourage the righte-
ous, 11 His hope is not in life, but in death. beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
his many afflictions.
Y ||breath is corrupt, my lar.myspi.
MM dayes are extinct, the nt u spent.
graues are ready for me.
& Are there not mock-
pTft with mpp ? flnrl HnptVi
not mine eye t continue in their proua iHeb. lodge,
cation ?
3 Lay downe now, put me in a sure-
tie with theei who w he that will strike
hands with me ?
4 For thou hast hid their heart froir
vnderstaiiding : therefore shalt thoi
not exalt them.
5 Hee that speaketh flattery to hh
friends, euen the eyes of his children
shall faile.
6 He hath made me also a by-word
of the people, and || afore time I was as I Or> before
a tabret them,
7 Mine eye also is dimme by reason
of sorrow, and all |(my members are as tt Or, my
a shadow. thoughts.
8 Vpright men shall be astonied at
this, and the innocent shall stirre vp
Wmselfe against the hypocrite.
9 The righteous also shall hold on
lis way, and he that hath cleane hands
tshalbe stronger, and stronger. \Hebr.shall
10 But as for you all, doe you re- addestregth.
turne, and come now, for I cannot find
one wise man among you.
11 My dayes are past, my purposes
Mfebr.the
are broken oft', euen tthe thoughts of possessions.
my heart:
12 They change the night into day:
the light is t short, because of darknes. *Heb.neere\
13 If I waite, the graue is mine
house: I haue made my bedde in the
darknesse.
14 I haue tsaid to corruption, Thou torHeb. cried,
called.
art my father: to the worme, Thou art my
mother, and my sister.
15 And where is now my hope? as
for my hope, who shall see it ?
16 They shall goe downe to the
barres of the pit, when our rest together
is in the dust.
C H A P . XVIII.
1 Bildad reproueth lob of presumption and im-,
patiencie. 5 The calamities of the wicked, i
Hen answered Bildad the
T
Shuhite and said,
2 How long will it bee,
'.re you make an ende of
•vords? Marke, and after-
3 Wherefore are wee counted as
4 He
The wickeds fall. lob.
\\Hebr.hia 4 He teareth thimselfe in his anger:
\soule. shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and
shall the rocke bee remooued out of his
place ?
5 Yea, the light of the wicked shalbe
put out, and the sparke of his fire shall
not shine.
6 The light shalbe darke in his ta-
B Or, tampe. I bernacle, andrhis || candle shalbe put out
with him.
7 The steps of his strength shall be
straitened, and his owne counsell shall
cast him downe.
8 For hee is cast into a net by his
owne feete, & he walketh vpon a snare.
9 The grinne shall take him by the
heele, and the robber shall preuaile a-
gainst him.
\ Heb. hid. 10 The snare is flaide for him in the
den. ground, and a trap for him in the way.
11 Terrours shall make him afraid
t Heb. scat- on euery side^ and shall t driue him to
ter him.
his feete. j
12 His strength shalbe hunger-bit-
ten, and destruction shall be ready at his
side.
\\Heb.barres 13 It shall deuoure the tstrength of
his skinne: euen the first borne of death
shall deuoure his strength.
•Cha. 8. u. 14 * His confidence shalbe rooted out
and 11. 20.
psa. 112. 10. of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him
pro. 10. 28. to the king of terrours.
15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle,
because it is none of his: brimstone shall
be scattered vpon his habitation.
16 His rootes shall be dryed vp be-
neath : and aboue shall his branch be
cut off.
* Pro. 2.22.1 17 * His remembrance shall perish
from the earth, and hee shall haue no
name in the streete.
t Heb. they 18 t He shall be driuen from light into
shall driue
him. darkenesse, and chased out of the world.
19 Hee shall neither haue sonne nor
nephew among his people, nor any re-
maining in his dwellings.
20 They that come after him shalbe
I Or, lived astonied at his day, as they that ||went
with him. before, twere affrighted.
t Heb. toyd
holde on hor- 21 Surely such are the dwellings of
ror.
the wicked, and this is the place of him
that knoweth not God.
CHAR XIX.
1 lob complaining of his friends cruelty, shew-
eth there is miserie enough in him to feede
their crueltie. 21. 28 Heecraueth pitie. 23
He beleeueth the resurrection*
lobs miferies.
Hen lob answered, and
T
sayd,
2 How long will yee
vexe my soule, and breake
me in pieces with words ?
3 These tenne times haue ye repro-
;hed me : you are not ashamed that you
| make your selues strange to me. I Or, harden
4 And be it indeed that I haue er- your teluet
againttWi
red, mine errour remaineth with my
selfe.
5 If indeed yee will magnifie youi
selues against me, and plead against me
my reproch:
6 Enow now that God hath ouer-
throwen me, and hath compassed me
with his net.
7 Behold, I cry out of || wrong, I Or, t>w-
but I am not heard : I cry aloude, but lence.
there is no iudgement.
8 Hee hath fenced vp my way that
I cannot passe; and hee hath set darke-
nesse in my pathes.
9 Hee hatn stript me of my glory
and taken the crowne^/rom my head.
10 He hath destroyed me on euerj
side, and I am gone : and mine hap<
hath he remooued like a tree,
11 He hath also kindled his wrath a
gainst me, and hee counteth me vntc
him as one of his enemies,
12 His troupes come together, am
raise vp their way against me, and en
campe round about niy tabernacle.
18 Hee hath put my brethren farr<
from me, and mine acquaintance ar<
verely estranged from me.
14 My kinsefolke haue failed, an<
my familiar friends haue forgotten me
15 They that dwell in mine house
and my maides count me for a stranger
I am an aliant in their sight.
16 I called my seruant, and he gaut
me no answere: Untreated him wit!
my mouth.
17 My breath is strange to-my wife
though I entreated for the children:
sake of tmine owne body, Heb. my
18 Yea, flyong children despised me belly.
Or, The
I arose, and they spake against me. wicked.
19 * All tmy inward friends .abhor * PsaL 41. fl.
red me : and they whom I loued > an and 55.19.
\ Heb. the
turned against me, men of my
20 My bone cleaueth to my skinne secret.
|| and to my flesh, and I am escapee It Or. or
with the skinne of my teeth,
£1 Haue pity vpon me, haue pity vp
on me, O ye my friends^ for the hand o
God hath touched me,
22 Why
lobs hope. The Chap.xx.
2% wny doe ye persecute me as laod,
and are not satisfied with my flesh ?
t Heo. toAo 23 tOh that my wordes were now
wiUgiurf
&•* written, oh that they were printed in
a booke!
24 That they were grauen with an
iron pen and lead, in the rocke for euer.
25 For I know that my Redeemer
iueth, and that he shall stand at the. lat-
ter day, vpon the earth:
I! Or, After
Ishattawake
261| And though after my skin, wormes
though this destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I
body be de-
stroyed* yet see God:
out of my
flesh shall I
27 Whom I*hal see for my selfe, and
see God. mine eyes shall beholde, and not tan-
Wlebr.a,
stranger. other, though my reines bee consumed
t Hebr. in t within me.
my bosome. 28 But ye should say, Why persecute
II Or, and
what roote
we him ? || seeing the root of the matter
of matter is s found in me.
foundinme? 29 Bee ye afraid of the sword : for
wrath bringeth the punishments of the
sword, that yee may know there is a
iudgement.
C H A P . XX.
Zophar sheweth the state and portion of
the wicked.
Hen answered Zophar
T
the Naamathite, and
saide,
2 Therefore doe my
thoughts cause mee to
answere, and for this
[• Hebr. my 11 make haste.
haste is in
me. 3 I haue heard the checke of my re-
proach, and the spirit of my v*.d'.stan-
ding causeth me to answere.
4 Knowest thou not this of old, since
man was placed vpon earth,
* Psal. 37. 5 * That the triumphing of the wic-
37.
t Hebr.from ked is t sh ort, and the ioy of the hypocrite
neere. but for a moment ?
6 Though his excellencie mount vp
to the heauens, and his head reach vnto
\Hfactoud. the ^clouds:
7 Yet he shall perish for euer, like his
owne doung: they which haue scene
him, shall say, Where is he ?
8 He shall flie away as a dreame, and
shall not be found: yea he shalbe chased
away as a vision of the night.
9 The eye also which saw him, shall
see him no more; neither shall his place
any more behold him.
I0r,the 10 || His children shall seeke to please
poore shall
oppresse his the poore; and his hands shall restore
children. their goods.
11 His bones are ful of the sinne of his
wickeds portion.
youth, which shall lye downe with him
in the dust.
12 Though wickednes be sweet in
tiis mouth, though hee hide it vnder his
tongue;
13 Though he spare it, and forsake it
not, but keepe it stil t within his mouth: t Hebr. in
14} Yet his meate in his bowels is his •he midst of
palate.
turned, it is the gall of Aspes within
him.
15 He hath swallowed downe riches,
and hee shall vomite them vp againe:
God shall cast them out of his belly.
16 He shall sucke the poison of Aspes:
the vipers tongue shall slay him.
17 Hee shall not see the riuers, ||the I Or, strea-
floods, the brookes of hony and butter. ming brooks.
18 That which he laboured for, shall
he restore, & shall not swallow it downe:
t according to his substance shall the re-t Hebr. ac-
stitution bee, and hee shall not reioyce cording to
thesubstance
therein. of his ex-
19 Because hee hath t oppressed, and change.
t Hebr.
hath forsaken the poore; becausehe hath crushed.
violently taken away an Chouse which *10 Eccles. 6.
he builded not:
20 Surely he shall not t feele quiet- \Heb.know.
nesse in his belly, hee shall not saue oi
that which he desired.
21 H'There shall none of his meat be I Or, there
left, therefore shall no man looke for shalbe
teftforhis
none
his goods. meats.
22 In the fulnesse of his sufficiencie.
he shalbe in straites: euery hand of the
|| wicked shall come vpon him. il Or, trouble-
23 When he is about to fill his belly, some.
God shall cast the furie of his wrath vp-
on him 9 and shall raine it vpon him
while he is eating.
24 He shall flee from the iron wea-
pon , and the bow of steele shall strike
him through.
25 It is drawen, and commeth out
of the body; yea the glistering sword
commeth out of his gall; terrours art
vpon him.
26 All darknesse shalbe hid in his se-
cret places : a fire not blowen shall con-
sume him; it shall goe ill with him that
is left in his tabernacle.
27 The heauen shall reueale his ini-
quitie : and the earth shall rise vp a-
gainst him.
28 The increase of his house shall
depart, and his goods shall flow away ir
the day of his wrath.
29 This is the portion of a wicked
man from God, and the heritage tap. t Hebr. of
his decree
pointed vnto him by God. from God.
CHAP
*18s
The wicked profper. lob.
CHAP. xxi.
lob Sheweth that fetten in the iudgetttettt of
man, he hath reason to be grieued. 7 Some-
times the wicked doe so prosper, as they de-
spise God. 16 Sometime their destruction
is manifest. 22 The happy and vnhappy are
alike in death. 27 The Judgement of the
wicked is in another world.
Vt lob answered, and
B sayd,
2 Heare diligently my
speech, and let this be your lis bones are moistened with marrow J ction.
consolations.
3 Suffer ttie that I may speak e, and
after that I haue spoken, mocke on.
4 As for mee, is my complaint to
man ? and if it were so, why should not
Heb. shor- my spirit be t troubled ?
tened.
\Heb.looke 5 tMarke mee, and be astonished,
vnto me. and lay your hand vpon your mouth.
6 Euen when I remember, I am
afraid, and trembling taketh holde on
my flesh.
* Psal. 17. 7 * Wherefore doe the wicked liue,
10. and 73.
12. iere. 12. )ecome old, yea, are mightie in power ?
i.hab. 1.10. 8 Their seede is established in their
sight with them, and their offspring be-
bre their eyes.
t tieb. are 9 Their houses are t safe from feare*
peace/row
feare. neither is the rod of God vpon them.
10 Their bull gendreth and faileth
not, their cow calueth, and casteth not
ler calfe.
11 They send foorth their little ones
ike a flocke, and their children dance.
12 They take the timbrell and harpe,
and reioycerat the sound of the organe.
8 0r, in 13 They spend their daies ||in wealth,
mirth.
and in a moment gpe downe to the
graue.
Chap. 22. 14 * Therefore they say vnto Go3,
17-
Depart from vs : for we oesire not the
knowledge of thy wayes.
15 What is the Almightie, that wee
should serue him ? and what profite
should we haue, if we pray vnto nim ?
16 Loe, their good is not in their
hand, the counsell of thfe wicked is farre
from me,
II Or, lamps. 17 How oft is the || candle of the
wicked put out ? and fiow oft commeth
their destruction vpon them ? God distri-
buteth sorrowes in his anger.
t Heb. stea- 18 They are as stubble before the table vnto himselfe.
leth away,
t That is, the winde, and as chaffe that the storme
punishment tcarieth away.
of Ms inifui-
tie. 19 God layeth vp his ||iniquitie for him, that thou makest thy waies perfite?
All alike in death.
his children : he rewardeth him, and he
shall know it.
20 His eyes shall see his destruction,
and he shall drinke of the wrath of the
Almightie.
£1 For what pleasure hath he in his
louse after him, when the number of
lis rtioneths is cut off in the middest ?
22 Shall any teach God knowledge ?
seeing he iudgeth those that are high*
23 One dieth tin his full strength, ] Heb. in his
veryperfe-
)eing wholly at ease and quiet. ction* or in
the strength
24 His ||breasts are full of milke, and of his perfe-
B
25 And another dieth in the bitter- pales.Or, milke-
tiesse of his soule, and neuer eateth with
pleasure.
26 They shall lie downe alike in the
dust, and the wormes shall couer them.
27 Behold, I know your thoughts,
and the deuices which yee wrongfully
imagine against me.
28 For ye say, Where is the house of
the prince? and where are tthe dwelling t Heb. the
places of the wicked ? tent of the
tabernacles
29 Haue ye not asked them that goe ked. of the ivic-
by the way ? and doe ye not know their
tokens ?
30 * That the wicked is reserued to * Pro. 16. 4.
the day of destruction; they shall bee
brought foorth to tthe day of wrath. t Heb. the
31 Who shall declare his way to his day of
wraths.
face ? and who shall repay him what he
bath done ?
32 Yet shall hee be brought to the
t graue, & shall tremaine in the tombe. \Heb.
33 The cloudes of the valley shalbe fraues.
\Heb.watck
sweete vnto him, and euery man shall in the heape.
draw after him, as there are innumera-
ble before him.
34 How then comfort ye me in vaine,
seeing in your answeres there rerna> Heb.trans-
neth tfalshood? vession.
C H A P . XXII.
1 Eliphdz shewclh that mans goodnesse profi-
teth not God. 5 Hee accuseth lob of diuers
sinnes. $1 He exhorteth him to repentance,
with Dromises of mercv.
Hen Eliphaz the Tetna-
T
nite answered, and said,
2 Can a man be profi-
table vnto God? as ||hee tt Or, if hee
that is wise may be profi- may be pro-
fitable, doth
his good sue-
cesM depenc
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almightyj thereon*
that thou art righteous ? or is it gaine to
4 Will
 Eliphaz exhorteth Chap.xxiij.
4 Will nee reproue tnee lor feare 01
thee ? will he enter with thee into iuctg
ment ?
5 Is not thy wickedness? great ? &bc
thine iniquities
uu^ui infinite ?
6 For thou hast taken a pledge froft
t Heb. strip- thy brother for nought, and t stripped
ped the clo-
thes of the the naked of their clothing.
naked. 7 Thou hast not giuen water to the
wearie to drinke, and thou hast with-
holden bread from the hungry.
t Heb. the 8 But as for the tmightie man, hee
manqfarme
\ Heb. emi- had the earth, and tthe honourable
nent or ac- man dwelt in it.
ceptedfor
countenance. 9 Thou hast sent widowes away
emptie, and the armes of the fatherlesse
haue bene broken.
10 Therefore snares are round about
thee, and sudden feare troubleth thee,
11 Or darkenes that thou canst not
see, and abundance of waters couei
thee.
12/5 not God in the height of heauen?
t Heb. the and behold the t height of the starres
head of the
starres. how high they are.
I Or, what. 13 And thou sayest, ||How doth God
know? can he iudge through the darke
cloude ?
14 Thicke cloudes are a couering to
him that he seeth not, and hee walketh
in the circuit of heauen.
15 Hast thou marked the olde way
which wicked men haue troden ?
16 Which were cut downe out of
Heb. a flood time, t whose foundation was ouer-
was powred
wpon their 5owen with a flood.
foundation.
" Chap. 21.
17 * Which said vnto God, Depart
14. from vs, and what can the Almightie
D Or, to them doe ||for them?
* Chap. 21.
16.
18 *Yet he filled their houses with
good things: but the counsell of the
wicked is forre from me.
* Psal. 107. 19 *The righteous see it, and are
?lad, and the innocent laugh them to
scorne.
I Or, estate. 20 Whereas our || substance is not
I Or, their cut downe, but the ||remnant of them
excellence.
the fire consumeth.
That is, 21 Acquaint now thy selfe with ||him,
with God.
and be at peace : thereby good shal come
vnto thee.
22 Receiue, I pray thee, the Lawe
Vom his mouth, and lay vp his words
n thine heart.
* Chap. 8.5. 23 *If thou rfctufne to the Almigh-
tie, thou shalt be built vp, thou shalt put
away iniquitie farre from thy taber-
U Or, on the
nacles.
dust. 24 Then shalt thou lay vp golde ||as
Job to repentance.
dust, ana the gold ot Upnir 43 the stones
of the brookes.
25 Yea the Almightie shall bee thy
|| defence, and thou shaU hsuet plenty oi * Or, gold.
tHeb.*iluer
siluer. of strength.
26 For then shalt thou haue thy de-
light in the Almightie, and shalt lift vp
thy face vnto God.
27 Thou shalt make thy prayer vn-
to him,and he shall heare thee, and thou
shalt pay thy vowes.
28 Thou shalt also decree a thing,
and it shal be established vnto thee: anc
the light shall shine vpon thy wayes.
29 When men are cast downe, then
thou shalt say, There is lifting vp: and
he shall saue the t humble person* t Heb. Mm
30 || He shall deliuer the Hand of the thai hath
'owe eye*.
innocent: and it is deliuered by the pure- I Or, the in-
nocent shall
nesse of thine hands. deliuer the
Hand.
C H A P . XXIII.
1 lob lottgeth to appeare before God, 6 in
confidence of his tnercie. 8 God who is inui-
sible, obserueth our wayes. 11 lobs innocen-
cie. 13 Gods decree is immutable.
Hen lob answered, and
TT said,
2 Euen to day is my com-
plaint bitter: my t stroke is t Hebr. my
heauier then my enroning. hand.
3 O that I kneww where I miaght 6 U that I knewe where 1 migjpi
find him! that I might come euen to his
seate!
4 I would prder my cause before 4 I would 4 order my cause before
!iim, and fill my moutb with argu-
ments.
5 I would know the words whicli
be would answere me f and vnderstand
what he would say vnto me.
6 Will he plead against me with his
great power ? No, but hee would put
strength in me.
7 There the righteous might dis-
3Ute with him; so should I be deliuered
br euer from my I^dge.
8 Behold, I goe forward, but he is
not there, and backward, but I cannot
perceiue him :
9 On the left hand where hee doeth
worke, but I cannot behold him : he hi-
deth himselfe on the right hand, that I
cannot see him.
10 But he knoweth tthe way that Heb. the
[ take: when he hath tried me, I shall way that is
with me.
come forth as gold.
11 My foot hath held bis steps, his
way haue I kept, and uot declined,
18 Nei-
The opprefsion
1% JNeitner naue I gone backe trom
t Hebr. I he cqmmaundement of his lippes, tl
wue hid, or
ctyd vp. laue esteemed the words of his month
« Or, my ap- more then 11 my necessary food,
pointed por*
tion. 13 But hee is in one minde, and who
* Psal. 115. can turne him? and what *his soule desi-
3.
reth, euen that he doeth.
14« For he performeth the thing that
is appointed for mee: and many such
things are with him.
15 Therefore am I troubled at his
jresence: when I consider, I am afraid
of him.
16 For God maketh my heart soft,
and the Almighty troubleth me:
17 Because I was not cut off before
the darknes, neither hath he couered the
darknes from my face.
C H A P . XXIIIL
1 Wickednessfc goeth often vnpunished. 17
There is a secret iuderement for the wicked.
Hy, seeing Times are not
Hi
hidden from the Almigh-
tie, doe they, that know
him not, see his dayes ?
2 Some remooue the
* Deut. 19. *lana-markes; they violently take a-
14. and 27.
17. way flocks, and ||feed thereof.
II Or, feed
them.
3 They driue away the asse of the
fatherlesse, they take the widowes oxe
for a pledge.
4 They turne the needy out of the
way: the poore of the earth hide them-
selues together,
5 Behold, as wilde asses in the de-
sart, goe they foorth to their worke, ri-
sing betimes for a pray : the wildernes
yeddeth food for them, and for their chil-
dren.
t Hebr. min 6 They reape euery one his tcorrie
ffled corne,
or dredge. in the fielde: and t they gather the vin-
t Hebr. the
wicked ga-
tage of the wicked.
ther the win 7 They cause the naked to lodge
tage. without clothing, that they haw no co-
uering in the cold.
8 They are wet with the showres
of the mountaines, and imbrace the
rocke for want of a shelter.
9 They plucke the fatherlesse from
the brest, and take a pledge of the poore.
10 They cause him to go naked with-
out clothing: and they take away the
sheafejfoow the hungry,
11 Which make oyle within their
walles, (ind tread their winepresses, an<;
suffer thirst
12 Meu groatafc frqm out of the city. doeth not his light arise ?
lob. of the wicked.
and the soule ot the wounded crieth out:
yet God layeth not folly to them.
13 They are of those that rebell a^
gainst the light, they know not the
wayes thereof, nor abide in the pathes
thereof.
14 The murderer rising with the
light, killeth the poore and needy, and
in the night is as a thiefe.
15 The eye also of the adulterer wai-
teth for the twilight, saying, No eye
shall see me: and tdisguiseth his face. t Heltr. set-
16 In the darke they digge through teth his face
in secret.
douses, which they had marked for them-
selues in the day time : they know not
the light.
17 For the morning is to them euen
as the shadow of death: if one know
theiu, they are in the terrours of the sha-
dow of death.
18 Hee is swift as the waters, their
portion is cursed in the earth: he behol-
deth not the way of the Vineyards.
19 Drought and heate t consume the t Hebr. vio-
lently take
snow waters : so doeth the graue those it.
which haue sinned.
£0 The wombe shall forget him, the
worme shall feed sweetly on him, hee
shall be no more remembred, and wic-
kednes shalbe broken as. a tree.
21 He euill jntreateth the barren, that
beareth not: and doeth not good to the
widow.
22 He draweth also the mighty with
his power: he riseth vp> ||and no man is I0r,heetn-
steth not his
sure of life. owne life.
23 Though it begiuen him to fcinsafe-
ty, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are
vpon their wayes.
24 They are exalted for a litle while,
but tare gone and brought low, they t Hebr. are
are t taken out of the way as al other, and not.
t Hebr. clo-
cut ofi* as the tops of the eares of corne. sed vp.
25 And if it be not so now, who will
make mee a liar, and make my speach
nothing worth ?
CHAP. XXV.
Bildad sheweth that man cannot be Justi-
fied before God.
Hen answered Jbildad the
TT
Shuhite, and said:
2 Dominion and feare
are with him, hee maketh
peace in his high places.
8 Is there anv num-
ber of his armies ? and! vpon whom
4*Hbw
Gods power. Chap.xxvj.xxvij. Hypocrites hope.
* Chap. 4. 4 * How then can man bee mstined Ooreuer lob t continued \Heb. added
to take vp.
17. &c. &

M
15. U. &c. with God ? or how can he be cleane that his parable, and sayd,
is borne of a woman ? 2 As God liuetn, who
5 Behold euen to the moone, and it hath taken away my
shineth not, yea the starres are not pure Judgment, and the Al-
in his sight. mighty, who hath t vex- IHeb.mate
mytoule bit-
6 How much lesse man, that is a ed my soule; ter.
worme: and the sonne of man which is a 3 All the while my breath is in mee,
•MLflfcft. * worme ? and * the spirit of God is in my nostrils; the
* That is,
breath
4 My lips shall not speake wicked- which God
gaue him.
CHAP. XXVI. nesse, nor my tongue vtter deceit.
1 lob reprouing the vncharitable spirit of Bil- 5 God forbid that I should iustifie
dad, 5 acknowledge^ the power of God you : till I die, I will not remoue my
to be infinite and vnsearchable. integritie from me:
VT lob answered and 6 My righteousnesse I hold fast,

B
sayd, and will not let it goe : my heart shall
% Howe hastthou helped not reproach me t so long as I Hue. my ^Heb./rom
dates.
him that is without power? 7 Let mine enemie be as the wic-
how sauest thou the arme ked, and he that riseth vp against me, as
tnat Haiti no strengtn r the vnrighteous.
3 How hast thou counselled him that 8 * For what is the hope of the hy- 26. •Mat 1C.
hath no wisedome ? and how hast thou pocrite, though he hath gained, when
plentifully declared the thing, as it is ? God taketh away his soule ?
4 To whom hast thou vttered 9 * Will God heare his cry, when 98. * Prou. I.
Ezech.
words ? and whose spirit came from trouble commeth vpon him ? 8.18. lohn.
thee? 10 Will he delight himselfe in the AI- 4.3. lam.
9. 31.
5 Dead things are formed from vn- mightie? will hee alwayes call vpon
II Or. with, der the waters, ||and the inhabitants God?
the Inhabi- 11 I will teach you ||by the hand of the lOr^cingin
tants. thereof. hand $c.
* Pro. 15.11 6 * Hell is naked before him, and de- God: that which is with the Almightie,
struction hath no couering. will I not conceale.
7 He stretcheth out the North ouer 12 Behold, all ye your selues haue
the emptie place, and hangeth the earth scene ft, why then are yee thus altoge-
vpon nothing. ther vaine ?
8 Hee bindeth vp the waters in his 13 This is the portion of a wicked
thicke clouds, and the cloud is not rent man with God, and the heritage of op-
vnder them. pressours which they shall receiue of the
9 Hee holdeth backe the face of his Almightie.
throne, and spreadeth his cloud vpon it. 14 If his children be multiplied, it. it
10 Hee hath compassed the waters for the sword: and his offspring shall not
Wleb.vntill with bounds, t vntill the day and night be satisfied with bread.
the end of 15 * Those that remaine of him 65. *Psal. 78.
light with come to an end.
darknesse. 11 The pillars of heauen tremble, shall bee buried in death : and his wi-
and are astonished at his reproofe. dowes shall not weepe.
12 Hee diuideth the sea with his po- 16 Though he heape vp siluer as the
wer, and by his vnderstanding he smi- dust, and prepare rayment as the
\Hcb. pride. teth through t the proud. clay:
13 By his spirit he hath garnished the 17 He may prepare ft, but the iust shall
heauens; his hand hath formed the put it on, and the innocent shall diuide
crooked serpent. the siluer.
14 Loe, these are parts of his waies, 18 He buildeth his house as a moth,
but how little a portion is heard of and as a booth that the keeper maketh.
him ? but the thunder of his power who 19 The rich man shall lie downe, bul
can vnderstand ? he shall not be gathered: he openeth his
eyes, and he is not:
CHAP. XXVII. 20 * Terrours take hold on him as 11. * Chap. 18.
waters, a tempest stealeth him away in
1 lob protesteth his sincerity. 8 The Hypo-
crite is without hope. 11 Theblessings, which the night.
the wicked haue, are turned into curses. 21 The East winde carieth him a-
*»y
Gods wiiedome. lob.
way, and he departetn : ana as a storme
hurleth him out of his place.
22 For God shall cast vpon him, and
\Heb.inJtee. not spare; t hee would faine flee out of
inghe would
flee. his hand.
23 Men shall clap their handes at
him, and shall hisse him out of his place.
C H A P . XXVIII.
1 There is a knowledge of naturall things. 12
But wisedome is an excellent sift of God.
II Or, a mine Vrely there is ||a veine for
RSS
the sillier, and a place for
golde where they fine it.
2 Iron is taken out of
II Or, dust. the || earth, and brasse is
molten out of the stone.
3 Hee setteth an ende to darkenesse,
and searcheth out all perfection . the
stones of darkenesse and the shadow of
death.
4 The floud breaketh out from the
inhabitant; euen the waters forgotten of
the footer they are dried vp, they are
gone away from men.
5 As for the earth, out of it commeth
bread : and vnder it, is turned vp as it
were fire.
6 The stones of it are the place of
I Or, gold, Saphires: and it hath j| dust of golde.
oare. 7 There is a path which no foule
knoweth, and which the vulturs eye
hath not scene.
8 The lyons whelps haue not tro-
den it, nor the fierce lyon passed by it.
9 Hee putteth foorth his hand vpon
I Or, flint. the ||rocke; hee ouerturneth the moun-
taines by the rootes.
10 Hee cutteth outriuers among the
rockes, and his eye seeth euery precious
thing.
\Heb.from, 11 Hebindeth the flouds tfrom ouer-
Weeping,
flowing, and the thing that is hid, brin
geth he foorth to light.
12 But where shall wisedome bee
found ? and where is the place of vnder-
standing?
13 Man knoweth not the price there-
of; neither is it found in the land of the
liuing.
• Rom* 11, 14 *The depth saith, It is not in me:
33,34.
and the sea saith, It is not with me.
\Heb.fine 15 t It * cannot be gotten for golde,
Kotdshattnoi
begiutn neither shall siluer be weighed Jbr the
price thereof.
for it.
* Pro. 3. J4.
and 8.11, 16 It cannot be valued with the
19. and golde of Ophir, with the precious O-
16. 16.
nix, or the Saphire.
lobs former
17 The golde and the chrystall can-
not equall it: and the exchange of it shall
not befor \\ Jewels of fine golde. I Or, vessell
18 No mention shalbe made of ||Co- ->fI Or,fine/?a-
gold.
rall, or of Pearles : for the price of wise- moth.
dome is aboue Rubies.
19 The Topaze of Ethiopia shall
not equall it, neither shall it be valued
with pure golde.
20 * Whence then commeth wise- " Vers. 12.
dome ? and where is the place of vnder-
standing ?
21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of
all liuing, and kept close from the foules
of the || ay re. I Or, heauen.
22 Destruction and death say, Wee
haue heard the fame thereof with our
eares.
23 God vnderstandeth the way there-
of, and he knoweth the place thereof.
24 For hee looketh to the endes of
the earth, and seeth vnder theivhole
heauen:
25 To make the weight for the
windes, and he weigheth the waters by
measure.
26 When hee made a decree for the
raine, and a way for the lightning of
the thunder:
27 Then did he see it, || and declare I Or, did
it, he prepared it, yea and searched it out. number it.
28 * And vnto man he said, Behold, •Psal. 111.
10. prou. 1.
the feare of the Lord, that is wisedome, 7. & 9. 10.
and to depart from euill, is vnderstan-
ding.
C H A P . XXIX.
lob bemoaneth himselfe, of his former pros-
peritie and honour.
Oreouer lob t continued Heb. added
m
bis parable, and said, o take vp.
2 O that I were as
In moneths past, as in the
layes when God preser-
ied me.
3 When his || candle shmedvpon my I Or, lampe-
head, and when by his light I walked
through darkenesse.
4 As I was in the dayes of my
youth, when the secret of God was vp-
on my tabernacle:
5 When the Almightie was yet with
me, when my children were about me:
6 When I washed my steps with
butter, and the rocke powred t me out t Heb. with
me.
riuers of oyle:
7 When I went out to the gate,
through the citie, when I prepared my
seate in the street.
8 The
profperitie, and Chap.xxx.
o Ihe yong men saw me, ana ma
themselues ; and the aged arose, and
stood vp.
9 The princes refrained talking, and
laid their hand on their mouth.
t Heb. the 10 tThe Nobles held their peace,
voice of the
nobles was and their tongue cleaued to the roofe of
hid. their mouth.
11 When the eare heard mee> then it
blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it
gaue witnesse to me:
12 Because I deliuered the poore
that cried, and the fatherlesse, and him
that had none to helpe him.
18 The blessing of him that was rea-
die to perish, came vpon me: and I cau-
sed the widowes heart to sing for ioy.
14 I put on righteousnesse, and it
clothed me: my Judgement was as a
robe and a diademe.
15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet
was I to the lame.
161 was a father to the poore: and
the cause which I knewe not, I sear-
ched out.
taw teeth or 17 And I brake the tiawes of the
\Heb.the
the grinders wicked, and tpluckt the spoile out of his
\ Heb. I cast teeth.
18 Then I said, I shall die in my
nest, and I shall multiplie my dayes as
the sand.
Mleb. 19 My roote was t spread out by the
opened.
waters, and the dew lay all night vpon
my branch.
t Heb. new. 20 My glory was t fresh in mee, and
t Heb. chan- my bow was t renewed in my hand.
ged.
21 Vnto me men gaue eare, and wai-
ted, and kept silence at my counsell.
22 After my words they spake not a-
gaine, & my speach dropped vpon them,
23 And they waited for me as for the
raine, and they opened their mouth
wide as for the latter raine.
24 If I laughed on them, they belee-
ued it not, and the light of my counte-
nance they cast not downe.
25 I chose out their way, and sate
chiefe, and dwelt as a king in the army,
as one thai comforteth the mourners.
C H A P . XXX,
1 lobs honour is turned into extreme contempt.
15 His prosperitie into calamitie.
t Heb. of Vt nowe they t that are
fewer dayet
B
then I. yonger then I, haue mee
in derision, whose fathers
I would haue disdained
to haue set with the dogs
ot my tiocke.
prefent miferie.
» Yea whereto might the strength
of their hands profit me, in whom olde
age was perished ?
3 For want and famine they were
\\ solitarie : flying into the wildernesse as
H Or* darke
the night,
t in former time desolate and waste: fHekyester.
4 Who cut vp mallowes by the night.
bushes, and luniper rootes for their
meate.
5 They were driuen foorth from a-
mong men, (they cried after them, as af-
ter a thiefe.)
6 To dwell in the clifts of the val-
leys, in t caues of the earth, and in the \ Heb. holes.
rockes.
7 Among the bushes they brayed :
vnder the nettles they were gathered
together.
8 They were children of fooles, yea
children of t base men : they were viler tffeb.men
Of no name.
then the earth.
9 * And now am I their song, yea • Psal. 35.
15. and 69.
I am their by-word. 12.
10 They abhorre me, they flee farre
from me, t and spare not to spit in my i Heb. and
withhold not
face. spittle from
11 Because hee hath loosed my cord my face.
and afflicted me, they haue also let loose
the bridle before me.
12 Vpon my right hand rise the youth,
they push away my feete, and they raise
vp against mee the wayes of their de-
struction.
13 They marre my path, they set
forward my calamitie, they haue no
helper.
1 i They came vpon me as a wide brea-
king in of waters: in the desolation they
rolled themselues vpon me.
15 Terrours are turned vpon mee:
they pursue t my soule as the wind: and t Heb. my
my welfare passeth away as a cloude. principatt
one
16 And now my soule is powred out
von me : the dayes of affliction haue
taken hold vpon me.
17 My bones are pierced in mee in
the night season: and my sinewes take
no rest.
18 By the great force of my disease, is
my garment changed: it bindeth mee
about as the collar of my coat.
19 Hee hath cast mee into the myre,
and I am become like dust and ashes.
20 I crie vnto thee, and thou doest
not heare me: I stand vp, and thou re-
gardest me not. \Hehtumed
21 Thou art t become cruell to me: tobecruett.
t Hebr. the
with t thy strong hand thou opposest strength of
thy selfe against me. thy hand.
32 Thou
|Iob profefleth lob. his integritie.
22 Thou liftest me vp to the wind : my neignoours aoore:
thoii causest me to ride vpon it, and dissol- 10 Then let my wife grind vnto an-
II Or, wise- nest my || substance.
dome.
other, and let others bow downe vpon
23 For I know that thou wilt bring her.
me to death, and to the house appointed 11 For this is an heinous crimevyea,
for all liuing. it is an iniquitie to bee punished by the
24 Howbeit he will not stretch out ludges.
pHebheape. his hand to the tgraue, though they cry 12 For it is a firethat consumeth to de-
in his destruction. struction, and would roote out all mine
•Rom. 12.
15. psal. 35.
25 * Did not I weepe tfor him that encrease. j
13. was in trouble ? was not my soule grie- 13 If I did despise the cause of my
t Heb. for
him that was ued for the poore ? man-seruant, or of my mayd-seruant/
hard of day. 26 When I looked for good, then when they contended with me:
euill came vn to mee: and when I wai- 14 What then shall I do, when God
ted for light, there came darkenes. riseth vp ? and when hee visiteth, what
27 My bowels boyled and rested j shall I answere him ?
not: the dayes of affliction preuented 15 Did not hee that made mee in the
mee. wombe, make him ? and || did not one fa- notfashion
n Or, did hee
28 I went mourning without the shion vs in the wombe ? vs in one
Sunne : I stood vp, and I cried in the 16 If I haue withhelde the poore wombe ?
?
Congregation. rom their desire, or haue caused the eyes
* Psal. 102. 29 * I am a brother to dragons, and of the widow to faile :
6.
II Or, ostri- a companion to ||owles. 17 Or haue eaten my morsell my
ches. 30 My skinne is blacke vpon mee, selfe alone, and the fatherlesse hath not
and my bones are burnt with heat. eaten thereof:
31 My harpe also is turned to mour- 18 (For from my youth hee was
ning, and my organe into the voyce oi brought vp with me as with a father,
them that weepe. and I haue guided || her from my mo-the II That is,
widow.
thers wombe.)
C H A P . XXXI. 19 If I haue scene any perish for
lob maketh a solemne protestation of his inte- want of cloathing, or any poore with-
gritie in seuerall dueties. out couering:
20 If his loynes haue not blessed
Made a couenant with me, and if hee were not warmed with

I
mine eyes; why then the fleece of my sheepe:
should I thinke vpon a 21 If I haue lift vp my hand against
mayd ? the fatherlesse, when I saw my helpe
2 For what portion of in the gate :
G-od is there from aboue ? and what in- 22 Then let mine arme fall from my
heritance of the Almighty from on shoulder-blade, and mine arme be bro-
high? ken from the || bone. I Or, the
3 Is not destruction to the wicked ? 23 For destruction frorri God was a channellbone.
and a strange punishment to the workers terrour to mee : and by reason of his
of iniquitie ? highnesse, I could not endure.
* 2% Chron. 4 *Doeth not he see my wayes, and 24 If I haue made golde my hope,
16. 9. iob
32. 21. pro. count all my steps ? or haue said to the fine gold, Thou art my
5. 21. and
IK. 9.
5 If I iaue walked with vanitie, confidence:
or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; 25 If I reioyced because my wealth
\Hebr.let 6 t Let me bee weighed in an euen was great, and because mine hand had
him weigh ballance, that God may know mine in- t gotten much: ) Heb. found
mee in t>a- much.
lancesof
Iust ice.
tegritie. 26 If I beheld tthe Sunne wher t Heb. the
light.
7 If my step hath turned out of the it shined, or the Moone walking t ir t Heb. bright
way, and mine heart walked after brightnesse:
mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaued 27 And my heart hath bene secretlv
to my hands: enticed, or t my mouth hath kissed m) hand t Hebr. my
hath
8 Then let mee sow, and let another hand: kissed my
eate, yea let my off-spring be rooted out. 28 This also were an iniquitie to b< mouth.
9 If mine heart haue bene deceiued punished by the ludge : For I shoulc
by a woman, or ifl haue layde wait at haue denied the God that is aboue.
291:
Elihu reproueth Chap.xxxij.
%9 It 1 reioyced at the destruction
of him that hated me, or lift vp my selfe
when euill found him:
t Heb. my
palate.
30 (Neither haue I suffered t my
mouth to sinne by wishing a curse to
his soule.)
31 If the men of my tabernacle said
not, Oh that we had of his flesh! wee
cannot be satisfied.
3£ The stranger did not lodge in the
!! Or, to the street: but I opened my doores |] to the
way.
trauailer.
33 If I couered my transgressions,
I! Or, after f|as Adam : by hiding mine iniquitie in
the manner
of men. my bosom e:
34 Did I feare a great multitude, or
did the contempt of families terrific
me : that I kept silence, and went not
out of the doore ?
I Or, behold
my signs is 35 O that one would heare me! ||be-
itettheAl- holde, my desire isy that the Almightie
mightiewill would answere me, and that mine ad-
answeremee.
uersary had written a booke.
36 Surely I would take it vpon my
shoulder, and bind it as a crowne to me.
37 I would declare vnto him the
number of my steps, as a prince would
I goe neere vnto him.
38 If my land cry against me, or that
t Heb. weepe the furrowes likewise thereof tcom-
) Heb. the plainp:
strength 39 If I haue t eaten the fruits there-
thereof.
\Hcb.caused of without money, or haue t caused the
the soule of owners thereof to loose their life:
the owners
iherofto ex- 40 Let thistles grow in stead of
pire* or
breath out. wheat, and || cockle in stead of barley.
II Or, noy-
some weefos The words of lob are ended.
C H A P . XXXII.
1 Elihu is angry with lob and his three friends.
6 Because wisedome cometh not from age,he
excuseth the boldnesse of his youth. 11 He
reprooueth them for not satisfying of lob. 16
His zeale to roeake.
0 these three men ceased
S
t Heb. from
answering.
tto answere lob, because
he was righteous in his
owne eyes.
2 Then was kindled
the wrath of Elihu, the sonne of Bara-
chel the Buzite, of the kinred of Ram;
against lob was his wrath kindled,
t Heb. his because he Justified t him selfe rather then
soule.
God.
3 Also against his three friends was
his wrath kindled : because they had
found no answere, and yet had condem-
t Heb. ex- ned lob.
pected lob 1 Elihu pffereth himselfe in stead of God, with
in words. 4 Now Elihu had t waited till lob sinceritie and meekenesse to reason with lob.
lob, and others.
had spoken : because they were t elder • Heo. ewer
then he. for day es*
5 When Elihu saw that there was no
answere in the mouth of these three
men, then his wrath was kindled.
6 And Elihu the sonne of Barachel
the Buzite answered and sayd : I am
tyong, and yee are very old, wherefore t Heb. few
I was afraid, and t durst not shew you ofdayes.
iHeb.I
mine opinion. feared.
7 I said, Dayes should speake, and
multitude of yeeres should teach wise-
dome.
8 * But there is a spirit in man: and * lob.2.38.36
the inspiration of the Almightie giueth prou. 6.
eccl. 2. 26.
them vnderstanding. Ian. 1.17.
j 2.21. &
9 Great men are not aJwayes wise :
neither doe the aged vnderstand iudge-
ment.
10 Therfore I sayd, Hearken to me:
I also will shew mine opinion.
11 Behold, I waited for your words:
I gaue eare to your treasons, whilest derstandingt
t Heb. vn-
you searched out twhat to say. t Heb. words
12 Yea, I attended vnto you : and
beholde, there was none of you that
conuinced lob, or that answered his
words:
13 Lest ye should say,We haue found
out wisdom : God thrusteth him down,
not man.
14 Now he hath not || directed his red fl Or, orde-
his
words against me : neither will I an- words.
swere him with your speeches,
15 They were amased, they answe-
red no more, tthey left off speaking. tremoued Heb. they
16 When I had waited, (for they speeches
spake not, but stood still and answered fromselves.
them-
no more.)
17 / sayd, I will answere also my
part, I also will shew mine opinion.
18 For I am full of t matter, the t spi- t Heb..words
t Heb. the
rit within me constraineth me. spirit of my
19 Behold, my belly is as wine, which belly.
thath no vent, it is ready to burst like opened.
t Heb. is not
new bottles.
20 I will speake, tthat I may be re- may t Heb. that I
breath.
freshed : I wUl open my lippes, and an-
swere.
21 Let me not, I pray you, accept
any mans person : neither let me giue
flattering titles vnto man.
22 For I know not to giue flatte-
ring titles: in so doing my maker would
soone take me away.
C H A P . XXXIII.
8 He
Gods chaftifements: lob. His mercie.
8 He excuseth God from gluing man an ac- 20 * So that his life abhorreth bread, »Psal.i07.
and his soule tdaintie meate.
count of his wayes, by his greatnesse. 14 God 17-
calleth man to repentance by visions, 19 by (• Heb. meate
afflictions, 93 ana by his mmistery. 31 Hee
21 His flesh is consumed away that tfdetire.
inciteth lob to attention* it cannot be seene; and his bones that
were not seene, sticke out.
Herefore, lob, I pray 22 His soule draweth neere vnto the

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thee, heare my speeches, graue, and his life to the destroyers.
and hearken to all my 23 If there be a messenger with him,
wordes, an interpreter, one among a thousand,
2 Behold, now I haue to shew vnto man his vprightnesse:
opened my mouth, my tongue hath 24 Then hee is gracious vnto him,
t Heb. in my spoken tin tny mouth. and sayth, Deliuer him from going
palate.
3 My words shalbe of the vpright- downe to the pit; I haue found ||a ran- i Or9 an
nesse of my heart: and my lippes shall some. atonement.
vtter knowledge clearely. 25 His flesh shall be fresher tthen a I Hebr. then
4 The Spirit of God hath made childes : he shall returne to the dayes of childhood.
me, and the breath of the Almightie his youth,
hath giuen me life. 26 He shall pray vnto God, and hee
5 If thou canst, answere me, set thy will be fauourable vnto him, and hee
wordes in order before me, stand vp. shall see his face with ioy : for hee will
* Cha. 9.35. 6 * Behold, I am t according to thy render vnto man his righteousnesse.
and 23. 20.
t Heb. accor- wish in Gods stead : I also am t for- 27 || He looketh vpon men, and if any i Or, he shall
ding to thy ' med out of the clay.
mouth,
say, I haue sinned, and peruerted that loofee vpon
men,andsayt
t Heb. cut 7 Behold, my terfour shall not which was right, and it profited mee ned, &o*sin- I haue
out of the make thee afraid, neither shall my hand not:
clay.
be heauie vpon thee. 28 || Hee will delivier his soule from deliuered
i Or9 he hath
i Heb. in 8 Surely thou hast spoken tin mine going into the pit, and his life shall see my soule arc.
mine eares. hearing, and I haue heard the voice the light. ant my life.
of thy words, saying, 29 Loe, all these things worketh
9 I am cleane without transgressi- God t often times with man, \ Heb. twice
and thrice.
on, I am innocent; neither is there ini- 30 To bring backe his soule from the
quitie in me. pit, to be enlightened with the light of
10 Behold, hee findeth occasions a- the liuing.
gainst mee, hee counteth mee for his 31 Marke well, O lob, hearken vn-
enemie. to me, hold thy peace, and I wil speake.
11 He putteth my feete in the stockes, 32 If thou hast any thing to say, an-
he marketh all my pathes. swere me: speake, for I desire to iustifie
12 Behold, in this thou art not iust: thee.
I will answere thee, That God is 33 If not, hearken vnto me : holde
greater then man. thy peace, and I shall teach thee wise-
13 Why doest thou striue against him? dome.
t Heb. hee for the giueth not account of any of his
answereth
not. matters. C H A P , XXXIIII.
14 For God speaketh orice, yea twice,
yet man perceiueth it not. 1 Elihu accuseth lob for charging God .with
injustice. 10 God omnipotent cannot be
15 In a dreame, in a vision of the vniust. 31 Man must humble himself e vntp
night, when deepe sleepe falleth vpon God. 34 Elihu reprooueth lob.
men, in slumbrings vpon the bed:
t Heb. hee 16 Then hee topeneth the eares of Vrthermore Elihu answe-

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reueateth, or
vncouereth. men, and sealeth their instruction, red, and said,
17 That hee may withdraw man 2 Heare my wordes,
\Heb.worke. from his t purpose, and hide pride from 0 yee wise men , and
man. ffiue eare vnto me, ye that
18 Hee keepeth backe his soule from naue knowledge.
t Heb. from the pit, and his life tfrom perishing by 3 * For the eare trieth words, as the u. *Cha]M2.
passing by
the sword. the sword. t mouth tasteth meate. t Heb. pa*
19 Hee is chastened also with paine 4 Let vs ehuse to vs iudgement: late.
vpon his bed, and the multitude of his let vs know among our selues what is
bones with strong paine. good.
5 For
 Gods power, Chap.xxxiiij. xxx v.
5 For Iob hath said, I am righte
ous t- and God hath taken away nr
Judgement.
6 Should I lye against my right?
i Hebr, mine tmy wound is incurable without trans-
arrow.
gression.
7 What man is like Iob, who drink-
eth vp scorning like water ?
8 Which goeth in company with
the workers of iniquitie, and walketh
with wicked men.
9 For hee hath said, It profiteth a
man nothing, that he should delight
himselfei with God.
10 Therefore hearken vnto me, ye
t Hebr. men t men of vnderstanding : * farre bee it
ofheart.
* Exod. 32. From God, that he sJtould doe wickednes,
4. iob 8. 3. and from the Almighty, that hee sJioulc
and 36. 23.
psal. 92.15. commit iniquitie.
row. 9. u.
* Psal. 62. 11 * For the worke of a man shall he
12. pro. 24. render vnto him, and cause euery man
12. iere. 2.
32, in. eze. to firide according to his wayes.
33. 20. mat. 12 Yea surely God will not doe wic-
6, 27. rom.
2. 6. 2. cor. <edly , neither will the Almighty per-
5.1 p. i.pct.
1.17. apoc. uert iudgement
22. 12- 13 Who hath giuen him a charge o-
Hebr. attq/ uer the earth ? or who hath disposed t the
it.
whole world ?
* Psal. 104.
29.
\4f * If he set his heart tvpon man,
Hebr. opon £he gather vnto himselfe his spirit and
Aim, lis breath;
* Eccles. 12. 15 * All flesh shall perish together,
6. gene. 3.
10v and man shall turne againe vnto dust.
16 If now thou host vnderstanding,
icare this: hearken to the voyce of my
words.
17 Shall euen he that hateth right,
IHeb.binde. tgouerne? and wilt thou conderane him
that is most lust ?
18 Is it fit to say to a King, Thou art
wicked ? and to Princes, Ye are vngodly?
• Dcut. lu.
17. 2. chro.
19 *How much lesse to him that accep-
9. 7- act. 10. teth not the persons of Princes, nor re-
34. rom. 2. rardeth the rich more then the poore?
11. gal. 2.6.
cphe. 6. 9. or they all are the woorke of his
COlos. 3. 25.
J. pet. i. 17. lands.
20 In a moment shall they die, and
the people shalbe troubled at midnight,
t Heb. they and passe away : and tthe mighty shall
shall take a-
way the )e taken away without hand.
mighty.
*Pro. 5. 21.
21 *For his eyes are vpon the wayes
and 15. a. of man, and he seeth all his goings.
iob 31. 4.
2. chro. 16. 22 There is no darkenes, nor shadow
9; ieie. 16. of death, where the workers of iniqui-
17.
tie may hide themselues.
23 For hee will not lay vpon man
iHebr.goe. morethenright; that he should tenter in-
to iudgeipent with God.
24 He shall breake in pieces mighty
and iuftice.
men t without number, and set other t Heb. with
in their stead. out search"
ing out.
25 Therefore hee knoweth thei]
workes, and he ouerturneth them in th<
night, so that they are t destroyed. t Hebr.
crushed.
26 He striketh them as wicked men
tin the open sight of others? t Hebr. in
the place of
27 Because they turned backe tfrorr beholders.
him, and would not consider any of his after
\Hebr. from
htm.
wayes.
28 So that they cause the cry of the
poore to come vnto him, and he heareth
the cry of the afflicted.
29 When he giueth quietnesse, whc
then can make trouble? and when hee
hideth his face, who then can beholde
him? whether it be done against a nati-
on , or against a man onely:
30 That the hypocrite raigne not,
test the people be ensnared.
31 Surely it is meete to be said vntc
God, I haue borne chastisement, 1 will
not offend any more.
32 That which I see not, teach thou
me; If I haue done iniquitie, I will
doe no more.
33 t Should it bee according to thy t Hebr.it be
minde ? he will recompense it, whether Should
from with
thou refuse, or whether thou chuse, and thee?
not I : therefore speake what thou
mowest.
34? Let men t of vnderstanding tell \eart.
Hebr. of
mee, and let a wise man hearken vnto
mee.
35 Iob hath spoken without know-
edge, and his words were without wis-
dome.
36 || My desire is that Iob may bee II Or, My fa-
tried vnto the ende, because of his an- ther, let lob
be tried.
sweres for wicked men.
37 For he addeth rebellion vnto his
sinne, hee clappeth his handes amongst
vs, and multiplieth his words against
God.
C H A P . XXXV.
1 Comparison is not to be made with God, be-
cause our good or euill cannot extend vnto
him. 9 Many.cry in their afflictions, but
are not heard for want of faith.
Lihu spake moreouer, and
EE
said,
2 Thinkest thou this
;o bee right, that thou say-
lest. Mv riffhteousnesse is
more then Gods ?
3 For thou saydst, What aduantage
will it bee vnto thee, anAWhajt profite
shall
 The caufes of lob.
Or, by it nail 1 naue, \\y 1 bee cleansed trora my
more then by inne?
my sinne.
Heb. wil 4 tl wil answere thec, and thy com-
eturneI to
hee words. >anions with thee.
5 Looke vnto the heauens and see,
nd behold the clouds which are higher
hen thou.
6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou
gainst him? or j^*thy transgressions be
multiplied, what doest thou vnto him ?
* Psal. 16.2. 7 * If thou be righteous, what gi-
Rom. 11. 35
iob. 22. 3. iest thou him? or what receiueth hee of
hine hand ?
8 Thy wickednesse may hurt a man
s thou art, and thy righteousnesse may
profit the soniie of man.
9 By reason of the multitude of op-
sessions they make the oppressed to crie :
fiey crie out by reason of the arme of
he mightie.
10 But none saith,Where is God my
maker, who giueth songs in the night?
11 Who teacheth vs more then the
>easts of the earth, and maketh vs wi-
er then the foules of heauen.
12 There they crie, (but none giueth
answere") because of the pride of euill
men.
* lob. 27. 9 13 * Surely God wil not heare vani-
prou. 1. 28.
sa.1. is.ier. tie, neither wil the Almightie regard it.
li.U. 14 Although thou sayest thou shalt
not see him, yet judgement & before him,
therefore trust thou in him.
^ That is 15 But now because it is not so, |[hee
God.
\\Thatis, lath visited in his anger, yet ||he know-
M. eth it not in great extremitie:
16 Therefore doeth lob open his
mouth in vaine : he multiplietn words
without knowledge.
C H A P . XXXVI.
1 Elihu sheweth how God is iust in bis waves.
16 How lobs sinnes hinder Gods blessings
24> Gods works are to be magnified.
JLmu also proceeded, and
E
said,
% Suffer mee a little,
and I will shewe thee,
t Heb. that tthat Ihaue yet to speake
there are yet
wordsfor on Gods behalfe.
God. 8 I will fetch my knowledge from
afarre, and will .ascribe righteotisnesse
to my Maker.
4 For tfuely my words shall not be
false: he that is perfect in knowledge, i
with thee.
5 BehoJd, God is mightie, and de
spiseth not any: he is mightie in strengtl
t Heb. hear and twisedome.
Gods punifhments.
D He preserueth not the life of the
wicked : but giueth right to the Hpoore. !0r,3#i.
7 * Hee withdraweth not his eyes *cted. Psal. 34.
Tom the righteous : but with kings are 14.
hey on the throne, yea he doth establish
hem for euer, and they are exalted.
8 And if they bee bound in fetters,
and be holden in cords of affliction :
9 Then hee sheweth them their
worke, and their transgressions, that
hey haue exceeded.
10 He openeth also their eare to disci-
)1ine, and commandeth that they re-
;urne from iniquitie.
11 If they obey and serue him, *they * Iob 21.13
shall spend their dayes in prosper!tie,
and their yeeres in pleasures.
12 But if they obey not, tthey shall Heb. they
hall passe a-
perish by the sword, and they shall die wayoythe.
without knowledge. sword.
13 But the hypocrites in heart heape
vp wrath : they cue not when he bin-
leth them*
14 tThey die in youth, and their life Hebr.fair
ouledieth.
is among tne jjvncleane. Or,Sodo-
15 He deliuereth the ||poore in his af- mites.
Or, affi-
fliction, and openeth their eares in op- oted.
pression.
16 Euen so would he haue remoouec
thee out of the strait into a broad place,
where there is no straitnesse, and t thai iHeb.ffl*
rest of thy
which should be set on thy table, shaida 'fiti?*9
fofull offatnesse.
17 But thou hast fulfilled the iudge-
Or, iudge-
ment of the wicked : || iudgement anc mentandiu-
iustice take hold on thee. stice should
18 Because there is wrath, bewarelesi vpholdtoee.
le take thee away with his stroke: ther
a great ransome cannot t deliuer thee. \Heb.turne
thee aside.
19 Will he esteeme thy riches? no nol
gold, nor all the forces of strength.
20 Desire not the night, when peo-
ple are cut off in their place.
21 Take heed, regard not iniquitie
Tor this hast thou chosen rather then af
iiction.
22 Beholde, God exalteth by hi
power: who teacheth like him ?
23 Who hath ihioyned him his way.
or who can say, Thou hast wrough
iniquitie?
24 Remember that thou magnifii
his worke, which men behold.
25 Euery man may see it, man ma;
behold it afarre off.
26 Behold, God is great, and w<
know him not, neither can the numbe
of his yeeres be searched out.
27 For hee maketh small the drop
of
 The power Chap.xxxvij.xxxviij.
01 waier: uiey powre aowne raine ac
cording to the vapour thereof:
£8 Which the clouds doe drop, ane
distill vpon man aboundantly,
29 Also can any vnderstand the
spreadings of the clouds, or the noise o
his tabernacle ?
30 Behold, he spreadeth his light vp-
t Heb. the on it, and couereth t the bottome of the
roots.
sea.
31 For by them iudgeth he the peo-
ple, he giueth meate in abundance.
32 With clouds he couereth the light
and commaundeth it not to shine, by the
cloud that commeth betwixt.
33 The noise thereof sheweth con-
t Heb. that cerning it, the cattel also concerning t the
which goeth Vapour.
vp.
C H A P . XXXVII.
1 God is to be feared because of his great works
15 His wisdome is vnsearchable in them.
T this also my heari
m
trembleth, 'and is moued
out of his place.
Heb. heare 2 tHeare attentiuely
n hearing.
the noise of his voice, and
tne sound ttiat goeta out ot nis moutn.
3 Hee directeth it vnder the whole
Heb. KgM. heauen, and his t lightning vnto the
Heb. wings tends of the earth.
of the earth.
4 After it a voyce roareth: he thun-
dreth with the voice of his excellencie,
and hee will not stay them when his
voice is heard.
5 God thundereth maruellously
with his voice : great things doth hee,
which we cannot comprehend.
* Psal. 147. 6 For *he saith to the snow, Be thou
16. & 17.
t Heb. and an the earth : t likewise to the small
to the show- raine, and to the great raine of his
er of raine,
and to the strength.
showers of 7 He sealeth vp the hand of euery
raine of nis
strength. man; that all men may knowe his
worke.
8 Then the beastes goe into dennes:
and remaine in their places.
Heb. out of 9 tOut of the South commeth the
the chamber.
whirlewinde : and cold out of the
tHekscatte. t North.
ring winds.
10 By the breath of God, frost ia gi-
uen : and the breadth of the waters is
straitned.
11 Also by watring he wearieth the
\ Heb. the hicke cloud: hee scattereth this bright
cloud of his cloud.
light.
12 And it is turned round about by
lis counsels : that they may doe what-
of God.
soeuer nee commaundeth them vpon
the face of the world in the earth.
13 He causeth it to come, whether for
t correction, or for his land, or for mercy. t Heb. a rod.
14 Hearken vnto this, 0 lob:
stand still, and consider the wondrous
workes of God.
15 Doest thou knowe when God dis-
posed them, and caused the light of his
cloud to shine ?
16 Doest thou know the ballancings
of the clouds, the wondrous workes of
him which is perfect in knowledge ?
17 How thy garments are warme,
when hee quieteth the earth by the
South wind?
18 Hast thou with him spread out
the skie, which is strong, and as a molten
looking glasse ?
19 Teach vs what we shall say vnto
dim; for we cannot order our speach by
reason of darknes.
20 Shall it bee told him that I
speake? ifamanspeake>surelyheshalbe
swallowed vp.
21 And nowe men see not the bright
ight which is in the clouds : but the
wind passeth and cleanseth them.
22 tFaire weather commeth out of Uffeb.gold
the North : with God is terrible ma-
lestie.
23 Touching the Almighty, we can-
not find him out: he is excellent in pow-
er, and in iudgement, and in plenty of
ustice : he will not afflict.
24 Men doe therefore feare him : he
respecteth not any that are wise of heart.
C H A P . XXXVIII.
God chalengeth lob to answer. 4 God by
his mighty workes, conuinceth lob of Igno-
rance, 31 and of imbecillity.
Hen the LORD answe-
T
red lob out of the whirle-
wind, and sayd,
2 Who is this that dark-
neth counsell by words
without knowledge?
3 Gird vp nowe thy loines like 8
man; for I will demaund of thee, and
•answere thou me. \ Heb. make
4 * Where wast thou when I layd me know.
* Psal. 104.
the foundations of the earth ? declare, 5. prou.
30.4.
t if thou hast vnderstanding. HeMfthou
5 Who ,hath layd the measures tnowestvn*inderstan*
thereof, if thou knowest ? or who hath ding.
stretched the line vpon it ?
6 Wherepuon are the t foundati- kets. • Heb. soc-
ons
Mans weakenes. lob.
iHeb.mate
to sinke.
3ns thereof tfastened ? or who layd the
corner stone thereof?
7 When the morning starres sang
together, and all the sonues of God
shouted for ioy.
*PsaLl04,fl 8 *Or who shut vp the sea with
ioores, when it brake foorth as if it had
issued out of the wombe ?
9 When I made the cloud the gar-
ment thereof, and thicke darknesse
i swadling band for it,
y Or, establi-
shed my de-
10 And || brake vp for it my decreed
cree vpon it. place, and set barres and doores,
11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou
come, but no further: and heere shall
t Heb. the tthy proud waues be stayed.
pride of thy
waues. 12 Hast thou commaunded the mor-
ning since thy daies ? and caused the day-
spring to know his place,
13 That it might take hold of the
^Heb.wings. tendes of the earth, that the wicked
might be shaken out of it ?
14 It is turned as clay to the scale,
and they stand as a garment.
15 And from the wicked their light
is withholden, and the high arme shal-
be broken.
16 Hast thou entred into the springs
;>f the sea ? or hast thou walked in the
search of the depth ?
17 Haue the gates of death bene ope-
ned vnto thee ? or hast thou seene the
doores of the shadow of death ?
18 Hast thou perceiued the breadth of
the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all.
19 Where is the way where light
dwelleth ? and as for darknesse, where
is the place thereof?
i Or, at. 20 That thou shouldest take it || to the
bound thereof, and that thou shouldest
know the pathes to the house thereof.
21 Knowest thou it, because thou
wast then borne? or because the number
of thy daies is great ?
22 Hast thou entred into the trea-
sures of the snowe ? or hast thou seene
the treasures of the haile,
23 Which I haue reserued against
the time of trouble, against the day of
battaile and warre ?
24 By what way is the light par-
ted? which scattereth the East wind vpon
the earth.
25 Who hath diuided a water course
for the ouerflowing of waters ? or a way
for the lightning of thunder,
26 To cause it to raine on the earth,
where no man is : on the wildernesse
wherein there is no man?
Gods fecret workes.
27 Xo satisne the desolate and waste
ground, andto cause thebudofthetender
herbe to spring forth.
28 Hath the raine a father? or who
hath begotten the drops of dew ?
29 Out of whose wombe came the
yce? and the hoary frost of heauen, who
hath gendred it ? *
30 The waters are hid as with a
stone, and the face of the deepetis frozen. iHeb.it
31 Canst thou bind the sweete influ- token.
ences of 11 Pleiades ? or loose the bands uen-starres.
I Or, the se-
of t Orion ? Heb. Cimah.
32 Canst thou bring forth ||Mazza- iHeb.Cesil.
I Or, the
roth in his season, or canst thou t guide twelve signet.
Arcturus with his sonnes ? t Heb. guide
them.
33 Enowest thou the ordinances of
heauen? canst thou set the dominion
thereof in the earth ?
34 Canst thou lift vp thy voice to the
cloudes, that abundance of waters may
couer thee?
35 Canst thou send lightnings, that
they may goe, and say vnto thee, t Here holdiHeb.be.
vs.
we are ?
36 *Who hath put wisedome in the * Chap. 32.
inward parts ? or who hath giuen vn- s. 26.
Ecue. a.
derstanding to the heart ?
37 Who can number the cloudes in
wisedome? or twho can stay the bot- ican Heb. who
cause to
tles of heauen, lie doume.
38 || When the dust tgroweeh into B Or, when
the dust is
hardnesse^ and the clods cleaue fast to- turned into
gether? myre.
t Heb. is
39 * Wilt thou hunt the pray for the powred.
* Psal. 104.
lyon? or fill the t appetite of the young 21.
lyons, t Heb. the
40 When they couch in their dennes, life.
and abide in the couer t to lie in waite?
41 * Who prouideth for the rauen * Psal. 147.
his foode ? when his young ones cry vn- 9.26.Math. 0.
to God, they wander for lacke of meate.
C H A P . XXXIX.
1 Of the wild goates and hinds. 5 Of the
wildAsse. 9 The Vnicorne. 13 The Peacock,
Storke and Ostrich. 19 The horse. 26 The
hauke. 27 The Eaele.
Nowest * thou the time * Psal. 29.8
IB
when the wild goates of
the rocke bring forth ? or
canst thou marke when
the hindes doe calue ?
2 (Janst tnou number tne monetns
that they fulfill ? or knowest thou the
time when they bring forth ?
3 They bowe themselues, they bring
forth their young ones, they cast out
their sorrowes.
4 Their
Gods power in Ghap.xL his creatures.
4f Their yong ones are in,good li- ne tnat it is the sound ot the trumpet.
king, they grow vp with come: they go 25 Hee saith among the trumpets.
forth, and returne not vnto* them. Ha, ha: and he smelleth the battaile a-
5 Who hath sent out the wild asse farre off, the thunder of the captaines,
free ? or who hath looosed the bands of and the shouting.
the wild asse ? 26 Doeth the hawke flie by thy wise-
6 Whose house I haue made the dome, and stretch her wings toward the
t Hebr. salt wildernesse, and tthe barren lande his South?
places.
dwellings. S7 Doeth the Eagle mount vp tat t Hebr. bv
7 He scorneth the multitude of the thy commaund? and make her nest on thy mourn.
citie, neither regardeth he the cryingtof high ?
t Hebr. of the driuer. 28 She dwelleth and abideth on the
the exactor.
8 The range of the mountaines is rocke, vpon the cragge of the rocke, and
his pasture, and hee searcheth after the strong place.
euery greene thing. 29 From thence she seeketh the pray,
9 Will the Vnicorne be willing to and her eyes behold a farre offi
serue thee ? or abide by thy cribbe? 30 Her yong ones also suck vp blood: * Matt. 24.
10 Canst thou binde the Vnicorne and #where the daine are, there is he. 28. luke 17.
37.
with his band in the furrow ? or will he
harrow the valleyes after thee ? C H A R XL.
11 Wilt thou trust him because his
strength is great? or wilt thou leaue thy 1 lob humbleth himselfe to God. 6 God stir-
reth him vp to shew his righteousnes, power,
labour to him ? and wisedproe. 15 O£ the Behemoth.
12 Wilt thou beleeue him that hee
will bring home thy seed ? and gather it Oreouer the LORD an-

MN
into thy barne? swered lob, and said,
13 Gauest thou the goodly wings vnto 2 Shall hee that con-
I Or, thefea. the peacocks, or || wings and feathers
thers of the
tendeth with the Almigh-
Storke and vnto the Ostrich ? tie,instruct Azw?he thatre-
Ostrich. 14 Which leaueth her egges in the proueth God, let him an$were it.
earth, and warmeth them in dust, 3 The Iob answered the
15 And fprgetteth that the foot may LORD, and said,
crush them, or that the wilde beast may 4 Behold, I am vile, what shall I
breake them. answere thee ? I wil lay my hand vpon
16 She is hardened against her yong my mouth.
ones, as though they were riot hers: 5 Once haue I spoken, but I will
her labour is in vaine without feare. not answere : yea twise, but I will pro-
17 Because God hath depriued her ceed no further.
of wisedome, neither hath he imparted 6 IT Then answered the L O R D
to her vnderstanding. vnto lob out of the whirlewinde, and
18 What time she lifteth vp her selfe said:
on high, she scorneth the horse and his 7 *Gird vp thy loynes now like a * Chap. 38.
rider. man : I will demaund of thee, and de- 3.
19 Hast thou giuen the horse strength ? clare thou vnto me.
hast thou clothed his necke with thun- 8 * Wilt thou also disanul my Judge- * Psal. 60.
der? ment? wilt thou condemne mee, that 21. 4,
rom. 3.
20 Canst thou make him afraid as a thou mayest be righteous ?
grashopper ? the glory of his nostrils is 9 Hast thou an arme like God ? or
t Heir, t terrible. canst thou thunder with a voyce like
terrour.
I Or, his feet 21 11 He paweth in the valley, and re- him ?
digge. ioyceth in his strength : hee goeth on to 10 * Decke thy selfe now tenth Ma- * Psal. 104.
t Hebr. the meet tthe armed men. iestie, and excellencie, and aray thy selfe 1.
armour. 22 He mocketh at feare, and is not af- with glory, and beautie.
frighted : neither turneth he backe from 11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath:
the sword. and behold euery one that is proud, and
23 The quiuer ratleth against him, abase him.
the glittering speare and the shield. 12 Looke on euery one that is proud,
24« He swalloweth the ground with and bring him low : and tread downe
fiercenesse and rage : neither beleeueth the wicked in their place.
13 Hide
Behemoth, and
r6 Hide them m the dust together,
and binde their faces in secret.
14 Then will I also confesse vnto
thee, that thine owne right hand can
saue thee.
II Or, the £-
lephant, as
15 IT Beholde now || Behemoth
some thinke. which I made with thee, hee eateth
grasse as an oxe.
16 Loe now, his strength is in his
loynes, and his force is in the nauell of
his belly.
!i 0r, he set-
teth vp.
17 || Hee moueth his taile like a Ce-
dar : the sinewes of his stones are wrapt
together.
18 His bones are as strong pieces of
brasse: his bones are like barres of iron.
19 Hee is the chiefe of the waves of
God : he that made him, can make his
sword to approach vnto him.
20 Surely the mountaines bring
him foorth foode : where all the beasts
of the field play,
21 He lieth vnder the shady trees, in
the couert of the reede, and fennes.
22 The shady trees coUer him with
their shaddow : the willowes of the
brooke compasse him about.
• Heb. keep- 23 Behold, the drinketh vp a riaer,
presseth.
II Or, will a- and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can
ny take him draw vp Jordan into his mouth.
inhissteht*
or bore his 24 || He taketh it with his eyes : his
nose with a
gmne$ nose pearceth through snares.
C H A P . XLI.
Of Gods great power in the Leulathan.
I That &, a Anst thou draw out ||L,e-
m
whale w a,
whirlepoole. uiathan with an hooke? or
his tongue with a corde
f Heb. which t which thoulettest downe?
thou drow-
nest*
2 Canst thou put an
hooke into his nose ? or bore his lawe
through with a thorne ?
3 Will he make many supplications
vnto thee? will he speake soft words vn-
to thee ?
4 Will he make a couenant with
thee ? wilt thou take him for a seruant
for euer ?
5 Wilt thou play with him as with
a birde ? wilt thou binde him for thy
maydens ?
6 Shall the companions make a
banquet of him ? shall they part him a-
mong the merchants ?
7 Canst thou fill his skinne with
barbed irons? or his head with fish-
speares ?
8 Lay thine hand vpon him, re-
lob. Leuiathan.
member the battell : doe no more.
9 Behold, the hope of him is in
vaine: shall not one be cast downe euen
at the sight of him ?
10 None is so fierce that dare stirre
him vp : who then is able to stand be-
fore me ?
11 *Who hath preuented me that I & *Psal.24.1.
50.12.
should repay him? whatsoeueris vnder the 1. cor. 10.26
whole heauen, is mine.
12 I will not conceale his parts, nor
his power, nor his comely proportion.
13 Who can discouer the face of his
garment? or who can come to him, || with y Or, withm.
his double bridle ?
14 Who can open the doores of his
face? his teeth are terrible round about.
15 jfffotscales are his pride, shut vp to- t Heb. strong
pieces of
gether as with a close seale. shields.
16 One is so neere to another, that
no ayre can come betweene them.
17 They are ioyned one to another,
they sticke together, that they cannot be
sundred.
18 By his neesings a light doth shine,
and his eyes are luce the eye-liddes of
i morning.
the •
19 Out of his mouth goe burning
lampes, and sparkes of fire leape out.
20 Out of his nostrels goeth smoke,
as out of a seething pot or caldron.
21 His breath kmdleth coales, and a
flame goeth out of his mouth.
22 In his necke remaineth strength,
and tsorrowe is turned into ioy before reioyceth.
t Heb. sorow
him.
23 tThe flakes of his flesh are ioy- falling*.
t Heb. ths
ned together : they are firme in them-
selues, they cannot be moued.
24 His heart is as firme as a stone,
yea as hard as a peece of the nether
mil-stone.
25 When he rayseth vp himselfe, the
mightie are afraid : by reason of brea-
kings they purifie themselues.
26 The sword of him that layeth at
him cannot hold : the speare, the dart,
nor the || habergeon. II Or, brest-
27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and plate.
brasse as rotten wood.
28 The arrow cannot make him
flee : sling-stones are turned with him
into stubble.
29 Darts are counted as stubble : he
laugheth at the shaking of a speare.
30 tSharpe stones are vnder him: \Heb.sJtarpe
he spreadeth sharpe pointed things vp- pieces,
pieces,
of the
on the mire.
31 He maketh the deepe to boyle like
a pot:
lobs repentance, Chap.xlij.
a pot: nee maketh the sea like a pot of
oyntment.
32 Hee maketh a path to shine after
him ; one would thinke the deepe to bee
hoarie.
33 Vpon earth there is not his like:
I Or, who be- || who is made without feare.
tcuue them-
seines with- 34 He beholdeth all high things: he
out feare. is a king oyer all the children of pride.
CHAP. XLI1.
1 lob submitted! himselfe vnto God. 7 God
preferring I obs cause, maketh his friends sub-
mit themselues, & accepteth him. 10 fiemag-
nifieth & blesseth lob. 16 lobs age & death.
Hen lob answered the
T
LORD, and said,
2 I know that thou
canst doe euery thing, and
« Or% no that || no thought can bee
thought of wunnoiaen iroiji inee.
thine can be
hindred. 3 * Who is he that hideth counsel with-
* Chap. 38.
2. out knowledge? therefore haue I vtte-
red .that I ynd.erstood not, things too
wonderfull for me, which I knew not.
4 Heare, I beseech thee, and I will
speake; I will demand of thee, and de-
clare thou vnto me.
5 I haue heard of thee by the hea-
ring of the eare: but now mine eye seeth-
thee.
6 Wherefore I abhorre my selfe, and
repent in dust and ashes.
7 11 And it was so, that after the
LORD had spokeii these words vnto
lob, the, LORD said to EHphaz the
Temanite, My wrath is kindled a-
gainst thee, & against, thy two friends:
for ye haue not spoken of mee the thing
that is right, as my seruant lob hath.
8 Therefore take vrito you now se-
uen bullocks, and seuen rammes, and
goe to my seruatit lob, and offer vp for
your selues a burnt offring, and my ser-
and felicitie.
uant lob shal pray for you, foKthim wil tffeb.his
face or per-
I accept: lest I dealewlth yon after your son.
folly, in that ye haue not spoken of mee
the thing which is right, like my ser-
uant lob.
9 So Eliphaz the Tewianit'e, and
Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the
Naamathite went, and idid according
as the LORD commanded them: the
LORD also accepted •Hob. Mfeb.the
10 And the LORD turned the capti- face of lob.
uitie of lob, when he prayed for his
friends: also the LORD tgaiie lob \Heb.added
to lob vnto
twice as much as he had- before. the double.
11 Then came there vnto him all his
brethren, and all his sisters, and all they
that had bin of his acquaintance before,
and did eat bread witlfhim in his house:
and they bemohed hifti, aftd*"comforted
him ouer all the euill that the L O R D
had brought vpon him:: euery man also
gaue him a piece of money, and 6uery
one an eare - ring of gold.
12 So the LORD blessed the latter
end of lob, more then his beginning :
for he had fourteene thousand sheepe,
and sixe thousand cameJs, and a thou-
sand yoke of oxen, and a thousand shee
asses.
13 He Bad also seuen sftnnes, and three
daughters.
14 And he called the name of the first,
lemima, land the name of the second,
Xezia, and the name of the third, Ke-
ren -h^ppuch.
15 And in all the land were no wo-
men found so faire as the daughters, of
lob: and their iather g£ue them inhe-
ritance arnong their brethren-
16 After this liued lob an hundred
and fourtie yeeres, and saw his sonnes,
and his sqnnes sonnes, euen foure gene-
rations.
17 So lob died being old, and full
of dayes.
THE
 Who is bleffed. Pfalmes- Chrifts kingdome.

THE BOOKE OF
Pfalmes.

3 Let vs breake their bandes asun-

PSALME I. der, and cast away their cords from vs.
1 The happinesse of the godly. 4 The vn- 4 * Hee that sitteth in the heauens *Prou. l.
happinesse of the vngooly. shal laugh: the LORD shall haue them 26.
*Prou \. Lessed*&theman in derision.
U. that walketh not 5 Then shall hee speake vnto them

BB
inthecounsellof
it Or, wicked. the||vngodly,nor
standeth in the
way of sinners,
nor sitteth in the
seatofthescorne-
full
% But his delight is in the Law of
*Iosh. 1.8. the LORD, *and in his Law doeth he
psal. 119. 1.
iere. 17. 8. meditate day and night.
3 And he shalbe like a tree planted
by the riuers of water, that bringeth
foorth his fruit in his season, his leafe
Iffebrjade. also shall not t wither, and whatsoeuer
he doeth, shall prosper.
4 The vngodly are not so: but are
*PsaL34.5. *like the chaffe, which the winde dri-
isa. 17.13.
ueth away.
5 Therefore the vngodly shall not
stand in the iudgement, nor sinners in
the Congregation of the righteous.
6 For the LORD knoweth the
way of the righteous : but the way of
the vngodly shall perish.
P S A L . II.
1 The kingdome of Christ. 10 Kings are ex-
horted to accept it.
* Acts. 4. Ely * do the heathen j|rage,
in his wrath, and || vexe them in his sore i Or, trouble
displeasure.
6 Yet haue I set tmy King t vpon ointed. \ Hebr. an«
my holy hill of Sion. II Hebr. vpon
7 * 1 will declare || the decree : the Sion, the hill
of my Holi-
LORD hath said vnto mee, Thou art nesse.
my sonne, this day haue I begotten 33. *Acts. 13.
neb. 1.
thee. 5.
K Or, for a
8 * Aske of me, and I shall giue thee decree.
the heathen for thine inheritance, and 8.* Paal. 72.
the vttermost parts of the earth for thy
possession.
9 * Thou shalt breake them with a * Apoc. 2.
rod of iron, thou shalt dash them in pie- 27.
15.
and 19.
ces like a potters vessell.
10 Bee wise now therefore, 0 yee
Kings: be instructed ye Judges of the
earth.
11 Serue the LORD with feare,
and reioyce with trembling.
18 Kisse the Sonne lest he be angry,
and ye perish from the way, when his 20. *Prou. 16.
isa. so.
wrath is kindled but a little : * Blessed 18. iete. 17.
7. rom. 9. 33
are all they that put their trust in him. and 10. 11.
1. pet. 2. 6.
PSAL. III.
The securitie of Gods protection.
11 * A Psalme of Dauid when he fled *15.2. Sam. 15.
from Absalom his sonne.

aw
IH
25.
:
Or, tumul^ and the people t imagine JRD, now are tney in-

L
tuously as- & vaine thing ? creased that trouble mee?
sembte?
t Hebr. me- 2 The Kings of the nany are they that rise vp
ditate. earth set themselues, and igainst me.
the rulers take counsell together, a- 2 Manv there bee which
gainst the L O R D , and against his say of my soule, There isnohelpe for him
Anoynted, saying. in God. Selah.
3 But
 Tatience in trouble. Pfalmes.
3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield
IOr, about. || for me; my glory, and the lifter vp oi
mine head.
4 I cryed vnto the LORD wit!
my voyce, and he heard me out of hh
holy hill. Selah.
*PBal.4.9. 5 *I layd me downe and slept; 1
awaked, for the LORD sustained me
* PsaL 27. 3. 6 * 1 will not be afraid of ten thou-
sands of people, that haue set themseluei
against me round about.
7 Arise, O LORD, saue mee, C
my God; for thou hast smitten all mine
enemies vponthecheeke bone: thou hasl
broken the teeth of the vngodly.
* Isa. 43. 8 * Saluation belongeth vnto the
11.
HOS. 13. 4. L O R D : thy blessing is vpon thy peo-
ple. Selah.
P S A L . IIII.
1 Dauidprayeth for-audience. 2 He reprouett
and exhorteth his enemies. 6 Mans hap-
pinesse is in Gods fauour.
I Or, oner- f To the || chiefe Musician on Negi-
seer. noth, A Psalme of Dauid.
Bare me, when I call, 0
H
God of my righteousnesse:
thou hast inlarged mee
when / was in distresse,
!l Or, bee || haue mercy vpon me, and
gracious vn- heare my prayer.
tome.
9, O ye sonnes of men, how long
willyee turne my glory into shame ? hou
long will y ee loue vanitie, and seeke after
[easing? Selah.
3 But know that the L O R D hath
set apart him that is godly, for him-
selfe : the LORD will heare when I
call vnto him.
4 Stand in awe, and sinne not ;
commune with your owne heart vpon
your bed, and be still. Selah.
* Psal. 60. 5 Offer *the sacrifices of righteous-
4. & 5 nesse, and put your trust in the LORD.
9.
6 There be many that say, Who wil
shew vsany good? LORD lift thou vp
the light of thy countenance vpon vs.
7 Thou hast put gladnesse in my I Dauids complaint in his sicknesse. 8 By faith
heart, more then in the time that their
come and their wine increased.
• Psal. 3. 5. 8 * 1 will both lay mee downe in
peace, and sleepe: for thou LORD only
nakest me dwell in safetie.
P S A L . V.
1 Dauid prayeth, and professeth his studie in
prayer. 4 God fauoureth not the wicked. me, O LORD, for I am weake : O
7 Dauid professing his faith, prayeth vnto
God, to guide him, 10 To destroy his ene- LORD heale mee, for my bones are
mies, 11 and to preserue the godly.
Dauids prayer.
IT To the chiefe musician vpon Ne-
hiloth, A Psalme of Dauid.
lue eare to my words, 0
G
LORD, consider my me-
ditation.
2 Hearken vnto the
voice of my crie, my King,
and my God : for vnto thee will I pray,
3 *My voyce shalt thou heare in * Psal. 130.
the morning, O L O R D ; in the mor- o.
ning will I direct my prayer vnto theej
and will looke vp.
4i For thou art not a God that hath
pleasure in wickednesse : neither shall
euill dwell with thee.
5 The foolish shall not stand tin thy tlfeb.be.
fore thine
sight: thou hatest al workers of iniquity eyes.
6 Thou shalt destroy them that
speake leasing : the L O R D will ab-
horre the tbloodie and deceitfull man. ^ Heb. the
7 But as for me, I will come into man of bloods
anddecei
t.
thy house in the multitude of thy mercy:
and in thy feare will I worship toward
t thy holy temple. iffeb.tte
8 Lead me O LORD, in thy righ- hohnesse. temple of thy
teousnesse, because of t mine enemies; t Heb. those
make thy way straight before my face. serve which ob.
me.
9 For there is no ||faithfulnes tin their I Or, sted.
mouth, their inward part is tvery wic- fastnesse.
t Heb. in hit
kednesse : * their throat is an open sepul- mouth, i. in
the mouth of
chre, they flatter with their tongue. any qfthem.
t Heb. wic-
10 || Destroy thou them, O God, let kednesses.
them fall ||by their owne counsels : cast * Rom. 3.13
" Or, make
them out in the multitude of their trans- them guilty.
gressions, for they haue rebelled against I Or, from
thee. their coun-
set*.
11 But let all those that put their
trust in thee,reioyce:let them euer shout
for ioy; because thou tdefendest them: \Heb.thou
let them also that loue thy name, be ioy- couerest o-
uer, or pro-
full in thee. tectest them.
12 For thou, LORD, wilt blesse the
righteous : with fauour wilt thou t com- Mtebr.
crowne him.
passe him as with a shield.
P S A L . VI.
he triumpheth ouer his enemies.
II To the chiefe musician on Neginoth
|| vpon Sheminith, A Psalme K Or, vpon
the eight-
of Dauid.
*LORD, rebuke me not * Psa. 2C. 1.
O in thine anger, neither
chasten me in thy hot dis-
pleasure.
£ Haue mercy vpon
vexed.
3 My
DAuids prayer, Pfalmes,
3 My soule is also sore vexed : but
thou, O LORD, how long ?
4 Returne, O LORD, deliuer my
soule: oh saue mee, for thy mercies sake.
* Psal. 30. 5 * For in death there is no remem-
10. & 88.11
& 115. 17. brance of thee: in the graue who shall
& 118. 17.
giue thee thankes ?
Esay. 38.
18. 6 I am weary with my groning,
I Or, every || all the night make I my bed to swim:
night.
I water my couch with my teares.
7 Mine eie is consumed because of
griefe; it waxeth olde because of all
mine enemies.
* Mat. 7.23. 8 * Depart from me, all yee workers
& 25. 41.
Luc. 13. 27. of iniquitie; for the LORD hath heard
the voice of my weeping.
9 The L O R D hath heard my sup-
plication; the L O R D will receiue my
prayer.
10 Let all mine enemies be asha-
med and sore vexed : let them returne
and be ashamed suddainly.
P S A L . VII.
I Dauid prayeth against the malice of his ene- ding to his righteousnesse : and will
mies, professing nis innocency. 10 By faith
he seeth his defence and the destruction oi sing praise to the name of the L O R D
his enemies.
II Shiggaion of Dauid; which he sang
vnto the L O R D concerning the
lOftbusines. ||words of Cush the Beniamite.
LORD, my God, in thee
O
doe I put my trust: saue me
from all them thatpersecute
me, and deliuer me.
% Least hee teare my
soule like a lyon, renting it in pieces,
t Heb not a while iliere is tnone to deliuer.
deliverer.
3 O LORD my God, if I haue
done this; if there be iniquitie in my
hands:
4 If I haue rewarded euill vnto
him that was at peace with me: (yea I
haue deliuered him that without cause
is mine enemie.)
5 Let the enemie persecute my soule,
and take it, yea let him tread downe my
life vpon the earth, and lay mine ho-
nour in the dust. Selah.
6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger,
lift vp thy selfe, because of the rage of
mine enemies: and awake for me to the
Judgement that thou hast commanded.
7 So shall the congregation of the
people compasse thee about: for their
sakes therefore returne thou on high.
8 The LORD shal iudge the peo-
* Psal. 18. ple : iudge me, O LORD, * according
19.
and confidence.
to my righteousnesse, and according to
mine integritie that is in me.
9 Oh let the wickednes of the wic-
ked come to an end,butestablishtheiust:
*for the righteous God trieth the hearts * 1. Sam. 16.
7.1. Chr. 28
and reines. 9. psal. 139.
l.lerem. 11
10 t My defence is of God, which sa- 20.
and 17.
ue th the vpright in heart. 10. and 20.
12.
11 11God iudgeth the righteous, and t Heb. my
God is mgriewiththezvicked euery-day. buckler is
12 If he turne not, he will whet his vpon Cod.
I Or, God is
sword; he hath bent his bowe, and Iudge. a righteous
made it ready.
13 He hath also prepared for him the
instruments of death; he ordaineth his
arrowes against the persecutors.
14 * Behold, he trauelleth with ini- 35.* lob. 15.
Esa. 59.
quitie, and hath conceiued mischiefe, and 4. lam. 1.
brought forth falshood. 15.
151 He made a pit and digged it, * andthath
Heb. hee
digged
is fallen into the ditch which he made. a pit.
16 His mischiefe shall returne vpon and * Psal. 9.15.
10. 2.
his owne head, and his violent dealing prou. 5. 22.
shall come downe vpon his owne pate.
17 I will praise the L O R D accor-
most high.
P S A L . VIII.
Gods glory is magnified by his workes, and
by his loue to roan.
IT To the chiefe Musicion vpon Git-
tith, a Psalme of Dauid.
L O R D our Lord, how
O
excellent is thy name in all
the earth ! who hast set
thy glory aboue the hea-
uens.
2 *Out of the mouth * Mat. 21.
of babes and sucklings hast thou tor- t16.Heb. foun-
dained strength, because of thine ene- ded.
mies, that thou mightest still the enemie
and the auenger.
3 When I consider thy heauens, the
worke of thy fingers, the moone and
the starres which thou hast ordained;
4 * What is man, that thou art mind- psal. * lob 7. 17.
144. 3.
full of him ? and the sonne of man, that Heb. 2. 6.
thou visitest him ?
5 For thou hast made him a little
lower then the Angels; and hast crow-
ned him with glory and honour.
6 Thou madest him to haue domi-
nion ouer the workes of thy hands;
*thou hast put all things vnder his * 1. Cor. 15.
feete. 27.
7 t All sheepe and oxen, yea and the i Heb. flocks
and oxen, all
beasts of the field. * Of them.
8 The
Dauids praife. Pfalmes. His complaint.
8 The foule of the aire, and the fish Sion: I will reioyce in thy saluation.
of thesea, and whatsoeuerpassetli through 15 * The heathen are sunke downe *PsaL7.16.
the paths of the seas. in the pit that they made ; in the net
9 O LORD our Lord, how excel- which they hid, is their own foot taken.
lent is thy name in all the earth ' 16 The L O R D is knowen by the
iudgement whichhe executeth: the wic-
P S A L. IX, ked is snared in the worke of his owne
I Dauid prayseth God for executing of hands. Higgaion. Selah.
Judgement. 11 He inciteth others to prayse 17 The wicked shall be turned into
him. 13 Hee prayeth, that hee may haue hell, and all the nations that forget God.
cause to prayse him. 18 For the needie shall not alway be
II To the chiefe musician vpon Muth- forgotten: the expectation of the poore
Labben. A Psalme of Dauid shall not perish for euer.
Wil praise thee, O LORD, 19 Arise, O LORD, let not man

I with my whole heart : I preuaile : let the heathen bee iudged in

will shewe foorth all thy thy sight.
maruellous workes. 20 Put them in feare, O L O R D :
2 I will bee glad and that the nations may know themselues
reioyce in thee : I will sing prayse to to be but men. Selah.
thy name, O thou most High.
3 When mine enemies are turned P S A L . X.
backe, they shall fall and perish at thy 1 Dauid complaineth to God of the outrage of
presence. the wicked. 12 He prayeth for remedie. 16
\ Hebr. thou 4 For tthou hast maintained my He professeth his confidence.
hast made Hy standest thou afarre
right, and my cause : thou satest in the

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my iudge-
ment. throne Judging fright. off, O LORD ? why hidest
t Hebr. in
righteousnes 5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou thy selfe in times of
thou hast destroyed the wicked; thou trouble ?
hast put out their name for euer and 2 tThe wicked in his pride \Heb.inthe
of the
euer. pride doeth persecute the poore : *let wicked he
doth perse-
\ Or, the
destructions
6 || O thou enemie, destructions are them be taken in the deuices that they cute.
of the enemy come to a perpetuall end; and thou hast haue imagined. •Peal. 7.16.
and 9. 16.
are come to destroyed cities, their memoriall is peri-
a perpetuall
3 For the wicked boasteth of his prou. 5. 22.
end: and shed with them. thearts desire, ||and blesseth the coue- t Heb. soules
;heir cities 8 Or, the co-
hast thou de- 7 But the L O R D shall endure tous, whom the LORD abhorreth. vetous bles-
stroyed, §c. for euer : he hath * prepared his throne 4 The wicked through the pride of seth himself,
he abhorreth
* Psal. 96. his countenance will not seeke qfterGod:
13. and 98. for Judgement. the Lord.
10. 8 And hee shall iudge the world in || God is not in all his * thoughts. U0r,allhis
righteousnesses he shall minister iudge- 5 His wayes are alwayes grieuous, thoughts there is no
&&

ment to the people in vprightnesse. thy iudgements are farre aboue out of * Psal. 14.1,
God.
* Psal. 37. 9 *The L O R D also will bee t a his sight: as for all his enemies, he puf- and 53. 1.
39. and 46.
1. and 91.2. refuge for the oppressed : a refuge, in feth at them.
t Heb. an times of trouble. 6 He hath said in his heart, I shall
high place.
10 And they that know thy name not be moued: forlshaU tneuerfoin ad- generation iffebr.ynto
will put their trust in thee : for thou uersitie. and genera-
L O R D hast not forsaken them that 7 *His mouth is full of cursing, and tion. •Rom. 3.14
seeke thee. t deceit, and fraud: vnder his tongue is t Heb. de-
ceits.
11 Sing praises to the LORD, which mischiefe and ||vanitie. I Or, ini-
dwelleth in Sion: declare among the 8 He sitteth in the lurking places of quite.
people his doings. the villages: in the secret places doeth
* Gen. 9. 5 12 * When he inaketh inquisition for he murder the innocent: his eyes tare themselues. t Heb. hide
blood, he remembreth them: he forget- priuily set against the poore.
I Or, affli- teth not the crie of the ||humble. 9 He lieth in waite t secretly as alyon secretplac€S.
t Heb. in the
cted- 13 Haue mercie vpon me O L O R D , in his denne, he lieth in wait to catch the
consider my trouble which I suffer of them poore: he doth catch the poore when he
t Heb. hee
that hate me, thou that liftest mee vp draweth him into his net. breaketh
from the gates of death t 101 He croucheth, and humbleth him- himselfe.
I Or9 into
14 That I may shew foorth all thy selfe, that the poore may fall ||by his his strong
prayse in the*gates of the daughter of strong ones. parts.
11 Hee
Gods iudgments Pfalmes*
11 Hee hath said in his heart, God
*PsaL94.7- hath forgotten : *he hideth his face, hee
will neuer see it.
12 Arise, O LORD, O God lift vp
II Or, affli- thine hand : forget not the ||humble.
cted. 13 Wherefore doeth the wicked con-
temne God ? he hath said in his heart,
Thou wilt not require it.
14 Thou hast scene it, for thou behol-
dest mischiefe and spite to requite it with
on the wicked.
P S A L . XII.
1 Dauid destitute of humane comfort, craueth
helpe of God. 3 Hee comforteth himselfe
with Gods Judgements on the wicked, and
confidence in Gods tried promises.
1T To the chiefe Musician ||vpon I! Or, vpon
Sheminith. A Psalme of the eighth.
Dauid.
||Elpe LORD, for the II Or, saue.

H
t Heir. lea. thy hand: the poore tcommitteth him- godly man ceaseth; for the
ueth.
selfe vnto thee, thou art the helper of faithfull faile from among
the fatherlesse. the children of men.
15 Breake thou the arme of the wic- % They speake vani-
ked, and the euill man : seeke out his tie euery one with his neighbour : with
wickednes, till thou finde none. flattering lips, and with t a double heartheart,
t Hebr. an
Psal, 29. 9. 16 *The L O R D is King for euer and
and 145. 13. do they speake. an heart.
and U6i 10. and euer: the heathen are perished out 3 The L O R D shall cut off all flat-
Lere. 16. 10.
lam. 5.19. of his land. tering lips, and the tongue that speaketh
17 LORD, thou hast heard the de- t proud things. t Hebr. great
I Or% esta- sire of the humble : thou wilt || prepare things.
blish. 4 Who haue said, With our tongue
their heart, thou wilt cause thine eare wil we preuaile, our lips tare our owne: t Hebr. are
to heare, who is Lord ouer vs ? with vs.
18 To iudge the fatherlesse and the 5 For the oppression of the poore, for
oppressed, that the man of the earth the sighing of the needy, now will I a-
I Or, terrific. may no more ||oppresse. rise (saith the LORD,) I will set him
in safetie/rom him that ||puffeth at him. II Or9 would
P S A L . XL 6 The wordes of the LORD are ensnare him.
1 Dauid incourageth himselfe in GOD, a-
pure wordes : *as siluer tried in a for- * 2, Sam. 23.
31. psal. IB.
gainst his enemies. 4 The prouidence and nace of earth purified seuen times. 29. & 119.
iustice of God. 7 Thou snalt keepe them, (O ver. 140.
prou. 30. 5.
LORD,) thou shalt preserue tthem, \Heb,him.i.
IT To the chiefe Musician. A from this generation for euer. euery one of
them.
Psalme of Dauid. 8 The wicked walke on euery side, t Hebr. the
N the L O R D put I my when the t vilest men are exalted. vilest of the
sonnesqfmcn

I
trust: how say yee to my are exalted.
soule, Flee as a bird to your P S A L . XIII.
mountaine ?
£ For loe, the wicked 1 prayethDauid complaineth of delay in helpe. 3 He
for preuenting Grace. 5 Hee boa-
bende their bow, they make ready stem of Diuine mercie.
their arrow vpon the string : that they
t Hebr. in may tpriuily shoote at the vpright in 1[ To the || chiefe Musician. A I! Or, ouer.
darknesse. heart. seer.
Psalme of Dauid.
3 If the foundations bee destroyed: Ow long wilt thou forget

h
what can the righteous doe? mee (O LORD) for euer?
* Abak. 2. 4 * The LORD is in his holy how long wilt thou hide thy
20.
Temple, the LORDS Throne is in face from me ?
heauen: his eyes beholde, his eye lids 2 How long shall I take
trie the children of men. counsel m my soule,hauing sorrowin my
5 The LORD trieth the righte- heart dayly ? how long shall mine ene-
ous : but the wicked and him that loueth mie be exalted ouer me ?
violence, his soule hateth. 3 Consider and heare me, O LORD
6 Vpon the wicked hee shall raine my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep
I Or, a fcttr- snares, fire and brimstone, and ||an hor- the sleepe of death.
ningtempest. rible tempest: this shall be the portion of 4 Least mine enimie say, I haue
their cup. preuailed against him : and those that
7 For the righteous L O R D lo- trouble mee, reioyce, when I am
ueth righteousnesse : his countenance moued.
doeth behold the vpright. 5 But I haue trusted in thy mercy,
my
Who is bleffed. Pfalmes.
my heart shall reioyce in thy saluation. reth to his owne hurt, and changeth not.
6 I will sing vnto the LORD, be-
cause hee hath dealt bountifully with ney to vsury, nor taketh reward against 24.
mee.
P S A L . XIIII.
1 Dauid describeth the corruption of a natural!
man. 4 He conuinceth the wicked by the
light of their conscience. 7 He glorieth in
the saluation of God.
II To the chiefe musician, A Psalme
of Dauid.
* Psal. 10.4, He *foole hath sayd in his
T
and 63. i.
heart, There is no God:
they are corrupt, they
haue done abominable
workes, there is none
that doeth good.
2 The L O R D looked downe from
* Rom. 3.10 heauen vpon the children of men ; #to
see if there were any that did vnder-
stand and seeke God.
3 They are all gone aside, they are
\Heb.stinc- all together become t filthy : there is
king.
none that doeth good, no not one,
4 Haue all the workers of iniquity
no knowledge ? who eate vp my people
as they eate bread, and call not vpon the
LORD.
* Heb. they 5 t There were they in great feare;
feared a
feare. for God is in the generation of the righ-
teous.
6 You haue shamed the counsell of
the poore; because the LORD is his
refuge.
* Heb. who 7 tO that the saluation of Israel
wMgitie?
were come out of Sion! when the LORD
$c.
bringeth backe the captiuitie of his peo-
ple, lacob shall reioyce, and Israel
shalbe glad.
P S A L . XV.
Dauid described! a citizen of Sion.
1T A Psalme of Dauid.
* Psal. 24. ORD, *who shall t abide in
L
l.&c. thy tabernacle? who shall
t Heb. so-
iourne, dwell in thy holy hill ?
*Esa.33, 2 * Hee that walketh
Iff.
vprightly, and worketh
righteousnesse, and speaketh the trueth
in his heart.
3 Hee that backbiteth not with his
tongue, nor doth euill to his neighbour, 1 Dauid in confidence of his integrity, craueth
!! Ort recei* nor ||taketh vp a reproach against his
uetfi,oren- neighbour.
dureth.
4 In whose eies a vile person is
contemned; but he honoureth them
that feare the L O R D : lie that swea-
Dauids prayer.
5 *He that putteth not out his mo-* Exod. at.
Leuit.25.
the innocent: he that doth these things, 36.
Deu. 23.19
shall neuer be rnouecl. Ezech. 22.
12. & is. a.
P S A L . XVI.
1 Dauid in distrust of merites, and hatred of I-
dolatry, flyeth to God for preseruation. 3 He
sheweth the hope of his calling> of the resur-
rection, and life euerlasting.
1T||Michtam of Dauid. II Or, a gol-
Psalme
Reserue me, O God : for den
offiauid.-
P
in thee doe I put my
trust.
2 O my soule^ thou hast
sayd vnto the LORD,
Thou art my Lord : *my * Psal. 50.
?oodnes extendeth not to thee: 10. lob. 22.
2. & 35. 7.
3 But to the Saints, that are in the
earth, and to the excellent, in whom is
all my delight.
4 Their sorrowes shalbe multipli-
ed, that || hasten after another God: their II Or, give
drinke offerings of blood will I not mer. gifts to ano-
offer, nor take vp their names into my
lippes.
5 *The LORD is the portion tof 24. * Lam. 3.
Deut.
mine inheritance, and of my cup: thou 32.9.
maintainest my lot. t Heb. of my
part.
6 The lines are fallen vnto mee in
pleasant places; yea, I haue a goodly
heritage.
7 I will blesse the LORD, who
bath giuen me counsell: my reines also
instruct me in the night seasons.
8 *I haue set the L O R D alwaies * Actes 2.
before me : because hee is at my right 25.
hand, I shall not be moued.
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and
my glory reioyceth ; my flesh also shall
trest in hope. t Heb. dwell
10 * For thou wilt not leaue my soulc confidently.
* Act. 2. 31.
in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine and 13. 35.
holy one to see corruption.
11 Thou wilt shewe me the path oi
life: in thy presence is fulnesse of ioy, at
thy right hand there are pleasures foi
euermore.
P S A L. XVII.
defence of God against his enemies. 10 He
sheweth their pride, craft and eagernes. lc
Hee prayeth against tjiem in confidence oi
his hope.
f A prayer of Dauid.
Hearc
 Dauids prayer. Pfalmes. His confidence
\HeMustice Eare the fright, C who spake vnto the L O R D the

H
LORD, attend vnto mj words of * this song, in the day tha * 2. Sam. 2
crie, giue eare vnto mj the L O R D deliuered him from the
t Heb. with, prayer, thaigoeth t not oul hand of all his enemies, and from the
out lips of of rained lips. hand of Saul: And he said,
2 Let my sentence come forth from Will loue thee, O LORD,
thy presence: let thine eyes beholde the
things that are equall.
3 Thou hast prooued mine heart,
thou hast visited me in the night, thou
I my strength.
2 The L O R D is my
rocke, and my fortresse,
and my^ deliuerer : my
hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; 1
God, t my strength in whome I will ^ Heb. my
am purposed that my mouth shall not trust, my buckler, and the home of my rocke.
transgresse. saluation, and my high tower.
4 Concerning the workes of men, 3 I will call vpon the LORD, who
by the word of thy lips, I haue kept me
is worthy to be praised: so shall I be sa-
from the paths of the destroyer. ued from mine enemies.
6 Hold vp my goings in thy paths, 4 * The sorrowes of death compas- *PsaLll6.3
\Heb.tenot that my footsteps tslip not. sed me, and the floods of tvngodly men ^ Heb. Be-
moved. lial.
6 I haue called vpon thee, for thou made me afraid.
wilt heare me, O God : incline thine 5 The || sorrowes of hell compassed I Or, coords.
eare vnto me, and heare my speach. me about: the snares of death preuen-
7 Shewe thy marueilous louing ted me.-
I Or, that kindnesse, O thou || that sauest by thy 6 In my distresse I called vpon the
sanest them
which trust right hand, them which put their trust L O R D , and cryed vnto my God: hee
heard my voyce out of his temple, and
in thee from in thee, fro those that rise vp against them.
these that
rise vp a- 8 Keepe me as the apple of the eye: my crie came before him, euen into his
gainst thy
right hand. hide mee vnder the shadowe of thy eares.
wings, 7 Then the earth shooke and trem-
\Heb.that 9 From the wicked tthat oppresse bled ; the foundations also of the hilles
waste me.
t Heb. my e- me, from my t deadly enemies, who com- mooned and were shaken, because hee
nemiesa- passe me about.
gainst tlte
was wroth,
soule. 10 They are inclosed in their owne 8 There went vp a smoke tout of \Heb.byhis
fat : with their mouth they speake lis nostrils, and fire out of his mouth
proudly. deuoured, coales were kindled by it.
11 They haue now compassed vs in 9 He bowed the heauens also, and
came downe: and darkenesse was vnder
our steps : they haue set their eyes bow-
ing downe to the earth: his feet.
t Heb. the 12 t Like as a lyon that is greedie of 10 And he rode vpon a Cherub, and
ikenet of did flie: yea he did flie vpon the wings of
rim (i. of his pray, and as it were a yong lyon
eueryoneof t lurking in secret places. the wind.
hem lisas a
ion that desi 13 Arise, O LORD, t disappoint him, 11 He made darkenes his secret place:
reth to ratlin. lis pauilion round about him, were
t Heb. sit. cast him downe: deliuer my soule from
ing. the wicked, || which is thy sword : darke waters, and thicke cloudes of the
Heb. pre- skies.
uent his face. 14? || From men which are thy hand,
Or, by thy O L O R D , from men of the world, 12 Atthebrightnes/7iflrfzwwbeforehiin
sword. his thicke clouds passed, haile stones and
Ort from which haue their portion in this life, and
men by whose belly thou fillest with thy hid coales of fire.
hine hand.
13 The L O R D also thundered in
treasure: \\ They are full of children, and
children
arefult.
the heauens, and the highest gaue his
eaue the rest of their substance to their
:>abes. voyce; hailestones and coales of fire.
15 As for me, I will behold thy face 14- Yea, he sent out his arrowes, and
scattered them; and he shot out light-
in righteousnesse: I shall bee satisfied,
when I awake, with thy likenesse. nings, and discomfited them.
15 Then the chanels of waters were
P S A L . XVIII. seene, and the foundations of the world
Dauid praiseth God for his manifold and were discouered : at thy rebuke, O
marueilous blessings. LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy
f To the chiefe musicion, a psalme of nostrils.
Dauid, the seruant of the LORD, 16 He sent from aboue, he tooke me,
he
*19
Daniels righteoufnes, Pfalmes.
* Ort great he drew me out of || many waters.
waters. 17 He deliuered me from my strong
enemie, and from them which hated
me : for they were too strong for me.
18 They preuented me in the day of
my calamitie : but the LORD was my
stay.
19 He brought me forth also into a
large place: he deliuered me, because he
delighted in me.
20 The LORD rewarded me ac-
cording to my righteousnesse, according
to the cleannesse of my hands hath hee
recompensed me.
21 For I haue kept the wayes of the
LORD, and haue not wickedly depar-
ted from my God.
22 For all his Judgements were before
me 5 and I did not put away his sta-
tutes from me.
IHeb.with. 26 I was also vpright t before him:
and I kept my selfe from mine iniquity.
24 Therefore hath the L O R D re-
compensed me according to my righte-
ousnesse, according to the cleannesse
1ffeb.be/ore of my hands t in his eye-sight.
his eyes.
25 With the mercifull thou wilt shew
thy selfe mercifull, with an vpright man
thou wilt shew thy selfe vpright.
26 With the pure thou wilt shewe
thy selfe pure, and with the froward
II Or, wrestle. thou wilt || shew thy selfe froward.
27 For thou wilt saue the afflicted
people : but wilt bring downe high
lookes.
li Or, lompe. 28 For thou wilt light my || candle :
the LORD my God will enlighten
my darkenesse.
II Or, broken. 29 For by thee I haue || run through
a troupe ? and by my God haue I lea-
ped ouer a wall.
30 As for God, his way is perfect :
*PsaLl2.6. * the word of the LORD is || tried : he
&. 119.140
prou. 30. 5. is a buckler to all those that trust in
II Or, refined. him.
* Deut. 3*. 31 *For who is God saue the LORD ?
1. Sam. 2. 2. or who is a rocke saue our God ?
S3.
psal. 86. 6.
Esa. 45. 6.
82 It is God that girdeth mee with
strength, and maketh my way perfect.
33 Hee maketh my feete like hindes
feete > and setteth me vpon my high pla-
ces.
34 He teacheth my hands to warre,
so that a bow of steele is broken by mine
armes.
35 Thou hast also giuen me the shield
f Ory with of thy saluation : and thy right hand
\thy meeke-
nesse thou tiath holden me vp, and thy ||gentle-
hast multi-
plied me. nesse hath made me great.
His deliuerance.
36 Thou hast enlarged my steppes
vnder me; that t my feete did not slippe. I" Heb, mine
37 I haue pursued mine enemies, ankles.
and ouertaken them : neither did I
turne againe till they were consumed.
38 I haue wounded them that they
were not able to rise: they are fallen vn-
der my feete.
39 For thou hast girded mee with
strength vnto the battell : thou t hast HZebcaused
subdued vnder me, those that rose vp a- to bow.
gainst me.
40 Thou hast also giuen mee the
neckes of mine enemies : that I might
destroy them that hate me.
41 They cried, but there was none
to saue them : euen vnto the LORD, but
he answered them not.
42 Then did I beate them small as
the dust before the winde : I did cast
them out, as the dirt in the streetes.
43 Thou hast deliuered me from
the striuings of the people, awe? thou hast
made mee the head of the heathen : a
people whom I haue not knowen, shall
seme me.
44 t As soone as they heare of mee, t Heb. at
they shall obey me: t the strangers shall ofthethe
hearing
eare.
J | submit themselues vnto me. i Heb. the
sonnesofthe
45 The strangers shall fade away, stranger.
and be afraid out of their close places. fained
I Or, yeeld
obe-
46 The LORD liueth, and blessed dience.
be my rocke : and let the God of my sal- Heb. lie.
uation be exalted.
47 It is God that tauengeth mee, auenge-Wleb.giuetii
and || subdueth the people vnder me. mentsfor
48 He deliuereth me from mine e- me. H0r,<fe-
nemies : yea thou liftest mee vp aboue stroyeth.
those that rise vp against me; thou hast
deliuered me from the t violent man. Mfeb.man
49 * Therfore will I || giue thankes ofvialenre.
*Rom. 15.9
vnto thee, (O LORD) among the hea- \0r,confe$se
then : and sing prayses vnto thy name.
50 Great deliuerance giueth he to his
King : and sheweth mercy to his An-
nointed, to Dauid, and to his seede for
euermore.
PSAL. XIX.
1 The creatures shew Gods glory. 7 The word
his Grace. 12 Dauid prayeth for Grace.
If To the chiefe Musician, A
Psalme of Dauid.
* He heauens declare the * Gen. 1. 6.
T
glory of God: and the fir-
mament sheweth his han-
dy worke.
2 Day vnto day vtte-
reth
Gods works. Pfalmes.
reth speach, and night vnto night shew-
eth knowledge.
3 There is no speach nor language,
\ Or. without where \\ their voyce is not heard.
these their
coyceia 4 || * Their line is gone out through
heard.
Heir. with, all the earth, and their words to the end
out their
ooyce heard.
of the world: In them hath he set a ta-
* Rom, 10. bernacle for the Sunne.
18.
* Ort their
5 Which is as a bridegrome com-
rule* or di- ming out of his chamber, and reioyceth
fectton. as a strong man to runne a race.
6 His going forth is from the end of
the heauen, and his circuite vnto the
ends of it: and there is nothing hidde
from the heat thereof.
II Or, do.
etrine.
7 The || Law of the LORD is per-
II Or, resto- fect, (jconuerting the soule: the testimo-
ring. nie of the L O R D is sure, making wise
the simple.
8 The Statutes of the L O R D
are right, reioycing the heart: the Com-
mandement of the LORD is pure, in-
lightning the eyes.
9 The feare of the LORD is cleane,
enduring for euer : the Judgements of
\Hebr. the LORD are ttrue, and righteous al-
trueth.
together.
10 More to bee desired are they then
* Psal. 119. gold, * yea, then much fine gold: sweeter
72. & l»7 also then hony, and t the hony combe.
and 103.
prou. 8. 19. 11 Moreouer by them is thy seruant
t Hebr. the
dropping of warned: and in keeping of them there is
hony combo. great reward.
12 Who can vnderstand his errours ?
cleanse thou me from secretfaults.
13 Keepe back thy seruant also from
presumptuous sinnes, let them not haue
dominion ouer me : then shall I be vp-
I Or, much. right, and I shalbe innocent from ||the
great transgression.
14 Let the words of my mouth, and
the meditation of my heart, bee accep-
\Hebr.my table in thy sight, O LORD tmy
rocke.
strength, and my redeemer.
P S A L . XX.
1 The Church blesseth the King in his exploits.
7 Her confidence in Gods succour.
IF To the chiefe Musician. A
Psalme of Dauid.
He L O R D heare thee in
T
the day of trouble, the
Name of the God of la-
Iffebr.tet cob t defend thee.
thee on an
high place, 2 Send tthee helpe
t Hebr. thy from the Sanctuary : and t strengthen
help*.
t Hebr. tup- thee out of Sion.
port thee. 3 Remember all thy offerings, and
Truft in God.
t accept thy burnt sacrifice. Selah. \Heb.turne
4 Graunt thee according to thine make to ashes: ort
fat.
owne heart, and fulfill all thy counsell.
5 We will reioyce in thy saluation,
and in the Name of our God we will
set vp our banners: the L O R D fulfill
all thy petitions.
6 Now know I, that the LORD
saueth his Anointed : he wil heare him
t from his holy heauen, t with the sa- t Hebrjrittit
iling strength of his right hand. the heauen
of his Ao&
7 Some trust in charets, and some in nesse.
t Hebr. by
horses : but wee will remember the the strengtlt,
Name of the LORD our God. Ojf the salua-
tion of his
8 They are brought downe and right hand.
fallen : but we are risen, and stand vp-
right.
9 Saue LORD, let the King heare
vs when we call.
PSAL. XXI.
1 A thankesgiuing for victory. 7 Confidence
of further euccesse.
1T To the chiefe Musician. A
Psalme of Dauid.
He King shall ioy in thy
T
strength, 0 L O R D :
and in thy saluation how
greatly shall he reioyce ?
2 Thou hast giuen him
his hearts desire; and hast not with-
holden the request of his lips. Selah.
3 For thou preuentest him with the
blessings of goodnesse : thou settest a
Crowne of pure gold on his head.
4 He asked life of thee, and thou ga-
uest it him, euen length of dayes for euer
and euer.
5 His glory is great in thy saluation:
honour and Maiestie hast thou layde
vpon him.
6 For thou hast t made him most bles- \Hebr.tet
to be
sed for euer : thou hast t made him excee- him
blessings.
ding glad with thy countenance. t Hebr.gtod*
dedhim
7 For the King trusteth in the with ioy.
LORD, and through the mercy of the
most High, he shall not be moued.
8 Thine hand shall finde out all
thine enemies, thy right hand shal finde
out those that hate thee.
9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery
ouen in the time of thine anger : the
L O R D shall swallow them vp in his
wrath, and the fire shall deuoure them.
10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy
from the earth, and their seed from a-
mong the children of men.
11 For they intended euill against
thee:
A prophetic Pfalmes. ofChrift:
thee: they imagined a mischieuous de- and all my bones are ||out of ioynt: my I Or, sun-
uice, which they are notablefo performe. ieart is like waxe, it is melted in the dred.
y Or, thou 12 Therefore |[shalt thou make them middest of my bowels.
shalt set
them as a turne their t back, when thou shalt make 15 My strength is dried vp like apot-
butte. ready thine arrowes vpon thy strings, a- sheard : and my tongue cleaueth to my
* Heb. shoul-
der. jainst the face of them. iawes; and thou hast brought me into
13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine the dust of death.
owne strength : so will wee sing, aud 16 For dogges haue compassed me :
praise thy power. the assembly of the wicked haue inclo-
sed me: *they pierced my hands and my * Mat. 27.
35. Mar. 15,
feete. 24. Luc. 23.
P S A L . XXII. 17 I may tell all my bones : they 23, 33. loh. 19.
& 37-
1 Dauid complaineth in great discouragement. looke and stare vpon me.
9 Hee prayeth in gre$t distresse. 23 JHee 18 They part my garments among
praiseth God.
them, and cast lots vpon my vesture.
I Or. the If To the chiefe Musician vpon || Aijfc- 19 But be not thou farre from mee,
hind of the
morning. leth Shahar. A Psalme 0 L O R D ; O my strength, hast thee
of Dauid. to helpe me.
* Mat. 27. Y God, my God, * why 20 Deliuer my soule from the sword:

M
46.
Marc. 15. hast thou forsaken mee?
34.
t Heb. from
why art thou so far tfrom
my salva- helping me, and from the
tion. words of my roaring ?
2 O my God, I crie
in the day time, but thou nearest not;
t Heb. there and in the night season, and t am not
is no silence silent.
tome.
3 But thou art holy, O thou that in-
babitest the praises of Israel!
4 Our fathers trusted hi thee : they
trusted, and thou didst deliuer them.
5 They cryed vnto thee, and were
deliuered: they trusted in thee, and were
not confounded.
6 But I am a worme, and no man;
a reproach of men, and despised of the
people.
* Mat. 27. 7 * All they that see me, laugh me to
39.
t Heb. open. scprne: they t shoote out the lippe, they
shake the head, saying^
* Mat. 27. 8 * t He trusted on the LORD,, that
43.
t Heb. hee he would deliuer him : let him deliuer
rolledhim- him, (Iseeing he delighted in him.
selfe on the
Lord. 9 But thou art hee that tooke mee
IIOr, if he out of thewombe; thou || didst make
delight in
him. me hope, when I was vpon my mothers
II Or, keptst breasts.
me in safety
10 I was cast vpon thee from the
wombe : thou art my God from my mo-
thers belly.
11 Be not farre from me, for trouble
\Heb.not is neere; for there is tnone to helpe.
a helper. 12 Many bulles haue compassed
me: strong bulles of Bashan haue beset
me round.
iHeb. ope- 13 They t gaped vpon me with their
ned their
mouthes a- mouthes, as a rauening and a roaring
gainst me. Lyon.
14> I am powred out like water,
t my darling t from the power of the only t Heb. my
one.
dogge. \ Heb. from
21 Saue me from the lyons mouth : the hand.
for thou hast heard me from the homes
of the vnicornes,
22 * I will declare thy name vnto * Luc. 23.
my brethren: in the midst of the congre- 34. lohn.
19. 24. Heb.
gation will I praise thee. 2. 12.
23 Yee that feare the LORD, praise
him; all yee the seede of lacob glorifie
him, and feare him all yee the seede of
Israel.
24? For he hath not despised, nor ab-
horred the affliction of the afflicted; nei-
ther hath he hid his face from him, but
when he cried vnto him, he heard.
25 My praise shalbe of thee, in the
great congregation : I will pay my
vowes, before them that feare him.
26 The meeke shall eate and be sa-
tisfied : they shall praise the LORD that
seeke him; your heart shall Hue for
euer.
27 * All the ends of the world shall «Psal.2. 8.
remember, and turne vnto the LORD : &72. ll.
and 86. 9.
and all the kinreds of the nations shall
worship before thee.
28 For the kingdome is the LORDS :
and he is the gouernour among,the na-
tions.
29 All they that be fat vpon earth
shall eate and worship: all they that goe
downe to the dust shall bow before him,
and none can keepe aliue his owne
soule.
30 A seed shall serue him; it shalbe ac-
counted to the Lord for a generation.
31 They shall come, and shall declare
his righteousnes vnto a people that
shalbe borne, that he hath done this.
PSAL.
Gods goodneffe.
P S A L . XXIII.
Dauids confidence in Gods grace.
f A Psalme of Dauid.
* Esa. 40.11 He LORD is *my shep-
Pfalmes. Feare rewarded.
and the king of glory shall come in.
10 Who is this king of glory ? the
LORD of hostes, he is the king of glory.
Selah.

T
lore. 23. 5.
Ezech. 34. heard, I shall not want. P S A L . XXV.
loh. 10.11. 2 He maketh me to lie 1 Dauids confidence in prayer. 7 Hee pray-
23.
I. Pet. 2. 25, downe in tgreene pa- eth for remission of sinnes, 16 and for
helpe in affliction.
t Heb. pa-
stures of ten, stures : he leadeth mee be-
der grasse. side the t still waters. f A Psalme of Dauid.
t Heb. wa-
ters qfq-uiet- 3 He restoreth my soule: he leadeth Nto thee, O LORD, doe
me in the pathes of righteousnes, for
V I lift vp my soule.
nesse.
his names sake. 2 O my God, I * trust & * Psal. 22.5.
31. 2.
4 Yea though I walke through the in thee, let me not be ash ar- & 34. 9.
* Psal. 3. 6. valley of the shadowe of death, *I will med : let not mine enemies
& 118. 6,
feare no euill: for thou art with me, thy triumph ouer me.
rod and thy staffe, they comfort me. 3 * Yea let none that waite on thee, be * Esa. 28.16
5 Thou preparest a table before me, ashamed : let them bee ashamed which Rom. 10. H
in the presence of mine enemies : thou transgresse without cause.
t Heb. ma- t anointest my head with oyle, my cuppe 4 * Shewe mee thy wayes, O & * Psa. 27.11
kestfat. 86.11.
runneth ouer. LORD : teach me thy pathes. &119.
6 Surely goodnes and mercie shall 5 Lead me in thy trueth, and teach
followe me all the daies of my life : and me : for thou art the God of my saluati-
I will dwell in the house of the LORD on, on thee doe I waite all the day.
t Heb. to t for euer. 6 * Remember, O L O R D , tthy * Psal. 103.
length of
dayes. tender mercies, and thy louing kind- 17. &. 106.
1. & 107. 1.
P S A L . XXIIII. nesses: for they haue beene euer of old. lere. 33. 3.
1 Gods Lordship in the world. 3 The citizens 7 Remember not the sinnes of my tbowels. Heb. thy
of his spirituall kingdome. 7 An exhorta- youth, nor my transgressions: according
tion to receiue him. to thy mercie remember thou me, for
IT A Psalme of Dauid. thy goodnesse sake, O LORD.
* Deut. 10. *He earth is the LORDS, 8 Good and vpright is the L O R D :

T
14.
lob. 41. 2. and the fulnesse thereof; therefore will hee teach sinners in the
psal. so. 12.
1. Cor. 10.
the world, and they that way.
26, & 28. dwell therein. 9 The meeke will he guide in Judge-
* lob. 38. 6. & * For he hath foun- ment : and the meeke will he teach his
psal. 104. 5.
& 136. 6. ded it vpon the seas, and established it way.
vpon the floods. 10 All the pathes of the LORD are
* Psal. 15.1. 3 * Who shall ascend into the hill of mercy and truth : vnto such as keepe his
the LORD ? and who shall stand in his couenant, and his testimonies.
holy place ? 11 For thy names sake, O LORD,
* Esa. 33. 4 *tHe that hath cleane hands, and pardon mine iniquitie : for it is great.
15, 16.
t Heb. the
a pure heart; who hath not lift vp his 1£ What man is he that feareth the
deane of soule vnto vanitie, nor sworne deceit- LORD ? him shall he teach in the way
han4es.
fully. that he shall chuse.
5 Hee shall receiue the blessing from 13 His soule t shall dwell at ease: and t Heb. shall
lodge in
the LORD, and righteousnesse from his seede shall inherite the earth. goodnesse.
the God of his saluation. 14 * The secret of the LORD is with » Pro. 3. 32.
6 This is the generation of them them that feare him : ||and he will shew H Or, and his
couenant to
Wr,O that sceke him : that seeke thy face, ||O them his couenant. make them
God of la-
cob. lacob. Selah. 15 Mine eyes are euer towards the knolv it.
7 Lift vp your heads, O yee gates, LORD : for hee shall tplucke my feete t Heb. brins
and be ye lift vp ye euerlasting doores; out of the net. foorth.
and the King of glory shall come in. 16 Turne thee vnto me, and haue
8 Who is this king of glory ? the mercy vpon me : for I am desolate and
LORD strong & mightie, the L O R D afflicted.
mighty in battell. 17 The troubles of my heart are in-
9 Lift vp your heads, O ye gates, larged : 0 bring thou me out of my di-
euen lift them vp, ye euerlasting doores; stresses.
18 Looke
Dauids integritie. Pfalmes.
18 Looke vpon mine affliction, aud
my paine, and forgiue all my sinnes.
19 Consider mine enemies : for they
t Heb. hatred are many, and they hate me with tcru-
of violence.
ell hatred.
£0 O keepe my soule and deliuer me:
let me not bee ashamed, for I put my
trust in thee.
21 Let integritie and vprightnesse
preserue me: for I wait on thee.
22 Redeeme Israel, O God, out of
all his troubles.
P S A L. XXVI.
Dauid resorteth vnto God, in confidence of
his integritie.
f A Psalme of Dauid.
Vdge me, O LORD, for
I
I haue walked in mine in-
tegritie : I haue trusted
also in the LORD: therfore
I shall not slide.
« Psal. 7 10 2 * Examine me, O LORD, and
proue me; try my reines and my heart.
S For thy louing kindnesse is before
mine eyes ; and I haue walked in thy
trueth,
*Psal. 1. 1 4 * 1 haue not sate with vaine per-
sons, neither will I goe in with dis-
semblers.
5 I haue hated the congregation of
euill doers: and will not sit with the
wicked
6 I will wash mine hands in inno-
cencie: so will I compasse thine Altar,
0 LORD ;
7 That I may publish with the
voyce of thankesgiuing, and tell of all
thy wonderous workes.
8 LORD, I haue loued the habita-
\ Heb. of the tion of thy house, and the place t where
Tabernacle
of thy honor. thine honour dwelleth.
li Or, takenot 9 || Gather not my soule with sin-
away.
t Heb. men ners, nor my life with t bloody men.
ofblood. 10 In whose hands is mischiefe: and
t Heb. filledtheir right hand is tfull of bribes.
with.
11 But as for mee, I will walke in
mine integritie : redeeme me, and bee
mercifull vnto me.
12 My foot standeth in an euen place:
in the congregations will I blesse the
LORD-
P S A L . XXVII,
1 Dauid sustained* his faith, by the power of
God, 4 By his loue to the sendee of God,
9 By prayer.
His requeft.
1F A Psalme of Dauid.
He LORD is my light,
T
and my saluation, whome
shal I feare? *the LORD * Psal. us.
is the strength of my life, 6. mica. 7.8.
of who shall I be afraid?
2 When the wicked, euen mine ene-
mies and my foes tcarae vpon me to eat t Heb. tip.
proacheda~
vp my flesh, they stumbled and fell. gainst me.
3 * Though an host should encampe » Psal 3. 6.
against me, my heart shall not feare:
though warre should rise against me, in
this will I be confident.
4 One thing haue I desired of the
LORD, that will I seeke after: that
I may dwel in the house of the LORD,
all the dayes of my life, to behold ||the I Or, the
beautie of the LORD, and to inquire delight.
in his temple.
5 For in the time of trouble he shall
hide me in his pauilion: in the secret
of his tabernacle shall he hide me, hee
shall set me vp vpon a rocke.
6 And now shall mine head be lifted
vp aboue mine enemies round about
me : therefore will I offer in his taber-
nacle sacrifices tof ioy, I will sing, yea,t Heb. of
shouting.
I will sing praises vnto the LORD.
7 Heare, O LORD, when I crie
with my voice: haue mercie also vpon
mee, and answere me.
81| When thou saidst, Seeke ye my face, I Or, my
my heart said vnto thee, Thy face, heart said
vnto thee, let
LORD, will I seeke. myfaceseeke
thy face* fyc.
9 Hide not thy face farre fro me, put
not thy seruant away in anger: tnou
hast bin my helpe, leaue me not, neither
forsake me, O God of my saluation.
10 When my father and my mother
forsake me, then the LORD twill take t Heb. will
gather me.
me vp.
11 * Teach me thy way, O LORD, • PsaL 25. 4.
and 86. ll
and leade me in a tplaine path, because and 119.
of mine t enemies. t Heb. a way
12 Deliuer me not ouer vnto the will ofplainnesse.
t Heb. those
of mine enemies : for false witnesses are which ob-
serve me-
risen vp against me, and such as breath
out crueltie.
13 Ihadfainted, vnlesse I had beleeued
to see the goodnesse of the L O R D in
the land of the liuing.
14 *Wait on the LORD : be of good isa. •Psa.3i.35
25. 9.
courage, and he shall strengthen thine hab. 2. 3.
heart : wait, I say, on the LORD.
PSAL. XXVIII.
1 Dauid prayeth earnestly against his enemies.
6 He blesseth God. 9 Hee prayeth for the
people.
f A Psalme
Gods power, Pfalmes. and goodnefle.
1 A Psalme of Dauid. 5 The voyce of the L O R D brea-
Nto thee will I cry, O keth the Cedars: yea, the LORD brea-

V
LORD, my rocke, be not
* Psal. 143.
7«
silent to mee : *lest if thou
f Hebr. from be silent t to me, I become
me. like them that goe downe
into the pit.
2 Heare the voyce of my supplicati-
ons, when I cry vnto thee: when I
Wr, towards lift vp my handes || toward thy holy
(he Oracte
of thy San- Oracle.
ctuary. 3 Draw me not away with the wic-
ked, and with the workers of iniquitie:
* Psal. 12.3. * which speake peace to their neighbors,
iere 9. 8.
but mischiefe is in their hearts.
4 Giue them according to their
deedes, and according to the wickednes
of their endeuours: giue them after the
worke of their handes, render to them
their desert.
5 Because they regard not the
workes of the L O R D , nor the opera-
tion of his hands, he shal destroy them,
and not build them vp.
6 Blessed be the LORD, because he
hath heard the voyce of my supplica-
tions.
7 The L O R D is my strength, and
my shield, my heart trusted in him and
keth the Cedars of Lebanon.
6 He maketh them also to skip like a
calfe : Lebanon, and * Sirion like a * Deut. 3.
yong Vnicorne. 9.
7 The voyce of the L O R D tdiui- ttetk Hebr. cut-
out.
deth the flames of fire.
8 The voyce of the LORD || sha-Ii Or, to be in
keth the wildernes : the LORD sha- paine.
keth the wildernesse of Kadesh.
9 The voice of the L O R D maketh
the hindes to calue, and discouereth the
forrests: and in his Temple doeth ||eue- I Or, euery
whit of it vt-
ry one speake of his glory. tereth $c.
10 The L O R D sitteth vpon the
flood : yea the L O R D sitteth King for
euer.
11 The LORD will giue strength
vnto his people; the L O R D wil blesse
his people with peace.
PSAL. XXX.
1 Dauid prayseth God for his deliuerance. 4
He exhorteth others to praise him by example
of Gods dealing with him.
1F A Psalme, and song at the dedica-
tion of the house of Dauid.
Wil extol thee, O LORD,

I Or, his
I am helped: therefore my heart great-
ly reioyceth, and with my song will I
praise him.
8 The L O R D is || their strength,
I for thou hast lifted me vp;
and hast not made my
foes to reioyce oner me.
& O L O R D my God,
strength. and hee is the tsauing strength of his I cried vnto thee, and thou hast hea-
t Hebr.
strength of Anointed. led me.
salvations. 3 O LORD, thou hast brought vp
9 Saue thy people, and blesse thine
fl Or, rule. inheritance, ||feede them also, and lift my soule from the graue: thou hast kept
them vp for euer. me aliue, that I should not goe downe
to the pit.
PSAL. XXIX. 4 Sing vnto the L O R D , (O yee
1 Dauid exhorteth Princes to giue glory to Saints of his) and giue thanks ||at the II Or, to the
memorial!.
God, 3 by reason of his power, 11 and pro- remembrance of his holinesse.
tection of his people. 5 For this anger endureth but a mo- t Heb. there
t A Psalme of Dauid. ment; in his fauour is life: weeping may isment but a mo-
in his
lue vnto the L O R D anger.
endure t for a night, but ^ioycommeth in t Hebr. in

G
\ Hebr. yee (O tye mighty) giue vnto the morning, the euenmfr.
sonnesofthe 6 And in my tprosperitie I said, I ffing. t Hebr. sin-
miffhly. the LORD glory and
strength. shall neuer be mooued.
2 Giue vnto the LORD 7 LORD, by thy fauour thou hast
t Hebr. the tthe glory due vnto his Name; wor- tmade my mountaine to stand strong: t Hebr. set-
honour of led strength
his name. ship the LORD ||in the beautie of ho-
Thou didst hide thy face, and I was formymoun-
troubled. 'tainc.
I Or, in his linesse.
gtoriousSan- 8 I cried to thee, O LORD : and
ctuary. 3 The voice of the LORD is vpon
the waters: the God of glory thun- vnto the L O R D I made supplication.
B Or, great dreth, the LOUD is vpon ||many wa- 9 What profit is there in my blood,
waters. when I goe downe to the pit? * Shall and • Psal. 6. fl.
ters. 88. n.
t Hebr. in 4 The voice of the LORD is tpow- the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy and 115.
power. 17.
t Hebr. in erfull; the voyce of the LORD is tfull
trueth ?
Maiestie. of Maiestie. 10 Heare, O L O R D , and haue mer-
cie
A prayer of Pfahnes.
cie vpon me : LOBD be thou my hel-
per.
11 Thou hast turned for mee my
mourning into dauncing: thou hast put
off my sackecloth, and girded mee with
jladnesse:
I1 That is, 12 To the end that \\rny glory may
my tongue,
or my soule. sing prayse to thee, and not be silent: O
LOUD my God, I will giue thankes
vnto thee for euer.
PSAL. XXXI.
1 Dauid shewing his confidence in God, era-
ueth his helpe. 7 He reioyceth in his mercy.
9 He prayetn in his calariiitie. 19 He pray-
seth God for his goodnesse.
IF To the chiefe Musician, A
Psalme of Dauid.
* Psal. 22. *N thee, O LORD, doe
I
5. Esa. 49,
23. I put my trust, let me ne-
uer be ashamed : deliuer
me in thy righteousnesse.
% Bowe downe thine
eare to me, deliuer me speedily: be thou
t Heb. to me tmy strong rocke, for an house of de-
for a roc/ee
ofstrenfth. ence to saue me.
3 For thou art my rocke and my for-
tresse : therfore for thy names sake lead
me, and guide me.
4 Pull me out of the net, that they
laue layd priuily for me: for thou art my
strength.
* Luc. 23. 5 *Into thine hand I commit my
46. spirit : thou hast redeemed mee, 0
LORD God of trueth.
6 I haue hated them that regard
ying vanities : but I trust in the
CORD.
7 I will be glad, and reioyce in thy
mercie : for thou hast considered my
trouble; thou hast knowen my soule in
aduersities;
8 And hast not shut me vp into the
band of the enemie : thou hast set my
feete in a large roome.
9 Haue mercy vpon me, O LORD,
for I am in trouble; mine eie is consu- 1 Blessednesse consisteth in remission of sinnes
med with griefe, yea my soule and my
belly.
10 For my life is spent with griefe,
and my yeeres with sighing : my
strength faileth, because of mine iniqui-
tie, and my bones are consumed.
11 I was a reproch among all mine
enemies, but especially among my
neighbours, and a feare to mine ac-
quaintance : they that did see me with- imputeth not iniquitie : and in whose
out, fled from me.
the faithfull.
12 I am forgotten as a dead man
out of minde : I am like ta broken Heb. a vet'
sell that pe-
vessell. risheth.
13 For I haue heard the slaunder of
many, feare was on euery side : while
they tooke counsel! together against
me, they deuised to take away my life.
14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD :
[ sayd, Thou art my God.
15 My times are in thy hand : deliuer
me from the hand of mine enemies,
and from them that persecute me.
16 Make thy face to shine vpon thy
seruant: saue me for thy mercies sake.
17 Let mee not be ashamed, O
L O R D , for I haue called vpon thee:
et the wicked be ashamed; a?u2 ||let them II Or, let
them be cut
>e silent in the graue* off for the
18 Let the lying lippes be put to si- vaue.
ence : which speake tgrieuous things Heb. a hare
jroudly and contemptuously against thmg.
he righteous.
19 *O how great is thy goodnesse, * Esa. 64.
which thou hast layd vp for them that 4.1. 2.9.
Cor.
eare thee: which thou hast wrought for
them that trust in thee, before the
sonnes of men!
20 Thou shalt hide them in the se-
cret of thy presence, from the pride of
man : thou shalt keepe them secretly in
a pauilion, from the strife of tongues.
21 Blessed be the L O R D ; for hee
iath shewed me his maruellous kind-
nesse, in a || strong citie. i Ortfensed
22 For I sayd in my haste, I am cut city.
off from before thine eies : Neuerthe-
esse thou heardest the voice of my sup-
plications, when I cryed vnto thee.
23 O loue the L O R D , all yee his
Saints :for the LORD preserueth the
faithfull, and plentifully rewardeth the
proud doer.
24 * Be of good courage, and hee * Psal. 27.
shall strengthen your heart: all ye that 14.
hope in the LORD.
P S A L . XXXII.
3 Confession of sinnes giueth ease to the
conscience. 8 Gods promises hring ioy.
f || A Psalme of Dauid, Maschil. i0r,apsalmc
of Dauid
Lessed is he 'whose* trans- giuing in-
B gression is forgiuen, w^o& struction.
sinne is couered.
2 Blessed is the man vn-
to whom the L O R I
" Rom. 4.7
spirit there is no guile.
3 Wher
Dauids confefsion. Pfalmes.
3 When I kept silence, my bones
waxed old; through my roaring all the
day long.
4 For day and night thy hand was
heauy vpon me : my moisture is turned
into the drought of summer. Selah.
5 I acknowledged my sin vnto thee,
* Prou. 28. and mine iniquitie haue I not hid : *I
13.
Esa. 95. 24. said, I will confesse my transgressions
l. loh. 1. 9. vnto the L O R D ; and thou forgauest
the iniquitie of my sinne. Selah.
6 For this shall euery one that is
t/feft. in A godly pray vnto thee, tin a time when
time qffin-
ding. thou mayest bee found : surely in the
floods of great waters, they snail not
come nigh vnto him.
* Psal. & 10. 7 * Thou art my hiding place, thou
shalt preserue mee from trouble : thou
shalt compasse me about with songs of
deliuerance. Selah.
8 I will instruct thee, and teach thee
\Heb.Iwm in the way which thou shalt goe : 11
counsel thee^
mine eye will guide thee with mine eye.
shall be vp-
on thee. 9 * Be yee not as the horse, or as the
* Pro. 26. 3.mule which haue no vnderstanding :
whose mouth must be held in with bit
and bridle, least they come neere vnto
thee.
10 Many sorrowes shall be to the wic-
ked : but he that trusteth in the LORD,
mercy shall compasse him about.
11 Be glad in the LORD, and re-
ioyce yee righteous : and shout for ioy
all ye that are vpright in heart.
P S A L . XXXIII.
1 God is to be praysed for his goodnesse, 6
for his power, 12 and for his prouidence. 20
Confidence is to be placed in God.
Eioyce in the LORD, O
R
yee righteous \for pray se is
comely for the vpright.
£ Praise the LORD
with harp : sing vnto him
with the Psalterie, and an instrument of
ten strings.
8 Sing vnto him a new song: play
skilfully with a loud noise.
4 For the word of the LORD is
right: and all his workes are done in f A Psalme of Dauid, when he changed
trueth.
"Psal, 119, 5 * Hee loueth righteousnesse and
64,
Q 0r, mercy. iudgeroent: the earth is ful of the || good-
nesse of the LORD.
*Qenu 1.6. 6 *By the word of the L O R D
&7- were the heauens made : and all the
host of them, by the breath of his
mouth.
Gods prouidence.
7 He gathereth the waters of the
sea together, as an heape: he layeth vp
the depth in storehouses.
8 Let all the earth feare the LORD :
let all the inhabitants of the world
stand in awe of him.
9 For he spake, and it was done : he
commanded, and it stood fast.
10 * The LORD tbringeth the coun- * Esa. 19. 3.
t Heb. ma-
sell of the heathen to nought: he ma- kethfru-*
keth the deuices of the people, of none ttrate.
effect.
11 *The counsaile of the LORD •Prou. 19.
standeth for euer, the thoughts of his 91. Esa. 46. 10.
heart t to all generations. \Heb.toge.
nerationand
12 * Blessed is the nation, whose generation.
God is the LORD : and the people, & * Psal. 65. 4
144. 15.
whom he hath chosen for his owne inhe-
ritance.
13 The LORD looketh from hea-
uen: he beholdeth all the sonnes of men.
14 From the place of his habitation,
he looketh vpon all the inhabitants of
the earth.
15 He fashioneth their hearts alike :
he considereth all their workes.
16 There is no king saued by the mul-
titude of an hoste: a mightie man is not
deliuered by much strength.
17 An horse is a vaine thing for safe-
tie : neither shall he deliuer any by his
great strength.
18 * Behold, the eye of the LORD * lob. 36, 7-
is vpon them that feare him : vpon them & 34. 14.
l.Pet.3. 12.
that hope in his mercy:
19 To deliuer their soule from death,
and to keepe them aliue in famine.
#0 Our soule waiteth for the LORD :
he is our helpe, and our shield.
21 For our heart shall reioyce in him :
because we haue trusted in his holy
name.
22 Let thy mercy (O LORD) be
vpon vs : according as we hope in thee.
P S A L . XXXIIII.
1 Dauid prayseth God, and exhorteth other
thereto oy his experience. 8 They are blessed
that trust in God. 11 He exhorteth to the feare
of God. 15 The Priuiledges of the righteous.
his behauiour before ||Abimelech : I0rv,4*&ft.
who droue him away & he departed. 11, 1. Sam, 21,
Will blesse the L O R D at
I
all times : his prayse shaft
continually bee in my
mouth.
2 My soule shall make
her boast in the LORD : the humble
shall
* 19 a
To fee good dayes. Pfalmes.
saall heare thereof, and be glad.
3 O magnifie the LORD with me,
and let vs exalt his name together.
4 I sought the LORD, and hee
heard me; and deliuered mee from all
my feares.
I Or, they
flowed vnto
5 || They looked vnto him, and were
Lm. ightned : and their faces were not
ashamed.
6 This poore man cried, and the
^OHD heard him; and saued him out
of all his troubles.
7 The Angel of the LORD en-
campeth round about them that feare
lim, and deliuereth them.
8 O taste and see that the L O R D
s good: blessed is the man that trusteth
in him,
9 O feare the LORD yee his
Saints: for there is no want to them that
eare him.
10 The young lyons doe lacke , and
suffer hunger : but they that seeke the
L.ORD, shall not want any good
thing.
11 Come yee children, hearken vnto
me : I will teach you the feare of the
LORD.
Pet. 3.10. 12 * What man is hee that desireth
ife; andloueih many dayes, that he may
see good ?
13 Keepe thy tongue from euill, and
thy lippes from speaking guile.
14 Depart from euill, and doe
rood : seeke peace and pursue it.
* lob. SB. 7 15 *The eies of the LORD are vp-
psal. 33.18. on the righteous; and his eares are open
. Pet. 3.12
vnto their crie.
16 The face of the LORD is against
them that doe euill; to cut off the re-
membrance of them from the earth.
17 The righteous crie, and the LORD
fieareth; and deliuereth them out of al
their troubles.
MIeb.tothe 18 The LORD is nigh tvnto them
Broken of that are of a broken heart: and saueth
teart.
Y
Heb. con- such as be t of a contrite spirit.
trlteofspvrit
19 Many are the afflictions of the
righteous : but the LORD deliueretl
him out of them all.
£0 He keepeth all his bones : not one
of them is broken.
£1 Euill shall slay the wicked : and
\0r,shdtbe they that hate the righteous ||shalbe de-
guilty. solate.
32 The LORD redeemech the
soule of his seruants : and none o
them that trust in him, shalbe deso-
late.
Dauids complaint,
P S A L . XXXV.
1 Dauid prayeth for his owne safety, & his ene-
mies confusion. 11 He complaineth of their
wrongful! dealing. 22 Thereby he inciteth
God against them.
f A Psalme of Dauid.
LEAD my cause (O
P
LORD) with them that
striue with mee : fight a-
gainst them that fight a-
gainst me.
2 Take hold of shield
and buckler, and stand vp for mine
lelpe.
3 Draw out also the speare, and stop
the way against them that persecute me:
say vnto my soule, I am thy saluation.
4 *Let them be confounded and * Psal. 40,
mt to shame that seeke after my soule : 15. & 70. 3.
et them be turned backe and brought to
confusion, that deuise my hurt.
5 * Let them be as chaffe before the * lob 21. 18.
wind : and let the Angel of the LORD psal. 1. 4.
isa. 29. 6.
chase them. Ose. id. 3.
6 Let their way be t darke and slip- t Heb. dark,
nesseand
pery, and let the Angel of the L O R D slipperi^
persecute them. nesse.
7 For without cause haue they hid
for me their net in a pit, which without
cause they haue digged for my soule.
8 Let destruction come vpon him
t at vnawares, and let his net that hee t tie. which
bath hid, catch himselfe: into that very he knoweth
not of.
destruction let him fall.
9 And my soule shalbe ioyfull in the
LORD : it shall reioyce in his salua-
tion.
10 All my bones shall say, LORD,
who is like vnto thee which deliuerest
the poore from him that is too strong
for him, yea the poore and the needy,
from him that spoileth him ?
111 False witnesses did rise vp; t they \ Heb. ofwit-
layd to my charge things that I knew nesses wrong.
not. t Heb. they
asked me.
12 They rewarded mee euill for
good, to the t spoiling of my soule. iHeb.depr*-
uing.
18 But as for me, when they were
sicke, my clothing was sack-cloth : 1
|| humbled my soule with fasting, anc fl Or, afflict-
my prayer returned into mine owne ed.
bosome.
14 I tbehaued my selfe as thougl t Heb. wal.
he had bene t my friend, or brother : '. ked.\ Heb. as a
bowed downe heauily, as one that friend, brother to
as
mourneth for his mother, me.
15 But in mine t aduersitie they re- t Heb. hal.
ioyced, and gathered themselues toge- ting.
ther :
and prayer. Pfalmes.
tner : yea, the abiects gathered them-
selues together against me, & I knew it
not, they did teare me, and ceased not,
16 With hypocriticall mockers in
feasts : they gnashed vpon mee with
their teeth.
17 Lord, how long wilt thou looke
on ? rescue my soule from their destruc-
iHcb.my tions, tmy darling from the lyons.
onely one.
* PsaL 40.11 18 * I will giue thee thankes in the
and ill. 1. great congregation : I will praise thee
\ Heb.strong among t much people.
19 Let not them that are mine ene-
\Ueb.falsly. mies t wrongfully, reioyce ouer me: nei-
ther let them winke with the eye, that
hate me without a cause.
20 For they speake not peace; but
they deuise deceitfull matters against
them that are quiet in the land.
21 Yea they opened their mouth
wide against me, and saide. Aha, Aha,
our eye hath scene it.
22 This thou hast scene (0 LORD)
keepe not silence : O Lord be not farre
from me,
28 Stirre vp thy selfe and awake to
my iudgement, en-en vnto my cause, my
God and my Lord.
24 ludge me 0 L O R D my God,
according to thy righteousnesse, and let
them not reioyce ouer me.
25 Let them not say in their hearts,
)Heb.ahtah t Ah, so would we haue it: let them not
our soule.
say, We haue swallowed him vp.
26 Let them be ashamed and brought
to confusion together, that reioyce at
mine hurt: let them bee cloathed with
shame and dishonour, that magnifie
themselues against me.
27 Let them shoute for ioy, and bee
ffebr. my glad that fauour t my righteous cause :
righteous-
te's. yea let them say continually, Let the
L O R D bee magnified, which hath
pleasure in the prosperity of his seruant
28 And my tongue shall speake of
thy righteousnesse, and of thy praise all
the day long.
P S A L . XXXVI.
1 The grieuous estate of the wicked. 5Theex-
cellencie of Gods mercie. 10 Dauid prayeth
for fauour to Gods children.
f To the chiefe musician, A Psalme of
Dauid, the seruant of the LORD.
HE transgression of the
T wicked saith within my
heart, that there is no feare
of God before his eyes.
2 For he flatterech him-
Gods kindneffe
selte in his owne eyes, t vntill his mi- iHeb.tofin
quitie be found to be hateful). his iniquitie
to hate.
3 The words of his mouth are ini-
quitie and deceit: he.hath left off to bee
wise, and to doe good.
4 Hee deuiseth ]| mischiefe vpon hie 0 Or, vanitic
bed, he setteth himselfe in a way that u
not good; he abhorreth not euill.
5 * Thy mercie (0 LORD) is in the *Psal 57.11
heauens; and thy faithfujnesse reacheth and 108. 4.
vnto the cloudes.
6 Thy righteousnesse is like tthe t Hebr. the
great mountaines; thy Judgements an mountaines
QfGod,
a great deepe; O LORD, thou preser-
uest man and beast.
7 How t excellent is thy louing kind- t Heb.prc-
nesse, O God! therefore the children ol ciout.
men put th.eir trust vnder the shadowe
of thy wings.
8 They shall be t abundantly satis- t &el>. Wate-
fied with the fatnesse of thy house: and red.
thou shalt make them drinke of the ri-
uer of thy pleasures.
9 For.with thee is the fountaine ol
life: in thy light shall we see light.
10 O f continue thy louing kindnesse r Heb. draw
vnto them that know thee; and thy out at length
righteousnesse to the vpright in heart.
11 Let not the foot of pride come a-
gainst me, and let not the hand of the
wicked remoue me.
12 There are the workers of iniqui-
tie fallen : they are cast downe, and snal
not be able to rise.
PSA.L. XXXVII.
Dauid perswadeth to patience and confidence
in God, by the different estate of the godly
and the wicked.
IT A Psalme of Dauid.
Ret *not thy selfe because *Prou.S3.
F
of euill doers, neither bee 17. & 24. l.
thou enuious against the
workers of iniquitie.
2 For they shall soone
be cut downe like the grasse; and wi-
ther as the greene herbe.
3 Trust in the LORD, and do good,
so shalt thou dwell in the land, and t ve- Hebr, in
rely thou shalt be fed. trueth and
stattenesse.
4 Delight > thy selfe also in the
L O R D ; and he shall giue thee the de-
sires of thine heart.
5 t * Commit thy way vnto the Heb. Mile
L O R D : trust also in him, and he shall thyway
Dring it to passe. 225***
MT&*.
• Prou. i& 3
6 And he shall bring forth thy righ- mat. 6. *5.
teousnes as the light, and thy iudge- 1. . Pet. 5.7.
ment as the noone day
7 t Rest
The profperitie Pfalmes. of the wicked.
Mlebr.be 7 tRest in the LORD, and wait 25 I haue bene yong, and now am
silent to the >atiently for him: fret not thy selfe be- old; yet Jiaue I not scene the righte-
LORD.
cause of him who prospereth in his ous forsaken, nor his seede begging
way, because of the man who bringeth bread.
wicked deuices to passe. 26 He is teuer mercifull, and lendeth: ^the t Hebr. all
day.
8 Cease from anger, and forsake and his seede is blessed.
wrath : fret not thy selfe in any wise to 27 Depart from euill, and doe good;
doe euill. and dwell for euermore.
9 For euil doers shall be cut off: but 28 For the L O R D loueth Judge-
tlose that waite vpon the LORD,, ment, and forsaketh not his Saints,
ticy shall inherite the earth. they are preserued for euer: but the seed
10 For yet a little while, and the wic- of the wicked shall be cut off.
ced shall not bee : yea, thou shalt dili- 29 The righteous shall inherite the
gently consider his place, and it shall land, and dwell therein for euer.
tot be. 30 The mouth of the righteous spea-
*Matt. 6. 5. 11 *But the meeke shall inherite the keth wisedome; and his tongue talketh
earth : and shall delight themselues in of Judgement.
tbe abundance of peace. 31 The Law of his God is in his
B
R Or, practi
ssth.
12 The wicked || plotteth against the heart : none of his || steps shall slide. I0r,&wngs.
iust, and gnasheth vpon him with his 32 The wicked watcheth the righ-
teeth. teous, and seeketh to slay him.
* Psal. 2. 4. 13 *The Lord shall laugh at 33 The LORD will not leaue him
lim : for he seeth that his day is com- n his hand, nor condemne him when
ming. ic is iudged,
14 The wicked haue drawen out the 34 Wait on the LORD, and keepe
sword, and haue bent their bow to cast lis way, and he shall exalt thee to inhe-
dlowne the poore and needy, and to slay rit the land : when the wicked are cut
IHeb.the • such as be of vpright conuersation. off, thou shalt see it.
vpright cf 15 Their sword shall enter into their 35 I haue seene the wicked in great
way.
owne heart, and their bowes shall be power : and spreading him selfe like ||a I0r,agreene
tree, that
b>roken. Sfreene bay tree. groweth in
16 A little that a righteous man 36 Yet he passed away, and loe he toyle. his own*
hath, is better then the riches of many was not : yea, I sought him, but hee
wicked. could not be ibund.
17 For the armes of the wicked shall 37 Marke the perfect man, and be-
>e broken : but the LORD vpholdeth hold the vpright: for the end of that man
the righteous. is peace.
18 The LORD knoweth the dayes 38 But the transgressours shall be
of the vpright: and their inheritance destroyed together: the end of the wic-
shall be for euer. ked shalbe cut off.
19 They shall not be ashamed in the 39 But the saluation of the righte-
euill time : and in the dayes of famine ous is of the LORD : he is their strength
they shalbe satisfied. in the time of trouble.
20 But the wicked shall perish, and 40 And the LORD shall helpe them
the enemies of the LORD shall be as and deliuer them : he shall deliuer them
t Hebr. the t the fat of larnbes : they shall consume: from the wicked, and saue them because
jrreciousnc
ofLambes. into smoke shall they consume away. they trust in him.
21 The wicked borroweth, and pay-
eth not againe: but the righteous shew- P S A L . XXXVIII.
eth mercy, and giueth.
22 For such as be blessed of him, shall Daniel mooueth God to take compassion of
his pitifull case.
inherite the earth : and they that be cur-
sed of him, shalbe cut off. f A Psalm c of Dauid, to bring
10r, esta-
blished.
23 The steps of a good man are || or- to remembrance.
dered by the LORD : and he delighteth L O R D , rebuke me not

O
in his way. in thy wrath: neither cha-
24 Though hee fall, he shall not be sten me in thy hot displea-
vtterly cast downe: for the L O R D vp- sure.
holdeth him with his hand. 2 For thine arrowes
sticke
Great afflictions Pfalmes.
sticke fast in me; and thy hand presseth
me sore.
3 There Is no soundnesse in my flesh,
because of thine anger: neither is there
\ Heb. peace9 any trest in my bones, because of my
or health.
sinne.
4 For mine iniquities are gone ouer
mine head : as an heauy burden, they
are too heauie for me.
5 My wounds stinke, and are cor-
rupt : because of my foolishnesse.
t Heir,
wryed.
o I am t troubled, I am bowed
downe greatly; I goe mourning all
the day long.
7 For my loynes are filled with a
loathsome disease:and thereto™* sound-
nesse in my flesh.
8 I am feeble and sore broken; I
baue roared by reason of the disquiet-
nesse of my heart.
9 Lord, all my desire is before thee :
and my groning is not hid from thee.
10 My heart panteth, my strength
Paileth me: as for the light of mine ei«s,
t Heb. is not it also tis gone from me.
with me.
11 My louers and my friends stand a
Webstroke. loofe from my tsore: and ||my krasmen
II Or, my
neighbours. stand a farre off.
18 They also that seeke after mv life,
lay snares/or me: and they that seeke my
hurt, speake mischieuous things, and
imagine deceits all the day long.
13 But I, as a deafe man, heard not;
and / was as a dumbe man that openeth
not his mouth.
14? Thus I was as a man that hea-
reth not; and in whose mouth are no re-
proofes.
K Or, thee do 15 For ||in thee, O L O R D , doe I
I wait for.
it Or, an- hope : thou wilt ||heare, O Lord my
swere. God.
16 For I said, heare me, least otherwise
they should reioyce ouer me : when my
foot slippeth, they magnifie themselues
against me.
t Heb. for
haulting.
17 For I am ready tto halt, and my
sorrow is continually before me.
18 For I will declare mine iniquitie;
I will be sory for my sinne.
t Heb. being 19 But mine enemies -fare liuely, and
lining, are
strong. they are strong: and they that hate mee
wrongfully, are multiplied.
20 They also that render euill for
good, are mine aduersaries : because
I follow the thing that good is.
21 Forsake me not, O L O R D • O
my God, be not farre from me.
t Heb. for
my helpe.
22 Make haste tto helpe mee, O
Lord my saluation.
Man is vanitie.
P S A L . XXXIX.
1 Dauids care of his thoughts, 4 the conside-
ration of the breuity and vanitie of life, 7
the reuerence of Gods Judgements, 10 and
prayer, are his bridles of impatiencie.
If To the chiefe Musician, even to * le- * 1. Chron.
duthun, A Psalme of Dauid. 25.1.
Sayd, I will take heede
I
to my waies, that I sinne
not with my tongue : I
will keepe t my mouth dle, Heb. a bri-
or mou-
with a bridle, while the ell for my
wicked is before me. mouth.
2 I was dumbe with silence, I
leld my peace, euen from good, and my
sorrow was t stirred. Heb. trou-
3 My heart was hot within mee, bled.
while I was musing the fire burned:
then spake I with my tongue.
4 LORD, make me to know mine
end, and the measure of my dayes, what
it is : that I may know || how fraile I Iime Or, what
I haue
am. here.
5 Behold, thou hast made my dayes
as an Land breadth, and mine age is as
nothing before thee : verily euery man
tat his best state is altogether * vanitie. Heb.se tied.
Selah. * Psal.62.9.
& 144. 4.
6 Surely euery man walketh in
ta vaine shew: surely they are disquie- \Hebr.
ted in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and mage.
knoweth not who shall gather them.
7 And now Lord, what wait I
for ? my hope is in thee.
8 Deliuer me from all my transgres-
sions: make mee not the reproch of the
foolish.
9 I was dumbe, I opened not my
mouth ; because thou diddest it.
1.0 Remooue thy stroke away from
mee : I am consumed by the tblowe v Heb. con-
flict.
of thine hand.
11 When thou with rebukes doest
correct man for iniquitie, thou makest
t his beautie to consume away like a t Heb. that
moth : surely euery man is vanitie. which is to
>e desired in
Selah. him, to nwlt
away.
12 Heare my prayer, O LORD,
and giue eare vnto my crie, hold not
thy peace at my teares : *for I am 23. * Leuit. 25.
a straunger with thee, and a soiour- i. Chron.
29. 15.
ner, as all my fathers were. PsaL 119.19.
13 O spare me, that I may recouer Heb. 11.13.
1. Pet. 2.11
strength : before I goe hence, and be no
more.
P S A L . XL.
1 The benefite of confidence in God. 6 Obe-
dience
Sacrifice refufed. Pfalmes*
dience is the best sacrifice. 11 The sence of
Dauids euils inflaxneth his prayer.
f To the chiefe Musician, A Psalme of
Dauid.
Heb. in wai- t Waited patiently for the
I
ting I wai-
ted. L O R D , and he inclined
vnto me, and heard my
crie.
2 He brought me vp
Heb. a pit also out of tan horrible pit, out of the
ofnoise.
mirie clay, and set my feete vpon a rock,
and established my goings.
3 And he hath put a new song in my
mouth, euen praise vnto our God: many
shall see it, and feare, and shall trust in
the LORD.
4 Blessed is that man that maketh
the LORD his truste : and respecteth
not the proud, nor such as turne aside to
ies.
5 Many, O LORD my God, are
;hy wonderfull workes which thou
last done, and thy thoughts, which are
i Or, none to vs ward : ||they cannot be reckoned
can order
them vnto vp in order vnto thee : if I would de-
thee. clare and speake of them, they are moe
then can be numbred.
* Psal. 51 6 * Sacrifice and offering thou didst
16. Esa. 1.
U..&66. not desire, mine eares hast thou t ope-
3. Hos. 6. ned : burnt offering and shine-offering
6. Heb. 10.
5. Mat 12. 7 bast thou not required.
t Heb, dig- 7 Then sayd I, Loe, I come: in
ged.
the volume of the booke it is written of
me:
8 I delight to doe thy will, O my
i Heb. in the God: yea thy la we is t within my heart.
midst of my
bowels. 9 I haue preached righteousnesse in
the great congregation : loe, I haue
not refrained my lippes, O LORD,
thou knowest.
10 I haue not hid thy righteousnesse
within my heart, I haue declared thy
faithfulnesse and thy saluation ; I haue
not concealed thy louing kindnesse, and
thy truth, from the great congrega-
tion.
11 With-hold not thou thy tender
mercies from me, O LORD : let thy
louing kindnesse, and thy trueth conti-
nually preserue me.
12 For innumerable euils haue com-
passed me about, mine iniquities haue
taken hold vpon me, so that I am not
able to looke vp: they are moe then the
haires of mine head, therefore my heart
t Heb.Jbr. tfaileth me.
saketh.
13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliuer
me: O LORD, make haste to helpe me.
*PsaL34. 14 *Let them be ashamed and con-
6. & 70. 3.
Of flatterers.
founded together, that seeke after my
soule to destroy it : let them be driuen
backward, and put to shame, that wish
me euill.
15 Let them be desolate, for a reward
of their shame, that say vnto me, Aha,
aha!
16 Let all those that seeke thee, re-
ioyce and bee glad in thee : let such as
loue thy saluation, say continually, The
LORD be magnified.
17 But I am poore and needy, yet
the Lord thinketh vpon me : thou art
my helpe and my deliuerer, make no
tarrying, O my God.
P S A L . XLI.
1 Gods care of the poore. 4 Dauid complai-
neth of his enemies trecherie. 10 He flyeth
to God for succour.
U To the chiefe Musician. A Psalme
of Dauid.
Lessed is he that conside-
B
reth || the poore; the i Or.the
LORD will deliuer him weake,
sicke.
or
tin time of trouble. t Heb. in the
2 The L O R D will day of euill.
preserue him, and keepe
him aliue, and he shall be blessed vpon
the earth; and || thou wilt not deliuer H Or, doe not
him vnto the will of his enemies. thou deliuer.
3 The L O R D will strengthen
him vpon the bed of languishing : thou
wilt tmake all his bed in his sicknesse. \Hehturne.
4 I sayd, L O R D be mercifull vn-
to me, heale my soule, for I haue sinned
against thee.
5 Mine enemies speake euill of me:
when shall hee die, and his name pe-
rish ?
6 And if hee come to see me, he spea-
keth vanity : his heart gathereth ini-
2 uitie to it selfe, when he goeth abroad,
e telleth it.
7 All that hate me, whisper toge-
ther against me; against me doe they de-
uise tmy hurt. t Heb. euill
81 An euill disease, say they, cleaueth ttome.
Heb. a
fast vnto him; and now that he lyeth, he lial.
thing of Be-
shall rise vp no more.
9 * Yea tmine owne familiar friend * lob. 13.18
in whom I trusted, which did eate of toy mant Heb. the
of my
bread, hath t lift vp his heele against peace.
t Heb. mag-
me. nified.
10 But thou, O LORD, be merci-
full vnto mee, and raise me vp that I
may requite them.
11 By this I know that thou fauou-
rest
Datiids hope Pfalmes. in trouble.
rest me: because mine enemie doeth not
triumph ouer me. P S A L . XLIII.
12 And as for me, thou vpholdest me 1 Dauid praying to be restored to the Temple,
promiseth to serue God ioyfully. 5 He en-
in mine integritie; and settest me before courageth his soule to trust in God.
thy face for euer,
13 Blessed bee the L O R D God of Vdge mee, O God, and

I
Israel, from euerlasting, and to euer- plead my cause against an
lasting. Amen, and Amen. || vngodly nation ; O deli- II Or, vnmer*
uer me tfrom the deceit- cifull. tHebr.from
P S A L . XLII. full and vniust man. a man of de-
ceit* and ini-
1 Dauids zeale to serue God in the Temple. 2 For thou art the God of my strength, quitie*
5 He incourageth his soule to trust in God. why doest thou cast me off? why goe I
mourning because of the oppression of
I! Or, a U To the chiefe Musician, ||Maschil, the enemy ?
Psalme pi-
ning instru- for the sonnes of Korah. 3 O send out thy light & thy trueth ;
ction of the S the Hart tpanteth after let them leade mee, let them bring mee

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sonnes, $c.
^Hebr.bray- the water brookes, so pan- vnto thy holy hill, and to thy Taber-
sth. teth my soule after thee, nacles.
OGod. 4 Then will I goe vnto the Altar
2 My soule thirsteth of God, vnto God f my exceeding ioy: t Hebr. the
for God, for the liuing God : when shall yea vpon the harpe will I praise thee, gladnesse my toy.
of
I come and appeare before God ? 0 God, my God.
* PsaL 80. S. 3 *My teares haue bene my meate 5 Why art thou cast downe, O my
day and night; while they continually soule ? and why art thou disquieted
say vnto me, Where is thy God ? within me? hope in God, for I shall yet
4 When I remember these things, praise him, w/tow? the health of my Coun- * Psal. 42, C.
I powre out my soule in mee; for I tenance, and my God. aud 12.
had gone with the multitude, I went
with them to the house of God; with PSAL. XLIIIL
the voyce of ioy and praise, with a mul-
titude that kept holy day. 1 The Church, in memory of former fauours,
^ Hebr. bow- 6 Why art thou tcast downe, O my
7 complaineth of their present euils. 17
ed downe. Professing her integritie, 24 She feruently
soule, and why art thou disquieted in me? prayeth for succour.
I On, glus hope thou in God, for I shall yet Upraise
thankes.
i Or, his pre- hfm \\for the helpe of his countenance. 1f To the chiefe Musician for the
sence la sal- 6 O my God, my soule is cast downe sonnes of Korah.
vation.
within me : therefore will I remember Ee haue heard with our

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thee from the land of lordane, and of eares, O God, our fathers
II Or, the the Hermonites, from the ||hill Missar. haue told vs, what worke
lHUehiU. 7 Deepe calleth vnto deepe at the thou didst in their dayes,
noyse of thy water-spouts : all thy in the times of old.
waues, and thy biilowes are gone o- % How thou didst driue out the hea-
uer me. then with thy hand, & plantedst them;
8 Yet the LORD will command how thou didst afflict the people, and cast
his louing kindnes in the day time, and them out.
in the night his song shalbe with me, and 3 For they got not the land in posses*
my prayer vnto the God of my life. sion by their owne sword, neither did
9 I will say vnto God, My rocke, their owne arme saue them : but thy
why hast thou forgotten me ? why goe right hand, and thine arme, and the
I mourning, because of the oppression light of thy countenance, because thou
of the enemy ? hadst a fauour vnto them.
Wr,Wlinp. 10 As with a || sword in ray bones, 4 Thou art my King, O God:
mine enemies reproch mee: while they command deliuerances for lacob.
say dayly vnto me, Where is thy God? 5 Through thee will wee push
11 Why art thou cast downe, O my downe our enemies : through thy
soule? and why art thou disquieted Name will wee tread them vnder that
within me ? hope thou in God, for I rise vp against vs.
shall yet praise him, who is the health of 6 For I will not trust in my bow,
my countenance, and my God. neither shall my sword saue me.
7 But
Prayer in trouble. Pfalmes.
7 But thou hast saued vs from our
enemies, and hast put them to shame
that hated vs.
8 In God we boast all the day long:
and praise thy Name for euer. Selah.
9 But thou hast cast off and put vs
to shame; and goest not forth with our
armies.
10 Thou makest vs to turne backe
from the enemie: and they which hate
vs, spoile for themselues.
t Hebr.as 11 Thou hast giuen vs like tsheepe
theepeof
meate. appointed for meate: and hast scattered
vs among the heathen.
t Heb. with: 12 Thou sellest thy people t for
out riches.
nought, and doest not increase thy wealth most mightie : with thy glory and thy
by their price.
* Fsal. 79. 4 13 *Thou makest vs a reproch to our
neighbours, a scorne and a derision to
them that-are round about vs.
* lere. 24.9. 14 *Thou makest vs a by-word a-
mong the heathen : a shaking of the
head among the people.
15 My confusion is continually before
me, and the shame of my face hath co-
uered me.
16 For the voice of him that reproa-
cheth, and blasphemeth : by reason of
the enemie and auenger.
17 All this is come vpon vs; yet
haue wee not forgotten thee, neither
haue we dealt falsly in thy couenant.
18 Our heart is not turned backer
I Oft goings neither haue our || steps declined from
thy way,
19 Though thou hast sore broken vs
in the place of dragons, and. couered vs
with the shadow of death.
20 If wee haue forgotten the name
of our God, or stretched out our hands
to a strange God:
21 Shall not God search this out?
for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
* Horn. 8,86 22 * Yea for thy sake are wee killed
all the day long: wee are counted as
sheepe for the slaughter.
23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O
Lord ? arise, cast vs not oft* for euer.
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face ?
and forgettest our affliction, and our op-
pression ?
25 For our soule is bowed downe to
the dust; our belly cleaueth vnto the
earth.
iHeb.ah*lp 26 Arise tfor our helpe, and redeeme
faff *»*•-
vs for thy mercies sake.
P S A L . XLV.
1 The maiestie and grace of Christs kingdome. the kings palace.
Chrifts kingdome.
10 The duetie of the Church, and the bene-
fits thereof.
If To the chiefe Musician vpon Sho-
shannim, for the sonnes of Korah,
IIMaschil : a song of loues. B Or, of in-
Y heart t is inditing a good struction.
t Hebr, boy-
M
matter : I speake of the Icth or bub-
things which I haue leth vp.
made, touching the King:
my tongue is the penne of
a ready writer.
2 Thou art fairer then the children
of men : grace is powred into thy lips :
therfore God hath blessed thee for euer.
3 Gird thy sword vpon thy thigh, O
maiestie.
4 And in thy maiestie tride prospe- t Hebr. pros-
rously, because of trueth and meekenes, per tkout
ride thou.
and righteousnesse: and thy right hand
shall teach thee terrible things.
5 Thine arrowes are sharpe in the
heart of the Kings enemies; whereby
the people fall vnder thee.
6 * Thy throne (O God) is for euer "Heb. 1.8.
and euer: the scepter of thy kingdome
is a right scepter.
7 Thou louest righteousnesse, and
hatest wickednesse : therefore God, thy
God, hath anointed thee with the oyle
of gladnesse aboue thy fellowes.
8 All thy garments smell of myrrhe,
and aloes, and cassia : out of the luorie
palaces, whereby they haue made thee
glad.
9 Kings daughters were among thy
honourable women: vpon thy right
hand did stand the Queene in golde of
Ophir.
10 Hearken (O daughter) and con-
sider, and incline thine eare; forget also
thine owne people, and thy fathers
house.
11 So shall the king greatly desire
thy beautie : for he is thy Lord, and
worship thou him.
12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be
there with a gift, euen the rich among
the people shall intreate tthy fauour. t Heb. thy
13 The kings daughter is all glori- face.
ous within ; her clothing is of wrought
gold.
14 She shall bee brought vnto the
king in raiment of needle worke : the
virgins her companions that followe
her, shall be brought vnto thee.
15 With gladnesse and reioycing shall
they be brought: they shall enter into
16 In
God our refuge. Pfalmes.
16 In stead of thy fathers shall bee
thy children, whom thou mayest make
princes in all the earth.
17 I will make thy name to bee re-
membred in all generations : therefore
shall the people praise thee for euer and
euer.
P S A L . XLVL
1 The confidence which the Church hath in
God. 8 An exhortation to behold it
I Or, of. f To the chiefe Musician || for the
sonnes of Korah, a song vpon
Alamo th.
OD Is our refuge and
G
strength: a very present
helpe in trouble.
2 Therfore will not we
feare, though the earth
be remoued : and though the moun-
t Hebr. the taines be caried into tthe midst of the
heart of the
SCU3. sea.
3 Though the waters thereof roare,
and be troubled, though the mountaines
shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
4 There is a riuer, the streames wher-
of shall make glad the citie of God: the
holy place of the Tabernacles of the
most High.
5 God is in the midst of her: she shal
not be moued; God shall hdge her,
t Heb. when -\and that right early.
the morning
appear eih> 6 The heathen raged, the king-
domes were mooued: he vttered his
voyce, the earth melted.
7 The LORD of hosts is with vs;
t Heb. an the God of lacob is tour refuge. Selah.
high place 8 Come, behold the workes of the
for vs.
L O R D , what desolations hee hath
made in the earth.
9 He maketh warres to cease vnto
the end of the earth: hee breaketh the
bow, and cutteth the speare in sunder,
he burneth the chariot in the fire.
10 Be stil, and know that I am God:
I will bee exalted among the heathen,
I will be exalted in the earth.
11 The LORD of hosts is with vs;
the God of lacob is our refuge. Selah.
P S A L . XLVII.
The Nations are exhorted cheerefully to enter-
taine the Kingdom e of Christ
\0r%of. IT To the chiefe musician, a psalme ||for
the sonnes of Eorah.
Clap your hands (all ye peo-
O ple:) shoute vnto God with
the voyce of triumph:
% For the LORD most
Sions beautie.
high is terrible; he is a great King ouer
all the earth.
3 Hee shall subdue the people vnder
vs, and the nations vnder our feet.
4 He shall chuse our inheritance for
vs, the excellencie of lacob whom hee
loued. Selah.
5 God is gone vp with a shout, the
LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises:
sing praises vnto our King, sing praises.
7 For God is the King of all the
earth, sing ye praises ||with vnderstan- I Or, euery
one that
ding. hath un-
8 God reigneth ouer the heathen: derstanding.
God sitteth vpon the throne of his ho-
linesse.
9 || The princes of the people are II Or, the vo-
gathered together, euen the people of the luntarie of
the people
are gathered
God of Abraham : for the shields of the vnto the
earth belong vnto God : hee is greatly people of the
God of A-
exalted. braham.
P S A L . XLVIII.
The Ornaments and priuiledges of the Church.
11 A song, and Psalme ||for the sonnes H Or, o/.
of Korah.
Reat is the LORD, and
G
greatly to bee praised in
the citie of our God, in
the mountaine of his ho-
linesse.
% Beautiful! for situa-
tion, the ioy of the whole earth is mout
Sion, on the sides of the North, the ci-
tie of the great King.
3 God is knowen in her palaces for
a refuge.
4 For loe, the kings were assembled:
they passed by together.
5 They sawe it, and so they maruei-
led, they were troubled and hasted a-
way.
6 Feare tooke holde vpon them
there, and paine, as of a woman in tra-
uaile.
7 Thou breakest the ships of Tar-
shish with an East wind.
8 As we haue heard, so haue wee
seene in the citie of the LORD of hosts,
in the citie of our God, God will esta-
blish it for euer. Selah.
9 Wee haue thought of thy louing
kindnesse, O God, in the middest of thy
Temple.
10 According to thy Name, O God,
so is thy praise vnto the endes of the
earth: thy right hand is full of righte-
ousnesse.
11 Let
 /aine truft. Pfalmes.
11 Let mount Sion reioyce, let the
daughters of ludah be glad, because
of thy iudgemeuts.
1£ Walke about Sion, and goe round
about her : tell the towres thereof.
t Heb. set
tour heart to
13 tMarke yee well her bulwarkes,
'her bul- |I consider her palaces; that yee may tell
warkesi
« Or, raise it to the generation following.
vp. 14 For this God is our God for euer,
and euer; he will be our guide euen vnto
death.
P S A L . XLIX.
1 An earnest perswasion to build the faith oi
Resurrection, not on worldly power, but on
God. 16 Worldly prosperity is not to be ad-
mired.
f To the chiefe Musician, a Psalme
I Or, of. ||for the sonnes of Korah.
Eare this, all yee people,
H
giue eare all yee inhabi-
tants of the world:
2 Both low, and high,
rich and poore together.
3 My mouth shall speake of wise-
dome : and the meditation of my heart
shalbe of vnderstanding.
* Mat. 13. 4 * 1 will incline mine eare to a pa-
35. psal.
rable ; I will open my darke saying vp-
78. 2.
on the harpe.
5 Wherefore should I feare in the
daies of euill, when the iniquitie of my
heeles shall compasse me about ?
6 They that trust in their wealth,
and boast themselues in the multitude
of their riches:
7 None of them can by any meanes
redeeme his brother, nor giue to God a
ransome for him:
8 (For the redemption of their
soule is precious, and it ceaseth for euer/
9 That he should still liue for euer,
and not see corruption.
10 For he seeth that wise men die, like-
wise the foole, and the brutish person pe-
rish, and leaue their wealth to others.
11 Their inward thought is, that their
houses shall continue for euer, and their
t Heb. to ge- dwelling places tto all generations;
nerationand
generation. they call their lands after their owne
names.
12 Neuerthelesse man bevng in ho-
nour abideth not: he is like the beastes
that perish.
13 This their way is their follie; yet
t Heb. de- their posteritie tapproue their sayings
light in their
mouth. Selah.
14 Like sheepe they are layd in the
graue, death shall feede on them; anc
Gods Maieftie.
the vpright shall haue dominion ouer
them in the morning, and their || beauty I Or^trength
shall consume ||in the graue, from their I Or* the
graue being
dwelling. an habitati-
15 But God will redeeme my soule on to euery
one of them.
tfrom the power of the ||graue; for he Heb. from
shall receiue me. Selah. the hand of
he. graue.
16 Be not thou afraid when one is I Or, helL
made rich, when the glory of his house
is increased.
17 *For when he dieth, he shall carry * lob. 27,
nothing away : his glory shall not des- 19.
cend after him.
18 Though t whiles he liued, he blessed i Heb. in hi*
bis soule : and men will praise thee, life.
when thou doest well to thy selfe.
19 tHee shall goe to the generation soule t Heb. the
shall
of his fathers, they shall neuer see light. goe.
20 Man that is in honour and vnder-
standeth not, is like the beasts that pe-
rish.
P S A L . L.
1 The Maiestie of God in the Church. 5 His
order to gather Saints. 7 The pleasure of
God is not in Ceremonies, 14 but in sinceri-
tie of Obedience.
1T A Psalme ||of Asaph. t Or, for
He mightie God, euen the Asaph.
T
L O R D hath spoken, and
called the earth from the
rising of the sunne, vnto
the going downe thereof.
% Out of Sion the perfection 01
beautie, God hath shined.
3 Our God shall come, and shall not
keepe silence: a fire shall deuoure before
him, and it shalbe very tempestuous
round about him.
4 He shall call to the heauens from
aboue, and to the earth, that hee may
iudge his people.
5 Gather my Saints together vnto
mee: those that haue made a couenant
with me, by sacrifice.
6 And the heauens shall declare his
righteousnes; for God is iudge himselfe.
Selah.
7 Heare, O my people, and I wil
speake, O Israel, and I will testifie a-
gainst thee; I am God, euen thy God.
8 I will not reproue thee for thy sa-
crifices, or thy burnt offerings, to haue
bene continually before me.
9 I will take no bullocke out of thy
house, nor hee goates out of thy folds.
10 For euery beast of the forrest is
mine, and the cattell vpon a thousanc
hilles.
11 I
Pay thy vowes. Pfalmes.
11 I know all the foules of the
mountaines : and the wild beasts of the
WIebr. with field are t mine.
me.
* Exod. 19. 13 * If I were hungry, I would
5. deut. 10. not tell thee, *for the world is mine, and
14. psal. 24.
1. the fulnesse thereof.
* lob 41. 2.
1. cor. 10.
18 Will I eate the flesh of bulles, or
23, 26. drinke the blood of goats ?
14 Offer vnto God thankesgiuing,
and pay thy vowes vnto the most high.
15 And call vpon mee in the day of
trouble; I will deliuer thee, and thou
shalt glorifie me.
16 But vnto the wicked God saith,
What hast thou to doe, to declare my
Statutes, or that thou shouldest take
my Couenant in thy mouth ?
* Rom. 2. 17 * Seeing thou hatest instruction,
21, 22.
and easiest my words behinde thee.
18 When thou sawest a thiefe, then
\Hebr.thy thou consentedst with him, and thast
portion was
with adul- bene partaker with adulterers.
terers. 19 tThou giuest thy mouth to euill,
t Hebr. thou
wildest. and thy tongue ffameth deceit.
20 Thou sittest and speakest against
thy brother; thou slanderest thine owne
mothers sonne.
21 These things hast thou done, and
I kept silence: thou thoughtest that I
was altogether such a one as thyselfe :
but I will reproue thee, and set them in
:>rder before thine eyes.
£3 Now consider this, ye that forget
God, lest I teare«/ow in pieces,and there
be none to deliuer.
23 Who so ofFereth praise, glorifieth
t Hebr. that me : and td him t that ordereth his con-
disposeth his uersation aright, will I shew the salua-
way.
tiqn of God.
P S A L . LI.
L Dauid prayeth for remission of sinnes, where-
of he maketh a deepe confession. 6 Hee
prayeth for sanctification. 16 God deligh-
teth not in sacrifice, but in sinceritie. 18 Hee
prayeth for the Church.
IT To the chiefe Musician. A Psalme
* 2. Sam. 12. of Dauid, * when Nathan the Pro-
1, and 11.1.
phet came vnto him, after hee had
gone in to Bath-sheba.
Aue mercie vpon mee, O
H
God, according to thy lo-
uing kindnesse: according
vnto the multitude of thy
tender mercies blot out
my transgressions. P S A L , LII.
2 Wash mee throughly from mine 1 Dauid condemning the spightfulnesse of
iniquitie, and dense me from my sinne. Doeg, prophesieth ms destruction. G The
A contrite heart.
3 For I acknowledge my trans-
gressions : and my sinne is euer before
mee.
4 * Against thee, thee onely haue I 9 Rom. 3. 4.
sinned, and done this euill in thy sight:
that thou mightest bee iustified when
thou speakest, and be cleare when thou
iudgest.
5 Behold, I was shapen in iniqui-
tie : and in sinne did my mother t con- \Hebr.
waarme me.
ceiue me.
6 Behold, thou desirest trueth in
the inward parts : and in the hidden
part thou shalt make me to know wise-
dome.
7 * Purge me with hyssope, and I *Leuit. 14.
shalbe cleane : wash me, and I shall be 6.18.
num. Id.
whiter then snow.
8 Make mee to heare ioy and glad-
T\esse;tftat thebones which tnouhast bro-
ken, may reioyce.
9 Hide thy face from my sinnes; and
blot out all mine iniquities.
10 Create in mee a cleane heart, O
God; and renew || a right spirit within stant
I! Or, a con-
spirit;
mee.
11 Cast mee not away from thy pre-
sence ; and take not thy holy Spirit
from me.
12 Restore vnto me the ioy of thy sal-
uation : and vphold mee with thy free
Spirit.
13 Then will I teach transgressours
thy wayes, and sinners shalbe conuer-
ted vnto thee.
14? Deliuer mee from t blood-guilti- bloods.
YHebr.
nesse, O God, thou God of my salua-
tion: and my tongue shall sing alowd of
thy righteousnesse.
15 O Lord open thou my lips, and
my mouth shall shew foorth thy praise.
16 For thou desirest not sacrifice :
|| else would I giue it: thou delightest II Or, that I
should 8we
not in burnt offering. it.
17 * The sacrifices of God are a bro- and
* Isa. 57.13.
G6. 2.
ken spirit: a broken and a contrite
heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
18 Doe good in thy good pleasure
vnto Sion : build thou the walles of
lerusalem.
19 Then shalt thou be pleased with
the sacrifices of righteousnesse, with
burnt offering and whole burnt offer-
ing : then shall they offer bullockes vp-
on thine altar.
righteous
The euill tongue. Pfalmes;
righteous shall reioyce at it 8 Dauid vpon
his confidence in Gods mercy, giueth
thanks.
1T To the chiefe Musician, Maschil,
* ), Sam. 22.
9.
APsalmeof Dauid: * WhenDoegthe
Edomite came and told Saul, and
said vnto him, Dauid is come to the
house of Ahimelech.
Hyboastest thou thyselfein
W mischiefe, O mightie man?
the goodnesse of God indu-
reth continually.
£ Thy tongue deuiseth
mischiefes : like a sharpe rasor, working
deceitfully.
3 Thou louest euill more then good;
and lying rather then to speake righte-
ousnesse. Selah.
4 Thou louest all deuouring words,
S Or, and the || O tftou deceitfull tongue,
deceitfull
tongue. 5 God shall likewise t destroy thee
\ Heb. beate for euer, hee shall take thee away and
thee dowm.
plucke thee out of thy dwelling plaice,
and roote thee out of the land of the li-
uing. Selah.
6 The righteous also shall see, and
feare, and shall laugh at him.
7 Loe, this is the man that made not
God his strength : but trusted in the a-
bundance of his riches, and strengthe-
80r, sub- ned himselfe in his || wickednesse.
ttance. 8 But I am like a greene oliue tree
in the house of God: I trust in the mer-
cy of God for euer and euer.
9 I will prayse thee for euer, be-
cause thou hast done it: and I will wait
on thy name, for it is good before thy
Saints.
P S A L . LIIL
1 Dauid describeth the corruption of a naturall I will praise thy name (0 L O R D : )
man. 4 He conuinceth the wicked by the for it is good.
licht of their owne conscience. 6 Hee glori-
eth in the saluation of God.
f To the chiefe musician vpon Maha- desire vpon mine enemies.
lath, Maschil, A Psalme of Dauid.
* Psal. u. 1 He * foole hath sayde in
T
&c. his heart, There is no I Dauid in his prayer complaineth of his feare-
jpsal. 10. 4.
god; Corrupt are they,
and haue done abhomi-
* Rom. 3.
id.
nable iniquitie ; * there is
none that doth good.
2 God looked downe from heauen
vpon the children of men, to see if there II To the chiefe musician on Neginoth,
were any that did vnderstand, that did
seeke God.
3 Euery one of them is gone backe,
they are altogether become filthy: there
is none that doth good, no not one.
Gods iuftice.
4? Haue the workers of iniquitie
no knowledge ? who eate vp my people,
as they eate bread; they haue not called
vpon God.
5 There t were they in great feare, t Heb. they
where no feare was : for God hath scat- feared
feare.
a
tered the bones of him that incampeth
against thee, thou hast put ^wtoshame,
because God hath despised them.
6 t O that the saluation of Israel \Heb. who
were come out of Sion! when God brin- will
geth backe the captiuitie of his people,
giue sal-
nations> $c.
laakob shall reioyce, and Israel shall
be glad.
P S A L . LIIII.
1 Dauid complaining of the Ziphims, prayeth
for saluation. 4 Vpon his confidence in Gods
helpe, he promiseth sacrifice.
1T To the chiefe musician on Neginoth,
Maschil, A Psalme of Dauid. * When *1. Sam. 23.
the Ziphims came and sayde to 19. and
16. 1.
Saul : doeth not Dauid hide him-
selfe with vs ?
Aue me, O God, by thy
S
name, and iudge me by thy
strength.
£ Heare my prayer, O
God; giue eare to the
words of my mouth.
3 For strangers are risen vp against
me, and oppressors seeke after my soule;
they haue not set God before them.
Selah.
4 Behold, God is mine helper: the
Lord is with them that vphold my
soule.
5 He shall reward euill vnto t mine t Heb. those
enemies : cut them off in thy trueth. that me.
observe
6 I will freely sacrifice vnto thee;
7 For hee hath deliuered me out of
all trouble : and mine eye hath seene his
P S A L . LV.
full case. 9 He prayeth against his enemies,
of whose wickednesse and trechene he coni-
plaineth. 16 He comforteth himselfe in
Gods presentation of him and confusion of
his enemies.
Maschil. A Psalme of Dauid.
lue eare to my prayer, O
G God: and hide not thy selfe
from my supplication.
2 Attend vnto me, and
heare
Dauids complaint. Pfalmes.
heare me : I mourne in my complaint,
and make a noise.
3 Because of the voyce of the ene-
mie, because of the oppression of the
wicked: for they cast iniquitie vpon me,
and in wrath they hate me.
4 My heart is sore pained within
me: and the terrours of death are fal-
len vpon me.
5 Fearefulnesse and trembling are
I Heb. cove- come vpon me, and horrour hath touer-
red me.
whelmed me.
6 And I said, O that I had wings
like a doue; for then would I flee away
and be at rest.
7 Loe, then would I wander farre
off, and remaine in the wildernesse. Se-
lah.
8 I would hasten my escape from
the windie storm e, and tempest.
9 Destroy, O Lord, and diuide their
tongues: for I haue scene violence and
strife in the citie.
10 Day and night they goe about it
vpon the walles thereof: mischiefe also
and sorrow are in the midst of it.
11 Wickednesse is in the midst therof:
deceite and guile depart not from her
streets.
12 For it was not an enemie that re-
proached me, then I could haue borne
it, neither was it hee that hated me, that
did magnifie himselfe against me, then I
would haue hid my selfe from him.
IHeb.aman
according to
13 Rutitwas thou,t a man,mine equal,
my ranke. my guide, and mine acquaintance.
t Heft, who
sweetned 14? tWee tooke sweet counsell toge-
counsell. ther, and walked vnto the house of God
in companie.
15 Let death seaze vpon them, and
i1 Or, Tffie let them goe downe quicke into ||hell :
graue.
for wickednes is in their dwellings, and
among them.
16 As for me, I will call vpon God:
and the Lord shall saue me.
17 Euening and morning, and at
noone will I pray, and crie aloud: and
he shall heare my voyce.
18 He hath deliuered my soule in
peace from the battell that was against
me : for there were many with me.
19 God shall heare and afflict them,
euen he that abideth of old, Selah : be-
'i Or, with cause ||they haue no changes, therefore
whom, also
^efe 60 no they feare not God.
changes, yet
theyfeare
20 He hath put foorth his handes a-
wot God. gainst such as be at peace with him : the
t Heb. he?
hath profa- hath broken his couenant.
ned. 21 The words of his mouth were smoo-
His confidence.
ther then butter, but warre was in his
heart: his words were softer then oyle,
yet were they drawen swords.
22 *Cast thy || burden vpon the * PsaL 37.8
LORD, and he shall sustaine thee : heemat. 6. 25.
uk. 12. 22.
shall neuer suffer the righteous to bee . pet. 5. 7.
Or, sift.
moued.
23 But thou, 0 God, shalt bring
them downe into the pit of destruction:
t Bloody and deceitfull men t shall not Heb. men
>f bloods and
iue out halfe their dayes, but I will deceit.
trust in thee. Hebr. shal
not halfe
their dayes.
P S A L . LVI.
1 Dauid praying to God in confidence of his
word, complaineth of his enemies. 9 Hee
professeth iris confidence in Gods word, and
promiseth to praise him.
IF To the chiefe musician vpon lonath
Elem Rechokim, ||Michtam of Da- den B Or, a gol-
psalmc
uid , when the * Philistines tooke of Dauid.
him in Gath. * l.Sam. 21.
1.
E mercifull vnto mee, O
T God, for man would swal-
"ow me V P :T ^e %k^ng dai-
ly, oppresseth me.
2 tMine enemies would dayly swal- Hebr. mine
low me vp: for they bee many that fight obseruers.
against me, O thou most high.
3 What time I am afraide, I will
trust in thee.
4 In God I will praise his worde,
In God I haue put my trust, I will
not feare what flesh can doe vnto me.
5 Euery day they wrest my words:
all their thoughts are against mee for
euill.
6 They gather themselues toge-
ther; they hide themselues, they marke
my steps when they wait for my soule.
7 Shall they escape by iniquitie ? in
thine anger cast downe the people, O
God.
8 Thou tellest my wanderings, put
thou my teares into thy bottle: are they
not in thy booke ?
9 When I crie vnto thee, then shall
mine enemies turne backe : this I
know, for God is for me.
10 In God will I praise his word : in
the LORD will I praise his word.
11 In God haue I put my trust: I
will not bee afraid what man can doe
vnto me.
12 Thy vowes are vpon me, O God:
I will render praises vnto thee.
13 For thou hast deliuered my soule
from death : wilt not thou deliuer M}
feel
jfod faueth his. Pfalmes. The wicked.
feet from falling? that I may walke I To the chiefe musician || Al-taschith, I Or, destroy
no*, a golden
jefore God in the light of the luring. Michtam of DauicL psalmee/"
Oe yee indeed speakerigh- Dauid.

D
PSAL. LVII. teousnesse, O congregati-
1 Dauid in prayer flying vntp God, complai- on ? doe ye iudge vprightly,
neth of his dangerous case/ 7 He incoura- O ye sonnes of men ?
geth himselfe to praise God.
£ Yea,. in heart you
II Or, destroy IF To the chiefe musician || Al-taschith, worke wickednesse; you waigh the vio-
not.
* I.Sam. 24. Mich tarn of Dauid, *when hee fled ence of your hands in the earth.
1. from Saul in the caue. 3 The wicked are estranged from the
E mercifull vnto mee, O wombe, they goe astray tas soone as the ' Heb.from

B
belly.
God, be merciful vnto me, they be borne, speaking lies.
for my soule trusteth in 4 Their poison is tlike the poyson t fteb. accor-
thee: yea in the shadow of of a serpent; they are like the deafe ||ad- ding to the
ikenesse.
thy wings will I make der that stoppeth her eare: I Or, aspe.
my refuge, vntill these calamities bee o- 5 Which will not hearken to the
uerpast. voyce of charmers, 11 charming neuer so n Or, be the
charmer ne-
2 I will crie vnto God most high : wisely, uer so cun-
vnto God that perfourmeth all things for 6 Breake their teeth, O God, in ning.
mee. their mouth : breake out the great
3 Hee shall send from heauen, and teeth of the young lyons, O LORD.
I Or, he re- saue me \\from the reproch of him, that 7 Let them melt away as waters,
troacheth would swallow me vp; Selah. God which runne continually : When he ben-
lim that
would swal- shall send forth his mercy and his deth his bow to shoote his arrowes, let
low me vp.
trueth. them be as cut in pieces.
4 My soule is among lyons, and I 8 As a snaile which melteth, let euery
lie euen among them that are set on one of them passe away: like the vn time-
fire: euen the sonnes of men, whose teeth ly birth of a woman, that they may not
are speares and arrowes, and their see the sunne.
tongue a sharpe sword. 9 Before your pots can feele the
5 Be thou exalted, O God, aboue thornes, he shall take them away as
the heauens: let thy glory be aboue all with a whirlewind, tboth liuing, and uingt t Heb. as ft-
as
the earth. in his wrath. wrath.
* PsaL 7.16. 6 *They haue prepared a net for my 10 The righteous shall reioyce when
and 9.15.
steppes, my soule is bowed downe : they he seeth the vengeance : he shall wash
haue digged a pit before me, into the his feete in the blood of the wicked.
midst whereof they are fallen themselues. 11 So that a man shall say, Verily
Selah. there is ta reward for the righteous: ve- iHeb.frutie
* Psai. 108. 7 *My heart is || fixed, O God, my rily hee is a God that iudgeth in the of ike $c.
l.&c.
I Or, prcpa- heart is fixed : I will sing, and giue earth.
red. praise.
8 Awake vp my glory, awake psal- P S A L . LIX.
terie and harpe; I my selfe will awake 1 Dauid prayeth to be deliuered from his ene-
early. mies. 6 Hee complaineth of their cruelty.
9 I will praise thee, O Lord, a- 8 Hee trusteth in God. 11 He prayeth a*
gainst them. 16 He praiseth God.
mong the people; I will sing vnto thee
among the nations. f To ||the chiefe musician Al-taschith, the II Or, to
chiefe
* Psal. 36. 10 *For thy mercy is great vnto the Michtam of Dauid : *when Saul Musician*
6. & 108. 5. destroy no/,
heauens, and thy trueth vnto the sent, and they watcht the house a golden
clouds. to kill him. psalme of
Eliuer me from mine ene-Dauid,

T
11 Be thou exalted, O God, aboue * i. Sam. ID
the heauens : let thy glory be aboue al mies, O my God: tdefenc 11,
t Heb. set me
the earth. mee from them that rise vp on high.
against me.
P S A L . LVIIJ. % Deliuer mee from the
workers of iniquitie, and saue me from
1 Dauid reprooueth wicked Judges, 3 Des- bloodie men.
cribeth the nature of the wicked, 6 Deuo-
teth them to Gods Judgements, 10 wherea 3 For loe, they lye in waite for my
the righteous shall reioyce. soule; the mighty are gathered against
me;
The wickeds furie. Pfalmea.
me; not for my transgression, nor forT my
sinne, O LORD.
4 They runne and prepare them-
t Hebr. to selues without my fault : awake tto
meeteme.
helpe me, and behold.
5 Thou therefore, O L O R D God
of hostes, the God of Israel, awake to
visite all the heathen : be not mercifull
to any wicked transgressours. Selah.
6 They returne at euening : they
make a noise like a dogge, and go round
about the citie.
7 Behold, they belch out with their
* Psal. 10. mouth : * swords are in their lippes; for
11. and 73.
11. and 94. who, say they, doeth heare ?
7- 8 But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh
at them; thou shalt haue all the hea-
then in derision.
9 Because of\\\s strength will I wait
t Hebr. my vpon thee : for God is tmy defence.
high place.
10 The God of my mercy shall pre-
uent me; God shall let mee see my desire
t Hebr. mine vpon tmine enemies.
obseruers.
11 Slay them not, lest my people for-
get : scatter them by thy power; and
bring them downe, O Lord our shield.
12 For the sinne of their mouth, and
the words of their lips, let them euen be
taken in their pride: and for cursing and
lying which they speake.
13 Consume them in wrath, consume
tJiem^ that they may not be: and let them
know that God ruleth in lacob, vnto
the ends of the earth. Selah.
14 And at euening let them returne,
and let them make a noise like a dogge,
and goe round about the citie.
15 Let them wander vp and downe
t Hebr. to tfor meate, ||and grudge if they be not
eate.
I! Or, if they satisfied.
be not satis- 16 But I will sing of thy power; yea
fied, then
they will stay I will sing alowd of thy mercy in the
all night. morning: for thou hast bene my defence
and refuge, in the day of my trouble.
17 Vnto thee, O my strength, wil I
sing: for God is my defence, and the God
of my mercy.
P S A L . LX.
1 Dauid complayning to God of former iudge-
ment, 4 now vpon better hope prayeth
for deliuerance. 6 Comforting himselfe in
Gods promises, he craueth that helpe where-
on he trusteth.
f To the chiefe Musician vpon Shu-
I! Or, a gol- shan-Eduth ||Michtam of Dauid, to
den Fsalme.
* 2. Sam. 8. teach. * When hee stroue with A-
3. 13. 1. chr. ram Naharaim, and with Aram
18. 3.
Dauids confidence.
Zobah, when loab returned, and
smote of Edom in the valley of salt,
twelue thousand.
* God, thouhastcastvsoff; * Psal. 44.
thou hast t scattered vs, 10.
O
^ Hebr. bro-
thou hast bene displeased, ken.
O turne thy selfe to vs a-
gaine.
2 Thou hast made the earth to
tremble; thou hast broken it: heale the
breaches thereof, for it shaketh.
3 Thou hast shewed thy people
hard things : thou hast made vs to
drinke the wine of astonishment.
4 Thou hast giuen a banner to them
that feare thee: that it may be displayed
because of the trueth. Selah.
5 *That thy beloued may be deliue- * Psal. 108.
red; saue with thy right hand, and heare 6. &c.
mee.
6 God hath spoken in his holinesse,
I wil reioyce : I wil diuide Shechem,
and mete out the valley of Succoth.
7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is
mine; Ephraim also is the strength of
mine head; ludah is my Lawgiuer.
8 Moab is my wash pot, ouer E-
dom wil I cast out my shooe: Philistia,
|| triumph thou because of me. I! Orjriumph
thou ouer
9 Who wil bring me into Tthe t strongme. [by an
citie ? who will lead me into Edom ? ironie].
t Hebr. city
10 Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst of strength.
cast vs off? and thou, * O God, which * Psal. 44.
10. and 108.
didst not goe out with our armies. 12.
11 Giue vs helpe from trouble: for
vaine is the t helpe of man. t Hebr. sal-
12 Through God wee shall doe va- vation.
liantly : for he it is that shall tread downe
Qur enemies.
P S A L . LXI.
1 Dauid fleeth to God vpon his former experi-
ence. 4 He voweth perpetuall seruice vnto
him because of his promises.
H To the chiefe Musician vpon Negi-
nah. A Psalme of Dauid.
Eare my cry, O God, at-
H
tend vnto my prayer.
2 From the end of the
earth wil I cry vnto thee,
when my heart is ouer-
whelmed : leade me to the rocke, that is
higher then I.
3 For thou hast bene a shelter for me,
and a strong tower from the enemy.
4 I will abide in thy Tabernacle
for euer: I will || trust in the couert of my
I Or, make
refuge.
thy wings. Selah.
5 For
Wait on God. Pfalmes. Dauids third.
5 For thou, O God, hast heard my
vowes: thou hast giuen me the heritage P S A L . LXIII.
of those that feare thy name. 1 Dauids thirst for God. 4 His maner of bles-
i Hebr. thou 6 tThou wilt prolong the kings sing God. 9 His confidence of his enemies
shalt adde destruction, and his owne safetie.
dayes to the life: and his yeeres tas many generati-
dayes of the ons.
King. 1 A Psalme of Dauid, when hee was
t Heb. as ge- 7 He shall abide before God for euer: in the wildernesse of ludah.
neration and
generation* O prepare mercy and trueth which may God, thou art my God,
preserue him.
8 So will I sing praise vnto thy
name for euer, that I may daily per-
forme my vowes.
T earely will I seeke thee:
my soule thirsteth for thee,
my flesh longeth for thee,
in a drie andt thirs tie lande, Mteb.wcary
t where no water is: t Heb. with-
P S A L . LXII. 2 To see thy power and thy glory, out water.
1 Dauid professing his confidence in God, dis- so as I haue seen thee in the Sanctuary.
courageth his enemies. 5 In the same confi- 3 Because thy louing kindnes is bet-
denceThe incourageth the godly. 9 No trust
is to be put in worldly things. 11 Power and ter then life : my lips shal praise thee.
mercie belong to God. 4 Thus will I blesse thee, while I
liue: I will lift vp my handes in thy
U To the chiefe musician, to leduthun, Name.
A Psalme of Dauid. 5 My soule shall be satisfied as with
si Or, onely. ||Ruely my soulet waiteth t marrow and fatnesse: and my mouth Wleb.fatness

T
\Heb.is si-
lent. vpon God: from him com- shall praise thee with ioyfull lips:
meth my saluation. 6 When I remember thee vpon my
Q He ohely is my rocke bed, and meditate on thee in the night
and my saluation: he is my watches.
t Hebr. t defence, I shall not be greatly moued. 7 Because thou hast bene my helpe;
high place. 3 How long wil ye imagine mischiefe therefore in the shadow of thy wings
against a man ? ye shall be slaine all of will I reioyce.
you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as 8 My soule followeth hard after
a tottering fence. thee : thy right hand vpholdeth me.
4 They onely consult to cast him 9 But those that seeke my soule to de-
downe from his excellency, they delight stroy it, shall goe into the lower parts
in lies: they blesse with their mouth, but of the earth.
t Hebr. in they curse t inwardly. Selah.
their inward 5 My soule, wait thou onely vpoh 10 tThey shall fall by the sword: \ Hebr. they
shall make
parts. they shall be a portion for foxes. him run out
God : for my expectation is from him. 11 But the King shal reioyce in God; likethewater
6 He onely is my rocke and my salua- euery one that sweareth by him shall ofby the hands
Kcord.
tion ; he is my defence; I shall not bee glorie : but the mouth of them that
moued. speake lies, shall be stopped.
7 In God is my saluation, and my
rlorie : the rocke of my strength, and
my refuge is in God. P S A L . LXIIII.
8 Trust in him at all times; ye peo- 1 Dauid prayeth for deliuerance, complaining
ple, powre out your heart before him : of his enemies. 7 He promiseth himselfe to
see such an euident destruction of his ene-
Bod is a refuge for vs. Selah. mies, as the righteous shall reioyce at it.
9 Surely men of low degree are va-
nitie, and men of high degree are a lie: H To the chiefe musician, a Psalme
I; Or, alike. to be laid in the ballance, they are Hal- of Dauid.
together lighter then vanitie. Eare my voice, O God, in

T
10 Trust not in oppression, become mypraier; preserue my life
I Or,
strength.
not vaine in robberie: if riches increase, from feare of the enemie.
* lob 34. 11 set not your heart vpon, them. 2 Hide me from the se-
prou. 24. 12 11 God hath spoken once; twice haue
icre. 32. 19.
cret counsel of the wicked:
ezek. 7- 27- I heard this, that ||power belongeth vn- from the insurrection of
mat. 16. 27. the workers of iniquitie:
rom. 2. 6. 2. to God.
cor. 5. 10
eph. 6. 8.
12 Also vnto thee, O Lord, belongeth 3 *Who whet their tongue like a • PsaLll.3.
coloss. 3. 26. mercie : * for thou renderest to euery sword, and bend their bowes tosfwote their
1. pet. 1. 17. arrowes, cuen bitter words:
apoc. 22. 12 man according to his worke.
4 That
Gods chofen : Pfalmes.
4 That they may shoote in secret
at the perfect: suddenly doe they shoote
at him, and feare not.
5 They incourage themselues in
I Or, speech. an euill || matter: they commune t of lay-
\Heb.tohide ing snares priuily; they say, Who shall
snares.
see them ?
I! Ort we are 6 They search out iniquities, ijthey
consumed by
that which accomplish ta diligent search : both the
they haue
throughly inward thought of euery one of them,
searched.
t Heb. a
and the heart, is deepe.
search, sear- 7 But God shall shoote at them:
ched.
t Heb. their with an arrowe, sodenly t shall they be
wound shal- wounded.
be.
8 So they shall make their owne
tongue to fall vpon themselues: all that
see them, shall flee away.
9 And all men shall feare, and shall
declare the worke of God; for they
shall wisely consider of his doing.
10 The righteous shalbe glad in the
LORD, and shall trust in him ; and all
the vpright in heart shall glory.
P S A L. LXV.
1 Daniel prayeth God for his grace. 4 The
blessednesse of Gods chosen, by reason of be-
nefits.
If To the chiefe musician, a Psalme
and song of Dauid.
+ Heb. is si- Raise twaiteth for thee,
T T
tent. O God, in Sion : and vn-
to thee shall the vowe be
performed.
2 O thou that nea-
rest prayer, vnto thee
shall all flesh come.
^ Heb. words 3 t Iniquities preuaile against me:
or matters of
iniquities. as for our transgressions, thou shalt
purge them away.
4 Blessed is the man whom thou choo-
sest and causest to approach vnto thee,
that hee may dwell in thy Courts : we
shalbe satisfied with the goodnesse of
thy house, euen of thy holy temple*
5 By terrible things in righteous-
nesse, wilt thou answere vs, O God of
our saluation : who art the confidence of
all the ends of the earth, and of them
that are a farre off vpon the sea.
6 Which by his strength setteth fast
the mountaines; being girded with
power.
7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas;
the noise of their waues, and the tu-
mult of the people.
8 They also that dwell in the vtter-
most parts are afraid at thy tokens:
Their benefits.
thou makes t the outgoings of the mor-
ning, and euening ||to reioyce. I Or> to sing.
9 Thou visitest the earth and ||wa- II Or, after
terest it : thou greatly inrichest it with thou hadst
made it to
the riuer of God which is full of water; desire raine.
thou preparest them corne, when thou
hast so prouided for it.
10 Thou waterest the ridges there-
of abundantly : ||thou settlest the fur- i Or, thou
rowes thereof : t thou makest it soft causestr&ine
to descend
with showres, thou blessest the sprin- into thefr.tr-
rowes there-
ging thereof, of.
t Heb. thou
11 Thou crownest tthe yeere with dissoluest it.
thy goodnesse; and thy paths drop fat- t Heb. the
nesse. yeere of thy
goodnesse.
12 They drop vpon the pastures of
the wildernesse; and the little hilles tre- t Heb. are
girded with
ioyce on euery side. toy.
13 The pastures are cloathed with
flockes; the valleis also are couered o-
uer with corne; they shout for ioy, they
also sing.
P S A L . LXVI.
1 Dauid exhorteth to praise God, 5 To ob-
serue his great workes, 8 To blesse him for
his gracious benefits. 12 He voweth for him-
selfe religious seruice to God. 16 He decla-
reth Gods speciall goodnesse to himselfe.
IT To the chiefe musician, a song or
Psalme.
Ake a ioyfull noise vnto
God, tall yee lands. t Heb. all the
2 Sing forth the ho- earth.
nour of his name : make
his praise glorious.
3 Say vnto God,
How terrible art thou in thy workes ?
through the greatnesse of thy power
shall thine enemies || submit themselues I! Or, yeild
fained obedi-
vnto thee. ence. Heb.
4 All the earth shall worship thee; lie.
and shall sing vnto thee, they shall sing
to thy name; Selah.
5 Come and see the workes of God:
he is terrible in his doing toward the
children of men.
6 He turned the sea into dry land:
they went through the flood on foote,
there did we reioyce in him.
7 He ruleth by his power for euer,
his eyes behold the nations : let not the
rebellious exalt themselues. Selah.
8 O blesse our God, yee people, and
make the voice of his praise to be heard.
9 Which t holdeth our soule in life, t Heb. put-
and suffered) not our feete to be moued. teth.
10 For thou, O God, hast proued vs:
thou hast tried vs, as siluer is tryed.
11 Thou
The reioycing Pfalmes.
11 Thou broughtest vs into the net;
hou layedst affliction vpon our loynes.
12 Thou hast caused men to ride o-
uer our heads, we went through fire,
and through water: but thou brough-
t Heb, moist. est vs out into a t wealthy place.
18 I will goe into thy house, with
mrnt offerings: I will pay thee my
vowes,
Hebr. ope- 14 Which my lips haue t vttered, and
ned.
my mouth hath spoken, when I was
n trouble.
15 I will offer vnto thee burnt sa-
Hebr. mar- crifices of t fatlings, with the incense
row.
of rammes : I will offer bullockes
with goates. Selah.
16 Come and heare all ye that feare
God, and I will declare what he hath
done for my soule.
17 I cried vnto him with my mouth:
and he was extolled with my tongue.
18 If I regard iniquitie in my heart:
the Lord will not heare me.
19 But verily God hath heard mee;
lee hath attended to the voice of my
jrayer.
20 Blessed bee God, which hath not
;urned away my prayer, nor his mercie
rom me.
P S A L . LXVIL
1 A prayer for the inlargement of Gods king-
dome, 3 to the ioy of the people, 6 and
the increase of Gods blessings.
f To the chiefe Musician on Negi-
noth. A Psalme or song.
Od be mercifull vnto vs,
T
and blesse vs: and cause
*Hebr.wWi his face to shine t vpon vs.
vs.
Selah.
2 That thy way may
bee knowen vpon earth, thy sauing
health among all nations.
3 Let the people praise thee, C
God; let all the people praise thee.
4 O let the nations be glad, and sing
for ioy : for thou shalt iudge the people
tllebr.l righteously; and tgouerne the nations
vpon earth, Selah.
5 Let the people praise thee, 0 God,
let all the people praise thee.
6 Then shall the earth yeeld her in-
crease ; and God, euen our owne God,
shall blesse vs.
7 God shall blesse vs; and all the
ends of the earth shall feare him.
P S A L . LXVIII.
1 A prayer at the remoouing of the Arke. 4
of the iuft.
An exhortation to praise God for his mer-
cies, 7 for his care of the Church, 19 for
his great workes.
f To the chiefe Musician. A Psalme
or song of Dauid,
Et *God arise, let his ene- 36.
* Num. 10.
T
mies be scattered: let them
also thathatehim, fleet be- Hebr. from
his/ace.
fore him.
2 As smoke is driuen
away, so driue them away : as waxe mel-
teth before the fire, solet the wicked pe-
rish at the presence of God.
3 But let the righteous be glad : let
them reioyce before God, yea let them
^exceedingly reioyce. t Hebr. re-
ioyce with
4 Sing vnto God, sing praises to gfadnesse.
lis Name: extoll him that rideth vpon
the heauens, by his Name I AH, and
reioyce before him.
5 A father of the fatherlesse, and a
udge of the widowes, is God in his ho-
y habitation.
Hebr. in a
6 God setteth the solitary tin fami- house.
ies: hee bringeth out those which are
sound with chaines, but the rebellious
dwell in a dry land.
7 O God, when thou wentest forth
)efore thy people; when thou didst
march through the wildernes, Selah.
8 The earth shooke, the heauens al-
so dropped at the presence of God : euen
Sinai it selfe was mooued at the presence
of God, the God of Israel.
9 Thou5 O God, didst tsend a plen- out. WJebr.shake
tifull raine, whereby thou didst tcon- Hebr. con~
firme thine inheritance, when it was firme it.
weary.
10 Thy Congregation hath dwelt
therein : thou, O God, hast prepared of
thy goodnesse for the poore.
11 The Lord gaue the word : great
was the t company of those that pub- mie. t Hebr. ar-
lished it.
12 Kings of armies tdid flee apace: ftee,t Hebr. did
did flee
and she that taried at home, diuided the
spoile.
13 Though ye haue lien among the
pots,yet sliatt yee bee as the wings of a
doue, couered with siluer, and her fea-
thers with yellow gold.
14 When the Almighty scatterec
Kings ||in it, it was white as snow in the I Orif or her,
was.
Salmon.
15 The hil of God is as the hill of Ba-
shan, an high hill as the hill of Bashan.
16 Why leape ye, ye high hilles? this
is the Hilwhich God desireth to dwell in
yea the LORD will dwel in it for euer
17 The
Gods power in Pfalmes.
17 The chariots of God are twentie
0 Or, euen thousand, \\euen thousands of Angels:
many thou-
sands. the Lord is among them as in Sinai, in
the holy place.
* Eph, 4. 8. 18 *Thou hast ascended on high,
thou hast ledde captiuitie captiue, thou
\Heb.inthe hast receiued giftes tfor men ; yea5o/or
man.
the rebellious also, that the Lord God
might dwell among tfiem.
19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily
loadeth vs with benefits, euen the God of
tmr saluation. Selah.
20 Hee that is our God, is the God of
saluation; and vnto GOD the Lord
belong the issues from death.
31 But God shall wound the head
of his enemies: and the hairy scalpe of
such a one as goeth on still in his tres-
passes.
22 The Lord said, I will bring a-
gaine from Bash an, I will bring my
people againe from the depthes of the
sea:
I Or, red. 23 That thy foote may be || dipped in
the blood of thine enemies, and the
tongue of thy dogges in the same.
24 They haue scene thy goings, O
God, euen the goings of my God, my
King, in the Sanctuarie.
25 The singers went before, the play-
ers on instruments followed after; a-
mongst them were the damosels playing
with timbrels.
26 Blesse yee God, in the Congrega-
il Or, ye that tions , euen the Lord, ||from the foun-
are of the
fountains taine of Israel.
of Israel. 27 There is little Beniamin with
I! Or, with their ruler, the princes of ludah \\and
their com^
pany. their Councill, the princes of Zebulun,
and the princes of Naphtali.
28 Thy God hath commanded thy
strength : strengthen, O God, that
which thou hast wrought for vs.
29 Because of thy Temple at Jeru-
salem , shall kings bring presents vnto
thee.
il Or, the 30 Rebuke the || company of speare-
beast of the men, the multitude of the bulles, with
reeds.
the calues of the people, till eueryone sub-
B Or, he scat- mit himselfe with pieces of siluer: || scat-
tereth.
ter thou the people that delite in warre.
31 Princes shall come out of Egypt,
Ethiopia shall soone stretch out her
hands vnto God.
32 Sing vnto God, yee kingdomes
of the earth : 0 sing praises vnto the
Lord, Selah:
33 To him that rideth vpon the hea-
uens of heauens, "which were of olde: loe,
his Church.
bee doeth t send out his voice, and that a t Heb. giue.
mightie voice.
34 Ascribe yee strength vnto God:
his excellencie is ouer Israel, and his
strength is in the ||cloudes. fl Or, hea-
vens.
35 O God, thou art terrible out of
thy holy places : the God of Israel is he
that giueth strength, and power vnto
his people : blessed be God
P S A L. LXIX.
1 Datud complaineth of his affliction. 13 Hee
prayeth for deliuerance. 22 Hee deuoteth
nis enemies to destruction. 30 He praiseth
God with thankesgiuing.
f To the chiefe musician vpon Sho-
shannim, A Psalme of Dauid.
Aue mee, O God, for the
T waters are come in vnto
my soule.
2 I sinke in tdeepe t Heb. the
mire, where thereisno stan- myre
depth.
of
ding : I am come into tdeepe waters, t Heb. depth
of waters.
where the flouds ouerflow me.
3 I am weary of my crying, my
throate is dried: mine eyes faile while I
waite for my God.
4 They that hate mee without a
cause, are moe then the haires of mine
head: they that would destroy me, be-
ing mine enemies wrongfully, are
mightie: then I restored that which I
tooke not away.
5 0 God, thou knowest my foolish-
nesse; and my t shines are not hidde t Heb, guil-
tineste.
from thee.
6 Let not them that waite on thee,
O Lord GOD of hostes, be ashamed
for my sake: let not those thatseeke thee,
be confounded for my sake, 0 God of
Israel.
7 Because for thy sake I haue borne
reproch : shame hath couered my face.
8 I am become a stranger vnto my
brethren, and an aliant vnto my mo-
thers children.
9 *For the zeale of thine house hath *Iohn2.17.
eaten mee vp; * and the reproches of * Rom, 15,3.
them that reproched thee, are fallen vp-
on me.
10 When I wept, and chastened my
soule with fasting, that was to my re-
proch.
11 I made sackecloth also my gar-
ment : & I became a prouerbe to them.
12 They that sit in the gate, speake
against mee; and / was the song of the t Heb. rfrin.
t drunkards. kersofstront
13 But drinXe.
Dauids prayer Pfalmes.
13 But as for mee, my prayer is vnto
thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time:
O God, in the multitude of thy mercie
heare me, in the trueth of thy saluation.
14 Deliuer me out of the mire, and
let me not sinke : let me bee deliuered
from them that hate me^ and out of the
deepe waters.
15 Let not the water flood ouerflow
me, neither let the deepe swallow mee
vp, and let not the pit shut her mouth
vpon me.
16 Heare me, O LORD, for thy lo-
uingkindnesse is good: turnevnto mee
according to the multitude of thy tender
mercies.
17 And hide not thy face from thy
t Heb. make seruant, for I am in trouble : t heare me
haste to
heare tne. speedily.
18 Draw nigh vnto my soule, and re-
deeme it: deliuer me because of mine
enemies.
19 Thou hast knowen my reproch
and my shame and my dishonor: mine
aduersaries are all before thee.
20 Reproch hath broken my heart,
and I am full of heauines: and I loo-
t Heb. to la- ked for some t to take pitie,but there was
ment with
me. none; and for comforters, but I found
none.
21 They gaue mee also gall for my
* Mat. 27. meat, *and in my thirst they gaue mee
28. mar. 15.
23. iohn 19. vineger to drinke.
29. 22 * Let their table become a snare
* Rom. 11.9
before them : and that which should haue
bene for their welfare, let it become a trap.
23 Let their eyes be darkened that
they see not; and make their loines con-
tinually to shake.
24 Powre out thine indignation vp-
on them, and let thy wrathfull anger
take hold of them.
t Hebr. their 25 Let their t habitation be desolate,
palace,
t Hebr. let and tlet none dwell in their tents.
there not bee 26 For they persecute him who thou
a dweller.
hast smitten, and they talke to the griefe
t Hebr. thy of t those whom thou hast wounded.
wounded.
!l Or, punish-
27 Adde ||iniquitie vnto their ini-
ment of ini- quitie : and let them not come into thy
quity.
righteousnesse.
28 Let them bee blotted out of the
booke of the liuing, and not be written
with the righteous.
29 But I am poore, and sorowfull:
let thy saluation (O God) set me vp on
high.
30 I will praise the name of God
with a song, and will magnifie him
with thankesgiuing.
againft the wicked.
31 This also shall please the LORD
better then an oxe or bullocke that hath
homes and hoofes.
32 The || humble shall see this, and H Off, meeke.
be glad: and your heart shall Hue that
seeke good.
33 For the L O R D heareth the
poore, and despiseth not his prisoners.
34 Let the heauen and earth praise
him, the seas, and euery thing that tmo- t Hebr. cree-
ueth therein. peth.
35 For God will saue Sion, and will
build the cities of ludah, that they
may dwell there, and haue it in posses-
sion.
36 The seede also of his seruants
shall inherit it : and they that loue his
name shall dwell therein.
PSAL.T T LXX. TT
Dauid solljciteth God to the speedie destruction
of the wicked, and presentation of the godly.
11 To the chiefe musician, a psalmeofDz-
uid, to bring to remembrance.
A Jce h'aste, * O God, to deli- 14,
* Psal. 40.
m
&C.
uer mee, make haste tto t Hebr. to
helpe me, O LORD. my helpe.
2 Let them be ashamed
and confounded that seeke
after my soule: let them be turned back-
ward, and put to confusion, that desire
my hurt.
3 *Let them be turned backe for a * Psal. 35.4.
reward of their shame, that say, Aha, and 71. 13.
aha.
4 Let all those that seeke thee, re-
ioyce, and be glad in thee: and let such
as loue thy saluation, say continually,
Let God be magnified.
5 But I am poore and needy, make
haste vnto me, O God: Thou art my
helpe and my deliuerer, O LORD
make no tarrying.
P S A L . LXXI.
1 Dauid in confidence of faith and experience
of Gods fauour, prayeth both for himselfe,
and against the enemies of his soule. 14 He
promiseth constancie. 17 Hee prayeth for
perseuerance. 19 He praiseth God, and pro*
miseth to doe it cheerefully.
N *thee, O LORD, doe *PwL31.«.
I I put my trust, let me ne-
uer be put to confusion.
2 Deliuer mee in thy
righteousnesse, and cause
me to escape : incline thine eare vnto
me, and saue me.
3tBee
Dauids hope. Pfalmes.
tHebr.be 3 t Bee thou .my strong habitation,
thoutome
for a rocke whereunto I may continually resort:
thou hast giuen commandement to saue
of habita-
tion.
mee, for thou art my rocke, and my for-
tresse.
4 Deliuer me, O my God, out of the
hand of the wicked, out of the hand of
the vnrighteous, and cruel man.
5 For thou art my hope, O Lord
GOD : thou art my trust from my
youth.
6 By thee haue I bene holden vp
from the wombe : thou art hee that
tooke mee out of my mothers bowels,
my praise shalbe continually of thee.
7 I am as a wonder vnto many,
but thou art my strong refuge.
8 Let my mouth bee filled with thy
praise, and with thy honour all the day.
9 Cast me not off in the time of old
age; forsake me not when my strength
faileth.
10 For mine enemies speake against
iffebr. mee : and they that t lay waite for my
watch or
obserue. soule, take counsell together,
11 Saying, God hath forsaken him :
persecute and take him, for there Is none
to deliuer him.
12 0 God, be not farre from mee: O
my God, make haste for my helpe.
13 Let them be confounded and con-
sumed, that are aduersaries to my
soule: let them bee couered zw/Areproch
and dishonour, that seeke my hurt.
14* But I wil hope continually, and
will yet praise thee more and more.
15 My mouth shall shew foorth thy
righteousnesse, and thy saluation all the
day : for I know not the numbers
thereof.
16 I will goe in the strength of the
Lord GOD : I will make mention of
thy righteousnesse, euen of thine onely.
17 O God, thou hast taught me from
my youth : and hitherto haue I decla-
red thy wonderous workes.
t Heir, mto 18 Now also twhen I am old and
old age<t and
gray hairet. gray headed, O God, forsake me not :
\Hcbr.thine vntill I haue shewed t thy strength vn-
arm*. to this generation, and thy power to eue-
ry one that is to come.
19 Thy righteousnes also, O God, is
very high, who hast done great things :
O God, who is like vnto thee ?
20 Thou which hast shewed mee
great, and sore troubles, shalt quicken
mee againe, and shalt bring mee vp a-
gaine from the depthes of the earth.
31 Thou shalt increase my great-
Gods benefits.
nesse, and comfort me on euery side.
22 I will also praise thee t with the t Hebr. with
the instru.
psalterie, euen thy trueth, O my God : merit of psal~
vnto thee will I sing with the harpe, terie.
0 thou Holy one of Israel.
23 My lippes shall greatly reioyce
when I sing vnto thee : and my soule,
which thou hast redeemed.
24 My tongue also shall talke of thy
righteousnesse all the day long: for they
are confounded, for they are brought
vnto shame, that seeke my hurt.
P S A L . LXXII.
1 Dauid praying for Solomon, sheweth the
goodnesse and glory of his, in type, and in
trueth, of Christes kingdome. 18 Hee bles-
seth God.
f A Psalme ||for Solomon. I0rt<tf.
lue the King thy Judge-
T
ments , O God, and thy
Righteousnesse vnto the
Kings sonne.
2 Hee shall iudge thy
people with righteousnesse, and thy
poore with iudgement.
3 The mountaines shal bring peace
to the people, and the litle hils, by righ-
teousnesse.
4 Hee shall iudge the poore of the
people, he shall saue the children of the
needie, and shall breake in pieces the
oppressour.
5 They shall feare thee as long as
the Sunne & Moone indure, through-
out all generations.
6 Hee shall come downe like raine
vpon the mowen grasse : as showres
tftat water the earth.
7 In his dayes shall the righteous
flourish : and abundance of peace t so t Hebr. tiU
long as the Moone endureth. there be no
moane.
8 He shall haue dominion also from
sea to sea, and from the riuer, vnto the
ends of the earth.
0 They that dwell in the wilder-
nesse shall bowe before him : and his e-
nemies shall licke the dust.
10 The kings of Tarshish and of
the Isles shall bring presents : the
Kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer
gifts.
11 Yea, all Kings shall fall downe
before him : all nations shall serue him.
12 For hee shall deliuer the needy
when he crieth : the poore also, and him
that hath no helper.
13 He shal spare the poore and needy,
and
The defcription Pfalmes.
and shall saue the soules of the needy.
14 He shall redeerae their soule from
leceit and violence : and precious shall
heir blood be in his sight.
t Heb. one 15 And he shallliue,and to him tshal-
shall s\ue«
>e giuen of the gold of Sheba ; prayer
also shalbe made for him continually,
and daily shall he be praised.
16 There shalbe an handfull of
come in the earth vpon the top of the
mountaines; the fruit thereof shall
shake like Lebanon, and they of the citie
shall flourish like grasse of the earth.
t Heb. shatt 17 His name t shall endure for euer :
be.
t Heb. shal- t his name shalbe continued as long as
be as a sonne ;he sunne : and men shalbe blessed in
to continue
hisfathers rim ; all nations shall call him blessed.
name for e- 18 Blessed be the L O K D God, the
uer.
jpd of Israel5 who only doth won-
derous things.
19 And blessed be his glorious name
br euer, and let the whole earth be filled
with his glory. Amen, and Amen.
20 The prayers of Dauid the sonne
of lesse, are ended.
PSAL. LXXIII.
1 The Prophet preuailing in a Temptation,
2 sheweth the occasion thereof, the prospe-
ritie of the wicked: 13 The wound giuen
thereby, diffidence. 15 The victory ouer it,
knowledge of Gods purpose, in destroying of
the wicked and sustaining the righteous.
%0r,a IF A Psalme ||of Asaph.
Psalmefor
Asaph. || Ruely God is good to Is-
T
I Or, yet.
'Heb. cleane
rael, euen to such as are t o1
ofheart. a cleane heart.
2 But as for mee, my
feete were almost gone:
my steps Had well-nigh slipt.
* lob. 21. 7. 3 *For I was enuious at, the foo-
psal.37.-l.
Terem. 12. I lish; when I sawe the prosperity of the
wicked.
4 For there are no bands in their
t Heb. fat. death : but their strength is t firme.
\Heb.mttu 5 They are not t in trouble as other
trouble qfo-
thermen. men : neither are they plagued t like
t Heb. with other men.
6 Therefore pride compasseth them
about as a chame : violence couereth
them as a garment.
7 Their eies stand out with fatnes :
t Heb. they t they haue more then heart could wish.
passe the
thoughts of 8 They are corrupt, and speake wic-
the heart. kedly conctfrmflg'oppression: theyspeake
loftily.
9 They set their mouth against the
heauens; and their tongue walketh 1 The Prophet complaineth of the desolation
through the earth. of the Sanctuarie, 10 Hee moueth God to
of the wicked.
10 Therefore his people returne hi-
ther: and waters of a full cup are wrung
out to them.
11 And they say, How doth God
cuow ? and is there knowledge in the
most High ?
12 Behold, these are the vngodly:
who prosper in the world, they increase
n riches.
13 Verily I haue cleansed my heart
in vaine, and washed my hands in in-
nocencie.
14 For all the day long haue I bene
plagued, and t chastened euery mor- Heb. mjf
chastisement
ning. was.
15 If I say, I will speake thus : be-
lold, I should offend against the gene-
ration of thy children.
16 When I thought to know this,
f* it was too painfull for me, Heb. it teas
abour in
17 Vntill I went into the Sanctu- mine eies.
arie of God; then vnderstood I their
end.
18 Surely thou didst set them in slip-
pery places: thou castedst them downe
nto destruction.
19 How are they brought into desola-
tion as in a moment ? they are vtterly
consumed with terrours.
20 As a dreame when one awaketh;
so, O Lord, when thou awakest thou
shalt despise their image.
21 Thus my heart was greeued, and
I was pricked in my reines.
22 So foolish was I, tand igno- \Heb.Inot.
rant : I was as a beast t before thee. knew
t Heb. with
23 Neuerthelesse I am continually thee.
with thee : thou hast holden me by my
right hand.
24 Thou shalt guide me with thy
counsell; and afterward receiue me to
glory.
25 Whom haue I in heauen but theef
and there is none vpon earth that 1
desire besides thee.
26 My flesh and my heart faileth .
ftatfGodwthe t strength of my heart, amfJft&ttXftf
my portion for euer.
27 For loe, they that are farre from
thee, shall perish : thou hast destroyed
all them that goe a whoring from thee
28 But it is good for me, to drawe
neere to God : I haue put my trust in
the Lord GOD, that I may declare al
thy workes.
PSAL. LXXIIIL
helpe
Prayers of the Pfalmes.
helpe in consideration of his power. 18 Of
his reprochfull enemies^ of his children, and
of his Couenant,
8 0r» A IT || Maschil of Asaph.
j>s&lmefor God, why hast thou cast vs
O
Asaph to
giue vu(ru- off for euer ? why doeth
ction.
thine anger smoke against
the sheepe of thy pasture ?
9. Remember thy Con-
gregation which thou hast purchased of
j Of, tribe. olde : the ||rod of thine inheritance
which thou hast redeemed, this mount
Sion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
3 Lift vp thy feete vnto the perpe-
tuall desolations: euen all that the ene-
mie hath done wickedly in the Sane-
tuarie.
4 Thine enemies roare in the midst
of thy congregations: they set vp their
ensignest/frr signes.
5 A man was famous according as
he had lifted vp axes vpon the thicke
trees.
6 But now they breake downe the
carued worke thereof at once, with axes
and hammers.
t Hebr. they 7 t They haue cast fire into thy San-
haue sent
thy Sanctu- ctuary, they haue defiled by casting downe,
tie into the the dwelling place of thy Name to the
fire.
ground.
8 They said in their hearts, Let vs
it Hebr. t destroy them together : they haue
\breake.
burnt vp all the Synagogues of God
in the land.
9 We see not our signes, there is no
more any prophet, neither is there a-
mong vs any that knoweth howe
long.
10 O God, how long shall the aduer-
sarie reproach ? shall the enemie blas-
pheme thy Name for euer ?
11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand,
euen thy right hand? plucke it out of thy
bosome.
12 For God is my King of old, wor-
king saluation in the midst of the earth,
* Exod. 14. 13 * Thou didst t diuide the sea by thy
2i.
t Hebr.
strength : thou brakest the heads of the
breake. || dragons in the waters.
ii Or, whales 14 Thou brakest the heads of Leui-
athan in pieces, and gauest him to bee
meat to the people inhabiting the wil-
dernesse.
* Exo. 17. 5 15 * Thou didst cleaue the fountaine
num. 20.11 and the flood: thou driedst vp tmightie
iosh. 3.13.
\Heb.riuers riuers.
ofstrengtli.
16 The day is thine, the night also is
thine : thou hast prepared the light and
the sunne.
Church affliaed.
17 Thou hast set all the borders of
the earth : Thou hast t made Summer I Hel. nuide
and Winter. them*
18 Remember this, that the enemie
hath reproached, O LORD, and that
the foolish people haue blasphemed thy
Name.
19 O deliuer not the soule of thy tur-
tle doue vnto the multitude of the wicked
forget not the Congregation of thy
poore for euer.
20 Haue respect vnto the couenant:
for the darke places of the earth are full
of the habitations of crueltie.
21 O let not the oppressed returne a-
shamed: let the poore and needie praise
thy name.
22 Arise, O God, plead thine owne
cause: remember how the foolish man
reprocheth thee daily.
23 Forget not the voyce of thine ene-
mies : the tumult of those that rise vp
against thee, tincreaseth continually. WIeb.ascen.
deth.
P S A L . LXXV.
I The Prophet praiseth God. 2 Hee promiseth
to iudge vprightly. 4* He rebuketh the proud
by consideration of Gods prouidence. 9 He
praiseth God, & promiseth to execute iustice.
II |[To the chiefe musician Al-taschith, II Or, to the
A Psalme or song of Asaph. |shiefe musi-
tianldestro&
noftapsalnu,
Nto thee, O God, doe we m song for
V
giue thankes, vnto thee doe Asaph.
we giue thanks : for that
thy name is nere, thy won-
derous works declare.
2 || When I shall receiue the con- I! Or, when I
shall take a
gregation, I will iudge vprightly. set time.
3 The earth and all the inhabitants
thereof are dissolued : I beare vp the
pillars of it. Selah.
4 I said vnto the fooles, Deale not
foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not vp
the home.
5 Lift not vp your borne on high :
speake not with a stiffe necke.
6 For promotion commeth neither
from the East, nor from the West, nor
from the t South. \Heb. desert
7 But God is the iudge: he putteth
downe one, and setteth vp another.
8 For in the hand of the L O R D
there is a cup, and the wine is red: it is
full of mixture, and he powreth out of
the same: but the dregges thereof all the
wicked of the earth shall wring them
out, and drinke them.
9 But I will declare for euer; I
will
Vow, and pay. Pfalmes. Gods power;
will sing praises to the God of lacob. trouble, I sought the Lord; tmy Heb. mv
10 All the homes of the wicked also sore ranne in the night, and ceased not : and.
will I cut off; but the homes of the my soule refused to be comforted.
righteous shall be exalted. 3 I remembred God, and was
troubled : I complained, and my spirit
P S A L . LXXVI. was ouerwhelmed. Selah.
1A declaration of Gods maiestie in the Church. 4 Thou boldest mine eyes waking :
11 An exhortation to serue him reuerently. ! am so troubled that I cannot speake.
If To the chiefe musician on Neginoth, 5 I haue considered the dayes of
*pr,*r
Ataph*
a Psalme or song ||of Asaph, old, the yeeres of auncient times.
N ludah is God know- 6 I call to remembrance my song

I
en : his name is great in in the night . I commune with mine
Israel. owne heart, and my spirit made dili-
2 In Salem also is gent search.
his tabernacle, and his 7 Will the Lord cast off for e-
dwelling place in Sion. uer? and will hee be fauourable no
3 There brake he the arrowes of the more ?
>owe, the shield, and the sword, and the 8 Is his mercy cleane gone for e-
battell. Selah. uer ? doth his promise faile t for euer- \Hd>.toge-
neraiionand
4 Thou art more glorious and ex- more? generation.
cellent then the mountaines of pray. 9 Hath God forgotten to be graci-
5 The stout hearted are spoiled, ous ? hath he in anger shut vp his ten-
they haue slept their sleepe: and none of der mercies ? Selah.
;he men of might haue found their 10 And I sayd, This is my infirmi-
lands. tie: but I Witt remember the yeeres of the
6 At thy rebuke, O God of la- right hand of the most high.
cob, both the chariot and horse are cast 11 I will remember the workes of
into a dead sleepe. the LORD : surely I will remember
7 Thou, euen thou art to be feared; thy wonders of old.
and who may stand in thy sight when 12 I will meditate also of all thy
once thou art angry P worke, and talke of thy doings.
8 Thou didst cause iudgement to be 13 Thy way, O God, is in the San-
heard from heauen : the earth feared ctuarie : who is so great a God, as our
and was still, God?
9 When God arose to iudgement, to 14 Thou art the God that doest won-
saue all the meeke of the earth. Selah. ders ; thou hast declared thy strength a-
10 Surely the wrath of man shall mong the people.
praise thee: the remainder of wrath 15 Thou hast with thine arme redee-
shalt thou restraine. med thy people, the sonnes of lacob
11 Vowe, and pay vnto the LORD and loseph. Selah.
your God; let all tnat be round about 16 The waters saw thee, O God
tJfcfcfo Dim bring presents tvnto him that the waters saw thee : they were afraid
F&xre. ought to be feared. the depths also were troubled.
12 Hee shall cut off the spirit of prin- 17 t The cloudes powred out water Mieb.ihe
clouds were
ces : hee is terrible to the icings of the the skies sent out a sound; thine ar- powredforth
earth. rowes also went abroad. with water.
18 The voice of thy thunder was in
P S A L . LXXVII. the heauen: the lightnings lightned the
1 The Psalmist sheweth what fierce combate world, the earth trembled and shooke.
hee had with diffidence. 10 The victory 19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path
which he had by consideration of Gods grea in the great waters : and thy foot-steps
and gratious workes.
are not knowen.
IT To the chiefe musician, to ledu- 20 * Thou leddest thy people like a *Exod. 14.
I0rtf<» thun, a Psalme || of Asaph. flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron 19.
A*a&. cryed vnto God with m;

I
voice: euen vnto God with P S A L . LXXVIII.
my voice, and he gaue eare 1 An exhortation both to learne and to preac'
vnto me. the Law of God. 9 The story of God
2 In the day of my wrath against the incredulous and disobedi
ent
Gods wonders Pfalmes.
ent. 67 The Israelites being reiected, God
chose ludah, Sion, and Dauid.
H0r, A f || Maschil of Asaph.
Psalmeybr
Asaph, to lue eare, O my people, to
T
giue instru-
ction.
my Lawe : incline your
eares to the wordes of my
mouth.
* Psal. 49. 5. 2 * I will open my
matth, 13. mouth in a parable : I wil vtter darke
35.
sayings of old:
3 Which we haue heard, & knowen:
and our fathers haue told vs.
4 We will not hide them from their
children, shewing to the generation to
coine, the praises of the LORD : and
lis strength, and his wonderfull works
that he hath done.
5 For he established a Testimony in
lacob, and appointed a Law in Is-
rael , which he commaunded our fa-
* Dent. 4. tthers : *that they should make them
9. and 6. 7.
oiowen to their cnildren.
6 That the generation to come
might know them, euen the children
which should be borne: who should arise
and declare them to their children:
7 That they might set their hope in
Sod, and not forget the .works of God:
jut keepe his Commandements,
8 And might not bee as their fa-
thers, a stubborne and rebellious gene-
t Hebr. that ration, a generation tthat set not their
prepared not
their heart. heart aright : and whose spirit was not
stedfast with God.
9 The children of Ephraim being
tHebr. armed, and tcarying bowes, turned
throwing
foorth. backe in the day of battell.
10 They kept not the couenant of
God: and refused to walke in his Law :
11 And forgat his workes: and his
wonders that he had shewed them.
12 Marueilous things did he, in the
sight of their fathers : in the land of E-
gypt, in the field of Zoan.
*'Exod. 14. 13 * Hee diuided the Sea, and caused
21.
them to passe through: and he made the
waters to stand as an heape.
* Exod. 13. 14 *In the day time also he led them
21. and 14.
24. with a cloud : and all the night with a
light of fire.
» Exod. 17. 15 * Hee claue the rockes in the wil-
6. num. 20. dernes: and gaue them drinke as out of
10. psal.
105. 44. 1. the great depthes.
cor. 10. 4.
16 Hee brought streames also out of
the rocke, and caused waters to runne
downe like riuers.
17 And they sinned yet more against
him: by prouoking the most High in the
wildernes.
in Egypt.
18 And they tempted God in their
heart: by asking meat for their lust.
19 * Yea, they spake against God: * Num. n.
they said, Can God t furnish a table in 4.iffeb. order.
the wildernes ?
20 * Behold, he smote the rocke, that * Exod. 17.
the waters gushed out, & the streames 6. 11.
num. 20.
ouerflowed; can he giue bread also? can
he prouide flesh for his people ?
21 Therefore the L O R D heard
this, and was wroth, so a fire was kind-
led against lacob: and anger also came
vp against Israel.
22 Because they beleeued not in
God: and trusted not in his saluation:
23 Though he had commanded the
cloudes from aboue : and opened the
doores of heauen:
24? * And had rained downe Manna * Exod. 16.
vpon them to eate, and had giuen them 14.
of the corne of heauen.
25 *|| Man did eate Angels food: hee * lohn €.
31.
sent them meat to the full. II Or, every
26 He caused an East wind to tblow one did eat
the bread of
in the heauen : and by his power hee the mighty,
brought in the South wind. t Hebr. to
goe.
27 He rained flesh also vpon them as
dust: and t feathered foules like as the ofiffebr.foule
wing.
sand of the sea.
28 And hee let itffall in the midst of
their campe, round about their habita-
tions.
29 So they did eate, & were well fil-
led : for he gaue them their owne desire.
30 They were not estranged from
their lust: but while their meate *was * Num. 11.
3d.
yet in their mouthes,
31 The wrath of God came vpon
them, and slew the fattest of them : and
t smote downe the || chosen men of Is- to t Jfeb. made
bow.
rael. I0r,yong
32 For all this they sinned still: and men.
beleeued not for his wondrous works.
33 Therefore their dayes did he con-
sume in vanitie, and their yeeres in
trouble.
34 When hee slew them, then they
sought him : and they returned, and in-
quired early after God.
35 And they remembred that God
was their rocke: and the high God, their
redeemer.
36 Neuerthelesse they did flatter
him with their mouth : and they lyed
vnto him with their tongues.
37 For their heart was not right
with him : neither were they stedfast in
his couenant.
38 But hee being full of compassion,
forgaue
*20
T T
forgaue their iniquity, and destroyed
them not; yea many a time turned he his
anger away, and did not stirre vp all
lis wrath.
39 For he remembred that they were
nit flesh; a.wind that passeth away, and
commeth not againe.
against him. 40 How oft did they Hprouoke him
H Or, retell
in the wildernesse : and grieue him in
the desert?
41 Yea they turned backe and temp-
t;ed God : and limited the holy one of
[srael.
4$ They remembred not his hand:
nor the day when hee deliuered them
Or, from [from the enemie:
affliction,
t Heb. set. 43 How he had t wrought his signes
in Egypt: and his wonders in the field
of Zoan:
* Exod. 7.
20.
44 *And had turned their riuers in-
to blood : and their flouds, that they
could not drinke.
* Etfod. 8. 45 * Hee sent diuers sorts of flies a-
24. & 8. 6.
mong them, which deuoured them : and
iogges which destroyed them.
* Exod. 10. i 46 * He gaue also their increase vnto
13.
the caterpiUer : and their labour vnto
the locust.
* Exod. 9.
23.
47 * He t destroyed their vines with
t Heb. Idl- baile : and their Sycomore trees with
ed.
Or, great
|[frost.
mile stones 48 tHe gaue vp their cattel also to
t Heb. he the haile: and their flockes to ||hot thun-
shut vp.
II Or, light, der-bolts.
nings. 49 He cast vpo;n them the fiercenesse
of his anger, wrath and indignation,
and trouble : by sending euill angels a-
mong them.
ifleb.he
waighed a
50 tHe made a way to his anger, hee
path. spared not their soule from death : but
I Or, their gaue || their life ouer to the pestilence.
beasts, to the 51 * And smote all the first borne in
murreine,
Exod. 9. 3. Egypt: the chiefe of their strength in the
* Exod. 12.
29. & 9. 3. tabernacles of Ham:
52 But made Kis owne people to goe
forth like sheepe : and guided them in
the wildernesse like a flocke.
53 And he led them on safely, so that
* Exod. 14. they feared not: but the sea *touer-
27. & 15.
10. whelmed their enemies.
\ Heb. coue 54 And he brought them to the bor-
red.
der of his sanctuarie: euen to this moun-
taine which his right hand had pur-
chasect.
*Iosu.i3.7 55 * He cast out the heathen also be-
fore them, and diuided them an inheri-
tance by line: and made the tribes of Is-
rael to dwell in their tents.
56 Yet they tempted and prouokec
T
the most high God: and kept not his
testimonies:
57 But turned backe, and dealt vn-
aithfully like their fathers : they were
turned aside like a deceitfull bowe.
58 *For they prouoked him to anger * Deut. 32.
with their high places : and-nioued him 21.
to ielousie with their grauen images.
59 When God heard this, hee was
wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
60 *So that he forsooke the taber- * l. King.
nacle of Shiloh: the tent which he placed 4.10.
among men,
61 And deliuered his strength into
captiuitie : and his glory into the ene-
mies hand.
62 He gaue his people ouer also vn-
;o the sword : and was wroth with his
inheritance.
63 The fire consumed their young
men : and their maidens were not tgi- \Heb.prai,
sed.
uen to mariage.
64 Their priests fell by the sword:
and their widowes made no lamen-
tation.
65 Then the Lord awaked as one
out of sleepe : and like a mighty man
that shouteth by reason of wine.
66 And he smote his enemies in the
hinder parts : he put them to a perpe-
tuall reproch.
67 Moreouer he refused the taber-
nacle of loseph: and chose not the tribe
of Ephraim.
68 But chose the tribe of ludah:
the mount Sion which he loued.
69 And he built his sanctuarie like
high palaces:]ike the earth whichhehath
t established for euer. t Heb. foun-
ded.
70 *He chose Dauid also his seruant, 9 1. Sam. 16
and tooke him from the sheepe-folds: 7.8.11. 2. Sam.
71 *tFrom following the ewes great * 2. Sam. 5.
with young, hee brought him to feed 2.1. 11.2.
Ghron.
lacob his people, and Israel his in- i Heb. from
after.
heritance.
72 So he fed them according to the
integritie of his heart: and guided them
by the skilfulnesse of his hands.
P S A L . LXXIX.
1 The Psalmist complaineth of the desolation
of Jerusalem. 8 .Hee prayeth for deliue-
rance, 13 And promiseth thankefulnesse.
If A Psalme ||of Asaph. It Or, for
God, the heathen are come Asaph.
O into thine, inheritance, thy
holy temple haue they defi-
led : they haue layd lerusa-
lem on heapes.
2 The
The troubles of Pfalmes.
% The dead bodies of thy seruants
haue they giuen to bee meate vnto the
foules of the heauen : the flesh of thy
Saints vnto the beasts of the earth.
3 Their blood haue they shed like
water round about lerusalem: and
there was none to burie them.
* Psa. 44.14 4 * We are become a reproach to our
neighbours : a scorne and derision to
them that are round about vs.
* Psa. 89.4^ 5 *How long, LORD, wilt thou
be angry, for euer ? shall thy ielousie
burne like fire ?
* Icr. 10. 25 6 * Powre out thy wrath vpon the
heathen that haue not knowen thee,
and vpon the kingdomes that haue not
called vpon thy name.
7 For they haue deuoured lacob:
and laid waste his dwelling place.
* Esa. 64. 9. 8 *O remember not against vs ||for-
lOr^thein*.
quitiesof mer iniquities, let thy tender mercies
them that speedily preuent vs: for we are brought
were before
vs. very low.
9 Helpe vs, O God of our saluati-
on, for tne glory of thy Name: and de-
liuer v$, and purge away our sinnes for
thy Names sake.
10 Wherfore should the heathen say,
Where is their God? let him be knowen
among the heathen in our sight by the
t Heaven, treuenjging of the blood of thy seruants
geance.
which is shed.
11 Let the sighing of the prisoner
come before thee, according to the great-
\Heb. thine nesse of t thy power: tpreserue thou
arme.
t Hebr. re- those that are appointed to die.
seruethe
children of
12 And render vnto our neighbours
death. seuen fold into their bosome, their re-
proach wherewith they haue reproched
thee, O Lord.
13 So we thy people and sheepe of
thy pasture, will giue thee thankes for
t Heb. to ge- euer: we will shew forth thy praise tto
nerationand
generation. all generations.
P S A L . LXXX.
1 The Psalmist in his prayer complaineth of the
miseries of the Church. 8 Gods former fa-
uours are turned into iudgements. 14 Hee
prayeth for deliuerance.
II Or, for H To the chiefe Musician vpon Sho-
Asaph*
shannim Eduth, a Psalme ||of
Asaph.
lue eare, O shepheard of P S A L . LXXXI.
G
Israel, thou that leadest
Joseph like a flocke, thou 1 An exhortation to a solemne praising of God.
that dwellest betweene the 4 God challenged that duetie by reason of
his benefits. 8 God exhorting to obedience,
Cherubims, shine forth. complaineth of their disobedience, which
£ Before Ephraim and proueth their owne hurt.
the Church.
Beniamin, and Manasseh, stirre vp thy
strength : and tcome and saue vs. ^ Heb. come
3 Turne vs againe, O God: and forsatuationto vs.
cause thy face to shine, and we shall bee
saued.
4 O LOED God of hosts, how
long twilt thou bee angry against the t Hebr. wilt
thou smoke?
prayer of thy people ?
5 Thou feedest them with the bread
of teares : and giuest them teares to
drinke in great measure.
6 Thou makest vs a strife vnto our
neighbours : and our enemies laugh a-
mong themselues.
7 Turne vs againe, O God of hosts,
and cause thy face to shine, and we shall
be saued.
8 Thou hast brought a vine out ol
Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen,
and planted it.
9 Thou preparedst roome before it:
and didst cause it to take deepe root, and
it filled the land.
10 The hilles were couered with the
shadow of it, and the boughs thereof
were like tthe goodly cedars. t Hebr. tne
11 She sent out her boughs vnto the Cedars
God.
of
Sea: and her branches vnto the riuer.
12 Why hast thou then broken downe
her hedges: so that all they which passe
by the way, doe plucke her ?
13 The boare out of the wood doth
waste it: and the wild beast of the field
doth deuoure it.
14 Returne, we beseech thee, O God
of hosts: looke downe from heauen,
and behold, and visit this vine:
15 And the vineyard which thy right
hand hath planted: and the branch that
thou madest strong for thy selfe.
16 It is burntwith fire,it is cut downe:
they perish at the rebuke of thy coun-
tenance.
17 Let thy hand be vpon the man of
thy right hand: vpon the sonne of man,
whom thou madest strong for thy selfe.
18 So will not wee goe bacte from
thee : quicken vs, and we will call vpan
thy Name.
19 Turne vs againe, O LORD God
of hosts, cause thy face to shine, and wee
shall be saued.
H To
 [fraels obftinacie. Pfalmes. ludges are gods.
f To the chiefe Musician vpon Git- H" A Psalme ||of Asaph. I0r,/or
Y Or, for A- tith. A Psalme ||of Asaph. Qd standeth in the Con- Asaph.

T
saph.
Ing alowd vnto God gregation of the mightie:

T
our strength : make a ioy- nee iudgeth among the
full noise vnto the God of gods.
lacob. 2 How long will yee
2 Take a Psalme, and iudge vniustly: and accept tne * persons * Deut. I.
>ring hither the timbrell : the pleasant of the wicked ? Selah. 37-
larpe with the psalterie. 3 t Defend the poore and fatherlesse: MieMudge.
3 Blow vp the trumpet in the new doe iustice to the afflicted and needie.
\loone: in the time appointed on our 4 *Deliuer the poore and needy: rid *11.Prou. 24.
splemne feast day. them out of the hand of the wicked.
4 For this was a Statute for Is- 6 They know not, neither wil they
rael: and a Law of the God of lacob. vnderstand; they walke on in darknes:
5 This he ordained in Joseph for a all the foundations of the earth are tout ued. • Hebr. mo-
tOr>against. testimonie, when he went out || through of course.
the land of Egypt: where I heard a lan- 6*1 haue said, Ye are gods : and all * lohn l».
guage, that I vnderstood not* of you are children of the most High: 34.
6 I remoued his shoulder from the 7 But ye shall die like men, and fall
t Hefo patted Burden : his handes twere deliuered like one of the Princes.
away.
Tom the pots. 8 Arise, O God, iudge the earth: for
7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I thou shalt inherite all nations.
deliuered thee, I answered thee in the
* Exod. 17. secret place of thunder: I *proued thee P S A L . LXXXIII.
6.
I Or, strife. at the waters of ||Meribah. Selah. 1 A complaint to God of the enemies conspira-
8 Heare, O my people, and I will cies. 9 A prayer against them that op-
testifie vnta thee: O Israel, if thou wilt presse the Church.
hearken vnto me:
9 There shall no strange God be in IT A song or Psalme ||of Asaph. I Or, for A'
saph.
thee : neither shalt thou worship any Eepe not thou silence, O

T
strapge God. God: hold not thy peace,
10 I am the LORD thy God, which and be not still, O God.
brought thee out of the land of Egypt: 2 For loe, thine ene-
open thy mouth wide, and I will nil it. mies make a tumult: and
11 But my people would not hearken they that hate thee, haue lift vp the
to my voice : and Israel would none head.
of me. 3 They haue taken craftie counsell
9
Acts. 14. 12 *So I gaue them vp ||vnto their against thy people, and consulted a-
6.
V Or, to the owne hearts lust: and they walked in gainst thy hidden ones.
hardnes of in their owne counsels. 4 They haue said, Come, and let vs
(heir hearts,
or imagina- 13 O that my people had hear kneel cut them off from being a nation : that
tion. vnto me : and Israel had walked in my the name of Israel may bee no more in
wayes! remembrance.
14 I should soone haue subdued 5 For they haue consulted together
their enemies, and turned my hand a- with one t consent: they are confederatet ffeb, heart.
gairist their aduersaries. against thee.
15 The haters of the LORD should 6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the
t Or, yeelded haue || submitted themselues vnto him : Ishmaelites : of Moab, and the Haga-
fained obe-
dience. Heb. but their time should haue endured for rens.
lyed. euer. 7 Gebal and Ammon, and Amalek:
16 Hee should haue fedde them also the Philistines, with the inhabitants of
\Hebr.w\th twith the finest of the wheat: and with Tyre.
thefat of 8 Assur also is ioyned with them:
wheat. honie out of the rocke, should I haue
satisfied thee. t they haue holpen the children of Lot. hauebenean
t Hebr. they
Selah. arme to the
P S A L . LXXXII. 9 * Doe vnto them as vnto the Mi- children Lot.
of
dianites : as to * Sisera, as to labin, at " ludg. 7.
1 The Psalmist hauing exhorted the ludges, 22,
5 and reproued their negligence, 8 prayeth the brooke of Kison: * ludg. 4.
God to radge. 10 Which perished at En-dor : they 15. and 24.
became
The defire Pfalmes.
became as dung for the earth.
*iudg.7. 11 *Make their nobles like Oreb, anc
25. & 8. 21.
like Zeeb : yea all their princes as Ze-
bah, and as Zalmunna:
12 Who sayd, Let vs take to our
selues, the houses of God in possession
13 O ray God, make them like a
wheele : as the stubble before the wind.
14 As the fire burneth a wood : anc
as the flame setteth the mountaines on
fire:
15 So persecute them with thy tem-
pest : and make them afraid with- thy
storme.
16 Fill their faces with shame : that
they may seeke thy name, O LORD.
17 Let them be confounded and
troubled for euer: yea let them be put to
shame, and perish:
18 That men may knowe, that thou,
whose name alone is IEHOVAH:
art the most High ouer all the earth.
PSAIj,. LXXXIIII.
1 The Prophet longing for the communion* ol
the Sanctuarie, 4 sheweth how blessed they
are that dwell therein. 8 Hee prayeth to be
restored vnto it.
H To the chiefe musician vpon Gittith,
I Ort Of. a Psalme || for the sonnes of Korah.
Ow amiable are thy ta-
T
bernacles, O LOED ."of
hostes!
% My soule longeth,
yea euen fainteth for the
courts of the LOED: my heart and
my flesh cryeth out for the liuing God.
3 Yea the sparrowe hath found an
louse, and the swallow a nest for her
selfe, where she may lay her young, euen
;hine altars, O LORD of hostes, my
ring and my God.
4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy
louse ; they wilbe still praysing thee.
Selah.
5 Blessed is the man whose strength
is in thee : in whose heart are the wayes
of them:
6 Who passing through the valley
Qr,ofmul> | of Baca, make it a well: the raine also
vry-trees
make him t filleth the pooles.
a well $c. 7 They goe ||from strength to
t Heb. coue-
reth. strength : eueryone of them in Zion ap-
Or-, from
companie to )eareth before God.
companie. 8 O L O R D God of hostes,
leare my prayer : giue eare, O God of
[acob. Selah.
9 Behold, O God our shield: and
of the godly.
looke vpon the face of thine anointed.
10 For a day in thy courts, is-letter
then a thousand : tl had rather be a \Heb.l
doore keeper in the house of my God would choose
rather to sit
then to dwell in the tents of wicked- shold.
at the thre-
nesse.
11 For the L O R D God is a sunne
and shield : the LORD will giue grace
and glory: no good thing will he with-
hold from *them that walke vprightly * Psal. 2.19
12 0 LORD of hostes : blessed is & 34. 9.
the man that trusteth in thee.
P S A L . LXXXV.
1 The Psalmist out of the experience of former
mercies prayeth for the continuance thereof
8 He promiseth to waite thereon, out ,of con-
fidence of Gods goodnesse.
1f To the chiefe musician, a Psalme
|| for the sonnes of Korah. Iflr.o/
O R D , thou. hast bene
T
|| fauourable vnto thy 1 Or, well
land : thou hast brought pleased.
backet the captiuity ol
I acob.
% * Thou hast forgiuen the iniqui- * Psal. 32. i.
tie of thy people, thou hast coueced all
their sinne. Selah.
3 Thou hast taken away all thy
wrath : || thou hast turned thy selft from hast
I Or, thou
turned
the fiercenesse of thine anger. thine anger
4? Turne vs, O God of our saluati- hot. waxing
from
on : and cause thine anger towards vs
to cease.
5 Wilt thou be angry with vs for e-
uer? wilt thou drawe out thine anger
to all generations ?
6 Wilt thou not reuiiie vs againe :
that thy people may reioyce in thee ?
7 Shew vs thy mercy, O LORD;
and graunt vs thy saluation.
8 I will heare what God the
LORD will speake: for hee will speake
peace vnto his people, and to his
Saints : but let them not turne againe
to folly.
9 Surely his saluation is nigh them
that feare him ; that glory may dwell in
our land.
10 Mercy and truth are met together:
righteousnesse and peace haue kissed
each other.
11 Truth shall spring out of the
earth : and righteousnesse shall looke
downe from heauen.
18 Yea the LORD shall giue that
which is good: and our land shall yeeld
icr increase.
13 Righte-
Dauids prayer Pfalmes.
13 Righteousnes shall go before him:
and shall set v$ in the way of-his steps. cie vpon me, giue thy strength vnto thy
P S A L . LXXXVI.
1 Dauid strengthened his prayer by the con- they which hate me may see it, and bee
science of .his Religion, 5 by the goodnesse ashamed ; because thou, LORD, hast
and power of God. 11 He desireth the con- lolpen me, and comforted me.
tinuance of former grace. 14> Complayning
of the proud, he craueth gome tpken of Gods
.goodnesse.
11 || A prayer of Dauid.
II Or\a pray-
er, being a
Psalme of O*v downe thine eare,
T
Dauid. O LORD, heare me :
for I am poore & needy.
£ Preserue my soule,
II Or, one for I am || holy : O thou
whom thou my God, saue thy ser.
fauourest.
uant, that trusteth in thee.
3 Be merciful vnto me^ O Lord: for
H Or, all the I cry vnto thee || daily.
day.
4 Reioyce the soule of thy seruant :
for vnto thee (O Lord) doe I lift vp
my soule.
* loel 2. 13. 5 *For thou Lord art good, and rea-
dy to forgiue : and plenteous dn mercie
vnto all them that call vpon thee.
6 Giue eare O LORD, vnto my
prayer : and attend to the voice of my
supplications.
7 In the day of my trouble I will
call vpon thee: for thou wilt answere
mee.
8 Among the gods there is none like
* Deut. 3. vnto thee (O Lord:) * neither are there
24. any worker like vnto thy workes.
9 All nations whom thou hast
made, shall come and worship before
thee, O Lord : and shall glorifie thy
Name.
10 For thou art great, and doest won-
* Deut. 6. derous things : * thou art God alone.
4. and 32.
39. isa. 37. 11 * Teach me thy way, O L O R D ,
1C. and 44.
6. mar. 12. I will walke in thy trueth: vnite my
20. ephes. 4. heart to feare thy Name.
6. 1. cor. 8.
4. 12 I will praise thee, O Lord my
* Psal. 25. God, with all my heart : and I wil glo-
3. and 119.
33. rifie thy Name for euermore.
13 For great is thy mercy toward me:
and thou hast deliuered my soule from
II Or, graue. the lowest ||hejl.
14 O God, the proud are risen a-
iffffbr. gainst mee, and the assemblies of t vio-
terrible.
lent men haue sought after my soule :
and haue not set thee before them.
* Deut. 34. 15 * But thou, O Lord, art a God full
6. num. 14.
18. psal. of compassion, and gracious : long suf-
103. 8. and
139. 4. and fering, and plenteous in mercy and
145. 8. trueth.
in affliction.
16 O turne vnto me, and h^ue 'mer-
seruant ; and saue the sonne of thine
mndmaid.
17 Shew me a token for good, that
P S A L . LXXXVII.
1 The nature and glory of the Church. 4 The
increase, honour &rwl comfort of the mem-
bers thereof.
H A Psalme or song || for the sonnes «Or, of.
of Korah.
Is foundation is in the
T
holy mountaineg.
2 The L O R D lo-
ueth the gates of Zion :
more then all the dwel-
lings of lacob.
3 Glorious things are spoken of
thee, O Citie of God. Selah,
4 I will make mention of Rahab,
and Babylon, to them that know mee;
behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethio-
pia : this man was -borne there.
5 And of Zion it shalbe said, This
and that man was borne in her : and
the highest himselfe shall establish her.
6 The L O R D shall count when
he writeth vp the people; that this man
was borne there. Selah.
7 As wel the singers as the players
on instruments shall bee there : all my
springs are in thee,
P S A L . LXXXVIII.
A prayer contayning a grieuous complaint
1i A song or Psalme || for the sonnes of II Or, of.
Korah, to the chiefe Musician vpon
Mahalath Leannoth, || Maschil of II Or, A
Psalme of
Hem#n the Ezrahite, Hemail the
ExraJiite,
L O R D God of my sal- giuing in-
O
uation, I haue cried day struction.
and night before thee.
2 Let my prayer come
before thee : incline thine
eare vnto my cry,
3 For my soule is full of troubles :
and niy life draweth nigh vnto the
graue,
4 I am counted with them that go
downe into the pit: I am as a man thai
Hath no strength.
5 Free among the dead, like the
slaine that lie in the graue, whom thou
remem-
Dauids complaint. Pfalmes.
remembrest no more : and they are cut
II Or, by thy off 11 from thy hand.
hand. 6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest
pit ; in darkenesse, in the deepes.
7 Thy wrath lieth hard vpon me :
and thou hast afflicted me with all thy
waues. Selah.
8 Thou hast put away mine acquain-
tance farre from mee: thou hast made
me an abomination vnto them : I am
shut vp, and I cannot come forth.
9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of
affliction, LORD, I haue called daily
vpon thee: I haue stretched out my
hands vnto thee.
10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the
3ead? shal the dead arise cwdpraisethee?
Selah.
11 Shall thy louing kindnesse be de-
dared in the graue ? or thy faithfulnesse
in destruction ?
12 Shall thy wonders be knowen
in the darke ? and thy righteousnesse in
the land of forgetfulnesse ?
13 But vnto thee haue I cried, O
LORD, and in the morning shall my
prayer preuent thee.
li LORD, why castest thou off my
soule ? why hidest thou thy face from me ?
15 I am afflicted and ready to die,
from my youth vp. while I suffer thy
terrours, I am distracted.
16 Thy fierce wrath goeth ouer me :
thy terrours haue cut me off
17 They came round about mee
I! Or, all the || daily like water : they compassed mee
day. about together.
18 Louer and friend hast thou put
farre from me:T andT mine acquaintance
into darkenesse.
P S A L . LXXXIX.
1 The Psalmist praiseth God for his couenant,
5 For his wonderfull power, 15 For the care
of his Church, 19 For his fauour to the king-
dome of Dauid. 38 Then complaining of
contrary euents, 46 He expostulate^ pray-
eth, and blesseth God.
II Or, a U || Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
psalm efor
Ethan the Will sing of the mercies of
I
Ezrahite^
to giue in-
the LORD for euer; with
struction. my mouth will 1 make
knowen thy faithfulnesse
\Hebr.lo - to all generations.
generation 2 For I haue said, Mercie shall bee
and gene>
ration. built vp for euer; thy faithfulnesse shalt
thou establish in the very heauens.
3 I haue made a couenant with my
Gods power.
chosen : I haue * sworne vnto Dauid * 2. Sam. 7.
my seruant. n, &c.
4 Thy seed will I stablish for euer:
and build vp thy throne tto all«genera- iHeb.toge-
ncrationatut
tions.T Selah. generation.
5 And the heauens shall praise thy
wonders, O L O R D : thy faithfulnes
also in the congregation of the Saints.
6 For who in the heauen can be com-
paredT vnto the L O R D ? who among
the sonnes of the mightie can be likened
vnto the L O R D ?
7 God is greatly to be feared in the
assembly of the Saints .- and to bee had
n reuerence of all them that- are about
[iim.
8 O L O R D God of hosts, who
is a strong L O R D like vnto thee ? or to
thy faithfulnesse round about thee ?
9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea :
when the waues thereof arise, thou
stillest them.
10 Thou hast broken ||Rahab m pie- H Or, Egypt.
ces, as one that is slaine: thou hast scat-
teredT thine enemies t with thy strongtHeb.-with
the arme of
arme. thy strength.
11 * The heauens are thine, the earth *Gen. 1.1.
also is thine : as for the world and the psal. 24. l.
)sal. 50; 12;
fulnes thereof, thou hast founded them.
12 The North and the South, thou
hast created them : Tabor and Hermon
shall reioyce in thy Name.
13 Thou hast t a mighty arme: strong t Heb. an
is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. arme
might.
with
14 Justice and Judgement are the
|| habitation of thy throne : mercie and blishment.
II Or, esta-
trueth shall goe before thy face-
15 Blessed is the people that knowe
the * ioyfull sound: they shall walke O* Num. 10.6
LORD in the light of thy countenance.
16 In thy name shall they reioyce alll
the day : and in thy righteousnes shalll
they be exalted.
17 For thou art the glory of their
strength: and in thy fauour our home
shall be exalted.
18 For the || L O R D is our defence:shield
B Or, our
is of
and the holy One of Israel is our king.t/ieLOMD,
19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy is of the king
and our
holy
holy one, and saidst, I haue laid helpe One of
Israel.
vpon one that is mightie: I haue exal-
ted one chosen out of the people.
20 * I haue found Dauid my ser- *•!. Sam. 16
uant : with my holy oile haue I anoin- 12.
tedTT him.
21 With whome my hand shall bee
established: mine arme also shall streng-
then him.
22 The enemie shall not exact vpon
him:
Gods promifes Pfalmes.
him: nor the sonne of wickednesse afflict
him.
23 And I will beate downe his foes
before his face : and plague them that
hate him.
24 But my faithfulnesse and my
mercy shalbe with him: and in my name
shall his home be exalted.
25 I will set his hand also in the sea :
and his right hand in the riuers.
26 He shall crie vnto mee, Thou art
my father: my God, and the rocke of my
saluation.
27 Also I will make him my first
borne : higher then the kings of the
earth.
28 My mercy will T keepe for him
for euermore : and my couenaiit shall
stand fast with him.
29 His seed also will I make to indure
for euer : and his throne as the dayes of
heauen.
30 If his children forsake my lawe,
and walke not in my iudgements;
t Heb. pro-
fane my sta-
31 If they tbreake my statutes, and
tutes. keepe not my commandements:
32 Then will I visite their trans-
gression with the rod, and their iniqui-
tie with stripes.
33 Neuerthelesse, my lotting kind-
nesse will I not vtterly take from him :
\ Heb. I will nor t suffer my faithfulnesse t to faile.
not make 34 My couenant will I not breake :
voydfrom
him. nor alter the thing that is gone out of
t Heb. to lye.
my lippes.
35 Once haue I sworne by my holi-
t Heb. if I nesse; tthat I will not lye vnto Dauid.
lie. 36 * His seede shall endure for euer;
* Rom. 7.
16. Luc. 1. and his throne as the sunne before
33. lohn. 12
34. me.
37 It shalbe established for euer as
the Moone : and as a faithfull witnesse
in heauen. Selah.
38 But thou hast cast off and abhor-
red : thou hast bene wroth with thine
anointed.
39 Thou hast made voyd the coue-
nant of thy seruant: thou hast profaned
his crowne, by casting it to the ground.
40 Thou hast broken downe all his
hedges : thou hast brought his strong
holds to ruine.
41 All that passe by the way, spoile
him : hee is a reproach to his neigh-
bours.
42 Thou hast set vp the right hand
of his aduersaries : thou hast made all
his enemies to reioyce.
43 Thou hast also turned the edge
made to Dauid.
of his sword: and hast not made him to
stand in the battaile.
44 Thou hast made his t glory to MIeb.
cease : and cast his throne downe to the brighnesse.
ground.
45 The dayes of his youth hast thou
shortned : thou hast couered him with
shame. Selah.
46 How long, LORD, wilt thou
hide thy selfe, for euer ? shall thy wrath
burne like fire ?
47 Remember how short my time
is: wherefore hast thou made all men in
vaine?
48 What man is he that liueth, and
shall not see death ? shall he deliuer his
soule from the hand of the graue ?
Selah.
49 Lord, where are thy former lo-
uing kindnesses,which thou *swarestvn- *2. Sam. 7.
15.
to Dauid in thy trueth?
50 Remember (Lord) the reproach
of thy seruants: Jiow I doe beare in my
bosome the reproacke of all the mighty
people.
51 Wherewith thine enemies haue
reproached, O LORD : wherewith
they haue reproached the foote-steppes
of thine Annointed.
52 Blessed be the LORD for euer-
more, Amen, and Amen.
P S A L . XC.
1 Moses setting foorth Gods prouidence, 3
complaineth, of humane fragility, 7 diuine
chastisements, 10 and breuity of life. 12 He
prayeth for the knowledge and sencible expe-
rience of Gods good prouidence.
I Or, a pray,
f || A prayer of Moses the man of God. er, being a
Ord, thou hast bene our Psalme of
L
Moses.
dwelling place t in all ge- t Heb. in ge-
nerations. nerationland
2 Before the moun- generation.
taines were broughtforth,
or euer thou hadst formed the earth
and the world : euen from euerlasting
to euerlasting thou art God.
3 Thou turnest man to destruction:
and sayest, Returne yee children of
men.
4 * For a thousand yeeres in thy * 2. Pet 3.8.
sight are but as yesterday || when it is he II Or, when
hath pas-
past: and as a watch in the night. sed them.
5 Thou earnest them away as with
a flood, they are as a sleepe : in the mor-
ning they are like grasse which \\ groweth Wr^is chan-
ged.
vp.
6 In the morning it flourisheth, and
groweth
Mans life fliort. Pfalmes.
groweth vp : in the euening it is cut
downe, and withereth.
7 For we are consumed by thine an-
ger : and by thy wrath are we troubled.
8 Thou hast set our iniquities before
thee: our secret sinnes in the light of thy
countenance.
MIebr. tur- 9 For all our dayes are t passed a-
ned away.
way in thy wrath : we spend our yeeres
ft Or, as a 11 as a tale that is told.
meditation.
t Hebr; as 10 t The dayes of our yeres are three-
for the dayes score yeeres and ten, and if by reason of
ofouryeeresi
in them are strength they be fourescore yeeres, yet is
seuentie their strength labour and sorrow : for it
yeeres.
is soone cut off, and we flie away.
11 Who knoweth the power of thine
anger ? euen according to thy feare, so is
thy wrath.
1£ So teach vs to number our daies :
\ Heb. cause that wee may t apply our hearts vnto
to come.
wisedome.
13 Returne (0 L O R D ) how long?
and let it repent thee concerning thy
seruants.
14 O satisfie vs early with thy mer-
cie: that we may reioyce, and be glad all
our dayes.
15 Make vs glad according to the
dayeswherein thou hast afflicted vs : and
the yeeres wherein we haue scene euil.
16 Let thy worke appeare vnto thy
seruants : and thy glory vnto their chil-
dren.
17 And let the beautie of the LORD
our God be vpon vs, and establish thou
the worke of our hands vpon vs : yea,
the work of our hands establish thou it.
P S A L . XCI.
1 The state of the godly. 3 Their safety. 9
Their habitation. 11 Their seruants. 14
Their friend, with the effects of them all.
E that dwelleth in the se-
H
cretplace of themost high:
\ Heb. lodge. shalltabide vnder the sha-
dow of the Almightie.
£ I will say of the
LORD, He is my refuge, and my for-
tresse: my God, in him will I trust.
3 Surely he shall deliuer thee from
the snare of the fouler: and from the noi-
some pestilence.
4 Hee shall couer thee with his fea-
thers, and vnder his wings shalt thou
trust: his trueth shall bee thy shield and
buckler.
5 Thou shalt not bee afraid for the
terrour by night: nor for the arrow that
flieth by day:
Gods prouidence.
6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh
in darknes: nor for the destruction, that
wasteth at noone-day.
7 A thousand shall fall at thy side,
and ten thousand at thy right hand : but
it shall not come nigh thee.
8 Onely with thine eyes shalt thou
behold : & see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because thou hast made the
L O R D , which is my refuge, euen the
most High, thy habitation:
10 There shall no euill befall thee:
neither shall any plague come nigh thy
dwelling.
11 * For hee shall giue his Angels * Matt. 4.6.
charge ouer thee: to keepe thee in all lake 4. 10.
thy wayes.
12 They shall beare thee vp in their
hands : lest thou dash thy foot against a
stone.
13 Thou shalt tread vpon the Lion,
and ||adder: the yong Lion and the dra- B Or, Aspe.
gon shalt thou trample vnder feete.
14* Because he hath set his loue vpon
me, therefore will I deliuer him : I wil
set him on high, because hee hath
knowen my Name.
15 He shall call vpon me, and I will
answere him : I wiU bee with him in
trouble, I will deliuer him, and ho-
nour him.
16 With tlong life wil I satisfie him: t Heb. length
of dayes.
and shew him my saluation.
P S A L . XCII.
1 The Prophet exhorteth to praise God, 4
for his great workes, 6 for his, Judgements
on the wicked, 10 and for his goodnesse
to the godly.
U A Psalme or song for the
Sabbath day.
T is a good thing to giue
I
thanks vnto the LORD,
and to smgpraisesvnto thy
Name, O most High :
2 To shew foorth thy
louing kindnesse in the morning : and
thy faithfulnesse teuery night: t Hebr. in
3 Vpon an instrument of tenne the nights.
strings, and vpon the psalterie : vpon
the ||harpe with a solemne sound. I Or, vpon
the sotemne
4 For thou, LORD, hast made me sound with
glad through thy worke : I will tri- the harpe.
Hebr. His-
umph in the workes of thy hands. gaion-.
5 O L O R D , how great are thy
workes ! and thy thoughts are very
deepe.
6 A brutish man knoweth not: nei-
ther doeth a foole vnderstand this.
7 When
*203
Gods power. Pfalmes. Gods correction.
7 When the wicked spring as the 2 Lift vp thy selfe, thou iudge of the
grasse, and when all the workers of ini- earth : render a reward to the proud.
quitie doe flourish: it is that they shall be 3 LORD, how long shall the wic-
destroyed for euer, ied? how long shall the wicked tri-
8 f But thou, LORD, art most umph ?
high for euermore. 4 How long shal they vtter, and speake
9 For loe, thine enemies, O LORD, lard things? and all the workers of ini-
for loe, thine enemies shall perish : all quitie boast themselues ?
the workers of iniquity shalbe scattred. 5 They breake in pieces thy people,
10 But my home shalt thou exalt like 0 LORD : and afflict thine heritage.
the home of an vnicorne: I shalbe anoin^ 6 They slay the widowe and the
ted with fresh oyle. stranger : and murder the fatherless'e.
11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on 7 * Yet they say, The LORD shall 11,13, *Psal. 10.
pro.
mine enemies : and mine eares shall not see: neither shall the God of lacob 20. 12.
heare my desire of thewicked that risevp regard it.
against me. 8 Vnderstand, yee brutish among
* Hose. 14.5 12 *The righteous shal flourish like ;he people: and ye fooles, when will ye
the palme tree: hee shall growe like a se wise ?
cedar in Lebanon. 9 * He that planted the eare, shall he * Exo. 4.11
13 Those that be planted in the house not heare? he that formed the eye, shall
of the L O R D , shall flourish in the lie not see ?
courts of our God. 10 He that chastiseth the heathen,
14 They shal still bring forth fruit in shall not he correct ? hee that teacheth
*Heb.greene old age: they shalbe fat, & t flourishing:man knowledge, shall not he know ?
15 To shew that the LORD is vp- 11 *The LORD knoweth the * i. Cor. 3.
right: hee is my rocke, and there is no thoughts of man : that they are vanitie. 20.
vnrighteousnesse in him. 12 Blessed is the man whome thou
chastenest, O L O R D : and teachest
P S A L. XCIII. him out of thy Law:
The Maiestie, Power, and Holinesse of 13 That thou mayest giue him rest
Christs Kingdome. from the dayes of aduersitie: vntill the
He LORD reigneth, he is pit be digged for the wicked.

T clothed with Maiestie, the 14 For the LORD will not cast ofl
ORD is clothed with his people: neither will he forsake his
strength, wherewith hee hath inheritance.
girded himselfe : the world also is sta- 15 But Judgement shall returne vn-
blished, that it cannot be moued. to righteousnesse : and all the vpright
t Heb. from 2 Thy throne is established tof old: in heart t shall follow it. tHebr. shall
then.
thou art from euerlasting. 16 Who will rise vp for mee against \>e after it.
3 The floods haue lifted vp, O the euill doers ? or who will stand vp
LORD, the floods haue lifted vp their for me against the workers of iniquitie,?
voice: the floods lift vp their waues. 17 Vnlesse the L O R D had bene my
4 The LORD on high is mightier helpe: my soule had || almost dwelt in II Or, quickly
then the noise of many waters, yea then silence.
the mightie waues of the Sea. 18 When I said, My foote slippeth:
5 Thy testimonies are very sure: thy mercie, O LORD, held me vp.
holinesse becommeth thine bouse, O 19 In the multitude of my thoughts
t Heb. to LORD, tfor euer, within me, thy comforts delight my
length of
dayes. soule.
P S A L . XCIIII. 20 Shal the throne of iniquitie haue
1 The Prophet calling for Iiistice, complained fellowship with thee : which frameth
of tyrannic and impietie. 8 Hee teacheth mischiefe by a lawe ?
Godsprouidence. 12 Hesheweth theblessed- 81 They gather themselues together
nesse of affliction. 1& God is the defender of against the soule of the righteous: and
the afflicted.
condemne the innocent blood.
t Heb. God oRD tGod, to whome 22 But the LORD is my defence:

O
ofreuenges. engeance belongeth : O and my God is the rocke of my refuge.
God to whome vengeance 23 And hee shall bring vpon them
t Heb. shine
forth.
eloneeth, tshew thy selfe. their owne iniquitie, and shall cut them
ofl
Gods greatneffe, Pfalmes. and maieftie.
off in their owne wickednesse : yea the idoles : but the LORD made the hea-
LORD our God shall cut them off. uens.
6 Honour and maiestie are before
P S A L . XCV. lim: strength and beauty are in his san-
1 An exhortation to praise God, 3 for bis ctuary.
greatnesse, 6 and for his goodnesse, 8 And 7 Giue vnto the LORD (O yee
not to tempt him,
kinreds of the people: ) giue vnto the
Come, let vs sing vnto the LORD glory and strength.

O
L O R D : let vs make a 8 Giue vnto the LORD the glory
ioyfull noise to the rocke •\due vnto his name: bring an offering, t Heb. of his
name.
of our sal nation, and come into his courts.
' Heb. pre-
uent his face.
£ Let vs tcome before 9 O worship tjie LORD, ||in the II Or, in the
his presence with thanksgiuing : and beau tie of holinesse: feare before him all glorious ctuary.
san-
make a ioyfull noise vnto him with the earth.
jsalmes. 10 *Say among the heathen, that the * Psal. 93.
3 For the L O R D is a great God: LORD reigneth : the world also shalbe 1. &97. 1.
and a great king aboue all Gods. established that it shall not be moued:
t Heb. in 4 tin his hand are the deepe pla- be shall iudge the people righteously.
whose.
» Or, the ces of the earth : || the strength of the 11 Let the heauens reioyce, and let
heightes of lilies is his also.
he Miles, are
the earth be glad: let the sea roare, and
his. 5 t The sea is his, and he made it • and the fulnesse thereof.
• Heb. whose lis hands formed the dry land,
the sea is.
12 Lef the field be ioyfull, and all that
6 0 come, let vs worship and bowe is therein: then shall all the trees of the
downe : let vs kneele before the LORD wood reioyce
our maker. 13 Before the LORD, for hee com-
7 For he is our God, and we are the meth, for hee commeth to iudge the
people of his pasture, and the sheepe of earth : hee shall iudge the world with
lis hand : to day if yee will heare his righteousnesse, and the people with his
voyce, trueth.
* Heb. 3. 7. 8 * Harden not your heart, * as in
and 4. 7.
* Num. 14. the tprouocation : and as in the day of P S A L . XCVII.
22. &c.
' Heb. con-
* temptation, in the wildernesse: 1 The Maiestie of Gods kingdoroe. 7 The
tention. 9 When your fathers tempted me: Church reioyceth at Gods iudgements vpon
* Exod. 17. proued me, and sawe my worke. Idolaters. 10 An exhortation to godlinesse
2. and 7. and gladnesse.
10 For tie yeeres long was I grie-
ued with this generation : and sayd, It He L O R D raigneth, let

T
is a people that doe erre in their heart: the earth reioyce : let the
and they haue not knowen my wayes t multitude of Isles bee \Heb.many,
glad thereof. or, great
11 Vnto whom I sware in my Isles.
t Heb. if wrath : tthat they should not enter in- 2 Clouds and darke-
'hey enter
into my rest. to my rest.
nesse are round about him : * righteous- * Psal. 89.
nesse and iudgement are the || habitati- 15. II Or, esta-
P S A L . XCVI. on of his throne. blishment.
1 An exhortation to praise God, 4 for his 3 A fire goeth before him : and bur-
greatnesse, 8 For his kingdome, 11 For neth vp his enemies round about.
his generall iudgement. 4 His lightnings inlightned the
* 1 Chron.
16. 23.
* Sing vnto the LORD world : the earth, sawe, and trembled.

O
a new song : sing vnto the 5 The hilles melted like waxe at the
LORD all the earth. presence of the LORD : at the presence
£ Sing vnto the of the Lord of the whole earth.
LORD, blesse his name: 6 The heauens declare his righte-
shew forth his saluation ousnesse: and all the people see his glory.
from day to day. 7 * Confounded be all they that serue * Exod. 20.
3 Declare his glory among the hea- grauen images, that boast themselues 4.1. Deut. Leuit. 26
5.
then : his wonders among all people. of idoles : worship him all yee gods. 8. Heb. i. 6.
4 For the LORD is great, and 8 Sion heard, and was glad, and
greatly to be praised: hee is to be feared the daughters of ludah reioyced : be-
aboue all Gods. cause of thy iudgements, O LORD.
5 For all the gods of the nations are 9 For thou, LORD, art high aboue
all
Gods power, Pfalmes.
all the earth: thou art exalted farre a-
boue all gods.
* Psal. 34. 10 *Yee that loue the LOUD, hate
13. amos 5.
5. rom. 13. uil; hee preserueth the soules of his
T Saints: hee deliuereth them out of the
land of the wicked,
11 Light is sowen for the righteous:
and gladnesse for the vpright in heart.
12 Reioyce in the LORD, ye righ-
I Or, to the eous: and giue thanks ||at the remem-
memoriall. >rance of his holinesse.
P S A L . XCVIII.
1 The Psalmist exhorteth the lewes, 4 the Gen-
tiles, 7 and all the creatures to praise God.
U A Psalme.
Sing vnto the LOUD a
O
New song, for hee hath
done marueilpus things:
his right hand, and his
holy arme hath gotten
him the victorie.
* Isa. 52. 2 *The L O R D hath made knowen
10.
us saluation: his righteousnesse hath
II Or, reuea- ice ||openly shewed in the sight of the
led.
leathen.
3 Hee hath remembred his mercie
and his trueth toward the house of Is-
rael : all the ends of the earth haue seene
the saluation of our God.
4 Make a ioyfull noise vnto the
L O R D , all the earth : make a lowc
noise, and reioyce, and sing praise.
5 Sing vnto the LORD with the
larpe: with the harpe, and the voice oi
a Psalme.
6 With trumpets and sound of cor-
net : make a ioyfull noise before the
LORD, the King.
7 Let the sea roare, and the fulnesse
thereof: the world, and they that dwel
therein.
8 Let the floods clap their handes
let the hilles be ioyfull together
* Psal. 96. 9 Before the L O R D , *for he com
13* meth to iudge the earth : with righte
ousnesse shall hee iudge the world, an<
the people with equitie.
P S A L . XCIX.
1 The Prophet setting foorth the Kingdom
of GOD in Zion, 5 exhorteth all. By th
example of forefathers, to worship Goi
at his holy Hill.
He LORD raigneth, le
T
the people tremble: he sit-
teth betweene the Cheru
\Hebr.ttOff bims, let the earth t be
xer.
mooued.
and goodneffe.
2 The L O R D is great in Zion:
and he is high aboue all people.
3 Let them praise thy great and ter-
rible Name :for it is holy.
4 The Kings strength also loueth
iudgement, thou doest establish equitie:
bou executest iudgement and righte--
ousnes in lacob.
5 Exalt yee the L O R D our God,
and worship at his footstoole :Jbr ||he is Or, it is
loly. holy.
6 Moses and Aaron among his
'nests, and Samuel among them that
call vpon his Name : they called vpon
the LORD, and he answered them.
7 He spake vnto them in the cloudie
>illar : they kept his Testimonies, and
;he Ordinance that he gaue them.
8 Thou answeredst them, O LORD
our God : thou wast a God that forga-
uest them, though thou tookest venge-
ance of their inuentions.
9 Exalt the LORD our God, and
worship at his holy hill: for the LORD
our God is holy.
P S A L . C.
1 An exhortation to praise God cheerefully, 3
for his greatnesse, 4 and for his power.
^IF A Psalme of || praise. \\QrJhankes-
giwng.
Ake a ioyfull noise vnto
T
the Lord, tall ye lands. t Hebr. all
2 Serue the LORD the earth.
with gladnes: come before
his presence with singing.
& Know ye that the LORD, hee is
God,it is he that hath made vs, and ||nol we
II Or, and his
are.
we our selues : wee are his people, and
the sheepe of his pasture.
4? Enter into his gates with thanks-
Tiuing, and into his Courts with praise:
iee thankfull vnto him, and blesse his
Name.
5 For the LORD is good, his mercy
is euerlasting: and his trueth endureth
\Kebr.to
t to all generations. generation,
and genera-
P S A L . CI. tion.
Dauid maketh avow and profession of godlines
1F A Psalme of Dauid.
Will sing of Mercie anc
I
Iudgement : vnto thee,
O LORD, wil I sing.
2 I will behaue my
selfe wisely in a perfec
way, O when wilt thou come vnto me ?
I will walke within my house with a
perfect heart,
3 I will set no t wicked thing before ofBelial.
t Heb. thing
mine
'A. prayer Pfalmes.
mine eyes: I hate the worke of them
that turne aside, it shal not cleaue to me.
4 A froward heart shall depart
from me, I will not knowe a wicked
person.
5 Whoso priuily slandereth his
neighbour, him will I cut off: him that
hath an high looke, and a proud heart,
will not I suffer.
6 Mine eyes shall be vpon the faith-
full of the land, that they may dwell
\\0r.perfect with me: he that walketh ||in a perfect
in the way.
way, he shall serue me.
7 He that worketh deceit, shall not
dwell within my house: he that telleth
t Heb. shall lies t shall not tarie in my sight.
not be esta-
blished. 8 I will earely destroy all the wic-
ked of the land: that I may cut off all
wicked doers from the citie of the
LORD.
P S A L . CII.
1 The Prophet in his prayer maketh a grieuous
complaint. 12 He taketh comfort iti the eter-
nitie and mercie of God. 18 The mercies of
God are to be recorded. 23 Hesustainethhis
weakenesse by the vnchangeablenes of God.
II Or)for. IT A prayer ||of the afflicted when he is
overwhelmed, and powreth out
his complaint before the LORD.
Eare my prayer, O LORD:
T and let my crie come vnto
thee.
2 Hide not thy face from
me in the day when I am in
trouble, incline thine eare vnto me : in
the day when I call, answere mee spee-
dily.
!l Or, T fas 3 For my dayes are consumed ||like
some readej
into smoke. smoke : and my bones are burnt as an
hearth.
4 My heart is smitten, and withe-
red like grasse: so that I forget to eate
my bread.
5 By reason of the voice of my gro-
II Or,flesh. ning, my bones cleaue to my ||skinne.
6 I am like a Pelican of the wilder-
nes: I am like an owle of the desert.
7 I watch, and am as a sparowe
alone vpon the house top.
8 Mine enemies reproch me all the
day: and they that are mad against me, 1 15
An exhortation to blesse God for his mercie,
And for the constancie thereof.
are sworne against me.
9 For I haue eaten ashes like bread:
and mingled my drinke with weeping.
* Esa, 40. 6.
10 Because of thine indignation and
thy wrath : for thou hast lifted me vp,
and cast me downe,
11 *My dayes are like a shadow, that my soule : & forget not all his benefits.
Jam. 1.10.
of the affliaed.
declineth: & I am withered like grasse.
12 But thou, O LORD, shalt en-
dure for euer: and thy remembrance
vnto all generations,
13 Thou shalt arise, and haue mercie
vpon Zion : for the time to fauour her,
yea the set time is come.
14 For thy seruants take pleasure in
her stones : and fauour the dust therof.
15 So the heathen shall feare the
Name of the LORD : and all the
kings of the earth thy glory.
lo When the LORD shall build vp
Zion : he shall appeare in his glory.
17 He will regard the prayer of the
destitute, and not despise their prayer.
18 This shall be written for the ge-
neration to come : and the people which
shall be created, shall praise the LORD.
19 For hee hath looked downe from
the height of his Sanctuarie : from
heauen did the L O R D beholde the
earth:
20 To heare the groning of the pri-
soner : to loose t those that are appoin- Heb, the
children of
ted to death: death.
21 To declare the Name of the
LORD in Zion : and his praise in le-
rusalem:
22 When the people are gathered to-
gether : and the kingdomes to serue the
LORD.
23 He t weakened my strength in the Hev. affi-
way : he shortened my dayes.
24 I said, O my God^take me not a-
cted.
way in the midst of my dayes: thy yeres
are throughout all generations.
25 *Of old hast thou laid the foun- T
dation of the earth : and the heauens
are the worke of thy hands.
26 They shall perish, but thou shalt
tindure, yea all of them shall waxe old T
like a garment: as a vesture shalt thou
change them, and they shalbe changed.
27 But thou art the same: and thy
yeeres shall haue no e.nd.
28 The children of thy seruants shal
continue: and their seed shall be establi-
shed before thee.
PSAL. cm.
^ A Psalme of Dauid.
Lesse the L O R D , O roy
B soule : and all that is within
me, blesse his holy Name,
2 Blesse the LORD, O
3 Who
Gods great mercie: Pfalmes.
3 Who forgiueth all thine iniquities:
who healeth all thy diseases.
4 Who redeem eth thy life from de-
truction: who crowneth thee with lo-
uing kindnesse and tender mercies.
5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with
rood things: so that thy youth is renew-
d like the Eagles.
6 The LORD executeth righteous-
nesse : and iudgement for all that are
oppressed.
7 He made knowen his wayes vn-
to Moses: his actes vnto the children of
srael.
* Exod. 34. 8 * The L O R D is mercifull and
7. deut. 34.6
nnm. 14. 18 gracious: slow to anger, and tplente-
nehe. 9.' 17. ous in mercy.
psal. 86. 15.
ier. 32. 18. 9 Hee will not alwayes chide : nei-
t Heb. great ther will he keepe his anger for euer.
Ofmercie.
10 Hee hath not dealt with vs after
our sinnes : nor rewarded vs according
to our iniquities.
t Heb. acce- 11 For tas the heauen is high aboue
ding to the
height of the the earth : so great is his mercy toward
heauen. them that feare him.
12 As farre as the East is from the
iVest: so farre hath hee remooued our
transgressions from vs.
13 Like as a father pitieth his chil-
Iren : so the L O R D pitieth them that
*eare him.
14 For he knoweth our frame : hee
remembreth that we are dust.
15 As for man, his dayes are as
jrasse: as a flower of the field, so he flou-
risheth.
16 For the winde passeth ouer it, and
t Heb. it is tit is gone; and the place thereof shall
not. enow it no more.
17 But the mercy of the L O U D is
Vom euerlasting to euerlasting vpon
them that feare him: and his righteous-
nesse vnto childrens children :
* Deut. 7.9 18 *To such as keepe his couenant:
and to those that remember his com-
mandements to doe them.
19 The L O R D hath prepared his
throne in the heauens : and his king-
dome ruleth ouer all.
20 Blesse the L O R D yee his An-
t Heb. miffh gels, t that excell in strength, that do his
fy in strength commandements : hearkening vnto
the voice of his word.
21 Blesse ye the LbHD all yee his
hostes: ye ministers of his that doe his
pleasure.
22 Blesse the L O R D all his works
in all places of his dominion: blesse the
LORD, O my soule.
His power.
PSAL. CIIII.
A meditation vpon the mighty power, 7 and
wonderfull prouidence of God. 31 Gods
glory is eternall. 33 The Prophet voweth
perpetually to praise God.
Lesse the LORD, O my
B
soule, O LORD my God,
thou art very great: thou
b art clothed with honour
and maiestie.
# Who couerest thy selfe with light,
as ivith a garment: who stretchest out
the heauens like a.curtaine.
3 Who layeth the beames of his
chambers in the waters, who maketh
the cloudes his charet: who walketh
vpon the wings of the wind.
4 * Who maketh his Angels spirits : * Hcb. 1. 7.
lis ministers a flaming fire.
5 tWho laid the foundations of the t ffebr. he
earth : that it should not be remoued for hath foun-
ded the
euer. tarth vpon
her bases.
6 Thou coueredst it with the deepe
as with a garment: the waters stood a-
xme the mountaines.
7 At thy rebuke they fled: at the
voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
8 || They go vp by the mountaines : 8 Or, the
mountaines
they goe downe by trie valleys vnto the ascend t the
>lace which thou hast founded for them. sctntl.
valleys fie-
9 Thou hast set a bound that they
may not passe oner : that they turne not
againe to couer the earth.
10 tHe sendeth the springs into the t ffebr. who
valleys: which trunne among the hilles. sendeth.
iHeb.waOce
11 They giue drinke to euery beast
of the field: the wild asses t quench their t Heb. break
thirst.
12 By them shall the foules of the
lieauen haue their habitation : which
tsing among the branches. t Heb. give
13 He watereth the hilles from his a voyce.
chambers: the earth is satisfied with
the fruit of thy workes.
14 He causeth thegrasse to grow for
the cattell, and herbe for the seruice oi
man : * that he may bring forth food out * Iosli.9.13
of the earth :
15 And wine that maketh glad the
heart of man, and toile to make his face t Hebr. to
to shine: and bread which strengthened make his
ffice shine
mans heart. with oyle*
or more then
,
16 The trees of the L O R D are ful oyle.
ofsappe: the cedars of Lebanon whicl
he hath planted.
17 Where the birds make their nests
as for the Storke, the firre trees are hei
house.
18 The
Gods wifedome, Pfalmes.
18 The hie hilles are a refuge for the
wilde goates : and the rockes for the
conies.
19 He appointed the moone for sea-
sons; the sunne knoweth his going
downe.
SO Thou makest darknesse? and it is
Wlehallthe night : wherein t all the beasts of the
beasts there-
of doe tram* forrest doe creqpe forth.
pie on the
forrest.
21 The young lyons roare after
their pray : and seeke their meate from
God.
£& The sunne ariseth, they gather
themselues together : and lay them
downe in their dennes.
23 Man goeth forth vnto his worke:
and to his labour, vntill the euening.
24 O L O R D , how manifold are
thy workes! in wisedome hast thou
made them all : the earth is full of thy ders* and the iudgements of his mouth,
riches.
25 So is this great and wide Sea,
wherein are things creeping innume-
rable : both small and great beasts.
26 There goe the shippes; there is
Wleb. for- that Leuiathan, whom thou hast tmade
med.
to play therein.
*Psal. 145. 27 * These waite all vpon thee : that
15.
thou mayest giue them their meate in
due season.
28 That thou giuest them, they ga-
ther : thou openest thine hand, they are euerlasting couenant:
filled with good.
29 Thou hidest thy face, they are
troubled, thou takest away their breath, heritance.
they die : and returne to their dust.
30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit,
they are created : and thou renewest the
face of the earth.
\Heb.shalbe. 31 The glory of the LORD t shall
endure for euer : the L O R D shall re-
ioyce in his workes.
32 Hee looketh on the earth, and it
trembleth; he toucheth the hilles, and
they smoke.
33 I will sing vnto the L O R D as
long as I Hue : I will sing praise to my vpon the land: he brake the whole staffe
God, while I haue my being.
34 My meditation of him shalbe
sweete : I will be glad in the LORD.
35 Let the sinners be consumed out
of the earth, and let the wicked bee no
more : blesse thou the LORD, O my
soule. Praise yee the LORD.
P S A L . CV.
1 An exhortation to praise God, and to seeke goe free.
out his workes. 7 The story of Gods proui-
and prouidence.
dence ouer Abraham, 16 Otier loseph, 23
Ouer lacob in Egypt, 26 Ouer Moses deli-
uermffthe Israelites, 37 Ouer the Israelites
brought out of Egypt, fed in the wildernesse,
and planted in Canaan.
Giue *thankes vnto the *l. Chron.
o LORD, call vpon his name: 16.
8. Esay.
12.4.
niake knowen his deeds a-
mong the people.
2 Sing vnto him; sing
Psalmes vnto him : talke yee of all his
wondrous workes.
3 Glory yee in his holy name : let
the heart of them reioyce, that seeke the
LORD.
4 Seeke the L O R D , and his
strength : seeke his face euermore.
5 Remember his maruellous
workes, that hee hath done : his won-
6 O yee seede of Abraham his ser-
uant: yee children of lacob his chosen.
7 He is the LORD our God : his
iudgements are in all the earth.
8 He hath remembred his couenant
for euer: the word which he commanded
to a thousand generations.
9 * Which couenant he made with A- 2.*Gen. 17.
& 22. 16.
braham, and his oath vnto Isaac: 4nd 26. 3.
10 And confirmed the same vnto & 28. 13.
&35. 11.
lacob for a law : and to Israel for an Luc. 1. 7,73
Heb. 6. 17.
11 * Saying, Vnto thee will I giue *Gen. 13.
15. & 15.
the land of Canaan : t the lot of your in- 10.
t Heb. the
corde.
12 When they were but a few men in
number: yea very few, & strangers in it.
13 When they went from one nation
to another : from one kingdome to ano-
ther people.
14? He suffred no man to doe them
wrong : yea he reproued kings for their
sakes:
15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed;
and doe my Prophets no harme.
16 Moreouer hee called for a famine
of bread.
17 Hee sent a man before them: *euen * Gen. 37.
28.
loseph, who was sold for a seruant.
18 * Whose feete they hurt with fet- * Gen. 39.
20.
ters : the was layd in iron. t Heb. his
19 Vntill the time that his word vnto yron.
soule came
came: the word of the L O R D tried
him.
20 * The king sent and loosed him : *14.Gen. 41.
euen the ruler of the people, and let him
*Gen. 41.
21 * Hee made him lord of his house: 40.
and
Plagues of Egypt. Pfalmes. Confeffion of linnes.
t He br. pos< and ruler of all his t substance: with ioy : and his chosen with t glad- • Hebr. sin-
session. ging.
22 To binde his princes at his plea- nesse:
sure : and teach his Senatours wise- 44 * And gaue them the lands 6f the * iQSh. 13.
dome. heathen : and they inherited the labour 17.
10.
deut. 6.
* Gene. 46. 23 * Israel also came into Egypt : of the people:
6. and lacob soiourned in the land of 45 That they might obsefue his
Ham. statutes, and keepe his Lawes. Praise
24 And hee increased his people ye the LORD.
greatly: and made them stronger then
their enemies. P S A L. CVI.
*Exod. 1.8 25 * He turned their heart to hate his 1 The Psalmist cxhorteth to praise God. 4 He
people : to deale subtilly with his ser- prayeth for pardon of sinne, as God did with
uants. the fathers. 7 The storie of the peoples re-
* Exod. 3. 26 * Hee sent Moses his seruant: arid bellion, and Gods mercie. 4-7 Hee conclu-
10. deth with prayer, and praise*
Aaron whom he had chosen.
» Exod. 7. 21 *They shewed his tsignes a- t Raise ye the LORD. leluiah.
IHeb. Hal-

p
9.
t Heb. words mong them : and wonders in the land O * giue thankes vnto * Psal. 107.
of his signes. of Ham. the LORD, for he is and 1. 118. 1.
136. 1.
* Exod. 10. 28 * Hee sent darknesse, and made it good : for his mercie
22.
darke : and they rebelled not against his endureth for euer.
word. 9. * Who can vtter 21. * ludg. 13.
* Exod. 7.
20.
29 * Hee turned their waters into the mighty acts of the
blood : and slew their fish. L O R D ? who can shew foorth all his
* Exod. 8.6. 30 * The land brought foorth frogs praise ?
in abundance : in the chambers of their 3 Blessed are they that keepe Judge-
kings. ment : and he that doeth righteousnesse
* Exod. 8.
17. and 24.
31 * He spake, and there came diuers at all times.
sorts of flies : and lice in all their coasts. 4 Remember me, O LORD, with
* Exod. 9.
23.
32 * t Hee gaue them haile for raine: thefauour that thou bearest vnto thy peo-
t Heir, he and flaming fire in their laud. ple : O visite me with thy saluation:
gaue their
raine, haile.
33 Hee smote their Vines also, and 5 That I may see the good of thy
their figge trees: and brake the trees of chosen, that I may reioyce in the glad-
their coastes. nesse of thy nation : that I may glory
* Exod. 10. -34 *He spake, and the locusts came: with thine inheritance.
4. and catterpillers, and that without 6 *Wee haue sinned with our fa- 19. * ludg. 7.
number, thers : we haue committed iniquitie, we
35 And did eate vp all the herbes in haue done wickedly.
their land : and deuoured the fruite of 7 Our fathers vndefstood not thy
their ground. wonders in Egypt, they remembred
"Exod, 12. 36•'* Hee smote also all the first borne not the multitude of thy mercies : *but *Exod. U.
29. in their land : the chiefe of all their prouoked him at the sea , euen at the 11,12,21.
strength. Red-sea.
* Exod. 12, 37 *Hee brought them foorth also 8 Neuerthelesse hee saued them for
29.
with siluer and gold : and there was not his Names sake : that hee might make
one feeble person among their tribes. his mighty po^wer to be knowen.
* Exod. 12. 38 * Egypt was glad when they de- 9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it
33. was dried vp: so hee led them through
parted : for the feare of them fell vpon
them. the depthes, as through the wildernes.
* Exod. 13. 39 * He spread a cloud for a couering: 10 And he saued them from the hand
21. of him that hated them : and redeemed *Exod. 14.
and fire to giue light in the night. 27. and 15.
* Exod. 1C. 40 * The people asked, and he brought them from the hand of the enemie. 5.
12. 11 *And the waters couered their e- 31.
quailes : and satisfied them with the »Exod. 14.
& 15. 1.
bread of heauen. nemies : there was not one of them left. *Exod. 15.
* Exod. 17. 41 * He opened the rocke, arid the wa- 12. * Then beleeued they his words : 14. & 17. 2.
t Heb. they
6. num. 20.
II. 1. cor. ters gushed out : they ranne in the dry they sang his praise. made haste,
10. 4.. places like a riuer. 13 *tThey soone forgateliis works : theyforgate.
*Exod. 17.
42 For he remembred his holy pro- they waited not for his counsell : 2. l. cor. 10.
6-
mise : and Abraham his seruant. li *But t lusted exceedingly in thet Heb. lusted
43 Aiid he brought forth his people wildernes: & tempted God in the desert. a Lust.
15* And
|Ifraels rebellion, Pfalmes. and idolatrie.
* Num. 11. 15 * And he gaue them their request: heathen, and learned their workes.
31.
but sent leannesse into their soule. 36 And they serued their idoles :
*Num. 16. 16 * They enuied Moses also in the which were a snare vnto them.
2.
campe: and Aaron the Saint of the 37 Yea they sacrificed their sonnes,
LORD. and their daughters vnto deuils,
* Numb. 16 17 *The earth opened and swallow- 38 And shed innocent blood, euen the
31. deut.
11.6. ed vp Dathan t and couered the com- blood of their sons and of their daugh-
pany of Abiram. ters, whome they sacrificed vnto the
* Num. 16. 18 * And a fire was kindled in their idoles of Canaan : and the land was
35. and 46.
company : the flame burnt, vp the wic- polluted with blood.
ked. 39 Thus were they defiled with their
* Exa 32. 4 1 9 * They made a calfe in Horeb : and owne works : and went a whoring
worshipped the molten image. with their owne inufentions.
20 Thus they changed their glory, 40 Therefore was the wrath of the
into the similitude of an oxe that eateth LORD kindled against his people : in-
grasse. somuch that he abhorred his owne in-
21 They forgate God their Sauiour : heritance.
which had done great things in Egypt : 41 And he gaue them into the hand
82 Wonderous workes in the laride of the heathen : and they that hated
of Ham : and terrible things by the red them, ruled ouer them.
Sea. 42 Their enemies also oppressed
* Exod. 33.
13.
23 * Therefore he said that he would them : and they were brought into sub-
destroy them , had not Moses his cho- iection vnder their hand.
sen stood before him in the breach : to 43 *Many times did he deliuer them: * Tudg. 2.
turne away his wrath, lest hee should but they prouoked him with their coun- 16.
destroy them. sell, and were || brought low for their 1 Or> impo-
uerisliea^ or
t Hebr. a
land of de-
24 Yea, they despised tthe pleasant iniquitie. weakened.
sire. land : they beleeued not his word : 44 Neuertheles he regarded their
* Num. 14. 25 * But murmured in their tents : affliction : when he heard their crie.
2.
an'd hearkened not vnto the voyce of the 45 * Arid hee remembred for them * Deu. 30. 2
LORD. his couefiant: and repented according
26 Therefore he lifted vp his hande to the multitude of his mercies.
against them : to ouerthrow them in the 46 He made them also to be pitied,
wildernesse : of all those that caried them captiues.
t Heb. to
make them
27 tTo ouerthrow their seed also 47 Saue vs, O L O R D our God,
fall. among the nations, and to scatter them and gather vs from among the heathen
in the lands. to giue thankes vnto thy holy Name:
* Num. 25, 28 * They ioyned thontigelues also and to triumph in thy praise.
3.
vnto Baal-Peor: and ate the sacrifices 48 Blessed bee the LORD God of
of the dead. Israel from euerlasting to euerlasting :
29 Thus they protfoked him to anger and let all the people say, Amen. Praise
with their inuentions : and the plague ye the LORD.
brake in vpon them.
* Num. 25. 30 * Then stood vp Phinehas , and
7. PSAL. CVII.
executed iudgement: and so the plague
was, stayed. 1 ThePsalmistfeXhorteth the redeemed, itt prai-
31 And that was couiited vnto him sing God, to obserue his manifold prouidence
4 Ouer trauailers, 10 ouer captiues, 17 ouer
for righteousnesse : vnto all generati- sicke men, 23 ouer Sea men> 33 and in diuers
ons for euermore. varieties of life.
* Num. 20. 32 *They aiigred him also at the wa-
13.
ters of strife : so that it went ill with g^JgMfJ^ * Giue thankes vnto the * Psa. 106. 1

o fP/|§Pp\W LORD , for hee is good : &36.118. 1. &

Moses for their sakes : 1.
33 Because they prouoked his spirit: K y^llP^ K f°r his mercie endureth for
so that hee spake vnaduisedly with his EUER.
lippes. ^PS^S^H £ Let the redeemed of
* Deut. 7. l. 34 * They did not destroy the nati- the LOUD say so : whome he hath re-
ons, concerning whom the LORD deemed from the hand of the enemie :
commanded them : 3 And gathered them out of the
* ludg. 1. 21 35 * But were mingled among the lands, from the East and from the
West :
Gods prefent Pfalmes.
t Heb. from West : from the North and tfrora the
(he sea.
South.
4 They wandred in the wildernes,
in a solitary way : they found no citie to
dwell in.
5 HungrV and thirstie : their soule
fainted in them.
6 Then they cryed vnto the LORD
in their trouble : and he deliuered them
out of their distresses.
7 And hee led them forth by the
right way : that they might goe to a ci-
tie of habitation.
8 Oh that men would praise the
LORD, for his goodnesse : and for his
wonderfull workes to the children of
men.
9 For he satisfieth the longing soule :
and filleth the hungry soule with good-
nesse.
10 Such as sit in darknesse and in the
shadowe of death : being bound in affli-
ction and yron :
11 Because they rebelled against the
words of God : and contemned the
counsel! of the most high :
12 Therefore hee brought downe
their heart with labour : they fel downe.
and t^ere was none to helpe.
13 Then they cryed vnto the LORD
in their trouble : and he saued them out
of their distresses.
14 Hee brought them out of darke-
nesse , and the shadowe of death : and
brake their bands in sunder.
15 Oh that men would praise the
LORD for his goodnesse : and for his
wonderfull workes to the children of
men.
16 For he hath broken the gates of
brasse : and cut the barres of yron in
sunder.
17 Fooles, because of their trans-
gression, and because of their iniquities,
are afflicted.
* lob. 33. 18 * Their soule abhorreth all man-
20.
ner of meate : and they drawe neere vn-
to the gates of death.
19 Then they crie vnto the LORD
in their trouble : he saueth them out of
their distresses.
20 Hee sent his word, and healed
them : and deliuered them from their
destructions.
21 Oh that men would praise the
LORD for his goodnesse : and for his
wonderfull workes , to the children of
men.
22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifi-
helpe in trouble.
ces of thankesgiuing : and declare his
workes with treioycing. t Beb. sin.
v23 They that goe downe to the sea eing.
in shippes : that doe businesse in great
waters :
24 These see the workes of the
LORD : and his wonders in the
deepe.
25 For he commandeth, and traiseth t ffeb. fna-
the stormy winde : which lifteth vp the ketbfastand.
wanes thereof.
26 They mount vp to the heauen:
they goe downe againe to the depthes :
their soule is melted because of trouble.
27 They reele to and fro , and stag-
ger like a drunken man; and tare at t Heb. all
their wise-
their wits end. dome is swal-
28 Then they cry vnto the LORD lowed vp.
in their trouble : and hee bringeth them
out of their distresses.
29 He maketh the storme a cahne : so
that the waues thereof are still.
30 Then are they glad, because they
be quiet : so he bringeth them vnto their
desired hauen.
31 Oh that men would praise the
L O R D for his goodnesse; and for his
wonderfull workes to the children of
men:
32 Let them exalt him also in the
congregation of the people , and praise
him in the assembly of the Elders.
33 Hee turneth riuers into a wilder-
nesse : and the water springs into dry
ground :
34 A fruitfull land into tbarren- t Heb. salt-
nesse; for the wickednesse of them that nesse.
dwell therein.
35 * He turneth the wildernesse into * Isa. 41.
a standing water : and dry ground into 18.
water-springs.
36 And there he maketh the hungry
to dwell ; that they may prepare a citie
for habitation,
37 And sowe the fields , and plant
vineyards; which may yeeld fruits of
increase.
38 He blesseth them also, so that they
are multiplied greatly: and suffreth not
their cattell to decrease.
39 Againe, they are minished and
brought lowe through oppression, affli-
ction and sorrow.
40 *Hee powreth contempt vpon * lob. 12.
princes : and causeth them to wander in 21.
the || wildernesse, where there is no way. 1itaGG*
Ortwyd
41 * Yet setteth he the poore on high * 1. Sam. 2.
(from affliction : and maketh him fami- 8.r . Xrpsal. 113.
ver.
<x no. VAT
lies like a flobke. 1 Or, after.
42 *The
Gods great mercie. Pfalmes.
* lob 22. 4$ * The righteous shall see itj and
19; and 5.
16. reioyce; and all iniquitie shall stop her
mouth.
43 Who so is wise, and will ob-
serue those things ; euen they shall vn-
derstand the louing kindenesse of the
LORD.
P S A L . CVIII.
1 Datiid ificourageth hiinselfe to praise <Jdd.
5 Hee prayetn for Gods ^assistance ac-
cording to his promise. 11 IJis confidence
in Gods helpe.
1T A sofig or Psalme of Dauid.
rf^^^s^^Aj] God , my heart is nxed :
o
I will sing & giue praise,
euen with my glory.
2 Awake psaltery and
jfifejBgJIlll harpe : I my selfe will a~
wake early.
3 I will praise thee, O LORD, a-
mong the people: and I wil sing praises
vnto thee among the nations.
4? For thy mercy is great aboue the
heauens : and thy trueth reacheth vnto
II Or, skies. the || clouds.
* PsaL 60, 7. 5 *Be thou exalted, O God, aboue
the heauens : and thy glory aboue all
the earth :
6 That thy beloued may bee deliiie-
red : saue with thy right hand, and an-
swere me.
7 God hath spoken in his holinesse,
I wil reioyce, I wil diuide Shechem :
and mete out the valley of Succoth.
8 Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine,
Ephraim also is the strength of mine
head .: ludah is my Lawgiuer.
9 Moab is my wash-pot, ouer Edom
wil I cast out my shooe: ouer Philistia
will I triumph.
10 Who wil bring me into the strong.
citie ? who will leade me into Edom ?
11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast
cast vs off? and wilt not thou, O God,
goe foorth with our hostes ?
12 Giue vs helpe from trouble : for
vaine is the helpe of man.
13 Through God wee shall doe vali-
antly: for hee it is that shall tread downe
our enemies.
P S A L . CIX,
1 Dauid complayning of his slanderous ene-
mies, vnder the person of ludas deuoteth
them. 16 He sheweth their sinne. 21 Com-
playning of his owne misery, hee prayeth for
helpe. 29 He promiseth thankfulnesse.
Dauids prayers.
IF To the chiefe Musician, A
Psalme of Dauid.
Old not thy peace, O God
h v m °^my praise.
§ IkAid || ^ ^or tne m<>uth of tn^
t #*&»-.
\ PS£§frH wicked, and thetmouth of mouth
the deceitfull tare opened ceit. of de-
against mee : they haue spoken against op£?urc?them- t Hebr. liaue
me with a lying tongue. selues.
3 They compassed mee about also
with wordes of hatred : and fought a-
gainst me without a cause.
4 For my loue , they are my aduer-
saries : but I giue my selfe vnto prayer.
5 And they haue rewarded me euill
for good : and hatred for my loue.
6 Set thou a wicked man ouer
him : and let j| Satan stand at his right B Or, ahdd-
iCTsary.
hand.
7 When he shall be iudged , let him
be t condeftmed : and let his prayer be- '• Hebr. goe
out guiltie^
come sinne. or wicked.
8 * Let his dayes be few : and let an- * Act 1.20.
other take his || office. II Or, charge.
9 L^t his children bee fatherlesse:
and his wife a widow.
10 Let his children bee continually
vagabonds, &begge: let them seeke their
bread also out of their desolate places.
11 Let the extortioner catch all that
he hath : and let the strangers spoile his
labour.
12 Let there be none to extend mer-
cy vnto him : neither let there be any to
fauour his fatherlesse children.
13 Let his posteritie be cut off: and in
the generation folowing let their name
be blotted out.
14 Let the iniquitie of his fathers be
remembred with the L O R D : and let
not the sinne of his mother be blotted
out.
15 Let them be before the LORD
continually : that he may cut off the me-
mory of them from the earth.
16 Because that he remembred not
to shew mercy, but persecuted the poore
and needy man : that he might euen slay
the broken in heart.
17 As he loued cursing, so let it come
vnto him: as hee delighted not nobles-
sing, so let it be farre from him.
18 As he clothed himselfe with cur-
sing like as with his garment : so let it
come into this bowels like water, and in t Heb. with.
him.
like oyle into his bones.
1 9 Let it be vnto him as the garment
which couereth him : and for a girdle
wherewith he is girded continually.
SO Let
thrifts Priefthood. Pfalmes.
20 Let this be the reward of mine
aduersaries from the L O R D : and of
hem that speake euill against my soule.
21 But do thou for me, O GOD the
Lord, for thy Names sake : because thy
mercie is good : deliuer thou me.
22 For I am poore and needie : and
ny heart is wounded within me.
23 I am gone like the shadow, when
t declineth : I am tossed vp and downe
is the locust.
24 My knees are weake through fa-
sting : and my flesh faileth of fatnesse.
25 I became also a reproch vnto
them : when they looked vpon me, they
shaked their heads.
26 Helpe me, O LORD my God:
O saue me according to thy mercie.
27 That they may know, that this
is thy hand : that thou, L O R D , hast
done it.
28 Let them curse, but blesse thou :
when they arise, let them be ashamed,
nit let thy seruant reioyce.
29 Let mine aduersaries be clothed
with shame : and let them couer them
selues with their owne confusion , as
with a mantle.
30 I will greatly praise the L O R D
with my mouth : yea I, will praise him
among the multitude.*
31 For he shal stand at the right hanc
\ Heb.froto of the poore : to saue him tfrom those
the iudges
of his soule. that condemne his soule.
P S A L. CX.
1 The Kingdome, 4 The Priesthood, 5 The
conquest, 7 And the passion of Christ
If A Psalme of Dauid.
* Mafo 22. HE * LORD said vnto mv
t
44. mar. 12.
36. luk'. 20. ||i|vLord, Sit thou at my
42. acts 2. right hand : vntil 1 make
34. 1 ' Cor
15. 25, heb.
1. 13.
thine enemies thy foote-
STOOLE.
2 The L O R D shall send the rod
of thy strength out of Zion : rule thou
in the midst of thine enemies,
3 Thy people shalbe willing in the
day of thy power , in the beauties o: 1 Godlinesse hath the promises of this life,
B 0r, more holinesse [|from the wombe of the mor- And of the life to come. 10 The prosperiti
then the of the godly, shalbe an eye-sore to the wickec
wombeo/the ning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
morning: 4 *The L O R D hath sworne, am
thou shalt
haue, Sfc. will not repent, thou art a Priest for
•Heb.- 5. 6. euer : after the order of Melchizedek.
and 7. 17.
5 The Lord at thy right hand shal
strike through kings in the day of his
wrath.
6 He shal iudge among the heathen, 2 His seed shall bee rhightie vpo
True wifedome.
le shal fil the places with the dead bodies:
le shall wound the heads ouer ||many i Or, great.
countries.
7 He shall drinke of the brooke in
he way : therefore shall hee lift vp the
lead.
P SAL. CXI.
1 The Psalhiist by his example inciteth others to
praise God, for his glorious, 5 And gracious
workes. 10 The feare of God breedeth
true wisedon-\o
tKaise yee the LORD. t Heb. Hal.
p
I will praise the LORD luiah.
with my whole heart : in
the assembly of the vp-
right, and in the Congre-
gation.
2 The workes of the L O R D are
great : sought out of all them that haue
Jeasure therein.
3 His worke is honourable and glo-
rious : and his righteousnesse endureth
or euer.
4 Hee hath made his wonderfull
works to be remembred : the LORD
is gracious, and full of compassion.
5 He hath giuen tineate vnto them t Heb, pray.
that feare him : he will euer be mindful
of his couenant.
6 He hath shewed his people the
5ower of his workes : that h"e may giue
;hem the heritage of the heathen.
7 The works of his hands are ve-
ritie and iudgment : all his commande-
ments are sure.
8 They t stand fast for euer and euer: t Heb. are
and are done in trueth and vprightnes. stablished.
9 He sent redemption vnto his peo
pie, hee hath commanded his couenan
PLOT euer . liuLy aim icucicuu 15 in
1*» n«i*3 v.rti-1 «. A * Vt*
Name.
10 *The feare of the LORD is the * lob. 28. 28
beginning of wisedome, ||a good vnder pro.9. 10.
1. 7. &
standing haue all they t that doe his com eccles. 1. 16
II Or, good
managements : his praise endureth for euer sttecesse.
t Heb. that
doe them.
P S A L . CXII.
t Raise ye the LORD t Heb. Hal-
p
Blessed is the man tha leluiah.
feareth the LORD
that delighteth greatly
in his Commaunde
ments.
earth;
A good man. PfaJmes.
arth : the generation of the vpright
halbe blessed.
3 'Wealth and riches shalbe in his
louse: and his righteousnesse endureth
or euer.
4 Vnto the vpright there ariseth
ight in the darknesse : hee is gracious,
nd full of compassion, and righteous.
5 A good man sheweth fauour and
endeth: he will guide his affaires with
Heb.iudge- • discretion.
ment.
6 Surely he shall not be moued for
uer: the righteous shalbe in euerlasting
emembrance.
7 He shall not be afraid of euill ti-
ings,: his heart is fixed, trusting in the
-ORD.
8 His heart is established, hee shall
not be afraid, vn till he seeAis desire vipon
lis enemies.
* 2. Cor,
.9.
9 * He hath dispersed, he hath giuen
to the poore : his righteousnesse endu-
reth for euer ;xhis home shalbe exalted
with honour.
10 The wicked shall see it, and be
jrieued; he shall gnash with his.teeth,
and melt away ; the desire of the wicked
shall perish.
P S A L . CXIII.
1 An exhortation to praise God for his excel-
lencie, 6 for his Mercy.
Web. Halle- t Raise yee the LORD.
P N
luiah.
Praise, Oyeeseruants of the
LORD ; praise the name oi
the LORD.
* Dan. 2,
20.
2 * Blessed be the name
of the L O R D * from this time forth
and for euermore.
•Mai. 1.11. 3 * From the rising of the sunne vnto
;he going downe of the same i the
L O R D S name is to be praised.
4 The L O R D is high aboue al
nations ; and his glory aboue the hea-
uens.
5 Who is like vnto the L O R D our
t Heb. exal- God : who tdwelleth on high ;
teth himselfe
to dwell* 6 Who humbleth himselfe to beholc
the things that are in heauen, and in the
earth ?
* I.Sam, 7 * He raiseth vp the poore out of the
2. 8, psal.
IQ7,.4.1. dust : and lifteth the needie out of the
dung-hill:
8 That he may set him with princes :
euen with the princes of his people*
r Ifeb. to 9 He maketh the barren woman t to
dwell in an
house. keepe house; to be a ioyfull mother o
children : Praise yee the L O R D .
Gods prefence.
P S A L . CXIIII.
An exhortation by the example of the dumbe
creatures, to feare God in his Church.
*Hen Israel went out of 3. Exod.
W
3,
Egypt, the house of la-
cob from a people of
strange language:
£ ludah was his san-
ctuarie : and Israel his dominion.
Exod. 14.
3 *The sea sawe it, and fled : lordan . losh.
3.
was driuen backe. 13.
4 The mountaines skipped like
rammes ; and the little hilles like
ambes.
5 What ailed thee , Q thou sea, that
lou fleddest? thou lordan, that thou
wast driuen backe ?
6 Yee mountaines, that yee skipped
ike rammes: and yee little hilles like
ambes ?
7 Tremble thou earth at the pre-
sence of the Lord ; at the presence of the
God of lacob:
8 * Which turned the rocke into a 7.Exod. 6. Num.
standing water ; the flint into a foun- 0.11*
taine of waters.
P S A L . CXV.
1 Because God is truly glorious, 4 and Idols
are vanity, 9 He exnorteth to confidence in
God. 12 God is to be blessed for his blessings
Ot vnto vs, O LORD,
not vnto vs,but vnto thy
name giue glory ; for thy
mercy, and (OT thy truthes
sake.
% * Wherefore should the heathen Psal. 42.
0. & 79.
say : Where is now their God ? 10.
3 * But our God is in the heauens : * PsaL 135.6
le hath done whatsoeuer he pleased.
4? * Their idoles are siluer and gold: *Psal.
5.
135.
the worke of mens hands.
5 They haue mouths, but they speake
not; eies haue they, but they see not.
6 They haue eares, but they heare
not: noses haue they, but they smell not
7 They haue hands, but they handl
not, feete haue they, but they walke not
neither speake they through thei
throat.
8 They that make them are like vn
to them : so is euery one that trusteth i
them.
9 O Israel, trust thou in the LORD
he is their helpe and their shield.
10 O house of Aaron, trust in th
Lo R D : he is their helpe & their shielc
11 Ye
jrods mercie. Pfalmes.
11 Ye that feare the L O R D trust in
the LORD : he is their helpe and their
shield.
12 The L O R D hath bene mindfull
of vs, he will blesse vs> he will blesse the
louse of Israel : he will blesse the house
of Aaron.
13 Hee will blesse them that feare the
•Hebr.with. LOAD : ^both small and great.
14 The L O R D shall increase you
more and more : you and your children.
15 You are blessed of the L O R D :
which made heauen and earth.
16 The heauen, euen the heauens are
the LORDS: but the earth hath hee
giuen to the children of men.
17 The dead praise not the L O R D :
neither any that go downe into silence.
* Dan. *. 20. 18 *But we will blesse the L O R D ,
from this time foorth and for euermore.
Praise the LORD.
P S A L . CXVI.
1 The Psalmist professeth his loue and duetie
to God, for his deliuerance. 12 Hee studi-
eth to be thankfull.
Loue the L O R D : be-
I ause ^ee ^th heard my
v°ice> 4" my supplications.
2 Because hee hath in- and the trueth of the L O R D endureth
clined his eare vnto mee : for euer. Praise ye the LORD.
t Hebr. in therefore will I call vpon him tas long
my dayes. ac T linp
<*O JL A-LUV<
* Psal. is. 3 *The sorrowes of death compas-
5. 6.
4-\ fieuT,
rf*h* sed me, and the paines of hell t gate hold
found me. vpon me : I found trouble and sorrow.
4 Then called I vpon the Name
of the L O R D : O LORD, I beseech
thee deliuer my soule.
5 Gracious is the L O R D , and
righteous : yea our God is mercifull.
6 The L O R D preserueth the
simple : I was brought low, and hee
helped me.
7 Returne vnto thy rest , O my
soule : for the L O R D hath dealt boun-
tifully with thee.
8 For thou hast deliuered my soule
from death, mine eyes from teares, and
my feete from falling.
9 I wil walke before the L O R D :
in the land of the liuing.
* 2. Cor. 4. 10*1 beleeued, therfore haue I spo-
13.
ken : I was greatly afflicted.
* Rom. 3. 4 11 I said in my haste : *AU men are
lyers.
12 What shall I render vnto the
L O R D : far all his benefits towards
mee?
The Saints death.
131 will take the cup of saluation :
and call vpon the Name of the LORD.
14 I will pay my vowes vnto the
L O R D : now in the presence of all his
people.
15 Precious in jf sight of the LORD :
is the death of his Saints.
16 Oh LORD, truely I am thy ser-
uant, I am thy seruant, and the sonne of
thy handmayde : thou hast loosed my
bonds.
17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of
thankes-giuing: and will call vpon the
Name of the LOR p.
18 I will pay my vowes vnto the
L O R D : now in the presence of all his
people :
19 In the Courts of the LORDS
house, in the middes of thee, O leru-
salem. Praise ye the LORD.
P S A L . CXVII.
An exhortation to praise God for his mercie
and trueth.
Praise the LORD, all ye *11 Rom.
.
I5t
O
nations : praise him all ye
peopkle.
2 For his merciful kind-
nesse is great toward vs :
P S A L . CXVIII.
1 An exhortation to praise God for his mercie.
5 The Psalmist by his experience sheweth
how good it is to trust in God. 19 Vnder
the type of the Psalmist, the comming oi
Christ in his kingdome is expressed.
* Giue thankes vnto i.* Psal. 106.
O
and 107.
c e
^00 L:O R D , for hee is i.1. chron.
& 136. 1.
16.
& ^ because his mer-7.
cie endureth for euer.
2 Let Isreal now
say : that his mercy en-
dureth for euer.
3 Let the house of Aaron now say :
that his mercy endureth for euer.
4 Let them now that feare the
L O R D , say : that his mercy endureth
for euer.
5 I called vpon the LORD tin di- ofdistf&sse.
tHebr.out
stresse : the L O R D answered me, ana
set me in a large place.
6 *The LORD is t o n . my side, I psal.*Heb. 13. 6.
56. 4
will not feare : What can man doe vn- 11.
to mee ? \Hebr.for
mff»
7 The LORD taketh my part
with them that helpe me : therfore shall
I see
 The corner ftone. Pfalmes.
I see my desire vpon them that hate me.
8 It is better to trust in the LORD :
then to put confidence in man.
*PsaLi46 9 * It is better to trust in the LORD :
S.
then to put confidence in Princes.
10 All nations compassed me about :
but in the Name of the LORD, will
iHebr. cut I t destroy them.
uiffm
thorn oj/t
nff
11 They compassed mee about, yea
they compassed mee about : but in the
Name of the L O R D > I will destroy
them.
Who are blefled.
28 Thou art my God, and I will
praise thee : thou art my God, I will ex-
alt thee.
29 O giue thanks vnto the LORD,
for he is good : for his mercy endureth for
euer.
P S A L . GXIX.
This Fsalme conteineth sundry pray era, praises,
and professions of obedience.
ALEPH.
Lessed are the || vnde- II Or, perfect,

B m filed in the way : who or sincere.

12 They compassed mee about like
Bees, they are quenched as the fire oi Ssl SiiPol walke *n the Law of
thornes : for in the Name of the LORD HI llPJllI the LORD.
t Hebr. cut I wil t destroy them; 2 Blessed are they
downe>
13 Thou hast thrust sore at mee thai that keepe his testimo-
I might fall : but the LORD helpec nies ; and that seeke him
mee. with the whole heart.
*Exod. 15, 14 *The LORD is my strength an<5 3 They also doe no iniquitie ; they
2. isa. 12. S.
song : and is become my saluation. walke in his wayes.
15 The voice of reioycing and salua- 4 Thou hast commaunded vs to
tion is in the tabernacles of the righte- keepe thy precepts diligently.
ous : the Right hand of the LORD 5 O that my wayes were directed
doeth valiantly. to keepe thy statutes !
16 The Right hand of the LORD , 6 Then shall I not bee ashamed :
is exalted : the Right hand of the when I haue respect vnto all thy com-
LORD doeth valiantly. mandiments.
17 I shall not die, but Hue : and de- 7 I will praise thee with vpright-
clare the workes of the LORD. nesse of heart : when I shall haue lear-
18 The LORD hath chastened me ned tthy righteous iudgements. \Hebr.iudg-
sore : but he hath not giuen me ouer vn- ments of thy
8 I will keepe thy stages : O for- righteous-
to death. sake me not vtterly. nesse.
19 Open to mee the gates of righte- BETH.
ousnesse ; I will goe into them, and I 9 erewithall shall a yong
will praise the LORD :
20 This gate of the L O R D : into
W
man cleanse his way ? by
taking heede thereto accor-
which the righteous shall enter. ding to thy word.
#1 I will praise thee , for thou hast
10 With my whole heart haue I
beard mee : and art become my sajua-
sought thee : O let me not wander from
tion. thy Commandements.
*Mat.2i.42 22 * The stone which the builders re-
11 Thy word haue 1 hidde in mine
mar. 12. 10.
uk. 20. 17. fused : is become the head stone of the heart : that I might not sinne against
. pet. 2. 4. corner.
cts 4. 11.
thee.
Heb. this 23 tThis is the LORDS doing : it 12 Blessed art thouy O LORD :
is from the is marueilous in our eyes.
LORD. teach me thy statutes.
24? This is the day which the LORD 13 With my lips haue I declared all
lath made ; we jri&reioyce, and be glad
the iudgements of thy mouth.
n it. 141 haue reioy ced in the way of thy
25 Saue now , I beseech thee , O testimonies ; as much as in all riches.
L O R D : O LORD, I beseech thee, 15 I will meditate in thy precepts :
send now prosperit.ie. and haue respect vflto thy wayes.
Mat. 21. 9. 26 * Blessed, be -he that commeth in
16 I will delight my selfe in thy sta-
he Najne of fthe LORD : wee haue tutes : I will not forget thy word.
Jessed you out of the house of the
L.ORD. GIMEL.
27 God is the LORD, which hath 17 ale bountifully with thy ser-
hewed vs light, bind the sacrifice with D
ant , that I may Hue , and
cords : euenvnto the horns of the Altar. keepe thy word.
18 tOpen
Dauids meditations. Pfalmes.
iHeb. re. , 18 tOpen thou mine eyes, that I
ueate
may behold wonderous things out of
thy Law.
*Gen. 47. 9; 19 * I am a stranger in the earth : hide
1. chio. 29. !
15. peal. 39. ' nipt thy commandements from me.
I2.he.b. 11. 20 My soule breaketh for the long-
13.
ing : that it hath vnto thy iudgements at
all times.
21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that
are cursed : which doe erre from thy
Coixunandements.
22 Reixiooue from me reproch and
contempt : for I haue kept thy testimo-
nies.
23 Princes also did sit and speake a-
gainst me : but thy seruant did meditate
in thy statutes.
24 Thy testimonies also are my de-
t Heb. men light : and t my counselors.
of my coun- V j
cil.
DALETH.
25 Y soule cleaueth vnto the
M dust : quicken thou mee accor
ding to thy word.
26 I haue declared my wayes, and
*Psal. 25.4. thou hearclest me : * teach me thy Sta-
and 27. 11.
and 86. 11. tutes.
27 Make me to vnderstand the way
of thy precepts : so shall I talke of thy
wonderous workes.
* Heb. drop- 28 My soule tmelteth for heauines :
peih.
strengthen thou me according vnto thy
word.
29 Remoue from mee the way of ly-
ing : and grant me thy Law graciously.
30 I haue chosen the way of trueth :
thy iudgements haue I laid before me.
31 I haue stucke vnto thy Testimo-
nies: O LORD put me not to sjiame.
32 I will runne the way of thy
Commandements : when thou shalt
enlarge my heart.
HE*
33 ach me, O L O R D , the
Tway of thy Statutes 5 and
I shall keepe it vnto the end.
34 Giue me vnderstanding , and ]
shall keepe thy Law r yea I shall ob-
serue it with my whole heart.
35 Make me to goe in the path of thy
commandements : for therein doe I
delight.
36 Incline my heart vnto thy testi-
monies : and not to couetousnesse.
t Heb. make 37 tTume atray mine eyes from
to passe.
beholding vanitie : and quicken thou me
in thy way.
38 Stablish thy word vnto thy ser-
Gods promife.
uant : who is denoted ta thy feare.
39 Turne away my reproch which
[ feare : for thy iudgements are good.
40 Behold, I haue longed after thy
precepts : quicken me in thy righteous-
nesse.
VAV.
41 Et thy mercies come also vnto
L me, O LORD : euen thy sal-
uation, according to thy word.
42 || So shall I haue wherewith Ort so shall
to answere him that reprocheth me : for 'imanswere
that re-
I trust in thy word. roueth me
n a thing:
43 And take not the word of trueth
vtterly out of my mouth : for I haue
hoped in thy iudgements.
44 So shall I keepe thy Law con-
tinually : for euer and euer.
45 And I wil walke tat libertie : for Hebr. at
large.
I seeke thy precepts.
46 I will speake of thy testimonies
also before kings, & wil not be ashamed.
47 And I will delight my selfe in
thy commandements, which I haue
loued.
48 My hands also will I lift vp vn-
to thy commandements, which I haue
loued : and I will meditate in thy sta-
tutes.
ZAIN.
49 Emember the word vnto thy
R ruant • vpon which thou
hast caused me to hope.
50 This is my comfort in my afflicti-
on . for thy word hath quickened me.
51 The proud haue had mee greatly
in derision : yet haue I not declinec
from thy Law.
52 I remembred thy iudgements o^
old, O LORD » and haue comforted
my selfe.
53 Horrour hath taken holde vpon
me, because of the wicked that forsake
thy Law.
54 Thy statutes haue bin my songs
in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 I haue remembred thy name, O
LORD, in the night, and haue kept thy
Law.
56 This I had : because I kept thy
precepts.
CHETH.
57 Hou art my portion , C
T ORD, I haue said, tha
I would keepe thy words.
58 I intreated thy t fauour with my t Heb. face.
whole heart : be mercifull vnto mee ac
cording to thy word.
59 I thought on my wayes : anc
turnec
Dauids delight Pfalmes.
turned my feete vnto thy Testimonies.
60 I made haste, and delayed not to
keepe thy commandements.
II Or compa- 61 The [[bands of the wicked haue
nies.t
robbed me : but I haue not forgotten
thy lawe.
62 At mid-night I will rise to giue
thankes vnto thee : because of thy righ-
teous Judgements.
63 I aw a companion of all them
that feare thee : and of them that keepe
thy precepts.
64 The earth, O LORD, is full of
thy mercy : teach me thy statutes.
TETH.
65 ou hast dealt well with thy
T feruant, Oh L O R D ; accor-
ding vnto thy word.
66 Teach me good iudgement and
knowledge : for I haue beleeued thy
commandements.
67 Before I was afflicted , I went
astray : but now haue I kept thy word.
68 Thou art good, and doest good;
teach me thy statutes.
69 The proud haue forged a lie a-
gainst me : but I will keepe thy precepts
with my whole heart.
70 Their heart is as fat as grease :
but I delight in thy law.
71 It is good for me that I haue
bene afflicted : that I might learne thy
statutes*
* Psal. 19. 72 * The law of thy mouth is better
9. Prou. 8.
vnto me : then thousands of gold and
11,
siluer.
TOD.
73 Hy hands haue made me an
T fashioned me : giue me vnder-
standing , that I may learne
thy commandements.
74 They that feare thee will bee
glad when they see mee : because I
haue hoped in thy word.
75 I knowe, O LORD, that thy
t Heb. righ- Judgements are fright : and that thou in
teousnesse. faithfulnesse hast afflicted me.
76 Let , I pray thee , thy mercifull
t Neb* to kindnesse bet for my comfort; according
comfort me.
to thy word vnto thy seruant.
77 Let thy tender mercies come vn-
to me , that I may line : for thy lawe is
my delight.
78 Let the proud be ashamed , for
they dealt peruersly with me without
a cause : but I will meditate in thy pre-
cepts.
79 Let those that feare thee turne
in Gods law.
vnto me : and those that haue knowen
thy testimonies.
80 Let my heart be sound in thy sta-
tutes ; that I be not ashamed.
CAPH.
81
82
M Y soule fainteth for thy salua-
on : but I hope in thy word.
Mine eyes faile for thy
word : saying, When wilt thou comfort
me?
83 For I am become like a bottle in
the smoke : yet doe I not forget thy
statutes.
84 How many are the dayes of thy
seruant ? when wilt thou execute iudge-
ment on them that persecute me ?
85 The proud haue digged pittes for
me : which are not after thy law.
86 All thy commaundements are
tfaithfull : they persecute me wrongful-fulnesse.
t Heb. faith-
ly ; helpe thou me.
87 They had almost consumed mee
vpon earth : but I forsooke not thy
precepts.
88 Quicken mee after thy louing
kindnesse : so shall I keepe the testimo-
nie of thy mouth.
LAMED.
89
F 89 T7^0r euer» 0 LORD, thy word
P is setled, in heauen.
90 Thy faithfulnesse is tvnto all neration
t Heb. to ge-
and
generations : thou hast established the generation.
earth, and it tabideth. t Heb. stan-
deth.
91 They continue this day according
to thine ordinances : for all are thy ser-
uants.
92 Vnlesse thy lawe had bene my de-
lights : I should then haue perished in
mine affliction.
93 I will neuer forget thy precepts :
for with them thou hast quickened me.
94 1 am thine, saue me : for I haue
sought thy precepts.
95 The wicked haue waited for me
to destroy me : but I will consider thy
testimonies.
96 I haue seene an end of all per-
fection : but thy commandement is ex-
ceeding broad.
MEM,
97 How loue I thy Law ! it is
O my meditation all the day.
98 Thou through thy Com-
mandements hast made me wiser then
mine enemies : for t they are euer with euer
iHeb.it is
with,
mee. me.
99 I haue more vnderstanding then
all
Gods word a light. Pfalmes. Dauids zeale.
11 -my teachers : for thy Testimonies oue thy Testimonies.
re my meditation. 120 My flesh trembleth for feare of
100 I vnderstand more then the an- thee : and I am afraide of thy Judge-
ients : because I keepe thy precepts. ments.
101 I haue refrained my feete from AIN.
uery euill way : that I may keepe thy 121 Haue done ludgement and iu-
word. I stice : leaue mee not to mine op-
102 I haue not departed from thy pressours.
udgements : for thou hast taught me. 122 Bee suretie for thy seruant for
PsaL 19. 9. 103 *How sweet are thy words vnto rood : let not the proud oppresse me.
Hebr.palat. my t taste ! yea, sweeter then hony to my 128 Mine eyes faile for thy saluation:
mouth. and for the word of thy righteousnesse.
104 Through thy precepts I get vn- 124? Deale with thy seruant accor-
lerstanding : therefore I hate euery ding vnto thy mercie : and teach me thy
alse way. Statutes.
NVN. 125 I am thy seruant, giue me vnder-
Or, candle. 105 1 Hy word is a || lampe vnto my standing : that I may know thy Testi-
T : and a light vnto my monies.
path. 126 It is time for thee, L O R D , to
.06 I haue sworne , and I will per- worke :Jbr they haue made voyde thy
form e it : that I will keepe thy righte- Law.
ous iudgements. 127 * Therefore I loue thy Com- * Prou. 8.
11. psal. 19.
107 I am afflicted very much : mandements : aboue gold, yea aboue 9.
[uicken mee, O Lord, according vnto ine gold.
hy word. 128 Therefore I esteeme all thy pre-
108 Accept, I beseech thee, the free- cepts concerning all things to be right:
wil offrings of my mouth, 0 L O R D : and I hate euery false way.
and teach me thy iudgements.
109 My soule is continually in my PE.
land : yet doe I not forget thy Law. 129 Hy Testimonies are won-
110 The wicked haue layde a snare
br mee : yet I erred not from thy pre-
T derfull : therefore doeth my
soule keepe them.
cepts. 130 The entrance of thy wordes gi-
Ill Thy Testimonies haue I taken ueth light : it giueth vnderstanding vn-
as an heritage for euer : for they are the to the simple.
reioycing of my heart. 131 I opened my mouth , and pan-
1 Hebr. to do. 112 I haue inclined mine heart tto ted : for I longed for thy Commande-
jerforme thy Statutes, alway, euen ments.
vnto the end. 132 Looke thou vpon mee , and be
mercifull vnto me : tas thou vsest to do tcording
Hebr. ac.
SAMECH. vnto those that loue thy Name. the customs
to
113 towards
I
114
Hate vaine thoughts : but thy
Law doe I loue.
133 Order my steps in thy word : anc those, $c.
let not any iniquitie haue dominion o-
Thou art my hiding place, anc uer me.
my shield : I hope in thy word. 134? Deliuer me from the oppression
* Matth. 7. 115 * Depart from me, ye euil doers: of man : so will I keepe thy precepts.
23.
for I will keepe the Commandements 135 Make thy face to shine vpon thy
of my God. seruant : and teach me thy Statutes.
116 Vphold mee according vnto thy 136 Riuers of waters runne downe
word, that I may Hue : and let mee not mine eyes : because they keepe not thy
be ashamed of my hope. Law.
117 Hold thou me vp, and I shall be TSADDI.
safe : and I will haue^ respect vnto thy 137 Ighteous art thou , O
Statutes continually. R QRD : and vpright are thy
tHebr.righ*
118 Thou hast troden downe al iudgements. teou sitesse.
them that erre from thy Statutes : for 138 Thy testimonies that thou has t Heb. faith
fulnesse.
commaunded, are t righteous: and very * Psal. 69.8
their deceit is falshood.
t Hebr. cau 119 Thou tputtest away all the wic- tfaithfull. ioh. 2. 17.
seat to cease t Heb. cut
ked of the earth like drosse : therefore '. 139 * My zeale hath tconsumed me me off.
because
Dauids griefe : Pfalmes.
t>ecause mine enemies haue forgotten
thy words.
t Heb. tried 140 Thy word is very tpure : there-
OT refined* j
ore thy seruant loueth it.
141 I am small and despised '.yet doe
Ilot I forget thy precepts.
142 Thy righteousnesse is an euerla-
Ssting righteousnesse: and thy law is the
{irueth.
t Heb. found 143 Trouble and anguish haue tta-
me*
ten hold on me : yet thy eommaunde-
1ments are my delights.
144 The righteousnesse of thy Te-
,stimonies is euerlasjting : giue me vnder- ments.
3 tan ding, and I shall liue.
KOPH.
145
I
Cried with my whole heart :
heare me, O LORD, I will
keepe thy statutes.
UOr, that! 146 I cried vnto thee, saue me : ||an<3
may keepe.
I shall keepe thy testimonies.
147 I preuented the dawning of the
morning, and cried: I hoped in thy
word.
148 Mine eyes preuent the night wat- 169
ches : that I might meditate in thy
WAl*fi
V» UL14..
149 Heare my voice according vnto
thy louing kindnesse : O L O R D quic-
ken me according to thy iudgement.
150 They draw nigh that follow af-
ter mischiefe : they are farre from thy
Law.
151 Thou art neere, O LO,RD : am
all thy com man dements are trueth.
152 Concerning thy testimonies, '.
haue knowen of old: that thou hast
founded them for euer.
RESH.
153
C
nsider mine affliction, anc
eliuer me : for I doe not for-
get thy Law.
154 Plead my cause, and deliuer me :
quicken me according to thy word.
155 Saluation, is farre from the wic+
ked : for they seeke not thy statutes.
II Or, many. 156 || Great are thy tender mercies, O
LORD : quicken me according to thy
Judgements.
157 Many are my persecutors, and
mine enemies : yet doe I not decline
from thy testimonies.
158 I beheld the transgressours, an<
was grieued : because they kept not th;
word.
159 Consider how I loue thy pre-
cepts : quicken me, O LOED, accor-
ding to thy louing kindnesse.
His hope.
160 1 Thy word is true/rom the begin- Heb. the
ning : and euery one of thy righteous hy eginningof
word is
iudgements endureth for euer. rue.
SCHIN.
161
P Rinces haue persecuted mee
without a cause : but my heart
standeth in awe of thy word.
16S I reioyce at thy word: as one
hat findeth great spoile.
163 I hate and abhorre lying: but
thy Law doe I loue.
164 Seuen times a day doe I praise
thee : because of thy righteous iudge-
165 Great peace haue they which loue
thy law : & tnothing shall offend them. t Heb. they
166 LORD, I haue hoped for thy shallhaueno
stumbling'
saluation : and done thy Qprxicaajide- &&<£*•
ments.
167 My soule hath kept thy testimo-
nies : and I loue them exceedingly.
168 I haue kept thy precepts and thy
testimonies : for all my wayes are before
tji.ee.
TA
A /x V.
w.
L Et my crie come neere before
h e e , O LORD: giue mee
vriderstanding according to
ihy worde.
170 Let my supplication come before
thee : deliuer roe according to thy word
171 My lips shall vtter praise : when
thou hast taught me thy Statutes.
172 My tongue shall speake of thy
word : for all thy commandqments are
righteousnesse.
173 Let thine hand helpe me : for ]
haue chosen
1 1
thy
T
precepts.
i
174 I haue longed for thy saluation
O L O R D : and thy Lawe is my de
light.
175 Let my soyle-.'liue, and it shal
praise thee: and let thyiudgments helpe
me.
176 I haue gone astray like a los
sheepe, seeke thy seruant : for I doe no
forget thy commandements.
P S AL. CXX.
1 Dauf d prayeth against Doeg, 3 reproueth his
tongue, 5 complaineth of his necessary con-
versation with the wicked.
IT A song of degrees.
N my distresse I cried vn-
I irf t0 LORD : and hee
eard me.
^ Deliuer my soule, O
LORD, from lying lips
and from a deceitfull tongue.
3 || What
The godlies fafetie. Pfalmes. God faueth.
Or* what 3 IfWhat shall be giuen vnto thee ? 5 For .there tare set thrones of Judg- t Heb. doe
hatt the de-
ceitfull or what shalbe tdone vnto thee, thou ment : the thrones of the house of Da- sit.
vnto thee 9 alse tongue ?
ongue giue uid.
or what shall 4 || Sharpe arrowes of the migh- 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem :
itprofittheet
Heb. ad- tie : with coales of iuniper. they shall prosper that loue thee.
ded. 5 Woe is me, that I soiourne in Me- 7 Peace be within thy walles : and
Or, It is as
the sharpe sech : that I dwell in the tents of Ke- prosperitie within thy palaces.
arrowes of dar. 8 For my brethren and companions
the mighty
man with 6 My soule hath long dwelt with sakes : I will now say, Peace be within
coales qfiu-
niper. lim that hateth peace. thee.
II Or, a man 7 lam \\Jvr peace : but when I speak, 9 Because of the house of the
of peace*
they are for warre. LORD our God : I will seeke thy
good.
PSAL. CXXL
1 The great safety of the godly, who put their P S A L . CXXIII.
trust in Gods protection. 1 The godly professe their confidence in God,
3 ana pray to be deliuered from contempt
1T A song of degrees. IT A song of degrees.
II Or, shall I II Will lift vpmine eyes vn- Nto thee lift I vp mine

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lift vp mine to
tieg to the ^e hiMes:fr°mwhence eyes : O thou that dwel-
hUs^ whence
should my commeth my helpe. lest in the heauens.
helpe comet 2 * My helpe commeth . 8 Beholde , as the
*Psal. from the LORD : which eyes of seruants lodke vn-
144. 7.
made heauen and earth. to the hand of their Ma-
3 He will not suffer thy foote to bee sters, and as the eyes of a maiden, vnto
moued : he that keepeth thee will not the hand of her mistresse : so our eyes
slumber. waite vpon the LORD our God, vntill
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel; that he haue mercy vpon vs.
shall neither slumber nor sleepe. 3 Haue mercy vpon vs, O LORD,
5 The LORD is thy keeper : the haue mercy vpon vs : for we are excee-
L O R D is thy shade, vpon thy right dingly filled with contempt.
land. 4 Our soule is exceedingly filled
6 The sunne shall not smite thee by with the scorning of those that are at
day ; nor the moone by night. ease : and with the contempt of the
7 The LORD shall preserue thee proud.
Tom all euill : hee shall preserue thy
soule. P S A L . CXXIIII.
8 The L O R D shall preserue thy The Church blesseth God, fora miraculous deli-
joing out , and thy comming in : uerance.
:rom this time foorth and euen for
euermore. IF A song of degrees of Dauid.
F it had not bene the

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P S A L . CXXII. LORD who was on our
1 Dauid professeth his ioy for the Church, side : nowe may Israel
6 and prayeth for the peace thereof. say:
& If it had not bene the
U A song of degrees of Dauid. LORD, who was on our side, when
Was glad when they sayd men rose vp against vs :

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vnto me : Let vs goe into
the house of the LORD.
% Our feete shall
stand within thy gates,
O Jerusalem.
3 Jerusalem is builded as a citie,
that is compact together :
4 Whither the tribes goe vp, the
tribes of the LORD, vnto the testimo-
nie of Israel : to giue thankes vnto the
name of the LORD.
3 Then they had swallowed vs vp
quicke : when their wrath was kindled
against vs.
4 Then the waters had ouerwhel-
med vs ; the streame had gone ouer our
soule.
5 Then the proud waters had gone
ouer our soule.
6 Blessed be the LORD : who hath
not giuen vs as a pray to their teeth.
7 Our soule is escaped as a bird out
of
Gods blefsings Pfalmes. on the godly
of the snare of the foulers; the snare is A song of degrees || for lOr.ofSo-
broken, and we are escaped. Solomon. tomon.
* Psal. 121. 8 * Our helpe is in thfe name of the Xcept the LORD buil<

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2.
LORD : who made heauen and earth. the house, they labour in
vaine that t build it: except t ffebr. are
the LORD keepe the ci- in builders of it
P S A L . CXXV. it.
1 The safety of such as trust in God. 4 A prayer tie, the watchman wa-
for the godly* and against the wicked. keth but in vaine.
2 It is vaine for you to rise vp early,
A song of degrees. to sit vp late, to eate the bread of sor-
1
Hey that trust in the rowes : for so hee giueth his beloued

T L O R D , shalbe as mount
Zion, which cannot be re-
mooued, but abideth for
euer.
sleepe.
3 Loe, children are an heritage of the
LORD : and the fruit of the wombe is
his reward.
& As the mountaines are round a- 4 As arrowes are in the hand of a
bout lerusalem, so the LORD is mightie man : so are children of the
round about his people : from hence- youth.
foorth euen for euer. 5 Happie is the man that t hath his \Htbr.hath
t Hebr. wic- 3 For the rod of t the wicked shall quiuer full of them, they shall not be a- JUledhisqui.
uer with
kednesse.
not rest vpon the lot of the righteous : snamed: but they || shall speake with the them.
tt Or, shall
lest the righteous put forth their hands enemies in the gate. subdue^ as
vnto iniquitie. Psal. 18. 45.
or, destroy.
4 Doe good, 0 LORD, vnto those P S A L . CXXVIII.
that be good : and to them that are vp- The sundry blessings which follow them that
feare God.
right in their hearts.
5 As for such as turne aside vnto A song of degrees.
their crooked wayes, the LORD shall Lessed is euery one that

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lead them foorth with the workers of feareth the LORD : that
iniquitie: but peace shalbe vpon Israel. walketh in his wayes.
2 For thou shalt eat the
P S A L . CXXVI. labour of thine handes:
1 The Church celebrating her incredible re- lappie shalt thou bee, and it shall be well
turne out of captiuitie, 4 prayeth for, and with thee.
prophecieth the good successe thereof.
3 Thy wife shalbe as a fruitful Vine
A song of degrees. )y the sides of thine house, thy children
t Hebr. re- Hen the L O R D t turned ike Oliue plants • round about thy

W
turned the againe the captiuitie of Zi- table.
returning of
Zion. on: wee were like them 4 Beholde that thus shall the man
that dreame. >e blessed; that feareth the LORD.
2 Then was our mouth 5 The L O R D shall blesse thee out
filled with laughter, and our tongue of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of
with singing, then said they among the [erusalem, all the dayes of thy life.
iffebr.hath heathen : The L O R D thath done 6 Yea, thou shalt see thy childrens
magnified to great things for them. children : and peace vpon Israel.
doe with
them. 3 The LORD hath done great
things for vs: whereof'we are glad, P S A L . CXXIX.
4 Turne againe our captiuitie, O 1 An exhortation to praise God for sauing Is-
L O R D : as the streames in the South. rael in their great afflictions. 5 The haters
5 They that sow in teares : shall of die Church are cursed.
I Qrr sing, reape in || ioy.
ing. 6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, A song of degrees.
I Or, seed. bearing ||precious seed, shall doubtlesse || Any a time haue they af- I Or, much.

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basket. come againe with reioycing : bringing flicted me from my youth:
his sheaues with him. may Israel now say.
2 Many a time haue
P S A L . CXXVII. they afflicted me from my
1 The vertue of Gods "blessing. 3 Good chil- youth : yet they naue not preuauea a-
dren are his gift. rainst mee.
3 The
Daniels humilitie, Pfalmes.
3 The plowers plowed vpon my
backe : they made long their furrowes.
4 The L O R D is righteous : hee
hath cut asunder the cordes of the wic-
ked.
5 Let them all be confounded and
turned backe, that hate Zion.
6 Let them bee as the grasse vpon
the house tops : which withereth afore
it groweth vp :
7 Wherewith the. mower filleth
not his hand : nor hee that bindeth
sheaues-, his bosome.
8 Neither doe they which goe by,
say, The blessing of the L O R D be vp-
on you: wee blesse you in the Name ol
the LORD.
P S A L. CXXX.
1 The Psalmist professeth his hope in prayer,,
5 and his patience in hope. 7 Hee exhor-
teth Israel to hope in God.
A song of degrees.
VT of the depths haue
O
I cryed vnto thee, O
LORD.
2 Lorde, heare my
voice: let thine eares be at-
tentiue to the voice of my
supplications.
3 If thou, L O R D , shouldest marke
iniquities : O Lord, who shal stand ?
4 But there is forgiuenesse witl
thee : that thou mayest be feared.
5 I wait for the LORD, my soule
doeth waite : and in his worde doe ',
hope.
6 My soule waiteth for the Lord,
more then they that watch for the mor-
R Or, which ning : || / say, more then they that watc
watch vnto for the morning.
the Corning.
7 Let Israel hope in the LORD,
for with the L O R D there is mercy : anc
with him is plenteous redemption.
8 And hee shall redeeme Israel,
from all his iniquities,
P S A L. CXXXL
1 Dauid professing his humilitie, 3 exhorteth
Israel to hope in God.
A song of degrees of Dauid,
O R D , my heart is not
L haughtie, nor mine eyes
IHehwalke. loftie : neither doe I tex-
ercise my selfe in great
matters, or in things too
t Heb. won- t high for mee.
derfull.
2 Surely I haue behaued and qui-
and care for religion.
eted t my selfe as a child that is weaned Heb. my
of. his mother : my soule is euen as a soule.
weaned childe.
3 Let Israel hope in the LORD,
tfrom henceforth and for euer. tJebr.from
ow»
P S A L : CXXXII.
1 Dauid in his prayer commendeth. vnto God
the religious care ne had for the Arlce. 8 His
prayer at the remouing of the Arke, 11 with
a repetition of Gods promises.
A Song of degrees.
O R D remember Dauid,
L
and all his afflictions :
2 How he sware vnto
the LORD, and vowed
vnto the mightie God of
lacob.
3 Surely I will not come into the
tabernacle of my house : nor goe vp into
my bed.
i I will not giue sleepe to mine
eyes : or slumber to mine eyelids,
5 Vntill I finde out a place for the
L O R D : tan habitation for the migh- ttations.
Heb. habi-
tie God of lacob.
6 Loe, wee heard of it at Ephrata :
we found it in the fields of the wood.
7 We will goe into his tabernacles:
we will worship at his footstoole.
8 * Arise, O L O R D , into thy rest: *2. Chron.
thou, and the Arke of thy strength. .0.35. 41. num.
9 Let thy Priestes be clothed with
righteousnesse : and let thy saints shout
for ioy.
10 For thy seruant Dauids sake:
turne not away the face of thine An-
ointed.
11 The LORD hath sworne in
trueth vnto Dauid, hee will not turne
from it; * of the friiit of t thy body wil 12.
* 2. Sam. 7«
l. king.
I set vpon thy throne. 8. 25. 2. chr.
6.16.1uke i.
12 If thy children will keepe my co- 9. acts 2. 30.
uenant and my testimonie, that I shal IHeb. thy
teach them ; tneir children also shall sit belly.
vpon thy throne for euermore.
13 For the L O R D hath chosen Zi-
on : he hath desired it for his habitation.
14 This is my rest for euer : here
will I dwell, for I haue desired it.
151 will || abundantly blesse her pro- fj Or, surely.
uision : I will satisfie her poore wit
bread.
16 I will also clothe her priests wit
saluation : and her Saints shall shout
aloud for ioy.
17 * There will I make the horne o: * Luc. 1. 69.
Dauid to budde : I haue ordained a
|| lampe for mine Anointed.
I Orf cand
18 His
Brotherly vnitie. Pfalmes. Idoles are vanitie.
18 His enemies will I clothe with great : and that our L O R D is aboue
shame : but vpon him selfe shall his all gods.
crowne flourish. 6 Whatsoeuer the L O R D pleased,
that did he in heauen and in earth : in the
P S A L . CXXXIII. Seas, and all deepe places.
The benefite of the communion of Saints. 7 * Hee causeth the vapours to as- * ler. 10.13.
cend from the ends of the earth, he ma-
A song of degrees of Dauid. keth lightnings for the raine : he brin-
I Ehold how good and how geth the winde out of his treasuries.

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' pleasant it is: for brethren 8 * Who smote the first borne of E- 29. •Exod. 12.
t Heb. euen [ to dwell t together in v- gypt : tboth of man and beast. t Heb. from
together.
[ nitie. 9 Who sent tokens and woonders man vnto
beast.
\ 2 It is like the precious into the midst of thee, O Egypt : vpon
oyntment vpon the head, that ramie Pharaoh, and vpon all his seruants.
downe vpon the beard, euen Aarons 10 * Who smote great nations: and *Niim. 21.
2. and 4. 25,
beard : that went downe to the skirts slew mightie kings : 26, 34, 35.
of his garments. 11 Sihon king of the Amorites, and
3 As the dew of Hermon>an<i as the Og king of Bashan : and all the king-
dewe that descended vpon the moun- domes of Canaan,
taines of Zion, for there the LORD 12 * And gaue their land^/or an heri- Mos. 12. 7.
commanded the blessing : euen life for tage : an heritage vnto Israel his peo-
euermore. ple.
13 Thy Name, 0 LORD, endureth
P S A L . CXXXIIII. for euer : and thy memoriall, O LORD,
An exhortation to blesse God. t throughout all generations. \Hel.toge-
nerationand
14 For the LORD will iudge his generation.
A song of degrees. people : and he will repent himselfe con-
Eholde, blesse yee the cerning his seruants.

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LORD, all yee seruants 15 * The idoles of the heathen arer *Psal. us.
of the L O R D : which by siluer and golde : the worke of mens1, 9.4, 5,10.6, 7, 8,
night stand in the house hands.
of the LORD. 16 They Jiaue mouthes, ,but they
2 Lift vp your hands speake not: eyes haue they, but they see
H0r,tn/to- (I m the Sanctuary : & blesse the LORD. not:
linesse. 8 The LORD that made heauen 17 They haue eares, but they heare
and earth : blesse thee out of Zion. not: neither is there any breath in their
mouthes.
P S A L . CXXXV. 18 They that make them are like
vnto them : so is euery one that trusteth
An exhortation to praise God for his mercy, in them.
5 for his power, 8 for his iudgements. 15
The vanitie of Idoles. 19 AJI exhortati- 19 Blesse the L O R D , O house of
on to blesse God. Israel : blesse the LORD, O house of
Aaron.
Raise ye the LORD, 20 Blesse the LORD, O house of

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Praise ye the Name of Leui : ye that feare the LORD, blesse
the L O R D : prayse the LORD.
Mm, O ye seruants of 21 Blessed be the L O R D out of Zi-
the LORD. on ; which dwelleth at lerusalem.
2 Yee that stand Praise ye the LORD*
in the House of the
LORD : in the courts of the house of P S A L . CXXXVI.
our God: An exhortation to giue thankes to God for
3 Praise the LORD, for the LORD particular mercies.
tf good : sing praises vnto his Name, * Giue thankes vnto the •Psa. 106.1.

O
for it is pleasant. LORD, for hee is good: for and 107. l.
and 118.1.
4 For 4he LORD hath chosen his mercy endureth foreuer.
lacob vnto himselfe : and Israel for 2 O giue thankes vnto
bis peculiar treasure. the God of gods : for his
5 For I 'know that the L O R D is mercy endureth for euer.
3 O giue
Gods mercie. Pfalmes. Ifrael captiue.
& O giue thankes to the Lord of P S A L . CXXXVII.
ords : for his mercy endureth for euer,
The constancie of the lewes in captiuity. 7 The
4 To him who alone doth great Prophet curseth Edom and Babel.
wonders : for his mercy endureth for
uer. Y the riuers of Baby-

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*Gen. 1. l. 5 * To him that by wisedome made lon, there wee sate
he heauens : for his mercy endureth for downe, yea we wept:
euer. when we remeored
*Gen. 1.6.
er. 10* 12.
6 * To him that stretched out the Zion.
earth aboue the waters : for his mercy 2 Wee hanged our
endureth for euer. larpes vpon the willowes , in the
*Gen. 1. 14. 7 * To him that made great lights : midst thereof.
or his mercy endureth for euer. 3 For there they that carried vs a-
Heb.for 8 The sunne t to rule by day : for his way captiue , required of vs t a song, iHeb.the
he rulings
by day. mercy endureth for euer. and they that t wasted vs, required of vs words song.
of a
9 The nioone and starres to rule mirth : saying. Sing vs one of the songs t Heb. layd
vsonheapes.
>y night : for his mercy endureth for of Zion.
euer. 4 How sfcall we sing the LORDS
* Exod. 12. 10 *To him that smote Egypt in song : in a t strange land ? t Heb. land
29. ;heir first borne : for his mercy endureth 5 If I forget thee, O lerusalem : qfastranger.
or euer. et my right hand forget her cunning.
* Exod. 13. 11 * And brought out Israel from a- 6 If I doe not remember thee, let
17. mong them : for his mercy endureth for my tongue cleaue to the roofe of my
euer. mouth ; if I preferre not lerusalem a-
18 With a strong hand and with a :>oue t my chiefe ioy. \Heb.the
ieadofmy
stretched out arme : for his mercy endu- 7 Remember, O LORD, the chil- ioy.
reth for euer. dren oi Edom, in the day of lerusalem ;
* Exod. 14. 13 * To him which diuided the red who sayd, trase it, rase it : eiien to the 11 Heb. make fnvfjvkdjkfdjgbmv,mblvmm,

21. 22. bare.

sea into parts : for his mercy endureth for bun elation thereof.
euer. 8 * O daughter of Babylon, who art * Obad.
14 And made Israel to passe to be t destroy ed:happy shall hebe tthat 12, 13.
\ Heb, wa-
through the midst of it : for his mercy rewardeth thee , as thou hast serued ited.
I Heb. that
endureth for euer. vs. recompen-
* Exod. 14. 15 * But t ouerthrewe Pharaoh and 9 * Happy shall he be that taketh and Wiee vnto sed
thy
28.
Hekshakei his hoste in the red sea : for his mercy dasheth thy little ones against tthe deed which tJtfvn sltfiot
VIOU atuSC
off. endureth for euer. stones. to vs.
* Exod. 15. 16 * To him which led his people *Isa. 13. 16
t Heb. the
22. through the wildernesse : for his mercy P S A L . CXXXVIII. rocke.
endureth for euer. 1 Dauid pralseth God for the truth of his word.
17 To him which smote great 4 He prophecieth.that the kings of the earth
kings : for his mercy endureth for euer. shall praise God. 7 He professeth his con-
•fi/jpT»/»p Hi
JLlUClJV/C in VTl/U.
CrfiA
• Deut. 29. 18 * And slue famous kings : for his
7. psal. 135. mercy endureth for euer. IT A Psalme of Dauid.
I A JBr 1 1
L U j OL 11.
19 * Sihon king of the Amorites : * Will praise thee with my *Psal. 119.

I
•Num. 21. 4. 6.
23. for his mercy endureth for euer. whole heart : before the
« Num. 21. 20 * And Og the king of Bashan : for gods will I sing praise
33. his mercy endureth for euer. vnto thee.
*Iosh. 12.7 £1 * And gaue their land for an heri- 2 I will worship to-
tage : for his mercy endureth for euer. wards thy holy temple , and praise thy
jfs Euen an heritage vnto Israel his name, for thy louing kindnesse and for
seruant : for his mercy endureth for euer. thy trueth : for thou hast magnified thy
23 Who remembred vs in our lowe word aboue all thy name.
estate : for his mercy endureth for euer. 3 In the day when I cried, thou an-
24 And hath redeemed vs from our sweredst meiand strengthenedst meze;^
enemies : for his mercy endureth for euer. strength in my soule.
25 Who giueth foode to all flesh : for 4 All the kings of the earth shall
his mercy endureth for euer. praise thee, O L O R D : when they
26 O giue thankes vnto the God o heare the words of thy mouth.
heauen : for his mercy endureth for euer. 5 Yea they shall sing in the wayes oi
the
Nothing fecret Pfalmes.
the L O R D : for great is the glory of
the LORD.
6 Though the L O R D be high, yet
hath he respect vnto the lowly : but the
proud he knoweth afarre off.
7 Though I walke in the nrids of
trouble, thou wilt reuiue me, thou shalt
stretch foorth thine hand against the
wrath of mine enemies : and thy right
hand shall saue me.
8 The LORD wil perfit that which
concerneth me ; thy mercie, O LORD,
endureth for euer: forsake not the works
of thine owne hands.
PSAL. CXXXIX.
1 Daiiid praiseth God for his all-seeing proui-
.dence, 17 And for his infinite mercies. 19
He defieth the wicked. 23 Hee prayeth for
sinceritie.
IT To the chiefe Musician, A Psalme
of Dauid.
$%jjjj&§& L O R D , thou hast sear-
P^^^wched mee, and knowen me.
1 \jpjjfe2J K % Thou knowest my
gSjpi^ downe sitting , and mine
vprising : thou vnderstan-
dest my thought afarre off.
II Or, toil*
nowesf.
3 Thou jjcompassest my path, and
my lying downe, and art acquainted
with all my wayes.
4 For there is not a worde in my
tongue : but lo, O LORD, thou know-
est it altogether.
5 Thou hast beset me behind, and
before : and laid thine hand vpon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonder-
full forme : it is high, I cannot attain?
vnto it.
7 Whither shall I goe from thy
spirit ? or whither shall I flie from thy
presence?
* Amos 9. 8 * If I ascend vp into heauen,
2, S, 4.
thou art there : if I make my bed in
hell, behold, thou art there.
9 If I take the wings of the mor-
ning : and dwell in the vttermost parts
of the Sea:
10 Euen there shall thy hand leade
me : and thy right hand shall hold me.
* lob 26. 6. 11 * If I say, Surely the darkenes
heb. 4. 13.
shall couer me : euen the night shall bee
light about me.
iHeb.darke- 12 Yea the darkenesse thideth not
neth not.
from thee, but the night shineth as the
t Heb. as is day : f the darknes and the light are both
the darkenes
so if the light alike to thee.
13 For thou hast possessed my reines :
to the eyes of God.
thou hast couered me in my mothers
wombe.
14 I will praise thee, for I am feare-
fully and wonderfully made, maruei-
lous are thy works : and that my soule
knoweth fright well. t Hebr.
15 My || substance was not hid from greatly.
1 Or,
thee, when I was made in secret : and OOay.
strength
Ft/i/f»
or
curiously wrought in the lowest parts
of the earth.
16 Thine eyes did see my substance
yet being vnperfect, and in thy booke
tall my members were written, \\which \Heb.all
in continuance were fashioned : when ofI Or, them.
what
as yet there was none of them. fay&jt
should be
17 * Howe precious also are thy fashioned.
thoughts vnto me, O God : how great *Psal.40,6.
is the summe of them ?
18 If I should count them, they are
moe in number then the sand : when I
awake, I am still with thee.
19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked,
O God : depart from me therefore , ye
bloody men.
20 For they speake against thee wic-
kedly : and thine enemies take thy name
in vaine.
#1 Doe not I hate them, O LORD,
that hate thee ? and am not I grieued
with those that rise vp against thee ?
22 I hate them witn perfect hatred ;
I count them mine enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and knowe
my heart : trie mee , and knowe my
thoughts ;
24 And see if there bee any twicked ofpaitne*
t Heb. way
or
way in me : and leade me in the way e- enefe.
uerlasting.
PSAL. CXL.
1 Dauid pray eth to be deliuered from Saul and
Doeg. 8 Heprayeth against them. 12 Hee
comforteth himselfe by confidence in God.
If To the chiefe Musician, A Psalme
of Dauid.
"Rlinpy me, O LORD,
D ^rom ^6 emH. man : pre-
serue mefromthe t violent t Heb. man
man. ..
2 Which imagine mis-
of violences.
chietes in their heart : continually are
they gathered togetherjfor warre.
3 * They haue sharpned their tongues * Rom. s. 14
like a serpent : adders poison is vnder psal. 58. 5.
their lips. Selah.
4 Keepe me, O LORD, from the
hands of the wicked, preserue me from
the violent man: who haue purposed to
ouerthrow my goings*
5 The
*21
Prayers againft Pfalmes. the wicked.
5 The proude haue hid a snare for 7 Our bones are scattered at the
me and cords, they haue spread a net by rraues mouth : as when one cutteth
he way side : they haue set grinnes for and cleaueth wood vpon the earth.
me. Selah. 8 But mine eyes are vnto thee, O
6 I said vnto the LORD, Thou GOD the Lord : in thee is my trust,
art my God : heare the voyce of my sup- •leaue not my soule destitute. H eb. make
wt my souls
Jieations, O LORD, 9 Keepe mee from the snare which tare.
7 O GOD the Lord, the strength they haue laide for me, and the grinnes
of my saluation : thou hast couered my of the workers of iniquitie.
lead in the day of battell. 10 Let the wicked fall into their
8 Grant not, O LORD, the de- owne nets : whilest that I withal t es- HeU€T»br. passe
sires of the wicked : further not his wic- cape
R Or, let ced deuice, \\lest they exalt themselues.
them not be
exalted. Selah, P S A L . CXLII.
9 As for the head of those that com- )auid sheweth that in his trouble, all his com-
)asse me about : let the mischiefe of their fort was in prayer vnto God.
owne lips couer them f ||Maschil of Dauid; A prayer Or, A
10 Let burning coales fall vpon when he was in the caue. Psalme of
Dauid gi
them, let them be cast into the fire : into
Cried vnto the L O R D uing instru-

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deepe pits, that they rise not vp againe. with my voice : with my
tion.
\Heb.aman 11 Let not an teuill speaker bee esta-
of tongue: or, voice vnto the LORD did
an euill spea- blished in the earth : euill shall hunt the I make my supplication.
ker, a wicked violent man to ouerthrow him.
man ofvio-
ence be esta- 12 I know that the L O R D will
Q I powred out my
blished in the complaint before him ; I shewed before
earth : let maintaine the cause of the afflicted - and 11 TYY imv
Hill 11IV firm riip
LIC/UUIC.
him be hun- the right of the poore.
ted to his 3 When my spirit was ouerwhel-
onerthrow. 13 Surely the righteous shall giue med within mee, then thou knewest my
thankes vnto thy Name: the vpright )ath : in the way wherein I walked,
shall dwell in thy presence. laue they priuily laid a snare for me.
4 || I looked on my right hand, and O r, Locke
P S A L . CXLI. on the right
)eheld, but there was no man that would hand, and
1 Dauid prayeth that his suit may bee accep- mow me, refuge t failed me : t no manee.
table, 3 his conscience sincere, 7 and his cared for my soule. Hebr. pe-
rishedfrom
life safe from snares. 5 I cried vnto thee, O LORD, I r* jhfno me.
said, Thou art my refuge, and my porti- man sought
11 A Psalm e of Dauid. after my
on in the land of the liuing. soule.
O R D , I crie vnto 6 Attend vnto my crie, for I am

L
thee, make haste vnto brought very low, deliuer mee from
mee • giue eare vnto my persecutes ; for they are stronger
m
y v°iceJ when I crie then I.
nto thee. 7 Bring my soule out of prison, that
2 Let my prayer I may praise thy Name : the righteous
t Hebr. di- bee t set foorth before shall compasse me about : for thou shalt
rected.
thee as incense : and the lifting vp of my deale bountifully with me.
hands as the Euening sacrifice.
3 Set a watch (O L O R D ) before P S A L . CXLIIL
my mouth : keepe the doore of my lips.
1 Dauid prayeth for fauour in Judgment. 3 He
4 Incline not my heart to any euil complaineth of his griefes. ,5 He strength-
thing, to practise wicked workes with neth his faith by meditation and prayer. 7
men that worke iniquitie ^ and let mee Hee prayeth for grace, 9 for deliuerance
not eate of their dainties. 10 for sanctification, 12 for destructi on o
his enemies.
il Or, let the 5 || Let the righteous smite mee, it
righteous
smite mee shalbe a kindnesse : and let him reprooue 1F A Psalme of Dauid.
kindly * and me, it shalbe an excellent oile, which sh al Eare my prayer , C
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let not their not breake my head : for yet my prayer L o R D , giue eare to
precious oile also shalbe in their calamities.
breake my | my supplications : in thy
head, <Jc. 6 When their Judges are ouer- faithfulnesse answere me
throwen in stonie places, they sh al tma in tny rignteousnes.
v j r» 1
heare my words, tor they are sweet. 2 And enter not into
iudge
Mans life Pfalrnes.
* Exod. 34. judgement with thy seruant : for in *thy
7. rom. 3. 20
galat. 2, 16. sight shall no man Hiring be iustified.
3 For the enemie hath persecutec
my soule, he hath smitten my life downe
to the ground : hee hath made mee to
dwell in darkenesse, as those that haue
bene long dead.
4 Therefore is my spirit ouerw hel-
med within me : my heart within me is
desolate.
5 I remember the dayes of old, 1
meditate on all thy workes : I muse on
the worke of thy hands.
6 I stretch forth my hands vnto
thee : my soule thirsteth after thee, as a
thirstie land, Selah.
7 Heare me speedily, O LORD,
my spirit faileth, hide not thy face from
1 Or, for I mee : ||lest I be like vnto them that goe
am become downe into the pit.
like. fyc.
8 Cause mee to heare thy louing
kindnesse in the morning, for in thee doe
I trust, cause mee to knowe the way
wherein I should walke : for I lift vp
my soule vnto thee.
9 Deliuer mee, O L O R D , from
t Heb. hid mine enemies : 1 1flievnto thee to hide
me with me.
thee.
10 Teach me to doe thy will, for thou
art my God , thy spirit is good : leade me
into the land of vprightnesse.
11 Quicken me, O LORD, for thy
names sake : for thy righteousnesse sake
bring my soule out of trouble.
12 And of thy mercy cut off mine ene-
mies, and destroy all them that afflict
my soule : for I am thy seruant.
PSAL. CXLIIII.
1 Dauid blesseth God for his mercie both to
him and to man. 5 Hee prayeth that God
would powerfully deliuer mm from his ene-
mies. 9 He proniiseth to praise God. 1 1 Hee 1 goodnes,
prayeth for the happy state of the kingdome.
f A Psalme of Dauid.
Lessed be the L O R D my
B I
t Hebr. my t strength , which teacheth
Toclce.
t Heb. to the my hands to warre, and
warre^ fyc. my fingers to fight.
* 2. Sam. 22 2 *||My goodnes and
2 0 JPr ns
and 49. ver- my fortresse , my high tower and my
. O. Ot OO.
ses. deliuerer, my shield, and he in whome
I) f)
mercie.. I trust : who subdueth my people vn-
der me.
*Iobi*. 17. 3 * LORD,, what is rnftft, that thou
psalfft 5.
heb.2. 6. takest knowledge of him ? or the sonne
of inan> that thou makest account of
trim ?
is but vanitie
4 dhfdsjfksjfkjkfklsdjfklsjdfkjsk;jfkdfk;
*Man is like to da y e * PsaL39,
iob 14. 2.
are as a shadow that passe th away.
5 Bow thy heauens, O L O R D
and come downe : touch the moun
taines, and they shall smoke.
6 * Cast forth lightning, and scatte * Psal. is.
them: shoote out thine arrowes, anc 13, 14.
destroy them.
7 Send thine thand from aboue t Heb, hand
rid me, and deliuer me out of great wa-
ters : from the hand of strange children
8 Whose rnouth speaketh van itie
and their right hand is a right hand o
falshood.
9 I will sing a new song vnto thee
O God : vpon a psalterie, and an instru
ment of ten strings will I sing prais e
vnto thee.
10 It is he that giueth ||saluation vnto 1 Or, victory
kings : who deliuereth Dauid his ser-
uant from the hurtful! sword.
11 Rid me, and deliuer me from the
band of strange children, whose mouth
speaketh vanitie : and their right ham
is a right hand of falshood.
12 That our sonnes may be as plants
yrowen vp in their youth; that our
daughters maybe as corner stones, tpo- H eb. cut.
ished after the similitude of a palace :
18 That our garners may bee full,
affoording tall maher of store; that our H eb. from
sheepe may bring forth thousands, and ind to kind.
tenne thousands in our streetes.
14 That our oxen may be t strong to He b. able
> bectre bur-
abour, that there be no breaking in, nor ens, or loa-
£oing out; that there be no complaining esb.witb
den
n our streetes.
15 * Happy is that people that is in Psal. 33. 12
such a case :«//?«, happy is that people, nd 65. 4.
whose God is the LORD.
P S A L. CXLV,
Dauid praiseth God for his fame, 8 For his
11 For his kingdome, 14 For his
prouidence, 1 7 For his sailing mercie.
H Dauids Psalme of praise.
Will extoll thee, my God, O
Ving : anci i win Diesse tny
ame for euer and euer.
% Euery day wil I blesse
;hee : and I will praise thy Name for
euer and euer.
3 Great is the LORD, and greatly
to be praised : tand his greatnes is vn- Heb. and
searchable. fhisgreat-
ffsse theite
4 One generation shall praise thy no search.
works to another, and shal declare thy
mightie actes.
5 I will speake of the glorious ho-
nour
Gods goodnefle, Pfalmes.
nour of thy maiestie: and of thy won-
Iff eh. things lerous tworkes.
or words.
6 And men shall speake of the might
t Heb. de- of thy terrible acts : and I wil t declare
clare it.
thy greatnesse.
7 They shall abundantly vtter the
memory of thy great goodnesse : and
shall sing of thy righteousnesse.
* Exod. 34. 8 * The L O R D is gracious and
6, 7. num.
14. 18. psal. iill of compassion : slow to anger, and
and 103. 8. •of great mercy.
86. 5, 15.
t Heb. great 9 The L O R D is good to all : and
in mercie. lis tender mercies are ouer all his
workes,
10 All thy workes shall praise thee,
O L O R D : and thy Saints shal blesse
thee.
11 They shall speake of the glory of
thy kihgdome : and talke of thy power.
12 To make knowen to the sonnes
of men his mightie actes : and the glori-
ous Maiestie of his kingdome.
Heir, a 13 Thy kingdome is tan euerlasting
tingdome
of all ages. dngdome : and thy dominion endureth
throughout all generations.
14 The L O R D vpholdeth all that
all : and raiseth vp all those that bee
sowed downe.
I Or, looke 15 The eyes of all ||waite vpon thee:
vnto thee.
and thou giuest them their meat in due
season.
16 Thou openest thine hand : anc
satisfiest the desire of euery liuing thing.
17 The L O R D is righteous in al
li Or, tnerci- bis wayes : and ||holy in all his works.
fulltOrboun-
tifull. 18 The L O R D is nigh vnto al
them that call vpon him : to all that cal
vpon him in trueth.
19 Hee will fulfill the desire of them
that feare him : he also will heare their
cry, and will saue them.
20 The L O R D preserueth all them
that loue him : but all the wicked wil
he destroy.
21 My mouth shall speake the praise
of the L O R D : and let all flesh blesse
his holy Name for euer and euer.
P S A L . CXLVL
1 The Psalmist voweth perpetuall praises to
God. 3 Hee exhorteth not to trust in man.
5 God for his power, Justice, mercy and king-
dome, is onely worthy to be trusted.
t Heb. HaU t Raise yee the L O R D :
P
leluiah. prayse the L O R D , O
my soule.
2 While I Hue, will
I praise the L O R D : I
will sing praise4? vhto my
and trueth.
iod, while I haue any being.
3 *Put not your trust in Princes: *Psal. lie.
or in the sonne of man, in whom there is 8,9.
0 ||hetpe. iOr, salua-
tton.
4? His breath goeth foorth, he retur-
icth to his earth : in that very day his
Noughts perish.
5 Happy is he that hath the God of
'acob for his helper whose hope is in
he LORD his God:
6 Which made heauen and earth, the
Sea, and all that therein is : which kee-
>eth trueth for euer:
7 Which executeth iudgement for
the oppressed, which giueth food to the
hungry : the L O R D looseth the priso-
ners.
8 The L O R D openeth the eyes
of the blinde, the LORD raiseth them
ihat are bowed downe : the LORD
oueth the righteous.
9 The L O R D preserueth the stran-
gers, he relieueth the fatherlesse and wi-
dow : but the way of the wicked he tur-
neth vpside downe.
10 * The L O R D shall reigrie for e- * Exod. 13.
uer, euen thy God, O Zion, vnto all ge- 18.
nerations : Praise ye the LORD.
P S A L . CXLVII.
1 The Prophet exhorteth to praise God, for his
care of the Church: 4 nis power, 6 anc
his mercy; 7 To praise him for his proui-
derice: 12 To .praise him for his blessings
vpon the kingdome: 15 for his power ouer
the Meteors: 19 and for his ordinances
in the Church.
Raise ye the L O R D : for
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it is good to sing praises vn-
to our God : for it is plea-
sant, and praise is comely.
2 The L O R D doeth
build vp Jerusalem : he gathereth to-
gether the out-casts of Israel.
3 Hee healeth the broken in heart:
and bindeth vp their t wounds. t Heb grief
4 He telleth the number of the stars:
he calleth them all by their names.
5 Great is our Lord, and of ^reat
power : this vnderstanding is infinite. \Heb.tfhii
vnderstan-
6 The L O R D lifteth vp the meeke: ding there is
hee- casteth the wicked downe to the nurnber.no
ground.
7 Sing vnto the L O R D wit
thankesgiuing : sing prayse vpon the
harpe vnto our God:
8 Who couereth the heauen wit
cloudes, who prepareth raine for the
earth:
Gods great power: 'P&kbes.
earth : who maketh grasse to growe
vpon the mountaines.
* lob 39. 3. 9 *He giueth to the beast his foode :
psal. 104. and to the yong rauens which crie.
27. 39.
10 Hee delighteth not in the strength
of the horse : he taketh not pleasure in
the legs of a man.
11 The LORD taketh pleasure in
them that feare him : in those that hope
in his mercie.
12 Praise the L O R D , O lerusalem :
praise thy God, O Zion.
13 For hee hath strengthened the
barres of thy gates : hee hath blessed
thy children within thee.
t Heb. who
maketh thy 14< t He maketh peace in thy borders:
border peace and filleth thee with the t finest of the
t Heb. fat
qfwheate. wheate.
15 He sendeth forth his commande-
ment vpon earth • his word runneth
very swiftly.
16 He giueth snow like wooll : he scat-
tereth the hoare frost like ashes.
17 He casteth forth his yce like mor-
sels : who can stand before his cold ?
18 He sendeth out his word, and mel-
teth them : he causeth his wind to blow,
His praife.
ye dragons and all deepes.
8 Fire and haile, snow and vapour :
stormie wind fulfilling his word.
9 Mountaines and all hilles ; fruit-
full trees, and all cedars.
10 Beastes and all cattell : creeping
things, and tflying foule. tHed. birds
11 Kings of the earth, and all people : ofwing.
Princes, and all ludges of the earth.
12 Both young men and maidens :
olde men and children.
* 13 Let them praise the Name of the
LORD, for his Name alone is t excel- t Heb. exal-
lent : his glory is aboue the earth and ted.
heauen.
14 Hee also exalteth the home of his
people, the praise of all his Saints ; euen
of the children of Israel, a people neere
vnto him. Praise ye the LORD.
P S A L . CXLIX.
1 The Prophet exhorteth to praise God for his
loue to the Church, 5 and for that power,
which hee hath giuen to the Church to rule
the consciences of men.
t Raise yee the L O R D : leluiah.
t Heb. Hal-

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and the waters flow. Sing vnto the LORD a
t Heb. his
words*
19 He sheweth t his word vnto la- new song: and his prayse
cob : his statutes and his iudgements int the Congregation of
vnto Israel. Saints.
• £0 He hath not dealt so with any na- # Let Israel reioyce in him that
tion : and as for his iudgements , they made him : let the children of Zion bee
haue not knowen them. Praise yee the ioyfull in their King.
LORD. 3 Let them praise his Name ||in the II Or, with
dance : let them sing praises vnto him the pipe.
P S A L, CXLVIII. with the timbrell and harpe.
4? For the LORD taketh pleasure
1 The Psalmist exhorteth the celestiall, 7 The in his people : hee will beautifie the
terrestrial!, 11 And the rationall creatures
to praise God. meeke with saluation.
5 Let the Saints be ioyfull in glo-
t Heb. Hal. " Raise yee the L O R D . ry: let them sing aioude vpon their

P
eluiah.
Praise ye the L O R D from beddes.
the heauens: Praise him in 6 Let the high praises of God be tin t Heb. in
he heights. their mouth : and a two edged sword in their throat.
& Praise yee him all his Angels : their hand :
praise ye him all his hosts. 7 To execute vengeance vpon the
3 Praise ye him Sunne and Moone : heathen : and punishments vpon the
3raise him all ye starres of light. , people.
4 Praise him ye heauens of hea- 8 To binde their Kings with
uens : and ye waters that be aboue the chaines : and their Nobles with fetters
ieauens. of yron.
5 Let them praise the Name of the 9 * To execute vpon them the Judge- *Deut. 7.1.
L O R D : for he commanded, and they ment written : This honour haue all his
were created. Saints. Praise ye the LORD.
6 Hee hath also stablished them for
euer and euer : he hath made a decree P S A L . CL.
which shall not passe. 1 An exhortation to praise God, 3 with all kind
7 Praise the LORD from the earth : of instruments.
Praise
The feare of God. Prouerbes. Sinners intifings.
tHofttfu. t Raise ye the LORD. Psalterie and Harpe.
iak.

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Praise God in his San-
ctuarie : Praise him in
the firmament of his
power.
2 Praise him for his
mightie actes : Praise him according to
his excellent greatnesse.
3 Praise 1lim with the sound of the
\\ Or, Cornet. || Trumpet : Prayse him with the
4 Praise him with the timbrell and
|| dance : praise him with stringed in- i Or, Pipe.
struments, and Organes.
5 Praise him vpon the loud cym-
bals : praise him vpon the high soun-
ding cymbals.
6 Let euery thing that hath breath,
praise the LORD. Praise yee the
LORD.

THE PROVERBES.
CHAP. i.
1 The vse of the Prouerbes. 7 Ah exhorta-
tion to feare God and beleeue his word. 10
To auoyd the intisings of sinners. 20 Wis-
dome complaineth of her contempt. 24-
She threatneth her contemners.
HE Prouerbes
10 IF My sonne, if sinners entise thee,
consent thou not.
11 If they say, Come with vs, let vs
lay wait for blood , let vs lurke priuily
for the innocent without cause :
12 Let vs swallow them vp aliue,
as the graue, and whole, as those that
goe downe into the pit :
1 • v .

T
fhgdgjdljfgfdjgl;jh ID Wee shall nnde all precious sub-
sonne of Dauid, stance, wee shall fill our houses with
King of Israel, spoile :
2 To knowe 14 Cast in thy lot among vs, let vs
wisedome and in- all haue one purse :
struction, to per- 15 My sonne, walke not thou in the
ceiue the words of way with them ; refraine thy foot from
hgjkhgljkdjkgkfl their path :
3 To receiue the instruction of wis- 16 * For their feete runne to euil, and * Isa. 59. 7.
rom. 3. 15.
tHebr. equi- dome, iustice, and iudgement & t equitie, make haste to shed blood.
ties. 4 To giue subtil tie to the simple, to 17 Surely in vaine the net is spread
II Or, ttduise- the yong man knowledge and || discre- t in the sight of any bird. t Hebr. in
the eves of
went* tion. 18 And they lay wait for their ozone euery thing
that hath a
Wood 5 they lurke priuily for their owne wing.
5 A wise man wil heare, and wil in-
crease learning : and a man of vnder- Hues.
standing shall attaine vnto wise coun- 19 So are the waies of euery one that
sels : is greedie of gaine : which taketh awfcy
6 To vnderstand a prouerbe, and the life of the owners thereof.
It Or, an elo- || the interpretation ; the wordes of the 20 IT t Wisedome crieth without, she \Hebr,wise-\
qucntspeach. wise, and their darke sayings. * vttereth her voice in the streets : domes, that
is, excellent
* lob 28. 28. 7 IT* The feare of the L O R D is 21 Shee crieth in the chiefe place of wisedome*
psal. ill.
10. prou. 9. ||the beginning of knowledge : but fooles
concourse, in the openings of th^gates : *Prou. 8. 1.
10. despise wisedome and instruction. in the- city she vttereth her words, saying^
II Or, the 8 My sonne , heare the instruction 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye
yrincipaM
wrt* of thy father, and forsake not the law of loue simplicitie ? and the scorners de-
thy mother. light in their scorning, and fooles hate
t Hebr. an 9 For they shall be t an ornament of knowledge ?
adding. 23 Turne you at my reproofe : be-
grace vnto thy head, and chaines about
thy necke. hold, I will powre out my spirit vnto
you,
Reward ok fooles. Chap.ij.iij.
you, I will make knowen my wordes
vnto you.
*Isa.65.12. 24 11* Because I haue called, and
and 66. 4.
ier. 7. 13. yee refused , I haue stretched out my
ezech. 8. 18 hand, and no man regarded :
25 But ye haue set at nought all my
counsell, & would none of my reproofe:
26 I also will laugh at your calami-
tie , I wil mocke when your feare com-
meth.
11
lob. 27. 27 * When your feare commeth as
9. isa. 1. 15.
ier. 11. 11. desolation , and your destruction com-
& 14. 12. meth as a whirlewinde ; when distresse
and anguish commeth vpon you :
*Micah.3,4 28 * Then shall they call vpon mee,
but I will not answere ; they shall seeke
me early, but they shall not finde me :
29 For that they hated knowledge,
and did not choose the feare of the
LORD.
30 They would none of my counsel :
they despised all my reproofe.
31 Therefore shall they eate of the
fruite of their owne way, and be filled
with their owne deuices.
II Or^ease f 32 For the || turning away of the sim-
of the simple
ple shall slay them, and the prosperity of
fooles shall destroy them.
33 But who so hearkneth vnto mee,
shall dwell safely , and shall be quiet
from feare of euill.
C H A P . II.
1 Wisedome promiseth godlinesse to her chil-
dren, 10 and safety from euill company,
20 and direction in good wayes.
Y sonne, if thou wilt re-
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ceiue my words, and hide
ni
y commaundements
fhgjfglkjgklf
2 So that thou incline
thine eare vnto wise-
dome, and apply thine heart to vnder-
standing ;
3 Yea if thou cryest after knowledge, 1 An exhortation to obedience, 5 to faith, 7
Heb.ghtest and tliftest vp thy voyce for vnderstan-
thy voice. mugdin0* •.
4 * If thou seekest her as siluer, and
• Mat. 13.
44. searchest for her, asjftr hid treasures :
5 Then shalt thou vnderstand the
feare of the L O R D , and find the
knowledge of God.
* lam. 1. 5. 6 *For the L O R D giueth wise-
. king. 3. 0.dome : out of his mouth commeth know-
ledge, and vnderstanding.
7 He layeth vp sound wisedome for
the righteous \ lie is a buckler to them and t long life, and peace shall they adde ofltfe.\Heky eere*
that walke vprightly.
Wifedomes fruits.
8 He keepeth the pathes of Judge-
ment , and preserueth the way of his
Saints.
9 Then shalt thou vnderstand
righteousnesse, and iudgement, and e-
quity ; yea euery good path.
10 IF When wisedome entreth into
thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant
vnto thy soule ;
11 Discretion shall preserue thee, vn-
derstanding shall keepe thee :
12 To deliuer thee from the way of
the euill man, from the man that spea-
keth froward things.
13 Who leaue the pathes of vpright-
nesse, to walke in the wayes of darke-
nesse :
14 Who reioyce to doe euill, and de-
light in the frowardnesse of the wic-
ked.
15 Whosfc wayes are crooked , and
they froward in their pathes.
16 To deliuer thee from the strange
woman, *euen from the stranger, which and* Prou. 5. 3,
7* $•
flattereth. with her words :
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her
youth, and forgetteth the couenant of
her God.
18 For her house inclineth vnto
death, and her pathes vnto the dead :
19 None that goe vnto her, returne
againe, neither take they hold of the
pathes of life.
20 That thou mayest walke in the
way of good men, and keepe the pathes
of the righteous.
21 * For the vpright shall dwell in 30.
* Psal. 37
the land, and the perfect shall remaine
in it.
* lob. 18.
22 * But the wicked shall be cut off 17.
psal.
from the earth, and the transgressours 104. 35.
shalbe || rooted out of it. II Or, pluckt
vp.
C H A P . III.
to mortification, 9 to deuotion, 1 1 to pati-
ence. 13 The happy gaine of wisedome. 1 9
The power, 21 and the benefits of wisedome.
27 An exhortation to charitablenesse, 30
peaceablenesse, 31 and contentednesse. 33
The cursed state of the wicked.
Y sonne , forget not my
M
^awe ' *kut ^et thine heart &* Deut. 8. i .
30. 16.
keePe mv commaunde-
ments:
2 For length of dayes,
nfli/a
to thee.
3 Let
Wifdomes praife. Prouerbes.
3 Let not mercy and trueth forsake
* Exod. 13. thee : *bind them about thy necke, write
9. deut. 6. 8.
them vpon the table of thine heart.
*Psal. ill.
10.
4 * So shalt thou find fauour , and
1 0r, good || good vnderstanding in the sight of
successe. God, and man.
5 f Trust in the LORD with all
thine heart ; and leane not vnto thine
owne vnderstanding.
* i. Chron. 6 * In all thy wayes acknowledge
38. 9.
him, and he shall direct thy pathes.
* Rom. 12. 7 f *Be not wise in thine owne
16*
eyes : feare the LORD, and depart
from euill.
tHebr. me-
dicine.
8 It shalbe t health to thy nauill,
t Hebr. wa- and t marrow to thy bones.
tring) or
tnoystning.
9 * Honour the L O R D with thy
* Exod, 23. substance, and with the first fruits of all
19. and 34. thine increase.
36. deut.
26. 2. &C. 10 *So shall thy barnes be filled
mala. 3. 10.
£c. luke with plenty, and thy presses shall burst
* npnf on out with new wine.
14. 13.
JJCUt. *O.
8. 1 1 If * My sonne, despise not the cha-
* lob fi. 17. stening of the LORD : neither be wea-
liebr. 12. 6.
apoc. 3. 19. ry of his correction.
12 For whom the LORD loueth,
he correcteth, euen as a father the sonne,
in whom he delighteth.
13 IT Happy is the man that findeth
tHebr. ike wisedome , and t the man that getteth
man that
draweth out vnderstanding.
vnderstan.
amg.
Jl~.tr 14 *For the merchandise of it is bet-
* lob 28. ter then the merchandise of siluer, and
15. &c. psal. the gaine thereof, then fine gold.
19. 10. pro.
8. vers. 11. 15 She is more precious then Ru-
and 19. and
16. 16. bies : and all the things thou canst de-
sire, are not to be compared vnto her.
16 Length of dayes is in her right
hand : and in her left hand, riches and
honour.
17 Her wayes are wayes of plesant-
nesse : and all her pathes are peace.
18 She is a tree of life, to them that
lay hold vpon her : and happy is euery
one that retaineth her,
19 The L O R D by wisedome hath
founded the earth; by vnderstanding
!l Or, prepa- hath he || established the heauens.
red
20 By his knowledge the depthes
are broken vp ; and the cloudes droppe
downe the dew.
21 11 My sonne, let not them depart
from thine eyes : keepe sound wisedome
and discretion.
22 So shall they bee life vnto thy
soule, and grace to thy necke.
* Psal. 37. 23 *Then shalt thou walke in thy
24. and 91.
11. way safely, & thy foot shall not stumble.
24« When thou lyest downe, thou
Dauids care.
shalt not be afraide : yea, thou shalt lye
downe, and thy sleepe shalbe sweet.
25 Be not afraid of sudden feare, nei-
ther of the desolation of the wicked,
when it commeth.
26 For the L O R D shalbe thy con-
fidence, and shall keepe thyfoote from
being taken.
27 1F Withhold not good from them
tto whom it is due, when it is in the iownersHebr. the
ther»
power of thine hand to doe it, of.
28 Say not vnto thy neighbour,
Goe, and come againe, and to morrow
I will giue, when thou hast it by thee.
29 ||Deuise not euil against thy neigh- fl Or, pro*
bour , seeing hee dwelleth securely by ctise no euill.
thee.
80 1F Striue not with a man with-
out cause , if hee haue done thee no
harme,
31 f * Enuie thou not t the oppres- * Psal. 37. 1.
t Hebr. a
sour, and choose none of his wayes.
man of vio-
32 For the froward is abomination lence.
to the L O R D : *but his secret is with .*Psal. 25.
_
13.
the righteous.
33 f *The curse of the LORD is in * Mala. 2. 2.
the house of the wicked : but he blesseth
the habitation of the iust.
34 * Surely he scorneth the scorners : * lam. 4. 6.
1. pet. b. 6,
but he giuetn grace vnto the lowly.
35 The wise shall inherite glory, but
shame t shalbe the promotion of fooles. Mlebr.ex-
alteth the
fooles.
C H A P . IIII.
1 Solomon, to perswade obedience, 3 shew-
eth what instruction hee had of his parents,
5 to study wisdom e, 14 and to shun the
path of tne wicked. 20 Hee exhorteth to
faith, 23 and sanctification.
Eare, ye children, the in-
H struction of a father, and
attend to know vnder-
standing.
g For I giue you good
doctrine : forsake you not my law,
3 For I was my fathers sonne,
* tender and onely beloued in the sight of 29.
* i Chron.
!•
my mother,
4 *He taught me also, and said vnto Chron.•i.
me, Let thine heart reteine my wordes : 28. 9.
keepe my. commandements, and Hue.
5 Get wisedome, get vnderstanding :
forget it not , neither decline from the
wordes of my mouth.
6 Forsake her not, and she shall pre-
serue thee : loue her, and she shall keepe
thee.
7 Wisedome is the principall thing,
there-
 Keepe the heart. Chap.v. Flee whoredoine.
therefore get wisedome: and with all thy and not 15 He exhorteth to contentednes,
getting, get vnderstanding. liberalitie^ and chastitie. 22 The wicked are
8 Exalt her, and shee shall promote ouertaken with their owne shines.
thee : shee shall bring thee to honour, Y sonne, attend vnto my

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when thou doest imbrace her wisedome, and bo we thine
* Chap. l. 9 * She shall giue to thine head an eare to my vnderstanding.
II Or, shee ornament of grace, ||a crowne of glory 2 That thou mayest
shall com-
passe thee shall she deliuer to thee. regard discretion, and that
with a 10 Heare, O my sonne, and receiue thy lips may keepe knowledge.
crowne qf
glory. my sayings : and the yeeres of thy life 3 f *For the lips of a strange woman * Chap. 2.
16. and 6,
shalbe many. drop as an hony combe, and her tmouth 24.
11 I haue taught thee in the way o1 is smoother then oyle. \Heb.palate
wisedome : I haue lead thee in right 4 But her end is bitter as worme-
pathes. wood, sharpe as a two edged sword.
12 When thou goest, thy steps shall 5 *Her feete goe downe to death: * Chap. 7-
* PsaL 91. not be straitned, *and when thou run- 27.
tier steps take hold on hell.
11. nest, thou shalt not stumble. 6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the
13 Take fast hold of instruction, let sath of life, her wayes are moueable,
her not goe; keepe her, for she is thy life.
that thou canst not know them.
I * Chap. 1.
10, 15.
14 IF * Enter not into the path of the 7 Heare me now therefore, O yee
psal. 1.1. wicked, and goe not in the way of euill children : & depart not from the words
men. of my mouth,
15 Auoid it, passe not by it, turne 8 Remoue thy way farre from her,
rom it, and passe away. and come not me the doore of her house:
16 For they sleepe not except they 9 Lest thou giue thine honour vnto
laue done mischiefe: and their sleepe is others, and thy yeeres vnto the cruell:
aken away vnlesse they cause some to 10 Lest strangers be filled with tthy t Hebr. thy
strength.
fall. wealth, and thy labors be in the house
17 For they eate the bread of wicked- of a stranger,
nesse, and drinke the wine of violence. 11 And thou mourne at the last, when
18 But the path of the iust is as the thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
shining light that shineth more and 12 And say, How haue I hated in-
more vnto the perfect day. struction, and my heart despised re-
19 The way of the wicked is as )roofe ?
larknes : they know not at what they 13 And haue not obeyed the voyce of
stumble. my teachers, nor inclined mine eare to
20 1T My sonne, attend to my words, them that instructed me ?
incline thine eare vnto my sayings. 14 I was almost in all euill, in the
21 Let them not depart from thine midst of the congregation & assembly.
eyes : keepe them in the midst of thine 15 H Drinke waters out of thine
leart. owne cisterne, and running waters
22 For they are life vnto those that out of thine owne well.
t Heb. me" ind them, and t health to all their flesh. 16 Let thy fountaines bee dispersed
dicine.
t Heb. above 23 f Keepe thy heart twith all dili- abroad, and riuers of waters in the
all keeping. gence : for out of it are the issues of life. streets.
t Heb.fro- 24 Put away from thee t a froward 17 Let them be onely thine owne,
wardnesse mouth, and peruerse lips put farre from and not strangers with thee.
of mouth
andperuers- lee. 18 Let thy fountaine be blessed : and
ties of lips.
25 Let thine eyes looke right on, and reioyce with the wife of thy youth.
let thine eye lids looke straight before 19 Let her bee as the louing Hinde and
lee, )leasant Roe, let her breasts tsatisfie t Heb. water
^Or^allffiy 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, ||and hee at all times, and be thou trauisht hee. Heb. erre
wayes sham
ordered et all thy wayes be established. alwayes with her loue. houalwayes
n her loue.
arighf. 20 And why wilt thou, my sonne,
* Deut, 5.32 27 * Turne not to the right hande
nor to the left: remoue thy foot fro euil. >e rauisht with a strange woman, and
imbrace the bosome of a stranger ?
C H A P . V. 21 *For the wayes of man are before * lob 31. 4.
1 Solomon exhorteth to the studie of wisedome. the eyes of the LORD, and he ponde- and 34.21.
chap. 15. 3.
3 He sheweth the mischiefe of whoredome reth all his goings. icr. l«. 17.
and 32. 19.
22 f His
*21 3
Of furetiflbip. Prouerbes.
22 f His owne iniquities shall take
ada
le wicked himselfe, and he shall be hoi- and hands that shed innocent blood : aughtie
en with the coards of his tsinnes.
WIeb.$inne. hgg 18 An heart that deuiseth wicked
23 He shall die without instruction, imaginations, *feet that be swift in run-
nd in the greatnesse of his folly he shal ning to mischiefe :
fyh
oe astray.
sdg 19 A false witnesse that speaketh lies;
C H A P. VI.
sfAgainst suretiship, 6 Idlenesse, 12 And mis-
chieuousnesse. 16 Seuen things hatefull to
God. 20 The blessings of obedience. 25
The mischiefes of whoredome.
Y sonne, if thou bee
M
Surety for thy friend, if
thou hast srcken thy
hand with a stranger,
2 Thou art snarec
with the words of 'thy
mouth, thou art taken
with the wordes of thy mouth.
3 Doe this now, my sonne, and de-
sfiuer thy selfe, when thou art come into
he hand of thy friend : goe, humble thy
Or, so shalt dfelfe, and ||make sure thy friend.
ihoupre-
uatte with 4 Giue not sleepe to thine eyes, nor
thyfriend. slumber to thine eyelids.
5 Deliuer thy selfe as a Roe from
the hand ofthehunter, and as a bird from
the hand of the fowler.
6 f Goe to the Ant, thou sluggard.
consider her wayes, and be wise.
7 Which hauing no guide, ouerseer,
or ruler,
8 Prouideth her meat in the Sum-
mer, and gathereth her food in the har-
uest.
* Cha. 13.4 9 *How long wilt thou sleepe, C
SJld 20. 4.
and 24. 33. sluggard ? when wilt thou arise out o
thy sleepe ?
10 Yet a little sleepe, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to sleepe.
11 So shall thy pouertie. come as
one that trauaileth, and thy want as
an armed man.
12 IT A naughtie person , a wickec
man walketh with a froward mouth.
13 He winketh with his eyes, he spea-
keth with his feete , hee teacheth wit
his fingers.
14 Frowardnesse is in his heart, he
t Heb. ca- deuiseth mischiefe continually, he t sow-
steihforth.
eth discord.
15 Therefore shall his calamitie come
suddenly; suddenly shall hee be broken
without remedie.
16 f These sixe things doeth the
t Heb. ofh LORD hate; yea seuen are an abomi-
scute. nation tvnto him .
Adulterie.
17 t A proude looke, a lying tongue, Hebr.
yes.
dfd
Rom. 3.
and him that soweth discord among bre-
thren.
20 IT * My sonne, keepe thy fathers ff Chap. 1. 8.
commandement , and forsake not the
law of thy mother.
21 Binde them continually vpon
thine heart, and tie them about thy
necke.
22 When thou goest , it shall leade
thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keepe
thee ; and when thou awakest, it shall
talke with thee.
23 *For the Commandement is a Psal. 19,9.
||lampe, and the Lawe is light : and fci Or, 119. 106.
candle.
reproofes of instruction are the way oi
life:
24 * To keepe thee from the euill and * Cha. 2. 16.
5. 3.
woman, from the flatterie ||of the and 7. 5.
tongue of a strange woman. Or, of the
strange
25 *Lust not after her beautie in ongue.
thine heart ; neither let her take thee * Mat. 5. 28.
with her eyelids.
26 For by meanes of a whorish wo-
man^ manisbrought toapiece of bread:
and the t adulteresse will hunt for the t Heb. trie
woman of a
precious life. man, or a
27 Can a man take fire in his bo- mans wife.
some, and his clothes not be burnt ?
28 Can one goe vpon hote coales
and his feete not be burnt ?
29 So he that goeth in to his neigh
bours wife; whosoeuer toucheth her
shall not be innocent.
30 Men doe not despise a thiefe, if he
steale to satisfie his soule , when hee i
hungry :
31 But £/*he be found, he shall restor
seuenfold, he shall giue all the hgujggjgj
substanc
of his house.
32 But who so comroitteth adultery
with a woman, lacketh tvnderstan i Heb. heart.
ding : hee that doeth it, destroyeth jhgj
hi
owne soule.
33 A wound and dishonour shall h
get, aud his reproch shall not be wipec
away.
34 For iealousie is the rage of a man
therefore he will not spare in the day o
vengeance.
35 tHe will not regard any ransome t Hebr. he
will not ac-
neither will hee rest content nvngfh cept the face
thou giuest many giftes. of any ran-
some.
CHAP
The defcription Chap.vij.viij.
C H A P . VII.
1 Solomon perswadeth to a sincere and kind fa-
miliaritie with wisedome. 6 In an example ol
his owne experience, he sheweth 10 the cun-
ning of an whore, 22 And the desperate sim-
plicitie of a yong wanton. 24* Hee dehorteth
from such wicked nesse.
Y sonne, keepe my words,
M
and lay vp my commaun-
dements w*^ t^lee-
* Deut. 6. 0. * Keepe my comman-
& H..18.
chap. 3i 3. dements, and Hue: and my
law as the apple of thine eye.
3 Bind them vpon thy fingers, write
them vpon the table of thine heart.
4 Say vnto Wisedome , Thou art
my sister* and call Vnderstanding thy
kinsewoman,
* Chap. 5, 3. 5 *That they may keepe thee from
the strange woman, from the stranger
which flattereth with her words.
6 IF For at the windowe of my
house I looked through my casement,
7 And behelde among the simple
t Heb. the ones, I discerned among tthe youths,
soiines.
a yong man void of vnderstanding,
8 Passing through the streete neere
her corner, and he went the way to her
house?
t Heb. in the 9 In the twilight tin the euening,
euening of
the day. in the blacke and darke night :
10 And behold, there met him a wo-
man, with the attire of an harlot , and
subtill of heart.
* Chap, 9.13 11 (* She is loud and stubburne, her
feet abide not in her house;
12 Now is shee without, now in the
streetes, and lieth in waite at euery cor-
ner, )
13 So she caught him, and kissed him,
t Heb. shee and -rwith an impudent face, said vnto
strengthened
her face and him,
sayd.
t Heb. peace
14 I haue t peace offerings with me:
offerings are this day haue I paid my vowes.
vpon me. 15 Therefore came I forth to meete
thee, diligently to seeke thy face, and I
haue found thee.
161 haue deckt my bed with coue-
rings of tapestrie, with carued workes,
with fine linnen of Egypt
17 I haue perfumed my bed with
myrrhe, aloes, and cynamom
18 Come, let vs take our fill of loue
vntill the morning, let vs solace our
seines with loues
19 For the good-man is not at home,
be is gone a long iourney.
20 He hath taken a bag of money
of a harlot.
twith him, and will come home at ||the t Heb. in hi*
day appointed. hand.
II Or, the
£1 With much faire speech she causec Neuo moone
him to yeeld, with the flattering of her
lips she forced him.
22 He goeth after her t straightway t Heb. sud-
as an oxe goeth to the slaughter, or as a denly.
foole to the correction of the stocks,
23 Til a dart strike through his liuer
as a bird hasteth to the snare , anc
knoweth not that it is for his life.
24 IF Hearken vnto me now there-
fore, O ye children , and attend to the
words of my mouth.
25 Let not thine heart decline to her
wayes, goe not astray in her paths.
26 For shee hath cast downe many
wounded : yea many strong men haue
benfe slaine by her.
27 *Her house is the way to hell, go- * Chap. 2.
ing downe to the chambers of death. 18. & 5. 5.
Cil A I . V1I1.
1 The fame, 6 and euidencie of wisedome. 10
The excellencie, 12 the nature,, 15 the
power, 18 the riches, 22 and the eternitie o1
wisedome. 32 Wisedome is to be desired for
the blessednesse it bringeth.
Oeth * not Wisedome crie ? * Cha. 1. 20
D ^ Vnderstandipg put foorth
her voice ?
3 Shee standeth in the
top of high places , by the way in the
places of the pathes.
3 She cryeth at the gates, at the en-
trie of the citie, at the comming in at the
doores.
4 Vnto you, O men, I call, and
my voice is to the sonnes of man.
5 O yee simple, vnderstand wise-
dome : and yee fooles, be yee of an vn-
derstanding heart.
6 Heare , for I will speake of excel-
lent things : and the opening of my
tippes shalbe right things.
7 For my mouth shall speake truth,
and wickednesse is tan abomination to t Heb. the
abomination
my lippes. of my lips.
8 All the words of my mouth are in
righteousnes, there is nothing tfroward hatt Heb. wrea~
fltftl*
or peruerse in them.
9 They are all plaine to him that
vnderstandeth : and right to them that
ind knowledge
10 Receiue my instruction , and not
siluer : and knowledge rather then
' lob 28. 15
choise gold. psal. 19. 11.
11 *For wisedome is better then ru- &hap. 3. 15.
16. 16.
bies:
Ghrifts eternitie. Prouerbes.
)ies : and all the things that may be de-
ired, are not to be compared to it.
l Or, MM. 12 I wisedome dwell with ||pru-
e.
lence, and find out knowledge of witty
intentions
13 The feare of the L O R D is to
late euill : pride and arrogancie, and the
euill way, and the froward mouth doe
I hate.
14 Counsell is mine, and sound wise-
lome : I' am vnderstanding , I haue
trength.
15 By me kings reigne, and princes
decree Justice.
16 By me Princes rule, and Nobles,
euen all the ludges of the earth.
17 I loue them that loue me, and
hose that seeke me early, shall find me.
* Prou. 3.
3.
18 * Riches and honour are with 'me.
yea durable riches and righteousnesse.
* Prou. 3.
4, 19 *My fruite is better then gold, yea
hen fine gold, and my reuenue then
choise siluer.
II Or, toalke. 20 I ||leade in the way of righteous-
nesse, in the midst of the pathes of iudg-
ment,
21 That I may cause those that loue
me, to inherite substance : and I will fill
their treasures.
22 The L O R D possessed me in the
Beginning of. his way, before his works
of old.
23 I was set vp from euerlasting,
Tom the beginning, or euer the earth
was.
24? When there were no depthes , I
was brought forth : when there were no
fountaines abounding with water.
25 Before the mountaines were set-
led : before the hilles , was I brought
foorth :
26 While as yet he had not made the
1 Or, open earth, nor the ||fields, nor the || highest
places.
\ Or, the part of the dust of the world.
chiefe part. 27 When hee prepared the heauens,
t Or, a circle I was there . when he set ||a compasse
vpon the face of the depth.
28 When he established the cloudes
aboue : when he strengthned the foun-
taines of the deepe.
•Gen. 1.10 29 * When he gaue to the sea his de-
lob. 38. 10.
psal. 14. 9. cree , that the waters should not passe
his commandement . when he appoin-
ted the foundations of the earth •
30 Then I was by him , as one
brought vp with him : and I was daily
his delight , reioycing alwayes before
him :
31 Reioycing in the habitable part o
Wifedomes feaft.
his earth , and my delights were with
he sonnes of men.
32 Nowe therefore hearken vnto
me, O yee children : for blessed *are theysf Psal. 119.
, 2. and
that keepe my wayes. dg
28. 1. luc.
33 Heare instruction , and bee wise, 11.23.
and refuse it not.
34 Blessed is the man that heareth
me : watching daily at my gates , wai-
ting at the postes of my doores.
35 For whoso findeth mee , findeth
ife , and shall t obtaine fauour of the foorth.
Jfeb. bring
L.ORD
36 But hee that sinneth against me,
wrongeth his owne soule ; all they that
late me, loue death.
C H A P IX.
fhfjhjghfg
1 The discipline, 4 and doctrine of wisedome.
13 The custome, 16 and error of folly.sfdt
Isedome hath builded her
W house : she hath hewen out
her seuen pillars.
2 She bath killed ther t Heb, her
heastes; she hath mingled killing.
ier wine : she hath also furnished her
table.
3 She hath sent forth her maidens ;
she cryeth vpon the highest places of the
citie.
4 Who so is simple, let him turne in
lither : as for him that wanteth vnder-
standing, she sayth to him :
5 Come, eate of my bread, and drinke
of the wine, which I haue mingled.
6 Forsake the foolish, and liue ; and
joe in the way of vnderstanding.
7 He that reproueth a scorner, get-
teth to himselfe shame : and he that re-
buketh a wicked man, getteth himselfe a
blot.
8 * Reproue not a scorner , lest hee * Mat. 7.
hate thee : rebuke a wise man, and hee16.
will loue thee
9 Giue instrttction to a wise man, am
he will be yet wiser : teach a iust man
•and he will increase in learning.
10 * The feare of the L O R D is the * lob 28.
beginning of wisedome : and the know- 28. psal. ill,
ledge of the holy is vnderstanding. 10. chap.
1. 7«
11 *For by me thy dayes shall be mul- * Chap.
tiplied : and the yeeres of thy life shalbe 10.7.
increased.
12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be
wise for thy selfe : but a/1 thou scornest
thou alone shalt beare it.
18 f *A foolish woman is clamo • Chap. 7.
rous : she is simple, & knoweth nothing. n.
14 For
The iuft blefled. Chap.x.
14 For she sitteth at the doore of her
bouse on a seate, in the high places of
the Citie :
15 To call passengers who go right
on their wayes :
16 Who so is simple, let him turne in
hither : and as for him that wanteth
vnderstanding, she saith to him ;
17 Stollen waters are sweet, and
KHebr. oread t eaten in secret is pleasant.
of secrecies. 18 But hee knoweth not that the
dead are there ; and that her guests are in
the depths of hell.
C H A P . X.
From this Chapter to the fiue and twentieth, are
sundry obsepuations of morall vertues, and
their contrary vices.
He Prouerbes of Solo-
T
*Chap. 15. mon : * A wise sonne ma-
20.
kefch a S^a^ fat^er : but a
foolish sonne is the hea-
hfgkhkmh;lh'hll;l;;h;';;
* Chap. 11. 2 * Treasures of wic-
4.
kednesse profit nothing : but righteous-
nes deliuereth from death.
* Psal. 37. 3 * The LORD will not suffer the
25.
soule of the righteous to famish : but he
B Or, the casteth away ||the substance of the
wickedfor wicked.
;heir wic-
kednesse. 4 *Hee becommeth poore that dea-
* Chap. 12.
24. leth with a slacke hand : but the hand of
the diligent, maketh rich.
5 Hee that gathereth in Summer,
is a wise sonne : but hee that sleepeth
in haruest , is a sonne that causeth
shame.
6 Blessings are vpon the head of the
* Verse 11. iust : but * violence couereth the mouth
of the wicked.
*Psal. 112. 7 * The memorie of the iust is blessed:
6.
but the name of the wicked shall rot.
8 The wise in heart wil receiue com-
iHebr. a maundements : but a t prating foole
foole of lips.
I Or, shalbe || shall fall.
beaten. 9 *He that walketh vprightly, wal-
* PsaL 23. 4.
keth surely : but he that peruerteth his
wayes, shalbe knowen.
*Cha. 6. 13. 10 *Hee that winketh with the eye,
causeth sorrow : but a prating foole
I Or, shalbe || shall fall.
beaten.
* Chap. 13. 11 *The mouth of a righteous man
14.
is a well of life : but violence couereth
the mouth of the wicked.
*l. Pet 4. 8. 12 * Hatred stirreth vp strifes : but
1. COT. 13. 4.
loue couereth all sinnes.
13 In the lips of him that hath vn-
derstanding, wisedome is found : but a
The good tongue.
rod is for the backe of him that is yoyd
of t vnderstanding. IHebr.
heart.
14« Wise men lay vp knowledge : but
the mouth of the foolish is neere destru-
ction.
15 #The rich mans wealth is his * Chap. 18.'
strong citie : the destruction of the poore 11.
is their pouertie.
16 The labour of the righteous ten-
deth to life : the fruite of the wicked to
sinne.
17 He is in the way of life that keepeth
instruction : but hee that refuseth re-
proofe, ||erreth. B 0r, causeth
18 Hee that hideth hatred with lying toerre.
lippes, and he that vttereth a slander, is
a foole.
19 In the multitude of words there
wanteth not sinne : but he that refrai-
neth his lippes, is wise.
20 The tongue of the iust is as choise
siluer : the heart of the wicked is little
worth.
21 The lippes of the righteous feed
many : but fooles die for want t of wise- tHebr.tf
dome. heart.
22 The blessing of the LORD, it
maketh rich, and hee addeth no sorrow
with it.
23 *It is as a sport to a foole to doe *Chap. 14.
mischiefe : but a man of vnderstanding 9.
hath wisedome.
24 The feare of the wicked, it shall
come vpon him : but the desire of the
righteous shalbe granted.
25 As the whirlewinde passeth , so
is the wicked no more : but the righte-
ous is an euerlasting foundation.
26 As vineger to the teeth , and as
smoke to the eyes , so is the sluggard to
them that send him.
27 * The feare of the LORD tpro- n. * Chap. 9.
longeth dayes : but the yeeres of the tHebr. ad.
wicked shalbe shortened. deth.
28 * The hope of the righteous shall and Mob 8. 13.
11. 20.
bee gladnesse : but the expectation of the psal. 112.
wicked shall perish. 10.
29 The way of the L O R D is
strength to the vpright : but destructi-
on shall bee to the workers of iniquitie.
30 *The righteous shall neuer bee * Psal. r25.
remooued : but the wicked shall not in- i. 22.
and 37.
habite the earth.
31 The mouth of the iust bringeth
foorth wisedome : but the froward
tongue shalbe cut out.
32 The lips of the righteous know
what is acceptable : but the mouth of
the wicked speaketh tfrowardnesse. t Jfebr.jrO*
warinesses.
CHAP.
Of tale-bearers. Prouerbes.
C H A P . XL
* Leuit. 19. *t False ballanceis abomi-
A
36. deut. nation to the LORD : but
25. 15. cha.
16. ll. and "f a iust weight is his de-
fhf i 10 23.
light.
sfHeb. bal-
lances ofde-
/>giif.
t
2*TFfonpridecommeth,
dfHeb. a per- then commeth shame : but with the low-
fect stone. ly i* wisedome.
* Cliap. 16.
18. and 15. & *The integritie of the vpright
33. and
18. 12. shall guide them : but the peruersenesse
*Cha. 13. 6. of transgressours shall destroy them.
*Cha. 10. 2 4 * Riches profite not in the day of
ezek. 7. 19.
zeph. 1. 18. wrath : but righteousnesse deliuereth
from death.
5 The righteousnesse of the perfect
\Heb. recti- shall t direct his way : but the wicked
fie.
shall fall by his owne wickednesse.
* Cha. 5. 22. 6 •* The righteousnesse of the vp-
right shall deliuer them : but transgres-
sours shall be taken in their owne naugh-
tinesse.
7 When a wicked man dieth, his ex-
pectation shall perish : and the hope of
vniust men perisheth.
*Chap. 21. 8 * The righteous is deliuered out
18.
of trouble, and the wicked commeth in
his stead.
*Iob 8. 13. 9 * An hypocrite with his mouth de-
stroyeth his neighbour : but through
knowledge shall the iust be deliuered.
10 When it goeth well with the righ-
teous, the citie reioyceth : and when the
wicked perish, there is shouting.
11 By the blessing of the vpright the
citie is exalted ; but it is ouerthrowen by
the mouth of the wicked.
t Heb. desti- 12 He that is tvoid of wisedome, de-
tute of heart. spiseth his neighbour : but a man of vn-
derstanding holdeth his peace.
t Heb. hee 13 + A tale-bearer reuealeth secrets :
that walketh
being a but hee that is of a faithfull spirit, con-
talebearer. cealeth the matter.
*1. King. 14 * Where no counsell is, the people
13. 1.
fall : but in the multitude of counselors
there is safetie.
15 Hee that is suretie for a stranger,
t Heb. shalbe t shall smart for it : and hee that hateth
sore broken. t suretiship, is sure,
\ Heb. those
that strike 16 A gracious woman retaineth
hands.
honour : and strong men retaine ri-
ches.
17 The mercifull man doeth good
to his owne soule : but he that is cruell,
troubleth his owne flesh.
18 The wicked worketh a deceitfull
worke : but to him that soweth righte-
ousnesse, shall be a sure reward.
19 As righteousnesse tendeth to life :
A good woman.
so he that pursueth euill, pursueth it tohis
owne death.
20 They that are of a froward heart,
are abomination to the L O R D : but
such as are vpright in their way, are his
delight.
. 21 Though hand ioyne in hand, the
wicked shall not be vnpunished : but
the seede of the righteous shall be deli-
uered.
22 As a iewell of golde in a swines
snowt; so is a faire woman which tis tlarteth Heb. de.
without discretion. from.
23 The desire of the righteous is one-
y good : but the expectation of the wic-
ced is wrath.
24? There is that scattereth, and yet
increaseth ; and there is that withholdeth
more then is meete, but it tendeth to po-
uertie.
25 *tThe liberall soule shalbe made * 2. Cor. 9. J)
fat : and he that watereth, shall be wa-soulet Heb. the
ofbles-
tered also himselfe. sing.
26 Hee that withholdeth corne, the
seople shall cursehim : but blessing shall
\e vpon the head of him that selleth it.
27 * He that diligently seeketh good, * Psal. 7. 17.
Drocureth fauour : but hee that seeketh and 9. 16.
and 10. 2.
•nischiefe, it shall come vnto him. and 57. 7.
28 He that trusteth in his riches, shall
fail : but the * righteous shall flourishand * Psal. l . 3.
92. 13.
as a branch. iere, 17. 8.
29 He that troubleth his owne house,
shall inherite the winde : and the foole
shall be seruant to the wise of heart.
80 The fruit of the righteous is a tree
of life : and hee that t winneth soules, is net
t Heb. ta-
ft.
Ifaih
wise.
31 * Behold, the righteous shalbe re- *1. Pet. 4.
compensed in the earth : much more the 18.
wicked and the sinner.
C H A P .XII.
Hoso loueth instruction,
W
oueth knowledge : but he
hat hateth reproofe, is
brutish .
2 A good man obtai-
netk fauour of the LORD : but a man
of wicked deuices will he condemne.
3 A man shall not bee established by
wickednesse : but the * roote of the righ- 25
*Chap. 10.
teous shall not be mooued.
4 * A vertuous woman is a crowne *l.Cor-
to her husband : but she that maketh a- 1.1. 7-
shamed, is as rottennesse in his bones.
5 The thoughts of the righteous
are right : but the counsels of the wickec
are deceit.
6 * The
Of lying lippes. Chap.xiij.
* Chap. 1. 6 * The words of the wicked are to
11. & 18. lie in waite for blood : but the mouth of
the vpright shall deliuer them.
* PsaL 37. 37 7 The wicked are ouerthrowen,
prou. l}, 21.
and are not : but the house of the righte-
ous shall stand.
8 A man shall be commended accor-
ding to his wisedome : but hee that is
t Heb. per- tof aperuerse heart, shall be despised.
fjterse Of
'wart. 9 Hee that is despised and hath a ser-
uant, is better then he that honoureth
himselfe, and lacketh bread.
10 A righteous man regardeth the
1! Or, bowels. life of his beast : but the || tender mercies
of the wicked are cruell.
* Chap. 28.
19.
11 *Hee that tilleth his land, shall bee
satisfied with bread : but he that follow-
eth vaine persons, is void of vnderstan-
ding.
il Or, the 12 The wicked desireth ||the net of e-
fortresse.
uill men : but the roote of the righteous
yeeldethyhtt'J.
t Heb. the 13 t*The wicked is snared by the
snare of the
wicked is in transgression of his lippes : but the iust
the trans- shall come out of trouble.
gression of
lippes. 14? * A man shall bee satisfied with
* Cha. 18. 7- good by the fruit of his mouth, and the
* Cha. 13. 2.
recompence of a mans hands shall bee
rendred vnto him.
* Chap. 3. 7^ 15 * The way of a foole is right in his
owne eyes : but he that hearkeneth vn-
to counsell, is wise.
iHebinthat 16 A fooles wrath is t presently
day. knowen : but a prudent man couereth
shame.
*Cha. 14. 5. 17 * He that speaketh trueth , shew-
eth foorth righteousnesse : but a false
witnesse, deceit.
* Psal. 57. 5. 18 * There is that speaketh like the
& 59* 8.
pearcings of a sword : but the tongue of
the wise is health.
19 The lippe of trueth shall bee esta-
blished for euer : but a lying tongue is
but for a moment.
20 Deceit is in the heart of them that
imagine euill : but to the counsellours
of peace, is ioy.
21 There shall no euill happen to
the iust : but the wicked shall bee filled
with mischiefe;
22 Lying lippes are abomination to
the LORD : but they that deale truely,
are his delight.
*Chap. 13. 23 * A prudent man concealeth know-
16. & 15. 2.
ledge : but the heart of fooles proclai-
meth foolishnesse.
* Cha. 10. 4. 24 * The hand of the diligent shall
H Or, deceit. beare rule : but the [(slouthfull shall bee
full* vnder tribute.
The fluggard.
25 * Heauinesse in the heart of man * Chap. is.
maketh it stoope : but a good word 13.
maketh it glad.
26 The righteous is more || excellent dant
H Or, abun-
then his neighbour : but the way of the
wicked seduce th them.
27 The slouthfull man rosteth not
that which he tooke in hunting : but the
substance of a diligent man is precious.
28 In the way of righteousnesse is
life, and in the path-way thereof there is
no death.
C H A P . XIII.
Wise sonne heareth his fa-
A thers instruction : but a
scorner heareth not re-
buke.
2 * A man shall eate * Chap. 12.
good by the fruit of his mouth : but the 14.
soule of the transgressours, shall eate
violence.
3 He that keepeth his mouth , kee-
peth his life : but hee that openeth wide
his lips , shall haue destruction.
4 The soule of the sluggard desireth,
and hath nothing : but the soule of the
diligent shall be made fat
5 A righteous man hateth lying :
but a wicked man is loathsome, and
commeth to shame.
6 * Righteousnesse keepeth him that Jj*Chap. O K
O, O.
11.
C
is vpright in the way : but wickednesse
ouerthroweth tthe sinner. t Heb. siruie.
7 There is that maketh himselfe
rich, yet hath nothing : there is that ma-
keth himselfe poore, yet hath great
riches.
8 The ransome of a mans life are
his riches : but the poore heareth not
rebuke.
9 The light of the righteous reioy-
ceth: *but the ||lampeof the wicked shall & * lob. 18. 6.
21. 17.
be put out. II Or9 candle.
10 Onely by pride commeth conten-
tion : but with the well aduised is wise-
dome.
11 * Wealth gotten by vanitie shall be 2.* Chap. 10.
& 20. 21.
diminished : but he that gathereth tby 1 Heb. with.
labour, shall increase. the hand.
12 Hope deferred maketh the heart
sicke : but when the desire commeth ^itis a
tree of life.
13 Whoso despiseth the word, shall
be destroyed : but he that feareth the
commaundement, || shall be rewarded. Wr, shall be
14 *The lawe of the wise is a foun- in peace.
* Lnap. 14.
# pif, orv 1 4
taine of life , to depart from the snares 27-
of death.
15 Good
An ill meffenger. Prouerbes.
15 Good vnderstanding giueth fa-
uour : but the way of transgressours is
hard.
* Chap. 18.
91 Af 1/S 9
<CO. Ct 1O. Si*
16 #Euery prudent man dealethwith
t/fe&r sprat. knowledge : but a foole t layeth open
&tf/fc. his folly.
17 A wicked messenger falleth into
mischiefe : but a faithfull ambassadour
is health.
18 Pouerty and shame shall be to him
that refuseth instruction : but he that re-
gardeth reproofe, shall be honoured.
19 The desire accomplished is sweet
to the soule : but it is abomination to
fooles to depart from euill.
20 He that walketh with wise men.
shall be wise : but a ghfhfghf
companion of fooles
t/te&,*Ao/te t shall be destroyed.
Jvi>s>L>An
vTQnffil*
21 Euill pursueth sinners : but to the
righteous, good shall be repay d.
22 A good man leaueth an inheri-
tance to his childrens children : and the
* lob. 27. * wealth of the sinner is layd vp for the
1 *7
l/»
iust.
* Chap. 12. 23 * Much food is in the tillage of the
11. poore : but there is that is destroyed for
want of Judgement.
* Chap. 23. 24 * He that spareth his rod, hateth
13.
bis sonne : but he that loueth him, cha-
steneth him betimes.
*Psal.37.3. 25 * The righteous eateth to the sa-
&. 34. 10.
tisfying of his soule : but the belly of the
wicked shall want.
C H A P . XIIII.
Very wise woman buil-
E
deth her house ; but the
foolish plucketh it downe
with her hands.
* lob. 12.4. 2 * He that walketh in
his vprightnesse , feareth the L O R D :
but he that is peruerse in his wayes,
despiseth him.
3 In the mouth of the foolish is a
rod of pride : but the lippes of the wise
shall preserue them.
4 Where no Oxen are, the crib is
cleane : but much increase is by the
strength of the Oxe.
* Exod. 20. 5 *A faithfull witnesse will not lye :
16. & 23. 1.
chap. 6. 19. but a false witnesse will vtter lyes.
& 12. 17. 6 A scorn er seeketh wisedome, and
* Chap. 8. 9. findeth it not : but * knowledge is easie
vnto him that vnderstandeth.
7 Goe from the presence of a foolish
man, when thou perceiuest not in him
the lippes of knowledge.
8 The wisedome of the prudent is
Rafh anger.
to vnderstand his way : but the folly
of fooles is deceit.
9 Fooles make a mocke at * sinne : * Chap. 10.
but among the righteous there is fa- 23.
uour.
10 The heart knoweth his towne t ffeb. the
bitternesse ; and a stranger doth not in- oitternesse
of his soule.
termeddle with his ioy.
11 The house of the wicked shall bee
ouerthrowen : but the tabernacle of the
vpright shall flourish.
12 * There is a way which seemeth * Chap. 16.
right vnto a man : but the end thereof 23.
are the wayes of death.
13 Euen in laughter the heart is sor-
rowfull ; and the end of that mirth is
heauinesse.
14 The backslider in heart shall be
*filled with his owne wayes : and a *Chap. 1.
good m an shall be satisfied from him selfe. 31.
15 The simple beleeueth euery word:
but the prudent man looketh well to
his going.
16 A wise man feareth, and depar-
teth from euill : but the foole rageth,
and is confident.
17 Hee that is soone angry , dealeth
foolishly : and a man of wicked deuices
is hated.
18 The simple inherite folly : but the
prudent are crowned with knowledge.
19 The euill bowe before the good :
and the wicked at the gates of the righ-
teous.
20 * The poore is hated euen of his *Chap. 19.
owne neighbour : but t the rich hath ma-7.tHeb, many
ny friends. are the lo-
iters of the
21 He that despiseth his neighbour, rich.
sinneth : *but he that hath mercy on the *Psal. 112.
poore, happy is he. 9.
22 Doe they not erre that deuise euil?
but mercy and trueth shall be to them
that deuise good.
23 In all labour there is profit : but
the talke of the lippes tendeth onely to
penury.
24 The crowne of the wise is their
riches : but the foolishness© of fooles is
folly.
25 *A true witnesse deliuereth *Ver. 5.
soules : but a deceitful! witnesse speaketh
lyes.
26 In the feare of the LORD
is strong confidence : and his children
shall haue a place of refuge.
27 *The feare of the LORD, is a 14. *Chap. 13.
fountaine of life , to depart from the
snares of death.
28 In the multitude of people is the
kings
The wickeds facrifice. Chap.xv.
kings honour : but in the want of peo-
ple is the destruction of the prince.
29 Hee that is slow to wrath, is of
great vnderstanding : but hee that is
*( Heir. short t hasty of spirit, exalteth folly.
of spirit.
30 A sound heart , is tlie life of the
flesh : but enuie, the rottennesse of the
bones.
* Chap. 17.
5. matt. 25.
31 *Hee that oppresseth thepoore, re-
40. procheth his Maker : but hee that ho-
noureth him, hath mercy on the poo re.
3% The wicked is driuen away in his
wickednes : but the righteous hath
hope in his death.
33 Wisedome resteth in the heart of
him that hath vnderstanding : but that
which is in the midst of fooles, is made
knowen.
34 Righteousnes exalteth a nation:
t Hebr. to but sinne is & reproch tto any people.
'nations.
35 The Kings fauour is toward a
wise seruant : but his wrath, is against
him that causeth shame.
C H A P . XV.
* Chap. 25, *Soft answere turneth a-
A
14.
way wrath : but grieuous
words stirre vp anger.
2 The tongue of the
wise, vseth knowledge a-
t Hebr. bel~ right: but the mouth of fooles, tpow-
cheth* or
bubbleth. reth out * foolish nes.
* Verse 28. 3 *The eyes of the LORD are in eue-
and chap.
12. 23. ry place, beholding the euill & the good.
and 13. 16. 4 t A wholesome tongue is a tree of
* lob 34. 21 »
pTOU. 5. 21. life : but peruersnesse therein is a breach
iere. 16. 17.
and 32. 19. in the spirit.
tiebr. 4. 13. 5 *Afoole despiseth his fathers in-
t tiebr. the struction : but hee that regardeth re-
healing of
the tongue. proofe, is prudent.
* Chap. 10.
1. 6 In the house of the righteous is
much treasure : but in the reuenues of
the wicked is trouble.
7 The lippes of the wise disperse
knowledge: but the heart of the foolish,
doeth not so
* Chap. 21. 8 *The sacrifice of the wicked is an
27. amos 3.
22. isa. i. abomination to the LORD : but the
11. and 66. prayer of the vpright is his delight.
icit. Ru. Qll
S• IPTP £vt
and 7. 22. 9 The way of the wicked is an abo-
mination vnto the LORD-: but he lo-
ueth him that followeth after righte-
ousnes.
11 Or, instru- 10 || Correction is grieuous vnto him
ction, fyc.
that forsaketh the way : and he that ha-
teth reproofe, shall die.
* lob 26. 6. 11 * Hell and destruction are before the
L O R D : how much more then, the
hearts of the children of men ?
The fooles ioy.
12 A scorner loueth not one that re-
proueth him : neither will he goe vnto
the wise.
13 *A merry heart maketh a cheere- * Chap. 17.
full countenance : but by sorrow of the 22.
heart, the spirit is broken.
14 The heart of him that hath vn-
derstanding , seeketh knowledge : but
the mouth of fooles feedeth on foolish-
nesse.
15 All the dayes of the afflicted are
euill : but he that is of a merry heart,
hath a continuall feast
16 * Better is little with the feare of 16.
* Psal. 37
1. tirn.6.
the LORD, then great treasure, and 6. prou. 16.
trouble therewith. 8.
17 * Better is a dinner of herbes * Chap 17-
where loue is, then a stalled oxe, and ha- 1.
tred therewith.
18 * A wrathfull man stirreth vp * Chap. 26.
strife : but he that is slow to anger, ap- 21.
22.
and 29.
peaseth strife.
19 The way of the slouthfull man is
as an hedge of thornes : but the way of
the righteous is made tplaine. t Hebr. is
20 * A wise sonne maketh a glad fa- araised vp as
causey.
ther : but a foolish man despiseth his 1* .Chap. 10.
mother.
21 * Folly is ioy to him that is t desti- 23.
* Chap. 10.
tute of wisedome : but a man of vnder- t Hebr. voya
standing walketh vprightly. of heart.
22 * Without counsell, purposes are * See Chap.
disappointed : but in the multitude of 11. ver. U.
counsellours they are established.
23 A man hath ioy by the answere of
his mouth : and a word spoken tin due t Hebr. in
season, how good is it P his season.
24 * The way of life is aboue to the * Phil. 3. 20.
wise, that he may depart from hell be- COl. 3. 2.
neath.
25 *The L O R D will destroy the * Chap. 12.
house of the proud : but he will establish 7.11.and u
the border of the widow.
26 *The thoughts of the wicked are * Chap. e.
an abomination to the LORD : but 18.
the wardes of the pure , are t pleasant t Heb. words
of pleasant- .
words. nesse.
27 Hee that is greedy of gaine, trou-
bleth his owne house : but he that ha-
teth gifts, shall liue.
28 The heart of the righteous stu-
dieth to answere ; but the mouth of the
wicked, powreth out euil things.
29 *The LORD is farre from the * Psal. 34.
16. and 145.
wicked : but hee heareth the prayer of 18.
the righteous.
30 The light of the eyes reioyceth
the heart : and a good report maketh the
bones fat
81 The
A iuft weight. Prouerbes.
31 The eare that heareth the reproofe
of life, abideth among the wise.
II Or, corre-
cnon.
ntlfyn
32 He that refuseth || instruction , de-
II Or, obey- spiseth his owne soule: but he that || hea-
eth. reth reproofe, tgetteth vnderstanding.
* Hebt pOSSeS-
sethari heart 33 The feare of the LORD is the in-
*Cha.l8. 12 struction of wisedome: and * before ho-
nour is humilitie.
C H A P . XVI.
* Vers. 9. He * || preparations of the
T
and chap.
19. 21. and heart in man , and the an-
20. 24. ier.
10. 23. swereof the tongue, wfrom
II Or, dispo- ^e LORD.
sings.
* Cha.21. 2. % *A11 the way CB .of a
man are cleane in his owne eyes: but the
LORD weigheth the spirits.
* Psaj. 37. 5. 3 *t Commit thy workes vnto the
and 55. 23.
mat. 6. 25. LORD, and thy thoughts shalbe esta-
luke 12. 22.
1. pet. 5. 4. blished.
t Heb. rolls. 4 The L O R D hath made all
* lob 21. 30. things for himselfe : *yea, euen the wic-
ked for the day of euill.
* Chap. C. 7. 5 *Euery one that is proud in heart,
End 8. 1 3.
is an abomination to the L O R D :
though hand ioyne in hand, he shall not
IHeb.helde be tvnpunished.
innocent.
6 By mercy and trueth iniquitie is
purged : and by the feare of the LORD,
men depart from euill.
7 When a mans wayes please the
LORD, he maketh euen his enemies
to be at peace with him.
8 * Better is a little with righteous-
* Psal. 37.
16. chap*
15. 18. nesse , then great reuenewes without
right.
* Vers. i. 9 * A mans heart deuiseth his way ;
but the LORD direeteth his steps*
t Heb. rfml.
nation*
10 t A diuine sentence is in the lips of
the king : his mouth transgresseth not
in Judgement.
* Leuit. 19
36 • chap.
11 * A iust weight and ballance are
11. 1. the LORDS: tall the weights of the
t Heb. all bagge are his worke.
the stones
12 It is an abomination to kings to
commit wickednesse : for the throne is e-
stablished by righteousnesse.
13 Righteous lips are the delight of
kings : and they loue him that speaketh
right.
14 The wrath of a king is as messen-
gers of death ; but a wise man will pa-
cific it
15 In the light of the kings counte-
* Chap. 19. nance is life , and * his fauour is as a
12
cloude of the latter raine.
*Cha,3. 11. 16 * How much better is it to get wise-
dome, then gold ? and to get vnderstan- causeth shame : and shall haue part of
ding, rather to be chosen then siluer ? the inheritance among the brethren.
Slow to anger.
17 The high way of the vpright is to
depart from euill : hee that keepeth his
way, preserueth his soule.
18 * Pride goeth before destruction : *Cha. 11.2.
and an hautie spirit before a fall. and 18. 12.
19 Better it is to be of an humble spi-
rit with the lowly, then to diuide the
spoile with the proud.
20 || He that handleth a matter wise- II Or, he that
ly, shall finde good: and who so *tru- vnderstan-
deth a mat-
steth in the LORD, happy is hee. ter.
* Psal.. 2. 12.
21 The wise in heart shall be called and 34. 9.
prudent ; and the sweetnesse of the lips and 125. 1.
isa. so. 18.
increaseth learning. iere. 17. 7.
22 * Vnderstanding is a well-spring * Chap. 13.
of life vnto him that hath it : but the in- 14.
struction of fooles is folly.
23 The heart of the wise tteacheth t Heb. ma.
his mouth , and addeth learning to his keth wise.
lippes.
24 Pleasant words are a* an hony-
combe, sweete to the soule, and health
to the bones.
25 * There is a way that seemeth *12.Chap. 14.
right vnto a man ; but the end thereof
are the wayes of death.
26 tHee that laboureth, laboureth soule t Heb. the
of him
for himselfe \ for his mouth tcraueth it that labou-
of him. reth.
t Heb. bow-
27 t An vngodly man diggeth vp e- eth vnto
him.
uill ; and in his lips there is as a, burning t Heb, a man
fire. of Belial.
28 * A froward man tsoweth strife; * Chap. 6.
14, 19.
& a whisperer separateth chiefe friends. and 15. 18.
29 A violent man enticeth his neigh- <U1U and 26. 21.
And *».
9Q **.
99
bour, and leadeth him into the way that t Heb. sen.
is not good. deih/torth.
30 He shutteth his eyes to deuise fro-
ward things : moouing his lips he brin-
geth euill to passe.
31 The hoary head is a crowne of
glory, j^it be found in the way of righ-
teousnesse.
32 He that is slow to anger, is better
then the mighty : and he that ruleth his
spirit, then he that taketh a citie.
33 The lot is cast into the lap : but
the whole disposing thereof is of the
LORD.
C H A P . XVII.
9
Etter * is a drie morsell, IT. Chap. is.
B
anc
^ quietnesse therewith;
then an house full of || sa- cheere.
II Or, good
orifices with strife.
% A wise seruant snail
haue rule ouer a son that
3 * The
 To hide finnes. Chap.xviij. Of tale-bearers
* PfiiiL 28.2 8 *The fining pot is for siluer, and the of the bosome, to peruert the wayes o:
cha. 27. 21.
iere, 17. 10. fumade for gold : but the LORD trieth Judgement.
mala. 3. 3. the hearts. 24 * Wisedome is before him that * Eccles. 2.
4 A wicked doer giueth heed to false hath vnderstanding : but the eyes of a 14. and 8. I.
lips : and a liar giueth eare to a naughtie foole are in the ends of the earth.
tongue. 25. * A foolish sonne is a griefe to his * Chap. 10.
* Chap. 14. 5 * Whoso mocketh the poore, reproa- 1. & 15.20.
father, & bitternes to her that bare him. and
13. 19. 13.
cheth his maker : and he that is glad at 26 Also to punish the iust is not good,
t Heb. held calamities, shall not be fvnpunished. nor to strike princes for equitie.
innocent. 6 *Childrens children are the crowne 27 * He that hath knowledge, spa-*Iam. 1. 19.
* Peal. 127.
4. and 128. of old men : and the glory of children reth his words : and a man of vnder-
3.
are their fathers. standing is of || an excellent spirit. 0 Or, a coole
t Heb. a lip 7 t Excellent speech becommeth not 28 * Eiien a foole, when he holdeth spirit.
* lob 13. 5.
ofexcellency a foole: much lesse doe flying lippes a his peace, is counted wise : and he that
ir rieo.
Watt a
ft np
tin
oflying. prince. shutteth hislips,2.9 esteemed a man of vn-
* Chap. 13. 8 * A gift is as a t precious stone in derstanding.
16.
t Hebr. a the eyes of him that hath it : whitherso-
stone of euer it turneth, it prospereth. C H A P . XVIII.
grace.
* Chap. 10. 9 *He that couereth a transgression, gghjg;dgkl;;g;l;dlkglk
!|seeketh loue; but he that repeateth a
T uinff ([separated himselfe, Or, he that
12.
II Ort procU" See et separateth
reth* matter, separateth very friends. ^ " and mtermedleth himselfe, see-
\\ Or, a re- 10 || A reproofe entreth more into a with all wisedome. keth accor-
proof e aweth ding to his
more a. wise wise man, then an hundred stripes in- gsdfgfgfdghhdddgf lestre, and
man, then to n termed ~
strikii o foole to a foole.
light in vnderstanding, but that his eth in euery
an hundred 11 An euill man seeketh onely rebel- Sieart may discouer it selfe. business?.
times.
lion ; therefore a cruell messenger shall 3 When the wicked commeth, then
3e sent against him. commeth also contempt , and with ig-
12 Let a beare robbed of her whelps nominie, reproch.
meet a man, rather then a foole in his 4 * The words of a mans mouth, 9 Cha. 20, 5.
folly. are as deepe waters, and the well-spring
* Rom.. 12. IS Whoso *rewardeth euill for good* of wisedome as a flowing brooke.
17. 5 * It is not good to accept the per- * Chap. 24.
. thess. 5. euill shall not depart from his house.
5.
i. pet. 3. 9.
14 The beginning of strife is as when son of the wicked, to ouerthrowe the '3. euit. 19. 15
one letteth out water: therfore leaue off righteous in Judgement. deut. n. 7.
md 16 19
contention, before it be medled with. 6 A fooles lips enter into contenti-
*Exod.23.7 15 *He that iustifieth the wicked, and on, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
isa. 5. 23.
chap. 24. 24 le that condemneth the iust : euen they 7 * A fooles mouth is his destruction, * Chap. 10.
4. and 12.
>oth are abomination to the LORD. and his lips are the snare of his soule. 3. & 13. 3.
16 Wherfore is tfAertfapriceinthehand 8 *The words of a ||tale bearer are Chap. 12.
%

of a foole to get wisedome, seeing he hath

fhgf
|as wounds, and they goe downe into 2. 26. 8. and
no heart to it ? ;he tinnermost parts of the belly. Or, whig-
* Chap. 18. 17 * A friend loueth at all times, and 9 Hee also that is slouthful in his lerer.Or, like as
4. a brother is borne for aduersitie. worke, is brother to him that is a great when men
re wounded
* Chap. 6. 1. 18 * A man void of t vnderstanding waster. sdfsdfs
Heb. cham-
and 11. 15. striketh hands, and becommeth suretie 10 * The name of the LORD 'is a *wrs.
Heb. heart. PsaLl8.-2.
n the presence of Jiis friend. a strong tower : the righteous runneth nd 27. l. cSt
44.2.
19 He loueth transgression, that lo- into it, and t is safe. fhghff
Heb. is set
ueth strife: and he that exalte th his gate, 11 #The rich mans wealth is his alofte.
eeketh destruction. strong citie : and as an high wall in his *5.Chap. 10.
f
Heb. the 20 tHe that hath a froward heart, owne conceit.
roward of 12 * Before destruction the heart of * Chap. 1 1 .
Cart. findeth no good, and he that hath a per- . & 1C. 1ft.
uerse tongue, falleth into mischiefe. man is haughtie, and before honour is and 15. 33.
Cha. 10. 1. £1 * He that begetteth a foole, doth it mmilitie.
;p his sorrow : and the father of a foole 13 He that tanswereth a matter be- Hebr. re-
urneth a
lath no ioy. bre he heareth it, it is folly and shame word.
Chap. 15. 22 * A merrie heart doth good \\like a vnto him.
3. and 12. medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the 14 The spirit of a man will sustaine
25.
Or, to a )ones. lis infirmitie : but a wounded spirit
medicine.
23 A wicked man taketh a gift out who can beare ?
15 The
A falfe witneffe. Prouerbes. The kings wrath.
15 The heart of the prudent getteth 9 * A false witnesse shall not be vn- * Ver. 5.
knowledge; and the eare of the wise punished , and hee that speaketh lyes,
seeketh knowledge. shall perish.
* Chap. 17 16 * A mans gift maketh roome for 10 Delight is not seemely for a foole :
\f
him, & bringeth him before great men. much lesse *for a seruant to haue rule o- * Eccle. 10.
uer princes. 6. prou. 30.
17 He that is first in his owne cause, 22.
seemethiust\ but his neighbour commeth 11 *The || discretion of a man defer- * Chap. 14.
and searcheth him. reth his anger : and it is his glory to 29. 1 Or, prU'
18 The lot canseth contentions to passe oner a transgression. dence.
cease, andparteth betweene the mighty. 12 *The kings wrath is as? the roa- * Chap. 16.
19 A brother offended is harder to be ring of a lyon : but his fauour is as dewe 2.15.&and 20.
28. 15
omwethen a strong citie : and their con- vpon the grasse.
tentions are like the barres of a castle. 13 * A foolish sonne zs the calamity of * Chap. 10.
I. & 15. 20.
* Chap. 12. 20 * A mans belly shall be satisfied his father;, and the contentions of a and 1721.
14. arid 13.
2. with the fruite of his mouth ; and with wife are *a continuall dropping. & 25. and
*hap. 21. 9.
the increase of his lippes shall he be 14 House and riches, are the inheri- * Chap. 27.
filled. tance of fathers; and *a prudent wife is 15. * Chap. 18.
21 Death and life are in the power of from the LORD. 22.
the tongue ; and they that lone it shall 15 Slouthfulnesse casteth into a deep
eate the fruite thereof. sleepe : and an idle soule shall * suffer * Chap. 10.
4. and 20.
* Chap. 19 22 * Who so findeth a wife, tindeth a hunger. 13.
14
grood thing, and obtaineth fauour of ttie , 16 *He that keepeth the commande- * Luc. 11.
LORD. ment , keepeth his owne soule ; but hee 28.
23 The poore vseth intreaties, but that despiseth his wayes, shall die.
* lam. 2. 3. the rich answereth * roughly. 17 *Hee that hath pity vpon the •'Mat. 42. and 25.
.10.
24 A man that hath friends must poore, lendeth vnto the L O R D ; and 40. 2. cor.
* Chap, 17- shewe himselfe friendly ; *and there is (that which he hath giuen, will he pay 9.1 0r» 6. and 7-
his
17. a friend that sticketh closer then a bro- him againe. deed.
ther. 18 * Chasten thy sonne while there * Chap. 13.
is hope; and let not thy soule spare ||for 24. & 23.
C H A P . XIX. his crying.
13.
H Or, to his
* Chap. 28. 6 * Etter is the poore that 19 A man of great wrath shall suffer destruction
or, to cause
:

B
wa
'keth *n n*s integrity, punishment : for if thou deliuer Aim, yethim to die.
then he that is peruerse in thou must 1rdoe it againe. t He b. adde.
^*s lippes, and is a foole. 20 Heare counsel!, and receiue instru-
2 Also, that the soule ction , that thou mayest be wise in thy
be without knowledge, it is not good; latter end.
and hee that hasteth with his feete, sin- 21 * There are manydeuices in a mans • lob. 2 3. 13
neth. heart Mieuerthelesse the counsell of the ?sal. 33. 10,
[l. prou. 10
3 The foolishnesse of man peruer- LORD, that shall stand. I. and 9. isa.
4G • 10
teth his way : and his heart fretteth a- 22 The desire of a man is his kind-
gainst the LORD. nesse : and a poore man is better then a
* Chap. 14. 4? * Wealth maketh many friends: lyar
20,
but the poore is separated from his 23 The feare of the L O R D tendeth
neighbour. tolife,andfo that hath it shall abide satis-
* Exod. 23. 5 * A false witnesse shall not be tvn- fied : he shall not be visited with euill.
l. deut. 19.
1G. prou. G. punishedi andhetf/mrfspeaketh lyes,shal 24 * A slouthfull man hideth his * Chap. l'..
19. & 2(i. 13.
9. and 21.
20*
not escape. hand in his bosome, and wil not so much and 15.
Mleb.held 6 Many will entreate the fauour of as bring it to his mouth againe.
innocent. the Prince : and euery man is a friend to 25 * Smite a scorner , and the simple •Chap.
11.
21.
t Heb.aman thim that giueth gifts. - twill beware; and reprooue one that t Heb. will
vfstflS'
* Chap. 14. 7 * All the brethren of the poore doe hath/understanding-, and he will vnder- be cunning:.
20. hate him ; hotfe much more doe.;his stand knowledge
friends goe farre from him ? hee pursu- 26 He that wasteth his father , and
eth them imth words, yet they are waff* chaseth away his mother, is a sonne
ting to him. that^ catlseth shame, and bringeth re-
t H*h. an 8 He that getteth twisedome louetH pfbch.
heart. his owne soule : he that keepeth vhdef- 27 Cease, my stfnnev to heare the in-
standing shall find good. struction, that cdusetk to efre from the
words
None is cleane- Chap.xx.xxj. Falfe ballance.
words of knowledge. - man : but afterwards his mouth shall
t Hebr. A 28 t An rn godly witnesse scorneth be filled with grauell.
witnesse of
Belial. iudgement : and the mouth of the wic- 18 * Euery purpose is established by * Chap. 15.
ked deuoureth iniquitie. counsell : and with good aduice make 22
29 Judgements are prepared for warre.
scorners , and stripes for the backe of 19 *He that goeth about as a tale-bea- * Chap. 11
fboles. rer, reueileth secrets; therefore meddle 13.
not with him that ||flattereth with his Wr,entiseth
C H A P . XX. lippes.
Ine is a mocker, strong 20 * Who so curseth his father or his * Exod. 21.

W
17. leuit. 20,
drinke is raging : and mother, his jflampe shall be put out in 9. matt. 15.
whosoeuer is deceiued obscure darkenesse. 4.
II Or, candle.
thereby, is not wise. 21 An inheritance may be gotten ha-
* Chap. 19
12. and 16. 9, *The feare of a king, stily at the beginning : but the ende
[4. is as the roaring of a Lion : who so pro- thereof shall not be blessed.
uoketh him to anger, sinneth against his £2 * Say not thou , I will recom- * Deut. 32.
owne soule. pence euil: but wait on the LORD, and 35. ch.a. 17.
13. and 24.
3 It is an honour for a man to cease he shall saue thee. 29.
i1 7
torn*
it 1
12.
i» ttlMM
Ulcss.
from strife: but euery foole will be med- 23 * Diuers waights are an abomi- 5. 15. i. pet.
ling. nation vnto the LORD: and a t false 3.* Verse 9.
10»
* Chap. 20.' 4 * The sluggard . will not plow by ballance w not good. t Hebr. bal.
4. lances of de-
1 Oft winter. reason of the ||cold; therefore shall he 24> * Mans goings are of the LORD ; ceit.
begge in haruest, and haue nothing. how can a man then vnderstand his * Psal. 37.
23. cha. 16.
* Chap. 18. 5 *Counsell in the heart of man is owne way ? 9. iere. 10.
4, 23.
like deepe water : but a man of vnder- 25 It is a snare to the man who deuou-
standing will draw it out. reth that which is holy : and after
6 Most men will proclaime euery vowes, to make inquirie.
il Or, bountie. one his owne ||goodnes : but a faithfull 26 * A wise king scattereth the wic- * Verse e.
3sal. 101 5.
man who can finde ? ked, & bringeth the wheele ouer them. &c.
7 The iust man walketh in his inte- 27 The spirit of man is the || candle of 1 Or, tampe-
* Psal. 112. gritie : * his children are blessed after the Lo»D r searching all the inward
2.
him. parts of the belly.
8 A king that sitteth in the throne 28 * Mercy and trueth preserue the * PSal. 101.
t. chap. 29.
of iudgement , scattereth away all euill king : and his throne is vpholden by L4.
with his eyes. mercy.
* Psal 51. 5. 9 * Who can say , I haue made my 29 *The glory of yong men is their 31* * Chap. 16.
ob 14. 4.
1. king. 3. heart cleane, I ara pure from my sinne? strength : and the beautie of old men is
46. 2. chro. the gray head.
5. 36. cedes* 10 * t Diuers weights , and diuers
7. 28. l.ioh. t measures, both of them are^alike abo- 30 Tne blewnes of a wound t clean- t Hebr. is a
1. 8.
* Deut. 25. mination to the LORD. seth away euill : so doe stripes the in- purging
dicine 0-
me-
15. chap. 11. 11 Euen a childe is knowen by his
I &11U.
I. A.n<i ID.
ifi 6.
9
ward parts of the belly. gainst euill.
t Hebr. a doings , whether his worke be pure,
stone, and a and whether it be right. CH AP. X
tT A Tl
XL
V ^C^ 1

\tone.
t Hebr. an 12 * The hearing eare , and the see- JLJ.I:J Kings nearc is in me

T
ephaht and and of the L O R D , as
an ephah. ing eye, the L O R D hath made euen
* Exod. 4. both of them he fillers of water: hee
11. psal. 94. turnet 1
9. 13 * Loue not sleepe, lest thou come ' ^ whithersoeuer
* Chap. 19. to pouertie : open thine eyes, and thou gkhjlh
fhg
15. and 12.
11. shalt be satisfied with bread. 2 # Euery way of a man is right in * Chap. 16.
14? It is nought, it is nought (saith the his owne eyes: but the LORD ponde- ?.
buyer : ) but when he is gone his way, reth the hearts.
then he boasteth. 3 *To doe Justice and iudgement, is * i. Sam. 15.
15 There is gold, and a multitude of more acceptable to the LORD, then 22. isa. l. n.
hose. 6. 6.
Rubies : but the lips of knowledge are sacrifice. mich. 6. 7.
'll&P. 15. 8
a precious iewell. 4 *t An high looke, and a proud * Chap. 6.'
* Chap. 27. 16 *Take his garment that is suerty heart, and ||the plowing of the wicked, 7. ' Hebr. hau~
13.
* Cha, 9. 17. for a stranger : and take a pledge of him is sinne. ines of eyes.
t H eb. bread for a strange woman. 5 The thoughts of the diligent tend HlightOr, t/ie
of the
of lying, or
falshood. 17 *t Bread of deceit is sweet to a onely to plenteousnes : but of euery one wicked.
that
[ieepe the mouth. Prouerbes. A good name.
that is hastie, onely to want. leth him : for his hands refuse to labour.
* Chap. 10. 6 *The getting of treasures by a ly- 26 Hee coueteth greedily all the day
2. and 13.
11. ing tongue, is a vanitie tossed to and fro long : but the * righteous giueth and *PsaL 112.9.
of them that seeke death. spareth not.
7 The robbery of the wicked shall 27 # The sacrifice of the wicked is *IsaCha. is. 8,
GO. 3. ier.
Heb. saw t destroy them ; because they refuse to abomination : how much more, when he 6. 20. psal.
drJellwith doe Judgement. bringeth it twith a wicked minde? 50. 9. amos
5. 22.
them.
8 The way of man is froward and 28 * t A false witnesse shall perish : t Heb. in
strange : but as for the pure; his worke but the man that heareth, speaketh con- wickedness^-
* Chap. 19.
is right. stantly. 6,9.
t Heb. a wit.
* Chap. 25.
9. End 13.
9 * It is better to dwell in a corner 29 A wicked man hardeneth his nesse of lyes.
3. and 27. of the house top ; then with a t braw- face : but as for the vpright, he || directeth dtxreth
II Or, consi+
wfTVin.
5.
" HCo. a tOO»
ling woman in ta wide house. his way.
man of con- 10 #The soule of the wicked desireth 30 # There is no wisedome, nor vn- * Ier. 9. 23.
tentions. derstanding , nor counsel! against the
Heb. an euill : his neighbour tfindeth no fauour
houtse 0/50- in his eyes. LORD.
cietie.
* lam. 4. 6. 11 *When the scorneris punished, the 31 *The horse is prepared against the ? Psal. 33.
t Heb. is not simple is made wise: and when the wise day of battell : but #||safetie is of the 17. * Psal. 3. 9.
favoured*
* Chap. 19. is instructed, he receiueth knowledge. LORD. 11 Or, victo-
ry.
25. 1£ The righteous man wisely consi-
dereth the house of the wicked : but God C H A P , XXII.
ouerthroweth the wicked for their wic- * Good name is rather to * Eccles. 7. 2

A
kednesse. be chosen then great ri-
* Mat. 18. 13 # Whoso stoppeth his eares at the ches, and jjlouing fauour II Or, fauour
30. is better
cry of the poore^ nee also shall cry him- rather then siluer & golde. then, $c.
selfe, but shall not be heard. 2 *The rich and poore * Chap, 29.
*Cha. 17.8. 14 * A gift in secret pacifieth anger; meet together : the LORD is the ma- 13.
and 18. 16.
and a reward in the bosome, strong ker of them all.
wrath. 3 * A prudent man foreseeth the euill, *12.Chap. 27.
15 It is ioy to the iust to doe Judge- and hideth himselfeibut the simple passe
ment : but destruction shalbe to the wor- on, and are punished.
kers of iniquitie. * Psal. 112.
4 * || By humilitie and the feare of the 13«
16 The man that wandreth out of LORD, are riches, and honour, and II Or, the re-
ward qf hit-
the way of vnderstanding 9 shall re- life. militie, $c.
maine in the congregation of the dead. 5 Thornes and snares are in the way
1 Or, sport. 17 He that loueth || pleasure, shall be a " of the froward : he that doeth keepe his
poore man : hee that loueth wine and soule, shalbe farre from them.
oyle, shall not be rich. 6 || Traine vp a childe tin the waycfMxe.II Or, cate*
*J,j~a
*Chap. 11. 18 #The wicked shalbe a ransome for he should goe : and when he is olde, hee t Heb. in his
18.
the righteous; and the transgressour will not depart from it. way.
for the vpright. 7 The rich ruleth ouer the poore,
* Verse 9. 19 *It is better to dwell tin the wil- and the borrower is seruant t to the tman Heb. to tlie
that
t Heb. in the lender.
land of the dernesse , then with a contentious and lendeth.
desert* an angry woman. 8 *Hee that soweth iniquitie, shall * lob 4. 8.
hos. 10. id.
20 There is treasure fo be desired, reape vanitie : ||and the rodde of his an- II Or, and
and oyle in the dwelling of the wise : but ger shall faile. with the rod
oj fits anffer
a foolish man spendeth it vp. 9 #tHee that hath a bountifull eye, he shalbe
21 Hee that followeth after righte- shall bee blessed : for hee giueth of his consumed.* 2. Cor. 9. 6
ousnesse and mercy, findeth life, righte- bread to the poore. t Heb. good
ousnesse and honour. eye.
10 *Cast out the scorner, and conten- of* Psal. 101 6
* Eccles. 9. 22 # A wise man scaleth the citie oi tion shall goe out ; yea strife , and re-
14.
the mightie, and casteth downe the proch shall cease.
strength of the confidence thereof. 11 He that loueth purenesse of heart,
1! Or, and
* Chap. 12. 23 # Whoso keepeth his mouth and \\for the grace of his lips the king shall be hath Rrace
13. ana
18. 21. his tongue, keepeth his soule from trou- his friend. in his lips.
bles. 12 The eyes of the L O R D preserue
\Heb.inthe 24? Proud and haughtie scorner, is knowledge, and he ouerthroweth the
wrath of his name, who dealeth tin proud wrath. || words of the transgressour. !l Or, the
pride. matters.
» Cha. 13. 4 25 *The desire of the slouthfull kil- 13 * The slothfull man say th, There is * Chap. 2C.
a lyon 13.
Of opprefsion. Chap.xxiij. Buy the trueth.
a lyon without, I shall be slaine in thefor they are deceitfull meate.
streetes. 4 * Labour not to bee rich : cease * I.Tim. 6. 9
10.
* Chap. 2.
16. and 23.
14 * The mouth of strange women from thine owne wisedome.
27. and 5. 3. is a deepe pit : he that is abhorred of the 5 t Wilt thou set thine eyes vpon Heb. wilt
t
and 7- 6. thou cause
LORD shall fall therein. that which is not ? for riches certainly thine eyes to
15 Foolishnesse is bound in the heart make themselues wings, they fly away vpon? fly
* Chap. 13. of a child : bid * the rod of correction shal
as an Eagle toward heauen.
24. and 19.
18. and 23. driue it far re from him. 6 Eate thou not the bread of him
13. and 29. 16 Hee that oppresseth the poore to that hath an euill eye, neither desire tbou
15, 17.
increase his riches , and he that giueth to
his dainty meates.
the rich, shall surely come to want. 7 For as he thinketh in his heart.
17 Bow downe thine eare, and so is he : Eate, and drinke, sayth he to
heare the words of the wise, and apply thee, but his heart is not with thee.
thine heart ynto my knowledge. 8 The morsell which thou hast eaten,
18 For it is a pleasant thing, if thoushalt thou vomite vp, and loose t;hy
*Heb.inthy. keepe them t within thee; they shall sweete words.
belly.
withall be fitted in thy lippes. 9 Speake not in the eares of a
19 That thy trust may bee in the foole : for hee will despise the wisedome
LORD, I haue made knowen to thee of thy words.
ii Or, trust this day, ||euen to thee. 10 #Remoue not the old || land- 28. * Chap. 22.
ihou also. deut. 19
20 Haue not I written to thee excel- in arke ; and enter not into the fields of and 27.
14."
lent things in counsailes and know- the fatherlesse. 17-
II Or, bound,
ledge : 11 ^For their redeemer is mighty; * Chap. 22.
23. iob. 31.
21 That I might make thee knowe he shall plead their cause with thee. 21.
the certainty of the words of truth ; that12 Apply thine heart vnto in-
thou mightest answere the words of struction, and thine eares to the words
'! Or, to those trueth || to them that send vnto thee ? of knowledge.
\hee. 22 Rob not the poore because he is 13 * Withhold not correction from the * Chap. 13.
24. and 19,
*Zach.7.lO poore, * neither oppresse the afflicted in child : for -if thou beatest him with the 18. and 22.
the gate. rod, he shall not die. 15.
* Chap, 23.
11. iob. 31.
23 *For the L O R D will plead their 14 Thou shalt beate him with the
21. cause, and spoile the soule of those that
rod , and shalt deliuer his soule from
spoiled them. hell.
24 Make no friendship with an an- 15 My sonne, if thine heart be wise,
grie man : and with a furious man my heart shall reioyce, ||euen mine. II Or, eusn 1
thou shalt not goe ; 16 Yea my reines shall reioyce, when wil reioyce.
25 Lest thou learne his wayes, and thy lippes speake right things.
get a snare to thy soule. 17 *Let not thine heart enuy sin- * Chap. 24.
* Chap. 6. l. 26 # Be not thou one of them that l. and 3. 31.
ners , but be thou in the feare of the psal. r *" 37.
01
**• • i.
*'
and ii. is. and 73. 3.
strike hands , or of them that are sure-LORD all the day long.
ties for debts. 18 * For surely there is an ||end, and 14.* Chap. 24.
27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why thine expectation shall not be cut off. il Or, reward
should he take away thy bed from vn- 19 Heare thou, my sonne, and be wise,
der thee ? and guide thine heart in the way.
* Chap. 13. 28 ^Remoue not the ancient ||land 20 #Be not amongst wine-bibbers; * Rom. 13.
10. deut. id 13. eph. 5.
14. & 27. 7. marke, which thy fathers haue set. amongst riotous eaters tof flesh. 18.
!l Or, bound. 29 Seest thou a man diligent in his 21 For the drunkard and the glut- t Heb. of
their flesh.
businesse ? hee shall stand before kings,
ton shall come to pouerty; and drousi-
t Hcb. ob- he shall not stand before tmeane men. nesse shall cloath a man with ragges.
scure men.
22 * Hearken vnto thy father that * Chap, 1.8.
C H A P . XXIII. begate thee, and despise not thy mother
when she is old.
Hen thou sittest to eate 23 Buy the trueth, and sell it not; al-

W with^ a ru^er' consider dili- so wisedome and instruction and vnder-

gently what is before thee. standing.
2 And put a knife to 24 *The father of the righteous * Chap. 10.
thy throate , if thou be a shall greatly reioyce : and he that beget- 1. & 15. 20.
man giuen to appetite. teth a wise child, shall haue ioy of him.
8 Be not desirous of his dainties : 25 Thy father and thy mother shall
be
Againft enuie. Prouerbes.
3e glad, and she that bare thee shall re-
icyce.
26 My sonne, giue me thine heart,
and let thine eyes obserue my wayes.
* Chap. 22. 27 # ]?or an whore is a deepe ditch ;
14
and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
« Chap. 7. 28 * She also lyeth in wait \\asfor a
12.
1 Ori as a pray, and increaseth the transgressours
robber* among men.
Msay.5. 11 29 * Who hath woe? who hath sor-
row ? who hath contentions ? who hath
rabbling? who hath wounds without
cause ? who hath rednesse of eyes ?
30 They that tarry long at the wine,
they that goe to seeke mixt wine.
31 Looke not thou vpon the wine
when it is red, when it giueth his colour
in the cuip,when it moneth itselfe aright.
32 At the last it biteth like a serpent,
Wr, a cocka- and stingeth like ||an adder.
trice.
33 Thine eyes shall behold strange
women, and thine heart shall vtter per-
uerse things.
34 Yea thou shalt be as he that ly-
MIeb.inthe eth downe tin the midst of the sea, or as
heart of the
sea. he that lyeth vpon the top of a mast.
35 They haue striken me, shalt thou
sat/y and I was not sicke : they haue bea-
t Heb. 1 ten me, and 1 1 felt it not : when shall I
knew it not.
awake? 1 will seefce it yet againe.
C H A P . XXIIII.
* Chap. E not thou * enuious a-
B
23. 17. and
24. lO.PSal. ga^nst eu^ m e n > "either
37. l. &c.
and 73. 3.
desire to be with them.
* Psal. 10. 7- 2 #For their heart stu-
dieth destruction , and
their iippes talke of mischiefe.
3 Through wisedome is an house
builded, and by vntjerstanding it is esta-
blished.
4 And by knowledge shall the
chambers bee filled with all precious
and pleasant riches.
i Heb. is in 5 A wise man t'w strong, yea a man
strength.
t Heb. of knowledge t encreaseth strength.
strengthe- 6 * For by wise counsell thou shalt
neth might.
* Chap. 20. make thy warre : and in multitude of
18. and 11. counsellers there is safetie.
14. agd 15.
22. 7 Wisedome is too high for a foole :
he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
8 He that deuiseth to doeeuill, shall
be called a mischieuous person.
9 The thought of foolishnesse is
sinne : and the scorner is an abominati-
on to men.
10 Ifdiou faint in the day of ad,uersi-
t Heb. nar.
rW« tie, thy strength is t sin all:
The iuft falleth.
11 * If thou forbeare to deliuer them * PsaL 82. 4
that are drawen vnto death, and those
that are ready to be slaine :
12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew
t not : doth not he that pondereth the
leart, consider it? and he that keepeth
thy soule, doth not he know it? and shall
not hee render to euery man *according * lob. 34.
LI. psal. 62.
to his workes? 12. ier. 32.
13 *My sonne, eate thou honie, be- 6. apoc.
19. rom. 2.
22.
cause it is good, and the honie combe, 12.
which is sweete t to thy taste. * Psal. 19.
9. & 119.
14 So shall the knowledge of wise- 103.
r H€O* vpon '
dome be vnto thy soule: when thou hast thy palate.
bund it, *then there shall be a reward, * Chap. 23.
i5.
and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
15 Lay not waite, (O wicked man)
against the dwelling of the righteous :
spoile not his resting place.
16 *For a iust man falleth seuen '* Psal. 34.
18. and 37*
;imes, and riseth vp againe: but the wic- 24, iob. 5.
<ed shall fall into mischiefe. 19.
. 17 * Reioyce not when thine enemie 15. * Psal. 35.
cnap. 17
alleth : and let not thine heart be glad 5. iob. 31.
29.
when he stumbleth:
18 Lest the LORD see it, and tit dis- IHeb.itbe
euill in his
)lease him, and hee turne away his eyes.
wrath from him*
19 * || Fret not thy selfe because of e- chap.
* Psal. 37.1.
23.
uill men ; neither be thou enuious at the 17.
wicked. II Or, keepe
not company
20 * For there shall be no reward to with the wic-
ked.
the euill man : the || candle of the wicked * Chap. 13.
shall be put out. 9. iob. 21. 17
21 My sonne, feare thou the LORD, 1 Or, lampe.
and the king: and medle not with t them gers.t Heb. chan-
that are giuen to change.
22 For their calamity shall rise sud-
denly, and who knoweth the ruine of
them both ?
23 These things also belong to the 9
wise : * It is not good to haue respect of 15.Leuit. 10.
chap. 18.
persons in Judgement. 5. and 28.
24 * He that sayth vnto the wicked, 21. deut. 1.
17* and 16.
Thou art righteous, him shall the peo- 24. 19. ioh. 7.
ple curse ; nations shall abhorre « Chap. 17.
15. isa. 5. 23.
lim :
25 But to them that rebuke him
shall be delight, and ta good blessing tblessing
Heb. a
of
shall come vpon them. good.
26 Euery man shall kisse/m Iippes that
tgiueth a right answere. t Heb. that
ansiveretfi
27 Prepare thy worke without, and right words.
make it fit for thy selfe in the field; and
afterwards build thine house.
28 Be not a witnesse against thy
neighbour without cause : and deceiue
not with thy Iippes.
29 #Say not, I will doe so to him as 22. * Chap. 20.
he
 Of flouthfulneffe. Chap.xxv. A Fhrewd wife.
he hath done to mee : I will render to 12 As an eare-ring of gold, and an
the man according to his worke. ornament of fine gold, so is a wise repro-
30 I went by the field of the slouth- uer vpon an obedient eare.
full, and by the vineyard of the man 13 * As the cold of snow in the time oi *Chap. 13.
voyd of vnderstanding : haruest, so is a faithfull messenger to 17.
31 And loe, it was all growen ouer them that send him : for hee refresheth
with thornes, and nettles nad couerec the soule of his masters.
the face thereof, and the stone wall ther- 14 Who so boasteth himselfe tof a t Hebr. in a
of was broken downe false gift, is like cloudes and winde with- gift
hood.
offals-
f Kebr. set 32 Then I saw, and t considered it out raine.
my heart.
well, I looked vpon it, and receiued in- 15 * By long forbearing is a Prince * Chap. 15.
struction. perswaded, and a soft tongue breaketh 4.1. gene. and 16.
32.
* Chap. 6. 33 * Yet a little sleepe, a little slum- the bone. 14. 1. sain.
9. &c. 25. 24.
ber, a little folding of the handes to 16 Hast thou found hony ? eate so
sleepe . much as is sufficient for thee : lest thou
34? So shall thy pouertie come, as be filled therewith, and vomit it.
one that traueileth, and thy want, as 17 [| Withdraw thy foote from thy B Or, lei thv
t Hebr. a
man off
tan armed man. neighbours house: lest he be t weary offoote be set-
dome in thy
shield. thee, and so hate thee. neighbours
house*
CHAP. XXV. 18 A man that beareth false witnes \Hebr.full
1 Observations about Kings, 8 and about
against *his neighbour, is a maule, and of*Psal. thee.
120.
auoyding causes of quarrels, and sundry a sword, and a sharpe arrow. 4. chap. 12.
1$.
causes thereof. 19 Confidence in an vnfaithfull man
in time of trouble, is like a broken tooth,
-tiese arc aisox rouerues 01 and a foot out of ioynt.

T
Solomon, which the men 20 As hee that taketh away a gar-
f Hezekiah king of lu- ment in cold weather ; and cw vineger vp-
dah copied out. on nitre; so is he that singeth songs to an
% It is the glory of God beauy heart.
;o conceale a thing : but the honour oi 21 * If thine enemie be hungry, giue *Exod. 23,
Sings Is to search out a matter. lim bread to eate : and if hee be thirstie, 4.20.rora. 12.
3 The heauen for height, and the gjiue him water to drinke.
earth for depth, and the heart of Kings 22 For thou shalt heape coales of
df
* Reb. there s t vn search able. fire vpon his head, and the L O R D
s no search^ shall reward thee,
ng. 4 Take away the drosse from the
iluer, and there shall come foorth a ves- 23 || The North winde driueth a- 1 Or, The
fwe
ell for the finer. Northwinde
way raine : so doeth an angrie counte- bringeth
* Chap. 20. 5 *T.ake away the wicked from be- nance a backbiting tongue. foorth raine,
fo doeth (t
8. bre the king, and his throne shalbe esta- 24 * It is better to dwell in a corner backbiting
tongue, an
blished in righteousnes. of the house top, then with a brawling angrycoun-
t Hebr. set 6 t Put not forth thy selfe in the pre- woman, and in a wide house. [enance*
not out thy we
glow.
v
B* *Jf'
ence of the king, and stand not in the 25 As cold waters to a thirstie soule : 9.*Chap.
and 19.
21.

>lace of great men. so is good newes from a farre coun- 13,

* Luke 14. 7 * For better it is that it be said vnto trey.
10. hee, Come vp hither ; then that thou 26 A righteous man falling downje
houldest be put lower in the presence of
gfd >efore the wicked, is as a troubled foun-
sds
he Prince whom thine eies haue scene. taine, aud a corrupt spring.
8 Goe not forth hastily to striue, lest 27 It is not good to eat much hony :
hou know not what to doe in the ende svfor men to search their owne glory, is
fds
bereof, when thy neighbour hath put not glory.
dstiee to shame. 28 * Hee that hath no rule ouer his * Chap. 10.
* Matth. 5. 9 * Debate thy cause with thy neigh- owne spirit, is like a citie that is broken 32.
25. and 18. jour himselfe; and ||discouer not a secret [owne, and without walles.
15.
II Or, disco- o another :
uer not the
secret of an- 10 Lest he that heareth it, put thee to C H A P . XXVI.
other. dfbame , and thine infamie turne not a-
1 Obseruations about fooles, 13 about slug-
wray gards, 17 and about contentious busie-
feb. spoken 1 1 A word t fitly spoken is like apples bodies.
ion his
wheeles. sdfsa
f gold in pictures of siluer.
As
Bufie- bodies. Prouerbes. Of felfe-loue.
S snow in summer, and as woundes, and they goe downe into

A as raine in haruest: so. ho-

nour is not seemely for a
foole.
9. As the bird by wan-
dring, as the swallow by flying: so the
the t innermost parts of the belly.
23 Burning lips, and a wicked heart, bers.
are like a potsheard couered with siluer
drosse.
24 Hee that hateth, ||dissembleth il Or, is
Heb. cham-

knowen.
curse causelesse shall not come. with his lips, and lay eth vp deceit with-
* Chap. 10.
13. psal.
3 * A whip for the horse, a bridle for in him.
32.9. the asse; and a rod for the fooles backe. 25 When he tspeaketh faire, beleeue keth Heb. ma-
his
4 Answere not a foole according to him not: for there are seuen abominati- voice gra-
bis folly, lest thou also be like vnto him. ons in his heart. cious.
5 Answere a foole according to his 261| Whose hatred is couered by deceit, Or, hatred
\ Heb. his folly, lest hee be wise in this owne con- his wickednesse shall be shewed before ins couered
secret.
owne eyes.
ceit. the whole congregation.
6 He that sendeth a message by the 27 * Whoso diggeth a pit, shall fall 5.* Eccles. 10.
psai: 17.
hand of a foole, cutteth off the feete, and therein : and he that rolleth a stone, it 16. & 9.15.
I! Or, vio-
lence.
drinketh || dam mage. will returne vpon him.
t Heb. are 7 The legges of the lame t are not 28 A lying tongue hateth those that
lifted vp. equall : so is a parable in the mouth of are afflicted by it, and a flattering mouth
fooles. worketh ruine.
II Or, as he 8 || As hee that bindeth a stone in a
that putteth
a pretious sling; so is hee that giueth honour to a C H A P . XXVII.
stone in an foole.
heapeqf 1 Obseruations of selfe-loue: 5 of true loue :
stones. 9 As a thorne goeth vp into the hand 11 of care to auoid offences: 23 and of the
of a drunkard; so is a parable in the housholde care.
mouth of fooles.
II Or, a great 10 || The great God that formed all Oast *not thy selfe of tto * lam. 4.13,

B morrow: for thou know- &c.

mangrie-
ueth all, and things, both rewardeth the foole, and t Heb. to
hee hireth rewardeth transgressours. est not what a day may morrow day.
the foole, he
hireth also 11 * As a dogge returneth to his vo- bring foorth.
transgres- 2 Let another man
sors. mite: so a foole t returneth to his folly.
* 2. Pet. 2. 12 Seest thou a man wise in his praise thee, and not thine owne mouth;
22.
t Heb. itera- owne conceit ? there is more hope of a a stranger, and not thine owne lips.
teth his folly. foole then of him. 3 A stone is theauie, and the sand t Heb. hea-
uinesse.
* Chap. 22. 13 *The slothful! man sayth, There u weightie : but a fooles wrath is hea-
13. a lion in the way, a lion is in the streets. uier then them both.
14 As the doore turneth vpon his 4 t Wrath is cruellj and anger is out- \Heb.wrath\
is crueltie, \
hinges : so doeth the slothfull vpon his ragious : but who is able to stand be- andangeran \
fore ||enuie? ouerflowing. j
bedde. I! Or, ielousie,,
* Chap. 19. 15 * The slothfuil hideth his hand in 5 Open rebuke is better then secret
24.
il Or, he is
his bosome, ||it grieueth him to bring it loue.
weary. againe to his mouth. 6 * Faithfull are the woundes of a *PsaL 141.5
16 The sluggard is wiser in his owne friend : but the kisses of an enemy are
conceit, then seuen men that can render Hdeceitfull. IQr^earnest)
orfrequent.
a reason. 7 * The full soule tloatheth an ho- * lob 6. 7-
y Or, is en* 17 He that passeth by, and ||medleth nie combe : but to the hungry soule e- iHeb.trea-
deth vnder
raged. with strife belonging not to him, is like uery bitter thing is sweete. foote.
one that taketh a dog by the eares. 8 As a bird that wandreth from her
t Heb. flames 18 As a mad man, who casteth t fire- nest : so is a man that wandreth from
or sparkes. brands, arrowes, and death : his place.
19 So is the man that deceiueth his 9 Oyntment and perfume reioyce
neighbour, & sayth, Am not I in sport? the heart: so doeth the sweetnesse of a
t Heb. with- mans friend tby heartie counsell. t Heb. from
out wood. 20 t Where no wood is, there the fire the counsell I
* Chap. 22. goeth out : so * where there is no || tale- 10 Thine owne friend and thy fa- the soule. \
of
10. thers friend forsake not; neither goe in
I Or, whi- bearer, the strife tceaseth.
sperer. 21 *As coales are to burning coales, to thy brothers house in the day of thy * Chap. 17.
\Heb.is calamitie : for * better is a neighbour 17. and 18.
silent. and wood to fire; so is a contentious
*Chap. 15. man to kindle strife. that is neere, then a brother farre off. 24.
*Cha. 10. 1.
18. & 29. 22.
*Cha. 18. 8 22 * The words of a tale - bearer are 11 * My sonne, be wise, and make my and 23. 24.
hear
Know thy flocke. Chap.xxviij.
heart glad, that I may answere him
that reprocheth me.
* Chap. 22.3i 12 * A prudent man foreseeth the euil,
and hideth himselfe: but the simple passe
on, and are punished.
* Chap. 20. 13 *Take his garment that is surety
16.
or a stranger, and take a pledge of him
or a strange woman.
14 He that blesseth his friend with a
oud voice, rising earely in the morning,
t shall be counted a curse to him.
* Chap. 19.
13.
15 *A continuall dropping in a very
rainie day, and a contentious woman,
are alike.
16 Whosoeuer hideth her, hideth the
wind, and the ointment of his right
land which bewrayeth it selfe
17 Iron sharpeneth iron : so a man
sharpeneth the countenance of his
Viend.
18 Whoso keepeth the figtree, shall
eate the fruit therof: so he that waiteth
on his master, shall be honoured.
19 As in water face answereih to face:
so the heart of man to man.
* Eccles. i. 8B £0 *Hell and destruction are tneuer
t Hebr. not.
' full: so the eyes of man are neuer satis-
led.
* Chap. 17. 33 21 * As the fining pot for siluer, and
the furnace for gold: so is a man to his
Draise.
22 Though thou shouldest bray a
Ebole in a morter among wheate with
a pestell, yet will not his foolishnesse de-
part from him.
23 Be thou diligent to knowe the
Hebr. set state of thy flocks, and tlooke well to thy
thy heart. herds.
\Hebr. 24 For t riches are not for euer : anc
strength.
t Hebr. to doth the crowne endure t to euery gene-
generation ration ?
and gene-
ration. 25 The hay appeareth, and the ten-
der grasse sheweth it selfe, and herbes o
the mountaines are gathered.
26 The lambes are for thy clothing,
and the goates are the price of thy field.
27 And thou shalt haue goats milke
enough for thy food, for the food of th;
^ Hebr. lift.. houshold, andjor the t maintenance for
thy maidens
C H A P XXVIII.
General! obseruations of impietie and reli-
gious integritie.
* Leuit. 26. He * wicked flee when no
T
36.
man pursueth : but the
righteous are bolde as a
lyon.
2 For the transgressi-
A wicked ruler.
on of a land, many are the princes there-
of: || but by a man of vnderstanding and ofvnder-
« by men
HOr,
cnowledge the state thereof shall bee pro- %ttandingand
onged. «shall
wisedome
they
3 A ppore man that oppresseth the «ikewise be
prolonged.
>oore, is like a sweeping raine t which *t Heb. with-
eaueth no food. ooutfoode.
4 They that forsake the law, praise
le wicked : but such as keepe the Law,
contend with them.
5 Euill men vnderstand not iudge-
ment: but they that seeke the LORD,
vnderstand all things.
6 * Better is the poore that walketh **Cha. 19. 1.
in his vprightnesse, then he that is per-
uerse in his wayes, though he be rich.
7 * Whoso keepeth the law, is a wise ** Cha. 29. 3.
sonne : but he that tis a companion of •fl1 Or.feedeih
riotous men, shameth his father. *gluttons.
8 * He that by vsurie and t vniust *Chap. * 13.
raine increaseth his substance, he shall \22. 26.
eccles. 2
;ather it for him that wil pity the poore. tt Hebr, by
9 He that turneth away his eare *increase.
ront hearing the law, euen his prayer
sholhe abomination.
10 *Who so causeththe righteous to **Chap. 26.
?oe astray in an euill way, he shall fall *27.
limselfe into his owne pit: but the vp-
right shall haue good things in posses-
sion.
11 The rich man is wise tin his owne Heb. in his
conceit: but the poore that hath vnder- eyes.
standing searcheth him out.
12 * When righteous men do reioyce, *Iohn 11.10
there is great glory: but when the wicked ecclea. 10. 6
and ver. 28.
rise, a man is ||hidden. D Or, sought
for.
13 *He that couereth his sinnes, shall * Psal. 32.5.
not prosper : but who so confesseth arid andioh.10.1. 9.
l.
brsaketh them, shall haue mercie.
14 Happy is the man that feareth al-
way : *but he that hardeneth his heart, *Rom. 11
20.
shall fall into misckiefe.
15 As a roaring lyon and a ranging
scare : so is a wicked ruler ouer the
poore people.
16 The prince that wanteth vnder-
standing, is also a great oppressour : but
tie that hateth couetousnesse, shall pro-
long his dayes.
17 * A man that doth violence to the * Gen. 9. 6.
blood of any person, shall flie to the pit, exod. 21. 14
let no man stay him.
18 * Whoso walketh vprightly, shal * Chap. 10.
be saued : but he that is peruerse in his 25.
wayes, shall fall at once.
19 * He that tilleth his land, shal haue * Chap. 12.
plentie of bread ; but he that followeth 11.
after vaine persons, shall haue pouerty
enough.
20 A faith
An euill eye. Prouerbes.
20 A faithfull man shall abound
* Chap. 13. with blessings: *but hee that maketh
H. and 23. laste to be rich, shall not be || innocent.
4. i, tim. o. 9
U Or, vnpu- 21 *To haue respect of persons, is
nished.
*Chap. 18. not good : for, for a piece of bread that
5. & 24. 23. man will transgresse.
II Or, he that 22 || He that hasteth to bee rich, hath
hath an euill
eye, hasteth an euill eye, and considereth not that
to be rich,
ver 20. souerty shall come vpon him.
* Cha. 27. 6. 23 * He that rebuketh a man, after-
wards shall find more fauour, then he
that flattereth with the tongue.
24 Who so robbeth his father or his
mother, and saith, it is no transgres-
t Hcb.a man sion, the same is thecompanion of ta de-
destroying.
stroyer.
* Chap! 13. 25 *He that is of a proud heart, stir-
10.
reth vp strife : but he that putteth his
trust in the LORD, shalbe made fat.
26 Hee that trusteth in his owne
heart, is a foole : but who so walketh
wisely, he shall be deliuered.
* Deut. 15. 27 *He that giueth vnto the poore,
8. cha. 22. 9. shall not lacke : but he. that hideth his
eyes, shall haue many a curse.
* Chap. 29. 28 * When the wicked rise, men hide
2. and ver.
12. of this themselues : but when they perish, the
chapter. righteous increase.
C H A P . XXIX.
1 Observations of publike gouernement, 15
And of priuate. 22 Of anger, pride, theeuery^
cowardizej and corruption.
\Heb.aman tE that being often repror
Correct children.
9 If a wise man contendeth with
a foolish man , whether hee rage or
augh, there is no rest.
10 tThe bloodthirstie hate the vp- Heb. men
of blood.
right : but the iust seeke his soule.
11 A foole vttereth all his mind : but
a wise man keepeth it in till after-
wards.
12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his
seruants are wicked.
13 * The poore and the || deceitful man * Cha. 22. 2.
meet together: the LORD lightneth $urcr» II Or, the v-
both their eyes.
14 *The King that faithfully iudg- * Chap. 20.
eth the poore, his throne shall be establi- 28.
shed for euer.
15 *The rod and reproofe giue wise- * See ver. 17
dome: but a * child left tohimselfe bring- *Chap. 10.
1. and 17. 21
eth his mother to shame. and 25.
16 When the wicked are multiplied,
transgression increaseth : *but the righ- 36.* Psal. 37.
and 58.
teous shall see their fall. 11. and 91. 8
17 * Correct thy sonne, and hee shall *Chap. 13.
giue thee rest : yea he shall giue delight 24. and 22.
15. and 23.
vnto thy soule. 13, 14
18 Where there is no vision, the people
|| perish : but he that keepeth the Law, II Or, is made
happy is he. naked.
19 A seruant will not be corrected by
words : for though hee vnderstAnd, hee
will not answere.
20 Seest thou a man that is hasty ||in \\ Or, in his
his words ? there is more hope of a foole matters.
then of him.
21 H& that delicately bringeth vp his

H
of reproof es. ue(
*> hardeneth his necke, seruant from a child, shall haue him be-
shal suddenly be destroied, come his sonne at the length.
an
d that without remedy. 22 * An angry man stirreth vp strife, * Chap. 15.
*Chap. 11. 2 * When the righteous and a furious man aboundeth in trans- 18. & 26. 21
28. eccles. are ||in authoritie, the people reioyce :
10. and 28. gression.
10. 5. but when the wicked beareth rule, the 23 * A mans pride shall bring him *Chap. 15.
I Or, increa- people mourne.
sed* lowe : but honour shall vpholde the 33. and 18.
12. iob 22.
* Chap. 10. 3 * Whoso Iqueth wisedome, reioy- humble in spirit. 29. luk. 14.
11. mat. 23.
l. and 15.
20. and 27. ceth his father : *but hee that keepeth 24 Who so is partner with a thiefe, 12.
11.
* JUUK*
T nV J.O.
1 «5
company with harlots, spendeth his hateth his owne soule : hee heareth
13. chap. 5. substance. cursing, and bewrayeth it not.
9. and 28. 7* 4 The king by Judgement stabli- 25 The feare of man bringeth a
fHeb.a sheth the land: but the that receiueth snare : but who so putteth his trust in
man ofob- gifts, ouerthroweth it.
lations» the LORD, t shall be safe. MIeb. shalbe
5 A man that flattereth his neigh- 26 * Many seeke the t rulers fauour, set on high.
* Cha. 19. 6
bour, spreadeth a net for his feet. but euery mans iudgement cwnmeth t Hebr. the
face of a
6 In the transgression of an euill from the LORD. ruler.
man there is a snare : but the righteous 27 An vniust man is an abomination
doth sing and reioyce. to the iust : and he that is vpright in the
* lob 29.
16.
7 *The righteous considereth the way, is abomination to the wicked.
cause of the poore : but the wicked regar-
deth not to Know it. C H A P . XXX.
B Or, set a 8 Scornefull men || bring a citie into a I Agurs confession of his faith. 7 The two
citie. on fire » snare : but wise men turne away wrath. points of his prayer. 10 The meanest are
not
Gods word pure. Chap.xxx.
not to bee wronged. 11 Foure wicked ge-
nerations. 15 Foure things insatiable. 17
Parents are not to bee despised. 18 Foure
things hard to be knowen, 21 Foure things
vntoflerable. 24 Foure things exceeding
wise. 29 Foure things stately. 32 Wrath
is to bee preuented.
He words of Agur the
T
sonne of lakeh, euen the
prophecy : The man spake
vnto I^eU euen vnto
JLiniei and vcai.
% Surely I am more
)rutish then any man, and haue not the
vnderstanding of a man.
3 I neither learned wisedome, nor
t Heb. know. thaue the knowledge of the holy.
* lohn. 3. 4 *Who hath ascended vp into hea-
13. iob. 38.
4. psal. 104. uen, or descended? who hath gathered
3. isa. 40.
12.
the wind in his fists ? who hath bound
the waters in a garment ? who hath
established all the ends of the earth ?
what is his name, and what is his
sonnes name, if thou canst tell ?
«PsaLl2.7. 5 *Euery word of God tzs pure : he
and 18. 32.
& 19. 8. & is a shield vnto. them that put their
119. 140.
t Heb. puri- trust in him.
fied. 6 *Adde thou not vnto his words,
* Deut. 4. 2.
and 12. 32. lest he reproue thee, and thou be found a
apoc. 21. 19 lyar.
7 Two things haue I required of
t Heb. with- thee, tdeny me them not before I die.
hold not
from me. 8 Remoue farre from mee vanity,
and lyes ; giue me neither pouerty, nor
* Mat 6. 11. riches; *feede me with foodtconuenient
t Heb. of my
allowance. for me.
* Deut. 32. 9 *Lest I be full, and tdeny thee,
15.
T ft eis• uctyc
* fffh futfap and say, Who is the LORD ? or lest 1
Giee, be poore, and steale, and take the name
of my God in vaine.
t Heb. hurt 10 t Accuse not a seruant vnto his
not with thy
tongue* master; lest he curse thee, and thou be
found guilty.
11 There is a generation tliat curseth
their father, and doth not blesse their
mother/
12 There is a generation that are pure
in their owne eyes, and yet is not wash-
ed from their filthinesse.
* Chap. 6. 13 * There is a generation , O ho we
17.
lofty are their eyes ! and their eye-lids
are lifted vp.
* Psal. 52. 14 * There is a generation , whose
3. and 57. s.
iob. 29. 17. teeth are as swords, and their iaw-teeth
as kniues , to deuoure the poore from
off the earth, and the needy from among
men.
15 The horse-leach hath two daugh-
Things vnfatiable;
ters, crying, Giue, giue. There are three
Kings that are neuer satisfied, yea foure
gdf
dd
hings say not, t/£ is enough : Rft.
16 The graue ; and the barren cealth.
wombe; the earth that is not filled with
water; and the fire that saith not. It is e-
nough.
17 The eye that mocketh at his fa-
ther, and despiseth to obey his mother;
the rauens of ||the valley shall picke it Or, the
out, and the young Eagles shall brooke.
eate it.
18 There be three things which are
;oo wonderfull for me; yea foure, which
! know not :
19 The way of ar^ Eagle in the ayre ;
the way of a serpent vpon. a rocke ; the
the way of a ship in the t midst of the Heb. heart.
sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
80 Such is the way of an adulterous
woman : she eateth, and wipeth her
mouth, and saith, I haue done no wic-
cednesse.
21 For three things the earth is dis-
quieted , and for foure which it cannot
)eare :
22 * For a seruant when he reigneth, « Chap. 19.
and a foole when hee is filled with 0.
meate :
23 For an odious woman when shee
dfgs
s married, and an handmayd that is
leire to her mistresse.
24 There be foure things which are
ittle vpon the earth; but they are t ex- t Heb. vise
ceeding wise : made wise.
25 * The Ants are a people not * Chap. c. 7
strong, yet they prepare their meate in
the summer.
26 The conies are but a feeble folke,
yet make they their houses in the rocks
27 The locustes haue no king, yet
goe they forth all of them tby bands. ' Heb. ga-
28 The spider taketh hold with her thered(her.
toge.
bands, and is in kings palaces.
26 There be three things which goe
well, yea foure are comely in going :
30 A lyon which is strongest among
beastes, and turneth not away for any
31 || A gray-hound; an hee-goate al If Or, horse.
Heb. girt in
so ; and a king, against whom there is thetoyne**
no rising vp.
32 * If thou hast done foolishly in * Iob. 91. 5.
lifting vp thy selfe , or if thou has and 3d. 37*
&c. and 40.
thought euill, lay thine hand vpon th;
mouth.
33 Surely the churning of milk
bringeth forth butter; and the wringhij
of the nose bringeth forth blood : so th
forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
CHAP
The defcription of Prouerbes. a good woman.
hold, and a portion to her maydens.
C H A P . XXXI. 16 She considereth a field, and tbuy- Hebr. ta-
i Lemuels lesson of chastitie and temperance. th it • with the fruit of her handes she eth.
6 The afflicted are to be comforted arid jlanteth a Vineyard
defended. 10 The praise and proper-
ties of a good wife. 17 She girdeth her loynes with
strength, and strengthened her armes.
He wordes of King Le- 18 "f She perceiueth that her mer- Hebr. shs

T
m
uel, the prophecie that chandise is good , her candle goeth not aateth'
his mother taught him. out by night.
2 What , my sonne ! 19 She layeth her handes to the
and what , the sonne o1 spindle , and her handes hold the di-
my wombe ! and what, staffe.
the sonne of my vowes ! 20 tShe stretcheth out her hand to Hebr. she
3 Giue not thy strength vnto wo- he poore , yea she reacheth foorth her spreadeth.
men, nor thy wayes to that which de~ landes to the needy.
stroyeth kings 21 She is not afraid of the snow for
4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it ler houshold : for all her houshold are
1 is not for kings to drinke wine, nor for cloathed with [jscarlet. Or, double
Princes, strong drinke : 22 She maketh herselfe couerings arments.
5 Lest they drinke , and forget the of tapestrie ; her cloathing is silke and
t Hebr. a/- Law, and tperuert the iudgement to >urple.
ter.
t Hebr. of any of the afflicted. 23 Her husband is knowen in the
allthesonnes 6 * Giue strong drinke vnto him that gates, when he sitteth among the El-
of affliction*
* Psal. 104. is ready to perish, and wine vnto those ders of the land.
15. that be tof heauie hearts. 24 She maketh fine linnen , and sel-
t Hebr. bit-
ter ofsoule. 7 Let him drinke, and forget his po- eth it, and deliuereth girdles vnto the
uertie , and remember his misery no merchant.
more. 25 Strength and honour are her
8 Open thy mouth for the dumbe in cloathing; and she shall reioyce in time
t Hebr. the the cause of all such as are t appointee to come.
sonnes of de-
struction. to destruction. 26 She openeth her mouth with
9 Open thy mouth , iudge righte- wisedome ; and in her tongue w the law
* Leuit. 19. ously, * and plead the cause of the poore of kindnesse.
15. deut. 1. and needy. 27 She looketh well to the wayes
16.
* Chap. 19. 10 If * Who can finde a vertuous wo- of her housholde , and eateth not the
4. man? for her price is farre aboue Rubies. bread of idlenesse.
11 The heart of her husband doet 28 Her children arise vp, and call he
safely trust in her, so that he shall haue blessed; her husband also, and he prai
no need of spoile. seth her.
12 She will doe him good, and not 29 Many daughters ||haue done II Or, haue
euill, all the dayes of her life. vertuously, but thou excellest them all. gotten
ches.
ri-
13 She seeketh wooll and flaxe, am 30 Fauour is deceitfull , andhfghbv
beauti
worketh willingly with her hands. is vaine : but a woman that feareth th
14 She is like the merchants ships, LORD, she shalbe praised.
she bringeth her food from afarre. 31 Giue her of the fruit of her hands
15 Shee riseth also while it is yet and let her owne workes praise her in
night, and giueth meate to her house- the gates

THE
The vanitie of Chap j.ij.
ECCLESIASTES,
or the Preacher.
C H A P . I.
1 The Preacher sheweth that all humane cour-
ses are vaine: 4 Because the creatures are
restlesse in their courses, 9 They bring
foorth nothing newe, and all olde things are
forgotten, 12 And because he hath founc
it so in the studies of wisedome.
He wordes of the
T
Preacher, the son
of Dauid, King
in Jerusalem.
& * Vanitie of
* Cha. 12. 9
psal. 144. 4.
psal. 36. 6. vanities, saith the
and 62. 9. Preacher, vanitie
of vanities, all is
vanitie.
* Cha. a. 22. 3 * What profite hath a man of all
and 3. 9. his labour which hee taketh vnder the
Sunne ?
4> One generation passeth away,
*PsaLl04.S and another generation commeth : *but
& 119. 90. the earth abideth for euer.
5 The Sunne also arisetb, and the
\ Heb.van- Sunne goeth downe, and thasteth to
teth.
the place where he arose.
6 The winde goeth toward the
South, and turneth about vnto the
North ; it whirleth about continually,
and the winde returneth againe accor-
ding to his circuits.
* Psal. 104. 7 *A11 the riuers runne into the sea,
9,10. iob
38. 10. pet the Sea is not full: vnto the place
Tom whence the riuers come, thither
t ffeb. re- they treturne againe.
turne to goe.
8 All things are full of labour, man
cannot vtter it: the eye is not satisfied
with seeing, nor the eare filled with
bearing.
* Cha. 3. is. 9 * The thing that hath beene, it is
that which shall be : and that which is
done, is that which shall be done; and
there is no new thing vnder the sunne.
10 Is there any" tbing, whereof it
nay be sayd, See, this is new? it hath
worldly things.
beene already of olde time, which wa
before vs.
11 There is no remembrance of forme
things; neither shall there bee any re
membrance of things that are to come
with those that shall come after.
12 f I the Preacher was king ouei
Israel in lerusalem.
13 And I gaue my heart to seeke am
search out by wisedome, concerning al
things that are done vnder heauen
this sore trauell hath God giuen to the
sonnes of man, ||to be exercised there- flict
\\0r> to af-
them.
with.
14 I haue seene all the workes that
are done vnder the Sunne, and behold
all is vanitie, and vexation of spirit.
15 *That which is crooked, cannot * Cha. 7.13
be made straight: and t that which is t Keb* de-
fect.
wanting cannot be numbred.
16 I communed with mine owne
heart, saying, Loe, I am come to great
estate, and haue gotten *more wisedome * 1. King; 4.
then all they that haue beene before me 30.
7,23.
and 10.
in lerusalem: yea my heart thad great Heb. had
experience of wisedome & knowledge. seene much.
17 * And I gaue my heart to know * Cha. 2.12.
wisedome, and to know madnesse and and 7. 23.
folly: I perceiued that this also is vex-
ation of spirit.
18 For in much wisedome is much
jriefe : and hee that increaseth know-
ledge, increaseth sorrow,
C H A P . II.
1 The vanitie of humane courses in the workes
of pleasure. 12 Though the wise he better
then the foole, vet both haue one euent. 18
The vanitie of humane labour, in leauing it
they know not to whom. 24 Nothing better
then ioy in our labour, hut that is Gods gift.
Said in mine heart, Goe
I to now, I wil prooue thee
with mirth, therfore enioy
pleasure: and behold, this
also is vanitie.
2 I said
The vanitie of all Ecclefiaftes.
2 I saide of laughter, It is mad:
and of mirth, What doeth it?
* Chap. 1.
17.
3 * 1 sought in mine heart t to glue
' Hebr. to my selfe vnto wine , ( yet acquainting
drawmyflesh mine heart with wisedome) and to lay
'jOVthi W¥fie*
hold on folly, till I might see what was
that good for the sonnes of men, which
t Hebr. the they should doe vnder the heauen tall
number of
the dayes of the dayes of their life.
their life. 4i I made me great workes, I buil-
ded mee houses, I planted mee Vine-
yards.
5 I made mee gardens & orchards,
and I planted trees in them of all kinde
qffrmts.
6 I made mee pooles of water , to
water therewith the wood that bring-
eth foorth trees :
7 I got me seruants and maydens,
rHeb. sonnes and had t seruants borne in my house ;
of my house.
also I had great possessions of great
and small cattell, aboue all that were in
lerusalem before me.
* I.King. 9. 8 * 1 gathered mee also siluer and
28. and 10.
4. gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings
and of the prouinces : I gate mee men
singers and women singers, and the de-
t Hebr. mu. lights of the sonnes of men, t as musical
viccUl instru-
ment, and instruments, and that of all sorts.
instruments.
9 So I was great, and increased
more then all that were before mee in
lerusalem ; also my wisedome remai-
ned with me.
10 And whatsoeuer mine eyes desi-
red, I kept not from them ; I with-
held not my heart from any ioy : for
my heart reioyced in all my labour; and
this was my portion of all my labour.
11 Then I looked on all the workes
that my hands had wrought, and on
the labour that I had laboured to doe:
* Chap. 1.8. and behold, all was * vanitie, and vexa-
tion of spirit, and there was no profit vn-saw, that it was from the hand of God.
der the Sunne.
12 IF And I turned my selfe to be-
* Chap. 1. hold wisedome, *and madnesse and fol-
17. and 7.
23. ly : for what can the man doe, that com-
1 Or, in those meth after the king? \\euen that which
things which
haue bene hath bene already done.
aireadydone. 13 Then I saw tthat wisedome ex-
\Hebr.Tkai
there is an celleth folly, as farre as light excelleth
excellence darkenesse.
in Wisedome
more then in 14 * The wise mans eyes are in his
folly, $c.
head, but the foole walketh in darknes:
* Prou. 17.
24. chap. 8. and I my selfe perceiued also that one
i. euent happeneth to them all
15 Then said I in my heart , As it
t Hebr. hap-
penethto happeneth to the foole, so it t happeneth
me,euento euen to me, and why was I then more
me.
worldly things.
wise ? then I said in my heart, Tha
this also is vanitie.
16 For there is no remembrance of the
wise, more then of the foole foreuer; see-
ing that which now is, in the dayes to
come shall be forgotten ; and how dieth
the wise man ? as the foole.
17 Therefore I hated life, because
the worke that is wrought vnder the
Sunne is grieuous vnto mee : for all i&
vanitie, and vexation of spirit.
18 IT Yea I hated all my labour
which I had t taken vnder the Sunne: \Hcbr. la-
because I should leaue it vnto the man boured.
that shalbe after mee.
19 *And who knoweth whether he * Psal. 49.
shall be a wise man or a foole? yet shall 11. &C.
he haue rule ouer all my labour, where-
in I haue laboured, and wherein 1
haue shewed my selfe wise vnder the
Sunne. This is also vanitie.
20 Therefore I went about to cause
my heart to despaire of all the labour
which I tooke vnder the Sunne.
21 For there is a man whose labour
is in wisedome and in knowledge , and
in equitie: yet to a man that hath not
laboured therein, shall hee t leaue it for THebr. give.
bis portion ; This also is vanitie, and a
^reat euill.
22 * For what hath man of all his * Chap. 1. 3.
labour, and of the vexation of his heart and 3. 9.
wherein hee hath laboured vnder the
Sunne ?
23 For all his dayes are * sorrowes, * lob 14. l.
and his traueile , griefe ; yea his heart
taketh not rest in the night. This is also
vanitie.
24 IF * There is nothing better for a * Cha. 3. 12..
man, then that he should eat and drinke, jr.2. and
azid 5.
8.
and that he || should make his soule en- 3.
ioy good in his labour. This also I his 1 Or, delight
senses.
25 For who can eate? or who else
can hasten hereunto more then I ?
26 For God giueth to a man that is
?ood t in his sight , wisedome , and *Hebr. be*
knowledge , and ioy ; but to the sinner fore him.
bee giueth traueile , to gather and to
beape vp that * he may giue to him that *lob 27.
is good before God: This also is vanitie 7.
and vexation of spirit.
11 A Jr. 111.
1 By the necessary change of times, vanitie is
added to humane trauaile. 11 There is an
excellencie in Gods workes: 16 But as for
man, God shall iudge his workes there, and
here he shalbe like a beast.
To
 A time for all. Chap.iij.iiij.
O euery thing there is a sea-
T
son, and a time to euery
purpose vnder the heauen.
t Heb. to
beare.
2 A time tto be borne,
and a time to die: a time to
plant, and a time to pluck vp that which
is planted.
3 A time to kill, and a time to heale :
a time to breake downe, and a time to
build vp.
4 A time to weepe, and a time to
laugh : a time to mourne, and a time to
dance.
5 A time to cast away stones, and a
time to gather stones together : a time
t Heb. to be io imbrace, and a time tto refraine from
farrefrom.
imbracing.
I Or, seeke. 6 A time to ||get, and a time to lose :
a time to keepe, and a time to cast away.
7 A time to rent, and a time to sow :
a time to keepe silence, and a time to
speake.
8 A time to loue, and a time to hate :
a time of warre, and a time of peace.
•Chap. i. 3. 9 * What profite hath hee that wor-
ceth, in that wherein he laboureth ?
10 I haue seene the trauaile which
3-od hath giuen to the sonnes of men, to
3e exercised in it.
11 He hath made euery thing beauti-
*ull in his time : also hee hath set the
world in their heart, so that no man can
inde out the worke that God maketh
rom the beginning to the end.
12 I know that there is no good in
them,but foraman to reioyce, and to doe
good in his life.
13 And also that euery man should
eate and drinke, and enioy the good of
all his labour : it is the gift of God.
14 I know that whatsoeuer God
doeth, it shalbe for euer • nothing can be
mt to it, nor any thing taken from it :
md God doth it, that men should feare
)efore him.
*Cha.l. 9. 15 *That which hath beene, is now :
and that which is to be, hath alreadie
\Heb.that >eene, and God requireth tthat which
which is dri-
ven away. s past.
16 If And moreouer, I sawe vnder
the Sunne the place of iudgement, that
wickednesse was there ; and the place of
righteousnesse, that iniquitie was there.
17 I said in mine heart, God shall
ludge the righteous and the wicked : for
»Vere. i. there is *a time there, for euery purpose
I Or, that and for euery worke.
they might
cleare God, 18 I said in my heart concerning the
and see, $c. estate of the sonnes of men, ||that God
Man and beaft.
might manifest them, and that they
might see that they themselues are
beasts.
19 *For that which befalleth the *Psal. 49.
sonnes of men, befalleth beastes, euen 21. chap.
2. 16.
one thing befalleth them : as the onedi-
eth, so dieth the other: vea thevhaue al
one breath, so that a man hath no prehe-
minence aboue a beast; for all is vanitie
20 All goe vnto one place, all are o1
the dust, and all turne to dust againe.
21 Who knoweth the spirit t of man t Heb. of the
that tgoeth. vpward; and the spirit of sons of man.
I1 Heb. is as-
the beast that goeth downeward to the cending.
earth ?
98, * Wherefore I perceiue that there *Cha. 2. 24.
is nothing better, then that a man and 5.17.
should reioyce in his owne workes : for
that is his portion; for who shall bring
him to see what shalbe after him ?
C H A R IIIL
1 Vanitife is encreased vnto men by oppression,
4Byenuie, 5 By idlenesse, 7 fey couetous-
nesse, 9Bysolitarinesse, ISBywilfulnesse.
O * I returned, and consi- &c.
* Chap. 5.7.
T dered all the oppressions
that are done vnder the
sunne; & behold the teares
of such as were oppressed,
and they had no comforter: and on the
[•side of their oppressoursthere was pow- t Heb, hand.
er, but they had no comforter.
2 * Wherefore I praised the dead * lob 3. 17.
which are already dead, more then the &c.
iufng which are yet aliue.
$ * Yea better is he then both they, *Iob3. 11,
which hath not yet. been, who hath not 16,21.
scene the euill worke that is done vnder
the Sunne.
4 if Againe I considered all tra-
uaile, and t euery right worke, that tfor thet Heb. all
riffhtnes
this a man is enuied of his neighbour : of worke.
this is al?o vanitie, and vexation of ttheHeb. this is
enuie of
spirit. a man from
lis neigh'
5 * The foole foldeth his hands to- tour.
jether, and eateth his owne flesh. *Prou. 6.10
6 * Better is an handfull with quiet- and 24. 33.
* Prou.. 15.
nesse, then both the hands full with tra- 16. and 16.
18.
uell and vexation of spirit.
7 If Then I returned, and I saw
vanitie vnder the Sunne.
8 There is one alone, and there is not
a second; yea, he-hath neither childe nor
>rother: yet is there no end of all his la-
)our, neither is his eye satisfied with
riches, neither sayth hee, For whom doe
[ labour, and bereaue my soule of
good ?
*22
Mans focietie. Ecclefiaftes.
rood ? this is also vanitie, yea it is a sore
,rau el
9 f Two are better then one^ be-
cause they haue a good reward for their
abour.
10 For if they fall, the one will lift vp
lis fellow, but woe to him that is alone.
when he falleth : for he liath not another
to helpe him vp.
11 Againe, if two lye together, then
they haue heate \ but howe can one be
warme alone ?
12 And if one preuaile against him,
two shall withstand him ; and a three-
fold coard is not quickly broken.
IB H Better is a poore and a wise
\Heb.who child, then an old and foolish king t who
knoweth not
to be admo- will no more be admonished.
nished. 14 For out of prison hee commeth
to raigne, whereas also he that is borne
in his kingdom e, becommeth poore.
15 I considered all the liuing which
walke vnder the sunne, with the second
child that shall stand vp in his stead.
16 There is no end of all the people, e-
uen of all that haue beene before them :
they also that come after , shall not re-
ioyce in him : surely this also is vanitie,
and vexation of; spirit.
C H A P . V.
1 Vanities in Diuine seruice, 8 in murmu-
ring against oppression, 9 and in Riches.
18 loy in riches is the gift of God.
Eepe thy foote when thou
K
goest to the house of God,
and be more ready to
*l. Sam. 15 heare, *thentogiuethe sa-
22. psal. 50. crifice of fooles : for they
8. prou. 15.
8. & 21. 27. consider not that they doe euill.
2 Be not rash with thy mouth, anc
let not thine heart be hasty to vtter any
B Or, word. |[ thing before God : for God is in hea-
uen, and thou vpon earth : therefore
* Mat. 6. 7. let thy words * be few.
prou. 10. 19
3 For a dreame commeth through
the multitude of businesse, and a fooles
voyce is knowen by multitude of words.
* Dcut. 23. 4 * When thou vowest a vow vnto
21,
God, deferre not to pay it : for he hath
* Psal. €6. no pleasure in fooles; * pay that which
13, 14,
thou hast vowed
5 Better is it that thou shouldest not
vowe, then that thou shouldest vowe
and not pay,
6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause
thy flesh to sinne, neither say thou be-
fore the Angel, that it was an errour :
wherefore should God be angrie at thy
How riches
voyce , and destroy the worke of thine
bands ?
7 For in the multitude of dreames
and many words, there are also diuers
vanities : but feare thou God.,
8 11 If thou seest the oppression of
the poore, and violent peruerting of
iudgement , and iustice in a prouince,
maruell not tat the matter : for he that Mleb.attiie
will or pur-
is higher then the highest, regardeth, pose.
and there be higher then they.
9 f Moreouer the profit of the
earth is for all : the king himselfe is ser-
ued by the field.
10 Hee that loueth siluer shall not be
satisfied with siluer ; nor he that loueth
abundance, with increase : this is also va-
nitie.
11 When goods increase, they are in-
creased that eate them : and what good
is there to the owners thereof, sauing the
beholding of them with their eyes ?
18 The sleepe of a labouring man is
sweete, whether he eate little or much :
but the abundance of the rich will not
suffer him to sleepe.
13 There is a sore euill which I haue
scene vnder the Sun, namely riches kept
for the owners therof to their hurt.
14 But those riches perish by euill
trauell; and he begetteth a sonne, and
there is nothing in his hand.
15 *As he came forth of his mothers Mob. i. 21.
wombe, naked 3hall he returne to goe psal. I. tim. 0. 7.
49, 17-
as he came, and shall take nothing of
his labour, which he may carry away
in his hand.
16 And this also is a sore euill, that in
all points as he came, so shall hee goe :
*and what profit hath he that hath la- * Chap, l 3.
boured for the winde ?
17 All his dayes also hee eateth in
darkenesse, and he hath much sorrowe,
and wrath with his sicknesse,
18 U * Behold that which I haue •Chap. 2.
24. and 3.
scene : tit is good and comely for one 12.
to eate and to drinke, and to enioy the isiHeb. there
a good
good of all his labour that he taketh which is
vnder the sunne, tall the dayes of his comely t &c.
t Heb. the
life, which God giueth him : for it is his number of
the dayes
portion.
19 Euery man also to whom God
hath giuen riches and wealth, and hath
giuen him power to eate thereof, and
to take his portion, and to reioyce in his
labour, this is the gift of God.
20 For he shall not much remember he II Or, though
giue not
the dayes of his life : because God an- much, yet he
r&tnembrcth
swereth him in the ioy of his heart ore.
CHAP.
are miferable. Chap.vj.vij.
C H A P . VI.
1 The vanitie of riches without vse. 3 Of chil-
dren, 6 and old age without riches. 9 The
vanitie of sight and wandring desires. 11
The conclusion of vanities.
Here is an euill which I
T
haue seen vnder the Sun,
and it is common among
men:
2 A man to whom God
hath giuen riches, wealth and honour,
so that he wanteth nothing for his soule
of all that he desireth, yet God giueth
him not power to eate thereof, but a
stranger eateth it: This is vanitie, and
it is an euill disease.
3 IF If a man beget an hundred chil-
dren, and Hue many yeeres, so that the
dayes of his yeeres bee many: and his
soule be not filled with good, and also
that he haue no buriall, I say, that an
vntimely birth is better then he.
4 For he commeth in with vanitie,
and departeth in darkenesse, and his
name shall be couered with darkenesse.
5 Moreouer. hee hath not scene the
Sunne, nor knowen any thing; this hath
more rest then the other.
6 11 Yea though he Hue a thousand
yeeres twice told, yet hath he scene no
good : Doe not all goe to one place ?
7 All the labour of man is for his
t Heb. soule. mouth, and yet the tappetite is not
filled.
8 For what hath the wise more then
the foole ? what hath the poore, that
knoweth to walke before the liuing ?
9 11 Better is the sight of the eyes,
\ Heb. then tthen the wandering of the desire : this
the walking
of the soule. is also vanitie and vexation of spirit.
10 That which hath bene, is named
already, and it is knowen that it is man:
neither may he contend with him that
is mightier then he.
11 U Seeing there be many things
that increase vanitie, what is man the
better ?
12 For who knoweth what is good
t Heb. the for man in this life, tall the dayes of his
number of
the dayes of vaine life, which he spendeth as *a sha-
the life of dow ? for who can tell a man what shal
his vanitie.
•Psal. 144. be after him vnder the sunne ?
4.
C H A P . VII.
1 Remedies against vanitie, are a good name,
2 Mortification, 7 Patience, 11 Wisedome.
23 The difficultie of wisedome.
A fooles laughter.
* Good name is better then *Prou. 22. i.
A
precious ointment i and and 15. 30.
the day of death, then the
day of ones birth.
2 1f It is better to goe to
tne nouse ot mourning, then to goe to
the house of feasting: for that is the end
of all men, and the liuing will lay it to
his heart.
3 || Sorrow is better then laughter : I Or, anger.
for by the sadnesse of the countenance
the heart is made better.
4f The heart of the wise is in the
house of mourning ; but the heart of
fooles is in the house of mirth.
5 * It is better to heare the rebuke of *Pro. 13.18
the wise, then for a man to heare the & 15. 31. 32
song of fooles.
6 For as the t crackling of thornes \ Heb. sound
vnder a pot, so is the laughter of the
foole: this also is vanitie.
7 IT Surely oppression maketh a
wise man mad : *and a gift destroyeth *Deut. 16.
19.
the heart.
8 Better is the ende of a thing then
the beginning thereof: and the patient
in spirit is better then the proude in
spirit.
9 * Be not hastie in thy spirit to bee •Pro. 14.17
angry : for anger resteth in the bosome and 1C. 32.
of fooles.
10 Say not thou, What is the cause
that the former dayes were better then
these? for thou doest not enquire twisely t Heb. out
concerning this. o/wisedome.
11 1[ Wisedome ||is good with an in- as II Or, as good
an inheri-
heritance : and by it there is profite to tance, yea,
them that see the sunne. better too.
1& For wisedome is & t defence, and; t Hebr. sha-
money is a defence: but the excellencie of»dowe.
knowledge is, that wisedome giueth
life to them that haue it.
18 * Consider the worke of God : for•* Chap. 1.
who can make that straight, which hee 15.
hath made crooked ?
14 In the day of prosperitie be ioy-
fulljbutinthe day of aduersitie consider:
God also hath t set the one ouer against \ Heb. made
the other, to the end that man should
find nothing after him.
15 All things haue I scene in the
dayes of my vanitie : there is a iust man
that perisheth in his righteousnes, and
there is a wicked man that prolongeth
his life in his wickednes.
16 Be not righteous ouer much, nei-
ther make thy selfe ouer wise : why
shouldest thou t destroy thy selfe ? iHeb.be
17 Be not ouermuch wicked, neither desolate**
be
None is raft. Ecclefiaftes.
be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die
\Heb.notin tbefore thy time ? , sight: stand not in an euill thing, for he
thy time ^ 18 It is good that thou. Shouldest
take holde of this, yea also from this
withdraw not thine hand: for hee that
feareth God, shall come foorth of them
all.
* Prou. 21. 19 *Wisedorne strengtheneth the
22. and 24.
5. cha. 9. 16. wise, more then ten mightie men which
are in the citie.
* Prou. 20. 9 20 *.For there is not a iust *nan vpon
l. kin. 8. 46.
1. ion. i. 8. earth, that doeth good, and sihneth not.
t Heb. giue £1 Also t take no Jieede vnto all
not thine words that are spoken; lest thou-heare
heart.
thy seruant curse thee.
22 For often times also thine iowne
heart knoweth, that thou thyselfe like-
wise hast cursed others.
23 IF All this haue I prooued by
wisedome : I said, I will be wise, but
it was farre from me.
24 That which is farre off, and ex-
ceeding deepe, who can finde it out ?
t Heb. 1 and 25 t1 applyed mine heart to know,
mine heart and to search, and to seeke out wisdome,
compassed.
and the reason *qf things, %wdi to*knowthe
wickednes of folly, euen *>t foolishnesse
and madnesse.
* Prou. 22. 26 * Aiid I finde more bitter then
14.
death, the woman whose heart is
snares & nets, and her handes as bands :
t He that is t who so pleaseth God, shall escape from
good before her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.
God.
21 Behold, this haue I found (saith
1
n Or, weigh. the Preacher) j| counting one by one to
ing one thing finde out the account:
after an-
other to
finde outt
2S Which yet my soule seeketh, but
the reason. I finde not : one man among a thou-
sand haue I found, but a woman a-
mong all those haue I not found.
29 Loe, this onely haue I found,
* Gen. 1. 27. *that God hath made man vpright: but
they haue sought out many inuentions.
C H A P . VIII.
1 Kings ate greatly to bee respected. 6 The
Diuine prouidence is to be ooserued. 12 It
is better with the godly in aduersitie, then
with the wicked in prosperity. 16 The worke
of God is vnsearchable.
Ho is as the Wise mail ?
W
and who knoweth the in-
terpretation of a thing?
* Prou. 17. *a mans "wisedome ma-
24. keth his face to shine, and
t Heb. the t the boldnes of his face shalbe changed.
strength. 2 I counsellihee, to keepe the kings
commandement, and that in regard of
the oath of God.
The kings power.
3 Bee not hastie to goe out of his
doeth whatsoeuer pleaseth him.
4 Where the word of a king is, there
is power: and who may say vnto him,
What doest thou ?
5 Whoso keepeth the commande-
ment, t shall feele no euill thing: and a iHeb. shall
wise mans heart disceraeth both time know.
and Judgement.
6 IF Because to euery purpose there
is time, and iudgement; therefore the
misery of man is great vpon him.
7 For hee knoweth not that which
shall be : for who can tell him, || when it I! Or, how it
shall bel
shall be ?
8 There is no man that hath power
*ouer the spirit to retaihe the spirit; nei- * lob 14. 5.
ther hath he power in the day of death:
and there is no j|discharge in that warre, ofII Or, casting
• neither shall wickednesse deliuer those weapons.
that are giuen to it.
9 Air this haue I scene, and applied
my heart vnto euery worke that is
done vnder the Sunne : there is a time
wherein one man ruleth ouer another
to his owne hurt.
10 And so I saw the wicked buried,
who had come, and gone Jrom the place
of the Holy, and they irere forgotten
in the city, where they had so done: this
is also vanitie.
11 Because sentence against an euill
worke is not executed speedily; there-
fore the heart of the sonries of men is
fully set in them to doe euill.
12 f Though a sinner doe euill an
hundred times, and his dayes be prolon-
ged ; yet surely I know that *it shall be *Psal. 37.
well with them that feare God, which 10,11,18,
19.
feare before him.
IS But it shall not be well with the
wicked, neither shall hee prolong his
dayes which are as a shadow; because
' he feareth not before God.
14 There is a vanitie which is done
vpon the earth, that there be iust men
vnto whom it *happeneth according to * Psa. 73.13.
« the worke of the wicked : againe, there
be wicked men, to whom it happeneth
according to the worke of the righte-
ous : I said, that this also is vanitie.
15 * Then I commended mirth, be- * Cha. 3. 22.
cause a man hath no better thing vnder
the Sunne, -then to eate and to drinke,
and to be merrie : for that shall abide
with him of his labour, the dayes of
his life, which God giueth him vnder
the Sunne.
16 IT When
 All are alike. Chap.ix.x.
I 16 IF When I applied mine heart to
know wisedome, and to see the busines
that is done vpon the earth : (for also
there is that neither day nor night seeth
sleepe with his eyes.)
17 Then I behelde all the worke of
God, that a man cannot finde out the
worke that is done vnder the Sunne:
because though a man labour to seeke it
out, yea further though a wise man
thinke to know it, yet shall hee not be
able to finde it.
C H A P . IX.
1 Like things happen to good and bad. 4
There is a necessitie of death vnto men.
7 Comfort is all their portion in this life.
11 Gods prouidence ruleth ouer all. 13 Wis-
dome is better then strength.
F
tf Hebr. I Or all this 11 considered
aue, or set
to my heart. in my heart, euen to de-
clare all this, that the
righteous, and the wise,
and their workes, are in the
hand of God : no man knoweth either
Ioue,or hatred,fryall that is before them.
* Mala. 3. 2 * All things come alike to all: there
14. psal. 73.
2. & 12. 13. is one euent to the righteous and to the
wicked, to the good and to the cleane,
and to the vncleane; to him that sacrifi-
ceth, and to him that sacrificed! not: as
is the good, so is the sinner, and hee that
sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
3 This is an euill among all things
that are done vnder the Sunne, that
'here is one euent vnto all: yea also the
leart of the sonnes of men is full of euill,
and madnesse is in their heart while
they liue, and after that they goe to the
dead.
4s «([ For to him that is ioyned to all
the liuing, there is hope : for a liuing
dogge is better then a dead Lion,
5 For the liuing know that they
shall die : but the dead know not any
thing, neither haue they any more a re-
ward, foe the memorie of them is for-
gotten.
6 Also their loue, and their- hatred,
and their enuy is now perished; neither I Obseruations of Wisedome and folly. 16
haue they any more a portion for euer
n any thing that is done vnder the
Sunne.
7 If Goe thy/ way^ eate thy bread
with ioy, and drinke thy wine with a
merry heart; for Godl nowsaccepteth
thy workes.
8 Let thy garments bee alwayes
Wifdome defpifed.
white; and let thy head lacke no oynt-
ment.
1
9 tLiue ioy fully with the wife, t Hebr. see,
whom thou louest, all the dayes of the or enioy life.
life of thy vanitie, which he hath giuen
thee vnder the Sunne, all the dayes of
thy vanitie : *for that is thy portion in • Chap. 2.
this life, and in thy labour which thou 24. and 3.
13. and 5.
takest vnder the Sunne. 18.
10 Whatsoeuer thy hand findeth to
doe, doe it with thy might: for there is no
worke, nor deuice, nor/ knowledge, nor
wisedome in the graue, whither thou
goest.
11 IF I returned, and saw vnder the
Sunne, That the race is not to the
swift), nor the battell to the strong, nei-
ther yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches
to men of vnderstanding, nor yet fa-
uour to men of skil; but time and chance
happeneth to them all.
12 * For man also knoweth not his * Prou. 29.
time, as the fishes that are taken in an 6.
euil net, and as the birds that are caught
in the snare; so are the sonnes of men
snared in an euill time, when it folleth
suddenly vpon them.
13 H This wisedome haue I scene
also vnder the Sunne, and it seemed
great vnto me:
14$ There was a little citie,and few men
within it; and there canae a great King
against it, and besieggd it, & built great
bulwarks against it:
15 Now there was found in it a
poore wise man, and hee by ;his wise-
dome deliuered the citie; yet no man re-
membred that same poore man.
16 *Then said I, Wisedome-is better * Prou. si.
22. chap. 7-
then strength: neuerthelesse, the poore 19.
mans wisedome is despised, and1 his
words are not heard.
] T The words of wise men are heard
in quiet, more then the cry of him that
ruleth among fooles.
18 Wisedome is better then weapons
of warre : but one sinner destrpyeth
much good.
C H A P . X.
Of Riot, 1& Sloutbfulnesse,, 19 and-Mo-
ney. 20 Mens thoughts of Kings ought
to bee reuerend.
tEad flies cause the oynt- Hebr. flies
D jnerxt off the Apothecarie of death.
to. send foortb a stinking
sauour. : so doeth a little
folly him that is in repu-
tation
Folly efteemed. Ecclefiaftes. God iudgeth all.
tation for wisedome and honour. thy ||thought, and curse not the rich in I Or, con-
science.
2 A wise mans heart is at his right thy bed-chamber : for a bird of the aire
hand : but a fooles heart at his left. shall carry the voyce, and that which
3 Yea also when hee that is a foole lath wings shall tell the matter.
t Heb. his walketh by the way , t his wisedome
heart. faileth him, and hee saith to euery one C H A P . XI.
that he is a foole.
4 If the spirit of the ruler rise vp 1 Directions for charitie. 7 Death in life, 9 and
the day of Judgement in the dayes of youth
against thee, leaue not thy place; for are to be thought on.
yeelding pacifieth great offences^
5 There is an euill which I haue Ast thy bread tvpon the t Heb. vpon

C
scene vnder the Sunne, as an errour, waters : for thou shalt the face of,
the waters.
Heb. from which proceedeth tfrom the ruler. find it after *many dayes. * Deut. 15.
before. 10. Mat. 10
t Heb. 6 Folly is set tin great dignitie; and 2 Giue a portion to 42. prou. 19
n great the rich sit in lowe place. seuen and also to eight; for 17-
heights.
* Prou. 30. 7 I haue seene seruants *vpon thou knowest noc what euill shall be
22. horses, and princes walking as ser- vpon the earth.
uants vpon the earth. 3 If the clouds be full of raine, they
* PsaL 7.16. 8 *He that diggeth a pit, shall fall emptie themselues vpon the earth : and
prou. 26. 27
into it; and who so breaketh an hedge, if the tree fall toward the South, or to-
a serpent shall bite him. ward the North, in the place where the
9 Who so remoueth stones, shall be tree faileth, there it shall be.
hurt therewith : and hee that cleaueth 4 He that obserueth the wind, shall
wood, shalbe endangered thereby. not sow : and hee that regardeth the
10 If the yron be blunt, and he doe clouds, shall not reape.
not whet the edge, then must he put to 5 As thou knowest not what is the
more strength : but wisedome is profita- way of the spirit, nor how the bones doe
ble to direct. growe in the wombe of her that is with
11 Surely the serpent will bite with- child : euen so thou knowest not the
t Heb. the out inchauntment, and t a babbler is no workes of God who maketh all.
master of ther 6 In the morning sowe thy seede,
tongue. better.
* Prou. 10. 12 * The words of a wise mans and in the euening withhold not thine
32. and 12.
13. mouth are tgratious : but the lips of a hand: for thou knowest not whether
tHeb. grace. foole will swallow vp himselfe. t shall prosper, either this or that, or t Heb. shall
be right.
13 The beginning of the words oi whether they both shall be alike good.
his mouth is foolishnesse : and the end 7 H Truly the light is sweet, and a
t Heb. his of this talke is mischieuous madnesse. pleasant thing is it for the eyes to be-
mouth.
* Prou. 15. 14 * A foole also tis full of words; a hold the sunne.
2. man cannot tell * what shall be; and 8 But if a man Hue many yeeres,
t Heb. mul-
tiplieth ' what shall bee after him who can tel and reioyce in them all; yet let him re-
words. him? member the dayes of darkenesse, for
* Chap. 3.
21. and 6. 15 The labour of the foolish weary- they shall be many. All that commeth
12.
eth euery one of them; because hee is vanitie.
knoweth not how to goe to the citie. 9 U Reioyce, O young man, in thy
* Isa. 3. 3,4. 16 H *Woe to thee, O land, when youth, and let thy heart cheere thee in
thy king is a child, and thy princes eate the dayes of thy youth, and walke in
in the morning. the wayes of thine heart, and in the
17 Blessed art thou, O land, when sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that
thy king is the sonne of nobles, and thy for all these things, God will bring thee
princes eate in due season, for strength3 into iudgement.
and not for drunkennesse. 10 Therefore, remoue || sorrow from B Or, anger.
18 f By much slouthfulnesse the thy heart, and put away euill from thy
building decayeth; and through idle- flesh; for child-hood & youth are vanitie.
nesse of the hands the house droppeth
" Psal. 104. through. CHAP. XII.
15. 19 U A feast is made for laughter 1 The Creator is to be remembred in due
t Heb. ma-
kelheiad *and wine maketh t merry : but monej time. 8 The Preachers care to edifie. 13
tlie Life. answereth all things. The feare of God is the chiefe Antidote
' Kxod. 22. of vanitie.
28. 20 H * Curse not the king, no not in
* Remember
Repent betime. Chapj. The end of all
Prou. 22.6 ^Emember now thy Cre- the wheele broken at the cisterne.

R
atour in the dayes of thy
youth, while the euil daies
come not, nor the yeeres
drawe nigh, when thou|
shalt say, I haue no pleasure in them: !
2 While the Sunne, or the light, or
the moone, or the starres be not darke-
ned , nor the cloudes returne after the
raine:
3 In the day when the keepers of
the house shall tremble, and the strong
men shall bowe themselues, and the
i! Or, the
grinders
11 grinders cease, because they are fewe,
faile, be- and those that looke out of the win-
cause they dowes be darkened:
grind litle.
4 And the doores shal be shut in the
streets, when the sound of the grinding
is low, and he shall rise vp at the voice
of the bird, and all the daughters of mii-
sicke shall be brought low.
5 Also when they shalbe afraid of that
which is high, and feares shall bee in the
way, and the Almond tree shall flou-
rish, and the grashopper shall be a bur-
den, and desire shall faile: because man
goeth to his long home, and the mour-
ners goe about the streets:
6 Or euer the siluer corde be loosed,
or the golden bowle be broken, or the
pitcher be broken at the fountaine, or
7 *Then shall the dust returne to Gen. 3.19
the earth as it was: and the spirit shall
returne vnto God who gaue it.
8 If *Vanitie of vanities (saith the * Chap. i. 2.
preacher) all is vanitie.
9 And ||moreouer because the prea- Or, the
cher was wise, he still taught the people more wise
the Prea-
knowledge, yea he gaue good heed, and cher$c.
was,
sought out, and *set in order many pro- * 1. King. 4.
sou
uerbes. 32.
10 The preacher sought to finde out
t acceptable words, and that which was Heft, words
written was vpright, euen wordes of tfdelight.
trueth.
11 The wordes of the wise are as
goads, and as nailes fastened by the ma-
sters of assemblies, which are giuen from
one shepheard.
IS And further, by these, my sonne,be
admonished : of making many bookes
there is noend, ahdmuch ||stu<3ieuawea- II Or, rea-
ding.
rinesse of the flesh.
13 IF || Let vs heare the conclusion I Of, the end
of the whole matter: Feare God, and ofter,theeuen mat-
all
that
keepe his commandements, for this is bene heard,hath
the whole duetle of man. is.
14 For God *shal bring euery worke and *Rom. 2.16
14.10.
into Judgement,, with euer secret thing, 1. cor. 5.10.
whether it bee good, or whether it bee
euill.

The Song of Solomon.

3 Because of the sauour of thy good

C H A P . I.
1 The Churches loue vnto Christ. 5 Shee con-
fesseth her deformitie, 7 And prayeth to bee
directed to his flocke. 8 Christ directeth her
to the shepheards tents. 9 And shewing his
loue to her, 11 Giueth her gracious pro-
mises. 12 The Church and Christ con-
gratulate one another.
ointments, thy name is as ointment
powred forth, therefore doe the virgins
loue thee*
4 *Draw me, we will runne after * loh. 6. 44,
thee: the king hath brought me into his
chambers : we will be glad and reioyce
in thee, we wil remember thy loue more
then wine: ||the vpright loue thee. I Or, they
5 I am blacke, but comely, (O ye loue thee

T
He song of songs, uprightly.
which is Solo- daughters of Jerusalem) as the tents
mons. of Kedar> as the curtaines of Solo-
2 Let him mon.
kisse tnee with 6 Looke not vpon me because I am
the kisses of his blacke, because the Sunne hath looked
* Chap. 4. mouth :*fort thy vpon me:x my mothers children were
10.
t Heir, thy Loue is better angry with me, they made me the kee-
loues. then wine. per of the vineyards, but mine owne
vine-
Chrift, and Solomons fong. his Church.
vineyard haue I not kept. 7 t * I charge you, O ye daughters \Heb. lad-
7 Tell me, (O thou whom my soule of lerusalem, by the Roes, and by the iure you.
* Chap. 3.5.
loueth) where thou feedest, where thou hindes of the field, that ye stirre not vp, and 8. 4.
makest thy flocke to rest at noone : for nor awake my loue, till she please.
li Or, as one why should I be ||as one that turneth 8 IF The voice of my beloued! 1>e-
that is vai-
led. aside by the flockes of thy companions? hold! hee commeth leaping vpon the
8 1[ If thou know not (O thou fai- mountaines, skipping vpon the hils.
rest among women) goe thy way forth 9 * My beloued is like a Roe, or a * Verse 17.
by the footsteps of the flocke, and feedeyong Hart: behold, he standeth behind
thy kiddes beside the shepheards tents. our wall, he looketh foorth at the win-
9 I haue compared thee, O my loue. do we, t shewing himselfe through the t Heb. flwi-
risking.
to a company of horses in Pharaohs lattesse.
chariots. 10 My beloued spake, and said vnto
10 Thy cheekes are comely with me, Rise vp, my Loue, my faire one,
rowes ofiewels, thy. necke with chain es and come away.
of golde. 11 For loe, the winter is past, the
11 Wee will make thee borders of raine is ouer, and gone.
golde, with studdes of siluer. 1£ The flowers appeare on the earth,
12 11 While the king sitteth at his ta-the time of the singing of birds is come,
ble , my spikenard sendeth foorth the and the voice of the turtle is heard in
smell thereof. our land.
13 A bundle of myrrhe is my welbe- 13 The fig tree putteth foorth her
loued vnto me ; he shall lie all night be-
greene figs, and the vines with the ten-
twixt my breasts. der grape giue a good smell. Arise, my
14 My beloued is vnto me, as a clu- loue, my faire one, and come away.
II Or, Cypres. ster of IjCamphire in the vineyards oi 14 H" O my doue! that art in the clefts
Engedi. of the rocke, in the secret places of the
\\0r.my com- 15 Behold, thou art faire, ||my loue : staires: let me see thy countenance, let
panion.
behold, thou art faire, thou hast doues me heare thy voice, for sweet is thy voice,
eyes. and thy countenance is comely.
* Chap. 4. L 16 * Behold, thou art faire, my be- 15 Take vs the foxes, the litle foxes,
and 5. 12.
loued ; yea pleasant : also our bedde is that spoile the vines: for our vines haue
greene. tender grapes.

17 The beames of our house are Ce-
I Or, galle- dar, and our || rafters of firre.
ries.
C H A P . II.
TT A T* T T
1 The mutuall loue of Christ and his Church. vpon the mountaines ||of Bether.
8 The hope, 10 and calling of the Church,
14 Christe care of the Church. 16 The pro-
fession of the Church, her faith and hope.
I Am the rose of Sharon,
* Chap. 4.6
16 V *My beloued is mine, and I am
his : he feedeth among the lillies.
17 * Vntill the day breake, and the
shadowes flee away: turne my beloued
and be thou * like a Roe, or a yong Hart, *14.Chap. 8.
II Or9 ofdiuu
sion.
C H A P . III.
1 The Church her fight and victorie in temp-
tation. 6 The Church glorieth in Christ.

I
) and the lillie of the valleys. Y night on my bed I

B
% As the lillie among sought him whome my
> thornes, so is my loue a- soule loueth. I sought
\ mong the daughters. him, but I found him not.
6 As the apple tree among the trees 2 I will rise now, and
of the wood, so is my beloued among goe about the citie in the streets, and .in
MIeb. I de- the sonnes. 11 sate downe vnder his the broad wayes I will seeke him
lighted and whom my soule loueth : I sought him,
sate downe, shadow with great delight, and his
$c. fruit was sweete to my t taste. but I found him not.
^ Heb. palate
t Heb. house 4 Hee brought me to the t banket- 3 The watchmen that goe about
ofwine. ting house, and his banner ouer mee, the citie, found me: to whom I said, Saw
was loue. ye him whom my soule loueth ?
} Heb. straw 5 Stay me with flagons, t comfort 4 It was but a litle that I passed
me with ap-
ples. me with apples, for I am sicke of loue. from them, but I found him whome
* Chap. 8.3. 6 * His left hand is vnder my head, my soule loueth: I helde him, and
and his right hand doeth imbrace me. would not let him goe, vntill I had
brought
The beau tie Chap.iiij.v*
brought him into my mothers house.
and into the chamber of her that con-
cerned me.
* Chap 2. 7. 5 * 1 charge you, O ye daughters
and 8. 4.
of Jerusalem, by the Roes and by the
Hindes of the field, that ye stirre not vp,
nor awake my loue, till he please.
* Chap* &• 6* 6 IT * Who is this that commeth out
of the wildernes like pillars of smoke,
perfumed with myrrhe and frankin-
cense , with all powders of the mer-
chant?
7 Behold his bed, which is Solo-
mons : threescore valiant men are about
it, of the valiant of Israel :
8 They all hold swords, being ex-
pert in warre : Euery man hath his
sword vpon his thigh , because of feare
in the night.
9 King Solomon made himselfe
1 Or, a bed. || a charet of the wood of Lebanon.
10 He made the pillars thereof of sil-
uer, the bottome thereof of gold, the co-
uering of it, of purple ; -the midst there-
of being paued withloue, for the (daugh-
ters of Jerusalem.
11 Goe foorth, 0 yee daughters of
Zion, and behold king Solomon with
the Crowne wherewith his mother
crowned him in the day of his espou-
sals, and in the day of the gladnesse of
his heart.
C H A P . IIIL
1 Christ setteth forth the graces of the Church.
8 He she weth his loue to her. 16 The Church
prayeth to he made fit for his presence.
* Chap. i. * Ehold, thou affaire, my
B
15. and 5.
12. loue, behold thou art faire,
thou hast doues eyes with-
in thy lockes: thy haire is
* Chap. 6. as a *flockeof goats, || that
5,6.
II Or, that
appeare from mount Gilead.
eate of, <Jc. 2 Thy teeth are like a flocke ofsheepe
that are euen shorne , which came vp
from the washing : whereof euery one
beare twinnes, and none is barren a-
mong them.
3 Thy lips are like a threed of scar-
let, and thy speach is comely: thy tem-
ples are like a piece of a pomegranate
within thy lockes.
4 Thy necke is like the tower of Da-
uid builded for an armorie, whereon
there hang a thousand bucklers, all
shields of mightie men.
* Chap. 7.3. 5 * Thy -two breasts, are like two
yong Roes, that are twinnes, which
feed among the lillies.
of the Church.
6 *Vntill the day tbreake, and the *Chap. 2.
17.
shadowes flee away, I will get mee to \Hebr.
the mountaines of myrrhe, and to the breathe*
bill of frankincense.
7 * Thou art all faire, my loue, there * Bphcs.fi.
is no spot in thee. 27.
8 1F Come with me from Lebanon
(my spouse,) with me from Lebanon :
looke from the top of Amana, from the
top of Shenir *and Hermon, from the *Beut.3.9.
Lions dennes, from the mountaines of
the Leopards.
9 Thou hast (jrauished my heart, It Or, taken
away my
my sister, my spouse; thou hastrauished heart.
my heart, with one of thine eyes, with
one chaine of thy necke.
10 How faire is thy loue, my sister,
*my spouse! how much better is thy * Chap. 1.2.
loue then wine! and the smell of thine
oyntments then all spices!
11 Thy lips, O wig/spouse! drop as the
bony combe: bony and milke are vnder
thy tongue, and the smell of thy gar-
ments is like the smell of Lebanon.
12 A garden t inclosed is my sister, tffebr.bar-
my spouse: a spring shut vp, a fountaine red.
sealed.
13 Thy plants are an orchard of
pomegranates, with pleasant fruits,
||Camphire, with Spikenaed, fl Or, Cypres.
14 Spikenard and Saffron, Cala-
mus ana Cynamom, with all trees of
Frankincense, Mirrhe and Aloes, with
all the chiefe spices.
15 A fountaine of gardens, a well of
liuing waters, and streames from Le-
banon.
16 11 Awake, O Northwinde, and
come thou South, blow vpon my gar-
den, that the spices thereof may flow
out: let my beloued come into his gar-
den, and eate his pleasant fruits.
C H A P . V.
1 Christ awaketh the Church with his calling.
2 The Church hauing a taste of Christes
loue, is sicke of loue. 9 A description of
Christ by his graces.
Am come into my gar-
I den, my sister, my spouse,
I haue gathered my
Myrrhe with my spice,
I haue eaten my honie
combe with my hony, I haue drunke
my wine with my milke : eate, O
friends, drinke, ||yea drinke abundant- drunken
H Or, and be
ly, O beloued! with loues.
& IT I sleepe, but my heart wa-
keth:
*22s
 11 watchmen. Solomons fong.
keth : it is the voyce of my beloued that
mocketh,«o^if^g*,Open to me, mysister,
my loue, my doue, my vndefiled: for my
lead is filled with dewe, and my lockes
with the drops of the night.
3 I haue put off my coate, how shall
Iputiton?Ihavewashedmyfeete,
low shall I defile them? in the gardens, and to gather lillies.
4 My beloued put in his hand by
the hole of the dore, and my bowels were
H Or* (as moued ||for him.
some read) 5 I rose vp to open to my beloued,
in me.
and my hands dropped with myrrhe,
tJfifcft. pas- and my fingers with f sweete smelling
smfrorrun-
mps about. myrrhe, vpon the handles of the locke*
o I opened to my beloued, but my
>eloued had with drawen himselfe, and
was gone : my soule failed when hee
spake : I sought 'him, but I could not
find him : I called him, but he gaue .me
no answere. * is not one barren among them.
7 The watchmen that went * about
the citie, found me, they smote me, they
wounded me, the keepers of the walles
tooke away my vaile from me.
8 I charge you, O daughters oi
iHeb.what terusalem, if ye find my beloued, t that
yee tell him, that I am sicke of loue.
9 IF What is thy beloued more then
another beloued, O thou fairest among
women ? what is thy beloued more then
another beloued, that thou doest so
charge vs ?
10 My beloued is white and ruddy,
\Heb.astan. tthe chiefest among tenne thousand.
dard bearer
11 His head is as the mbstfine gold, his mie with banners ?
II Or9 curled locks are \\ bushy,and blacke asaRauen.
»Chap. 1. 12 *His eyes are astheeyesotdoues by
15. & 4.1.
the riuers of water, washed with milk,
\Heb.sittin$ and t fitly set.
infulnesse,
that is fitly 13 His cheekes are as a bed of spices,
placed^ and as || sweete flowers: his lippes like lillies,
set as a pre
cioux stone in dropping sweete smelling myrrhe.
the foile of a
ring, 14 His hands are as gold rings set
II Or, towers with the Berill: His belly'isas brightiuo-
ofperfumes
rie, ouerlayd with Saphires.
15 His legges are as pillars of marble,
set vpon sockets of fine gold: his counte-
nance is as Lebanon, excellent as the
Cedars.
iHeb.his 16 tHis mouth is most sweete, yea h
palate.
is altogether louely. This is ray belo-
ued, and this is my friend, 0 daughter
of lerusalem.
C H A P . VI.
1 The Church professeth her faith in Chris
4 Christ sheweth the graces of the Church
10 and his loue towards her.
The beautie of
Hither is thy beloued gone ?
W
O'thoii fairest among wo-
men, whither is thy belo-
ued turned aside ? that we
may seeke him with thee.
& My beloued is gone downe into
lis garden, to the beds of spices, to feede
3*1 am my beloueds, & my beloued Chap. 2.
s mine : he feedeth among the lillies. 16. 10.
and 7.
4 IF Thou art beautifull, O my
oue, as Tirzah, comely as lerusalem,
terrible as an armie with banners.
5 Turne away- thine eyes from me,
or they haue ||ouercome me: thy haire \\0r.they
is *a flocke of gqates, that appeare from haue,
mevp*
puffed
Gilead. * Chap. 4.
6 Thy teeth are as a flocke of sheepe i. and 2.
which goe vp from the washing, wher-
of euery one beareth twinnes, and there
7 As a piece of a pomegranat are
thy temples within thy lockes.
8 There are threescore Queenes,
and fourescore concubines, and virgins
without number.
9 My doue, my vndefiled is but one;
she is the only one of her mother, she is
;he choice one of her that bare her :
The daughters sawe her, and blessec
let; yea the Queenes and the concubins,
and they praysed her.
10 1F Who is she that looketh forth
as the morning, faire as the moone,
cleareas the sunne, and terrible as an ar-
11 I went downe into the garden o:
nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to
see whether the vine flourished, and the
pomegranats budded.
12 t Or euer I was aware, my soule t Heb. I
|| made me like the chariots of Ammi- knew not.
I Or, set me
nadib. on the cha-
13 Returne, returne, O Shulamite; riot of my
willing peo-
returne, returne, that we may looke vp- ple.
on thee: what will yee see in the Shula-
;
mite ? as it were the company ||of two II Or of Ma-
armies. hanaim.
C H A P . VII.
1 A further description of the Church her
graces. 10 The Church professeth her faith
and desire.
Owe beautifull are thy
H
feete with shooes, O prin-
ces daughter! the ioynts
of thy thighs are like ie-
wels, the worke of the
hands ot a cunning workman.
% Thy
the Church. Chap.viij.
£ Thy nauell ^s like a round goblet,
\Heb.mix- which wanteth not tlicour: thy belly is
ture.
like an heape of wheate, set about with
lillies.
*Chap. 4.5 3 *Thy two breasts are like two
yong Roes that are twinnes.
4 Thy necke is as a towre of yuo-
ry: thine eyes like the fish pooles in Hesh-
bon, by the gate of Bathrabbim : thy
nose is as the towre of Lebanon, which
looketh toward Damascus.
II Or, crimson 5 Thine head vpon thee is like |[ Car-
mel, and the haire of thine head like
1 Heb. bound purple, the king is t held in the galleries.
6 How faire, and how pleasant art
thou, O Loue, for delights!
7 This thy stature is like to a.palme
tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.
8 I said, I will goe vp to the palme
tree, I will take hold of the boughes
thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as
clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy
nose, like apples.
9 And the roofe of thy mouth like
the best wine, for my beloued, that goeth
tHebr.
streightly.
downe tsweetely, causing the lippes ||of
II Or, of the those that are asleepe, to speake.
ancient. 10 IF * I am my beloueds, and his
* Chap. 2.
16. and 6. 3 desire is towards me.
11 Come, my beloued, let vs goe
forth into the field: let vs lodge in the
villages.
12 Let vs get vp earely to the vine-
yards, let vs see if the vine flourish, whe~
t Heb. open. ther the tender grape tappeare, and the
pomegranates bud forth : there will I
giue thee my loues.
* Gen. 30. 13 The * mandrakes giue a smell,
14.
and at our gates are all maner of plea-
s&nt fruits, new and olde, which I haue
laid vp for thee, O my beloued.
C H A P . VIII.
1 The loue of the Church to Christ. 6 The
vehemencie of loue. 8 The calling of the
Gentiles. 14 The Church prayeth for
Christes comming.
That thou wert as my bro-
O
ther that sucked the brests
of my mother, when I
should find thee without,
t Hebr. they I would kisse thee, yet 11
should not should not be despised.
despise me.
Spirituall loue.
% I would leade thee, and bring thee
into my mothers house, who would in-*
struct me: I would cause thee to drinke
of * spiced wine, of the iuice of my pome- *Prou. 9.2.
granate.
3 *His left hand should be vnder my * Chap. 2. 6
head, and his light hand should em-
brace me.
4 * I charge you, O daughters of * Chap. 3. 5.
Jerusalem, tthat ye stirre not vp, nor and 2. 7.
\ Heb. why
awake my loue vntill he please. should yee
stirre vp. or
5 (* Who is this that commeth vp whytfycl
from the wildernesse, leaning vpon her * Chap. 3. 6
beloued ?) I raised thee vp vnder the
apple tree: there thy mother brought
thee forth, there she brought thee forth,
that bare thee.
6 IT Set mee as a scale vpon thine
heart, as a scale vpon thine arme : for
loue is strong as death, iealousieis t cruel t Heb. hard.
as the graue : the coales thereof are
coalesot&eywhichhath a most vehement
flame.
7 Many waters cannot quench
loue, neither can the floods drowne i t :
if a man would giue all the substance
of his house for loue, it would vtterly be
contemned.
8 IT We haue a litle sister, and shee
hath no breasts: what shall we doe for
our sister, in the day when she shall bee
spoken for ?
9 If she be a wall, we will build vp-
on her a palace of siluer: and if she bee
a dore, we will inclose her with boards
of Cedar.
10 I am a wall, and my breasts like
towers : then was I in his eyes as one
that found tfauour. I Heb. peace
11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-
hamon,hee let out the vineyard vnto
keepers : euery one for the fruit thereof
was to bring a thousand pieces of siluer.
12 My vineyard which is mine, is be-
fore me : thou (0 Solomon) must haue
a thousand, and those that keepe the
fruit thereof, two hundred.
13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens,
the companions hearken to thy voice :
cause me to heare it.
14 IF tMake haste, my beloued, and t Heb. flee
away.
be thou like to a Roe, or to a yong Hart
vpon the mountaines of spices.
THE
Mans rebellion. Chapj.
THE B O O K E OF THE
Prophet Ifaiah.
C H A P . I,
1 Isaiah complaineth of ludah for her rebellion.
5 He lamentethheriudgements. 10 Hevp-
braideth their whole sendee. 16 He exhor-
teth to repentance, with promises and threat-
nings. 21 Bewailing their wickednesse, hee
denounceth Gods iudgements. 25 Hee
promiseth grace, 28 and threatneth de-
struction to the wicked.
HE Vision of I-
T
saiah thesonne of
Amoz, which hee
sawe concerning
ludah and Je-
rusalem , in the
dayes of Vzziah,
lotham, Ahaz,
4* Hezekiah kings
of ludah.
* Deu. 32. i. I Heare, O *heauens, and giue
eare; O earth; for the LORD hath
spoken; I haue nourished and brought
vp children 9 and they haue rebelled a-
gainst me.
* lere. 8. 7. 3 The *oxe knoweth his owner,
and the asse his masters cribbe: but Is-
rael doeth not know, my people doeth
not consider.
\ Heb. of 4 Ah sinnefull nation, a people tla-
heaviness e.
den with iniquitie, a seede of euill doers,
children that are corrupters : they haue
forsaken the L O R D , they haue pro-
uoked the Holy one of Israel vnto an-
t Heb. alie- ger, they are tgone away backward.
nated, or se-
parated. 5 H Why should yee be stricken any
Heb. in- more ? yee will treuolt more and more:
crease re- the whole head is sicke, and the whole
volt.
heart faint.
6 From the sole of the foote, euen
vnto the head, there is no soundnesse in
it; but wounds, and bruises, and putri-
fy ing sores: they haue not beene closed,
Sacrifice reie&ed.
neither bound vp, neither mollified
with ||oyntment. H Or, oyle.
7 Your countrey is * desolate, your Chap. 6.5.
cities are burnt with fire : your land, deut. 28.
51. 52.
strangers deuoure it in your presence,
and it is desolate tas ouerthrowen by \Heb.asthe
ouertkrotoof
strangers. strangers.
8 And the daughter of Zibn is left
as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in
a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged
citie.
9 Except the LORD of hostes had
*left vnto vs a very small remnant, we * Lam. 3,22
should haue beene as * Sodom, and we rom. 9. 29.
* Gen. 19.
should haue bene like vnto Gomorrah. 24.
10 IT Heare the word of the LORD,
ye rulers of Sodom, giue eare vnto the
Law of our GOD, yee people of Go-
morrah.
11 To what purpose w the multitude
of your * sacrifices vnto Tme, sayth the *Prou. 15.0
and 21. 7.
L O R D ? I am full of the burnt offe- chap. 66. 3.
rings of rammes, and the fat of fedde iere. 6. 20.
amos5. 21.
beasts, and I delight not in the blood
of bullockes, or of lambes, or of t hee t Heb. great
hee goats.
goates.
12 When ye come to tappeare before t Heb. to be
mee, who hath required this at your scene.
hand, to tread my courts ?
13 Bring no more vaine oblations,
incense is an abomination vnto me : the
new Moones, and Sabbaths, the cal-
ling of assemblies I cannot away with;
it is ||iniquitie, euen the solemne mee- \\0r,griefe.
ting.
4 Your new Moones, and your ap-
pointed Feasts my soule hateth : they
are a trouble vnto me, I am weary to
beare them.
15 And when ye spread foorth your
* handes, I will hide mine eyes from 28. * Prou. 1.
iere. 14
you; yea, when yee tmake many pray- 12. mic. 3. 4.
t Heb.
ers I will not heare : your hands are tiplyprayer.mul.
fullof*tblood. * Cha. 59. 3.
16 f Wash iHeb. bloods
VJercy promifed. Ifaiah.
16 IT Wash yee, make you cleane, put
way the euill of your doings from be-
* 1. Pet. 3. fore mine eyes, * cease to doe euill,
11.
7a Learn e to doe well, seeke iudge-
I Or Brighten. Tient, ||relieue the oppressed, iudge the
atherlesse, plead for the widow.
18 Come now and let vs reason to-
Aether, saith the L O R D : though
rour sinnes be as scarlet, they shall be
is white as snow ; though they be red
ike crimsin, they shall be as wooll.
19 If yee be willing and obedient,
yee shall eate the good of the land.
20 But if yee refuse and rebell , yee
halbe deuoured with the sword : for the
mouth of the L O R D hath spoken it.
21 U Howe is the faithfull citie be-
come an harlot ? it was full of iudge-
tnent, righteousnesse lodged in it ; but
now murtherers-
22 Thy siluer is become drosse , thy
wine mixt with water.
23 Thy princes are rebellious and
companions of theeues : euery one lo-
ueth gifts, and followeth after re-
* Icr. 5. 28. wards : they * iudge not the fatherlesse,
Zac-7- 10. neither doth the cause of the widow e
come vnto them.
24? Therefore , saith the Lord,
he LORD of hostes, the mighty one
of Israel; Ah, I will ease me of mine
aduersaries, and auenge me of mine ene-
mies.
25 f And I will turne my hand
t Heb. accor- vpon thee, and t purely purge away thy
ding to pure- drosse, and take away all thy tinne.
nesse.
£6 And I will restore thy iudges as
at the first, and thy counsellers as at the
Deginning : afterward thou shalt be cal-
led the citie of righteousnesse, the faith-
full citie.
27 Zion shall be redeemed with
I Or, they ; iudgement , and || her conuerts with
that returne righteousnesse.
cfher.
* lob. .31. 3. 28 IF And the *t destruction of the
psal, i. 6. &
5. 6. & 73. transgressours and of the sinners shall
27. & 92.
10. & 104.
be together : and they that forsake the
35. LORD shall be cohsumetL
t Heb. brea- 29 'For they shall be ashamed of the
king.
okes which yee 'haue desired , and yee
shalbe confounded for the gardens that
yee haue chosen.
30 For yee shall be as an oke whose
leafe fadeth, and as a garden that hath
no water.
31 And the strong shall be as towe,
B-0r, and his || and the maker of it as a sparke , anc
tmrke.
they shall both burrie together, anc
none shall quench them.
The Gentiles called.
C H A P . II.
Isaiah prophecieth the comming of Christs
kingdome. 6 Wickednesse is the cause
of Gods forsaking. 10 Hee exhorteth to
feare, because of the powerfull effects of
Gods Maiestie.
He word that Isaiah, the
T sonne of Amoz, sawe
concerning ludah and
lerusalem.
2 And it shall come to
>asse in the *last dayes, that the moun- * Mic. 4. i.
aine of the L O R D S house shall be &c.
established in the top of the moun- Oftpr^po*
red.
aines, and shall be exalted aboue the
lilies; and all nations shall flow vn-
to it
3 And many people shall goe & say;
Come yee and let vs go vp to the moun-
taine of the L O R D , to the house of
the God of lacob, and he will teach vs
of his wayes, and we will walke in his
>athes : for out of Zion shall goe forth
;he lawe, and the word of the L O R D
rom lerusalem.
4 And hee shall iudge among the
nations, and shall rebuke many people:
and they shall beate their swords into
)low-shares, and their speares into
{pruning hookes ; nation shall not lift I Or, sythes.
vp sword against nation, neither shall
they learne warre any more.
5 O house of lacob, come yee, and
et vs walke in the light of the LORD.
6 U Therefore thou hast forsaken
thy people the house of lacob; because
they be replenished ||from the East, anc Or, ihSre
hen the
are soothsayers like the Philistines, and East.
they || please themselues in the children B Or9 aboufk
with the
of strangers. children. $c.
7 Their land also is full of siluer
and gold, neither is there any end of their
treasures : their land is also full of hor-
ses ; neither is there any end of their cha-
rets.
8 Their land also is full of idoles
they worship the worke of their owrie
hands, that which their owne fingers
haue made.
6 And the meane Jnah bowel!
downe, and the great man Jwmbletl
himselfe; therefore forgiue them not.
10 H Enter into the rpcke, and hide
thee in the dust, for feare of the LORD
and for the glory of his Maiestie.
11 The *loftie lookes of man shalbe • Chap. 5.
humbled, arid the hautines of men shal 15.
be bowed downer and the L O R D a
lone
Pride threatnecl
one shalbe exalted in that day.
12 For the day of the LORD of
lostes shall bee vpon euery one that is
Proud and lofrie, and vpon euery one
that is lifted vp, and shalbe brought
ow;
13 And vpon all the Cedars of Le-
mnon, that are high and lifted vp, and
vpon all the okes of Bash an,
14? And vpon all the high moun-
taines, and vpon all the hilles that are
)roud and lifted
oftie, and vpon euery one;hat is lifted vp, avp,
nd he shalbebrought
15 And vpon euery high tower, and
vpon euery fenced wall,
16 And vpon all the ships of Tar-
t Hebr. 0f- shish, and vpon all tpleasant pictures.
ctures of de- 17 And the loftinesse of man shall be
sire.
)owed downe, and the hautinesse of
men shalbe made low : and the LORD
alone shalbe exalted in that day.
I Or, the 18 And ||the idoles hee shall vtterly
idoles shall
vtterly passe abolish.
away. 19 And they shall goe into the * holes
* Hos. 10. 8.
luke 23. 30. of the rocks, and into the caues of the
reuel. 6.16. t earth for feare of the LORD, and for
and 9. 6.
t H ebr. the the glory of his Maiestie; when hee ari-
dust. seth to shake terribly the earth.
t Hebr. the
idols of his
20 In that day a man shall cast this
siluer, qc. doles of siluer, and his idoles of golde
I Or, which | which they made each one for himselfe
they made
for him. io worship, to the moules and to the
3attes:
21 To go into the clefts of the rocks,
and into the tops of the ragged rockes,
?
or feare of the LORD, and for the glo-
rie of his Maiestie; when hee ariseth to
shake terribly the earth.
9$, Cease ye from man whose breath
w in his nostrels : for wherein is hee to
3e accounted of?
CHAP. III.
1 The great confusion which commeth by
sinne. 9 The impudencie of the people.
12 The oppression and couetousnesse of the
rulers. 16 The judgements which shall be
for the pride of the women.
Or behold, the Lord,, the'
F
LORD of hostes doeth
take away from lerusa-
lem, and from ludah, the
stay and the staffe, the
whole stay of bread, and the whole stay
of water,
% The itiighty man, arid the man ol
t Hebr. A warre; the ludge and the Prophet,
maneminen and the prudefct, and the ancient,
in counte-
nance. 8 The captaine of fiftie, and the tho-
Chap.iij. Of oppreffion.
nourable mail, and the counsellor, and
he cunning artificer, and the ||eloquent I! Or, skilfull
oratour. of speech.
4 And I will giue * children to bee * Eccles. 10.
heir Princes, and babes shall rule ouer 6.
them.
5 And the people shall be oppressed,
euery one by another, and euery one by
lis neighbour: the childe shall behaue
limselfe proudly against the ancient,
and the base against the honourable.
6 When a man shall take hold of
lis brother of the house of his father,
saying^ Thou hast clothing, be thou our
ruler, and let this mine bee vnder thy
land:
7 In that day t shall he sweare, say- t Hebr. lift
ng, I will not be an t healer : for in myvpHebr. the hand.
bin.
louse is neither bread nor clothing: dervp.
make me not a ruler of the people.
8 For leriisalem is ruined, & lu-
dah is fallen : because their tongue and
their doings are against the LORD,
to prouoke the eyes of his glorie.
9 IF The shew of their countenance
doeth witnesse against them, -and they
declare their sinne as * Sodom, they * Gen. 13.
hide it not: woe vnto -their soule, for 13. and 18.
21. and 19.
they haue rewarded euill vnto them- >.
selues.
10 Say yee to the righteous, that it
shall be well "withhim: for they shall eate
the fruit of their doings.
11 Woe vnto the wicked, it shall be ill
with him : for the reward of his handes
shalbe tgiuen him. I Hebr. done
12 IF As for my people, children are to him.
their oppressours > and women rule o-
uer them : O my people, ]|they which I Or, they
lead thee, cause theeto erre, andt destroy which call
thee blessed.
the way of thy paths. \Hebr.swal-
13 The L O R D standeth vp to 'owvp.
plead, and standeth to iudge the people.
14 The L O R D will enter into
Judgement with the ancients of his peo-
ple, and the Princes thereof: for ye haue
Ifeaten vp the Vineyard; the spoile of ft Or, burnt.
the-poore is in your houses.
15 What meane yee that yee beat my
people to pieces, and grinde the faces of
the poore, saith the Lord GOD ol
hosts?
16 11 Moreouer the L O R D saith;
Because the daughters of Zion are
h autie, and walke with stretched forth
necks, and t wanton eyes, walking and ceitting
t Hebr. de-
with
||mincing as they goe, and making a their eyes.
tinkeling with their feet: §0r,tripping
nicely.
17 Therefore the Lord will smite
with
Womens pride. Ifaiah.
with a scab the crowne of the head of
the daughters of Zion, and the LORD
Heb. make will t discouer their secret parts.
naked. 18 In that day the Lord will take
away the brauery of their tinckling or-
naments about their feete^ and their
I Or, net- jcaules, and their round tyres like the
workes.
Moone,
Or, sweet- 19 The ||chaines, and the bracelets,
dalles.
I Or, span-
and the || mufflers,
gled orna- 20 The bonnets, and the ornaments
ments. of thelegges, and the headbands, and
Heb.houses the t tablets, and the earerings,
of the soulc.
21 The rings, and nose-iewels,
22 The changeable sutes of appa-
rell, arid the mantles, and the wimples,
and the crisping pinnes,
23 The glasses, and the fine linnen,
and the hoods, and the vailes.
24 And it shall come to passe, that in
steade of sweete smell, there shall bee
stinke * and in stead of a girdle, a rent;
and in stead of well set haire, baldnesse;
and in stead of a stomacher, a girding
of sackecloth ; and burning, in stead of
aeautie.
25 Thy men shall fall by the sword,
\Heb. might and thy tmightie in the warre.
26 And her gates shall lament and
II Or, empti- mourne; and she being || desolate, shall
ed: hebr.
cleansed. sit vpon the ground.
C H A P . IIII.
In the eXlreiriitie of euils, Christes kingdome
shall be a Sanctuarie.
> Nd in that day seue'ii wo-
A
men shall take hold of one
man, saying, We will eate
our owne bread, & weare
our owne apparell: onely
i Heb. let thy t let vs be called by thy name, || to take a-
name be cal-
led vpon vs. way our reproch.
8 Or, take
thou away.
2 In that day shall the Branch ol
t Heb. beau- the L O R D be tbeautifull and glori-
ty and glory ous, and the fruit of the earth shalbe ex-
t Heb. for cellent and comely tfor them that are
the escaping escaped of Israel.
of Israel.
3 And it shall come to passe, that hee
that is left in Zion, and hee that remai-
neth in lerusalem, shall be called Holy,
I Or, to life. euen euery one that is written ||among
the liuing in lerusalem,
4 When the Lord stall haue wa-
shed away the filth of the daughters ol
Zion, and shall haue purged the blood
of lerusalem from the middest thereof,
by the spirit of iudgement, and by the
spirit of burning.
Gods vineyard.
5 And the LORD will create vp-
on euery dwelling place of mount Zi-
on , and vpon her assemblies a * cloude, * Exod. 13.
and smoke by day, and the shining of a 21.
flaming fire by night; for || vpon all the I Or, above,
glory shall be ta defence. t Heb. a co-
6 And
and smokethere shalbe
by day, shining of a uering.
and athetabernacle^for
a shadow in the day time from the heat,
and for a place of refuge, and for a co-
ueft from storme and from raine,
C H A P. V.
1 Vnder the Parable bf a Vineyard, God excu-
seth his seuere iudgement. 8 His iudge-
ments vpon couetousnesse, 11 Vpon lasci-
uiousnesse, 13 Vpon impietie, 20 and
vpon iniustice* 26 The executioners of
Gods Judgements.
•Ow will I sing to my
N [irelbeloued, a song of my
( beloued touching his vine^
yard : my wellbeloued
hath a * vineyard in a t ve- mat.
ry fruitfull hill.
Mere. 2.21.
21. 33.
mark. 12.1.
£ And hee ||fenced it, and gathered hike 20. 9.
t Heb. the
out the stones thereof, and planted it horne of the
sonne ofoyle,
with the choicest vine, and built a towre I Or, made
in the middest of it, and also tmade a a watt a-
winepresse therein : and he looked that boutit.
t Heb. hew-
it should bring foorth grapes, and it ed.
brought foorth wilde grapes.
3 And now, O inhabitants of le-
rusalem, and men of ludah, ludge,
I pray you, betwixt me and my Vine-
yard.
4 What could haae beene done
riiore to ift^ Vineyard, that I haue not
done in it ? wherefore when I looked
that it should bring foorth grapes,
brought it foorth wilde grapes ?
5 And now goe to; I will tell you
what I will doe to my Vineyard, I
will take away the hedge thereof, and
it shall be eaten vp; and breake downe
the wall thereof, and it shall be ttro- \IIeb. for a
treading.
den downe.
6 And I will lay it Waste; it shal
not be pruned, nor digged, but there
shall come vp briars and thornes : 1
will also command the cloudes, that
they raine .no raine vpon it.
7 For the Vineyard of the LORD
of hostes is the house of Israel, and the
men of ludah this pleasant plant: and oft Heb. plant
his plea-
he looked for Judgement, but beholde sures.
t oppression; for righteousnesse, but be- t Heb. a scab.
hold a crie.
8 t Woe vnto them that ioyne
* house
Ccmetoufnefle and Chap.vj.
* Mich. 2. 2. * house to house, that lay field to field, till
there be no place, that they maybe placed
alone in the midst of the earth.
1 Oj this is 9 || In mine eares said the L O R D
inmineeares
saith the ofhostes, tOf a trueth many houses
LORD, shall be desolate , euen great and faire
<$*(?•
IHeblfnof, without inhabitant.
4* 10 Yea ten acres of vineyard shall
yeeld one Bath, and the seed of an Ho-
mer shall yeeld an Ephah.
11 IT Woe vnto them that rise vp
earely in the morning, that they may fol-
*.PftJtt. 23. low strong * drink, that continue vntill
29, 30.
I Or pttfsue night, titt wine ||enflame them.
them. 12 And the harpe and the viole, the
tabret and pipe, and wine are in their
feasts : but they regard not the worke
of the LORD, neither consider the o-
peration of his hands.
13 H Therefore my people are gone
into captiuitie, because they haue no
t H eb. their knowledge ? and t their honourable
glory are
men Of fa- men are famished, aud their multitude
mine. dried vp with thirst.
14 Therefore hell hath enlarged her
selfe, and opened her mouth without
measure : and their glory , and their
multitude, and their pompe, and hee
that feioyceth, shall descend into it.
* Isa. 2. 0. 15 And * the meane man shall bee
11. 17-
brought downe, and the mightie man
shall be humbled, and the eyes of the
loftie shall be humbled.
16 But the L O R D of hosts shalbe
Wr,t/ieho- exalted in iudgement, and ||God that is
ly Coif. Heb. holy, shall bee sanctified in righteous-
The God the
holy. nesse.
17 Then shall the lambes feed after
their maner, and the waste places of the
fat ones shall strangers eate.
18 Woe vnto them that draw iniqui-
tie with cords of vanitie, and sinne, as
it were with a cart rope :
19 That say, Let him make speede,
and hasten his worke, that we may see
it : and let the counsel! of the holy one of
Israel draw nigh and come, that wee
•
TTiftv irnnw ?/
IM-iHy tVlJv/" vv»
lHeb.that 20 If Woe vnto them t that call euill
sayconcer-
ningeuill,li good, and good euill, that put darkenes
isffootf,$c. for light, and light for darkenesse, that
put bitter for sweete , and sweete for
bitter.
*Prou. 3. 7. 21 Woemtothemt1ui,tare*mse in their
Tom* 12. 16
WJeb. be- owne eyes, and prudent tin their owne
fore their sight.
face.
22 Woe vnto them that are mightie to
drinke wine, and men of strength to
mingle strong drinke.
riot are threatened.
23 Which *iustifie the wicked for re- *p«m. 17.
ward, and take away the righteousnes 15.
of the righteous from him.
24 Therfore as the tfire deuoureth }Hebr.the
tongue qf
thestubble,a;id the flame consumeth the fire.
chaffe, so their root shall be rottennes,
and their blossom e shall goe vp as dust:
because they haue cast away the Lawe
of the L O R D of hosts, and despised
the worde of the Holy One of Israel.
25 Therefore is the anger of the
L O R D kindled against his people,
and he hath stretched foorth his hande
.against them, and hath smitten them :
and the hilles did tremble, and their
carkeises were || torne in the midst of the IQrcu
streets 1 *for all this, his anger is not dating.
*Cha.9.ll
turned away, but his hand is stretched 16. 21. and
10.4.
out still.
26 f And he will lift vp an ensigne
to the nations from farre, and wil hisse
vnto them from the end of the earth:
and behold, they shall come with speed
swiftly.
27 None shalbe weary, nor stumble
amongst them : none shall slumber nor
sleepe, neither shall the girdle of their
loynes be loosed, nor the latchet of their
shooes be broken.
28 Whose arrowes are sharpe, and
all their bowes bent, their horses hoofs
shall bee counted like flint, and their
wheeles like a whirlewind.
29 Their roaring shalbe like a lyon,
they shall roare like yong lions : yea
they shal roare and lay hold of the pray,
and shall carie it away safe, and none
shall deliuer it.
30 And in that day they shall roare
against them, like the roaring of the I Or, rft-
sea : and if one looke vnto the land, be- stresse.
I Or, when
it is light it
hold darkenesse and ||sorrow, ||and the shalbe darke
light is darkened in the heauens ther of. in the de-
structions
thereof.
C H A P VI.
1 Isaiah in a vision of the Lord in his glory,
5 being terrified, is confirmed for his Mes-
sage. 9 He sheweth the obstinacie of the
nle, vnto their desolation. ISA remnant
bee saued.
I
N the yeere that King
Vzziah died, I *saw also * lohn 12.
the Lord sitting vpon a 39, 40, 41
throne, high and lifted
I Or, the
vp, and his || traine fillec skirts
there-
the Temple. of.
2 Aboue it stood the Seraphims :
each one had sixe wings, with twaine he
couerec
Vncleane lips. Ifaiah.
| ouered his face, and with twaine hee
ouered his feete, and with twaine hee
did flie.
i Ha. this 3 And? tone cryed vnto another,
cried to this. and sayd; *Holy, holy, holy, is the
* Reu. 4. 8»
t Heb. his IrORD of hostes, t the whole earth is
glory is the
fulnease of full of his glory.
the whole
'arm,
^ fifth
4 And the posts of the tdoore mo-
t Heb. thre- ued at the voyce of him that cryed, and
sholds. the house was filled with smoke.
5 IT Then sayd I ; Woe is me ; for I
t Heb. cut am t vndone, because I am a man of vn-
off. cleane lippes, and I dwell in the midst
of a people of vncleane lippes : for mine
eyes haue scene the king, the L O R D
of hostes.
6 Then flew one of the Seraphims
h
Heb. and in vnto mee, thauing a liue-cole in his
lis hand a land, which hee had taken with the
'iue*coale.
tongs from off the altar.
t Heb. cau- 7 And the laide it vpon my mouth,
sed it to and sayd, Loe, this hath touched thy
touch.
ippes , and thine iniquitie is taken a-
way, and thy sinne purged.
8 Also I heard the voyce of the
Lord, saying ; Whom shall I send, anc
* Gen. 1. who will goe for * vs ? Then I saide ;
26.
t Heb. be* tHeere am I, send me.
hold me. 9 IT And he sayd, Goe and tell this
* Matth. 13 people; * Heareyee ||indeede,butvnder-
14. mar. 4.
12. luc. 8. stand not : and see yee indeed, but per-
10. ioh. 12. ceiue not.
40. set. 28.
26. rom* 11. 10 Make the heart of this people fat,
8.
II Qr i0ithm and make their eares heauy, and shut
out ceasing their eyes : lest they see with their eyes,
O
ccc : Heb.
TJ i
heare yee it and heare with their eares, and vnder-
hearing, $c stand with their heart, and conuert anc
be healed.
11 Then sayd I; Lord, how long?
And hee answered, Vntill the cities be
wasted without inhabitant, and the
houses without man, and the land be
\ Heb. 'deso- vtterly t desolate,
late with de 12 And the L O R D haue .afc'iiidGed
solution.
men farre away, and there fe it-great
forsaking in the midst of the land.
^Or^wheni 13 1f But yet in it shalbe a tenth, ||anc
is returned
and hath, bin it shall ret urn e, and shall be eaten : as a
broused.
H QT^ stocke Teyle tree, and as an Oke whose || sub-
orstemme. stance is in them , when they cast their
leaues : $o the holy seede shall be the sub-
stance thereof.
C H A P . VII.
1 Ahaz, being troubled with feare of J&zin and my God also ?
Pekah, is comforted by Isaiah. 10 Ahaz, ha-
uing liberty to choose a signe, and refusing!
hath for a signe, Christ promised. 17 Hi
Judgement is prophecied to come by Assyria. shall conceiue and beare a Sonne, anc 31.
Chrift promifed, and
Nd it came to passe in the
A
dayes of * Ahaz the sonne * 2. kings.
A of lotham, the sonne of 16. o.
A
Vzziah king of ludah,
tliat Rezin the king of Sy-
ia, and Pekah, the sonne of Remahah
dng of Israel, went vp towards le-
usalem to warre against it, but could
not preuaile against it.
2 And it was told the house of Da-
uid, saying; Syria is t confederate with Heb. re.
teth on E-
Sphraim ; and his heart was moued, hraim.
and the heart of his people as the trees
of the wood are mooued with the
wind.
3 Then sayd the L O R D vnto
[saiah; Goe forth now to meete Ahaz,
thou, & t Shear-iashub thy sonne, at the That is, the
emnantsha
end of the * conduit of the vpper poole returne.
| in the high way of the fullers field. II Or, cause-
4 And say vnto him; Take heede way. * 2. kings.
and be quiet : feare not, t neither be 18. 17.
aint hearted for the two tailes of these tthyHeb. let not
heart be
smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger tender.
of Rezin with Syria, and of the sonne
of Remaliah.
5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the
sonne of Remaliah haue taken euil
counsell against thee, saying ;
6 Let vs goe vp against ludah
and ||vexe it, and let vs make a breach I Ort waken.
therein for vs,and set a king in the midst
of it, euen the sonne of Tabeal.
7 Thus saith the Lord G O D ;
It shall not stand, neither shall it come
to passe.
8 For the head of Syria is Damas-
cus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin,
and within threescore and fiue yeeres,
shall Ephraim be broken, t that it be no t Heb. from
a people.
a people.
9 And the head of Ephraim is Sa-
maria, and the head of Samaria is Re-
maliahs sonne : || if yee will not beleeue, II Or, doe yee
not beleeue $
surely yee shall not be established. . It is because
10 ITtMoreouer the LORD spake yee are not
stable.
againe vnto Ahaz, saying; \Heb.<vn&
11 Aske thee a signe of the L O R D the Lord at
ded to speak.
thy God; ||aske it either in the depth, or K Or, make
thy petition
in the height aboue. deepe.
12 But Ahaz sayd, I will not aske,
neither will I tempt the LORD.
13 And he sayd; Heare yee now, O
house of Dauid; Is it a small thing for
you to wearie men, but will yee wearie
14 Therefore the Lord himselfe sha
*Math. 1.
giue you a signe : * Behold, a Virgine 23. luc. 1.
|| shall
called Immanuel. Chap.viij.
1 Or. thou, || shall call his name Immanuel.
OViigin, 15 Butter and hony shall he eat, that
sMUcaU.
hee may know to refuse the euill, and
choose the good.
16 For before the childe shall know
to refuse the euill and choose the good;
the land that thou abhorrest, shalbe for-
saken of both her kings.
17 f The L O R D shall bring vpon
thee and vpon thy people, and vpon thy
fathers house, dayes that haue not
come , from the day that Ephraim de-
parted from ludah ; euen the King of
Assyria.
18 And it shall come to passe in that
day, that the LORD shall hisse for the
flie, that is in the vttermost part of the
riuers of Egypt, and for the Bee that is
in the land of Assyria.
19 And they shall come, and shall rest
all of them in the desolate valleys, and
in the holes of the rockes, and vpon all
8 Or, com- thornes, and vpon all || bushes.
mendable 20 In the same day shall the Lord
\rees.
* 2. King. shaue with a * rasor that is hired, name-
19. 35. ly by them beyond the riuer, by the king
of Assyria, the head, and the haire of the
feet : and it shal also consume the beard.
21 And it shall come to passe in that
day, that a man shal nourish a yong cow
and two sheepe.
22 And it shall come to passe, for the
abundance of milke that they shall giue,
he shal eate butter : for butter and hony
' Hebr. in shall euery one eate, that is left tin the
the midst of land.
the land.
23 And it shall come to passe in that
day, that euery place shalbe, where there
were a thousand Vines at a thousand
siluerlings, it shall euen be for briers and
thornes.
24 With arrowes and with bowes
shall men come thither ; because all the
land shall become briars and thornes.
25 And on all hilles that shalbe dig-
red with the mattocke, there shall not
come thither the feare of briars and
ihornes; but it shall bee for the sending
borth of oxen , and for the treading of
esser cattell .
CHAP. VIIL
1 In Maher-shalal-hash-baz, hee prophecieth
thatSyriaand Israel shalbe subdued by Assy-
ria. 5 ludah likewise for their infidelitie.
9 Gods Judgements shalbe vnresistable. 11
Comfort shalbe to them that feare God. 19
Great afflictions to idolaters.
Againft infidelitie.
Oreouer the L O R D said
M
vnto mee, Take thee a
great roule, and write in
it with a mans penne,
concerning t Maher-sha- t Hebr. In
lal-hash-baz. making
speed to the
spoile, he
2 And I tooke vnto mee faithfull hasteneth
witnesses to record, Vriah the Priest, the pray. Or,
and Zechariah the sonne of lebere- make $c.
speed,
chiah.
3 And I twent vnto the Prophe- t Hebr, ap-
tesse, and shee concerned and bare a prochedto.
vn-
sonne, then said the LORD to mee.
Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
4 For before the childe shall haue
knowledge to /cry, My father and my
mother, the ||riches of Damascus, and H Or, He that
the spoile of Samaria shalbe taken a- isKing before the
ofM-
way before the king of Assyria. syria shall
take away
5 U The LORD spake also vnto the riches
me againe, saying, **.
6 For so much as this people refu-
seth the waters of Shiloah that goe
softly, and reioyce in Rezin, and Rema-
liahs sonne:
7 Now therefore behold, the Lord
bringeth vp vpon them the waters oi
the riuer strong and many , euen the
king of Assyria, and all his glory : and
he shall come vp ouer all his channels,
and goe ouer all his bankes.
8 And hee shall passe through lu-
dah, he shall ouerflow and goe ouer, he
shall reach euen to the necke; and tthe t Hebr. The
stretching out of his wings shall fill the fulnesse
the breadth
of
breadth of thy land, O Immanuel, of thy land
shall be the
9 IT Associate your selues, O ye peo- stretching
ple, (I and yee shalbe broken in pieces; out of his
wings.
and giue eare all ye of farre countreys: I Or, yet.
gird your selues, and ye shalbe broken
in pieces; gird your selues, and ye shalbe
broken in pieces.
10 Take counsell together, and it
shall come to nought: speake the word,
and it shall not stand; for God is
with vs.
11 f For the LORD spake thus
to me t with a strong hand, and instru- i Hebr. In
cted me that I should not walke in the strength
hand.
of
way of this people, saying,
12 Say ye not, A confederacie to all
them, to whom this people shall say, A
confederacie; neither feare yee their
feare, nor be afraid.
13 Sanctifie the LORD of hostes
iimselfe, and let him bee your feare, and
let him be your dread. * Isa. 28.16.
14 And he shalbe for a sanctuary; but hike 2. 34.
rom. 9. 33.
for *a stone of stumbling and for a rocke i. pet. ». 7.
of
Seeke God onely. Ifaiah.
of offence to both the houses of Israel,
for a ginne, and for a snare to the inha-
bitants of Jerusalem.
15 And many among them shall
*Matth. 21. * stumble and fall, and be broken, and be
44. luke
20. 18. snared, and be taken.
16 Binde vp the Testimonie, scale
the Law among my disciples.
17 And I wil wait vpon the LORD
that hideth his face from the house of
lacob, and I will looke for him.
* Hebr. 2. 18 * Behold, I, and the children
13.
whom the L O R D hath giuen me, are
for signes, and for wonders in Israel :
from the L O R D of hostes, which
dwelleth in mount Zion.
19 IT And when they shall sa'y vnto
you; Seeke vnto them that haue fami-
liar spirits, and vnto wizards that
peepe and that mutter : should not a
people seeke vnto their God ? for the li-
uing, to the dead ?
*Heb. 2.13. £0 *To the Law and to the Testi-
monie : if they speake not according to
t Heb. no this word, it is because there is tno light
morning.
in them.
21 And they shall passe through it,
hardly bestead and hungry : and it shall
come to passe, that when they shall be
hungry, they shall fret themselues, and
curse their King, and their God", and
looke vpward.
22 And they shall looke vnto the
earth : and behold trouble and darke-
nesse, dimnesse of anguish ; and they
shall be driuen to darkenesse.
C H A P . IX.
1 What ioy shall be in the midst of afflictions,
by the fongdome and birth of Christ 8
The iudgements vpon Israel for their pride,
13 For their hypocrisie, 18 Ana for
their impenitencie.
N
Euerthelesse the dimnesse
shall not be such as was in
her vexation ; when at the
first he lightly afflicted the
land of Zebulun, and the
land of Naphtali, and afterward did
more grieuously afflict her by the way
of the Sea, beyond lordan in Galile
\0r,popu- | of the nations*
ous.
* Mat. 4, 15. 2 The * people that walked in dark-
ephe. 5. 14. nesse,haue scene a great light: they that
dwel in the land of the shadow of death,
vpon them hath the light shined.
3 Thou hast multiplied the nation,
I Or, to him. and || not increased the ioy: they ioy be-
fore thee, according to the ioy in haruest,
Chriftes kingdome.
and as men reioyce when they diuide
the spoile.
4 || For thou hast broken the yoke of 1 Or, when
his burden, and the staffe of his shoul- thou brakest
der, the rod 1>f his oppressour , as in the
day of *Midian. * ludg. 7. 22
cha. 10. 26.
5 || For euery battell of the warriour I Or, when
is with confused noise, and garments the whole
battell of the
rolled in blood ; ||but this shall be with warrfour
was, $c.
burning and tfewell of fire. I Or, and it
6 For vnto vs a child is borne, vnto was, $c.
} Heb. meate.
vs a *Sonne is giuen, and the gouern- * lob. 3.16.
ment shalbe vpon his shoulder : and his
name shalbe called, Wonderfull, Coun-
seller, The mightie God, The euerla-
sting Father, The Prince of peace.
7 Of the increase of his gouernment
andpeace * there shall beno end, vpon the 32,»Lukei.
33.
throne of Dauid & vpon his kingdome,
to order it, and to stablish it with Judge-
ment and with Justice, from henceforth
euen for euer : the *zeale of the LORE *2. KltfgS
19. 31.
of hostes will performe this. chap. 37. 32
8 IF The Lord sent a word into la-
cob, and it hath lighted vpon Israel.
9 And all the people shal know, euen
Ephraim and the inhabitant of Sama-
ria, that say in the pride and stoutnesse
of heart;
10 The brickes are fallen downe, but
we will build with hewen stones t the
Sycomores are cut downe, but we will
change them into Cedars.
11 Therefore the LORD shall set
vp the aduersaries of Rezin against
him, and tioyne his enemies together. \Heb. min-
12 The Syrians before, and the Phi- gle.
listines behinde, and they shall deuoure
Israel twith open mouth : *for all thist Jfeb. with
his anger is not turned away, but his whole mouth.
hand is stretched out still. * Chap. 5.
25. & 10. 4.
13 1F For the people turneth not vn-
to him that smiteth them , neither doe
they seeke the LORD of hostes.
14 Therefore the L O R D will cut
off from Israel head and taile, branch
and rush in one day.
15 The ancient and honourable, hee
Is the head : and the prophet that tea-
cheth lies, he is the taile.
16 For the || leaders of this people I Or, they
cause them to erre, and they ||that are that call
them bles-
edde of them, are t destroyed. sed.
I Or, they
17 Therfore the Lord shall haue no that are cal-
ioy in their yong men, neither shal haue ed blessed of
hem.
mercy on tneir fatherlesse & widowes : • Heb. swal-
'or euery one is an hypocrite, and an euil owed vp.
doer, and euery mouth speaketh j|fol- I Or, villeny.
y : for all this his anger is not turned
away,
 Wicked law-makers. Chap.x.
away, but his hand is stretched out still
18 IT For wickednes burneth as the
fire : it shall deuoure the briers anc
thornes, and shall kindle in the thickets
of the forrest, and they shall mount vp
like the lifting vp of smoke.
19 Through the wrath of the LOUD
of hosts is the land darkened, and the
t Heb. meat. people shall be as the tfuell of the fire:
no man shall spare his brother.
t Heb. cut. 20 And he shall t snatch on the right
hand, and be hungry, and he shall eate
on the left hand, ana they shall not bee
satisfied : they shall eate euery man the
flesh of his owne arme.
£1 Manasseh, Ephraim : and Ephra-
im, Manasseh: and they together shalbe
against ludah: for all this his anger
is not turned away, but his hand is stret-
ched out still.
C H A P . X.
1 The woe of tyrants. 5 Assyria, the rodde
of hypocrites, for his pride snail be broken.
20 A remnant of Israel shall be saued. £4
Israel is comforted with promise of deliue-
rance from Assyria.
Oe vnto them that decree
W
vnrighteous decrees, and
\\ Or, to the j| that write grieuousnesse
writers that which theyhaueprescribed:
write grie-
uousnesse. 2 To turne aside the
needy from mdgement, and to take a-
way the right from the poore of my peo-
)le, that widdowes may be their pray,
and that they may robbe the fatherles.
3 And what wil ye doe in the day of
visitation, and in the desolation which
shall come from farre ? to whom wil ye
flee for helpe ? and where will yee leaue
your glory ?
4 Without mee they shall bowe
downe vnder the prisoners, and they
Cha. 5.25 shall fall vnder the slaine: *for all this
nd 9.12.
lis anger is not turned away, but his
land is stretched out still.
Or, woe to 5 H || O t Assyrian, the rod of mine
the Assyri-
an. anger, ||and the staffe in their hand is
t Heb. As- mine indignation.
shur.
«Or, though. 6 I will send him against an hypo-
criticall nation, and against the people
of my wrath will I giue him a charge
to take the spoile, and to take the praye,
Heb. to lay and t to tread them downe like the mire
them CL trea- of the streets.
ding.
7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, nei-
;her doth his heart thinke so, but it is in
us heart to destroy, and cut off nations
not a few.
Afflmrs pride*
8 #For he saith, Are not my princes * 2. Kings
18. 24, 33.
altogether kings ? and 19.10,
9 Is not Calno, as Carchemish ? w &C.
not Hamath, as Arpad? is not Sama-
ria, as Damascus ?
10 As my hand hath found the king-
domes of the idoles, and whose grauen
images did excell them of Jerusalem
and of Samaria:
11 Shall I not, as I haue done vn-
:o Samaria and her idoles, so doe to
Jerusalem and her idoles ?
1% Wherefore it shall come to passe,
that when the Lord hath performed his
whole worke ^vpon mount Zion, and 19. * 2. Kings
31.
on Jerusalem, I will tpunish the fruit \ Heb. visite
tof the stout heart of the king of Assy- iffeb.ofthe vpon.
ria, and the glory of his high lookes. greatnesses
13 For hee saith, By the strength of the heart*
my hand I haue done it, and by my
wisedome, for I am prudent: and I
laue remooued the bounds of the peo-
ple, and haue robbed their treasures,
md I haue put downe the inhabitants
[like a valiant man. I Or, Kb
manypeople.
14 And my hand hath found as a
nest the riches of the people: and as
one gathereth egges that are left, haue
[ gathered all the earth, and there
was none that moued the wing, or ope-
ned the mouth, or peeped.
15 Shall the axe boast it selfe against
him that heweth therewith ? or shal the
sawe magnifie it selfe against him that
shaketh it? ||as if the rod should shake rod S Or, as if a
should
t selfe against them that lift itvp,or as if shake them
he staffe should lift vp 11 it selfe, af if it were vp. lift it
that
no wood. Or, that
16 Therefore shall the Lord, the which wood.
is not
Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones
eannesse, and vnder his glory hee shall
kindle a burning, like the burning of
a fire.
17 And the light of Israel shall bee
for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame:
and it shall burne and deuoure his
homes and his briers in one day:
18 And shall consume the glory of his
forrest, and of his fruitfull field tboth theHeb. from
soule and
soule and body : and they shall bee as euen to the
when a standerd bearer fainteth. flesh.
19 And the rest of the trees of his for-
rest shall be tfew, that a child may write ber* Heb. num-
them.
20 1T And it shal come to passe in that
day, that the remnant of Israel, and
such as are escaped of the house of la-
cob, shall no more againe stay vpon him
that smote them: but shall stay vpon
the
 A remnant faued. Ifaiah.
the LORD, the Holy One of Israel in
trueth.
£1 The remnant shall returne, euen
the remnant of lacob, vnto the migh-
tie God.
* Cha 28. 22 22 *For though thy people Israel
rom. 9. 27.
be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant
t Ifeb. in or tof them styall returne: the consumpti-
amongst.
II Qr, in. on decreed shall ouerflow ||with righte-
ousnesse.
* Chap. 28. 23 *For the Lord GOD of hostes
22.
shall make a consumption, euen de-
termined in the middest of all the
land.
24 IF Therfore thus saith the Lord
GOD of hostes, O my people that
dwellest in Zion, be not afraide of the
Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a
H0r, but hee rod, || and shall lift vp his statffe against
shall liftvp
his staffefar thee, after the maner of * Egypt.
thee.
* Exod. 14.
25 For yet a very litle while, and the
indignation shall cease, and mine anger
in their destruction^
26 And the LORD of hostes shall
stirre vp a scourge for him, according to
* ludg. 7- 25 the slaughter of * Midian at the rocke
cha. 9. 4.
Oreb: and as his rod was vpon the Sea,
so shall he lift it vp after the manner of
Egypt.
27 And it shall come to passe in that
iHebr. shall day, that his burden t shalbe taken away
remove.
from off thy shoulder, and his yoke
from off thy necke, and the yoke shalbe
destroyed because of the anointing.
28 He is come to Aiath, hee is passed
to Migron : at Michmash he hath laid
vp his cariages.
29 They are gone ouer the passage:
they haue taken vp their lodging at Ge-
ba, Ramah is afradi, Gebeah of Saul
ba, Ramah is afraid, Gebeah of Saul
' ffeb. cri0
shrittwith
30 t Lift vp thy voice, O daughter
thy voice. of Gallim ; cause it to bee heard vnto
Laish, O poore Anathoth.
31 Madmenah is rempoued, the in-
habitants of Gebim gather themselues
to flee.
32 As yet shall hee remaine at Nob
that day: he shall shake his hand against
;he mount of the daughter of Zion, the
bill of lerusalem.
33 Behold, the Lord, the L O R D
of hostes shall lop the bough with ter-
rour : and the high ones of stature shal
DC hewen downe, and the haughtie
shalbe humbled.
34 And he shall cut downe the thic-
kets of the forrests with yron, and Le-
I Or, migh-
tily.
?suon shall fall ||by a mightie one.
Chrifts Kingdome.
C H A R XL
1 The peaceable kingdome of the Branch out
of the root of Jesse. 10 The victorious restau-
ration of Israel, and vocation of the Gentiles.
Nd there shall come forth
A
a rod out of the stemme of
*Iesse, and a branch shal * Acts 13.
23.
grow out of his rootes.
2 And the Spirit of the
L O R D shall rest vpon him, the spirit
of wisedome and vnderstanding, the
spirit of counsell and might* the spirit of
knowledge/, and of the feate of the
LOED :
3 And shal make him of tquicke vn-- t Heb. sent
derstanding in the feare of the LORD, or smell.
and he shall not iudge after the sight of
his eyes, neither reprpue after the hea-
ring of his eares.
4 But with righteousnesse shall he
iudge the poore, and ||reprooue with H Or, argue.
equitie, for the m^eke of the earth : and
he shall * smite the earth with the rodde * lohn 4. 9.
of his mouth, and with the breath of 2. thes. 2. 8.
his lips shall he slay the wicketf.
5 And righteousnesse shalbe the gir-
dle of his loines, and faithfulnesse the
girdle of his reines.
6 * The wolfe also shall dwell with * Chap. 65.
the lambe, and the leopard shall lie 25.
downe with the kid ; and the calfe and
the yong lion, and the fading together,
and a litle child shall lead them.
7 And the cow and the beare shall
feed, their yong ones shall lie downe
together: and the lyon shall eate straw
like the oxe.
8 And the sucking childe shall play
on the hole of the aspe, and the weaned
childe shall put his hand on tlie || cocka- II Or, Ad.
4$rs.
trice denne.
9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in
all my holy mountaine : for the earth
shall bee full of the knowledge of the
LORD, as the waters couer the sea.
10 IF And in that day .there shall bee
a roote of lesse, which shall stand for
an ensigne of the people; to it shall the
* Gentiles seeke, and his rest shall bee * Rom. 15.
12.
t glorious. t Heb glory.
11 And it shall come to passe in that
day, that the Lord shall set his hande a-
gaine the second time, to recouer the
remnant of his people which shalbe left,
from Assyria, and from Egypt, & from
Pathros, and from Cush, and from E-
lam, and from Shinar, and from Ha-
math, and from the ylands of the Sea.
12 And
A thankefgiuing. Chap.xij.xiij.
1£ And he shall set vp an ensigne for
the nations, and shall assemble the out-
casts of Israel, and gather together the
dispersed of ludah, from the foure
\Heb.wings. t corners of the earth.
13 The enuie also of Ephraim shal de-
part , and the aduersaries of ludah
shalbe cut off: Ephraim shall not enuie
ludah, and ludah shall not vexe E-
phraim.
14 But they shall fly vpon the shoul-
ders of the Philistines toward the
t Heb. the West, they shall spoile tthem of the
children of
the East. East together : t they shall lay their
t Heb. Edom band vpon Edom and Moab, f and the
and Moab
shall be the children of Ammon shall obey them.
'aying on of
theirJiand. 15 And the LORD shall vtterly de-
t Heb. the stroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea,
children of
Ammon and with his mighty wind shall hee
their obedi*
dience. shake his hand ouer the riuer, and shall
smite it in the seuen streames, and make
t Heb. in men goe ouer t dry-shod.
shoves.
16 And there shalbe an high way for
the remnant of his people, which shalbe
[eft from Assyria; like as it was to Is-
rael in the day that hee came vp out of
* Exod. 14. the land of * Egypt.
29.
CHAP. XII.
A ioyfull thanksgiuing of the faithfull for the
mercies of God.
Nd in that day thou shalt
aA
say, O L O R D , I will
praise thee : though thau
wast angrie with mee,
thine anger is turned a-
way, and thou comfortedst me.
2 Behold, God is my saluation : I
will trust, and not be afraid; for the
* Exod. 15. LORD IEHOVAH is my * strength
2. psal. us.
14. and my song, he also is become my sal-
uation.
3 Therefore with ioy shall yee draw
water out of the wels of saluation.
4 And in that day shall yee say;
* i. Chron. * Praise the L O R D , ||call vpon his
16. 8. psal.
105. 1, name, declare his doings among the
U Or, pro-
claime his
people, make mention that his name is
name. exalted,
5 Sing vnto the L O R D , for hee
hath done excellent things : this is
knowen in all the earth.
t ffeb. wiAa- 6 Cry out and shout thou t inhabi-
bitresse.
tant of Zion: for great is the holy one of
Israel in the midst of thee.
C H A P . XIII.
1 God mustereth the armies of his wrath.
Againft Babylon.
6 He tnreatneth to destroy Babylon by the
Medes. 19 The desolation of Babylon.
He burden of Babylon,
T
which Isaiah the sonne of
Amoz did see.
2 Lift yee vp a banner
vpon the high moun-
taine, exalt the voice vnto them, shake
he hand, that they may goe into the
gates of the nobles.
8 I haue commanded my sanctified
ones : I haue also called my mightie
ones for mine anger, euen them that re-
oyce in my highnesse.
4? The noise of a multitude in the
mountaines, tlike as of a great people: Heb. the
a tumultuous noise of the kingdomes ikenesse of.
of nations gathered together : the
LORD of hostes mustereth the hoste
of the battell.
5 They come from a farre countrey
Vom the end of heauen, euen the
L O R D and the weapons of his in-
dignation, to destroy the whole land.
6 IT Howie yee; for the day of the
L O R D is at hand; it shall come as a
destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands ||bee I Or, fall
'aint, and euery mans heart shall melt. downe.
8 And they shalbe afraid : pangs
and sorrowes shall take hold of them^
they shalbe in paine as a woman that
trauelleth : they shalbe t amazed tone Heb. won-
at another, their faces shalbe as t flames.der.
Heb. euery
9 Behold, the day of the LORD neighbour.man at his
commeth, cruell both with wrath and Heb. faces
fierce anger, to lay the land desolate; ofthejtames.
and he shall destroy the sinners thereof
out of it.
10 For the starres of heauen, and
the constellations thereof shall not giue
their light: the sunne shalbe * darkened * Ezek. 32.
in his going forth, and the moone shall 7. ioel. 2. 31
and 3.15.
not cause her light to shine. matth. 24.
29. mar. 13.
11 And I will punish the world for 24. luc. 21.
their euill, and the wicked for their ini- 25.
quitie; and I will cause the arrogancie
of the proud to cease, and will lay low
the hautinesse of the terrible.
1£ I will make a man more preti-
ous then fine gold; euen a man then the
golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the hea-
uens, and the earth shall remoue out oi
her place in the wrath of the LORD
of hostes, and in the day of his fierce
anger.
14? And it shalbe as the chased Roe,
and as a sheepe that no man taketh vp:
i they
Againft Babylon. liaiah.
they shall euery man turne to his owne
>eople, and flee euery one into his owne
and.
15 Euery one that is found shall be
hrust through: and euery one that is
ioyned vnto them, shall fall by the sword.
* Psal. 137. 16 Their children also shalbe * dashed
9.
to pieces before their eyes, their houses
shalbe spoiled, & their wiues rauished.
17 Beholde, I will stirre vp the
Medes against them, which shall not
regard siluer, and as for gold, they shall
not delight in it.
18 TVteir bowes also shall dash the
yong men to pieces, and they shall haue
no pi tie on the fruit of the wombe; their
eye shalj not spare children.
19 IT And Babylon the glory of king-
domes, the beautie of the Chaldees ex-
t Hebr. As cellencie, shall be fas when God ouer-
the over-
throwing. threw * Sodom and Gomorrah.
* Gene. 19. 20 It shall neuer be inhabited, nei-
25. iere. 50.
40. ther shall it be dwelt in from genera-
tion to generation: neither shall the A-
rabian pitch tent there, neither shal the
shepheards make their fold there.
MlekZiim. 21 But t wilde beastes of the desert
shall lye there, and their houses shalbe
t Hebr. 0. full of t doleful! creatures, and ||owles
chwn.
I Or, Ostri. shall dwell there, and Satyres shal
ches. dautice there.
t Hebr.
daughters 22 And the wilde t beastes of the I-
of the owle. lands shal cry in their || desolate houses,
\ Htb.Iim.
\ Or,palaces. and dragons in their pleasant palaces:
and her time is neere to come, and her
dayes shall not be prolonged.
C H A P . XIIII.
1 Gods merciful! restauration of Israel. 4
Their triumphant insultation ouer Babel.
24- Gods purpose against Assyria. 29 Pa-
lestina is threatned.
Or the LORD wil haue
F , mercie on lacob, and wi
yet choose Israel, and set
them in their owne land
and the strangers shalbe
ioyned with them, and they shal eleaue
to the house of lacob.
2 And the people shall take them,
and bring them to their place : and the
house of Israel shall possesse them in
the land of the L O R D , for seruants
and handmaides : and they shall take
* Hebr. that them captiues, t whose capjtiues they
had taken
them cap- were, and they shall rule ouer their op-
tiues. pressours.
3 And it shall come to passe in the
The tyrants fall.
ay that the L O R D shal giue thee rest
rom thy sorrow, and from thy feare,
and from the hard bondage wherein
hou wast made to seme,
4 IF That thou shalt take vp this
pr ouer be against the king of Babylon, iI Or, Taun-
and say; How hath the oppressour cea- tlting speech.
sed? the ||golden citie ceased? i Or, exa-
5 The LORD hath broken the^j ctresse of
gold.
staffe of the wicked, and the scepter of
the rulers.
6 He who smote the people in wrath
with fa continual! stroke; hee that ru- stroke
t ffebr. A
wit^
ed the nations in anger, is persecuted outremoo-
and none hindereth. utng.
7 The whole earth is at rest and is
[uiet: they breake foorth into singing.
8 Yea the firre trees reioyce at thee,
and thecedars of Lebanon, saying^ Since
thou art layd downe, no feller is come
vp against vs.
9 || Hell from beneath is mooued for I Or, the
thee to meet thee at thy comming: it stir- graue.
reth vp the dead for thee, euen all the
tchiefe ones of the earth; it hath raised iffebr.lea-
ers, or
vp from their thrones, all the kings oi great goats.
the nations.
10 AH they shall speake and say vnto
thee; Art thou also become weake as
we ? art thou become like vnto vs ?
11 Thy pompe is brought downe to
the graue, and the noyse of thy violes:
the worme is spread vnder thee, and the
wormes couer thee.
12 How art thou fallen from heauen,
| O Lucifer, sonne of the morning ? how Or, 0 day-
art thou cut downe to the ground, starre.
which didst weaken the nations ?
13 For thou hast said in thine heart;
I wil ascend into heauen, I wil exal
my throne aboue the starres of God : ]
wil sit also vpon the mount of the con-
gregation, in the sides of the North.
14 I wil ascend aboue the heights
of the cloudes, I wil bee like the most
High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought downe
to hel, to the sides of the pit.
16 They that see thee shal narrowly
looke vpon thee, and consider thee, say-
ing; Is this the man that made the eartl
to tremble, that did shake kingdomes?
17 That made the world as a wil-
dernesse, and destroyed the cities there-
of || that opened not the house of his pri- J Or, DM
not let his
soners ? prisoners
18 All the kings of the nations, euen loose
ward.
home-
all of them lie in glory, euery one in his
owne house.
19 But
Againft Aflyria, Chap.xv.
19 But thou art cast out of thy graue,
ike an abominable branch: and as the
raiment of those that are slaine, thrust
: brough with a sword, {hat goe downe
, to the stones of the pit, as a carkeis tro-
en vnder feete.
20 Thou shalt not be ioyned with
, tiem in buriall, because thou hast de-
* lob 18.
19. psal. 21.
stroyed thy land, and slaine thy people:
*the seede of euiil doers shall neuer be
11. and 37. renowmed.
28. and 109
13. 21 Prepare slaughter for his children
* Exo. 20.5.. *for the iniquitie of their fathers, that
mat. 23. 35.
bey doe not rise nor possesse the land,
nor fill the face of the world with cities.
22 For I will rise vp against them,
sayth the LORD of hostes, and cut
off from Babylon the name, and rem-
nant, and sonne and nephew, sayth the
^ORD.
23 I will also make it a possession
or the Bitterne, and pooles of water:
and I will sweepe it with the besome
of destruction, sayth the LORD of
lostes.
24 H The L O R D of hostes hath
sworne, saying; Surely as I haue
thought, so shall it come to passe; and
as I haue purposed, so shall it stand:
25 That I will breake the Assyrian
in my land, and vpon my mountaines
tread him vnder foote : then shall his
yoke depart from off them, and his bur-
den depart from off their shoulders.
26 This is the purpose, that is pur-
)osed vpon the whole earth: and this
is the hand that is stretched out vpon all
the nations.
27 For the L O R D of hostes hath
* 2. Chron.• * purposed, and who shall disanull it ?
20. 6. iob 9.
12. prou. and his hand is stretched out, and who
21. 30. dan. ' shall turne it backe ?
4. 32.
28 In the yeere that king Ahaz di-
ed, was this burden.
29 1F Reioyce not thou whole Pale-
stina, because the rod of him that smote
thee is broken : for out of the serpents
i Or, Adderr. roote shall come foorth a || cockatrice,
and his fruite sJwdl be a fierie flying ser-
pent.
30 And the first borne of the poore
shall feed, and the needy shall lie downe
in safetie : and I will kill thy root wit!
famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
31 Howie, O gate, crie, O citie, thou
whole Palestina art dissolued,for there
shal come from the North a smoke, anc
0 Or, he shall
u. 11 none $hall bee alone in his || appointee
not be alone.
1 Or9 assem-*- times.
blies.
and Moab.
$2 What shall one then answere the
messengers of the nation? *that the •Psal.87.l,
LORD hath founded Zion, and the 17. 5. and 102.
poore of his people shall || trust in it. Or, betake
themselues
vnto if.
C H A P . XV.
The lamentable state of Mpab.
He burden of Moab: be-
T cause in the night Ar of
Moab is laide waste and
|| brought to silence; be- Or, cut off.
cause in the night Kir oi
Moab is laide waste, and brought to
silence •
2 Hee is gone vp to Baijth, and to
Dibon, the high places, to weepe : Mo-
ab shall howle ouer Nebo, and ouer
Medeba, *on all their heads shalbe bald- ler. 48.37,
•J. ezek. 7.
nesse, and euery beard cut off. 8.
3 In their streetes they shall girde
themselues with sackecloth : on the
toppes of their houses, and in their
streetes euery one shall howle, twee- cending
t Heb. des-
into
ping abundantly. weeping:
or,
4 And Heshbon shall cry, and Ele- downe withcamming
aleh: their voice shalbe heard euen vnto weeping.
lahaz : therefore the armed souldiers
of Moab shall crie out, his life shall be
grieuous vnto him.
5 My heart shall cry out for Moab,
|| his fugitiues shall jtee vnto Zoar, an H Or, to ffie
borders
* heifer of three yeeres olde : for by the thereof euen
mounting vp of Luhith with wee- an to Zoar as
heifer.
ping shall they goe it vp: for in the way * lere. 48.
of Horonaim, they shall raise vp a crie 5,34.
of t destruction. Heb. brea-
king
6 For the waters of Nimrim shal
be t desolate: for the hay is withered a- Heb. deso-
way, the grasse faileth, there is no lations.
greene thing.
7 Therefore the abundance they
haue gotten, and that which they haue
[aide vp, shall they cary away to the
[|brooke of the willowes. Or, valley
of the Ara-
8 For the cry is gone round about mns.
the borders of Moab : the howling
thereof vnto Eglaim, and the howling
thereof vnto Beer-Elim.
9 For the waters of Dimon shalbe
full of blood : for I will bring tmore IHebaddi.
vpon Dimon, lyons vpon him that es tions.
capeth of Moab, and vpon the remnan
of the land.
CHAP. XVI.
1 Moab is exhorted to yeeld obedience to
Christs kingdome. 6 Moab is threatned for
her pride. 9 The Prophet bew^eth her.
12 The iudgement of Moab.
Send
Againft Moab, Ifaiah.
End ye the lambe to the
Hebr. a
rocke. S
II Or9Petra:
ruler of the land from
|| Sela to the wildernesse,
vnto the mount of the
daughter of Zion.
2 Jb or it snalbe tnat as a wandering
8 Or, a nest bird || cast out of the nest: so the daugh-
forsaken.
ters of Moab shalbe at the fordes of
Arnon.
IHebMng. 3 tTake counsell, execute Judge-
ment, make thy shadow as the night in
the middest of the nooneday, hide the
outcastesj bewray not him that wande-
reth.
4» Let mine outcasts dwel with thee,
Moab, be thou a couert to them from
t Heb. wrin- the face of the spoiler: for the t extortio-
ger.
t Hebr. the ner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, t the
treaders
downe.
oppressours are consumed out of the
land.
red.
5 And in mercy shall the throne be
I Ort prepa- j|established, and hee shal*sit vpon it in
* Dan. 7. trueth, in the tabernacle of Dauid, iudg-
14, 27. mic. ing and seeking iudgement, and hasting
4. 7. luke i.
38. righteousnesse.
* lere. 48.
29.
6 If We haue heard of the * pride of
Moab (hee is very proud) euen of his
hautines, and his pride, and his wrath:
but his lies shall not be so.
* lere. 48. 7 Therefore shall Moab * howle
20.
for Moab, euery one shal howle: for the
foundations of Kir-hareseth shall yee
B Or, mutter. ||mourne, surely they are stricken.
8 For the fieldes of Heshbon Ian-
guish, and the vine of Sibmah, the lords
of the heathen haue broken downe the
principall plants thereof, they are
come euen vnto lazer, they wandred
through the wildernesse, her branches
a Or, plucked are ||stretched out, they are gone ouer
vp. the sea.
9 U Therefore I wil bewaile with
the weeping of lazer, the Vine of Sib-
mah ; I wil water thee with my teares,
II Or9 the O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for ||the shou-
alarmeis
fallen vpon, ting for thy Summer fruits, and for thy
fa haruest, is fallen.
* lere. 48. 10 And *gladnesse is taken away,
33.
and ioy out of the plentiful! field, and in
the Vineyards there shalbe no singing,
neither shal there be shouting: the trea-
ders shall tread out no wine in their
presses; Ihaue made their vintage-shou-
ting to cease.
11 Wherefore my bowels shal sound
like an harpe for Moab, and mine in-
ward parts for Kir-haresh.
12 1[ And it shal come to passe> when
it is scene that Moab is weary on the
and Damafcus.
high place, that hee shall come to his
Sanctuary to pray : but hee shall not
preuaile.
13 This iy the word that the LORD
hath spoken concerning Moab since
that time.
14 But now the LORD hath spo-
ken, saying, Within three yeeres, as the
yeeres of an hireling, and the glory of
Moab shalbe contemned, with all that
great multitude; and the remnant shall
be very small and ||feeble. II Or, not
many.
C H A P . XVII.
1 Syria and Israel are threatned. 6 A rem-
nant shall forsake idolatrie. 9 The rest shal-
be plagued for their impietie. 12 The woe
of Israels enemies.
HE burden of Damas-
T cus : Behold, Damascus
is taken away from be-
mg a citie, and it shalbe a
ruinous heape.
£ The cities of Aroer
are forsaken : they shall bee for flockes,
which shall lye downe, and none shall
make them afraid.
3 The fortresse also shall cease from
Ephraim, and the kingdome from Da-
mascus, and the remnant of Syria:
they shall bee as the glorie of the chil-
dren of Israel, saith the LORD of
hostes.
4 And in that day it shall come to
passe, that the glory of lacob shall bee
made thinne, and the fatnesse of his
flesh shall waxe leane.
5 And it shall be as when the har-
uest-man gathereth the corne, and rea-
peth the eares with his arme; and it
shalbe as he that gathereth eares in the
valley of Rephaim.
6 (IT Yet gleaning-grapes shall be
left in it, as the shaking of an Oliue
tree, two or three berries in the toppe
of the vppermost bough: foure or fiue
in the out-most fruitfull branches
thereof, saith the L O R D God of
Israel.
7 At that day shall a man looke to
his Maker, and his eyes shall haue re-
spect to the Holy one of Israel.
8 And hee shall not looke to the al-
tars , the worke of his handes, nei-
ther shall respect that which his fin-
gers haue made, either the groues or
the 11 images.) I Or, Sunne-
9 IT In that day shall his strong imoges.
cities
 Affamit Ethiopia. Chap.xviij.xix.
cities be as a forsaken bough, and an
vppermost branch, which they left, be-
cause of the children of Israel: and there
shalbe desolation.
10 Because thou hast forgotten the
God of thy saluation, and hast not beene
mindfull of the rocke of thy strength:
therefore shalt thou plant pleasant
plants, and shalt set it with strange
slips.
11 In the day shalt thou make thy
plant to grow, and in the morning shalt
thou make thy seede to flourish: but the
fl Or, remo-
ued in the haruest shall be a ||heape in the day of
day of inhe- griefe, and of desperate sorrow.
ritance, and
there shalbe 1£ IT Woe to the || multitude of ma-
deadly sor- ny people, which make a noise, like the
row.
H Or, noise. noise of the seas; and to the rushing of
nations, that make a rushing, like the
H Or, many. rushing of || mighty waters.
13 The nations shall rush like the
rushing of many waters : but God shall
rebuke them, and they shall flee farre
off, and shalbe chased as the chaffe of
the mountaines before the wind, and
B Or, thistle- like a || rolling thing before the whirle-
doume.
wind.
14 And behold at euening tide trou-
ble, and before the morning he isnot: this
is the portion of them that spoile vs, and
the lot of them that robbe vs.
C H A P . XVIII.
1 God in care of his people will destroy the E-
thiopians. 7 An accesse thereby shall grow
vnto the Church.
Oe to the land shadow
W
ing with wingss, which is
beyond the riuers of E-
(@^ M^beyond the riuers of E- thiopia:
2 That sendeth am-
bassadours by the sea, euen in vessels of
bulrushes vpon the waters, saying1; Goe
I Or, o«/- yee swift messengers to a natipn || scat-
spread and
polished. tered and peeled, to a people terrible
Or, a na/i. from their beginning hitherto, ||a nati-
on ttaf me- on meted out and troden downe;
eth out, and
treadeth
downe. Heb.
|| whose land the riuers haue spoiled.
a nation of 3 All yee inhabitants of the world,
line line> and and dwellers on the earth, see yee, when
treading- vn-
derfoote. hee lifteth vp an ensigne on the moun-
Or, whose
land the r»- taines ; and when he bloweth a trum-
uers despise* pet, heare yee.
4 For so the LORD sayd vnto
Or, regard me; I will take my rest, and I will ||con-
mysetdwel- sider in my dwelling place like a cleare
ing.
Or, after heate ||vpon herbes, and like a cloud of
raine.
dew in the heate of haruest.
and Egypt.
& For afore the haruest when the
bud is perfect, and the sowre grape is
ripening in the flowre; hee shall both
cut off the sprigges with pruning
hookes, and take away and cut downe
the branches.
6 They shalbe left together vnto
the foules of the mountaines, and to
the beasts of the earth : and the foules
shall summer vpon them, and all
the beastes of the earth shall winter vp-
on them.
7 H In that time shall the present
be brought vnto the LOED of hostes,
of a people || scattered and peeled, and spread
I Or, out-
and
from a people terrible from their begin- polished. $c.
ning hitherto; a nation meted out and
troden vnder foote, whose land the ri-
uers haue spoiled, to the place of the
name of the LORD of hostes, the
mount Zion.
C H A P . XIX.
1 The confusion of Egypt. 11 The folishnesse
of their Princes. 18 The calling of Egypt
to the Church. 23 The couenant of Egypt,
Assyria and Israel.
H^QM-**^*
He burden of Egypt: Be-
T
hold, the L O R D rideth
<sP$ Ran vpon a swift cloude, and
shall come in to Egypt, and
the idoles of Eervot shalbe
moued at his presence, and the heart of
Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
I And I will tset the Egyptians a- \ Heb. mm-
gainst the Egyptians : and they shall *.
fight euery one against his brother, and
euery one against his neighbour; citie
against citie, and kingdqme against
kingdome.
3 And the spirit of Egypt t shall faile te> Heb. shall
emptied.
in the midst thereof, and I will t destroy '• Heb. swal-
the counsell thereof: and they shall seeke low vp.
to the idoles, and to the charmers, and
to them that haue familiar spirits, and
to the wizards.
4 And the Egyptians will I Hgiue V Or, shut
ouer into the hand of a cruell Lord; vp.
and a fierce king shall rule ouer them,
saith the Lorde, the L O R D of
hostes.
*5 And the waters shall faile from
the sea, and the riuer shalbe wasted, and
dried vp.
6 And they shall turne the riuers
farre away, and the brookes of defence
shall be emptied and dried vp: the reeds
and flagges shall wither.
7 The
 Earthly helpes. Ifaiah.
7 1 ne paper reeds by the brooKes,
ay the mouth of the brookes, and euery
iing sowen by the brooks shal wither,
t Heb. and )e driuen away, tand be no more.
shall not be.
8 The fishers also shall mourne,
and all they that cast angle hlto the
>rookes shall lament, and they that
spread nets vpon the waters shall lan-
juish.
9 Moreouer they that worke in fine
I Or.white laxe, and they that weaue || net-works
worms.
shall be confounded.
10 And they shall be broken in the
MIeb. foun- t purposes thereof, all that make sluces
dations.
MIeb.ofli- and ponds tfor fish.
uing things. 11 If Surely the princes of Zoan
are fooles, the counsel! of the wise coun-
sellers of Pharaoh is become brutish:
low say ye vnto Pharaoh, I am the
sonne of the wise, the sonne of ancient
dngs ?
12 Where are they ? Where are thy
wise men ? and let them tell thee now,
and let them know, what the LORD
of hosts hath purposed vpon Egypt.
13 The princes of Zoan are become
boles, the princes of Noph are decei-
ued, they haiie also seduced Egypt, euen
I Or9gouer. | they that are the stay of the tribes
nours.,heb.
corners. hereof.
14 The L O U D hath minglec
Heb. a spi- ha peruerse spirit in the midst thereof
rit ofj&r-
uersities. and they haue caused Egypt to erre in
euery worke thereof, as a drunken man
staggereth in his vomit.
15 Neither shall there be any worke
?
or Egypt, which the head or taile
jranch or rush may doe.
16 In that day shall Egypt bee like
Vnto women: and it shall be afraid anc
feare, because of the shaking of the
band of the LORD of hosts* which he
shaketh ouer it.
17 And the land of ludah shall bee
a terrour vnto Egypt, euery one tha
maketh mention thereof, shal be afraic
in himseilfe, because of the counsell ofth
LORD of hosts, which he bath deter
mined against it.
18 IF In that day shall fiue cities in
) Heb. the the land of Egypt speake the t languag
Kppe. of Canaan, and sweare to the LORD
» Or, of He of hostes: one shalbe called the citie || of
res: or ofth
Sunne. destruction.
19 In that day shall there be an Al-
tar to the LORD in the midst of the
land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border
thereof to the LORD.
20 And it shall be for a signe, and for
Ifaiah naked.
witnesse vnto the LORD of hosts in
be land of Egypt : for they shall crie
nto the LORD, because of the oppres-
ours, and he shal send them a Sauiour
nd a great One, and he shall deliuer
hem.
21 And the LORD shalbe knowen
to Egypt, and the Egyptians shal know
the LORD in that dayr and shal do sa-
crifice and oblation, yea they shall vow
a vowe vnto the LORD, and per-
forme it.
22 And the LORD shall smite E-
gypt,he shall smite and healed, and they
;hall returne euen to the LORD, and
le shalbe intreated of them, and shall
leale them.
23 If In that day shall there fe0 a'hie
way out of Egypt to Assyria, $ad the
Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and-thp
Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egypti-
ans shall serue with the Assyrians.
24 In th#t day shall Israel bee the
third with Egypt, and with Assyria,
euen a blessing in the midst of the land:
25 Whom the LORD of hosts sha
:>lesse, say ing, Blessed be Egypt my peo-
ple, and Assyria the work of my hands,
and Israel mine inheritance.
C H A R XX.
A type prefiguring the shameful! captiuitie of
Egypt and Ethiopia.
N the yeere that Tar-
I
tan came vnto Ashdod
(when Sargon the kinj
of Assyria sent him) anc
fought against Ashdod
and tooke it:
2 At the same time spake the LORD
tby Isaiah
Go and thesackcloth
loose the sonne from
of Amoz,
off thy saying,
loynes, and put off thy shooe from thi
foot: and he did so, walking naked anc
bare foot.
3 And the LORD said, Like as my
seruant Isaiah hath walked nakec
and bare foote three yeeresjfrr a signe
and wonder vpon Egypt and vpon E-
thiopia:
4 So shall the king of Assyria leac
t Heb. the
away the t Egyptians prisoners, anc cavtiuitie
the Ethiopians captiues, yong and old, ofEgypt-
naked and bare foote, euen with their
buttocks vncouered, to the t shame of kednesse.
t Heb. na-
Egypt.
5 And they shall be afraid and asha-
med of Ethiopia their expectation, anc
of Egypt their glory.
6 Anc
Babylons fall. Chap.xxj.xxij.
H0r,cotm- 6 And the inhabitant of this || yle
trey. shall sayin thatday; Behold, such is our
expectation whither we flee for helpe
to be deliuered from the king gf Assyria:
and how shall we escape ?
C H A P . XXL
I The Prophet, bewayling the captiuity of his
people, seeth in a vision, the fall of Babylon
by the Medes and Persians. 11 Edom,
scorning tbe Prophet, is moued to repen-
tance. 13 The set time of Arabias calamity.
He burden of the desert of
t
terrible land.
the sea. As whirlewinds
in the South passe tho-
rough; so it commeth
from the desert, from a
t Heb. hard. # A tgrieuous vision is declared vn-
to me; The treacherous dealer dealeth
treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth :
Goe, vp O Elam : besiege, O Media :
all the sighing thereof haue I made to
cease.
3 Therefore are my loynes filled
with paine, pangs haue taken hold vp-
on me, as the pangs of a woman that
trauelleth : I was bowed downe at the
hearing o^£, I was dismayed at the see-
ing of it.
II Or, my 4 || My heart panted, fearefulnesse
minde wan- affrighted me: the night of my pleasure
dred.
\ Heb. put. hath he t turned into feare vnto me.
5 Prepare the table, watch in the
watch-tower, eate, drinke : arise yee
princes, and anoint the shield.
6 For thus hath the Lord sayd vn-
to me; Goe, set a watchman, let him de-
clare what he seeth.
7 And he saw a charet with a couple
of horsemen, a charet of asses, and a
charet of camels; and hee hearkened
diligently with much heede.
i Or, cryed 8 And || he cryed; A lyon: my Lord,
as a lyon.
*Abacuc. I stand continually vpon the * watch-
2.1. tower in the day time, and I am set in
lOr^euery my ward || whole nights.
night. 9 And behold, heere commeth a
charetof men with a couple of horsemen:
*Ier. 51.8. and he answered and sayd; *Babylon
reu. 14. 8. is fallen, is fallen, and all the grauen
and 18. 2.
images of her Gods he hath broken vn-
to the ground.
\Heb.sonne. 10 O my threshing and the tcorne of
my floore : that which I haue heard of
the LORD of hostes the God of Is-
rael, haue I declared vnto you.
11 IF The burden of Dumah. Hee
Againft Arabia.
calleth to me out of Seir : Watchman,
what of the night? Watchman, what
of the night ?
12 The watchman sayd; The mor-
ning commeth, and also the night: if yee
will enquire, enquire yee : returne,
come.
13 1T The burden vpon Arabia. In
the forest in Arabia shall yee lodge, O
ree trauelling companies of Dedanim.
14? The inhabitants of the land of
Tema || brought water to him that was II Or, bring
hirsty, they preuented with their bread yee.
lim that fled.
15 For they fled from the swords,
| from the drawen sword, and from the^ Or, for
3ent bow, and from the grieuousnesse feare.
of warre.
16 For thus hath the Lord sayd vn-
Heb.
from the
face.
to me: Within a yeere, according to the
reeres of an hireling, and all the glory
of Kedar shall faile.
17 And the residue of the number of
h archers, the mighty men of the chil- iHeb.bowes
dren of Kedar shalbe diminished : for
;he LORD God of Israel hath spo-
cen it.
C H A P . XXII.
1 The Prophet lamenteth the inuasion of lury
by the Persians. 8 He reproueth their hu-
mane wisedome and worldly ioy. 15 Hee
prophesieth Shebnaes deprivation, 20 and
Eliakim prefiguring the kingdome of Christ,
his substitution.
He burden of the valley of
t
vision. What ayleth thee
now, that thou art whol-
ly gone vp to the house
toppes ?
2 Thou that art full of stirres, a
tumultuous citie, a ioyous citie : thy
slaine men are not slaine with the
sword, nor dead in battell.
3 All thy rulers are fled together,
they are bound t by the archers: all that t Heb. of 'the
are found in thee are bound together, bow.
which haue fled from farre.
4 Therefore sayd I; * Looke away * Icr. 4.19.
Tom me, tl will weepe bitterly, la- and 9. 1.
t Heb. I will
bour not to comfort me; because of the be bitter in
spoiling of the daughter of my people. weeping.
5 For it is a day of trouble, and of
treading downe, and of perplexitie by
the Lord GOD of hostes in the val-
'ey of vision, breaking downe the
walles, and of crying to the moun-
taines.
6 And
Feafting for failing. Ifaiah.
6 And Elam bare the quiuer with
charets of men and horsemen, and Kir
f Heb. made tvncouered the shield.
naked*
7 And it shall come to passe that
t Heb. the thy t choicest valleys shall be full of cha-
choice of the
valleys. rets, and the horsemen shall set them-
Wr, to- selues in aray ||at the gate.
wards.
8 11 And he discouered the couering
of ludah, and thou diddest looke in
that day to the armour of the house of
the forrest.
9 Ye haue scene also the breaches of
the citie of Dauid, that they are many :
and ye gathered together the waters of
the lower poole.
10 And ye haue numbred the houses
of Jerusalem, and the houses haue yee
jroken downe to fortifie the wall.
11 Ye made also a ditch betweene the
two walles, for the water of the olde
poole : but ye haue not looked vnto the
maker thereof, neither had respect vn-
to him that fashioned it long agoe.
12 And in that day did the Lord
GOD of hostes call to weeping and to
mourning, and to baldnesse, and to gir-
ding with sackecloth.
13 And behold ioy and gladnesse, slay-
ing oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh.
* Chap. 56. and drinking wine ; * let vs eate and
12. wisd. 2.
6.1. cor. 15. drinke, for to morrow we shall die.
14 And it was reuealed in mine
32.
eares by the L O R D of hostes; surely
this iniquitie shall not be purged from
you, till yee die, sayth the Lord GOD
of hostes.
15 IF Thus sayth the Lord GOD
of hostes, Goe, get thee vnto this trea-
surer, euen vnto Shebna, which is ouer
the house, and say ;
16 What hast thou here ? and whom
hast thou here, that thou hast hewed
H Or, 0 hee. thee out a sepulchre here, \\as hee that
heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and
that graueth an habitation for himselfe
in a rocke ?
il Or, the 17 Behold; (|the L O R D will cary
Lord who
couered thee thee away with a tmightie captiuitie,
with an ex- and will surely couer thee.
cellent coue~
ring>andclo- 18 He will surely violently turne and
thed thee
gorgeously, tosse thee, like a ball into a t large coun-
v. 18. shall trey : there shalt thou die, and there the
surely, &c.
\Heb.the charets of thy glory shall be the shame of
captiuitie of thy Lords house.
a man.
f Heb. targe 19 And I will driue thee from thy
of spaces.
station, and from thy state shall he pull
thee downe.
20 1T And it shall come to passe in
that day, that I will call my seruant
The key of Dauid.
Eliakim the sonne of Hilkiah:
21 And I will clothe him with thy
robe, and strengthen him with thy gir-
dle, and I wil commit thy gouernment
into his hand, and he shalbe a father to
the inhabitants of lerusalem, and to
the house of ludah.
22 And the key of the house of Da-
uid will I lay vpon his shoulder : so he
shall * open and none shall shut, and he * lob 12. H.
reue. 3. 7»
shall shut and none shall open.
23 And I will fasten him as a naile
in a sure place, and he shalbe for a glori-
ous throne to his fathers house.
24 And they shall hang vpon him
all the glory of his fathers house, the
offspring and the issue, all vessels of
small quantitie : from the vessels of
cups, euen to all the || vessels of flagons.B Or, instru-
25 In that day, sayth the L O R D ments violes.
of
of hostes, shall the naile that is fastened
in the sure place, be remooued, and be
cut downe and fall: and the burden that
was vpon it shall bee cut off: for the
LORD hath spoken it.
C H A P . XXIII.
1 The miserable ouerthrow of Tyre. 17 Their
vnhappie returne.
HeburclenofTyre. Howie
t yee ships of Tarshish, for
it is laide waste, so that
there is no house, no en-
tring in : from the land of
Chittim it is reuealed to them.
2 Be t still, yee inhabitants of the IHebr.si-
lent.
yle, thou whom the merchants of Zi-
don, that passe ouer the sea, haue reple-
nished.
3 And by great waters the seede of
Sihor, the haruest of the riuer is her re-
uenew, and she is a mart of nations.
4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon; for
the sea hath spoken, euen the strength of
the sea, saying; I trauell not, nor bring
foorth children, neither doe I nourish
vp yong men, nor bring vp virgines.
5 As at the report concerning E-
gypt, so shal they be sorely pained at the
report of Tyre.
6 Passe ye ouer to Tarshish, howle
ye inhabitants of the yle.
7 Is. this your ioyous citie, whose
antiquitie is of ancient dayes ? her
owne feete shall cary her tafarre off to Mfeb.from
afarre off'.
soiourne.
8 Who hath taken this counsel! a-
gainst Tyre the crowning citie, whose
merchants
Affainft Tyre. Chap.xxiiij*
merchants are princes, whose traffi-
quers are the honourable of the earth ?
9 The L O R D of hostes hath pur-
Web. to pol- posed it, t tostaine the pride of all glory,
lute.
and to bring into contempt all the hono-
rable of the earth.
10 Passe through thy land as a riuer
0 daughter of Tarshish i there is no
\Heb. girdle more t strength.
11 He stretched out his hand ouer the
sea, hee shooke the kingdomes : the
L O R D hath giuen a commandement
D Or, concer- 11 against the merchant citiey to destroy
ning a mer-
chant man. the || strong holdes thereof.
Heb. Cana- 1£ And he said, Thou shalt no more
an.
(I Or, reioice, O thou oppressed virgin, daugh-
strengths. ter of Zidon : arise, passe ouer to Chit-
tim, there also shalt thou haue no rest.
13 Behold, the land of the Caldeans,
this people was not till the Assyrian
founded it for them that dwel in the wil-
dernesse : they set vp the towers there-
of, they raised vp the palaces thereof,
and he brought it to mine.
14 Howie ye ships of Tarshish : for
your strength is laid waste.
15 And it shall come to passe in that
day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seuen-
tie yeeres according to the dayes of one
king: after the end of seuentie yeeres
\ Heb.it shal t shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
be vnto Tyre
asthesongof 16 Take an harpe, goe about the city
an harlot. • thou harlot, that hast beene forgotten,
make sweet melody, sing many songs,
that thou mayest be remembred.
17 f And it shall come to passe after
the ende of seuentie yeeres, that the
LORD will visite Tyre, and shee -shall
turne to her hire, and shall commit for-
nication with all the kingdomes of the
world vpon the face of the earth.
18 And her merchandize and her hire
shall be holinesse to the LORD : it shall
not be treasured nor laid vp: for her
merchandize shalbe for them that dwell
before the LORD, to eate sufficiently,
IHeb.olde. and for t durable clothing.
C H A P . XXIIII.
1 The dolefull judgements of God vpon the
land. 13 Aremnant shall ioyfully praise him.
16 God in his iudgements shaft aduance
his Kingdome.
Ehold, the LORD ma-
tHeb.per-
uerteth theb
face thereof.
keth the earth emptie, and
maketh it waste, and t tur-
neth it vpside downe, and
scattereth abroad the in-
habitants thereof.
Curfe for finnes.
2 And it shall be as with the people,
so with the ||*priest,as with the seruant, I Or, Prince.
so "with his master, as with the maid, so * Hose. 4. 9.
with her mistresse, as with the buyer,
so with the seller, as with the lender, so
with the borower, as with the taker oi
vsurie, so with the giuer of vsurie to
him.
3 The land shall be vtterly emptied,
and vtterly spoiled : for the LORD
hath spoken this word.
4 The earth mourneth and fadeth
away, the world languisheth and fa-
deth away, the thaughtie people of the i Heb. the
earth doe languish. height of the
people.
5 The earth also is defiled vnder the
inhabitants thereof: because they haue
transgressed the lawes, changed the or-
dinance, broken the euerlasting coue-
nant
6 Therefore hath the curse deuou-
red the earth, and they that dwell ther-
in are desolate : therefore the inhabi-
tants of the earth are burned, and few
men left.
7 The new wine mourneth, the
vine languisheth, all the merrie hearted
doe sigh.
8 The mirth * of tabrets ceaseth, •Ier.7.37.
and 16. 9. &
the noise of them that reioyce, endeth, 25.10. ezra
the ioy of the harpe ceasetn. 26.13. hos.
2. 11.
9 They shall not drinke wine with
a song, strong drinke shall bee bitter to
them that drinke it.
10 The city of confusion is broken
downe : euery house is shut vp, that no
man may come in.
11 There is a crying for wine in the
streets, all ioy is darkened, the mirth of
the land is gone.
12 In the citie is left desolation, and
the gate is smitten with destruction.
13 1F When thus it shalbe in the midst
of the land among the people: there shall
be as the shaking of an oliue tree, and as
the gleaning grapes when the vintage
is done.
14 They shal lift vp their voice, they
shal sing, for the maiesty of the LORD,
they shall crie aloud from the sea.
15, Wherefore, glbrifie ye the LORD
in the || fires, euen the Name of the lOr^oaUeyes
LORD God of Israel in the yles of
the Sea.
16 IFFromthetvttermostpartofthe t Heb. wing.
earth haue we heard songs, euen glory
to the righteous: but I said, tMy lean- •Heb. lean-
nesse, my leannesse, woe vnto me : the or nesse to me
my secret
treacherous dealers haue dealt trea- tome.
cherously,
?eare, pit, and fnare. Ifaiah.
cherously, yea the treacherous dealers
laue dealt very treacherously.
17 Feare, and the pit, & the snare are
vpon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall come to passe, that he
who fleeth from the-noise of the feare,
* lere. 48. shall fall into the *pit; and he that com-
44.
meth vp out of the midst of the pit, shal-
>e taken in the snare: for the windowes
rom on high are open, and the founda-
tions of the earth doe shake.
19 The earth is vtterly broken
downe, the earth is cleane dissolued,
the earth is moued exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reele to and fro,
ike a drunkard, and shall be remooued
ike a cottage, and the transgression
thereof shall be heauie vpon it, and it
shall fall, and not rise againe.
£1 And it shall come to passe in that
t Hebr. vi- day, that the LORD shall tpunish the
site vpon. loste of the high ones that are on high,
and the kings of the earth vpon the
earth.
22 And they shalbe gathered toge-
* Hebr. with ;her tfls prisoners are gathered in the
the gathe-
ring of pri- |pit, and shall be shut vpin the prison,
soners. and after many dayes shall they bee
I Or, dun-
geon. (visited.
Qr,found
wanting.
23 Then the *Moone shall be con-
* Chap. 13. founded, and the Sunne ashamed,
10. eze. 32. when the LORD of hosts shall reigne
7. ioel 2. 31.
and 3.15. n mount Zion and in Jerusalem, anc
II Or, there | before his ancients gloriously.
shalbe glory
before his
ancients.
C H A P . XXV.
1 The Prophet praiseth God, for his iudge-
ments, 6 for his sauing benefits,, 9 anc
for his victorious saluation.
LORD, thou art my the dust.
O
God, I will exalt thee, ]
will praise thy Name; for
thou hast done wonder- 1 A song inciting to confidence in God, 3 for
1
full things; tf% counsels o
old are taithiulnesse and truetn.
2 For thou hast made of a citie, an
heape; of a defenced city, a mine: a pa-
lace of strangers, to be no citie, it shal
neuer be built.
3 Therefore shall the strong people
glorifie thee, the city of the terrible nati-
ons shall feare thee.
4 For thou hast bene a strength to 2 Open ye the gates, that the righ-
the poore, a strength to the needy in his teous nation which keepeth the t trueth Wlebr.
distresse,arefugefrom the storme, a sha- may enter in.
dow from the heat, when the blast o:
the terrible ones&as as tonne against the peace, o?A0,y£||minde is stayedonthee; be- Wrjhought*
wall.
Death fwallowed.
5 Thou shalt bring downe the noise
of strangers, as the heat in a dry place;
euen the heat with the shadow of a
cloud : the branch of the terrible ones
shalbe brought low.
6 IF And in this mountaine shall
the LORD of hostes make vnto all
)eople a feast of fat things, a feast of
wines on the lees, of fat things full of
marrow, of wines on the lees well
refined.
7 And he wil t destroy in this moun- Heb. swal-
taine the face of the couering tcast ouer ow up.
Hebr. co-
all people, and the vaile that is spread o- uered.
uer all nations.
8 He will * swallow vp death in vic-55. *1. Cor. 15.
torie, and the Lord GOD wil *wipe a- * Reuel. 7.
way teares from off al faces, and the re- 17. I.
and 21.
}UKe of his people shall lie take away
Vom off all the earth* for the LORD
lath spoken it.
9 ^ And it shalbe said in that day,
Loe, this is our God, we haue waited
?
or him, and he will saue vs: this is the
LORD, we haue waited for him, we
wil be glad, and reioyce in his saluation.
10 For in this mountaine shall the
hand of the LORD rest, and Moab
shalbe ||troden downe vnder him, euen B Or, thresh-
as straw is ||troden downe for the ed. I Or, thresh-
dounghill. ed in Mad-
menah.
11 And hee shall spread fborth his
bands in the midst of them, as hee that
swimmeth spreadeth foorth his hands to
swimme : and hee shall bring downe
their pride together with the spoiles o1
their hands.
12 And the fortresse of the high fort
of thy walles shall hee bring downe,
lay low, and bring to the ground, euen to
C H A P . XXVI.
his Judgements, 12 and for his fauour to his
people. 20 An exhortation to wait on God
I
N that day shall this
song bee sung in the lane
of ludah; Wee haue a
strong citie, saluation wil
God appoint for walles
and bulwarkes.
tnieths.
3 Thou wilt keepe him in t perfect peace, iHebr.
peace.
cause he trusteth in thee. or imagina-
4 Trust tion.
Prayer in trouble. Chap.xxvij.
4 Trust ye in the L O R D for euer:
t Heb. the for in the L O R D I E H O V A H is teuer-
rockeofages.f
: lasting strength.
5 If For hee bringeth downe them
that dwell on high, the loftie citie he lay-
eth it low; he layeth it low, euen to the
ground, he bringeth it euen to the dust.
6 The foote shall treade it downe,
euen the feete of the poore, and the steps
of the needie.
7 The way of the iust is vpright-
nesse : thou most vpright, doest weigh
the path of the iust.
8 Yea in the way of thy Judge-
ments, O L O R D , haue we waited for
thee; the desire of our soule is to thy
Name, and to the remembrance of thee.
9 With my soule haue I desired thee
in the night, yea with my spirit within
me will I seeke thee early: for when
thy iudgements are in the earth, the
inhabitants of the world will learne
righteousnesse.
10 Let fauour be shewed to the wic-
ked, yet will hee not learne righteous-
nesse : in the land of vprightnesse will he
deale vniustly, and will not behold the
maiestie of the LORD.
11 L O R D , when thy hand is lifted
vp, they will not see: but they shall see,
I Or, towardss and be ashamed for thwr enuie j|at the
thy people. people, yea the fire of thine enemies
shall deuoure them.
12 IF L O R D , thou wilt ordaine
peace for vs : for thou also hast wrought
I Or, for vs. all our workes ||in vs.
13 O L O R D our God, other lordes
besides thee haue had dominion ouer
vs : but by thee only will we make men-
tion of thy Name.
14 They are dead, they shall not Hue;
they are deceased, they shall not rise:
therefore hast thou visited and destroy-
ed them, and made all their memory to
perish.
15 Thou hast increased the nation,
O LORD, thou hast increased the na-
tion , thou art glorified; thou hadst re-
mooued it farre vnto all the ends of the
earth.
16 L O R D , in trouble haue they vi-
t Heb. secret't sited thee : they powred out a t prayer
speech.
when thy chastening was vpon them.
17 Like as a woman with childe
that draweth neere the time of her deli-
uerie, is in paine and cryeth out in her
pangs; so haue wee beene in thy sight,
O LORD.
18 Wee haue beene with childe, wee
The refurre&ion.
haue beene in paine, we haue as it were
brought foorth winde, wee haue not
wrought any deliuerance in the earth,
neither haue the inhabitants of the
world fallen.
19 Thy dead men shall Hue, together
with my dead body shall they arise : a-
wake and sing yee that dwell in dust:
for thy dewe is as the dewe of herbes,
and the earth shall cast out the dead.
20 U Come, my people, enter thou
into thy chambers, and shut thy doores
about thee; hide thy selfe as it were for
a little moment, vntill the indignation
:>e ouerpast.
21 For behold, the L O R D *com- * Mic. i. 3.
meth out of his place to punish the in-
labitants of the earth for their iniqui-
tie : the earth also shall disclose her
t blood, and shall no more couer her t Heb. bloods
slaine.
CHAP, XXVII.
1 The care of God ouer his vineyard. 7 His
chastisements differ from iudgements. 12 The
Church of lewes and Gentiles.
N that day the LORD
I
with his sore and great
and strong sworde shall
punish Leuiathan the
t piercing serpent, euen V0r,<iro8sin8
Leuiathan that crooked serpent, and like a barre.
hee shall slay the dragon that is in the
Sea.
2 In that day, sing yee vnto her; A
vineyard of red wine.
3 I the L O R D doe keepe it; I
will water it euery moment : lest any
hurt it, I will keepe it night and day.
4 Furie is not in mee : who would
set the briars and thornes against me in
battell? I would ||goe through them, H Or, march
against.
I would burne them together.
5 Or let him take holde of my
strength, that he may make peace with
me, and he shall make peace with me.
6 Hee shall cause them that come of
lacob to take roote : Israel shall bios-
some and budde, and fill the face of the
world with fruite.
7 II Hath hee smitten him, fas hee t Heb. accor-
ding to ttie
smote those that smote him ? or is hee stroke of
slaine according to the slaughter of those.
them that are slaine by him ?
8 In measure ||when it shooteth thou tl Or, when
sendest
foorth, thou wilt debate with it : ||hee it foorth.
U
stayeth his rough winde in the day of remoueth it.he
Or, when
the East winde.
9 By
*23
 acob purged. Ifaiah.
9 By this therefore shall the iniqui-
e of I acob be purged, and this is all
le fruit, to take away his sinne : when
le maketh ail the stones of the Altar as
lalke stones, that are beaten in sutl-
H Or, Sttnne er, the groues and || images shall not
images.
stand vp.
10 Yet the defencedcitie shall be deso-
ate, and the habitation forsaken, and
eft like a wildernesse : there shall the
calfe feede, and there shall he lie downe,
and consume the branches thereof.
11 When the boughes thereof are
withered) they shall be broken off: the
women come and set them on fire: for
; is a people of no vnderstanding:
berefore hee that made them wil
not haue mercie on them, and hee that
brmed them, will shewe them no fa-
uour.
12 II And it shall come to passe in
bat day, that the LORD shall beate
off from the chanell of the riuer vnto
the streame of Egypt, and ye shall bee
gathered one by one, O ye children of
'srael.
13 And it shall come to passe in that,
lay, that the great trumpet shall beei
>lowen, and they shall come which
were ready to perish in the land of As-
syria, and the outcasts in the land of E-
gypt, and shall worship the LORD ini
he holy mount at Jerusalem.
C H A P XXVIIL
1 The Prophet threatneth Ephraim for then
pride and drunkennesse. 5 The residue shallI
be aduanced in the Kingdom of Christ. 7 H<; wherwith ye may cause the weary to rest, spoken-
rebuketh their errour. 9 Their vntowardnez3 arid this is the refreshing, yet they woulc
tolearne, 14 And their securitie. 16 Chrisifc not heare.
the sure foundation is promised. 18 Their se-
curity shalbe tried. 23 They are incited to th<\
consideration of Gods discreet prouidence.
Oe to the crowne of pride,, vpon line, here a litle and there a litle:
The peoples fecuritie.
4 And the glorious beautie which
is on the head of the fat valley, shall bee
a fading flowre, and as the hastie fruite
>efore the summer: which when he that
ooketh vpon it, seeth it, while it is yet
in his hand, he teateth it vp. Heb. swat-
5 IT In that day shall the LORD weth.
: hosts be for a crowne of glory, and
or a diademe of beautie vnto the residue
F his people:'
6 And for a spirit of iudgement to
him that sitteth in iudgement, and for
strength to them that turne the battell
to the gate.
7 1F But they also haue erred
through wine, and through strong
drinke are out of the way: the priest
and the prophet haue erred through
strong drinke, they are swallowed vp oi
wine : they are out of the way through
strong drinke, they erre in vision, they
'Stumble in iudgement. "
8 For all tables are full of vomite
and filthinesse, so that there is no place
cleane.
9 f Whome shall he teach know-
ledge ? and whom shall he make to vn-
derstand tdoctrine? them that are wea- JHebr. the
ned from the milke, and drawen from earing.
the breasts.
10 For precept || must be vpon precept, H Or, hath
precept vpon precept, line vpon line, bene.
line vpon line, here a title, and there a
litle.
11 For with t*stammering lips anc merings Heb. stam-
of
another tongue JJwill he speake to this lippe*
people. *
21.
l. Cor. u.
18 To whom he said, This is the rest 0 Or, he hath
13 But the word of the L O R D was
vnto them, precept vpon precept, pre-
cept vpon precept, line vpon line, line

W to thedrunkards of Ephra-- that they might goe and fall backwarc

im, whose glorious beautyf and be broken, and snared, and taken,
'is a fading flowre, whichi 14 11 Wherefore heare the worde o
are on the head of the fatt the LORD, yee scornefull men, that
t Heb. bro- valleys of them that are t ouercomee rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
ken.
with wine. 15 Because ye haue said, Wee haue
% Behold, the Lord hath a mightiee made a couenant with death, and wit
and strong one, which as a tempest o:: hell are we at agreement, when the o-
haile and a destroying storme, as a flooc 3 uerflowing scourge shall passe thorow,
of mightie waters ouerflowing, shal1 it shall not come vnto vs: for wee haue
cast downe to the earth with the hand. made lies our refuge, and vnder false-
3 The crowne of pride, the drun-- hood' haue we hid our selues :
t Hebr. w-2 kards of Ephraim shall be troden tvn- i. 16 f Therefore thus saith the Lori
feete. der feete GOD, Beholde, I lay in Zion for a
foun-
The corner done, Chap.xxix.
* Psal. 119. foundation , *a stone, a tryed stone, a
22, matth,
21. 42. acts pretious corner stone, a sure foundati-
4. ll. l. pet.
2. 6, 7, «.
on : hee that beleeueth, shall not make
rom. 9. 33. haste.
and 10. 11.
17 Judgement also will I lay to
the line, and righteousnesse to the plum-
met : and the haile shall sweepe away
the refuge of lyes, and the waters shall
ouerflow the hiding place.
18 IF And your couenant with death
shalbe disanulled, and your agreement
with hell shall not stand; when the o-
uerflowing scourge shall passe tho-
t Heb. a rough, then yee shalbe ttroden downe
treading
downe to it. by it
19 From the time that it goeth
forth, it shall take you : for morning by
morning shall it passe ouer, by day and
by night, and it shalbe a vexation, onely
I Or, when || to vnderstand the report.
he shall make
you to vn- £0 For the bed is shorter, then that
derstand
doctrine.
a man can stretch himselfe on it: and the
couering narrower, then that he can
wrap himselfe in it.
21 For the L O R D shall rise vp as
* 2. Sam. 5. in mount * Perazim, he shalbe wroth as
20. 1. chro,
14. 13. in the valley of #Gibeon, that he may
* losh. 10. doe his worke, his strange worke; and
12. 2. earn.
5. 25. 1. chr. bring to passe his act, his strange act.
14. 16. 22 NoW therefore be yee not moc-
kers , lest your bands be made strong:
for I haue heard from the Lord GOD
of hostes a consumption euen determi-
ned vpon the whole earth.
23 1F Giue yee eare, and heare my
voyce, hearken and heare my speach.
24 Doth the plowman plow all
day to sow ? doth he open and breake
the clods of his ground ?
25 When hee hath made plaine the
Pace thereof, doth he not cast abroad the
fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast
« Or, the in the ||principall wheate, and the ap-
wheat in the
principal pointed barly and the ||rye in their
ilace and
Parley in the
t place ?
appointed 26 || For his God doth instruct him
place.
II Or, spelt. to discretion, and doth teach him.
t Heb. bor- 27 For the fitches are not threshed
der.
t Or, ami he with a threshing instrument, neither is
bindetli it in a cart wheele turned about vpon the
such sort as
God doth cummin : but the fitches are beaten out
teach him. with a staffe, and the cummin with a
rodde.
28 Bread corne is bruised; because he
will not euer be threshing it, nor breake
t with the wheele of his cart, nor bruise
it with his horsemen.
29 This also commeth forth from
the L O R D of hostes, which is wonder-
Againft lerufalem,
tull in counsel!, ana excellent in wor-
king.
CHAP XXIX.
1 Gods heauy Judgement vpon Jerusalem.
7 The vnsatiablenesse of her enemies.
9 The sencelesnesse, 13 and deepe hypo-
crisie of the lewes. 18 A promise of san-
ctification to the godly.
Oe to Ariel, to Ariel ||the I Or, oh
W
that
citie where Dauid dwelt: Arielis the lyon of
adde yee yeere to yeere; let of the oitie.
God: Or,
them tkill sacrifices. t Heb. out off
2 Yet I will distresse the heads.
Ariel, and there shalbe heauinesse and
sorrow; and it shall be vnto mee as A-
riel.
3 Aud I will campe against thee
round about, and will lay siege against
thee with a mount, and I will raise
forts against thee.
4 And thou shah bee brought
downe, and shah speake out of the
ground, and thy speach shall be low out
of the dust, and thy voice shalbe as of
one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the
ground, and thy speach shall t whisper •\ Heb. peepe
or chirpe.
out of thje dust.
5 Moreouer the multitude of thy
strangers shalbe like small dust, and the
multitude of the terrible ones shalbe as
chafte, that passeth away; yea it shalbe
at an instant suddenly,
6 Thou shah bee visited of the
LORD of hostes with thunder, and
with earthquake, and great noise, with
storme and tempest, and the flame of de-
uouring fire.
7 1F And the multitude of all the
nations that fight against Ariel, euen
all that fight against her and her muni-
tion, and that distresse her, shalbe as a
dreame of a night vision.
8 It shall euen be as when a hun-
gry man dreameth , and behold he ea-
teth; but he awaketh, and his soule is
emptie : or as when a thirstie man drea-
meth, and behold he drinketh; but hee
awaketh, and behold he is faint, and his
soule hath appetite: so shall the multi-
tude of all the nations bee, that fight a-
gainst mount Zion.
9 f Stay your selues and wonder,
11cry yee out, and cry: they are drunken, your
I Or, take
plea-
but not with wine, they stagger, but not sure and
with strong drinke. riot.
10 For the L O R D hath powred out
vpon you the spirit of deepe sleepe, and
hath closed your eyes : the Prophets
and
Hypocrites, and Ifaiah.
Wleb,head$ and your t rulers, the Seers hath hee
eouered.
11 And the vsion of all is become vn-
\Or>Wer. to you, as the wordes of a ||booke that
is sealed, which men deliuer to one that
is learned, saying, Reade this, I pray
thee: and hee saith, I cannot, for it is
sealed.
1£ And the booke is deliuered to him
that is not learned, saying, Reade this,
I pray thee: and he saith, I am not
learned.
* Matth, 15 13 f Wherefore the Lord said, *For.
8. mar. 7.6.
asmuch as this people draw neere mee
with their mouth, and with their lips
doe honour me, but haue remoued their
heart farre from me, and their feare to-
wards mee is taught by the precept of
men:
1ffeb.fto$ 14 Therefore behold, tl will pro-
adde.
ceed to do a marueilous wOfrke amongst
this people, euen a marueilous worke
* ler. 49.7. and a wonder : *for the wisedome of
obad.ver.B.
1. cor. 1.19. their wise men shall perish, and the vn-
derstanding of their prudent men shall
be hid.
15 Woe vnto them that seeke deepe to
hide their counsell from the LORD,
and their workes are in the darke, and
*EcclUS,S3. they say, * Who seeth vs ? and who
15.
knoweth vs ?
16 Surely your turning of things
vpside downe shall be esteemed as the
* Isa, 4$, 19. potters clay: for shall the * worke say of
him that made it, He made me not ? or
shall the thing framed, say of him that
framed it, He had no vnderstanding ?
17 /? it not yet a very litle while, and
Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful
field, and the fruitfull field shallbe estee-
med as a forrest ?
18 IF And in that day shall the deafe
beare the words of the booke, and the
eyes of the blind shall see out of obscu-
ritie, and out of darkenesse
t Heb. shall 19 The meeke also t shall increase
adde.
their ioy in the LORD, and the poore a-
mong men shall reioice in the holy One
of Israel.
20 For the terrible one is brought to
nought, and the scorner is consumed,
and all that watch for iniquitie are cut
off:
SI That make a man an offendour
br a word, and lay a snare for him that
reproueth in the gate, and turne aside
the iust for a thing of nought.
%2 Therefore thus saith the LORD
who redeemed Abraham, concerning
rebellious children.
the house of lacob : lacob shall not
now be ashamed, neither shall his face
now waxe pale.
23 But when Jjee seeth his children
the worke of mine hands in the midst of
him, they shall sanctifie my Name, $nd
sanctifie the Holy One of lacob, and
shall feare the God of Israel.
S4 They also that erred in spirit
t shall come to vnderstanding, and they iHebr.shaU
that murmured, shall learne doctrine. know vn-
derstanding.
CHAP. XXX.
1 The Prophet threatneth tiie people, for their
confidence in Egypt, 8 and contempt of
Gods word. 18 Gods mercies towards his
Church. 27 Gods wrath, and the peoples
ioy in the destruction of Assyria.
Oe to the rebellious chil-
W
dren, sayth the LORD,
that take counsell, but not
of mee; and that couer
with a couering, but not
of my Spirit, that they
may adde sinne to sinne •
2 That walke to goe downe into
Egypt, (and haue not asked at my
mouth) to strengthen themselues in the
strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the
shadow of Egypt.
3 Therefore shall the strength of
Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust
in the shadow of Egypt, your confusion.
4 For his princes were at Zoan,
and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
5 They were all ashamed of a peo-
ple that could not profit them, nor be an
helpe nor profite, but a shame and also a
reproch.
6 The burden of the beastes of the
South: into the lande of trouble and
anguish, from whence come the yong
and old lyon, the viper, and fierie flying
serpent, they will carie their riches vp-
on the shoulders of yong asses, and
their treasures vpon the bunches of ca-
mels, to a people that shall not profite
them.
7 For the Egyptians shall helpe in
vaine, and to no purpose: Therefore
haue I cried ||concerning this: Their fl Or, to her.
strength is to sit still.
8 1F Now goe, write it before them
in a table, and note it in a booke, that it
may bee for tthe time to come for euer t Heb. the
and euer; latter day.
9 That this is a rebellious people,
lying children, children that will not
beare the Law of the LORD :
10 Which
 Prophefie not. Chap.xxx.
10 Which say to the seers, See not ;
and to the prophets, Prophecie not vn-
to vs right things : speake vnto vs
smooth things, prophecie deceits.
11 Get ye out of the way : turne aside
out of the path : cause the Holy one of
Israel to cease from before vs.
12 Wherefore, thus saith the Holy
one of Israel : Because ye despise this
II Or, fraud. word, and trust in || oppression andper-
uersnesse, and stay thereon :
13 Therefore this iniquitie shalbe to
you as a breach ready to fall, swelling
out in a high wall, whose breaking
commeth suddenly at an instant.
14 And he shall breake it as the brea-
\Hebr.the king of the potters t vessell, that is bro-
tottettof
potters. ken in pieces, he shall not spare ; so that
there shall not be found in the bursting
of it, a sheard to take fire from the
hearth, or to take water withatt out of
the pit.
15 For .thus saith the Lord GOD,
the Holy one of Israel, In returning
and rest shall ye be saued, in quietnesse
and in confidence shalbe your strength,
and ye would not :
16 But ye said ; No, for we will flee
vpon horses; therefore shall ye flee. And
we will ride vpon the swift ; therefore
shall they that pursue you, be swift.
17 One thousand shall flee at the re-
buke of one : at the rebuke of flue, shall
Or9 a tree ye flee, till ye be left as a (jbeacon vpon
wreftof
ranches* or the top of a mountaine, and as an en-
amaste.
signe on a hill.
18 H And therefore wil the LORD
wait that he may be gracious vnto you,
and therefore wil he be exalted that he
may haue mercy vpon you : for the
*PsaL S. 12. LORD is a God of Judgment. * Bles-
and 34. 9.
prou. 19. sed are aU they that wait for him.
0. iere. 17. 19 For the people shall dwel in Zion
* at lerusalem : thou shalt weepe no
more : hee will be very gracious vnto
thee, at the voice of thy cry ; when he
shall heare it, he will answere thee.
20 And though the Lord giue you the
Ort oppres- 3read of aduersitie, and the water of || af-
sion*
liction, yet shall not thy teachers be re-
mooued into a corner any more : but
thine eyes shall see thy teachers.
21 And thine eares shall heare a
word behinde thee, saying ; This is the
way, walke ye in it, when ye turne to
the right hand, and when ye turne to
\Hsbr.the the left.
grauen ima- 22 Ye shall defile also the couering
ges of thy sil-
ver. of t thy grauen images of siluer, and the
Deuouring fire.
ornament of thy moulten images of
gold : thou shalt tcast them away as a t Hebr. scat-
menstruous cloth, thou shalt say vnto ter.
it, Get thee hence.
23 Then shall he giue the raine of
thy seed that thou shalt sow the ground
withall ; and bread of the increase of the
earth, and it shalbe fat and plenteous :
in that day shall thy cattell feed in large
pastures.
24« The oxen likewise and the yong
asses that eare the ground , shall eate
|| cleane prouender which hath bene II Or, saitou-
rie ; Hebr.
winnowed with the shouell and with leauened.
the fanne.
25 And there shall be vpon euery
high mountaine, and vpon euery thigh t Hebr. lif-
vp.
hill, riuers and stream es of waters, in
the day of the great slaughter when the
towers fall.
26 Moreouer the light of the Moone
shalbe as the light of the Sunne, and
the light of the Sunne shall be seuen-
fold, as the light of seuen dayes, in the
day that the LORD bindeth vp the
breach of his people, and healeth the
stroke of their wound.
27 f Beholde, the Name of the
LOED commeth from farre, burning
with his anger, ||and the burden there- \\ Or, and the
of IB theauy : his lips are full of indig- grieuousnes
ofjlame.
nation, and his tongue as a deuou- uinesse. tHebr.hea-
ring fire.
28 And his breath as an ouerflow-
ing streame, shall reach to the midst of
the necke, to sift the nations with the
sieue of vanitie : and there shalbe a bridle
in the iawes of the people causing them
to erre.
29 Yee shall haue a song as in the
night, when a holy solemnitie is kept,
and gladnesse of heart, as when one go-
eth with a pipe to come into the moun-
taine of the LORD, to the t mighty \Heb.rocke.
one of Israel.
30 And the L O R D shall cause this t Hebr. the
glorious voice to be heard, and shall glory voice.
ofhi»
shew the lighting downe of his arme,
with the indignation of his anger, and
with the flame of a deuouring fire, with
scattering and tempest and hailestones.
31 For through the voyce of the
LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten
downe, which smote with a rod. t Hebr. eue-
rvpassingof
32 And t in euery place where the the rod foun-
grounded stafFe shall passe, which the ded, ifteor. cause
LORD shall t lay vpon him, it shall be <o rest vpon
with tabrets and harpes : and in bat- iim. 1 Or, against
tels of shaking will he fight ||with it. them.
33 For
Vaine truft in man. Ifaiah.
t Heb. from 33 For Tophet is ordained t of olde ; 9 And hee shall passe ouer to || his I Or, his
yesterday.
yea, for the king it is prepared, he hath strong holde for feare, and his princes heb,
made it deepe and large : the pile thereof shall be afraid of the ensigne, say th the shaUpasse
19 fire and much wood, the breath of the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his feare.
LORD, like a streame of brimstone, fornace in lerusalem.
doeth kindle it.
C H A P . XXXI 1 The blessings of Christes kingdome. 9 De-
1 The Prophet sheweth the cursed folly, in tru-
sting to Egypt, and forsaking of God. 6 He
exhorteth to conuersion. 8 Hee sheweth
the fall of Assyria*
56jBj3&8l5 Oe to them that goe down
^vl^^^yCto Egypt for helpe, and
^^^rapstay on horses, and trust
^^§«y^in charets, because they
^§L£^^^| are many ; and in horse-
men, because they are very strong : but
they looke not vnto the Holy one of Is-
rael, neither seeke the LORD.
2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring
t/tekrer- euill, and wil not t call backe his words :
mooue.
but will arise against the house of the
euill doers, and against the helpe of
them that worke inicjuitie
3 Now the Egyptians are men and
not God, and their horses flesh and not
spirit: when the L O R D shall stretch
out his hand, both he that helpeth shall
fall, and hee that is holpen shall fall
downe, and they all shall faile toge-
ther.
4 For thus hath the LORD spo-
ken vnto me ; Like as the lyon and the
yong lyon roaring on his pray, when
a multitude of shepheards is called
foorth against him, he will not be afraid
of their voice, nor abase himselfe for the
t Or, multi- ||noyse of them : so shall the LORD of
tude.
hostes come downe to fight for mount
Zion, and for the hill thereof.
5 As birds flying, so wil the LORD
of hostes defend lerusalem, defending
also hee will deliuer it,and passing ouer,
he will preserue it,
6 1F Turne yee vnto him from
whom the children of Israel haue deep-
ly reuolted.
7 For in that day euery man shall
* Cha. 2. 20. *cast away his idoles of siluer, and t'his
t Heb. the
idoles of his idoles of gold, which your owne hands .
golde. haue made vnto you for a sinne.
8 f Then shall the Assyrian fall
\0r*fyr with the sword, not of a mightie man ;
feare of the and the sword, not of a meane man, shal
sword.
H0n/n&M- deuoure him : but hee shall flee ||from
fortes hebr. the sword , and his young men shall be
forming,
QI tribute. II discomfited.
Good rulers.
strength ?
rocke,
away for
C H A P . XXXII.
solation is foreshowen. 15 Restauration is
promised, to succeede.
f?rf^^§ Ehold, a King shal reigne
j$ |S)jp) in righteousnes, and prin-
fr O^vw cesshalrulein Judgement.
§S Q||*) J? 2 And a man shall be
£&S3£s=^Cfe as an hiding place from
the winde, and a couert from the tem-
pest : as riuers of water in a drie place,
as the shadow of a t great rocke in a iHeb.hea-
wearie land. uie.
3 And the eyes of them that see, shall
not be dirame ; and the eares of them
that heare, shall hearken.
4? The heart also of the t rash shall )Heb.haste>
vnderstand knowledge, and the tongue
of the stammerers shall bee readie to
speake ||plainely. 1! Or, ele-
gantly.
5 The vile person shall be no more
called liberall, nor the churle sayd to be
bountifull.
6 For the vile person wil speake vil-
lenie, and his heart will worke iniqui-
tie, to practise hypocrisie, and to vtter
errour against the L O R D , to make
emptie the soule of the hungry, and hee
will cause the drinke of the thirstie to
faile.
7 The instruments also of the churle
are euill : he deuiseth wicked deuices, to
destroy the poore with lying wordes,
euen || when the needie speaketh right. il Or, when
8 But the liberall deuiseth liberall he speaketh
against the
things, and by liberall things shall hee jtwortfin
rudgement.
|| stand. 1! Or, be esta-
9 U Rise vp ye women that are at blished.
ease: heare my voice, ye carelesse daugh-
ters, giue eare vnto my speech.
10 Many tdayes and yeeres shall ve t Heb. dayes
aboue ayere..
be troubled, yee carelesse women: for
the vintage shall faile, the gathering
shall not come,
11 Tremble yee women that are at
ease : be trouble*d,ye carelesse ones, strip
ye and make ye bare, and gird sackecloth
vpon your loynes.
12 They shall lament for the teats,
for t the pleasantfieldes, for the firuitfull t Heb. the
fields of de-
vine. sire.
13 Vpon the land of my people shall
come
The fpoiler fpotted. Chap.xxxiij.
li Or, bur. come vp thornes, and, briars, ||yea vpon
ning vpvn*
£<?. all the houses of ioy in the ioyous citie.
14? Because the palaces shall be for-
saken , the multitude of the citie shall be
?! Or, clifts left, the || forts and towres shall be for
and, watch-
towers dennes for euer, a ioy of wild asses, a
pasture offlockes;
15 Vntill the spirit be powred vpon
vs from on high, and the wildernesse be
a fruitfull field, and the fruitfull field be
counted for a forrest.
* Chap. 29. 16 Then * iudgement shall dwell in
J7*
the wildernesse, and righteousnesse re-
maine in the fruitfull field.
17 And the worke of righteousnesse
shalbe peace, and the effect of righteous-
nesse, quietnesse and assurance for euer.
18 And my people shall dwell in a
peaceable habitation , and in sure dwel-
lings, and in quiet resting places :
19 When it shall haile , comming
!l Or, and tht downe on theforrest; || and the citie shall
citie shall be
utterly aba- be low in a low place.
sed. 20 Blessed are yee that sow beside all
waters, that send forth thither the feete
of the oxe and the asse.
C H A P . XXXIII.
1 Gods Judgements against the enemies of the
Church. 13 The priuiledges of the godly.
e to thee that spoilest,
W
an
^ thou wast not spoiled;
n
d dealest treacherously,
an tne
d y dealt not treache-
usiy with thee: when
thou shalt cease to spoile, thou shalt bee
spoiled ; and when thou shalt make an
end to deale treacherously, they shall
deale treacherously with thee.
2 O LORD, be gratious vnto vs,
we haue waited for thee : be thou their
arme euery morning, our saluation also
in the time of trouble.
3 At the noise of the tumult the peo-
ple fled : at the lifting vp of thy selfe the
nations were scattered.
4< And your spoile shall be gathered
like the gathering of the caterpiller : as
the running to and fro of Locusts shall
he runne vpon them.
5 The L O R D is exalted : for hee
dwelleth on high, he hath filled Zion
with iudgement and righteousnesse.
6 And wisedome and knowledge
shall be the stabilitie of thy times, and
\Heb.salua- strength of t saluation : the feare of the
tions. L O R D is his treasure.
I Or, messen- 7 Behold, their || valiant ones shall
gers.
Hypocrites feare.
cry without : the ambassadours of peace
shall weepe bitterly.
8 The high wayes lye waste; the
way faring man ceaseth : he hath bro-
<en the couenant, he hath despised the
cities, he regardeth no man.
9 The earth mourneth and lan-
ruisheth : Lebanon is ashamed and
| hewen downe : Sharon is like a wil-redOr,away. withe-
dernes, and Bashan and Carmel shake
off their fruits.
10 Now will I rise, saith the LORD :
now will I be exalted, now will I lift
vp my selfe.
11 Yee shall conceiue chaffe, yee shall
3ring forth stubble : your breath as fire
shall deuoure you.
12 And the people shalbe as the bur-
nings of lyme : as thornes cut vp shall
they be burnt in the fire.
18 IT Heare yee that are farre off.
what I haue done; and yee that are
neere, acknowledge my might.
14» The sinners in Zion are afraid,
?
earefulnesse hath surprised the hypo-
crites : who among vs shall dwell with
the deuouring fire ? who amongst vs
shall dwell with euerlasting burnings ?
15 He that * walketh t righteously, and * PsaJ. 15. 2.
24. 3.
and speaketh tvprightly,hee that despi- • ffeb. in
seth the gaine of || oppressions, that sha- righteous-
iesses»
keth his hands from holding of bribes, t Hgb. vp-
that stoppeth his eares from hearing of Tightnesses.
\(\f Am
\ 1/Tf Be*
t blood, andshutteth his eyesfromsee- ceite.
ing euill : \Heb.btocds
16 He shall dwell on thigh : his place iffeb.
of defence shalbe the munitions of rocks, heights,
hie places.
or
bread shalbe giuen him, his waters shall
be sure.
17 Thine eyes shall see the king in
bis beauty : they shall behold t the land \Heb.the
ana cffjam
'fi*%fi nff^tx-r\m
that is very farre off. distance*.
18 Thine heart shall meditate ter-
rour; Where &the Ascribe? where is the *i.Cor.i.
treceiuer ? where is he that counted the 20.1&eb.
towres ? weigher.
19 Thou shalt not see a fierce people,
a people of a deeper speech then thou
canst perceiue ; of a || stammering tongue, I! Or, ridicu-
that thou canst not vnderstand. lous.
20 Looke vpon Zion, the city of our
solemnities : thine eyes shall see leru-
salem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle
that shall not be taken downe, not one
of the stakes thereof shall euer be remo-
ued, neither shall any of the coardes
thereof be broken.
21 But there the glorious L O R D tofHeb. broai
spaces or
will be vnto vs a place of t broad riuers hands.
and
Againft Idumea.
and streames ; wherein shall goe no gal-
ley with oares, neither shall gallant
ship passe thereby,
22 For the L O R D is our ludge,
t Hebr. sta-
tute-maker.
the L O R D is our tLawgiuer, the
L O R D is our King, he wil saue vs.
II Or, they
hauefor-
23 || Thy tacklings are loosed : they
saken thy could not well strengthen their mast.
tacklings. they could not spread the saile : then is
the praye of a great spoile diuided, the
lame take the praye.
24 And the inhabitant shall not say;
I am sicke : the people that dwel there-
in shalbe forgiuen their iniquitie.
V-> H. X» JL . XV Xx > x. J. 1. A A •
1 The iudgements wherewith God reuengeth
his Church. 1 1 The desolation of her ene-
- mies. 16 The certaintieof the prophecie.
Ume neere ye nations to
MJebr.the
f nines there-
of.
C heare, and hearken ye peo-
pk ' let the earth heare,
and t all that is therein,
the world, and all things
that come forth of it.
2 For the indignation of the LORD
is vpon all nations, and his furie vpon
all their armies : hee hath vtterly de-
stroyed them, he hath deliuered them to
the slaughter.
3 Their slaine also shalbe cast out,
and their stinke shall come vp out of
their carkeises, and the mountaines
shalbe melted with their blood.
4 And all the hoste of heauen shalbe
* Rcuel. 6. dissolued, and theheauens shalbe ^rou-
14.
led together as a scrole : and all their
hoste shall fall downe as the leafe fal-
* Reuel. 6. leth off from the Vine, and as a * falling
13.
Jigge from the figge tree.
5 For my sword shall bee bathed in
heauen • beholde, it shall copne downe
vpon Idumea, and vpon the people o1
my curse to iudgement.
6 The sword of the LO;KD is fil-
led with blood, it is made fait with fat-
nesse, and with the blood of lambes and
goates, with the fat of the kidneys oi
rammes- for the LORD hath a sa-
crifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter
in the land of Idumea.
II Or, Rhino. 7 And the || Vnicornes shall come
cerots.
downe with them, and the bullockes
with the bulles, and their land shall be
I Or, drun- || soaked with blood , and their dust
ken.
made fat with fatnesse
8 For it, is the day of the L O R D S
* Chap. 63.
4. * vengeance, and the yeere of recom-
Ifaiah. Gods word fure.
pences for the controuersie of Zion.
9 And the streames thereof shalbe
turned into pitch, and the dust thereof
into brimstone , and the land thereof
shall become burning pitch.
10 It shal not be quenched night nor
day, *the smoke thereof shall goe vpfor *Reue. 18.
euer : from generation to generation it 9., 18. 3.
and
shall lye waste, none shal passe through
it for euer and euer
11 H *The || cormorant and the bit- * Zeph. 2.
terne shall possesse it, the owle also and 4.8. reuel.
2.
the rauen shall dwell in it, and he shall cane. Or.pelli-
stretch out vpon it the line of confusion,
and the stones of emptinesse.
12 They shall call the nobles there-
of to the kingdome, but none shall bee
there, and all her Princes shall bee no-
thing.
,V •
13 And thornes shall come vp in her
palaces, nettles and brambles in the for-
;resses thereof: and it shalbe an habita-
tion of dragons, and a court for || owles. II Or, ostri.
ches. Hebr.
14 The wilde t beasts of the desert daughters
shall also meete with the t wilde beasts of' Heb*the owle.
of the Hand and the satyre shall cry to ' Heb. Ztjm* lijm.
bis felow, the ||shrichowle also shall rest H Or, night-
there, & finde forher selfe a place of rest. monster.
15 There shall the great owle make
her nest, and lay and hatch, and gather
vnder her shadow : there shall the vul-
tures also be gathered, euery one with
her mate.
16 IT Seeke ye out of the booke of the
Lord, and reade : no one of these shall
faile, none shall want her mate : for my
mouth, it hath commaunded; and his
spirit, it hath gathered them.
17 And he hath cast the lot for them,
and his hand hath diuided it vnto them
by line ; they shall possesse it for euer,
from generation to generation shal
they dwell therein,
CHAP XXXV.
1 The ioyfull flourishing of Christes King-
dome. 3 The weake are incouraged by the
vertues and priuiledges of the Gospel.
-Hcwiiciernesse ana tne so*
T
litarie place shall be glac
for them : and the desert
shaH reioyce and blossome
as the rose
2 It shall blossome abundantly
and reioyce euen with ioy and singing
the glory of Lebanon shal be giuen vn-
to it, the excellencie of Carmel and Sha
ron they shall see the glory of the
LORD
ludah inuaded. Chap.xxxvj.
L O R D , and the excellencie of our
God.
* Hebr. 12. 3 IT * Strengthen yee the weake
12.
hands, and confirme the feeble knees.
\Heb.hastie. 4 Say to them that are of ta feare-
* Matth. 9.
27. and 11. full heart; Be strong, feare not : behold,
5. and 12. your God will come with vengeance, e-
22. and 20.
30. and 21. uen God with a recompence, he will come
14. ioh. 9.
6,7. and saue you.
* Matth. 11 5 Then the *eyes of the blind shall
5. mar. 7*
32. be opened, and * the eares of the deafe
* Matth. 11 shalbe vnstopped.
5. and 15.
30. and 21. 6 Then shall the *lame man leape
14. ioh. 5. 8,
), acts 3. 2. as an Hart, and the * tongue of the
and 8* 7 and dumbe sing : for in the wildernesse shall
14* 8*
* Matth. 9. * waters breake out, and streames in the
32. and 12. desert.
22* and 15.
30. 7 And the parched ground shall be-
* Ioh. 7. 38.come a poole, and the thirstie land
39.
springs of water : in the habitation of
II Or9 a court dragons, where each lay, slialbe |[grasse
for reedes
&c>
^ with reeds and rushes.
8 And an high way shalbe there, and
a way, and it shall be called the way of
holinesse, the vncleane shall not passe
II Or, for he ouer it, || but it shall be for those : the way-
shalbe with
them. faringmen, though fooles, shall not
erre therein.
9 No lyon shalbe there ; nor any ra-
uenous beast shall goe vp thereon , it
shall not be found there : but the redee-
med shall walke iliere.
* Chap. 51.
11.
10 And the * ransomed of the
LORD shall returne and come to Zi-
on with songs, and euerlasting ioy vp-
on their heads : they shall obtaine ioy
and gladnesse, and sorrow and sighing
shall flee away.
C H A P . XXXVI.
1 Sennacherib inuadeth ludah. 4 Rabsha-
keh sentby Sennacherib, byblasphernousper-
swasions solliciteth the people to reuolt. 32
His words are told to Hezekiah.
* 2. Kings Owe #it came to passe in
N
18. 13.
2. chion. t^ie f°urteenth yeere of
32.1.
k*nS Hezekiah, that Sen-
nacherib king of Assyria
came vp against all the de-
fenced cities of ludah, and tooke them.
2 And the king of Assyria sent Rab-
shakeh, from Lachish to Jerusalem,
vnto king Hezekiah , with a great ar-
mie : and he stood by the conduit of the
vpper poole in the high way of the
fullers field.
3 Then came forth vnto him E-
liakim Hilkiahs sonnc, which was
Rabfliakeh.
ouer the house, and Shebna the || scribe, \\0r,secreta*
and loah Asaphs sonne the Recorder. rie.
4 1T And Rabshakeh sayd vnto
them; Say yee now to Hezekian; Thus
saith the great king, the kingof Assyria;
What confidence is this wherein thou
trustfest ?
5 I say , (sayest thou) (but they are
but tvaine words) ||7 haue counsell and t Heb. a
strength for warre : Now on whom word of lips.
1 Or, but
doest thou trust, that thou rebellest a- counsell and
strength are
gainst me ? for the war.
6 Loe, thou trustest in the *staffe of * EZC. 29.
this broken reede, on Egypt ; whereon 6, 7.
if a man leane, it will goe into his hand
and pierce it : so is Pharaoh king of E-
gypt to all that trust in him.
7 But if thou say to me ; We trust in
the LOUD our God : Is it not he, whose
high places and whose altars Hezekiah
hath taken away, and sayd to ludah
and to Jerusalem ; Yee shall worship
before this altar ?
8 Now therefore, giue || pledges, I ges. 11 Or, hosta-
pray thee , to my master the king of
Assyria, and I will giue thee two thou-
sand horses, if thou be able on thy part
to set rider/s vpon them.
9 How then wilt thou turne away
the face of one captaine of the least of my
masters seruants : and put thy trust on
Egypt for charets and for horsemen ?
10 And am I now come vp with-
out the LORD against this land to de-
stroy it? the LORD sayd vnto me; Goe
vp against this land and destroy it.
11 IT Then sayd Eliakim and Sheb-
na & loah vnto Rabshakeh ; Speake,
I pray thee , vnto thy seruants in the
Syrian language; for we vnderstand
it : and speake not to vs in the lewes
language, in the eares of the people that
are on the wall.
12 If But Rabshakeh sayd ; Hath my
master sent me to thy master and to
thee, to speake these words? Hath he not
sent me to the men that sit vpon the wall,
that they may eate their owne dounge,
and drinke their owne pisse with you ?
13 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cryed
with a loud voice in the lewes lan-
guage, and sayd; Heare ye the words of
the great king, the king of Assyria.
14 Thus saith the king; Let not
Hezekiah deceiue you,forhe shall not be
able to deliuer you.
15 Neither let Hezekiah make yon
trust in the L O R D , saying ; The
LORD will surely deliuer vs ; this ci-
tie
23s
The blafphemie Ifaiah.
ie shall not be deliuered into the hand
of the King of Assyria.
16 Hearken not to Hezekiah : for thus
II Of, teeke say th the King of Assyria, || Make an a-
myfauour
by a present. greement with mee by a present , and
Heb. make come out to mee : and eate yee euery one
vith vne a
fessing. of his vine, and euery one of his ngge-
tree, and drinke yee euery pne the wa-
ters of his owfie cisterne :
17 Vntil I come and take you away
to a land like your owne land, a land of
corne and wine , a land of bread and
vineyards :
18 Beware lest Hezekiah perswade
you, saying; The LORD will deliuer
vs. Hath any of the gods of the nati-
ons deliuered his land out of the hand
of the king of Assyria ?
19 Where are the gods of Hamath,
and Arphad? where are the gods of
Sepharuaim ? and haue they deliuered
Samaria out of my hand P
20 Who are they amongst all the
gods of these landes, that haue deliue-
red their land out of my hand, that the
LORD should deliuer Jerusalem out
of my hand ?
21 But they held their peace, and an-
swered him not a word : for the Kings
commandement was, saying ; Answere
him not.
22 IF Then came Eliakim the sonne
of Hilkiah, that wasouer the houshold,
and Shebna the Scribe, and loah the
sonne of Asaph the Recorder, to Heze-
kiah with their clothes rent , and tolde
him the wordes of Rabshakeh,
C H A P . XXXVII.
1 Hezekiah mourning, sendeth to Isaiah to pra;
for them. 6 Isaiah cpmforteth them. 8
Sennacherib going to encounter Tirhakah,
sendeth a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah.
14 Hezekiahs prayer. 21 Isaiah his pro-
phecie of the pride, and destruction of Sen-
nacherib, and the good of Zion. 36 An
Angel slayeth the Assyrians. 37 Sennache-
rib is slaine at Nineuen by his owne sonnes.
* 2. King. Nd *it came to passe when
A
i o if
ly, 1 <XCi
Arr
ing Hezekiah heard it.
(
hat hee rent his clothes,
and couered himselfe with
sacked oth, and went into
the house of the LORD.
2 And hee sent Eliakim, who was
ouer the houshold , and Shebna the
Scribe, and the Elders of the Priestes
couered with sackecloth, vnto Isaial
of Rabftmkeh.
the Prophet the sonne of Amoz.
3 And they sayd vnto him; Thus
sayth Hezekiah, This day is a day of
trouble, and of rebuke, and of ||blasphe- Or.jwuo-
mie : for the children are come to the cation.
rirth, and there is not strength to bring
borth.
4 It may be the LORD thy God
will heare the words of Rabshakeh,
whom the king of Assyria his master
lath sent to reproch the liuing God,
and will reprooue the words which the
Lord thy God hath heard : wherefore
ift vp thy prayer for the remnant that
is tleft. H&found.
5 So the seruants of King Hezeki-
ah came to Isaiah.
6 f And Isaiah sayd vnto them;
Thus shall yee say vnto your master,
Thus sayth the LORD, Be not afraid
of the wordes that thou hast heard,
wherewith the seruants of the king oi
Assyria haue blasphemed me.
7 Behold , I will || send a blast vp- 0?iput*
on him, and hee shall heare a rumour, pint im.
into
and returne to his owne land , and I
will cause him to fall by the sword in his
owne land.
8 f So Rabshakeh returned and
found the king of Assyria warring a-
;ain$t Libnah : for hee had heard that
be was departed, from Lachish.
9 And ne heard say concerning Tir-
hakah king of Ethiopia, Hee is come
foorth to make warre with thee : anc
when he heard it, he sent messengers to
Hezekiah, saying;
10 Thus shall ye speake to Hezekiah
King of ludah, saying, Let not thy
God in whom thou trustest deceiue thee
saying, Jerusalem shall not bee giuen
into the hand of the king of Assyria.
11 Behold, thou hast heard what the
kings of Assyria haue done to all lands
by destroying them vtterly, and shal
tnou be deliuered ?
12 Haue the gods of the nations de
liuered them which my fathers haue
destroyed, as Gozan , and Haran , anc
Rezeph, and the children of Eden whicl
were in Telassar ?
13 Where ts the king of Hamath, and
the king of Arphad, and the king of the
citie of Sepharuaim, Hena and luah
14 f And Hezekiah receiued the let-
ter from the hand of the messengers
and read it, and Hezekiah went vp vnto
the house of the LORD.* and spread i
before the LORD
15 And
Hezekiahs prayer. Chap.xxxvij. Sennacherib "flaine.
15 And;Hezekiah prayed vnto the 27 tJieyefpre their inhabitants, .were
..ORD, saying, t of small power , they were dismayed I feb. short
16 O L O R D of hostes, God of and confounded : they were as the gr^se Jhantt.
srael, that dwellest betweene the Che- of the field, and as the greene herbe, as
ubims, thou art the God, euen thou a- he grasse on the house tops, and qtscgrne
one, of all the kingdom es of the earth. jlasted before it be growen vp.
thou hast made heauen and earth. 28 But I know thy || abode, and thy Or, titling.
17 Encline thine eare, O LOUD, going out, and thy comming in, and thy
and heare, Open thine eyes, O LORD, rage against me.
nd see, and heare all the wordes of 29 Because thy rage against me, and
Sennacherib, which hath sent to re- thy tumult is come vp into mine eares :
>roch the liuing G therefore will I put my hooke in thy
18 Of a trueth, LORD, the kings nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I
Heb. lands. of Assyria haue laid waste all the t nati- will turne thee backe by the way by
ons and their countreys, which thou earnest.
Heb. giuen 19 And haue feast their gods into the 30 And this shall be a signe vnto thee,
ire : for they were no gods, but the work Ye shall eate this yeere such as groweth
of mens hands, wood and stone : ther- of it felfe : and the second yeere that
bre they haue destroyed which springeth of the same : and in the
20 Now therefore, O L O R D our third yeere sow ye and reape, and plant
Sod, saue vs from his hand, that all the vineyards, and eate the fruit thereof, '..
cingdomes of the earth may Jmowe, 31 And the t remnant that is escaped tescaping
Heb. the
of
that thou art the Lord, even thou of the house of ludah, shal againe take the house of
roote downeward, and beare fruite remaineth. ludah that
onely.
81 11 Then Isaiah the sonne of A- vpward.
moz sent vnto Hezekiah, saying, Thus 32 For out of lerusalem shall goe
saith the L O R D God of Israel, Wher- forth a remnant, and tthey that escape escaping. t Heb. the
as thou hast prayed to me against Sen- out of mount Zion : the *zeale of the * 2. Kings
nacherib king of Assyria : LORD of hostes shall doe this. 19. H. cha.
o nO*
V.
,22 This is the worde which the 33 Therefore thus saith the L O U D
LORD hath spoken concerning him: concerning the king of Assyria, He shall
The virgin, the daughter of Zion hath not come into this citie, nor shoot an ar-
despised thee, and laughed thee to scorne, row there, nor come before it with
he daughter of lerusalem hath #ba- shields, nor cast a banke against it.
ken her head at thee. 34 By the way that he came, by the
.23 Whom hast thou reproched and same snail he returne, and shall not
blasphemed ? and against whpme hast come into this citie, saith the LORD.
thou exalted thy voice , and lifted vp 35 For I will * defend this citie to * 2. Kings
20.6.
June eyes on high? euen against the Ho- saue it, for mine owne sake, and for my
t Heb. by the ly One of Israel. seruant Dauids sake.
hand of thy 24 t By thy seruants hast thou re- 36 Then the * Angel of the L O R D * 2. Kings
servants. 19. 35.
t Heb. the proched the Lord, and hast said, By the went forth, and smote in the campe o:
tallnesse of multitude of my charets am I come vp the Assyrians a hundred and fourescore
the cedars
thereof, and to the height of the mountaines, to the and fiue thousand : and when they a-
the chaise of
thefirre sides of Lebanon, and I wil cut downe rose earely in the morning, behold, they
trees therof. tthe tall cedars thereof, and the choise were all dead corpses.
II Or, the for
rest and his firre trees thereof: and I will enter in- 37 11 So Sennacherib king of As-
fruitfull to the height of his border, and the ||for- syria departed, and went, and returned
field.
H Or, fenced rest of his Carmel. and dwelt at Nineueh.
and closed. 25 I haue digged and drunke water, 38 And it came to passe as hee was
II Or, Host
thou not and with the sole of my feete haue ! worshipping in the house of Nisroch
heard how
Jhauemad dried vp all the riuers of the ||besiegec his god, that Adramelech and Share-
it lone agot places. zer his sons smote him with the sword
it ofancien 26 || Hast thou not heard long agoe. and they escaped into the land of t Ar- ifftt t Heb. Ara-
times ? rat.
Should I how I haue done it, and of ancient times, menia : and Esarhaddon his sonne reig-
now bring t that I haue formed it? now haue ' ned in his stead.
to be faide
waste> and brought it to passe, that thou shouldest
defended ci- C H A P . XXXVIII.
tes to be be to lay waste defenced cities into rui-
ruinous nous heapes. 1 Hezekiah hauing receiued a message oe of
teapes?
death
 riezekiah ficke, Ifaiah. His thankefgiuing.
death, by prayer hath his life lengthened. 8 from day euen to uigbt wilt thou make
The Sunne goeth teiine degrees backward, an end of me.
for a signe of that promise. 9 His song 14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did
o an esgmmg.
chatter; I did mourne as a doue:
* 2. Kin. 21, *N those daies was Heze- mine eyes faile with looking vpward :

I
2. chion.
32. 24. kiah sicke vnto death : and
Isaiah the Prophet the
sonne of Amoz came vnto
him, and said vnto him ;
t Hebr. giue
charge con- Thus saith the L O R D , tSet thine
cerning thy louse in order : for thou shalt die, and
house.
not Hue.
2 Then Hezekiah turned his face
;oward the wall, and prayed vnto the
L.ORD,
8 And said , Remember now , O
L.ORD, I beseech thee, how I haue
walked before thee in trueth, and with
a perfect heart, and haue done that
which is good in thy sight : and Heze-^
• Hebr. with dah wept tsore.
Teat wee*
ping. 4 IT Then came the word of the
^•ORD to Isaiah, saying,
5 Goe and say to Hezekiah, Thus
aith the LORD, the God of Dauid
ihy father; I haue heard thy prayer, I
laue seene thy teares : behold, I will
adde vnto thy dayes fifteene yeeres.
6 And I will deliuer thee and this
citie, out of thehand of the king of Assy-
ria : and I will defend this citie.
7 And this shall be a signe vnto thee
from the LORD, that the LORD
will doe this thing that he hath spoken.
8 Behold, I will bring againe the
shadqw of the degrees which is gone
t Hebr. de- downe in the tSunne-diall of Ahaz ten
grees by, or
with the degrees backward: so the Sunne re-
Sunne. ;urned ten degrees , by which degrees of the LORD ?
it was gone downe.
9 f The writing of Hezekiah king
of ludah, when he had bene sicke, anc
was recouered of his sicknesse :
10 I saide in the cutting off of my
dayes ; I shall goe to the gates of the
graue ; I am depriued of the residue o
my yeeres.
0 LORD, I am oppressed, ||vnder- Or-, ease
take for me. me*
15 What shall I say ? hee hath both
spoken vnto mee, and himselfe hath
lone it : I shall goe softly, all my yeeres
in the bitternesse of my soule,
16 O Lord , by these things men
iue : and in all these things is the life of
my spirit, so wilt thou recouer me, and
make me to Hue.
17 Behold, ||for peace I had great Or, on my
came
)itternesse, but t thou hast in loue to my peace
great bit-
soule deliu&red it from the pit of corrup- ernesse.
Hebr. thou
tion : for thou hast cast all my sinnes t>e- hastloued
linde thy backe me from the
pit.
18 For the graue cannot praise thee,
death cannot celebrate thee : they that
goe downe into the pit cannot hope for
;hy trueth,
19 The liuing, the liuing , hee shall
>raise thee, as I doe this day : the father
;o the children shall make knowen thy
trueth.
SO The LORD was ready to saue
me : therefore we will sing my songs to
the stringed instruments, all the dayes
of our life, in the house of the LORD.
21 For Isaiah had said , Let them
take a lumpe of figges, and lay it for a
Jaister vpon the boile, and he shall re-
souer.
22 Hezekiah also had said, What ?> the
signe, that I shall goe vp to the house
C H A P . XXXIX
1 Merodach Baladan sending to visit Hezekiah
because of the wonder, hath notice of his
treasures. 3 Isaiah vnderstanding thereof,
foretelleth the Babylonian captiuitie.
* T that time Merodach * 2. Kin. 20.

A
11 I said, I shal not see the LORD, Baladan the sonne of Ba- 12. &C.
cucn the LORD in the land of the li- ladan kincr of Babylon.
uing : I shal behold man no more with sent letters and a preseni
flip inliaViif-anfc n'f* flip wrvrlrl to Hezekiah: for hee had
12 Mine age is departed, and is re- heard that he had bene sicke , and was
moued from me as a shepheards tent : recouered.
I haue cut off like a weauer my life : he £ And Hezekiah was glad of them
li Or, From will cut mee off ||with pining sicknesse: and shewed them the house of his || pre- I Or,sjricery.
the thrum.
from day euen to night wilt thou make cious things, the siluer, and the golde
an end of me. and the spices, and the previous oynt-
13 I reckoned till morning, that as a ment, and all the house of his || armour H Or, jewels.
Lyon so will hee breake all my bones : and all that was found in his treasures heb. vessels
or instru-
there ments.
Of John Baptift. Chap.xl.
there was nothing in his house, nor in
all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed
them not.
3 11 Then came Isaiah the Prophet
vnto King Hezekiah , and sayde vnto
him, What sayd these men ? and from
whence came they vnto thee ? And He-
zekiah said, They are come from a farre
countrey vnto me, euen from Babylon.
4 Then said hee, What haue they
seene in thine house ? And Hezekiah an-
swered, All that is in mine house haue
they seene ; there is nothing among
my treasures, that I haue not shewed
them.
5 Then sayde Isaiah to Hezekiah,
Heare the word of the L O R D of
hostes.
6 Behold, the dayes come, that all
that is in thine house, and that which
thy fathers haue laide vp in store, vntill
this day, shalbe caried to Babylon : no-
thing shalbe left, saith the LORD.
7 And of thy sonnes that shall issue
from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall
they take away ; and they shall bee Eu-
nuches in the palace of the king of Ba-
bylon.
8 Then sayde Hezekiah to Isaiah,
Good is the word of the LORD which
thou hast spoken : hee sayd moreouer,
For there shalbe peace and trueth in my
dayes.
C H A P XL.
1 The promulgation of the Gospel. 3 The
preaching of lohn Baptist. 9 The preach-
ing of the Apostles. 12 The Prophet by
the omnipotencie of God, 18 and nis in-
comparablenes, 26 comforteth the people.
Omfort ye, comfort ye my
C
people, sayth your God.
\Heb.totte £ Speake ye t comfor-
\eart. tably to lerusalem, and
cry vnto her , that her
\\0r-, appoin- || warrefare is accompli-
ted time. shed, that her iniquitie is pardoned : for
shee hath receiued of the L O R D S
hand double for all her sinnes.
* Mat. 3. 3. 3 f *The voyce of him that cryeth
mark. 1. 3.
uke 3. 4. in the wildernesse, Prepare yee the way
ioh. 1. 23. of the LORD, make straight in the de-
sert a high way for our God.
4 Euery valley shalbe exalted, and
euery mountains and hill shalbe made
II Or, a
straight low ; and the crooked shall be made
dace. || straight, and tfie rough places ||plaine.
\\0rtaplaine
place. 5 And the glory of the LORD shall
All fleth is grafle.
be repealed, and all flesh shall see it toge-
ther : for the mouth of the LORD
hath spoken it.
6 The voyce sayd ; Cry. And hee
sayd; What shall I cry? * All flesh is * lob. 14. 2.
grasse, and all the goodlinesse thereof is psal. 112.
and 103. 15
as the flowre of the field. iam. 1. 10. i.
7 The grasse withereth, the flowre pet. 1. 24.
fadeth; because the spirit of the L O R D
bloweth vpon it ; surely the people is
grasse.
8- The grasse withereth, the flowre
fadeth : but the * word of our God shall * lohn 12.
24. i. pet. i.
stand for euer. 25.
9 IF || O Zion, that bringest good ty- II Or, 0 thou
that tellest
dings, get thee vp into the high moun- good tidings
taine : || O lerusalem , that brhigest n UTZion.
to
t u inou
1 f}f ft t'hfvti
good tidings, lift vp thy voyce with that tellest
strength, lift it vp, be not afraid : say vn- tolerusalem,
good tidings
to the cities of ludah ; Behold' your
God.
10 Behold, the Lord GOD will come
|| with strong hand, and his arme shall B Or, against
rule for him : behold , * his reward is the strong.
* Chap. 62
with him, and ||his worke before him. 11. P
8 0»v recom-
11 He shall *feede his flocke like a pencefor his
shepheard : he shall gather the lambes worke. * Eze. 34.
with his arme, and c&rie them in his bo- 23. ioh. 10.
some, and shall gently lead those ({that 11. 1 Or that
are with yoong. giue sucke*
1& U Who hath measured the wa-
ters in the hollow of his hand ? and me-
ted out heauen with the spanne , and
comprehended the dust of the earth in
ta measure, and weighed the mpun- \Heb.a L tcTce*
taines in scales , aud the hilles in a ba-
lance ?
13* Who hath directed! the spirit of • Wisd. 9.
the LORD> or, being this counseller, 34. la. rom. 11.
1. cor. 2.
hath taught him ? 10.
t Heb. man
14? With whom tooke he counsell, of Ms cowri.
and who t instructed him , and taughtsell.
t Heb» made
him in the path of lodgement ? and him vnder-
stand.
taught him knowledge, and shewed to
him the way of t vnderstanding ? \ Heb. vn»
15 Behold, the nations are as a drop der stan-
dings.
of a bucket, and are counted as the small
dust of the balance : behold, hee taketh
vp the yles as a very litle thing.
16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to
burne, nor the beasts thereof sufficient
for a burnt offring.
17 All nations before him are as * no- •Dan. 4.
thing, and they are counted to him lesse 32.
then nothing, and vanitie.
18 11 To whom then will ye * liken •ActS.17.
God P or what likenesse will ye compare 80.
vnto him ?
1 9 The workeman melteth a graueti
image,
Gods power, and Ifaiah.
image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it
ouer with golde, and casteth siluer
chaines.
t Heb. Is
ation.
20 He that t& so impouerished that
wore of ob- ic hath no oblation, chooseth a tree that
will not rot ; he seeketh vnto him a cun-
ning workeman, to prepare a grauen
image that shall not be mooued.
21 Haue yee not knowen ? haue yee
not heard ? hath it not beene tolde you
from the beginning? haue yee not vn-
derstood from the foundations of the
earth ?
1! Or, him
22 1| It is he thatsitteth vpon the circle
that sitteth,
4fC. of the earth, and the inhabitants there-
* Psa. 104. 2. of are as grashoppers ; that * stretcheth
out the heaxiens as a curtaine, and
spreadeth them out as a tent to dwel in:
* lob 12. 21. 23 That bringeth the * princes to no-
>sa. 107* 40.
thing; hee maketh the Judges of the
earth as vanitie.
24 Yea they shal not be planted, yea
they shall not be sowen, yea their stocke ends of the earth were afraid, drew
shall not take roote in the earth : and he neere, and came.
shall also blow vpon them, & they shall
wither, and the whirlewinde shall take
them away as stubble.
25 To whom then will ye liken me,
or shal I be equall, saith the Holy One?
26 Lift vp your eyes on high, and
behold who hath created these things.
that bringeth out their host by number : ring : and he fastened it with nayles ofII Or,
he calleth them all by names, by the
greatnesse of his might, for that hee is
strong in power, not one faileth.
27 Why sayest thou, O lacob, and
speakest O Israel, My way is hid from
the LORD, and my Judgement is pas-
sed ouer from my God ?
28 1T Hast thou not knowen ? hast
thou not heard, that the euerlasting
God, the LORD, the Creatour of the
ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither
*Psa.l47.5. is wearie ? * there is no searching of his
vnderstanding.
29 He giueth power to the faint, and
to them that haue no might, he increa-
se th strength.
30 Euen the youths shall faint, and
be weary, and the yong men shall vtter-
ly fall.
31 But they that waite vpon the
\H exchange LORD, shall t renew their strength :
they shall mount vp with wings as Ea-
gles, they shal runne and not be weary,
and they shall walke, and not faint.
C H A P . XLI.
1 God expostulated! with his people, about his hold thy right hand, saying vnto thee,
prouidence for his.
mercies to the Church, 10 about his promi-
ses, 21 and about the vanity of Idoles.
Eepe silence before me, O
K y lands, and let the people
renew their strength : let
| t^iem come neere» then let
them speake : let vs come
neere together to iudgement.
2 Who raised vp tthe righteous t Heb. righ-
man from the East , called him to his teousnesse.
foote, gaue the nations before him, and
made him rule ouer kings ? hee gaue
them as the dust to his sword, and as dri-
uen stuble to his bow.
3 He pursued them, and passed t safe- 1 Heb. in
ly; euen by the way, that hee had not peace.
gone with his feete.
4 Who hath wrought and done ft,
calling the generations from the begin-
ning? I the LORD the *first, and with *10.Chap. 43.
and 44.
the last, I am he. 6. and 48.
5 The yles saw it and feared, the 12. reu. 1.
17. and 22.
13.
6 They helped euery one his neigh-
bour, and euery one sayd to his brother,
t Be of good courage. t Heb. be
7 So the carpenter encouraged the strong.
|| goldsmith, and lie that smootheth with II Or, foun-
the hammer || him that smote the an- der. 11 Or, the smi-
uill , || saying ; It is ready for the sode- ting.
saying
the soder.
that it should not be moued. it is good.
8 But thou Israel, art my seruant,
lacob whom I haue * chosen, the seede *Deut. 7. 6.
and 10. 15.
of Abraham my * friend. and 14. 2.
9 Thou whom I haue taken from chau 135. psal.
43. 1
4.
the ends of the earth , and called thee and 44. i. *
from the chiefe men thereof, and sayd 20. *2. Chron.
7. lam*
vnto thee; Thou art my seruant, I 2. 23*.
haue chosen thee , and not cast thee a-
way.
10 IT Feare thou not, for I am with
thee : be not dismaied, for I am thy
God : I will strengthen thee, yea I will
helpe thee, yea I will vphold thee with
the right hand of my righteousnesse.
11 Behold, all they that were incen-
sed against thee, shalbe** ashamed and *EKOd.23.
confounded : they shall be as nothing, 22. chap.
60. 12.
and tthey that striue with thee, shall Zech. 12. 3.
t Heb. the
perish. men of thy
12 Thou shalt seeke them, and shalt strife.
not find them, euen tthem that conten- t Heb. the
ded with thee : tthey that warre against men of thy
contention.
thee shalbe as nothing , and as a thing t Heb. the
of nought. men of thy
warre.
13 For I the LORD thy God will
Feare
What idoles are. Chap.xlij. Chrifts Office.
Feare not, I will helpe thee. ginning* that we may know ? and be-
14 Feare not, thou worme lacob, fore time, that we may say, He is righte-
i Or, few and ye || men of Israel : I will helpe ous ? yea there is none that sheweth,
men. thee, saith the L O R D , and thy Re- yea there is none that declareth, yea
deemer, the Holy One of Israel there is none that heareth your words.
15 Behold, I will make thee a new 27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold,
sharpe threshing instrument hauing behold them, and I will giue to leru-
t Hebr. t teeth : thou shah thresh the moun- salem one that bringeth good tidings.
mouthes. taines, and beate them small, and shalt 28 For I behelde, and there was no
make the hilles as chaffe. man, euen amongst them, and there
16 Thou shalt fanne them, and the was no counsellor, that when I asked of
winde shall carie them away, and the them, could t answere a word. MJeb r*
whirlewinde shall scatter them • and 29 Behold, they are all vanitie, their turne
thou shalt reioyce in. the LORD, and works are nothing : their moulten ima
shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. ges are winde and confusion.
17 When the poore and needle seeke
water and there isnone>atid their tongue C H A P . XLII.
faileth for thirst, I the Lord will heare
them, / the God of Israel will not for- 1 and The Office of Christ, graced with meelcenes
constancie. 5 Gods promise vnto him. 10
sake them. An exhortation to praise God for his Gospel.
* Chap. 35.' 18 I will open * riuers in hie places, 17 He reproueth the people of incredulitie.
7. and 44. 3,
and fountaines in the midst of the val-
* Psal. 107- leys : I will make the * wildernesse a hold *my seruant whome •Mat, 12.
35.
"
poole of water, arid the dry land springs
of water.
19 I will plant in the wildernes the B ^ vPn°W, mine elect in zvhom 18.
m
y sou^e *delighteth : I • Mat
aue put my Spirit vpon and
Cedar, the Shittah tree, and the Myr- him, he shall bring forth Judgement to
3. 17-
17* 5.
eph. 1. 6.

tle, and the Oyle tree : I will set in the the Gentiles.
desert the Firre tree, and the Pine and 2 Hee shall not crie, nor lift vp,
the Boxe tree together: nor cause his voyce to bee heard in the
20 That they may see, and knowe, streete.
and consider, and vnderstand together, 3 A bruised reed shall he not breake,
that the hand of the L O R D hath done and the || smoking flaxe shall hee not I Or, dimly
this, and the Holy One of Israel hath t quench : he shall bring forth iudgment tturning. Hebr.
created it. vnto trueth. quench it.
t Heb. cause 21 t Produce your cause , saith the 4 He shall not faile nor be t discoura- !• Heb. 6ro.
to come
neere* LORD, bring foorth your strong rea- ged, till he haue set Judgement in the '(en*
sons, saith the King of lacob. earth ; and the yles shall waite for his
28 Let them bring them foorth, and lawe.
shew vs what shall happen : let them 5 f Thus saith God the LORD,
shew the former things what they bee, he that created the heauens, and stret-
t Heb. set that we may t consider them, and know ched them out, he that spread foorth the
our heart
vpon them. the latter end of them, or declare vs earth, and that which commeth out of
things for to come. it, he that giueth breath vnto the people
23 Shewe the things that are to vpon it, and spirit to them that walke
come hereafter, that wee may knowe therein :
that ye are gods : yea doe good or (Joe 6 I the LORD haue called thee in
euill, that we may be dismayed, and be- righteousnes, and wil hold thine hand,
hold it together. and will keepe thee, and giue thee for a
1 Or, worse
then nothing
24 Behold, ye are || of nothing, and couenant of the people, for * a light of * Chap. 49.
6. luk. 2. 32
I Or, worse your worke || of nought : an abominati- the Gentiles : acts. 13. 47.
then of a
viper.
on is he that chooseth you. 7 To open the blind eyes, to * bring *Chap. 81.
25 I haue raised vp one from the out the prisoners from the prison, and 1.
North, and he shall come : from the ri- them that sit in * darkenesse out of the • Luk. 4. 18
heb. 2. 14,
sing of the Sunne shall he call vpon my prison house. 15. cha. 9. 2.
name, and he shall come vpon princes as 8 I am the L O R D ; that is my
vpon morter, and as the potter trea- name, and my # glory will I not giue * CHap. 48.
deth clay. to another, neither my praise to grauen 11.
26 Who hath declared from the be- images.
9 Behold,
The corner done, Chap.xxix.
* Psal. 119. foundation , *a stone, a tryed stone, a
22, matth,
21. 42. acts pretious corner stone, a sure foundati-
4. ll. l. pet. on : hee that beleeueth, shall not make
2. 6, 7, «.
rom. 9. 33. haste.
and 10. 11.
17 Judgement also will I lay to
the line, and righteousnesse to the plum-
met : and the haile shall sweepe away
the refuge of lyes, and the waters shall
ouerflow the hiding place.
18 IF And your couenant with death
shalbe disanulled, and your agreement
with hell shall not stand; when the o-
uerflowing scourge shall passe tho-
t Heb. a rough, then yee shalbe ttroden downe
treading
downe to it. by it
19 From the time that it goeth
forth, it shall take you : for morning by
morning shall it passe ouer, by day and
by night, and it shalbe a vexation, onely
H Or, when || to vnderstand the report.
he shall makt
you to un- 20 For the bed is shorter, then that
derstand
doctrine.
a man can stretch himselfe on it: and the
couering narrower, then that he can
wrap himselfe in it.
21 For the L O R D shall rise vp as
* 2. Sam. 5. in mount * Perazim, he shalbe wroth as
20. 1. chro,
14. 13. in the valley of #Gibeon, that he may
* losh. 10. doe his worke, his strange worke; and
12. 2. earn.
5. 25. 1. chr. bring to passe his act, his strange act.
14. 16. 22 NoW therefore be yee not moc-
kers , lest your bands be made strong:
for I haue heard from the Lord GOD
of hostes a consumption euen determi-
ned vpon the whole earth.
23 1F Giue yee eare, and heare my
voyce, hearken and heare my speach.
24 Doth the plowman plow all
day to sow ? doth he open and breake
the clods of his ground ?
25 When hee hath made plaine the
Pace thereof, doth he not cast abroad the
fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast
it Or, the in the ||principall wheate, and the ap-
wheat in the
principaU pointed barly and the ||rye in their
ilace and
Parley in the
t place ?
appointed 26 || For his God doth instruct him
place.
II Or, spelt. to discretion, and doth teach him.
t Heb. bor- 27 For the fitches are not threshed
der.
t Or, ami he with a threshing instrument, neither is
bindetk it in a cart wheele turned about vpon the
such sort as
God doth cummin : but the fitches are beaten out
teach him. with a staffe, and the cummin with a
rodde.
28 Bread corne is bruised; because he
will not euer be threshing it, nor breake
t with the wheele of his cart, nor bruise
it with his horsemen.
29 This also commeth forth from
the L O R D of hostes, which is wonder-
Againft lerufalem,
full in counsell, and excellent in wor-
king.
C H A P XXIX.
1 Gods heauy Judgement vpon Jerusalem.
7 The vnsatiablenesse of her enemies.
9 The sencelesnesse, 13 and deepe hypo-
crisie of the lewes. 18 A promise of san-
ctification to the godly.
Oe to Ariel, to Ariel ||the I Or, oh
W
that
citie where Dauid dwelt: Arielis the lyon of
adde yee yeere to yeere; let of the oitie.
God: Or,
them tkill sacrifices. t Heb. out off
, 2 Yet I will distresse the heads.
Ariel, and there shalbe heauinesse and
sorrow; and it shall be vnto mee as A-
riel.
3 Aud I will campe against thee
round about, and will lay siege against
thee with a mount, and I will raise
forts against thee.
4 And thou shalt bee brought
downe, and shalt speake out of the
ground, and thy speach shall be low out
of the dust, and thy voice shalbe as of
one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the
ground, and thy speach shall t whisper •\ Heb. peepe
or chirpe.
out of thje dust.
5 Moreouer the multitude of thy
strangers shalbe like small dust, and the
multitude of the terrible ones shalbe as
chaffe, that passeth away; yea it shalbe
at an instant suddenly,
6 Thou shalt bee visited of the
LORD of hostes with thunder, and
with earthquake, and great noise, with
storme and tempest, and the flame of de-
uouring fire.
7 1F And the multitude of all the
nations that fight against Ariel, euen
all that fight against her and her muni-
tion, and that distresse her, shalbe as a
dreame of a night vision.
8 It shall euen be as when a hun-
gry man dreameth , and behold he ea-
teth; but he awaketh, and his soule is
emptie : or as when a thirstie man drea-
meth, and behold he drinketh; but hee
awaketh, and behold he is faint, and his
soule hath appetite: so shall the multi-
tude of all the nations bee, that fight a-
gainst mount Zion.
9 f Stay your selues and wonder,
11cry yee out, and cry: they are drunken, your
I Or, tajcd
plea-
but not with wine, they stagger, but not sure and
with strong drinke. riot.
10 For the L O R D hath powred out
vpon you the spirit of deepe sleepe, and
hath closed your eyes : the Prophets
and
Gods loue to Chap.xliiij.
9 Let all the nations be gathered
together, and let the people be assem-
* Chap. 41. bled : *who among them can declare
21.
this , and shew vs former things ? let
them bring foorth their witnesses , that
they may be iustified : or let them heare,
and say, It is trueth.
10 Yee are my witnesses , saith the
L O R D , and my seruant whom I
haue chosen : that ye may know and be-
leeue me, and vnderstand that I am he:
*Cha. 41.4. * before me there was ||no God formed,
and 44. 8.
li Or, nothing neither shall there be after me.
formed of
flnA
\jtWf »
11 I, euen I *am the LORD, and be-
* Chap. 45. side me there is no Sauiour.
21. ose. 13. 12 I haue declared, and haue saued,
A
t»
and I haue shewed, when there was
no strange God among you : therefore
yee are my witnesses, saith the LORD,
that I am God.
13 Yea before the day was> I am hee;
and there is none that can deliuer out of
my hand : I will worke, and who shall
t Heb. turne t*letit?
it backs.
* lob 9. 12. 14 If Thus sayth the L O R D your
chap. 14. 17 Redeemer, the Holy one of Israel; For
your sake I haue sent to Babylon, and
iHekbarres haue brought downe all their t nobles,
and
i_ • the Caldeans , whose crie is in the
shippes.
15 I am the LORD, your Holy one,
the Creatour of Israel, your King.
16 Thus sayth the LORD, which
* Bxod. 14. *maketh a way in the sea, and *a path
* losh. 3.
in the mightie waters :
17 Which bringeth foorth the charet
and horse, the armie and the power:
they shall lie downe together, they shall
not rise : they are extinct, they are quen-
ched as towe.
18 f Remember yee not the former
things , neither consider the things of
olde.
* 2. Cor. e. 19 Behold, I will doe a *new thing:
17. reuel. now it shall spring foorth, shall yee not
21.6.
know it ? I will euen make a way in
the wildernesse, and riuers in the de-
sert.
20 The beast of the field shall honor
11 Or, ostri- mee, the dragons and the ||owles, be-
ches. Hebr.
daughters of cause I giue waters in the wildernesse,
the owte. and riuers in the desert, to giue drinke
to my people, my chosen.
* Luke I. 21 * This people haue I formed for
74, 75.
my selfe, they shall shewe foorth my
praise.
22 f But thou hast not called vpon
me, O lacob, but thou hast beene wea-
rie of me, O Israel.
his chofen people.
23 Thou hast not brought mee the
|small cattell of thy burnt offrings, nei- Heb, lambs
ther hast thou honoured mee with thy or kids.
sacrifices. I haue not caused thee to
serue with an offring, nor wearied thee
with incense.
%4s Thou hast bought mee no sweete
cane with money, neither hast thou t fil- Heb. made
led mee with the fat of thy sacrifices: but me drunke:
or<abundaht~
thou hast made mee to serue with thy y moistened.
sins, thou hast wearied mee with thine
iniquities.
25 I, euen 1 am hee that *blotteth * Ezek. 36.
out thy transgressions for mine owne 22» &C.
sake, and will not remember thy sinnes.
26 Put mee in remembrance : let vs
plead together : declare thou, that thou
mayest bee iustified.
27 Thy first father hath sinned, and
thy t teachers haue transgressed against tiretSTSt
Heb. inter-
mee.
28 Therefore I haue profaned the
Uprinces of the Sanctuarie , and haue II Or t holy
giuen lacob to the curse, and Israel to princes,
reproches.
C H A P . XLiiH.
1 God comforteth the Church with his promi-
ses. 7 The vanity of Idols, 9 and folly 01
Idolmakers. 21 He exhorteth to prayse God
for his redemption and omnipotency.
Et now heare, * O lacob * Cha. 41. 8.
Y
iy seruant, and Israel and 43. 6.
iere. 30. 10.
whom I haue chosen. and 46. 27.
2 Thus sayeth the
IQ^Ogr^l? L O R D that made thee,
and formed thee from the woinbe, whicl
wil helpe thee: Feare not, O lacob, my
seruant , and thou lesurun, whom I
haue chosen.
3 For I will *powre water vpon * Cha, 35. 7.
him that is thirstie , and floods vpon ioel 2. 28.
ioh. 7. 38.
the dry ground : I will powre my spirit acts 2. 18.
vpon thy seede, and my blessing vpon
thine offspring:
4 And they shall spring vp as among
the grasse, as willowes by the water
courses.
5 One shall say, I am the LORDS
and another shall call himselfe by the
name of lacob : and another shall sub-
scribe with his hand vnto the LORD,
and surname himselfe by the name o:
Israel.
6 Thus saith the LORD the king
of Israel and his redeemer the £ORD * Cha. 41.4.
and 48. 12.
of hostes, *I am the first, and I am the reuel. i. 8,
last, and besides me there is no God. 22.17. and
13.
7 And
Vanitie of I doles, Ifaiah. and Idolaters.
7 And who 9 as I, shall call, and )eliuer me, for thou art my God.
ball declare it, and set it in order for me, 18 They haue not know en, nor vn-
ince I appointed the ancient people? erstood: for he hath tshut their eyes, Heb, daw.
nd the things that are comming, and lat they cannot see ; and their hearts, d.
hall come ? let them shew vnto them. bat they cannot vnderstand.
8 Feare yee not , neither be afraid : 19 And none t considereth in his Heb. set-
thtohis
laue not I told thee from that time, leart , neither is tliere knowledge nor heart.
and hauo declared it ? yee are euen my vnderstanding to say; I haue burnt
witnesses. Is there a God besides me? )art of it in the fire, yea also I haue ba-
* Chap. 45. yea * there is no tGod, I know not ted bread vpon the coales thereof : I
5. deut. 4.
35. 39. and any. laue rosted flesh and eaten it; and shall
32. 39. 1. 9 U They that make a grauen make the residue thereof an abomi-
sam. 2. 2.
Heb.rocke. mage are all of them vanitie, and their nation? shall I fall downe to tthe^tocke Heb. that
t Heb.de- which comes
'vreable. •delectable things shall not profit , and of a tree ? fa tree.
*Psal. 115. they are their owne witnesses, *they see £0 He feedeth of ashes : a deceiued
4. &C.
not, nor know ; that they may be asha- leart hath turned him aside , that he
med. cannot deliuerhis soule, nor say ; Is there
10 Who hath formed a God, of moul- not a lie in my right hand ?
ten a grauen image that is profitable for 21 11 Remember these (O lacob
nothing ? and Israel) for thou art my seruant: 1
11 Behold, all his fellowes shall be laue formed thee : thou art my seruant,
* Psal. 49. 7 * ashamed : and the workemen, they are O Israel ; thou shall not be forgotten
*nap. i. 29.
and 42. 17. of men : let them all be gathered toge- of me.
and 45. 16. ther ,let them standrp ;yet they shalfeare, 22 I haue blotted out, as a thicke
and they shalbe ashamed together. cloude , thy transgressions , and as a
* ler. 10. 3.
wisd. 13. 11
12 * The smith || with the tonges a cloud, thy sinnes: returne vnto me, for
II Or, with Doth worketh in the coales, and fashio- [ haue redeemed thee.
an axe. neth it with hammers, and worketh it 23 Sing, O yee heauens; for the
with the strength of his armes : yea he L O R D hath done it : shout yee lowe
is hungrie, and his strength faileth; hee parts of the earth : breake forth into
drinketh no water, and is faint. singing yee mountaines, O forrest am
13 The carpenter stretchetli out his euery tree therein : for the LORD hat]
rule : he maketh it out with the line : he redeemed lacob, and glorified himselfe
Stteth it with planes, and he marketh in Israel.
it out with the compasse, and maketh it 24? Thus saith the L O R D thy re
after the figure of a man, according to deemer , and he that formed thee from
the beautie of a man ; that it may re- the wombe; I am the LORD tha
maine in the house. maketh all things, that stretcheth fort)
14 He heweth him downe cedars, the heauens alone , that spreadeth a-
and taketh the Cypresse and the Oke, broad the earth by my selfe :
II Or, taketh which he ||strengthneth for himselfe a- 25 That frustrateth the tokens o:
courage. mong the trees of the forrest : he plan- the lyers, and maketh diuiners mad
teth an Ashe , and the raine doth nou- that turneth wisemen backward, anc
rish it. maketh their knowledge foolish :
15 Then shall it bee for a man to 26 That confirmed! the word of hi
burner for hee will take thereof am seruant, and per form eth the counsell o
warme himselfe ; yea he kindleth it anc his messengers, that saith to lerusa
baketh bread; yea he maketh a God lem , Thou shalt be inhabited ; and t
and worshippeth it : he maketh it a gra- the cities of ludah , Yee shall be built
uen image, and faileth downe thereto. and I will raise vp the t decayed place \Heb.
wastes.
16 He burneth part thereof in the thereof.
fire : with part thereof he eateth flesh : 27 That saith to the deepe ; Be dry
he rosteth rost, and is satisfied : yea hee and I will drie vp thy riuers.
warmeth himselfe^ and saith ; Aha, I am 28 That saith of Cyrus , Hee is m
warme, I haue seene the fire. shepheard, and shall performe all m
17 And the residue thereof he ma- pleasure, euen saying to lerusalem
keth a God, euen his grauen image : hee *Thou shalt be built, and to the Tern * 2. Chron.
36. 22. ezr.
faileth downe vnto it, and worshippet pie. Thy foundation shalbe laid. 1. 1. chap.
it , and prayeth vnto it , and saith ; 45. 13.
CHAP
Cyrus called. Chap.xlv.
d H A R XLV.
1 God calleth Cyrus for his Churches sake. 5
By his omnipotencie he challengeth obedi-
ence. 20 Hee conuinceth the idoles of va-
nitie, hy his sauing power.
S^^p^jfi Hus saith the L O R D to
T
his Anointed, to Cyrus
whose right hande 1
D Or, streng ||haue holden, to subdue
thened. nations before him: and
I will loose the loines of kings to open
before him the two leaued gates , and
the gates shall not be shut.
2 I will goe before thee, and makfe
the crooked places straight, I wil break
in pieces the gates of brasse, and cut in
sunder the barres of yron.
3 And I will giue thee the treasures
of darkenesse, & hidden riches of secret
places, that thou mayest know, that I
the L O R D which call thee by thy
name, am the God of Israel.
4 For lacob my seruarits sake, and
Israel mine elect , I haue euen called
thee by thy name : I haue surnamed
thee, though thou hast not knowen me.
* Deu. 4.35 5 IT I * am the Lord, and there is none
39. and 32.
39. chap. els, there is no God besides me: I girded
44. 8. thee, though thou hast not knowen me:
6 That they may knowe from the
rising of the Sun, and from the West,
that there is none besides me, I am the
LORD, and there is none else.
7 I forme the light, and create
darkenesse : I make peace, and create
euill : I the LORD do all these things.
8 Drop downe, ye heauens, from a-
3oue, and let the skies powre downe
righteousnesse : let the earth open, and
et them bring forth saluation, and let
righteousnesse spring vp together : I
the LORD haue created it.
9 Woe vnto him that striueth with
lis maker: Let the potsheard striue
* ler. 18. 0. with the potsheards of the earth : * shal
rom. 9. 20.
the clay say to him that fashioneth it,
What makest thou ? or thy worke , he
lath no hands ?
10 Woe vnto him that saith vnto his
father, What begettest thou ? or to the
woman, What hast thou brought forth?
11 Thus saith the LORD, the Holy
One of -Israel) and his maker , Aske
me of things to come concerning my
sonnes, and concerning the worke of
my hands command ye me.
12 I haue made the earth, and crea-
ted man vpon it : I , euen my handes
God onely Lord.
liaue stretched out the heauens, and all
their hoste haue I commanded.
13 I haue raised him vp in righte-
ousnesse, and I will || direct all his I Or. make
wayes: he shall * build-my citie, and hee straight.
* Chron. 36
shall let goe my captiues, not for price 22. ezra. 1.1
cha. 44. 28
nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.
14 Thus saith the LORD, The
labour of Egypt, and merchandise of
Ethiopia, and of the Sabearis, men of
stature shall come ouer vnto thee, and
they shall be thine, they shall come after
thee, in chaines they shall come ouer :
and they shal fall downe vnto thee, they
shal make supplication vnto thee, saying,,
Surely God is in thee, and there is none
else, there is no god.
15 Verely thou art a God that hidest
thy selfe, O God of Israel the Saui-
our.
16 They shall be ashamed, and also
confounded all of them : they shall goe
to confusion together that are * makers*Chap.44.
11.
of idoles.
17 But Israel shall bee saued in the
L O R D with an euerlasting saluation :
ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded
world without end.
18 For thus saith the L O R D that
created the heauens, God himselfe that
formed the earth and made it, hee hath
established it, he created it not in vaine,
he formed it to be inhabited, I am the
LORD, and there is none else.
19 I haue not spoken in * secret, in a * Deut. 30.
darke place of the earth : I said not vn- u.
to the seed of Idcob, Seeke ye mee in
vaine ; I the L O R D speake righte-
ousnesse , I declare things that are
right.
20 1f Assemble your seliies and
come : draw neere together ye that are
escaped of the nations; they haue no
knowledge that set vp the wood of
their grauen image, and pray vnto a
god that cannot saue.
£1 Tell ye and bring them neere, yea
let them take counsel! together, who
hath declared this from ancient time ?
who hath told it from that time ? Haue
not I the LORD ? and there is no God
else beside me , a iust God and a Saui-
our, there is none beside me.
22 Looke vnto mee, and be ye saued
all the endes of the earth : for I am
God, and there is none else.
-23 I haue sworne- by any selfe: the
Word is gone out of my mouth in righ-
teousnes, atttaliftU H£t resume, that vn-
to
God beareth his Ifaiah.
* Rom. 14. to me euery *knee shall bowe, euery
11. phil. 2.
10. tongue shall sweare.
II Or, surely
he shall say
24 || Surely, shall one say, In the
of me, In m L O R D haue I righteousnesse and
Lord is all strength : euen to him shall men come,
righteousne
and strength
Hebr. righ-
and all that are incensed against him,
teousnesses. shalbe ashamed.
£5 In the L O R D shall all the seed
of Israel be Justified, and shall glory.
C H A P . XLVI.
1 The idoles of Babylon could not saue them-
selues. 3 God saueth his people to the end.
5 I doles are not comparable to God for
Dower. 12 or nresent saluation.
El boweth downe, Nebo
B stoupeth, their idoles were
vpon the beasts, and vpon
the cattell : your carriages
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2 They stoupe, they bow downe to-
gether, they could not deliuer the bur-
MIebr.thei'i den, but tthemselues are gone into cap-
soule. tiuitie.
3 f Hearken vnto me, O house df
lacob, and al the remnant of the house
of Israel, which are borne by me, from
the belly, which are caried from the
worn be.
4 And euen to your old age I am he,
and euen to hoare haires will I cary
you : I haue made , and I will beare,
euen I wil cary and wil deliuer you,
5 1F To whom wil ye liken me, and
* Chap. 40. make me equall, and * compare me, that
18, 25.
we may be like ?
6 They lauish gold out of the bagge,
and weigh siluer in the balance, and hire
a goldsmith, and hee maketh it a god :
they fall downe, yea they worship.
7 They beare him vpon the shoul-
der, they cary him and set him in his
place, and hee standeth; from his place
shall he not remooue : yea one shall cry
vnto him, yet can he not answere, nor
saue him out of his trouble.
8 Remember this , and shew your
selues men : bring it againe to minde, O
ye transgressours.
9 Remember the former things of
old, for I am God , and there is none else,
/ am God, and there is none like me,
10 Declaring the end from the be-
ginning, and from ancient times the
ihings that are not yet done , saying,
* Psal. 33. *My counselLshall stand, and I wil doe
11. pro. 19.
21. and 21. all my pleasure :
30. hebr. 6. 11 Calling a rauenous bird from the
17.
Babylons pride.
East, t the man that executeth my coun-t Hebr. the
sell from a farre countrey; yea I haue man of my
counsell.
spoken it, I will also bring it to passe, I
haue purposed it. I will also doe it.
12 IT Hearken vnto me, ye stout hear-
tedj that are farre from righteousnesse.
ID 1 bring neere my righteousnesse:
it shall not bee farre off, and my salua-
tion shall not tarie; and I wil place sal-
uation in Zion for Israel my glorie.
C H A P . XLVII.
1 Gods Judgement vpon Babylon and Cal-
daea, 6 for their vnmercifulnesse, 7 pride,
10 and ouerboldneS; 11 shalbe vnresistable.
Ome downe and sit in the
C
dust : O virgin daughter
of Babylon, sit on the
ground: there is no throne,
O daughter of the Cal-
a burden to the wearie beast deans : for th
tender and delicate.
2 Take the milstones and grinde
meale, vncouer thy lockes : make bare
the legge: vncouer the thigh, passe ouer
the riuers.
3 Thy nakednes shalbe vncouered,
yea thy shame shalbe scene i I will take
vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a
man.
4 As for our redeemer, the L O R D
of hostes is his Name, the Holy one of
Israel.
5 Sit thou silent^ and get thee into
darknes, O daughter of the Calde-
ans : for thou shalt no more be called the
Ladie of kingdomes.
6 11 I was wroth with my people :
I haue polluted mine inheritance, and
giuen them into thine hand: thou didst
shew them no mercy; vpon the ancient
hast thou very heauily layed the yoke.
7 1F And thou saydst, I shall bee *a • Reue. 18.
Ladie for euer : so that thou didst not lay 7.
these things to thy heart, neither didst
remember the later end of it.
8 Therefore heare now this, thou
that art giuen to pleasures , that dwel-
lest carelesly, that sayest in thine heart,
I am, and none else besides mee, I
shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I
know the losse of children.
9 But these two * things shall come * Chap. 51.
to thee in a moment in one day ; the 19.
losse of children, and widowhood ; they
shall come vpon thee in their perfecti-
on, for the multitude of thy sorceries,
and for the great abundance of thine in-
chantments.
10 1f For
 Vaine fciences. Chap.xlviij.
10 f For thou hast trusted m thy
wickednesse: thou hast said. None seeth
me. Thy wisedome and thy know-
10r, caused ledge, it hath Hperuerted thee, and thou
thee to turne
away. "" hast said in thine heart, I am, and none
else besides me.
11 IF Therefore shall euill come vp-
t Heb. the on thee, thou shalt not know tfrom
morning
thereof. whence it riseth: and mischiefe shall fal
t Heb. ex- vpon thee, thou shalt not be able to tput
piate.
it off : and desolation shall come vp-
on thee suddenly, which, thou shalt not
know.
1» Stand now with thine inchant-
ments, and with the multitude of thy
sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured
from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be a-
ble to profite, if so be thou mayest pre-
uaile.
13 Thou art wearied in the multi-
1
Heb. view- tude of thy counsels: let now the t astro-
ers of the
heauens. logers, the starre-gazers, the tmoneth-
t Heb. that ly prognosticators stand vp, and saue
giue know-
ledge con- thee from these things that shall come
cerning the vDon thee.
monetKs.'
14 Behold, they shall be as stubble:
the fire shall burne them, they shall not
t Heb. their deliuer t themselues from the power of
soules.
the flame: there shall not bee a coale to
warme at, nor fire to sit before it.
15 Thus shal they be vnto thee with
whom thou hast laboured, euen thy
merchants from thy youth 5 they shall
wander euery one to his quarter : none
shall ssue thee.
C H A P . XLVIIL
1 God, to conuince the people of their fore-
knowen obstinacie, reuealed his prophecies,
9 He saueth them for his owne sake. 12 He
exhorteth them to obedience, because of his
power and prouidence. 16 Hee lamenteth
their backewardnesse. 20 Hee powerfully
deliuereth his out of Babylon.
Eare yee this, O house of
H
lacob, which are called
by the name of Israel, and
are come foorth out of the
waters of ludah; which
sweare by the Name of the LORD,
and make mention of the God of Isra-
el, but not in trueth nor in righteousnes.
2 For they call themselues of the ho-
ly city , and stay themselues vpon the
Jod of Israel, the LORD of hostes
is his Name.
3 I haue declared the former things
from the beginning : and they went
God trieth his.
foorth out of my mouth, and I snewe
them , I did them suddenly, and the;
came to passe.
4 Because I knew that thou ar
t obstinate, and thy necke is an yron si- t Heb. ?iard.
new, and thy brow brasse:
5 I haue euen from the beginning
declared & to thee; before itcametopassi
I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest
say, Mine idole hath done them, and m]
grauen image, and my molten lmag<
hath commanded them.
6 Thou hast heard, see all this, anc
will not yee declare it ? I haue shewec
thee new things from this time, euei
hidden things, and thou didst not knov
them.
7 They are created now, and not
from the beginning, euen before the daj
when thou heardest them not; lest thoi
shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
8 Yea thou heardest not, yea thoi
knewest not, yea from that time tha
thine eare was not opened: for I knev
that thou wouldest deale very treache
rously, and wast called a transgressor
from the wombe.
9 II For my names sake will I de-
ferre mine anger, and for my praise will
I refraine for thee, that I cut thee noi
off,
10 Behold, I haue refined thee, bui
not || with siluer; I haue chosen thee ir I Or, for sil-
uer.
the fornace of affliction.
11 For mine owne sake, euen for mine
owne sake will I doe it; for how shoulc
my Name bee polluted ? and I will noi
jiue my * glory vnto another. * Cha. 42.8.
12 H Hearken vnto me, 0 Jacob,
and Israel my called; I am hee, I #ffi
the * first, I also am the last. * Cha. 41. 4.
and 44. 6.
13 Mine hand also hath laid the foun- reuel. 1.17.
dation of the earth, and ||my right hand and 22. 13.
H Or, the
lath spanned the heauens : when I call palme of my
-ight hand
vnto them, they stand vp together. hath spread
14 All yee assemble your selues and out.
leare : which among them hath decla-
red these things? the LORD hath lo-
aed him : hee will doe his pleasure on
Babylon, and his arme shall be on the
Caldeans.
15 I, euen I haue spoken, yea I haue
called him : I haue brought him, and
le shall make his way prosperous.
16 11 Come ye neere vnto me ; heare
ye this ; I haue not spoken in secret from
ihe beginning; from the time that it
was , there am I ; and now the Lord
GOD and his Spirit hath sent me.
17 Thus
Goe from Babylon. Ifaiah.
17 Thus saith the L O R D thy re-
deemer, the holy one of Israel; I am
the L O R D thy God which teacheth
thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the
way that thou shouldest goe.
18 O that thou haddest hearkened
to my commandements ! then had thy
peace beene as a riuer, and thy righte-
ousnesse as the waues of the sea.
19 Thy seede also had beene as the
sand, and the ofspring of thy bowels
like the grauell thereof : his name
should not haue beene cut off, nor de-
stroved from before me.
20 f Goe yee forth of Babylon : flee
yee from the Caldeans, with a voyce
of singing, declare yee, tell this, vtter it
euen to the end of the earth : say yee;
* Exod. 19. The L O R D hath * redeemed his ser-
4. 5, 6.
uant lacob.
21 And they thirsted not when he lee
* Exod. 17. them through the deserts; he *causec
6. num. 20.
11. the waters to flow out of the rocke for
them : he claue the rocke also, and the
waters crushed out.
* Chap. «7.
21.
22 * There is no peace, saith the
L O R D , vnto the wicked.
C H A P . XLIX.
1 Christ being sent to the lewes, complaineth
of them. 5 He is sent to the Gentiles, with
gracious promises. 13 Gods loue is perpetu-
all to his Church. 18 The ample restaurati-
on of the Church. 24 The powerfulll deli-
uerance out of captiuity.
Is ten, O yles, vnto me,
L and hearken yee people
from farre. The LORD
hath called inee from the
wombe, from the bowels
of my mother hath he made mention o:
mv name.
3 And he hath made mv mouth like
a sharpe sword , in the shadow of his
hand hath he hid me, and made mee a
polished shaft ; in his quiuer hath hee
hid me,
3 And sayd vnto me ; Thou art my
seruant, O Israel, in whom I will be
glorified.
4 Then I said; I haue labourer
in vaine, I haue spent my strength for
nought , and in vaine , yet surely my
II Or, my re- Judgement is with the LORD, and ||mi
ward.
worke with my God.
5 U And now, saith the L O R D
that formed me from the wombe to be
his seruant , to bring lacob againe to
Chrift appointed.
him ; Though Israel be ||not gathered, B Or, that
ret shall I be glorious in the eyes of the besrael may
gathered
L O R D , and my God shall bee my tomay him, and I
$c.
strength.
6 And he said, || It is a light thing I Or, art thou
that thou shouldest be my seruant to lighter,
that thou
then
raise vp the tribes of lacob, and to re- shouldest
$c.
store the || preserued of Jsrael : I will I Or, desola-
also giue thee for a * light to the Gen- tions.
* Chap. 42.
tiles , that thou mayest be my saluati- 6.
on, vnto the end of the earth.
7 Thus saith the LORD the re-
deemer of Israel, and his holy one, || to I Or, to him
hat is despi-
him whom man dispiseth, to him sed in soule.
whom the nation abhorreth, to a ser-
uant of rulers ; Kings shall see and a-
rise, princes also shall worship, because
of the LORD, that is faithful!, and the
holy one of Israel, and he shall choose
thee.
8 Thus saith the LORD, * In an * 1. Cor. 6.
acceptable time haue I heard thee, anc ^
in a day of saluation haue I helped
thee: and I will preserue thee, and giue
thee foracouenantof thepeople, || to esta- U Or, raise
blish the earth, to cause to inherite the vp.
desolate heritages:
9 That thou mayest say * to the pri- 7.* Chap. 42.
soners, Goe forth; to them that are in
darkenesse, Shewe your selues : they
shall feede in the wayes, and their pa-
stures shalbe in all hicrh traces.
10 They shall not * hunger nor thirst, * Reu. 7.16.
neither shall the heate nor sunne smite
them : for he that hath mercy on them
shall lead them, euen by the springs o
water shall he guide them.
11 And I will make all my moun-
taines a way, and my high wayes shal
be exalted.
12 Behold, these shall come from
far : and loe, these from the North anc
from the West, and these from the lane
of Sinnn.
13 Sing, O heauen, and be joyfull,
0 earth, and breake forth into singing
O mountaines : for God hath comfor
ted his people, and will haue mercy vp-
on his afflicted.
14? But Zion said, The L O R D
hath forsaken me , and my Lord hat]
forgotten me.
15 Can a woman forget her sucking
child, t that she should not haue com \Heb.from
hauing com'
passion on the sonne of her wombe? yea passion.
they may forget , yet will I not forge
thee.
16 Behold, I haue grauen thee vpon
the pahnes of my hands : thy walles ar
continu--
Gentiles called. Chap.L
continually before mee.
17 Thy children shal make haste, thy
destroyers, and they that made thee
waste, shall goe fortn of thee.
* Chap. 60. 18 H *Lift vp thine eyes round a-
4.
bout, and behold: all these gather them-
selues together and come to thee : as I
liue, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely
clothe thee with them all, as with an or-
nament, and bind them on thee as a bride
doeth.
19 For thy waste and thy desolate
places, and the land of thy destruction
shall euen now be too narrow by rea-
son of the inhabitants, and they that
swallowed thee vp, shall bee farre
away.
20 The children which thou shalt
haue, after thou hast lost the other, shall
say againe in thine eares , The place is
too straight for me : giue place to mee
that I may dwell.
21 Then shalt thou say in thine heart,
Who hath begotten me these, seeing I
haue lost my children ancl am desolate,
a captiue and remouing to and fro ? and
who hath brought vp these ? Beholde,
I was left alone, these where had they
beene ?
22 Thus saith the Lord GOD, Be-
hold, I will lift vp mine hand to the
Gentiles, and set vp my standerd to the
people: and they shall bring thy sonnes
t Hebr. 60- in their tarmes : and thy daughters shal
some. be caried vpon their shoulders.
t Heb. nou- 23 And kings shall be thy t nursing
rishers.
iffeb.Prin fathers , and their t queenes thy nur-
cesses. sing mothers : they shall bow downe to
thee with their face toward the earth,
* PsaL 72.9. and *licke vp the dust of thy feete, and
thou shalt know that I am the LORD :
for they shall not be ashamed that waite
for me.
24 H Shall the pray be taken from
t Hebr. the the mightie, or tthe lawfull captiue de-
captiuitie of liuered ?
the iust.
25 But thus saith the LORD, Euen
i" Heb. capti- the tcaptiues of the mightie shall be ta-
uitie.
ken away, and the pray of the terrible
shall be deliuered : for I will contend
with him that contendeth with thee, and
I will saue thy children.
26 And I will feede them that op-
presse thee, with their owne flesh, and
they shall be drunken with their owne
* Reu. 14. * blood, as with || sweet wine : and all
20. and 16.
6. flesh shall know that I the LORD am
II Or, new thy Sauiour and thy Hedeemer, the
wine.
mightie One of lacob.
lewes forfaken.
C H A P . L.
1 Christ sheweth, that the dereliction of the
lewes is not to be imputed to him, by his abi-
litie to saue, 5 by his obedience in thatworke,
7 and by his confidence in that assistance.
10 An exhortation to trust in God, and
not in our selues.
Hus saith the L O R D ,
T Where is the bill of your
mothers diuorcement ,
whom I haue put away ?
or which of my creditours
is it to whom I haue sold you ? Behold,
for your iniquities haue you solde your
selues, and for your transgressions is
vour mother tmt awav.
2 Wherefore when I came was there
no man? when I called, was there none
to answere ? * Is my hand shortened at * Num. 11.
all, that it cannot redeeme ? or haue I 23. chap.
59. I.
no power to deliuer ? Beholde, at my
rebuke I *drie vp the sea : I make the *Exod. 14.
*riuers a wildernes : their fish stinketh, 21.
* losh. 3. 16
because there is no water, and dieth for
thirst.
3 I clothe the heauens with blacke-
nesse, and I make sackcloth their coue-
ring.
4 The Lord GOD hath giuen me
the tongue of the learned, that 7 should
know how to speake a worde in season
to him that is #wearie : hee wakeneth * Matth. 11.
morning by morning, hee wakeneth 28.
mine eare to heare as the learned.
5 11 The Lord GOD hath opened
mine eare, and I was not * rebellious, * lohn 14.
neither turned away backe. 31. heb. 10.
5, &c. phil.
6 * 1 gaue my backe to the smiters, 2. 8.
and my cheeks to them that plucked off *57.Matth. 26.
and 27.
the haire : I hidde not my face from 26.
shame and spitting.
7 f For the Lord GOD wil helpe
me, therfore shall I riot be confounded:
therefore haue I set my face like a flint,
and I know that I shall not bee asha-
med.
8 *He is neere that iustifieth me, who* Rom. 8.
will contend with me ? let vs stand to- 32, 33.
gether : who is tmine aduersarie? let t Heb. the
him come neere to me. master of mi
cause.
9 Behold, the Lord GOD wil helpe
me, who is he that shall condemne mee?
Loe, they all shall waxe olde as a gar-
ment : the moth shall eate them vp.
10 U Who is among you that feareth
the LORD, that obeyeth the voyce of
his seruant, that walketh in darkenesse
and hath no light ? let him trust in the
Name
Not to feare man. Ifaiah.
Name of the L O R D , and stay vpon
his frOf!.
11 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire,
that compasse your selues about with
sparks: walke in the light of your fire,
and in the sparkes that ye haue kindled.
* lohn 9. 39, * This shall ye haue of mine hand, yee
shall lie downe in sorrow.
C H A P . LI.
1 An exhortation after the paterne of Abra-
ham, to trust in Christ, 3 by reason of his
comfortable promises, 4 of his righteous sal-
uation, 7 and mans mortalitie. 9 Christ
by his sanctified arme, defendeth his from the
feare of man. 17 He bewaileth the afflictions
of Jerusalem, 21 and promiseth deliuerance.
Earken to me, ye that
H
follow after righte-
ousnesse, ye that seeke
the L O R D : looke
vnto the rocke whence
yee are hewen, and to
the hole of the pitte
whence ye are digged.
2 Looke vnto Abraham your fa-
ther , and vnto Sarah that bare you:
for I called him alone, and blessed him,
and increased him.
3 For the L O R D shall comfort
Zion : he wil comfort all her waste pla-
ces, and he wil make her wildernes like
Eden, and her desert like the garden of
the L O R D : ioy and gladnesse shalbe
found therein, thankesgiuing, and the
voice of melody.
4 IF Hearken vnto me, my people,
and giue eare vnto me, 0 my nation:
for a Law shall proceed from mee, and
I will make my idxigement to rest for a
light of the people.
5 My rignteousnes is neere : my sal-
uation is gone foorth, and mine armes
shall iudge the people : the lies shall
wait vpon me, and on mine arme shall
they trust.
6 Lift vp your eyes to the heauens,
* Psal. 102, and looke vpon the earth beneath: for
27. matth.
24. 35. the heauens shall vanish away like
smoke, and the earth shall waxe old like
a garment, and they that dwel therein
shall die in like maner: but my salua-
tion shal be for euer, and my righteous-
nes shall not be abolished.
7 U Hearken vnto me ye that know
* Psal. 37. righteousnesse , the people * in whose
31.
* Matth. 10 heart is my Law : * Feare ye not the re-
27. proch of men, neither be yee afraid o:
their reuilings.
Gods rightecmfnefle.
8 For the moth shall eate them vp
like a garment, and the worme shal eate
them like wooll : but my righteousnes
shalbe for euer; and my saluation from
generation to generation.
9 11 Awake, awake, put on strength,
O arme of the L O R D , awake as in
the ancient dayes, in the generations of
old. Art thou not it that hath cut Ra-
mb, and wounded the * dragon ? * Psal. 74.
13,14. eze.
10 Art thou not it which hath * dried 29.3.
the sea, the waters of the great deepe, * Exod. 14.
21.
that hath made the depthes of the sea a
way for the ransomed to passe ouer ?
11 Therefore the redeemed of the
L O R D shall *returne, and come with * Chap. 35.
singing vnto Zion, and euerlasting ioy 10.
shalbe vpon their *head: they shall ob- * Chap. 35.
taine gladnesse and ioy, and sorrow and 10.
mourning shall flee away.
121, euen I am hee that comforteth
you, who art thou that thou shouldest
>e afraid * of a man that shall die, and of * Psal. 118.
the sonne of man which shall bee made
as *grasse? ' * Chap. 40.
13 And forgettest the LORD thy 6.1. 24.
pet. 1.
maker that hath stretched foorth the
leauens, and layed the foundations of
the earth ? and hast feared continually
euery day, because of the furie of the op-
jressour, as if hee ||were ready to de- I Or•, made
hlmselfe
stroy? and where is the furie of the op- ready. .
Dressour ?
14 The captiue exile hasteneth that
he may be loosed, and that hee should
not die in the pit, nor that his bread
should faile.
15 But I am the LORD thy God,
that *diuided the sea, whose waues roa- * lew. 31.
red : the L O R D of hosts is his Name. 35.
16 And I haue put my wordes *in * Chap. 49.
thy mouth, and haue couered thee in 2,3.
the shadow of mine hand, that I may
plant the heauens, and lay the founda-
tions of the earth, and say vnto Zion,
Thou art my people.
17 11 * Awake, awake, stand vp, O *i. Chap. 52.
Jerusalem, which hast drunke at the
hand of the L O R D the cup of his fu-
rie ; thou hast drunken the dregges o
the cup of trembling, and wrung them
out.
18 There is none to guide her among
all the sonnes whom shee hath brough
foorth : neither is there any that taketh
her by the hand, of all the sonnes tha
she hath brought vp.
19 * These two things t are come * Che. 47.9.
vnto thee; who shall be sorie for theepened. tHeftr.Aop-
deso-
The deliuerance Chap.lii.liij.
t Heb. brea- desolation and t destruction, and the la-
king.
mine and the Bttord : by whom shall I
comfort thee ?
20 Thy sonnes haue fainted, they He
at the head of all the streetes as a wilde
mil in a net; they are full of the furie of
he LORD, the rebuke of thy God.
21 If Therfore heare now this thou
afflicted and drunken, but not with
wine.
22 Thus saith thy Lord, the L O R D
and thy God that pleadeth the cause of
lis people, Behold, I haue taken out
of thine hand the cup of trembling, euen
the dregges of the cup of my furie: thou
shalt no more drinke it againe.
93 But I will put it into the hand
of them that afflict thee : which haue
said to thy soule, Bow downe that wee
may goe ouer : and thou hast laide thy
jody as the ground, and as the streete
to them that went ouer.
C H A P . HI.
1 Christ perswadeth the Church to beleeue his
free Redemption t 7 To receiue the Mini-
sters thereof, 9 To ioy in the power there-
of) 11 And to free themselues from bondage.
13 Christs kingdome shalbe exalted.
* Chap. 51. Wake,*awake, put on thy
A
17
strength, O Zion, put on
thy beautiful! garments,
O lerusalem the holy ci-
tie : for hencefoorth there
shall no more come into thee the vncir-
cumcised, and the vncleane.
2 Shake thy selfe from the dust : a^
rise, and sit downe, O lerusalem : loose
thy selfe from the bandes of thy necke,
O captiue daughter of Zion.
3 For thus sayth the L O R D , Yee
haue solde your selues for nought: and
ye shall be redeemed without money.
4 For thus saith the Lord GOD,
My people went downe aforetime into
* Gen, 46. 6, * Egypt to soiourne there, and the Assy-
rian oppressed them without cause.
5 Now therefore, what haue I
here, sayth the LORD, that my peo-
ple is taken away for nought? they that
rule ouer them, make them to howle,
sayth the LORD, and my Name con-
* Ezek. 36. tinually euery day is * blasphemed.
20, 23. rom.
2. 24* 6 Therefore my people shall know
my Name : therefore they shall know in
that day, that I am he that doth speake
Behold, it is I.
* Nahum. 7 U * How beautifull vpon the
1.15. rom.
10. 15. mountaines are the feete of him that
of the Church.
bringetn good tidings, that pubhsheth
>eace, that bringeth good tidings of
rood, that publisheth saluation, that
sayth vnto Zion, Thy God reigneth ?
8 Thy watchmen shall lift yp the
voice, with the voice together shall they
sing: for they shall see eye to eye when;
the L O R D shall bring againe Zion.
9 U Breake foorth into ioy, sing to-
gether, yee waste places of Jerusalem j
'or the L O R D hath comforted his
>eople, he hath redeemed lerusalem.
10 The LORD hath made bare his
loly arme in the eyes of all the nations,
and *all the endes of the earth shall see luke
« Psal. D2. 8.
3. 6.
the saluation of our God,
11 f Depart ye, depart ye, goe ye out
Vom thence, * touch no vncleane thing; * 2. Cor. 6
7- reuel.
goe ye out of the middest of her; be yee 8. 4.
cleane,, that beare the vessels of the
LORD.
12 For ye shall not go out wjth haste,
nor goe by flight: for the LORD will
joe before you : and the God of Israel
Heb. ga-
witt tfe your rereward. ther you vp.
13 If Behold, rov seruant shal ||deale Or,prosper.
>rudently, he shall be exalted and extol-
ed, and be very high.
14 As many were astonied at thee
'his * visage was so marred more then *Cha. 53.3.
any man, and his forme more then the
sonnes of men:)
15 So shall hee sprinckle many nati-
ons, the kings shall shut their mouthes
at him : for that * which had not beene * Roin. 15.
told them, shall they see, and that which
they had not heard, shall they consider.
C H A P , LIII.
1 The Prophet complaining of incredulitie, ex-
cuseth the scandaU of the crosse, 4 by the
bsnefite of his passion, 10 and the good
successe thereof.
Ho*hath beleeuedour 11re- * loll. 12.38.
W
port ? and to whom is the rom. 10. 1C.
« Or, do-
arme of the L O R D re- tearing.Heb.
ctrine:
uealed ?
2 For he shall grow vp
before him as a tender plant, and as a
root out of a drie ground : hee hath no
forme nor comelinesse : and when wee
shall see him, there is no beautie that we
should desire him. * Chap. 32.
3 * He is despised and reiected of men, a.14.12.mar.
a man of sorrows, and acquainted with H Or, Itc litd
asitwereltis
griefe: and || we hid as it were our faces face from vs.
from him; hee was despised, and wee ding Heb. as a hi.
offices
esteemed him not. from him or,
4 1F Surely * he hath borne out •Mat. 8.18.'
from «$.
griefes,
Chrifts pafsion. Ilaiah.
griefes , and caried our sorrowes : yet
we did esteeme him striken, smitten of
God, and afflicted.
\\0r^tormen- 5 But he was ||* wounded for our
ted.
* Rom. 4.25 transgressions, he was bruised for our
1. cor. 15. 3.
iniquities : the chastisement of our peace
* l. Pet. 2. was vpon him, and with his *t stripes we
24.
\Heb.bruise
are healed.
6 All we like sheepe haue gone
astray : we haue turned euery one to his
t Heb. hee owne way, and the LOUD hath tlayd
hath made
the iniqui- on him the iniquitie of vs all.
tie ofvs all
to meete on
7 He was oppressed , and he was
him. afflicted, yet * he opened not his mouth:
63. and 27. he is brought as a *lambe to the slaugh-
* Matth. 26.
12. mar. 14. ter, and as a sheepe before her shearers
61. and 15.
6. is dumme, so he openeth not his mouth.
*Actes8.
32.
8 || He was taken from prison, and
II Or, he was from iudgement: and who shall declare
taken away his generation ? for he was cut off out
by distresse,
and iudge- * •< t)f the land of the liuing, for the trans-
menttbut
$c. gression of my people t was he strickeft.
t Heb. was 9 And he made his graue with the
the stroke
vpon him, wicked, and with the rich in his t death.
t Heb. because he had done no violence, neither
deathes.
* 1. Pet 2. was any *deceit in his mouth.
22. 1. ioh.
3. 5.
10 f Yet it pleased the LORD to
bruise him^ he hath put him to griefe:
I Or, when || when thou shalt make his soule an of-
his souleshal
make an fring for sinne,he shall see his seede, hee
offring. shall prolong his daies, and the pleasure
of the LOED shall prosper in his
hand.
11 He shall see of the trauell of his
soule, and shalbe satisfied : by his know-
ledge shall my righteous seruant iustifie
many : for hee shall beare their iniqui-
ties.
1£ Therefore will I diuide him a
portion with the great, and he shall di-
aide the spoile with the strong : because
hee hath powred out his soule vnto
* Mar. 15. death ; and he was * numbred with the
28. 1UC. 22.
37. transgressours, and he bare the sinne of
* LUC. 23. 8. many , and * made intercession for the
transgressours.
C H A P . LIIII.
1 The Prophet for the comfort of the Gen-
tiles, prophesieth the amplitude of their
Church* 4 Their safety, 6 their certaine
deliuerance out of affliction, 11 their faire
edification, 15 and their sure presentation.
« Gal. 4. 27. Ing * O barren thou that
S
didst not beare; breake
forth into singing, and crie
aloud thou that didst not
trauell with child : for
moreare the children of the desolate then
Gods great mercie.
the children of the maried wife, saith the
LORD.
2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and
let them stretch forth the curtaines of
thine habitations : spare not , lengthen
thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.
3 For thou shalt breake forth on the
right hand, and on the left ; and thy seed
shall inherite the Gentiles, and make
the desolate cities to be inhabited.
4 Feare not : for thou shalt not be
ashamed : neither be thou confounded,
for thou shalt not be put to shame : for
thou shalt forget the shame of thy
youth , and shalt not remember the re-
proach of thy widowhood any more.
5 For thy maker is thine husband,
(the * LORD of hostes is his name;) Luc. 1.32.
and thy redeemer the holy one of Isra-
el, the God of the whole earth shall he
be called.
6 For the LORD hath called thee
as a woman forsaken , and grieued in
spirit, and a wife of youth , when thou
wast refused, saith thy God.
7 For a small moment haue I for-
saken thee, but with .great mercies will
I gather thee.
8 In a litle wraith I hid my face
from thee, for a moment; but with euer-
lasting kindnesse will I haue mercie on
thee, saith the LORD thy redeemer.
9 For this is as the waters of * Noah Gen. 9.11.
vnto me : for as I haue sworne that the
waters of Noah should no more goe
ouer the earth ; so haue I sworne that
I would not be wrp.th with thee , nor
rebuke thee.
10 For the mpufitaines shall depart,
and the hilles be remoued, but my kind-
nesse shall not depart from thee, neither
shall the couenant of my peace be remo-
ued, saith the L O R D , that hath mer-
cie on thee.
11 f Oh thou afflicted, tossed with
tempest and not comforted > behold,
I will lay thy stones with # faire co- * 1. Chron.
lours, and lay thy foundations with 29. 2.
Saphires.
12 And I will make thy windowes
of Agates , and thy gates of Carbun-
cles, and all thy borders of pleasant
stones.
13 And all thy children shalbe* taught * loh. 6. 45.
of the L O R D , and great shalbe the
peace of thy children.
14 In righteousnesse shalt thou be
established; thou shalt be farre from op-
pression, for thou shalt not feare; & from
terrour,
Grace offered freely. Chap.lv.lvj.
terrour, for it shall not come neere thee.
15 Behold, they shall surely gather
together, but not by me: whosoeuer shal
gather together against thee, shall fall
for thy sake.
16 Behold, I haue created the smith
that bloweth the coales in the fire, and
that bringeth foorth an instrument for
his vorke, aud I haue created the wa-
ster to destroy,
17 f No weapon that is formed
against thee, shall prosper, and euery
tongue that shall rise against thee in
Judgement, thou shalt condemne. This
is the heritage of the seruants of the
LORD, and their righteousnesse is of
me, saith the LORD.
C H A P . LV.
1 The Prophet, with the promises of Christ,
calleth to faith, 6 and to repentance. 8 The
happy successe of them that beleeue.
*Ioh.7.37. . * O, euery one that thir-
H
! stetb, come ye to the wa-
ters, and he that hath no
money : come ye, buy and
eate, yea come, buy wine
and milke without money, and with-
out price.
t Heb. weigh % Wherefore doe yee tspend money
for that which is not bread ? and your
labour for that which satisfieth not ?
hearken diligently vnto me, and eate ye
that which is good, and let your soule
delight it ,selfe in fatnesse.
3 Incline your eare, and come vn-
to me: heare, and your soule shall liue,
and I will make an euerlasting coue-
* Acts 13. nant with you, euen the *sure mercies of
34.
Dauid,
4 Behold, I haue giuen him for a
witnesse to the people , a leader and
commander to the people.
5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation
that thou knowest not, and nations that
knew not thee, shall runne vnto thee,
because of the LORD thy God, and
for the Holy One of Israel, for he hath
glorified thee.
6 f Seeke ye the LORD, while
he may be four^d, call ye vpon him while
he is neere.
7 Let the wicked forsake his way,
t Hebr. the & the tvnrightebus man his thoughts:
mqn ofini-
quitie. and let him returne vnto the LORD,
and he will haue mercie vpon him, and
\Heb.tewil to our God," for hee will t abundantly
multiplie to pardon.
pardon.
8 11 For my thoughts are not your
Gods word fure.
thoughts, neither are your wayes my
wayes, saith the LORD.
9 For as the heauens are higher then
the earth, so are my wayes higher then
your wayes, and my thoughts then
your thouhts.
10 For as the raine commeth down,
and the snow from heauen, and retur-
neth not thither, but watereth the
earth, and maketh it bring foorth and
bud, that it may giue seed to the sower,
and bread to the eater:
11 So shall my word bee that goeth
forth out of my mouth: it shall not re-
turne vnto me void, but it shall accom-
plish that which I please, and it shall
prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
1£ For ye shall goe out with ioy, and
bee led foorth with peace: the moun-
taines and the billes shall #breake forth Gha. 35. i
before you into singing, and al the trees
of the field shall clap their hands.
13 In stead of the thorne shall come
vp the Firre tree, and in stead of the bri-
er shall come vp the Myrtle tree, and it
shall te to the L O R B for a name, for
an euerlasting signe that shajl not bee
cut off.
C H A P . LVI.
1 The Prophet exhorteth to sanctification.
3 He promiseth it shall be generall without
respect of persons. 9 He inueyeth against
blinde watchmen.
Hus saith the L O R D ,
T Keepe yee ([Judgement,
and doe iustice : for my
salvation is neere to come,
and tny righteousnesse
B Or, equity,
to bee reuealed.
% Blessed is the man that doetn this,
and the sonne of man that Jayeth holde
on it : that keepeth the Sabbath from
polluting it, and keepeth his hand from
doing any euill.
3 f Neither let the sonne of the
stranger, that hath ioyned himselfe to
the L O R D , speake , saying , The
LORD hath vtterly separated mee
from his people : neither let the Eu-
nuch say, Behold, I am a drie tree.
4 For thus saith the LORD vnto
the Eunuches that keep my Sabbaths,
and choose the things that please mee,
and take hold of ray couenant :
5 Euen vnto them will I giue in
mine house , and within my walles, a
place and a name better then of eonnes
and of daughters: I wil giue them an e*
uer-
Blinde watchmen. Ifaiah.
uerlasting name, that shal not be cut off. oles #vnder euery greene tree, slay- * I, KJn. 16.
6 Also the sonnes of the stranger ing the children in the valleys vnder the
lat itoyne themselues to the LORD,
o serue him, and to loue the Name of
\e LORD, to be his seruants, euery
ne that keepeth the Sabbath from
Diluting it, and taketh hold of my Co-
enant:
* Chap. 2.
2.
7 Euen them will I *bring to my
loly mountaine, and make them ioy-
full in my house of prayer: their burnt
offerings s and their sacrifices shall be ac-
cepted vpon mine Altar: for mine house
* Matth. 21. shalbe called *an house of prayer for all
13. mar. 11.
17 luke 19. p>eople.
46. 8 The Lord GOD which gathe-
reth the outcasts of Israel, saith, Yet
tJHebr.tohis will I gather others to him , tbesides
gathered.
those that are gathered vnto him.
9 f All ye beasts of the field, come
t0 deuoure, 7/£« all ye beasts in theforest.
10 His watchmen are blinde: they are
all ignorant, they are all dumbe dogs,
II Or, drea- they cannot barke; || sleeping, lying
ming or tal-
king in ttyeir dtowne, louing to slumber.
sleepe. 11 Yea they are^greedy dogges which
IH06, strong
of appetite. tcan neuer haue ynough, and they an
not to be sa- shepheards that cannot vnderstand:
tHelhKnow
tisfied. they all looke to their owne way, euery
one for his gaine, from his quarter,
12 Come ye, say they, I-wil fetch wine
and we will fill our selues with strong
drinke, and to morrow shal be as thi
day, fl/idnxuch more abundant.
C H A P . LVIL
1 The blessed death of the righteous. 3 Go<
reproueth the lewes for their whorish idola-
try. 13 Hee giueth Euapgelicall promises
to the penitent.
HE righteous perisheth,
\ Hebr. men
qfkindnesse
orgodlinesse.
* Psal. 12. 2.
mich. 7. 2.
T and no man layeth it to
heart; and t*mercifu
men are taken away, none
considering- that the righ-
II Or, from teous is taken away ||trom the euill to
that which is
euill. come.
II Or, goe in % Hee shall ||enter into peace : they
peace.
shall rest in their beds, each one wa-
II Or, before king [\in his vprightnesse.
him.
3 IT But draw neere hither, ye
sonnes of the sorcerese, the seed of the
adulterer, and the whore.
4 Against whom doe ye sport you
selues ? against whom make ye a wic
mouth, and d?aw out the tongue? are y
not children of transgression, a geede 01
falsehood ?
tt Or, among 5 Inflaming your selues ||wit
the okes,
ii
Gods dwelling.
cliftes of the rockes ?
6 Among the smooth stores of the
streame is thy portion; they, they are
tly lot : euen to them hast thou pow~-
red a dririke offering, thou h'ast offered
a meate offering. Should I receiue
comfort in these ?
7 Vpon a loftie and high moun-
taine hast thou set thy bed: euen thither
wentest thou vp^to offer sacrifice.
8 Behinde the doores also and the
)osts hast thou set vp thy remem--
brance: for thou hast discouered thyselfe
to an other then mee, and art gone vp:
thou hast enlarged thy bed, and ||made II Or, hewed
it for thy
a couenant with them : thou louedstj^; selfe larger
tleir bed || where thou sawest it.. thenih&n.
\\ Or, thou
9 And || thou wentest to the king pi prouide&t
with oyntment, and didst increase thy ™ rooms.
\l Or, thou re-
)erfumes, and didst send thy messen- sp
&*«"
gers farre off, and di4§t debase thy selfe *
euen vnto hell.
10 Thou art wearied in the great-
nesse of thy way; yet saydst thou not,
There is no hope: thou nast, found the
||life of thine hand; therefor^ then wast ll.0r, fnwiff.
not grieued.
11 And of whom hast thpu bene a-
fraid or feared, that thou hast lyed, and
hast hot remembred me, nor layed it to
thy heart ? haue not I held my peace
euen of old, and thou fearest me not P
12 I will declare thy righteousnes;
and thy workes, for they shall not pro-
fit thee.
13 IF When thow criest, let thy com-
panics deliuer thee: but the winde shall
cary them all away; Vanitie shall take
them: but hee that putteth his trust in
me, shall possesse the land, and shall in*
herit myAoly mountaine,
14 And shall say, *Cast yee vp, cast * Chap. 40.
yee vp; prepare the way, take yp the \3. apd£2.
10.
stumbling blocke out of the way of my
people.
15 For thus saith the High and lof-
tie One that inhabiteth eternitie, whose
Namei$/Holy; I dwell in the high and
holy place : with him also th^t is of a
contrite and humble spirit, to reuiue
the spirit of the humble, and to reuiue
the heart of the contrite ones.
16 For I will not contend for euer,
neither will I be alwayes wroth: for
the spirit should faile before me, and the
soules which I haue nia.de.
17 For the iniquitie of his couetous-
nesse
The true faft, Chap.lviij.lix.
nesse was I wroth, and smote him ; I
hid me, and was wroth, and hee went
t Hebr. tur on t frowardly in the way of his heart.
ning away. 18 I haue seene his wayes, and will
heale him : I will leade him also , and
restore cbiiiforts vnto him , and to his
mourners.
19 I create the frtrite of the lippes ;
peace, peace to him that is farre on, and
to him that is neere, sayth the LORD,
and I will heale him.
SO But the wicked are like the trou-
bled sea, when it cannot rest, whose wa-
ters cast vp myre and dirt.
* Chap. 48. 21 * There is no peace, sayth my God,
12.
to the wicked.
C TT A P T VTTT
1 The Prophet being sent to reprooue hypocri- ritie, and thy darkenesse be as the noone
sie. 3 expresseth a counterfeit fast, and a
true. 8 He declareth what promises are due
vnto godlinesse, 13 and to the keeping of
the Sabbath.
t Heb. with Hie t aloude, spare not, lift
C
the throat.
vp thy voice like .a trum-
pet, and shewe my people
their transgression, & the
house of lacob their sins.
9, Yet they seeke mee daily, and de-
light to know my wayes, as a nation
that did righteousnesse, and forsooke
not the ordinance of their God: they
aske of me the ordinances of iustice; they
take delight in approching to God.
3 IT Wherefore haue wee fasted, say
they, and thou seest not? wherefore haue
wee afflicted our soule, & thou takest no
knowledge? Behold, in the day of your
fast you find pleasure, and exact all your
II Or, things || labours.
whereioith 4 Behold, yee fast for strife and de-
ye grieve
others, fteb. bate ; and to smite with the fist of wic-
griefes.
I Or, yefast kednesse, ||yee shall not fast as yee doe
not aj this this day, to make your voice to be heard
day.
on high.
*Zc?cb,7-«- 5 Is it * such a fast that I haue cho-
* Leuit. 16. sen? a* ydayforaman to afflict his soule?
29. Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush,
t Or, to af.
flicthis soult and to spread sackecloth and ashes vn-
for a day 9 der him ? wilt thou call this a fast, and 1 The damnable nature of sinne. SThesinnes
an acceptable day to the LORD ?
6 Is not this the fast that I haue
chosen ? to loose the bandes of wicked-
t Heb. the nesse, to vndoe t the heauie burdens, and
bundles of to let the t oppressed goe free, and that
the yoke.
t Heb. bro-
ken.
* Eze. 18,8,
ye breake euety yoke ?
7 Is it not, to *deale thy bread to
the hungry, and that thou bring the
and true Sabbath.
poore that are || cast out, to thy house? IOr,4N.
when thou seest the naked, that thou co- cted.
uer him, and that thou hide not thy selfe
from thine owne flesh ?
8 f Then shall thy light breake
foorth as the morning, and thine health
shall spring foorth speedily : and thy
righteousnesse shall goe before thee, the
glory of the L O R D t shall be thy rere- \ Heb. shall
ward. gather thee
vp.
9 Then shalt thou call, and the
L O R D shall answere ; thou shalt cry,
and he shal say, Here I am: if thou take
away from the midst of thee the yoke,
the putting forth of the finger, and spea-
king vanitie :
10 And iftliou draw out thy soule to
the hungry, and satisfie the afflicted
soule ; then shall thy light rise in obscu-
(l tk\T
11 And the L O R D shal guide thee
continually, and satisfie thy soule in
\ttebr.
t drought, and make fat thy bones : anddroughts.
thou shalt be like a watered garden, and
like a spring of water, whose waters
tfaile not. ] Heb. lye,
or deceive.
12 Andtheythat shattbe of thee, *shall *Cha. 61.6.
builde the olde waste places : thou shalt
raise vp the foundations of many gene-
rations ; and thou shalt be called, the
repairer of the breach, the restorer of
paths to dwell in.
1.8 IT If thou turne away thy foote
from the Sabbath, from doing thy plea-
sure on my Holy day, and call the Sab-
bath a delight, the holy of the LORD,
honourable, and shalt nonour him, not
doing thine owne wayes, nor finding
thine owne pleasure, nor speaking thine
owne wordes;
14 Then shalt thou delight thy selfe
in the LORD, and I will cause thee
to #ride vpon the high places of the * Deut. 32.
earth, and feede thee with the heritage 13,
of lacob thy father; for the mouth of
the L O R D hath spoken it.
C H A R LIX.
of the lewes. 9 Calamitie is for sinne. 16
Saluation is onely of God. 20 The coue-
nant of the Redeemer.
Eholde, the L O R D S
B hand is not * shortened , *Num. 11.
thatit cannot saue; neither 23.
his eareheattie, that it can-
not heare.
chap.
502,
2 Bui
The lewes finnes. Ifaiah.
% But your iniquities haue separa-
ed betweene you and your God, and
II Or, haue your sinnes ||haue hid his. face from you,
made him hat he will not heare.
hide.
*Chap. 1. 3 For * your hands are defiled with
15.
Jood, and your fingers with iniquitie,
your lippes haue spoken lies, your
tlongue hath muttered peruersnesse.
4 None calleth for iustice, nor any
)leadeth for trueth: they trust in vanity
* lob. 15. andspeakelies;*theyconceiuemischiefe,
35. psal. 7. and bring forth iniquitie.
15.
Or, adders. 5 They hatch || cockatrice egges, and
weaue the spiders web : he that eateth
II Or, Ito* of their egges dieth, and ||that which is
which is
sprinkled is
crushed breaketh out into a viper.
*£if/Aer0 6 * Their webbes shall not become
brake out a garments, neither shall they couer
viper.
* lob. 8.14, themselues with their workes : their
15.
workes are workes of iniquitie, and the
act of violence is in their hands.
* Proii. 1.15 7 * Their feete runne to euill, and
rom. 3. 15.
they make haste to shed innocent blood:
their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity,
\ Heb. brea- wasting & t destruction arein their paths.
king. 8 The way of peace they know not,
II Or, right. and there is no || Judgement in their go-
ings : they haue made them crooked
pathes; whosoeuer goeth therein, shall
not know peace.
9 1F Therefore is iudgement farre
from vs, neither doth iustice ouertake
vs : we waite for light, but behold ob-
scuritie, for brighfcpesse, but we walke in
darknesse.
10 We grope for the wall like the
blind, and we grope as if we had no
eies: we stumble at noone day as in the
night, we are in desolate places as dead
men.
11 We roare all like beares, anc
mourne sore like doues : we looke for
iudgement, but there is none j for salua-
tion, but it is farre off from vs.
12 For our transgressions are multi-
plied before thee, and our sinnes testifie
against vs • for our transgressions are
with vs, and as for our iniquities, we
know them.
13 In transgressing and lying a-
gainst the LORD, and departing a-
way from our God, speaking oppressi-
on and reuolt, concerning and vttering
from the heart words of felshood.
14 And iudgement is turned away
backward, and iustice standeth a farre
off: for truth is fallen in the streete, and
equitie cannot enter.
15 Yea truth faileth, and he that de-
The iuft is a pray.
p>arteth from euill ||maketh himselfe a II 0r, ts ac-
>ray : and the L O R D saw it, and fit counted mad
t Heb. it was
displeased him, that there was no iudge- euill in his
eyes.
ment.
16 H And hee saw that there was no
man, and wondered that there was no
intercessour. * Therefore his arme * Chap. 63.
b>rought saluation vnto him, and his 5.
righteousnesse, it sustained him.
17 For he put on * righteousnesse as * Ephes 6.
a brestplate, and an helmet of valuation 5.17.8.1. thes.
vpon his head; and he put on the gar-
ments of vengeance for clothing, and
was clad with zeale as a cloake.
18 According to * their t deedes accor- * Chap. 63.
dingly he will repay, furie to his aduer- t^Heb. re-
saries, recompence to his enemies; to compenses.
the ylands he will repay recorapence.
19 So shall they feare the name of
the LORD from the West, and his
glory from the rising of the sunne: when
the enemie shall come in * like a flood, * Reu. 12.
15.
the spirit of the L O R D shall ||lift vp a I Or, put
standard against him him to flight,
20 f And the * redeemer shall come 26. *Rom. n.
to Zion , and vnto them that turne
from transgression in lacob, saith the
LORD.
21 As for me, this is my couenant
with them, saith the L O R D ; My spi-
rit that is vpon thee, and my words
which I haue put in thy moutn, shall
not depart out of thy mouth, nor out o1
the mouth of the seede, nor out of the
mouth of thy seedes seed, saith the
L O R D , from henceforth, and for
euer.
C H A R LX,
1 The glory of the Church, in the abundant
accesse of the Gentiles, 15 and the great bles-
sings after a short affliction.
Rise, ||shine, for thy lighi lightened:
II Or, be en-
A
is come, and the glory of for thy light
the L O R D is risen vpon commeth.
thee.
9. For behold, the dark-
nesse shall couer the earth , and grosse
darknesse the people : but the L O R D
shall arise vpon thee, and his glory shal
be seene vpon thee.
3 And the * Gentiles shall come to * Reu. 21.
24.
thy light, and kings to the brightnesse
of thy rising.
4 *Lift vp thine eyes round about, * Chap. 49.
and see : all they gather themselues to- 18.
gether, they come to thee : thy sonnes
shall come from farre, and thy daugh-
ters shalbe nourced at thy side.
5 Then
The increafe Chap.lxj.
5 Then thou shalt see, and flow to-
gether, and thine heart shall feare and
II Or, noise be inlarged, because the || abundance of
of the Sea
shalbe tur- the Sea shalbe coniierted vnto thee, the
ned toward ||forces of the Gentiles shall come vnto
thee.
II Or, wealth thee.
6 The multitude of camels shall
couer thee, the dromedaries of Midian
and Ephah : all they from Sheba shall
* Chap. 61. come: they shal bring * gold and incense,
6. and they shall shew forth the praises of
the LORD.
7 All the flockes of Kedar shall be
gathered together vnto thee, the rams
of Nebaioth shall minister vnto thee :
they shall come vp with acceptance on
mine altar, and I wil glorifie the house
of my glory.
8 Who are these that flie^as a cloude,
and as the doues to their windowes ?
9 Surely the yles shall wait for me,
*Gel. 4. 26 and the ships of Tarshish first, * to bring
thy sonnes from farre, their siluer and
their gold with them, vnto the Name
of the L O R D thy God, and to the Ho-
ly One of Israel, because he hath glo-
rified thee.
10 And the sonnes of strangers shall
build vp thy walles, and their kings
shal minister vnto thee: for in my wrath
I smote thee, but in my fauour haue I
had mercie on thee.
* Reue. 21, 11 Therefore thy gates * shal be open
25.
continually, they shall not bee shut day
nor night, that men may bring vnto thee
II Or, wealth the || forces of the Gentiles, and that
their kings may be brought.
12 For the nation and kingdome that
will not serue thee, shall perish, yea
those nations shall be vtterly wasted.
13 The glory of Lebanon shal come
vnto thee, the Firre tree, the Pine tree,
and the Boxe together, to beautifie the
place of my Sanctuarie, and I will
make the place of my feete glorious
14 The sonnes also of them that af-
flicted thee, shall come bending vnto
thee: and all they that despised thee shal
* Reue. 3, 9. * bow themselues downe at the soles of
thy feet, and they shall call thee the citie
of the L O R D , the Zion of the Holy
One of Israel,
15 Whereas thou hast bene forsaken
and hated, so that no man went thorow
tkee, I will make thee an eternall excel-
lencie, a ioy of many generations.
16 Thou shalt also sucke the milke
of the Gen tiles, and shalt sucke the brest
of kings, and thou shalt know that I
of the Church.
the LORD aw thy bauiour and thy
Redeemer, the mightie One of lacob.
17 For brasse I will bring gold, and
for yron I will bring siluer, and for
wood brasse, and for stones yron ? I
will also make thy officers peace, and
thine exactours righteousnesse.
18 Violence shall no more be heard
in thy land, wasting nor destruction
within thy borders, but thou shalt call
thy walles saluation, and thy gates
praise.
19 * The Sunne shall be no more * Reue, 2U
thy light by day, neither for brightnesse 22. & 22. 5.
shall the moone giue light vnto thee :
but the LORD shall be vnto thee an
euerlasting light, & thy God thy glory.
20 Thy Sunne shall ho more goe
downe, neither shall thy moone with-
draw it selfe : for the LORD shall bee
thine euerlasting light, and the dayes of
thy mourning shall be ended.
21 Thy people also sholl be all righte-
ous : they shal inherit the latid for euer,
the branch of my planting, the worke pf
my hands, that I may be glorified.
22 A litle one shall become a thou-
sand, and a small one a strong nation r
I the LORD will hasten it in his time.
C H A P . LXI.
1 The Office of Christ. 4 The foifwatdnesse,
7 and blessings of the faithfull.
He * Spirit of the Lord 1 Luk. 4.18
T
GOD is vpon me, because
the LORD hath anoin-
ted me, to preach good ti-
dings vnto the meeke, hee
hath sent me to binde vp the broken
hearted, to proclaime libertie to the cap-
tiues, and the opening of the pri$qn to
them that are bound:
2 To proclaime the acceptable yere
of the LOUD, and the day of venge-
ance of our God, to comfort all that
mournei
3 To appoint vnto them that mourne
in Zion, to giue vnto them beautie for
ashes, the oyle of ioy for mourning, the
garment of praise for the spirit of hea-
uinesse, that they might be called trees
of righteousnesse, the planting of the
LORD, that he might be glorified.
4 f And they shall * build the olde * Chap. 58.
wastes, they shall raise vp the former 12.
desolations, and they shall repaire the
waste cities, the desolations of tftany
generations.
5 And strangers sliall stand and
feed
uetie Ifaiah. ofWatcl AA
feed your floekes, and the sonnes of the
lient shalbe your plowmen, and your
Vine-dressers.
6 But ye shalbe named the Priests
of the L O R D : men shall call you the
*Chap.60. ministers of our God : *ye shall eat the
6. iches of the Gentiles, and in their glory
hall you boast your selues.
7 1f For your shame you shall haue
ouble; and for confusion they shall
eioyce in their portion : therefore in
heir land they shal possesse the double :
euerlasting ioy shalbe vnto them
8 For I the LORD loue ludge-
merit, I hate robbery for burnt offe-
ring, and I will direct their worke in
rueth, and I will make an euerlasting
Uouenant with them.
9 And their seed shalbe knowen a-
mong the Gentiles, and their offspring
among the people : All that see them,
shall acknowledge them, that they are
the seed which the LORD hath blessed.
10 I will greatly reioyce in the
LORD, my soule shalbe ioyfull in my
God : for he hath clothed me with the
garments of saluation, he hath couered
ne with the robe of righteousnes, as a
t Heb. deck- M-idegrome tdecketh himselfe with or-
ethos a
priest. naments, and as a bride adorneth her-
selfe with her iewels.
11 For as the earth bringeth foorth
ler bud, and as the garden causeth the
things that are sowen in it , to spring
i>orth : so the Lord GOD will cause
righteousnes and praise to spring forth
Before all the nations.
r H A P T "5CTT
1 The feruent desire of the Prophet , to con-
firme the Church in Gods promises. 5 The
office of the Ministers, ( vnto which they are
incited ) in preaching the Gospel, 10 am
preparing the people thereto.
Or Zions sake, wil I not
F
hold my peace, and for le-
rusalems sake I will not
iHm
& wjifrSfP rest, vntill the righteous-
nesse thereof goe forth as 1 Christ sheweth who he is, 2 what his victo-
brightnesse, and the saluation thereof
as a lampe that burneth ;
% And the Gentiles shall see thy
righteousnes, and all Kings thy glory :
and thou shalt be called by a new name,
which the mouth of the L O R D shal
name.
3 Thou shalt also be a crowne o
glory in the hand of the LORD, and a
AAAAA
royall diademe in the hand of thy God,
4 Thou shalt no more bee termed,
* Forsaken ; neither shall thy land any Ose. 1.10.
more be termed, Desolate : but thou . pet. s. 10.
shalt be called |) Hephzi-bah , and thy That is, my
and, ||Beulah : for the L O R D deligh- elight is
n her.
teth in thee, and thy land shalbe maried. That is,
5 IF For as a yong man marrieth a married,
virgine, so shall thy sonnes marry thee:
and tew the bridegrome reioyceth ouer Hebr. with
he ioy of the
the bride, so shall thy God reioyce ouer ridegrome.
thee.
6 I haue set watchmen vpoh thy
walles, O lerusalem, which shall ne-
uer hold their peace day nor night : ||ye Iare
Or, ye that
the Lords
that make mention of the LORD, remembran~
ceepe not silence : oers.
7 And giue him no t rest till he esta- Hebr. «.
)lish , and till hee make lerusalem a ence.
jraise in the earth.
8 The L O R D hath sworne by his
[light hand, and by the arme of his
strength, t Surely, I will no more giue \Hebr.ifhe
thy come to be meat for thine enemies, gine^ %c.
and the sonnes of the stranger shall not
drinke thy wine, for the which thou hast
aboured :
9 But they that haue gathered it
shall eat it, and praise the LORD, and
tfiey that haue broughUt together, shal
drinke it in the Courts of my Holinesse.
10 U *Goe through, goe through * Chap. 40.
the gates : prepare you the way of the 3. & 57. 14.
people : cast vp, cast vp the high way,
Bather out the stones, lift vp a standard
tor the people.
11 Behold, the L O R D hath pro-
claimed vnto the end of the world, *say * Zach. 9. 9,
ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, matth. 21.
0. iohn 12.
thy saluation commeth; behold, his *re- 15.
* Chap. 40.
ward is with him, and his || worke be- 10.
fore him. 10r, recom-
12 And they shall call them, The ho- pense.
ly people : the redeemed of the L O R D:
and thou shalt be called, Sought out, a
citie not forsaken.
C H A P . LXIII.
ry ouer his enemies, 7 and what his merc^
toward his Church. 10 In his iust wrath
hee remembreth his free Mercy. 15 The
Church in their prayer, 17 and complaint,
professe their Faith.
Ho is this that commeth
W from Edom, with died gar-
ments from Bozrah? thi tHebr*
that is t glorious in his ap- decked*
parel],
Gods mercies. Chap.lxiiij.
parel, traueljing in the greatnesse of his
strength ? I that speake in righteous-
nesse, mightie to saue.
* Rcu. 19. £ Wherefore * art thou red in thine
13.
apparell, and thy garments like him
that treadeth in the winefat ?
3 I haue troden the winepresse a-
ione, and of the people there was none
with me : for I will tread them in mine
anger , and trample them in my furie,
and their blood shall be sprinkled vpon
my garments, and I will staine all my
raiment.
* Chap. 34. 4? For the * day of vengeance Is in
8.
mine heart, and the yeere of my redee-
med is come.
5 And I looked, and there was none
to helpe; and I wondered that there
was none to vphold : therefore mine
* Chap. 59. owne *arme brought saluation vnto
16.
me, and my furie\ it vpheld me.
6 And I will tread downe the peo-
ple! in mine anger, & make them drunke
in my furie, and I will bring downe
their strength to the earth.
7 IT I will mention the louing
kindnesses of the L O R D , and the
praises of the L o £ D , according to
all that the L O R D hath bestowed
on vs; and the great goodnes towards
the house of Israel , which he hath be-
stowed on them , according to his mer-
cies, and according to the multitude of
his louing kindnesses.
8 For hee said, Surely they are my
people, children that will not lie: so hee
was their sauiour.
9 In all their affliction he was af-
flicted, and the Angel of his presence sa-
* Deut. 7. ued them : *in his loue and in his pitie
7,8.
hee redeemed them, and he bare them,
and caried them all the dayes of olde.
* Exod. 15. 10 U But they * rebelled, and vexed
24. num. 14.
11. psal. 78. his holy spirit ; therefore hee was tur-
57. and
95.9.
ned to be their enemie, and he fought a-
gainst them.
11 Then he remembred the dayes of
old, Moses a/?dhispeople,<sa2/?/?gv Where
* Exod. 14. is hee that * brought them vp out of the
,30.
II Or, shep- Sea, with the ||shepheard of his flocke ?
heards, as where is hee that put his holy Spirit
Psal. 77- 21.
within him ?
12 That led them by the right hand
* Exod. 14. of Moses with his glorious arme, *di-
27. iosh. uiding the water before them , to make
15. 16.
himselfe an euerlasting name ?
18 That led them through the deepe
as an horse in the wildernesse , that they
should not stumble ?
God our Father.
14 As a beast goeth downe into the
valley, the Spirit of the L O R D cau-
sed him to rest: so diddest thou leade thy
)eople , to make thy selfe a glorious
^ame.
15 IT *Looke downe from heauen, *Deut.25.
and behold from the habitation of thy 15.
lolinesse, and of thy glory : where is thy
zeale and thy strength, || the sounding of I Or, the
multitude.
thy bowels, and of thy mercies to-
wards me ? are they restrained ?
16 Doubtlesse thou art our father,
though Abraham be ignorant of vs,
and Israel acknowledge vs not : thou,
O LORD art our Father, ||our Re- « Or, our re-
deemer, thy Name is from euerlasting. from eemer,
ever-
17 IF O L O R D , why hast thou lasting is thy
name*
made vs to erre from thy wayes ? and
lardened our heart from thy feare?
Eleturne for thy seruants sake , the
tribes of thine inheritance.
18' The people of thy holinesse haue
assessed It but a little while : our ad-
iersaries haue troden downe thy San-
ctuarie.
19 Wee are thine, thou neuer bafest
rule ouer them, tthey were not called Heb. thy
name was
>y thy Name. not called
pon them.
CHAP. Lxrni.
1 The Church prayeth for the illustration of
Gods power. 5 Celebrating Gods mercy,
it maketh confession of their naturall corrup-
tions. 9 It coraplaineth of their affliction.
that thou wouldest
O
IPi^iSi^^ rent t^le heauens, that
llvviiilflj t^lou wouldest come
OJ^^g^ down, that the moun--
iKefl^g^jS taines might flowe
downe at thy presence,
2 As when -^ the mel- Heb. the
ting fire burneth , the fire causeth the fire ings.
ofmel-
waters to boyle : to make thy Name
knowen to thine aduersaries, that the
nations may tremble at thy presence.
3 When thou diddest terrible things
which wee looked not for, thou earnest
downe, the mountaines flowed downe
at thy presence.
•4 For since the beginning of the
world *men haue not heard, nor percei- * 1. Cor. 2.
ued by the eare , neither hath the eye 0.20.psal. 31.
|| scene, 0 God, besides thee, what hee II Or, scene a
God besides
hath prepared fpv him that waiteth for thee which
him. doeth so for
him, $c.
5 Thou meetest him that reioyceth,
and worketh righteousnesse, those tha
remember thee in thy wayes : behold,
thou art wroth, for we haue sirmect : ir
thos
* 24
 Mans righteoufnefle. Ifaiah.
those is continuance, and we shall be
saued.
6 But we are al as an .vncleane thing,
and all our righteousnesses are as fil-
*peal.50.
5, 6.
hy ragges, and we all doe * fade as a
eafe, and our iniquities like the wind
laue taken vs away..
7 And there is none that calleth
vpon thy name, that stirreth vp him-
selfe to take hold of thee : for thou hast
Heb. mel-
ted.
lid thy face from vs, and hast t consu-
med vs because of our iniquities.
8 But now, O L O R D , thou art
our father : we are the clay, and thou
our potter, and we all are the worke of
thine hand.
*Psal. 79.
8.
9 1f Be not * wroth very sore, O
L.ORD , neither remember iniquitie
or euer: behold, see we beseech thee, we
are all thy people.
10 Thy holy cities are a wildernesse,
Zion is a wildernesse, Jerusalem a
lesolation.
11 Our holy and our beautifull
house, where our fathers praised thee,
is burnt vp with fire, and all our plea-
sant things are layed waste:
12 Wilt thou refraine thy selfe for
these things, O L O R D ? wilt thou
lold thy peace, and afflict vs very sore?
C H A P . LXV.
1 The calling of the Gentiles. 2 The lewes,
for their incredulity/idolatry and hypocrisie, led, yee did not ariswere; when I spake, 13.
are reiected. 8 A remnant shalbe saued. yee did not heare, *but did euill before Chap. 66.
11 Judgements on the wicked, and bles- nine eyes, and did choose that wherein 4.
sings on the godly. 17 The blessed state
of the new Jerusalem.
* Rom. 10. * Am sought qfihem that SOD ; Behold, my seruants shall eate,
loy of theElea.
|| nose, a fire that burneth all the day. lr, anger,
6 Behold, it is written before me:
I will not keepe silence, but will recom-
>ence, euen recompence into their bo-
some,
7 Your iniquities, and the iniqui-
ties of your fathers together, (saith the
l^ORD) which haue burnt incense vp-
on the mountaines, & blasphemed rnee
vpon the hils : therfore will I measure
their former worke into their bosome.
8 IT Thus saith the L O R D , As
the new wine is found in the cluster,
and one saith, Destroy it not, for a bles-
sing is in it: so wil I doe for my seruants
sakes, that I may not destroy them all.
9 And I will bring forth a seede out
of lacob, and out of ludah an inheri-
tour of my mountains : and mine elect
shall inherit it, and my seruants shal
[well there.
10 And Sharon shall be a fold of
lockes, and the valley of Achor a place
•or the herds to .lie clowne in, for my peo-
p)le that haue sought me.
11 IF But yee are they that forsake
the LORD, that forget my holy moun-
taine, that prepare a table for that
||troope, and that furnish the drinke of- I Or, Gad.
fYing vnto that || number. I Or, Meni.
1£ Therefore will I number you to
the sword, and yee shall all bow downe
t;o the slaughter : * because when I cal- 23.Prou. 1.
ier. 7.
[ delighted not :
13 Therefore thus saith the Lond

I asked notjbr me: I * am 3ut ye shall be hungry : behold, my ser-

20.
Rom. 9,
24. 25, 26. found of them that sought uants shall drinke, but yee shall be thir-
eph. 2. 12.
me not : I said, Behold stie : behold, my seruants shall reioyce,
me, behold me, vnto a na- 3ut yee shall be ashamed.
tion that was not called by my name. 14 Behold, my seruants shall sin
% I haue spread out my hands al for ioy of heart, but yee shall cry for sor-
the day vnto a rebellious people, which row of heart, and shall howle for t vexa- • Heb. brea
king.
walketn in a way that was not good, af- tion of spirit.
ter their owne thoughts: 15 And yee shall leaue your nam
3 A people that prouoketh mee to for a curse vnto my chosen: for the Lore
anger continually to my face, that sa- GOD shall slay thee, and call his ser-
crificeth in gardens, and burneth in- uants by another name:
t Heb. vpon cense tvpon altars of bricke: 16 That he who blesseth himselfe i
brickes.
4 Which remaine among the the earth, shall blesse himselfe in th
graues, and lodge in the monuments, God of trueth; and he that sweareth i
Or, pieces which eate swines flesh, and ||broth o the earth, shall sweare by the God o
abominable things is in their vessels: trueth; because the former troubles ar
5 Which say; Stand by thy selfe forgotten, and because they are hid from
come not neere to me; for I am holie mine eyes. * Chap. 66.
22. 2. pet.
then thou -.these are a smoke in my 17 ^T For behold, I create *new he 3. 13. reu.
uen 21. 1.
 New lerufalem. Chap.lxvj.
uens, and a new earth : & the former shal
t //>&„ cow* not be remembred, nor t come into mind.
up on the
faart. 18 But bee you glad and. reioyce for
euer in that which I create : for beholde,
I create Jerusalem a reioycing, and
her people a ioy.
19 And I wil reioyce in Terusalem,
* Keu. 21. 4. and ioy in my people, and the * voice of
weeping shall be no more heard in her,
nor the voice of crying.
20 There shalbe no more thence an
infant of dayes, nor an olde man, that
hath not filled his dayes : for the childe
shall die an hundreth yeeres olde : but
the sinner being an hundreth yeres old,
shalbe accursed.
21 And they shall builde houses, and
inhabite them, and they shall plant vine-
yards, and eate the fruit of them.
22 They shal not build, and another
inhabit : they shall not plant, and ano-
ther eat : for as the dales of a tree,are the
t //<?&. sfca/J dayes of my people, and mine elect t shal
nwzfo? /Aem
Continue long enioy the worke of their hands.
long; or sftaW 23 They shall not labour in vaine,
wcare out.
nor bring forth for trouble : for they are
the seede of the blessed of the LORD,
and their offspring with them.
*Fsal.32. 5. 24 And it shal come to passe, that* be-
fore they call, I will answere, & whiles
they are yet speaking, I will heare.
Msai. II. 25 The *wolfe and the lambe shall
6,?.
*eede together , and the lyon shall eate
straw like the bullocke: and dust shalbe
the serpents meat. They shall not hurt
nor destroy in all my holy mountaine,
sayth the LORD.
C H A P . LXVI.
1 The glorious God will be serued in humble
sinceritie. 5 He comforteth the humble with
the inarueilous generation, 10 and with the
gracious benefits of the Church. 15 Gods se-
uere iudgements against the wicked. 19 The
Gentiles shall haue an holy Church, 24- and
see the damnation of the wicked.
Hus sayth the L O R D ,
T
*l. Kings 8. *The heauen ismy throne,
27. 2. COT. 6.
18. actes 7. and the earth is my foote-
49. and stoole : where is the house
17-24.
IW;&3£50^t^ii Ithat yee builde vnto mee?
and where is the place of my rest ?
2 For all those tilings hath mine
land made, and all those things haue
)eene, saith the L O R D : but to this
man wil I looke, euen to him that is poore
and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at
my word.
3 He that killeth an oxe is as i/Hie slue
Her glory.
a maft : he that sacrificeth a || lambe, as if II Or, Iddde.
he cut off a dogs necke : he that offereth
an oblation, as if he offered swines blood:
he that t burneth incense, as if he blessed t Heb, ma-
an idole : yea, they haue chosen their keth ame.
moriall of,
owne wayes, and their soule delighteth
in their abominations.
4 I also will chuse their || delusions, I Or, deiii-
and will bring their feares vpon them ; ces.
* because when I called , none did an- * Pro. 1. 24
swere, when I spake they did not heare: iere. 7. 13.
but * they did euill before mine eyes, and * Chap. 65.
chose that in which I delighted not. 12.
5 1T Heare the word of the LORD,
ye that tremble at his word : Your bre-
thren that hated you , that cast you out
for my Names sake, sayd, *Let the * Cha. 5.19
LORD be glorified : but he shal appeare
to your ioy, and they shalbe ashamed.
6 A voice of noyse from the city, a
voice from the Temple, a voice of the
LORD, that rendreth recompense to
his enemies.
7 Before she trauailed, she brought
foorth : before her paine came, shee was
deliuered of a man childe.
8 Who hath heard such a thing?
who hath seene such things ? shall the
earth be made to bring forth in one* day,
or shall a nation be borne at once? for as
soone as Zion traueiled, shee brought
foorth her children.
9 Shall I Hbririg to the birth, & not I Or, beget.
cause to bring forth, saith the L O R D ?
shall I cause to bring foorth, and shut
the wombe, sayth thy God?
10 Reioyce ye with Jerusalem, and
be glad with her, all yee that loue her:
reioyce for ioy with her , all yee that
mourne for her :
1 1 That ye may sucke and be satisfied
with the breasts of her .consolations :
that ye may milke out, and be delighted
with the || abundance of her glory. H Or, bright-
12 For thus sayth the L O R D , Be- nessc.
hold, 1 will extend peace to her like a n-
uer, and the glory of the Gentiles like a
[lowing streame : then shall ye sucke, ye
shalbe * borne vpon her sides, and be dan- »andIsaiGO.4f>.4. 22.
dled vpon her knees.
13 As one whom his mother comfor-
teth, so wil I comfort you: and ye shall
be comforted in Jerusalem.
14? And when yee see this, your heart
shall reioyce, and your bones shall flou-
rish like an herbe : and the hand of the
LORD shall be knowen towards his
seruants, and his indignation towards
his enemies.
15 For
The reftoring of leremiah.
15 For behold, the LORD wil come
with fire, and with his charets like a
whirlewinde, to render his anger with
furie, and his rebuke with flames of
fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword, will
the L O R D plead with all flesh : and
the slaine of the LORD shalbe many.
17 They that sanctifie themselues,
and purifie themselues in the gardens,
8 Or, one af- || behinde one tree in the midst, eating
ter another.
swines flesh, and the abomination, and
the mouse, shall be consumed together,
saith the LORD.
18 For I know .their works and their
thoughts : it shall come that I will ga-
ther all nations and tongues, and they
shall come and see my glorie.
19 And I will set a signe among
them, and I will send those that escape
of them vnto the nations, to Tarshish,
Pul and Lud, that draw the bow, to
Tubal and lauan, to the lies afarre
off, that haue not heard my fame, nei-
ther haue scene my glory, and they shall
declare my glory among the Gentiles.
20 And they shall bring all your bre-
jTHE B O O K E O F T H E
Prophet leremiah.
C H A P . I.
1 The time, 3 and the calling of leremiah:
11 His propheticall visions of an Almond
rod, and a seething pot: 15 His heauy mes-
sage against ludah. 17 God incourageth
him with his promise of assistance.
He wordes of le-
T
remiah the sonne
of Hilkiah, of the
Priests that were
in Anathoth in
the land of Ben-
iamin:
2 To whom
the word of the
LORD came in the dayes of Josiah
the sonne of Amon king of ludah, in
the Church.
thren for an offering vnto the LORD,
out of all nations, vpon horses and in
charets , and in || litters, and vpon K0r<coaches,
mules, and vpon swift beasts to my ho-
lie mountaine Jerusalem, saith the
L O R D ; as the children of Israel
bring an offering in a cleane vessell, into
the house of the LORD.
21 And I will also take of them for
* Priestes and for Leuites, saith the « Exod. 19.
6. chap. 61.
LORD. 6. 1. pet. 2.
22 For as * the new heauens, and 9.* Chap. reuel. 1.6.
65.
the new earth which I wil make, shall 17. 2. Pet. 3.
remaine before me, saith the LORD, 21. 1. 13. reuel.
so shall your seed and your name re-
maine.
23 And it shall come to passe, that
tfrom one new Moone to an other, t Heb.from
new Moone
and from one Sabbath to an other, to his new
shall all flesh come to worship before from Moone, and
Sab-
me, saith the LORD. bath to his
24 And they shall goe foorth, and Sabbath.
Ipoke vpon the carkeises of the men
that haue transgressed against me : for
their * worme shall not die, neither shall 44.
* Marke 9.
their fire be quenched, and they shall be
an abhorring vnto all flesh.
the thirteenth yeere of his reigne.
3 It came also in the dayes of Ie-
hoiakim the sonne of Iosiah king of
Iudah, vnto the ende fo the eleuenth
yeere of Zedekiah the sonne of Iosiab
king of Iudah, vnto the carrying a-
way of Ierusalem captiue in the fift
moneth.
4 Then the word of the Lord
came vnto me, saying,
5 Before I * formed thee in the bel- * Isa. 49.
lie, I knew thee; and before thou ca- 1,6.
mest forth out of the wombe, I * sancti- * Gal. 5.1,
15.
fied thee, and I ordeined thee a prophet Wiebr.gaue,
vnto the nations.
6 Then said I, Ah * Lord God, * Exo. 3. 4.
behold, I cannot speake, for I am a
childe.
7 But
A feething pot. Chap.ij.
7 H But the L O R D sayd vnto
me, Say not, I am a childe : for thou
shalt goe to all that I shall send thee,
and whatsoeuer I command thee, thou
shalt speake.
* Eze. 3. 9. 8 * Be not afraid of their faces : for
* EXO. 3.12. *I am with thee to deliuer thee, sayth
deut. 31. 6,
8. iosh. l. 5. the L O R D .
heb. id. 6. 9 Then the L O U D put foorth his
* Isai. 6 7 hand, and * touched my mouth, and the
L O R D said vnto me, Behold, I haue
*Cha.a. 14. * put my words in thy mouth.
10 See, I haue this day set thee ouer
the nations, and ouer tne kingdomes,
*Cha. 18. 7. to * roote out, and to pull downe, and
2. cor. 10.
4.6. to destroy, and to throw down, to build
and to plant.
11 H Moreouer, the word of the
L O R D came vnto me, saying; lere-
miah, what seest thou ? And I said, I
see a rodde of an almond tree.
12 Then said the L O R D vnto me,
Thou hast well scene : for I will hasten
my word to performe it.
13 And the worde of the L O R D
came vnto mee the second time, saying;
What seest thou ? And I said ; I see a
seething pot, and the face thereof was
t Heb. from t towards the North. *
the face of
the North. 14? Then the L O R D said vnto me;
*Chap. 4. 6. Out of the * North an euill tshal breake
t Heb. shall
be opened. foorth vpon all the inhabitants of the
land.
*Cha. 5. 15. 15 For loe, I will *call all the fami-
and 6. 22.
and 10. 22. lies of the kingdoms of the North, saith
the LORD, and they shall come, and
they shall set euery one his throne at the
entring of the gates of Jerusalem, and
against all the walles thereof round a-
bout, & against all the cities of ludah.
16 And I will vtter my Judgements
against them touching all their wicked-
nesse,who haue forsaken me, and haue
burnt incense vnto other gods, and
worshipped the workes of their owne
hands.
17 11 Thou therefore gird vp thy
loynes, and arise and speake vnto them
all that I cottimaund thee : be not dis-
il 0rt breake mayed at their faces, lest I || confound
to pieces.
thee before them.
18 For behold, 1 haue made thee
*Cha. 6. 27. this day *a defenced citie, and an yron
and 15. 20.
isai. 50. 7. pillar, and brasen walles against the
whole land, against the kings of lu-
dah, against the prkices thereof, against
the Priests thereof, and against the peo-
ple of the land.
19 And they shall fight against thee,
Mans vnkindnefle.
but they shall not preuaile against thee:
for I am with thee, sayth tne L O R D ,
to deliuer thee.
C H A P . II.
1 God hailing shewed his former kindnesse,
expostulated with the I ewes, their cause-
Jesse reuolt, 9 beyond any example. 14
They are the causes of their owne calami-
ties. 20 The sinnes of ludah. 31 Her con*
fidence is reiected.
Oreouer, the word of the
M
§J^|§fl Ig L O R D came
*n& '
rP^W^ fcl ^ ^oe' an
W&$ii3^ii eares of leru
ing; Thus sayth the LORD, I re-
member || thee, the kindnesse of thy \0r,fbr1hi,
* youth, the loue of thine espousals, take. • Eze. 16. 8.
when thou wentest after me in the wil- :ha. 12. 14.
dernesse, in a land that was not sowen.
8 Israel was holinesse vnto the
L O R D , and the first fruites of his in-
crease : all that deuoure him , shall of-
fend ; euill shall come vpon them, sayth
the LORD,
4 Heare ye the word of the LORD,
O house of Jacob, and all the families
of the house of Israel.
5 IF Thus sayth the LORD, What
iniquitie haue your fathers, found in
me, that they are gone farre from mee,
and haue walked after vanitie, and are
become vaine ?
6 Neither sayd they, Where is the
L O R D that * brought vs vp out of * Isai. 63. 9,
the land of Egypt ? that led vs through 11,13.
13. 4,
ose.
the wildernesse, through a land of de-
serts and of pittes, through a land of
drought, and of the shadow of death,
through a land that no man passed tho-
row, and where no man dwelt.
7 And I brought you into a plen-
tifull countrey, to eate the fruit thereof,
and the goodnesse thereof; but when ye
entred yee *defiled my land, and made • Psal. 78.
58. and
mine heritage an abomination. 106. 38.
8 The Priests said not, Where is the
L O R D ? and they that handle the
* Law knew me not : the pastours also ' Rom. 2. 20
transgressed against mee, and the Pro-
phets prophecied by Baal, and walked
after things that doe not profit.
9 1T Wherefore, I will yet pleade
with you, sayth the L O R D , and with
your childrens children will I pleade.
10 For passe || ouer the yles of Chit- I Ortouerto,
tim, and see ; and send vnto Kedar and
consider
The backfliding of leremiah.
consider diligently , and see if there be
such a thing.
11 Hath a nation changed their
* Cha, 16. 20 Gods, which are *yet no Gods ? but my
people haue changed their glory , for
that which doth not profit.
12 Be astonished, O yee heauens, at
this, and be horribly afraid, be yee very
desolate, saith the LORD.
13 For my people haue committed
*Chap. 17. two euils : *they haue forsaken me, the
id. & 18.14
psal. 36. 9. fountaine of liuing waters, and hewed
them out cistern es, broken cisternes
that can hold no water.
14 IF Is Israel a seruant? is he a
t Heb. be- home-borne slaue? why is he t spoiled?
come a spoile.
15 The young lyons roared vpon
t Heb. ttaue him and t yelled, and they made his land
out their
voyce. waste : his cities are burnt without in-
habitant.
16 Also the children of Noph and
II Or,feede Tahapanes haue || broken the crowne
on thy crown,
deut. 33. 12 of thy head.
Isai. 8. 8. 17 Hast thou not procured this vnto
thy selfe, in that thou hast forsaken the
L O R D thy God, when he led thee by
the way ?
18 And now what hast thou to doe
in the way of Egypt, to drinke the wa-
ters of Sihor ? Or what hast thou to
doe in the way of Assyria, to drinke the
waters of the riuer ?
* Isai. 3. 19 Thine owne *wickednesse shall
9. OS. 6. 5.
correct thee, and thy backslidings shall
reproue thee : know therefore and see,
that it is an euill thing and bitter that
thou hast forsaken the L O R D thy
God, and that my feare is not in thee,
saith the Lord GOD of Hostes.
20 IF For of old time I haue broken
thy yoke, and burst thy bands, and thou
II Or, serue. saidst; I will not ((transgresse : when
* Isai. 57. vpon euery high *hill, and vnder euery
5,7. greene tree * thou wandrest, playing the
*Ier. 3. 6.
harlot.
*Matth. 21. 21 Yet I had * planted thee a noble
23. mar. 12.
1. luc. 20.9. *vine, wholy a right seede : How then
* Exod. 16. art thou turned into the degenerate
17. psal. 44.
3. and 80. 9. plant of a strange vine vnto me ?
Isai. 5. 2. 22 For though thou *wash thee
* lob. 9. 30.
with nitre, and take thee much sope, yet
thine iniquitie is marked before me,
saith the Lord GOD.
23 How canst thou say, I am not
polluted, I haue not gone after Baa-
lim ? see thy way in the valley, know
t Or, 0 swift
dromedarie. what thou hast done : \\thou art a swift
tOr, OwM dromedarie trauersing her wayes.
asse &c.
iHeb. taught 24? || A wild asse tvsed to the wilder-
Gods people.
nesse, that snuffeth vp the wind at ther \ Heb. the
pleasure, in her occasion who can ||turne desire
ieart.
of her
her away ? all they that seeke her will \ Or, reverse
not wearie themselues , in her moneth it.
they shall find her.
25 Withhold thy foote from being
vnshod, and thy throte from thirst : but
thou saidst, || There is no hope. No, for K Or, is the
I haue loued strangers, and after them case rate*
despe-
will I goe.
26 As the thiefe is ashamed, when
he is found : so is the house of Israel
ashamed, they, their kings, their prin-
ces, and their priests, & their prophets,
27 Saying to a stocke ; Thou art my
father, and to a stone; Thou hast
|| brought me forth : for they haue tur- I! Or9 begot-
ned t their backe vnto me, and not their ten me.
t Heb. the
face : but in the time of their * trouble, part of part
hinder
the
they will say ; Arise and saue vs. necke.
28 But where are thy Gods that lt>. * Isai. 26.
thou hast made thee P let them arise if
they ^can saue thee in the time of thy * Isai. 43.
t trouble : for * accordingto the number of20.
t Heb. euill.
thy cities, are thy Gods, O ludah. *Chap. n.
29 Wherefore will yee plead with 13.
me ? yee all haue transgressed against
me, saith the LORD.
30 In vaine haue I * smitten your * Isail. 9.
children , they receiued no correction : 13. cha. 5. 3
your owne sword hath *deuoured your * Matth. 23.
29. £c.
prophets, like a destroying lyon.
31 1[ O generation, see yee the word
of the L O R D : *haue I beene a wil- 1 Chap. 2. 6
dernesse vnto Israel ? a land of darke-
nesse ? wherefore say my people ; t We arehaue
t Heb. we
domi-
Lords, we will come no more vnto nion.
thee ?
32 Can a maide forget her ornaments,
or a bride her .attire? yet my people haue
forgotten me dayes without number.
33 Why trimmest thou thy way to
seeke loue? therefore hast thou also
taught the wicked ones thy wayes.
34 Also in thy skirts is found the
blood of the soules of the poore inno-
cents : I haue not found it by t secret ging.t Heb. di&.
search, but vpon all these.
35 Yet thou sayest; Because I am in-
nocent, surely his anger shall turne
from me : behold, I will plead with
thee, because thou sayest, I haue not
sinned.
36 Why gaddest thou about so much
to change thy way ? thou also shalt bee
ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast asha-
med of Assyria.
37 Yea thou shalt goe forth from
him, and thine hands vpon thine
head :
God calleth Chap.iij. to repentance.
head : for the L o R D hath reiected rous sister ludah hath not turned vn-
thy confidences, and thou shalt not pro- to mee with her whole heart, but tfai- falshood. t Hebr. in
sper in them. nedly, saith the LORD.
11 And the L O R D said vnto mee,
CHAP. III. The backesliding Israel hath iusti-
1 Gods great mercy in ludahs vile whoredome. fied her selfe more then treacherous
6 ludah is worse then Israel. 12 The pro- ludah.
raises of the Gospel, to the penitent 20 Is- 12 If Go and proclaime these words
rael reprooued and called by God, maketh a
solemne confession of their sinnes. toward the North, and say, Returne
thou backesliding Israel, sayeth the
\ Heb. lay- Hey t say; If a man put a- LORD, and I will not cause mine an-

T
ing. way his wife, and she goe ger to fall vpon you : for I am * merci- *Psal. 86.
15. and 103
from him, and become an- full, saith the LORD, and I will not 8,9.
* Deu. 24. 4 other mans, * shall hee re- keepe anger for euer.
Rz>*«d^3*S^fc«*EB turne vnto her againe? 13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity
shall not that land be greatly polluted? that thou hast transgressed against the
but thou hast played the harlot with LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy
many louers ; yet returne againe to me, wayes to the strangers vnder euery
saith the LORD. greene tree, and ye haue not obeyed my
2 Lift vp thine eyes vnto the high voice, saith the L o R D.
places, and see where thou hast not bene 14« Turne, O backesliding children,
lien with : in the wayes hast thou sate saith the LORD, for I am maried vn-
for them, as the Arabian in the wilder- to you : and I will take you one of a ci-
nesse, and thou hast polluted the land ty, and two of a family, and I wil bring
with thy whoredomes, and with thy you to Zion.
wickednes. 15 And I will giue you *Pastours 1 Cha. 23. 4.
*Deut.28. 3 Therefore the *showres haue bin according to mine heart, which shall
24.chap.9.
12. withholden, and there hath bene no lat- feede you with knowledge and vnder-
Cha.6.15. ter raine , and thou haddest a * whores standing.
forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed. 16 And it shall come to passe when
4 Wilt thou not from this time cry yee bee multiplied and increased in the
vnto me; My father, thou art the guide Land; in those dayes, saith the LORD,
of my youth ? they shal say no more ; The Arke of the
5 Will he reserue his anger for euer? Couenant of the LORD : neither shal
wil he keepe it to the end? Behold, thou it t come to minde, neither shall they re- Heb. come
ip on the
bast spoken and done euill things as member it, neither shall they visit i^, nei- heart.
thou couldest. ther shall \\that be done any more. i! Or, it be
6 1F The LORD said also vnto 17 At that time they shall call leru- magnified.
me, in the daies of losiah the king, Hast salem the Throne of the L O R D , and
thou seene that which backsliding Is- all the nations shalbe gathered vnto it,
*Cha. 2. 20. rael hath done ? she is *gone vp vpon e- to the Name of the LORD, to leru-
uery high mountaine, and vnder euery salem : neither shall they walke any
jreene tree, and there hath plaied the more after the || imagination of their I Or, stvb-
iiarlot. euill heart. burnnesse.
7 And I said after she had done all 18 In those dayes the house of lu-
these things ; Turne thou vnto me : but dah shall walke ||with the house of Is- I Or, to.
shee returned not, and her treacherous rael, and they shall come together out
sister ludah saw it. of the land of the North to the land that
8 And I saw, when for all the cau- [ haue || giuen for an inheritance vnto I Or, caused
your fathers
ses whereby backsliding Israel com- your fathers. opossesse.
mitted adulterie , I had put her away 19 But I said ; How shall I put thee
and giuen her a bill of diuorce : yet her among the children , and giue thee a
;reacherous sister ludah feared not, t pleasant land, a goodly t heritage of the Heb. land
3ut went and played the harlot also. iostes of nations ? and I said ; Thou of desire.
9 And it came to passe thorow the shalt call me ; My father, and shalt not
1! Or, fame. [lightnes of her whoredome, that shee turne away tfrom me. Hebr.from
defiled the land, and committed adulte- 20 If Surely as a wife treacherously after me.
ry with stones and with stockes. departeth from her t husband : so haue Heb.friend
10 And yet for all this her treache- you dealt treacherously with mee, O
house
True repentance. leremiah,
house of Israel, saith the LORD.
21 A voice was heard vpon the high
3laces , weeping and supplications of
;he children of Israel : for they haue
peruerted their way, and they haue for-
gotten the L O R D their God.
*Ose, 14.2. 22 * Returne ye backsliding children,
and I wil heale your backslidings : Be-
bolde, wee come vnto thee, for thou art
the L O R D our God.
23 Truely in vaine is saluation hoped
far from the hilles, and from the multi-
tude of mountaines : truely in the
L O R D our God is the saluation of
Israel.
24 For shame hath deuoured the la-
bour of our fathers from our youth :
their flockes and their heards, their
sonnes and their daughters.
25 We lie downe in our shame, and
our confusion, couereth vs : for we haue
sinned against the L O R D our God,
wee and our fathers from our youth
euen vnto this day, and haue not obeied
the voice of the L O R D our God.
C H A P . IIIL
1 God calleth Israel by his promise. 3 He ex-
horteth ludah to repentance by fearefull
iudgements. 19 A grieuous lamentation
for the miseries of ludah.
F thou wilt returne, U
I
Israel, saith the L O R D
•Ioel2. 12. * returne vnto mee: and i:
thou wilt put away thine
abominations out of my
sight, then shalt thou not remoue.
2 And thou shalt sweare, The
L O R D liueth, in Trueth, in ludge-
ment, and in Righteousnes, and the na-
tions shall blesse themselues in him, anc
* 2. COT. 10. in him shall they *glorie.
17. 3 1F For thus saith the L O R D to
the men of ludah and lerusalem,
Breake vp your fallow ground, anc
sow not among thornes.
4 Circumcise your selues to the
LORD, and take away the foreskinnes
of your heart, ye men of ludah, and in
habitants of lerusalem , lest my furie
come forth like fire, and burne that none
can quench it, because of the euill of your
doings.
5 Declare ye in ludah, and publish
in lerusalem, and say, Blow yee the
Trumpet in the land : cry, gather toge-
ther,and say, Assemble your selues, anc
let vs goe into the defenced cities.
6 Set vp the standards towarc
Againft ludah.
Zion : ||retyre, stay not ; for I wil bring I0r,
euil from the * North, and a great t de- strengthen.
* Chap. 1.
struction. 13,14, 23.
chap. 6. 86.
7 The Lion is come vp from his MJebr.brea-
thicket, and the destroyer of the Gen- king.
tiles is on his way ; hee is gone foorth
from his place to make thy land deso-
late, and thy cities shall be layed waste,
without an inhabitant.
8 For this *gird you with sackcloth; * Chap. 6.
lament and howle : for the fierce anger 26.
of the L O R D is not turned backe
From vs.
9 And it shall come to passe at that
day, saith the LORD, that the heart of
the King shall perish, and the heart of
the Princes : and the Priests shalbe a-
stonished, & the prophets shall wonder.
10 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD,
surely thou hast greatly deceiued this
people, and lerusalem, saying, Ye shall
haue peace , whereas the sword rea-
cheth vnto the soule.
11 At that time shall it bee said to
this people, and to lerusalem ; A dry
winde of the high places in the wilder-
nes toward the daughter of my people,
not to fanne, nor to cleanse,
12 Euen jjafull winde from those pla- i Or, a fuller
ces shall come vnto mee : now also will winde
'hose.
then
I tgiue sentence against them. \Hebr.*vt.
18 Behold, hee shall come vp as ter iudge-
ments.
cloudes, and his charets shall bee as a
whirlewinde : his horses are swifter
then Eagles ; woe vnto vs, for wee are
spoiled.
14f O lerusalem, *wash thine heart •Isa. i. 16.
from wickednesse, that thou mayest
bee saued : how long shall thy vaine
thoughts lodge within thee ?
15 For a voice declareth *from Dan, * Chap. 8.
and publisheth affliction from moun 16.
Ephraim.
16 Make ye mention to the nations,
behold, publish against lerusalem, that
watchers come from a farre countrey,
and giue out their voice against the ci-
ties of ludah.
17 As keepers of a fielde are they a-
gainst her round about; because shee
hath bene rebellious against mee, saitl
the LORD.
18 *Thy way and thy doings haue * Psal. 107.
procured these things vnto thee, this is 1.17. tea. 50.
thy wickednes because it is bitter, be-
cause it reacheth vnto thine heart. * Isa. 22. 4
19 11 My * bowels, my bowels, I am chap. 9. 1.
pained at my very heart, tmy hear walles t Hebr. the
qfm
maketh a noise in mee, I cannot hol< heart.
my
Wife to doe euill. Chap.v. Gods plagues
my peace, because thou hast heard, 0 their peruersenesse, 7 for their adulterie,
my soule, the sound of the Trumpet, 10 for their impietie, 19 for their con tern pi
the alarme of warre. of God, 25 and for their great corruption
in the Ciuill state, 30 and Ecclesiasticall.
20 Destruction vpon destruction is
cried, for the whole land is spoiled: sud- Vnne yee to and fro tho-
denly are my tents .spoiled, and my cur-
taines in a moment.
21 How long shal I see the standard
and heare the sound of the Trumpet ?
R row the streetes of Jeru-
salem, and see now and
khowe, and seeke in the
broad places thereof, if ye
22 For my people is foolish, they can finde a man, if there be any that exe-
fiaue not knowen me, they are sottish cuteth iudgement, that seeketh the
children, and they haue none vnder- trueth, and I will pardon it.
standing : they are wise to doe euill, but 2 And though they say, The LORD
to doe good they haue no knowledge. liueth, surely they sweare falsely.
23 I beheld the earth, and loe, it was 3 O LORD, are not thine eyes vp-
without forme and void : and the hea- on the trueth? thou hast ^stricken them, * Isai. 9.13.
uens, and they had no light. but they haue not grieued ; thou hast :hap. 2. da.
24 I beheld the mountaines, and consumed them, but they haue refused
ioe they trembled, and all the hilles to receiue correction : they haue made
mooued lightly. their faces harder then a rocke , they
25 I behelde , and loe , there was no haue refused to returne.
man , and all the birdes of the heauens 4 Therefore I said, Surely these
were fled. are poore , they are foolish : for they
26 I beheld , and loe , the fruitful! know not the way of the L O R D , nor
place was a wildernesse, and all the ci- the iudgement of their God.
ties thereof were broken downe at the 5 I wil get me vnto the great men,
presence of the L O R D , and by his and will speake vnto them , for they
fierce anger. haue knowen the way of the LORD,
27 For thus hath the LORD said; and the iudgement of their God : but
* Cha. 5.18. The whole land shall be desolate ; *yet these haue altogether broken the yoke,
will I not make a full ende. and burst the bondes.
28 For this shall the earth mourne, 6 Wherfore a lyon out of the forrest
and the heauens aboue be blacke : be- shall slay them, and a wolfe of the ||eue- II 0r, deserts.
cause I haue spoken it, I haue purpo- nings shall spoile them, a leopard shall
sed it, and will not repent, neither will watch ouer their cities : euery one that
I turne backe from it. goeth out thence shalbe torne in pieces,
29 The whole citie shall flee, for the because their transgressions are many,
noise of the horsemen and bowmen, and their backeslidings tare increased. Hcb» of6
they shall goe into thickets, and climbe 7 1T How shall I pardon thee for strong.
vp vpon the rockes : euery city shall be this ? thy children haue forsaken mee,
forsaken, and not a man dwell therein. and sworne by them that are no gods :
30 And when thou art spoiled, what when I had fed them to the full, they
wilt thou doe? though thou clothest then committed adulterie, and assem-
thy selfe with crimsin, though thou dec- bled themselues by troupes in the har-
kest thee with ornaments of golde, lots houses.
\Heb.eyes. though thou rentest thy t face with pain- 8 * They were as fed horses in the * Ezek. 82.
ting, in vaine shalt thou make thy selfe morning: euery one neighed after his ii.
faire, thy louers will despise thee, they neighbours wife :
will seeke thy life. 9 Shall I not visit for these things,
31 For I haue heard a voice as of a sayth the LORD, and shall not my
woman in trauel, and the anguish as of soule bee auenged on such a nation as
her that bringeth foorth her first childe,this?
the voice of the daughter of Zion, that 10 IF Goe yee vp vpon her walles,
bewaileth her selfe, that spreadeth her and destroy, but make not a full ende :
hands, saying; Woe is me now, for my take away her battlements, for they are
soule is weaned because of murderers. not the LORDS.
11 For the house of Israel , and the
C H A P . V. house of ludah haue dealt very trea-
1 The iudgements of God vpon the lewes, for cherously against me, saith the LORD.
12 For
*243
Gods word, fire. leremiah.
1£ They haue belyed the LORD,
* Isai. 28. and said; It i& not he,* neither shall euill
IS.
come vpon vs, neither dial we seesword
•nor famine.
13 And the prophets shall become
wind, and the word is not in them : thus
shall it be done vnto them.
14 Wherfore thus saith the LORD
God of Hostes; Because yee speake this
word, behold, I will make my words
» Cha. 1. 9. in thy mouth , •* fire , and this people
wood, and it shall deuoure them.
* Deut. 28. 15 Loe, I will bring a * nation vp-
49. cha. 1.
15. and 6. on you from farre, O house of Israel,
22. saith the LORD : it is a mighty nation,
t is an ancient nation, a nation whose
anguage them knowest not, neither vn-
derstandest what they say.
16 Their quiuer is as an open sepul-
chre, they are all mighty men.
* Leu. 26. 17 And they shall eate vp thine *har-
16. deut.
uest and thy bread, which thy sonnes and
28. 31. 33.
thy daughters should eate : they shall
eate vp thy flockes and thine beards :
they shall eate vp thy vines and thy fig-
trees : they shall impouerish thy fenced
cities wherein thou trustedst, with the
sword.
18 Neuerthelesse in those daies, saith
* Cha. 4.27. the L O R D , I *will not make a ful]
end with you.
19 f And it shall come to passe when
*Cha. 16.10 yee shall say ; * Wherefore doth the
and 13. 22. L O R D our God all these things vnto
vs ? then shalt thou answere them ; Like
as ye haue forsaken me, & sertied strange
Gods in your land ; so shall yee serue
strangers in a land that is not yours.
20 Declare this in the house of la-
cob, and publish it in ludah saying ;
* Isai. 6. fl. 21 Heare now this, O * foolish peo-
matth. 13.
14. acts 28. ple, and without t vnderstanding, which
26. rom. 11.
8. ioh. 12. haue eyes and see not, which haue eares
40.
\Heb.heart
and heare not.
28 Feare yee not mee, saith the
L O R D ? will yee not tremble at my
presence, which haue placed the sand for
* lob. 38. the*bound of the sea, by a perpetuall de-
10,11. psal. cree that it cannot passe it, and though
104. 9.
the waues thereof tosse themselues, yet
can they not preuaile, though they
roare, yet can they not passe ouer it ?
23 But this people hath a reuolting
and a rebellious heart : they are reuol-
ted and gone.
24 Neither say they in their heart ;
Let vs now feare the LORD our
* Deut. 11. God, that giueth raine, both the * for-
14.
mer anil the later in his season : he re-
Falfe prophets;
serueth vnto vs the appointed weekes
of the haruest.
25 IF Your iniquities haue turned
away these things, & your sinnes haue
withholden good thingsfromyou.
26 For among my people are found
wicked men : ||they lay waite as hee 0 Or, they
that setteth snares, they set a trap, they vryasfou-
ers lie in
catch men. waite.
27 As a || cage is full of birds, so are II Or, coupe.
their houses full of deceit: therefore they
are become great, and waxen rich.
28 They are waxen *fat, they shine: * Deut. 32.
fea they ouerpasse the deedes of the 15.
wicked : they iudge not *the cause, the zac.* Isai. 1. 23
7. 10.
cause of the fatherlesse,yet they prosper:
and the right of the needy doe they not
iudge.
29 Shall I not visit for these things,
saith the LORD ? shall not my soule be
auenged on such a nation as this ?
i Or, asto-
30 H 1| A wonderfull and horriblenishmenand
thing is committed in the land. filthinesse.
31 The prophets prophecie # falsely, •18.Chap. 14.
and 23.
and the priests || beare rule by their 25. 13. 6.
26. ez.
meanes, and my people loue to haue it so : D Or, take
Into their
and what will yee doe in the end therof ? hands.
C H A R VI.
1 The enemies, sent against ludah, 4 encou-
rage themselues. 6 God setteth them on
worke, because of their sinnes. 9 The pro-
phet lamenteth the Judgements of God
because of their sinnes. 18 He proclaimeth
Gods wrath. 26 He calleth the people to
mourne for the iudgement on their sinnes.
|g^|t^ Yeechildren
O EY^^^A! gather you
(\^^^^K oufc °^ ^
®^^^®^ rusalem , an
^rS^S^ll trumpet in T
set vp a signe of fire in Beth-haccerem :
for euill appeareth out of the North ,
and great destruction.
2 I haue likened the daughter of
Zion to a |] comely and delicate woman. I Or, dwel-
3 The shepheards with their flocks ling at home.
shall come vnto her : they shall pitch
their tents against her round about : they
shall feede, euery one in his place.
4 Prepare yee warre against her:
arise, and let vs goe vp at noone : woe
vnto vs, for the day goeth away, for the
shadowes of the euening are stretched
out.
5 Arise, and let vs goe by night, and
let vs destroy her palaces.
6 11 For thus hath the L O R D oi
hostes said ; Hew yee downe trees and
|| cast
The old way. Chap.yj.
II Or, powre || cast a mount against Jerusalem : this
out the en-
gine of shot. is the citie to be visited, she is wholly op-
pression in the midst of her.
* Isa. 57.20 7 #As a fountaine casteth out her
waters, so she casteth out her wicked-
nesse : violence and spoile is heard in
her, before me continually is griefe and
wounds.
8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem,
\ Heb.bee lest my soule t depart from thee : lest I
'oosed or dis-
iointed. make thee desolate, a lande not inha-
bited.
9 IT Thus saith the LORD of hosts,
They shall throughly gleane the rem-
nant of Israel as a vine : turne backe
thine hand as a grape gatherer into the
baskets.
10 To whome shall I speake and
jiue warning, that they may heare?
* Chap. 7.26 Behold, their #eare is vncircumcised,
and they cannot hearken : beholde, the
word of the LORD is vnto them a re-
proch : they haue no delight in it.
11 Therefore I am full of the furie
of the L O R D : I am weary with hol-
ding in : I will powre it out vpon the
children abroad, and vpon the assembly
of yong men together : for euen the hus-
band with the wife shall be taken, the
aged with him that is full of dayes.
12 And their houses shall be turned
vnto others, with their fields and wiues
together : for I wil stretch out my hand
vpon the inhabitants of the land, saith
the LORD.
13 For from the least of them euen
vnto the greatest of them, euery one is
* Iga. 56. II giuen to #couetousnesse, and from the
chap. 8. 10. prophet euen vnto the priest, euery one
dealeth falsly.
* Chap. 8. 14 They haue #healed also the thurt
11. ezek.
13.10. of the daughter of my people sleigh tly,
MIeb. bruise saying, Peace, peace, when there is no
or breach.
peace.
* Chap. 3.3. 15 Were they * ashamed when they
and 8. 12. had committed abomination ? nay they
were not at all ashamed, neither could
they blush : therefore they shall fall a-
mong them that fall : at the time that
I visit them, they shall bee cast downe,
saith the LORD.
16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand
ye in the wayes and see, and aske for the
* Isa. 8. 20. *old paths, where is the good way, and
mal. 4. 4.
luk. 16. 29. walke therein, and ye shall finde *rest
* Mat. 11. for your soules : but they said, We will
89.
not walke therein.
17 Also I set watchmen ouer you,
joyzflg'jHearken to the sound of the trum-
Rebellious lewes.
pet : but they said, We wil not hearken.
18 IF Therefore heare ye nations,
and know, O Congregation what is a-
mong them.
19 Heare, O eafth, behold, I will
bring euill vpon this people, euen the
fruit of their thoughts , because they
haue not hearkened vnto my wordes,
nor to my law, but reiected it.
20 *To what purpose cometh there to * Isa. 1.11.
and 66. 3.
me incense from Sheba ? and the sweet amos 5. 21.
cane from a farre countrey ? your burnt mic.&c.
6. 6,
offerings are not acceptable, nor your sa-
crifices sweet vnto me.
21 Therefore thus saith the LORD,
Behold, I will lay stumbling blockes
before this people, and the fathers and
the sons together shall fall vpon them :
the neighbor and his friend shall perish.
22 Thus saith the LORD, Behold,
a people commeth from the * North *Chap. 1.15
and 5. 15.
countrey, and a great nation shall bee and 10. 22.
raised from the sides of the earth.
23 They shall lay hold on bowe and
speare: they are cruell, and haue no mer-
cie : their voice roareth like the Sea, and
they ride vpon horses, set in aray as men
for warre against thee, O daughter of
Zion.
24 We haue heard the fame thereof,
our hands waxe feeble, anguish hath
taken hold of vs, and paine as of a wo-
man in trauaile.
25 Goe not forth into the field, nor
walke by the way : for the sword of the
enemie and feare is on euery side.
26 1[ O daughter of my people, gird
thee with * sackcloth, and wallowe thy * Chap. 4.8.
selfe in ashes : make thee mourning, as and 25. 36.
for an onely sonne, most bitter lamenta-
tion : for the spoiler shall suddenly come
vpon vs.
27 I haue set thee for a towre, and
a *fortresse among my people : that thou * Chap. 1. •
18. and 15.
mayest know and trie their way. 20.
28 They are all grieuous reuolters,
walking with slanders : they are *brasse * Ezck. 22.
18.
and yron, they are all corrupters.
29 The bellowes are burnt, the lead
is consumed of the fire : the founder mel-
teth in vaine : for the wicked are not
plucked away.
30 * || Reprobate siluer shall men call * Isa. i. 22.
them, because the LORD hath reie- situer. Or, refuse
cted them.
C H A P . VII.
1 leremiah is sent to call for true repentance, to
preuent the lewes captiuitie. 8 He reiecteth
their
Vaine truft. leremiah. Obey Gods voice.
their vaine confidence, 12 by the example 14 Therefore will I doe vnto this
of Shiloh, 17 He threaineth them for their house, which is called by my Name,
idolatrie. 21 Hee reiecteth the sacrifices of wherein yee trust, and vnto the place
the disobedient. 29 He exhorteth to raourne which I gaue to you, and to your fa-
for their abominations in Tophet, 32 and
the iudgements for the same. thers, as I haue done to * Shiloh. * i.Sam. 4.
11. psal. 78.
15 And I will cast you out of my 60. and 132.
a^^™^*g HE word th sight, as I haue cast out all your bre- 6. chap.26.

T
6.
leremiah from the thren, euen the whole seed of Ephraim.
LORD, saying, 16 Therefore #pray not thou for this * Chap. 12.
2 Stand in the gate p>eople, neither lift vp cry nor prayer for 14. and 14.
ll.exod.
of the LORDS house, them, neither make intercession to me, 32.10.
and proclaime there or I will not heare thee.
his word, and say, Heare the word of 17 IF Seest thou not what they doe
the LORD, all ye of ludah, that en- in the cities of ludah, and in the streets
ter in at these gates to worship the of Jerusalem ?
LORD. 18 #The children gather wood, and * Chap. 44.
3 Thus saith the LORD of hostes the fathers kindle the fire, & the women 19.
the God of Israel ; * Amend your tnead their dough to make cakes to the
AA wayes, and your doings, and I will | Queene of heauen, and to powre out ortoorftman- II Or, frame,
cause you to dwell in this place. drinke offerings vnto other gods, that ship of hea-
4 Trust ye not in lying words, say- they may prouoke me to anger. uen.
ing, The Temple of the LORD, the 19 Doe they prouoke mee to anger,
Temple of the LORD, the Temple oi saith the LORD ? doe they not prouoke
the LORD, are these. themselues to the confusion of their
5 For if ye throughly amend your owne faces?
waies and your doings, if you through- 20 Therefore thus saith the Lord
y execute Judgement betweene a man GOD, Behold, mine anger and my fu-
and his neighbour : rie shalbe powred out vpon this place,
6 If ye oppresse not the stranger, the vpon man & vpon beast, and vpon the
fatherlesse and the widow , and shed trees of the field, and vpon the fruit oi
not innocent blood in this place, neither the ground, and it shall burne, and shall
walke after other gods to your hurt : not be quenched.
7 Then will I cause you to dwell 21 IF Thus saith the LORD of hosts
in this place, in the land that I gaue to the God of Israel, *Put your burnt of- chap. * lea. i. 11.
6. 20.
your fathers, for euer and euer. fings vnto your sacrifices, & eate flesh. amoeft. 21.
8 U Behold, ye trust in lying words, 22 For I spake not vnto your fa-
that cannot profit. thers, nor commanded them in the day
9 Will ye steale, murther, and com- that I brought them out of the land oi
mit adulterie, and sweare falsly, anc Egypt, t concerning burnt offerings or tffebr. con-
cerning the
burne incense vnto Baal, and walke af- sacrifices. matter of.
ter other gods, whom ye know not ; 23 But this thing commaunded 1
10 And come and stand before me in them, saying, Obey my voice, #and 1 * Deut. e. 3.
* Exod. 19.
t Hebr. this house , t which is called by my wil be your God, and ye shalbe my peo- 5. leuit. se.
whereupon
my Name is Name, and say, We are deliuered, to do ple : and walke ye in all the wayes that 12.
called. all these abominations ? I haue commanded you, that it may be
* Isai. 56. 7 11 Is *this house, which is called by well vnto you.
* Matth. 21 my Name, become a *denne of robbers 24 But they hearkened not, nor in-
13. mar. ll. in your eies ? Behold, euen I haue seen clined their eare, but walked in the
17. luke 19.
46. it, saith the LORD. counsels and in the || imagination o; burnnesse.
II Or, stub-
12 But goe yee now vnto my place their euill heart, and twent backward \Hebr.were
which was in Shiloh, where I set my and not forward.
* i. Sam. 4 Name at the first, and see *what I die 25 Since the day that your fathers
l l . psal. 78.
60. chap. to it, for the wickednesse of my people came forth out of the land of Egypt vn-
26. ti. Israel. to this day^ I haue euen #sent vnto you * i. Chron.
13 And now because ye haue done all all my seruants the Prophets, daily ri- 36. 15.
these workes, saith the L O R D , and '. sing vp early, and sending them.
spake vnto you , rising vp earely, anc 26 Yet they hearkned not vnto me, nor
* Pro. 1. 24 speaking, but ye heard not ; and I * cal- inclined their eare, but * hardened their * Chap. 16.
isu. 65. 12.
and 66. 4. led you, but ye answered not: neck, they did worse then their fathers 12.
27 There-
Stubborne people Chap.viij.
27 Therefore thou shalt speake all
these wordes vnto them, but they will
not hearken to thee : thou shalt also call
vnto them, but they will not answere
thee.
28 But thou shalt say vnto them ;
This is a nation , that obeyeth not the
voyce of the L O R D their God, nor re-
II Or, instru. ceiueth || correction : trueth is perished,
ction.
and is cut off from their mouth.
29 f Cut off thine haire, O Jerusalem,
and cast it away, and take vp a lamenta-
tion on high places, for the LORD
hath reiected, and forsaken the genera-
tion of his wrath.
30 For the children of ludah haue
done euill in my sight, saith the LORD:
they haue set their abominations in the
house which is called by my Name, to
pollute it.
*2. Kings 31 And they haue built the * high pla-
23. 10. chap.
19. 5. ces of Tophet which is in the valley of
the sonne of Hinnom, to burne their
sonnes and their daughters in the fire,
which I commanded them not, neither
I Heb. came tcame it into my heart.
it vpon my
heart. 32 f Therefore behold, the dayes
* Cha. 19. 6. *come, saith the LORD, that it shall
no more be called Tophet, nor the val-
ley of the sonne of Hinnom, but the val-
ley of slaughter : for they shall bury in
Tophet, till there be no place.
* Chap. 34. 33 And the *carkeises of this people
20. and. 16.
4. psal. 79. 2 shall be meate for the fowles of the hea-
uen, and for the beasts of the earth, and
none shall fray them away.
34 Then will I cause to cease from
* Isa. 24. 7. the *cities of ludah, and from the
chap. 16. 9.
and 25. 10. streets of lerusalem, the voice of mirth
and. 33.11. and the voice of gladnesse, the voice of
cze. 26. 13.
ose. 2. 11. the bridegroome, and the voice of the
bride : for the land shall be desolate.
C H A P . VIII.
1 The calamity of the lewes, both dead and a-
liue. 4 Hee vpbraideth their foolish, and
shamelesse impenitencie. 13 Hee sheweth
their grieuous iudgment, 18 and bewai-
leth their desperate estate.
T that time, sayeth the
A L O R D , they shall bring
3ut the bones of the kings
of ludah, and the bones of
his princes, and the bones
of the Priests, and the bones of the Pro-
phets, and the bones of the inhabitants
of lerusalem out of their graues.
2 And they shall spread them before
the Sunne, and the Moone, and all the
Couetoufnes in all.
hoste of heauen whom they haue loued,
and whom they haue serued, and after
whom they haue walked, and whom
they haue sought, and whom they haue
worshipped : they shall not be gathered,
nor be buried, they shall be for doung,
vpon the face of the earth.
$ And death shall bee chosen rather
then life, by all the residue of them that
remaine of this euill family, which re-
maine in all the places whither I haue
driuen them, saith the LORD of hosts.
4t ^ Moreouer thou shalt say vnto
them, Thus saith the LORD, Shall
they fall, and not arise ? shall hee turne
away, and not returne ?
5 Why then is this people of lerusa-
lem slidden backe, by a perpetual backe-
sliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse
to returne.
6 I hearkened and heard, but they
spake not aright : no man repented him
of his wickednesse, saying. What haue
I done ? euery one turned to his course,
as the horse rusheth into the battell.
7 Yea the * Storke in the heauen 'IsaLl.3.
knoweth her appointed times, and the
turtle, and the crane, and the swallow
obserue the time of their comming; but
my people know hot the Judgement of
the LORD.
8 How doe ye say, We are wise, and
the Law of the LORD is with vs?
Loe, || certainly, in vaine made he it, the HOr, thefalse
penne of the
pen of the scribes is in vaine. scribes war-
9 The * || wise men are ashamed, kethfvrfals-
they are dismayed and taken. ; loe, they * Cha. 6. 15.
haue reiected the word of the L O R D , they H Or, haue
beene
and t what wisedome fa in them ? ashamed,
%c.
10 Therfore will I giue their wiues \Heb.the
vnto others, fy their fields to them that wisedome of
shall inherite them : for euery one from what thing.
the least euen vnto the greatest is giuen
to couetousnes, from the Prophet euen
vntothepriest,* euery one dealeth falsly. *Isai. 56. n
11 For they haue .* healed the hurt of chap. 6. 13.
*Cha. 6. 14.
the daughter of my people slightly , say-
ing, * Peace, peace,when there isno peace. * Eze. 13.
12 Were they # ashamed when they *10.Chap. 3. 3,
had committed abomination r nay, they and 6. 15.
were not at all ashamed, neither could
they blush : therefore shall they fall a-
mong them that fal, in the time of their
visitation they shall be cast downe, saith R Or, in ga-
thering I
the LORD, witt con-
13 f || I will surely consume them, sume.
*Isai.5. l.
saith the LORD: there shalbe no grapes &c.
*on the vine, nor figges on the *figtree, 'Matth. 21,
and the leafe shall fade,and the things that 19. luJce
13. 6. &c.
I haue
The Prophets forow leremiah.
haue giuen them, shall passe away
Tom them.
14 Why doe wee sit still ? assemble
rout selues, and let vs enter into the de-
enced cities, and let vs be silent there :
or the LORD our God hath put vs
*Chft. 9. 15. o silence, and giuen vs * waters of ||gall
dan. 23.15. o drink, because we haue sinned against
I Or, poyson.
le LORD.
*Chap. 14. 15 We * looked for peace, but no good
6. came :and for a time of health, and behold
trouble.
16 The snorting of his horses was
* Cha, 4. 15. icard from * Dan : the whole land trem-
>led at the sound of the neighing of his
strong ones, for they are come and haue
t ffebr. the euoured the land, and tall that is in it,
fulness* lie citie, and those that dwell therein.
therof.
17 For behold, I wil send serpents,
cockatrices among you, which will not
* PsaL 50. be * charmed, and they shall bite you;
5,6. saith the LORD.
18 If When I would comfort my selfe
\ Ueb. vpon* against sorrow, my heart Is faint tin me.
19 Behold the voice of the crie of the
t Heb. to. aughter of my people t because of them
cause of the hat dwel in a farre countrey : Is not the
countrey of
them that ^ORD in Zion? is not her king in
are farre off
ler ? why haue they prouoked me to an-
jer with their grauen images, and with
strange vanities ?
20 The haruest is past, the summer
is ended, and we are not saued.
21 For the hurt of the daughter o
my people am I hurt, I am blacke : a-
stonishment hath taken hold on me.
* Chap. 40. 22 Is there no *balme in Gilead ? is
11. there no physician there ? why then is
not the health of the daughter of my
I neb. gent people trecouered ?
t>p.
C H A P . IX.
1 leremiah lamenteth the lewes for their mani-
fold sinnes, 9 and for their Judgement. 12 without an inhabitant.
Disobedience is the cause of their bitter cala-
mitie. 17 He exhorteth to mouraefor their vnderstand this, and who is he to whom
destruction, 23 and to trust, not in them- the mouth of the LORD hath spoken,
selues, but in God. 25 He threatneth both
lewes and Gentiles.
iHeb.who H t * that my head wer wildernesse that none passeth through?
for the people-
sembly of treacherous men.
3 And they bend their tongue like
heir bovrjbr lies : but they are not vali-
ant for the trueth vpon the earth : for
bey proceed from euil to euill, and they
enow not me, saith the LORD.
4 * Take yee heede euery one of his *Chap.12.
. mich. 7.
||neighbour, and trust yee not in any 6-mich.7.
5,6.
>rother : for euery brother will vtterly 10r, friend.
supplant, and euery neighbour will
walke with slanders.
5 And they will || deceiue euery one I Ort mocke.
lis neighbour, and will not speake the
trueth, they haue taught their tongue
to speake lies, and weary themselues to
commit iniquity.
6 Thine habitation is in the middest
of deceit, through deceit they refuse to
enow me, sayth the LORD.
7 Therfore thus saith the LORD
of hostes; Behold, I will melt them,
and trie them . for how shall I doe for
the daughter of my people?
8 Their * tongue is as an arrowe * PsaL 120.4
shot out, it speaketh * deceit : one spea-*PsaL 12. 2.
ceth * peaceably to his neighbour with and 28. 3.
* Psa. 12. 3.
lis mouth, but tin heart he layeth ||his and 28. 3..
t Heb. in the
waite. niddest of
9 H * Shall I not visit them for \wt* Or, waite
these things, saith the L O R D ? shall for him.
not my soule be auenged on such a nati- 29. *Cbap. 5. 9
on as this ?
10 For the mountaines will I take
vp a weeping and wayling, and for the
| habitations of the wildernesse a la- II Or, pas-
mentation, because they are || burnt vp, tures
II Or, desolate
so that none can passe through them,
neither can men heare the voyce of the
cattell, tboth the foule of the heauens, f ffeb.from
and the beast are fled, they are gone. the foule e-
uen to fyc.
11 And I will make Jerusalem
heapes, and *a denne of dragons, and 1 *10,Chap.22.
u.
wil make the cities of ludah tdesolate, t Heb. deso-
lotion.
12 f Who is the wise man that may
that hee may declare it ; for what the
land perisheth, and is burnt vp like a

O
wittgwemy
head&c. waters, and mine eyes a 13 And the LORD saith; Because
* Isa. 22. 4
chap. 4.19
fountaine of teares, tha they haue forsaken my law, which I set
I might weepe day ant before them, and haue not obeyed my
night for the slaine of th voyce, neither walked therein;
daughter ot my people. 14 But haue walked after the || imagi- I Or, stub.
£ Oh that I had in the wilderness nation of their owne heart, & after Ba- bwrnnesse.
a lodging place of wayfaring men, tha alim, which their fathers taught them :
I might leaue my people, and goe from 15 Therefore thus saith the LORD
them : for they be all adulterers, an as of hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, ]
wil
True glory, Chap.x.
*Cha. 8.12. will reed them, euen this people *with
and 23. is.
wormewood, and giue them water of
gall to drinke.
* Leuit 86, 16 I will * scatter them also among
33.
the heathen, whome neither they nor
their fathers haue knowen : and I wil
send a sword after them, til I haue con-
sumed them.
17 f Thus saith the LORD of hosts,
Consider yee, and call for the mourning
women, that they may come, and send
for cunning women, that they may
come.
18 And let them make haste, and take
vp a wailing for vs, that our eyes may
run down with teares, and our eyelids
gush out with waters.
19 For a voyce of wayling is heard
out of Zion, How are we spoiled ? wee
are greatly confounded, because wee
haue forsaken the land, because our
dwellings haue cast vs out.
20 Yet heare the word of the LORD,
O ye women, & let your eare receiue the
word of his mouth, and teach your
daughters wailing, and euery one her
neighbour lamentation.
21 For death is come vp into our
windowes, and is entred into our pala-
ces, to cut off the children from without
and the yong men from the streetes.
22 Speake, Thus saith the LORD,
Euen. the carkeises of men shall fall as
dung vpon the open field, and as the
handfull after the haruest man, and
none shall gather them.
23 IT Thus saith the LORD, Let
•i.Gor.1. not the *wise man glory in his wisdom,
31. 2. cor.
10.17.
neither let the mighty man glory in his
might, let not the rich man glory in his
riches.
24 But let him that glorieth, glory
in this, that bee vnderstandeth and
knoweth me, that I am the L O R D
which exercise louing kindnesse, iudge-
ment and righteousnesse in the earth :
for in these things I delight, saith the
LORD.
25 1F Behold, the dayes come, saith
\Heb.visit the L O R D , that I will t punish all
vpon* them which are circumcised, with the
vncircumcised,
t Hebr. cut
26 Egypt, and ludah, and Edom,
off into cor- and the children of Ammon, and Mo-
ners, or ha-
uing the cor- ab, and all that are tin the * vtmost cor-
ners of their ners, that dwell in the wildernesse : for
haire polled.
* Chap. 25. all these nations are vncircumcised, and
23.
* Rom. 2.
all the house of Israel are * vncircumci-
28, 29. sed in the heart.
Of idolatry,
C H A P . X.
1 The vnequall comparison of God and idoles.
17 The Prophet exhorteth to flie from the
calamitie to come. 19 Hee lamenteth the
spoyle of the Tabernacle by foolish pastours.
23 He raaketh an humble supplication.
Eare ye the word which
H
the LORD speaketh vn-
to you, O house of Israel.
2 Thus sayeth the
LORD, Learne not the
way of the heathen, and be not dismay-
ed at the signes of heauen, for the hea-
then are dismayed at them.
3 For the t customes of the people t Heb. rfo-
are vaine: for one cutteth a tree out of tutes or ordi-
nances are
the forrest (the worke of the handes of vanity.
the workeman) with the axe.
4 They decke it with siluer and
with golde, they fasten it with nayles,
and with hammers that it mooue not.
5 They are vpright as the palme tree,
*but speake not : they must needes bee *Psa. lifl.
* borne, because they cannot goe : be not5.* Isa. 46. l,
afraid of them, for * they cannot doe euil, 7.
neither also is it in them to doe good. * Isa. 41. 28.
6 Forasmuch as there is none * like * Psal. 86.
vnto thee, O LORD, thou art great, 8,10.
and thy Name is great in might.
7 * Who would not feare thee, O * Reue. ia.
King of nations ? for ||to thee doeth it 4.I Or, it /f-
appertaine : forasmuch as among all keth thee.
the wise men of .the nations, and in all
their kingdomes, there is none like vnto
thee.
8 But they are f altogether * brutish t Heb. in one.
and foolish : the stocke is a doctrine of or at once.
* Tsa. 41. 29,
vanities. abac. 2. 18.
9 Siluer spread into plates is brought zee. 10. i.
from Tarsbish, and gold from Vphaz,
the worke of the workeman, and of the
hands of the founder : blue and purple
is their clothing : they are all the worke
of cunning men.
10 But the LORD is the ttrue God, t Heb. God
he is theliuingGod,and an t euerlasting oftrueth.
t Heb. King
King : at his wrath the earth shal trem-of eternity.
ble, and the nations shall not be able to
abide his indignation.
11 Thus shal ye say vnto them, The
Gods that haue not made the heauens,
& the earth, euen they shall perish from
the earth, & from vnder these heauens.
12 Hee *hath made the earth by his *Gen. 1.6.
power, he hath established the world by chap. £1. 15
his wisedome, and hath stretched out
the heauens by his discretion.
13 When hevttereth his voice, there is
a ||mul-
Brutifli paftours. leremiah.
H 0r, noise. a ([multitude of waters in the heauens,
and hee causeth the vapours to ascend
from the ends of the earth : hee maketh
I Or, for lightnings ||with raine, and bringeth
raine.
forth the wind out of his treasures.
I Or, is more, 14 Euery man is ||* brutish in his
brutish, then
to know. knowledge, euery founder is confoun-
* Chap. 51 ded by the grauen image : for his moul-
17,18.
ten image is falsehood, and there is no
breath in them.
15 They are vanity, and the worke of
errours: in the time of their visitation
they shall perish.
* Chap. 51, 16 * The portion of Jacob is not like
19.
them : for he is the fourmer of all things,
and Israel .is the rod of his inheritance:
the LORD of hostes is his Name.
17 IT Gather vp thy wares out of
r
Heb. in- the land, O t inhabitant of the fortresse.
habitresse. 18 For thus saith the LORD, Be-
hold, I will sling out the inhabitants
of the land at this ohce , and will di-
stresse them, that they may find it so.
19 11 Woe is mee for my hurt, my
wound is grieuous : but I sayd, True-
ly this is a griefe, and I must beare it.
20 My Tabernacle is spoyled, and
all my eordes are broken : my children
are gone foorth of me, and they are not :
there is none to stretch foorth my tent
any more, and to set vp my curtaines.
21 For the Pastours are become bru-
tish, and haue not sought the L O R D :
therefore they shall not prosper, and all
their flockes shall be scattered.
22 Behold, the noise of the bruit is
come, and a great commotion out of
*Chap. 1. the * North countrey, to make the cities
15. and 5.
15. and 6. of ludah desolate, and a *denne of dra-
22. gons.
* Chap. 9.
11. 23 IF O LORD, I know that the
* Pro. 16. 1. * way of man is not in himselfe : it is not
and 20. 44. in man that walketh, to direct his steps.
*Psal. 6.1. 24 O LORD, * correct mee, but
and 38.1.
cha. 30. H. with Judgement, not in thine anger,
WIebr. di- lest thou t bring me to nothing.
minish me.
* Psal, 79.6. 25 *Powre out thy fury vpon the
heathen that know thee not, and vpon
the families that call net on thy Name :
for they haue eaten vp lacob, and de-
uoured him, and consumed him, and
haue made his habitation desolate.
CH A P . XL
TT A TV *XT T
1 leremiah proclaimeth Gods Couenant : 8
Rebuketh the lewes disobeying thereof:
11 Prophesieth euils to come vpon them,
19 and vpon the men of Anathotn, for con-
spiring to kill leremiah.
Obey the Couenant.
He word that came to Ie-
T
remiah from the LORD,
saying,
2 Heare yee the words
of this Couenant, and
speake vnto the men of ludah, and to
the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
3 And say thou vnto them, Thus
saith the LORD God of Israel, * Cur- * Dcut. 27.
sed bee the man that obeyeth not the 26. 10.
gal. 3.
words of this Couenant,
4 Which I commaunded your fa-
thers in the day that I brought them
foorth out of the land of Egypt, from
the yron furnace, saying, * Obey my * Leuit. 26.
voyce, and doe them, according to all 3,12.
which I command you : so shall yee be
my people. and I will be your God.
5 That I may performe the *othe * Deut. 7,
which I haue sworne vnto your fa- 12.
thers, to g'iue them a land flowing with
milke and horde, as it is this day : then
answered I, and said, tSo bee it, O Micbr.A-
men.
LORD.
6 Then the L O R D said vnto me,
Proclaime all these wordes in the cities
of ludah, and in the streets of Jerusa-
lem, saying, Heare ye the words of this
Couenant, and doe them.
7 For I earnestly protested vnto
your fathers, in the day that I brought
them vp out of the land of Egypt, euen
vnto this day, rising earely and prote-
sting, saying, Obey my voice.
8 Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined
their eare : but walked euery one in the
|| imagination of their euill heart : there- II Or, stub-
fore I will bring vpon them all the Iburnnessc,
words of this Couenant, which I com-
maunded them to doe; but they did them
not,
9 And the L O R D said vnto me, A
conspiracie is found among the men of
ludah, and among the inhabitants of
Jerusalem.
10 They are turned backe to the ini-
quities of their forefathers, which re-
fused to heare my wordes : and they
went after other gods to serue them :
the house of Israel, and the house of
ludah haue broken my Couenant,
which I made with their fathers.
11 f Therefore thus sayeth the
LORD, Behold, I will bring euill
vpon them which they shall not be able got t Hebr. to
forth of.
tto escape; and * though -they shall crie »Prou. 1.
vnto 28. tea. 1.
mee, I will not hearken vnto 15. cha. 14.
.i_
them. 12. eze. 8.
18. mien. 3.
12 Then shall the cities of ludah, 8.
and
ludahs idolatrie. Chap.xij.
and inhabitants of Jerusalem goe, and
crie vnto the gods vnto whom they of-
fer incense; but they shall not saue them
t Heb. euill at all in the time of their t trouble.
13 For according to the number of thy
" Cha. 2.28. * cities were thy gods, O ludah, and
according to the number of the streetesof
terusalem haue ye set vp altars to that
Heb. shame tshamefull thing, euen altars to burne
ncense vnto Baal.
» Cha. 7-16. 14 Therefore *pray not thou for this
and 14. II.
Deople, neither lift vp a cry or prayer for
;hem : for I will not heare them in the
time that they crie vnto mee for their
t Heb. euill. t trouble.
* Isai. l. 11. 15 *tWhat hath my beloued to doe
&c.
Heb. what n mine house, seeingsnee hath wrought
s to my be- [ewdnesse with many? and the holy
oued in my
housed flesh is passed from thee : ||when thou
H Or, when doest euill, then thou reioycest.
thy euitt is.
16 The LORD called thy name,
A greene oliue tree, faire and of goodly
Tuite : with the noise of a great tumult
lee hath kindled fire vpon it , and the
tranches of it are broken.
17 For the LORD of hostes that
planted thee, hath pronounced euill a-
jainst thee, for the euill of the house of
Israel, and of the house of ludah,
which they haue done against them-
selues to prouoke mee to anger in offe-
ring incense vnto Baal.
18 If And the LORD hath giuen
mee knowledge of it, and I knowe it.
then thou shewedst me their doings.
19 But I was like a lambe or an oxe
that is brought to the slaughter, and I
knew not that they had deuised deuices
t Heb. the against me, saying; Let vs destroy t the
fMke with tree with the fruit thereof, and let vs
his bread.
cut him off from the land of the lining,
that his name may be no more remem-
bred.
20 But, O L O R D of hostes, that
* I. Sam. 16. iudgest righteously , that * tryest the
7.1. chron.
28. 9. psal. reines, and the heart; let me see thy ven-
7. 10. and
20.12. cha. geance on them , for vnto thee haue I
17.10. and reuealed my cause.
20.12. reue.
2.23. 21 Therefore thus saith the LORD
of the men of Anathoth, that seeke thy
life, saying; Prophecie not in the Name
of the L O R D * that thou die not by
our hand :
22 Therefore thus saith the LORD
t Heb. visite of hosts, Behold, I wilt punish them:
vpon.
the young men shall die by the sword,
their sonnes and their daughters shall
die by famine.
23 And there shall be no remnant of
The wicked profper.
them, for I will bring euill vpon the
men of Anathoth, euen the yere of their
visitation.
CHAP. XII.
1 leremiah complaining of the wickeds prospe-
ritie, by faith seeth their ruine. 5 God ad-
monisheth him of his brethrens treacherie
against him, 7 and lamenteth his heritage.
14 Hee promiseth to the penitent, retunie
from captiuitie.
Ighteous art thou , O
R Ife BlUBS LORD , whe
IS B^E|| w*tn thee : \\ yet let
*0r,tetme
talke with thee of thy reason
*toSSi%&Z£Z!$- Judgements :
case with
thee.
the
•lob 21. 7.
doeth the way of the wicked prosper ? psal. 37.1.
wherefore are all they happie that deale and 73. 3.
hab. l. 3.
very treacherously ?
2 Thou hast planted them, yea they
haue taken root : t they grow,' yea they t Heb. they
bring foorth fruit, thou art neere in their $oe on.
mouth, and farre from their reines.
3 But thou, 0 LORD, #knowest • Psal. 17.3.
me; thou hast seene me, and tried mine
heart t towards thee : pull them out t Heb. with
like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare thee.
them for the day of slaughter.
4 How long shall the land mourne,
and the herbes of euery field wither,
*for-the wickednesse of them that dwell * Psal. 107.
therein? the beas;ts are consumed, and 34.
the birds, because they said; He shall not
see our last end.
5 IF If thou hast runne' with the
footmen, and they haue wearied thee,
then how canst thou contend with hor-
ses? and if in the land of peace, wherein
thou trustedst, they rveariedthee^ then how
wilt thou doe in the swelling of lor-
dan?
6 For euen *thy brethren and the * Chap. 9. 4.
house of thy father, euen they haue dealt
treacherously with thee, yea || they haue il Or, they
called a multitude after thee ; beleeue cryed after
theefully.
them npt, though they speake t faire t Heb. good
things.
words vnto thee.
7 11 I haue forsaken mine house :
I haue left mine heritage : I haue gi-
uen t the dearely beloued of my soule \Heb.the
loue*
into the hand of her enemies.
8 Mine heritage is vnto me as a
iyon in the forrest : it || cryeth out against \\Qriyelleth
Heb. ffiueth
me, therefore haue I hated it. out his voice
9 Mine heritage is vnto mee as a
|| speckled bird, the birdes round about ted. I! Or, tallen.
are against her; come yee, assemble all I Or, cause
the beasts of the field, ||come to deuoure. them to
10 Many come.
The linnen girdle, leremiah.
10 Many pastors haue destroyed
my vineyard; they haue troden my por-
tion vnder foote : they haue made my
t Heb. por- t pleasant portion a desolate wilder-
tiono/desirc.
nesse.
11 They haue made it desolate , and
being desolate it mourneth vnto me;
the whole land is made desolate , be-
cause no man layeth it to heart.
12 The spoilers are come vpon all
high places through the wildernesse :
for the sword of the L O R D shall de-
uoure from the one end of the land euen
to the other end of the land: no flesh shall
haue peace.
* Leult. 26. 13 They haue *sowen wheate, but
16. deut. 26
38. rale. 6. shall reape thomes : they haue put
15. agg. 1.6.
themselues to paine, but shall not profit :
and they shall be ashamed of your re-
uenues , because of the fierce anger pf
the LORD.
14 f Thus saith the L O R D a-
gainst all mine euill neighbours, that
touch the inheritance, which I haue
caused my people Israel to inherit ; Be-
* Deut. 30. hold, I will # plucke them out of their
3. chap. 32.
37. land, and plucke out the house of ludah
from among them.
15 And it shall come to passe after
that I haue plucked them out , I will
returne, and haue compassion on them,
and will bring againe euery man to his
heritage, and euery man to his land.
16 And it shall come to passe, if they
will diligently learne the wayes of my
people to sweare by my name (The
L O R D liueth, as they taught my peo-
ple to sweare by Baal :) then shall they
be built in the middest of my people.
* Isai. 60.
12.
17 But if they will not *obey, I will
vtterly plucke vp, and destroy that na-
tion, saith the LORD,
' C H A P . XIII.
1 In the Type of a linnen girdle, hidden at Eu-
phrates, God prefiffureth the destruction of
his people. 1 2 Vnder the parable of th e bot-
tles filled with wine, he foretelleth their drun-
kennesse in miserie. 15 He exhorteth to pre-
uent their future iudgements. 22 He shew-
eth their abominations are the cause thereof.
•ftfe-Jldfhft
^sS liSs^R 'JL3 ^*%fc
saitn
T j|O| i $SjS vnto me; Goe
€&§? Sisgla linen girdle
Vjln ?g|\ vpon thy loy
&>!&&G&£% it
2 So I got. a girdle , according to
the word of the LORD, and put it on
my loines.
and wine bottles.
3 And the word of the L O R D
came vnto me the second time, saying ;
4 Take the girdle that thou hast
got, which is vpon thy loines, and arise,
goe to Euphrates, and hide it there in a
hole of the rocke.
5 So I went and hid it by Eu-
phrates, as the L O R D commaunded
mee.
6 And it came to passe after many
daies, that the LORD saide vnto me;
Arise, goe to Euphrates, and take the
girdle from thence, which I commaun-
ded thee to hide there.
7 Then I went to Euphrates and
digged, and tooke the girdle from the
place where I had hid it, and behold,
the girdle was marred , it was profita-
ble for nothing.
8 Then the word of the L O R D
came vnto me, saying ;
9 Thus saith the L O R D ; After
this maner will I marre the pride of
ludah , and the great pride of lerusa-
lem.
10 This euill people which refuse to
heare my words , which walke in the
|| imagination of their heart, and walke I Or, stub-
burnnesse.
after other Gods to serue them and to
worship them, shall euen be as this gir-
dle, which is good for nothing.
11 For as the girdle cleaueth to the
loines of a man : so haue I caused to
clea'ue vnto me the whole house of Is-
rael, and the whole house of ludah,
saith the L O R D ; that they might bee
vnto me for a people , and for a name,
and for a praise, and for a glory : but they
would not heare.
12 IF Therefore thou shalt speake
vnto them this word ; Thus saith the
L O R D God of Israel; Euerie botle
shalbe filled with wine : and they shall
say vnto thee; Doe we not certainly
know , that euery botle shall be filled
with wine ?
13 Then shalt thou say vnto them ;
Thus saith the L O R D ; Behold, I
will fill all the inhabitants of this land,
euen the kings that sit vpon Dauids
throne, and the priests and the pro-
phets, and all the inhabitants of leru-
salern with drunkennesse.
14? And I will dash them t one a- \Hel. a man
gainst another, euen the fathers and against
the sonnes together, saith the LORD :
brother.
his
I wil not pitie nor spare, nor haue mer-
cie, tbut destroy them. t Heb. from
destroying
15 IF Heare ye and giue eare, bee not them.
proud :
Cuftome in euill. Chap.xiiij. Prayer reie&ed.
proud : for the LORD hath spoken. the people. 13 Lying prophets are no excuse
16 Giue glory to the L O R D your for them. 17 leremiah is mooued to com-
* Isa. a. 22, God before he cause *darknesse, and be- plaine for them.
fore your feet stumble vpon the darke He word of the L O R D

T
mountaines, and while yee looke for that came to leremiah
light, he turne it into the shadowe of concerning tbe tdearth. t Heb. fa
words of the
death, and make it grosse darkenesse. 2 ludah mourneth, dearth* or
17 But if ye will not heare it, my and the gates thereof lan- restraints.
soule shall weepe in secretplaces for yourguish, they are blacke vnto the ground,
• Lam en. i. pride, and *mine eye shall weepe sore, and the crie of Jerusalem is gone vp.
2.16. and 2,
18. and run downe with teares, because the 3 And their nobles haue sent their
LORDS flocke is caried away captiue. litle ones to the waters, they came to
18 Say vnto the king, and to the the pits and found no water, they retur-
queene,' Humble your selues, sit downe, ned with the vessels emptie : they were
H Or, head- for your || principalities shall come ashamed and confounded, and couered
tires*
downe, euen the crowne of your glory. their heads.
19 The cities of the South shall bee 4 Because the ground is chapt, for
shut vp, and none shall open them, lu- there was no raine in the earth, the
dah shall be caried away captiue all of plowmen were ashamed, they couered
it, it shall bee wholly caried away cap- .heir heads.
tiue. 6 Yea the hinde also calued in the
20 Lift vp your eyes, and beholde field, and forsooke it, because there was
them that come from the North, where no grasse.
is the flocke that was giuen thee, thy 6 And the wilde asses did stand in
beautifull flocke ? the hie places, they snuffed vp the winde
21 What wilt thou say when he shall like dragons : their eyes did faile because
i /te&r. vis it t punish thee (for thou hast taught them there was no grasse.
vpon.
to be captaines and as chiefe ouer thee) 7 1 F O LORD, though our ini-
shall not sorrowes take thee as a wo- quities testifie against vs, doe thou it for
man in trauaile ? thy Names sake : for our back-slidings
22 f And if thou say in thine heart, are many, we haue sinned against thee.
* Cha. 5.19 * Wherefore come these things vpon me ?
and 16. 10.
8 O the hope of Israel, the Saui-
for the greatnesse of thine iniquitie are our thereof in time of trouble, why
thy skirts discouered , and thy heeles shouldest thou be as a stranger in the
II Or, shall be || made bare. land, and as a wayfaring man, that tur-
violently to-
Jcen away. 23 Can the Ethiopian change his ne th aside to tarie for a night ?
skinne ? or the leopard his spots ? then 9 Why shouldest thou bee as a man
t Heb. may ye also doe good, that are t accusto- astonied, as a mightie, man that cannot
taught. med to doe euill. saue? yet thou, O LORD, art in the
24 Therefore will I ^scatter them midst of vs, and we are called t by thy t Hebr. thy
Vame is cal-
as the stubble that passeth away by the Name, leaue vs not. led vpon vs.
winde of the wildernesse. 10 IF Thus saith the L O R D vnto
25 This is thy lot, the portion of thy this people, Thus haue they loued to
measures from me, saith the LORD, wander, they haue not refrained their
because thou hast forgotten mee, and feete, therefore the L O R D doeth not
trusted in falshood. accept them, hee will now remember
26 Therefore will I discouer thy their iniquitie, and visite their sinnes.
skirts vpon thy face, that thy shame 11 Then said the L O R D vnto mee,
may appeare. *Pray not for this people, for their * Cha. 7.16.
and n. 14.
27 I haue seene thine adulteries, good. exod. 32. 10
and thy neighings, the lewdnesse of thy 12 * When they fast I will not heare * Prou.1.28
whordome, and thine abominations on their crie, and when they offer burnt of- isa. 1. 15.
cha. 11. 11.
the hils in the fields: woe vnto thee, 0 fering and an oblation I wil not accept ezek. 8. 18.
mic, a« 4.
Jerusalem, wilt thou not bee made them : but I will consume them by the
t Heb. after cleane ? twhen shall it once be ? sword, and by the famine, and by the pe-
when yel$
stilence.
C H A P . XIIII. 13 f Then said I Ah Lord GOD,
1 The grieuous famine 7 causeth leremiah to behold, the prophets say vnto them ; Ye
pray. 10 The Lord will not be intreated for shall not see the sword, neither shall ye
haue
 7
alfe prophets. leremiah.
tffebrpeace haue famine, but I will giue you t assu-
oftrueth.
red peace in this place.
14 Then the LORD said vnto me,
The prophets prophecie lies in my
Chap. 23. Same, *I sent them not, neither haue
1. and 27..
5. and 29.. ! commanded them, neither spake vn-
2,9. to them: they prophecie vnto you a false
vision and diuination, and a thing of
nought, and the deceit of their heart.
15 Therefore thus saith the LORD
concerning the prophets that prophecie
in my Name, and I sent them not, yet
;hey say, Sword and famine shall not
>e in this land, By sword and famine
shall those prophets be consumed.
16 And the people to whom they pro-
)hecie, shall be cast out in the streets of mine, to the famine; and such as are for
Jerusalem, because of the famine and
,he sword, and they shall haue none to
mrie them, them, their wines, nor their
sonnes, nor their daughters : for I will
>owre their wickednesse vpon them.
17 IF Therefore thou shalt say this
* Lam. 1. word vnto them, *Let mine eies runne
16. and 2.
18. chap. downe with teares night and day, anr
13. 17. et them not cease, for the virgin daugh-
;er of my people is broken with a great
Breach, with a very grieuous blow.
18 If I goe forth into the field, then
Behold the slaine with the sword, and i
[ enter into the citie, then behold them
that are sicke with famine, yea both the
U Or, make prophet and the priest ]|goe about into a
merchandise land that they know not.
against a
land, and 19 Hast thou vtterly reiected ludah?
menacknow-
ledge it not, bath thy soule loathed Zion ? why hast
Chap. 5. thou smitten vs, and there is no healing
31.
* Chap. 8. for vs? *we looked for peace, and there
15.
is no good, and for the time of healing,
and behold trouble.
20 We acknowledge, O L O R D ,
our wickednes, and the iniquitie of our
* Psal. 108. fathers • for #wee haue sinned against
G. dan. 9. 8.
thee.
21 Do not abhorre w, for thy Names
sake, doe not disgrace the Throne of th;
glorie : remember, breake not thy Co-
uenant with vs.
22 Are there any among the vani-
ties of the Gentiles that can cause
raine? or can the heauens giue showres,
Art not thou he, O LORD our God?
therefore we will waite vpon thee : for
thou hast made all these things.
C H A P . XV.
1 The vtter reiection, and manifold Judgements and a man of contention to the who
of the lewes. 10 leremiah complayning of earth: I haue neither.lent on vsuri
Prayers reie&ed.
theirspight, receiueth a promise for himselfe,
12 and a threatning for them. 15 He prai-
ethj 19 and receiueth a gracious promise.
Hen said the LORD vn-
T
to me, * Though * Moses 14. *Ese.14.
ind * Samuel stood before *Erod.32.
me,yet my mindecould not 14.
be toward this people, cast 9.1.Sam . 7.
them
?
out of my sight, and let them goe
oorth.
2 And it shall come to passe if they
say vnto thee, Whither snail wee goe
foorth? then thou shalt tell them; Thus
saith the LORD, *Such as are for death Chap* 43.
to death; and such as are for the sword, 11.stach.11.
9.
to the sword; and such as are for the fa-
le captiuitie, to the captiuitie.
3 And I will * appoint ouer them *Lealt.26.
bure tkindes, saith the LORD, the 16. Hebr.fa-
sword to slay, and the dogs to teare, and miiiies.
le foules of the heauen, and the beasts
of the earth to deuoure and destroy.
4? And 11 will cause them to be *re- giue tffebr.Iwilill
them
moued into all kingdomes of the earth, 'or a moo-
Because of * Manasseh the sonne of Heze- uinf.
* Deut. 28.
tiah king of ludah, for that which hee 25. cha. 24.
3.
id in Jerusalem. *2. Kin. 21.
5 For who shall haue pitie vpon 11.
hee, O Jerusalem? or who shall be-
moane thee ? or who shall goe aside to
t aske how thou doest? Hebr.to
aske of thy
6 Thou hast forsaken me, saith the thy peace.
L . O R D , thou art gone backward
therefore will I stretch out my hand a
rainst thee, and destroy thee, I am
wearie with repenting.
7 And I will fanne them with a
anne in the gates of the land : I wil
>ereaue them of ||children, I wil destroy II Or, what-
my people, sith they returne not from soever deare
is
their waies.
8 Their widowes are increased to
me aboue the sand of the seas : I haue
wrought vpon them || against the mo- II Or, against
ther of the yongmen, a spoiler at noonthe mother
citie, a yong
manspoilingi
day : I haue caused him to fall vpon i &c. Or, a-
suddenly, and terrors vpon the citie. &atnrf the
9 * She that hath borne seuen, Ian- mother the yong
and
juisheth : she hath giuen vp the ghost: men. * Amos 8.9.
her sunne is gone down while it was ye
day : shee hath bene ashamed and con-
founded, and the residue of them will
deliuer to the sword before their ene-
mies, saith the LORD.
10 II * Woe is mee, my mother, tha * lob 3.1.
that thou hast borne me a man of strif &c,cha.15.
20.
no
God fauetli his. Chap.xvj.
nor men haue lent to me on vsurie,^
euery one of them doeth curse me.
11 The L O R D said, Verely it shall
II Or, 2 will be well with thy remnant, verely ||I
entreat the
enemie for will cause the enemie to intreat thee well
in the time of euill, and in the time of af-
thee.
fliction.
12 Shall yron breake the Northren
yron, and the steele ?
1.3 Thy substance and tliy treasures
*Cha, 17.3. will I giue to the *spoile without price,
and that for all thy sinnes,euen in all thy
borders.
14 And I will make thee to passe
with thine enemies, into a land which
Dcut. 32. thou knowest not: for a *fireis kindled
22.
in mine anger, which shall burne vpon
you.
15 f O LORD, thou knowest, re-
member me, and visit me, and reuenge
me of my persecutors, take mee not a-
way in thy long suffering : know that
for thy sake I haue suffered rebuke.
16 Thy wordes were found, and I
Ez6. 3. 3. did * eate them, and thy word was vn-
reuel. 10. 9.
to mee, the ioy and reioycing of mine
f Heb. thy heart: for 11 am called by thy Name,
Name is cal-
led vpon me.' O L O R D God of hostes.
17 I sate not in the assembly of the
mockers, nor reioyced : I sate alone be-
cause of thy hand: for thou hast filled me
with indignation.
* Chap. 30. 18 Why is my *paine perpetuall? and
15.
my wound incurable which refuseth to
be healed ? wilt thou be altogether vnto
Heb.benot me as a lyar, and as waters that tfaile?
sure?
19 IF Therfore thus saith the LORD ;
If thou returne, then will I bring thee
againe, and thou shalt stand before me :
and if thou take forth the precious from
the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth : let
them returne vnto thee, but returne not
thou vnto them.
20 And I will make thee vnto this
•Cha. 1.18. people a fenced brasen *wall, and they
and 6. 27.
shall fight against thee, but they shall
* Chap. 20. not #preuaile against thee: for I am
11.
with thee to saue thee, and to deliuer
thee, sayth the LORD.
21 And I will deliuer thee out of
the hand of the wicked, and I will re-
deeme thee out of the hand of the ter-
rible.
C H A P . XVI.
1 The Prophet, vnder the types of abstaining
from marriage, from houses of mourning and
feasting, foresheweth the vtter mine of the
lewes, 10 because they were worse then
The lewes mine.
their fathers. 14 Their returne from capti-
uitie, shall be stranger then their deliuerance
out of Egynt 16 God will doubly recom-
pense their idolatrie.
He word of the L O R D
T came also vnto me, saying;
2 Thou shalt not take
thee a wife, neither shalt
thou haue sonnes nor
daughters in this place.
3 For thus sayth the LORD con-
cerning the sonnes and concerning the
daughters that are borne in this place,
and concerning their mothers that
)are them, and concerning their fathers
that begate them in this land:
4 They shal die of grieuous * deaths, • Cha. 15. 2.
they shall not bee * lamented, neither * Chap. 25.
shall they be buried: but they shall be as 13.
doung vpon the face of the earth, and
;hey shalbe consumed by the sword, and
by famine, and their *carkeises shall be and* Chap. 7. 33
meate for the foules of heauen, and for psal.34. 20.
39. 2.
the beasts of the earth.
5 For thus sayth the LORD, En-
ter not into the house of || mourning, Or, mour-
neither goe to lament nor bemoane >iingfeast.
;hem : for I haue taken away my peace
iom this people, sayth the LORD,
euen louing kindnesse and mercies.
6 Both the great and the small shall
die in this land: they shall not be buried,
neither shall men lament for them, nor
cut themselues, nor make themselues
balde for them.
7 Neither shall men *||teare them- *Leuit. 19.
selues for them in mourning to comfort 28. deut.
14. 1.
them for the dead, neither shall men breadforI Or, breake
giue them the cuppe of consolation to them, as E-
drinke for their father, or for their mo- zek. 24.17.
ther.
8 Thou shalt not also goe into the
bouse of feasting, to sit with them to eat
and to drinke.
9 For thus sayth the LORD of
hostes, the God of Israel; Behold, *I * Isai. 24. 7
0. chap. 7.
will cause to cease out of this place in 34. and 25.
your eyes, and in your dayes, the voice 2G.10. ezek.
10.
of mirth, and the voice of gladnesse, the
voice of the bridegroome, and the voice
of the bride.
10 If And it shal come to passe.* when * Cha. 5. 19
thou shalt shewe this people all these and 13. 22.
wordes, and they shall say vnto thee;
Wherefore hath the LORD pronoun-
ced all this great euill against vs ? or
what is our iniquitie ? or what is our
sinne, that we haue committed against
the LORD our God?
11 Then
Filhers, and hunters. leremiah.
11 Then shalt thou say vnto them;
Because your fathers haue forsaken
me, saith the LORD, and haue wal-
ked after other Gods, and haue serued
them, and haue worshipped them, and
haue forsaken mee, and haue not kept
my law :
•Clup* 12 And yee haue done * worse then
26.
your fathers, (for behold, yee walke eue-
I Or, stub, rie one after the || imagination of his e-
bumnesse.
uill heart, that they may not hearken
vnto me.)
* Deut. 4. 13 * Therefore will I cast you out of
27. and 28.
64, 65. this land into a land that yee knowe
not, neither yee, nor your fathers, and
there shall yee serue other Gods day
and night, where I will not shewe you
fauour.
* Chap. 23. 14 IF Therefore behold, the * dayes
7,8.
come, saith the LORD, that it shall no
more be said ; The LORD liueth that
brought vp the children of Israel out of
the land of Egypt ;
15 But, The L O R D liueth, that
brought vp the children of Israel from
the land of the North, and from all the
lands whither hee had driuen them :
and I will bring them againe into
their land , that I gaue vnto their fa-
thers.
16 U Behold, I will send for many
fishers, saith the LORD, and they shal
fish them, and after will I send for ma-
nie hunters, and they shall hunt them
from euery rtiountaine , and from e-
uery hill, and out of the holes of the
rockes.
* lob. 34. 21 17 For mine *eyes are vpon all their
prou. 5. 21.
chap. 32. waies : they are not hid from my face,
19. neither is their iniquitie hid from mine
eies.
18 And first I will recompense their
iniquitie, and their sinne double, because
they haue defiled my land, they haue fil-
led mine inheritance with the carkeises
of their detestable and abominable
things.
19 O LORD, my strength and my
fortresse, and my refuge in the day of af-
fliction ; the Gentiles shall come vnto
thee from the ends of the earth, and
shall say ; Surely our fathers haue in-
herited lyes, vanitie, and things wherein
there is no profit*
£0 Shall a man make Gods vnto
* Chap. 2. himselfe, and *they are no Gods ?
11.
21 Therefore behold, I will this
once cause them to know : I will cause
them to knowe mine hand and my
The heart wicked.
might, and they shall know that my
name is the LORD.
C H A P . XVII.
1 The captiuitie of ludah for her sinne. 5
Trust in man is cursed, 7 in God is blessed.
9 The deceitfull heart cannot deceiue God.
12 The saluation of God. 15 The Prophet
cornplaineth of the mockers of his prophecie.
19 He is sent to renew the couenant in hal-
lowing the Sabbath.
He sinne of ludah is writ-
T
ten with a *pen of yron, * lob. ID.
and with the t point of a 24.tHehnatfe?
diamond; it is grauenvp-
on the table of their heart,
and vpon the homes of your altars:
2 Whitest their children remember
their altars and their *groues by the * ludg. 9. 7.
Isai. i. 89.
greene trees vpon the high hilles.
3 O my mountaine, in the field * I *Chap. la
will giue thy substance, and all thy trea- 13.
sures to the spoil e, and thy high pla-
ces for sinne, throughout all thy bor-
ders
4 And thou, teuen thy selfe shalt \fteb. in thy
discontinue from thine heritage that telf*.
I gaue thee, and I will cause thee to
serue thine enemies in the land which
thou knowest not : for yee haue kindled
a fire in mine anger, which shall burne
for euer.
5 1T Thus saith the L O R D ^ Cur-
sed be the man that trusteth in man, and
maketh flesh his arme, and whose
heart departeth from the LORD.
6 For hee shall be like the heath in
the desert, and shall not see when good
commeth, but shall inhabite the parched
places in the wildernesse , in a salt land
and not inhabited.
7 * Blessed is the man that trusteth *PsaL2.12.
in the L O R D , and whose hope the and 34. 10.
and 125, 1.
L O R D is. prou. 16.
20. isa. 30.
8 For he shall be * as a tree planted 18.
by the waters , and that spreadeth out *Psal. 1. 3.
her rootes by the riuer, and shall not see
when heate commeth, but her leafe
shall be greene, and shall not be carefull
in the yeere of || drought , neither shall I Or, re-
straint.
cease from yeelding fruit.
9 U The heart is deceitfull aboue
all things, and desperately wicked, who
can know it ?
10 I the L O R D * search the heart, *2. 9am. I a.
/ try the reines, euen to giue euery man 7.chap.
psal. 7.10.
11. 20
according to his waies, and according to and 20. 12.
the fruit of his doings,
11 As
The obferuation Chap.xviii.
I! Or, gathe- Il^sthepartrich||sittetho7ie#^,and
reth young hatcheth them not: so he that getteth ri-
which shee
hath not
brought
ches and not by right, shall leaue them
forth. in the midst of his dayes, and at his end
shall be a foole.
12 IT A glorious high throne from
the beginning, is the place of our San-
ctuarie.
13 O L O R D , the hope of Israel,
•Psal. 73. * all that forsake thee shall be ashamed,
25. tea. 1. 28 and they that depart from me shall bee
written in the earth, because they haue
* Chap. 2. 3 forsaken the L O R D the ^fountaine of
liuing waters.
14 Heale me, O LORD, and I shall
be healed : saue me, and I shalbe saued:
for thou art my praise.
15 IT Behold, they say vnto mee,
* Isa. 5. 19. * Where is the word of the L O R D ? let
it come now.
16 As for me, I haue not hastened
t Heb. after from being a pastour to t follow thee,
thee.
*Chap. l. * neither haue I desired thewofull day,
4, &c. thou knowest : that which came out of
my lips, was right before thee.
17 Be not a terrour vnto me, thou
art my hope in the day of euill.
* Psal. 35. 4 18 *Let them bee confounded that
and 40. 15. persecute me, but let not me be confoun-
ded : let them be dismayed, but let not
me be dismayed : bring vpon them the
t Heb. break day of euill, and t * destroy them with
them with a double destruction.
double
breach. 19 U Thus sayd the L O R D vnto
*Cha, 11.20 me, Go and stand in the gate of the chil-
dren of the people, whereby the kings
of ludah come in, and by the which
they goe out, and in all the gates of le-
rusalem.
20 And say vnto them, Heare ye the
word of the L O R D , ye kings of lu-
dah, and all ludah, and all the inhabi-
tants of lerusalem, that enter in by
these gates.
* Nehe. 13. 21 Thus saith the L O R D , * Take
19.
heed to your selues, and beare no bur-
den on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in
by the gates of lerusalem.
22 Neither carie forth at burden out
of your houses on the Sabbath day,
neither doe ye any worke, but hallowe
* Exo. 20. 8. ye the Sabbath day, as I * comman-
and 23. 12. ded your fathers.
and 31. 13.
exe. 20. 12. 23 But they obeyed not, neither incli-
ned their eare, but made their necke
stiffe, that they might not heare nor re-
ceiue instruction.
24 And it shall come to passe, if yee
diligently hearken vnto me, saith the
of the Sabbath day.
LORD, to bring in no burden through
the gates of this citie on the Sabbath
day, but hallow the Sabbath day, to
doe no worke therein :
25 *Then shall there enter into the * Cha. 22. c
gates of this citie kings and princes sit-
ting vpon the throne of Dauid, riding
in charets and on horses, they and their
princes, the men of luclah and the in-
habitants of Jerusalem : and this citie
shall reuiaine for euer.
26 And they shall come from the ci-
ties of ludah, and from the places a-
bout Jerusalem, and from the lande of
Beniamin , and from the plaine and
from the mountaines , and from the
South, bringing burnt offerings, and
sacrifices, and meate offerings, and in-
cense, and bringing sacrifices of praise
vnto the house of the LORD.
27 But if you will not hearken vn-
to me to hallow the Sabbath day, and
not to beare a burden, euen entring in at
the gates of Jerusalem on the Sab-
bath day : then will I kindle a fire in
the gates thereof, and it shall deuoure
the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall
not be quenched.
C H A P , XVIII.
1 Vnder the type of a potter is shewed Gods
absolute power in disposing of Nations. 11
Judgements threatned to ludah for her
strange reuolt. 18 lererniah prayeth against
his conspiratours.
He word which came to
T Jeremiah from y LORD
saying,
2 Arise and go downe to
the potters house, & there
I will cause thee to heare my words.
3 Then I went downe to the pot-
ters house, and behold, hee wrought a
worke on the ||wheeles. I Or't frames
4? And the vessel! ||that he made of or seates.
H Or, that
clay, was marred in the hand of the pot- he made*
was marred
ter; so he tmadeitagaine anothervessell as clay in the
hand of the
as seemed good to the potter to make it. potter.
5 Then the word of the L O R D t Heir, re-
turned, and
came to me, saying, made.
6 O house of Israel, ^cannot I * Isa. 45. 9.
doe with you as this potter, saith the rom. 9. 10.
wisd. 15. 7.
L O R D ? behold, as the clay is in the
potters hand, so are ye in mine hand, O
house of Israel.
7 At what instant I shall speake con-
cerning a nation , and concerning a
kingdome, to *plucke vp and to pull •Chap. i.
10.
downe, and to destroy it.
8 If
 Euill for good* leremiah.
8 If that nation against whom I
haue pronounced, turne from their
*Iona. 3.10 euill, * I will repent of the euill that I
thought to doe vnto them.
9 And at what instant I shall speake
concerning a nation, and concerning a
kingdome to build and to plant it;
10 If it doe euill in my sight, that it
obey not my voice, then I will repent
of the good, wherewith I saide I
would benefite them.
11 1F Now therefore goe to, speake
to the men of ludah, and to the inha-
bitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus
saith. the L O R D ; Behold, I frame
euill against you, and deuise a deuice a-
* «, Kin. 17 sjainst you : *returne ye now euery one
13. chap. 7.
3. and 25. 5 from his euill way, and make your
and 35.15. waies and your doings good.
* Chap. 2.
15.
12 And they said, * There is no hope,
but wee will walke after our owne de-
uices, and wee will euery one doe the
imagination of his euil heart.
18 Therefore thus saith the LORD,
*Chap.S. * Aske ye now among the heathen, who
10. lath heard such things ? the Virgin of
[srael hath done a very horrible thing.
\\ Or%myfields 14 Will a man leaue || the *snow of
for a rocket Lebanon which commeth from the rocke
or for the
snow of Le* of the fielde ? or shall the colde flowing
banon? Shall
the running waters that come from another place,
waters be
forsaken/or >e forsaken P
he strange
cold waters ?
15 Because my people hath * forgot-
* Cha. 2.13. ten mee, they haue burnt incense to va-
* Chap. 17. nitie , and they haue caused them to
3.
Chap. 6. stumble in their waies^/row the * ancient
16. >aths, to walke in paths, in a way not
:ast vp,
* Chap. 19. 16 To make their land * desolate and
8. and 49.
13. and 00. i perpetuall hissing : euery one that pas-
13. eth thereby shall bee astonished , and
pagge his bead.
17 I will scatter them as with an
2ast winde before the enemie : I will
hew them the backe, and not the face,
n the day of their calamitie..
18 f Then said they, Come, *nd let
vs deuise deuices against Ieremiah:
* Mai. 2. 7. *for the Law shall not perish from the
Driest, nor counsell from the wise, nor
he word from the prophet : Come and
II Or, for the et vs smite him ||with the tongue, and
tongue. et vs not giue heede to any of his
^ordes.
19 Giue heed to me, O LORD, and
learken to the voice of them that con-
end with me.
20 Shall euill bee recompensed for
jood ? for they haue digged a pit for my
The potters veffell.
soule : remember that I stood before
thee to speake good for them, and to
turne away thy wrath from them.
21 Therefore deliuer vp their chil-
dren to the famine, and t*powre out \Heb.powre
their blood by the force of the sword, and them out.
*P«al. 109.
let their wiues be bereaued of their chil- 10.
dren and be widowes, and let their men
be put to death, let their yong men be
slaine by the sword in bat tell.
22 Let a crie bee heard from their
houses, when thou shalt bring a troupe
suddenly vpon them, for they haue dig-
ged a pit to take me, and hid snares for
my feet.
23 Yet LORD thou knowest all
their counsell against me tto slay mee: t Hebr. for
forgiue not their iniquitie, neither blot death.
out their sinne from thy sight, but let
them bee ouerthrowen before thee,
deale thus with them in the time of thine
anger.
CHAP. XIX.
1 Vnder the type of breaking a potters vessell,
is foreshewed the desolation of the lewes
for their sinnes.
Hus saith the LORD,
T
Goe and get a potters
earthen bottell, and take
of the ancients of the peo-
ple, and of the ancients
ot the Jf riestes.
2 And goe forth vnto the valley of
the sonne of Hinnom, which is by the
en trie of the tEastgate, and proclaime t Hebr. the
there the words that I shall tell thee : Sungate.
3 And say, Heare ye the word of the
LORD, O kings of ludah, and inha-
bitants of Jerusalem ; Thus saith the
LORD of hostes, the God of Israel;
Behold , I will bring euill vpon this
place, the which whosoeuer heareth,
lis eares shall * tingle. * 1.8am. 3.
li. 2.Mng.
4 Because they haue forsaken mee. 21. 12.
and haue estranged this place, and haue
3urnt incense in it vnto other gods,
whom neither they, nor their fathers
haue knowen, nor the kings of ludah,
and haue filled this place with the
Dlood of innocents.
5 They haue built also the high pla-
ces of Baal, to burne their sonnes with
ire for burnt offerings vnto Baal,
* which I commanded not, nor spake * Chap. 7.
31,32.
it, neither came it into my minde.
6 Therefore behold, the daies come,
saith the L O R D , that this place shall
no more bee called Tophet, nor the
valley
[udah threatned. Chap.xx.
valley of the sonne of Hmnom, but the
valley of slaughter.
7 And I will make void the coun-
sell of ludah and Jerusalem in this
place, and I will cause them to fall by m!m^
;he sword before their enemies, and by
the hands of them that seek their Hues :
AAAAA and their *carkeises will I giue to be
meat for the foules of the heauen , and
?
or the beasts of the earth:
* Chap. 18. 8 And I will make this citie *deso-
16. and 49.
13. and ate and an hissing : euery one that pas-
50. 13. seth thereby shalbe astonished and hisse,
Because of all the plagues thereof.
9 And I will cause them to eate the
* Leuit. 26. * flesh of their sonnes and the flesh of
29. deu. 28.
53. lam. 4. their daughters, and they shal eate eue-
10. ry one the flesh of his friend in the siege
and straitnesse, wherewith their ene-
mies, and they that seeke their Hues,
shall straiten them.
10 Then shalt thou breake y bottle in
the sight of the men that goe with thee,
11 And shalt say vnto them ; Thus
saith the L O R D of hostes, Euen so
will I breake this people and this citie
as one breaketh a potters vessell that
t Heb. le t cannot bee made whole againe, and
healed. they shall *bury them in Tophet, till
* Cha. 7.32.
there be no place else to bury.
12 Thus will I doe vnto this place,
sayth the LORD, and to the inhabi-
tants thereof, and euen make their citie
as Tophet.
13 And the houses of Jerusalem, and
the houses of the kings of ludah shall
bee defiled as the place of Tophet, be-
cause of all the houses vpon whose
* Chap. 32. * roofes they haue burnt incense vnto
29.
all the hoste of heauen , & haue powred
out drinke offrings vnto other gods.
14 Then came leremiah from To-
phet, whither the L O R D had sent him
to prophecie, and hee stood in the court
of the LORDS house, and said to all
the people,
15 Thus saith the L O R D of hostes
the God of Israel, Behold, I wil bring
vpon this city, and vpon all her townes
all the euill that I haue pronounced a-
gainst it , because they haue hardened
their neckes, that they might not heare
my wordes.
C H A P . XX.
1 Pashur smiting leremiah, receiueth a newe
name, and a fearefuLL doome. 7 leremiah
complaineth of contempt, 10 of treachery,
14 and of his birth.
Paflmrs name.
Ow Pashur the sonne of
N
*Immer the Priest, who * l.Chro.
was also chiefe gouernorin 24. 14.
the house of the LORD,
heard that Jeremiah nro-
phecied these things.
2 Then Pashur smote leremiah
the Prophet, and put him in the stockes
that were in the high gate of Beniamin,
which was by the house of the LORD,
3 And it came to passe on the mor-
row, that Pashur brought foorth le-
remiah out of the stockes. Then sayd
leremiah vnto him , The L O R D
hath not called thy name Pashur, but
|| Magor-missabib. II That is,
4 For thus sayth the L O R D, feare about.
round
Behold, I will make thee a terrour to
thy selfe, and to all thy friends, and they
shall fall by the sword of their enemies,
and thine eyes shall behold it, and I
will giue all ludah into the hand of the
king of Babylon , and hee shall cary
them captiue into Babylon , and shall
slay them with the sword.
5 Moreouer, *I will deliuer all the * 2. Kings
strength of this city, and all the labours 20. 17-
thereof, and all the precious things
thereof, and all the treasures of the
kings of ludah will I giue into the
hand of their enemies which shal spoile
them, and take them and cary them to
Babylon.
6 And thou Pashur, and all that
dwell in thine house, shall goe into cap-
tiuitie, and thou shalt come to Baby-
lon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt
be buried there, thou and all thy friends
to whom thou hast prophecied lies.
7 IT 0 L O R D , thou hast decei-
ued me, and I was ||deceiued, thou art I Ort enticed.
stronger then I, and hast preuailed : I
am in derision daily , euery one moc-
keth me.
8 For since I spake I cryed out, I
cried violence and spoyle ; because the
word of the LORD was made a re-
proch vnto me, and a derision daily?
9 Then I said; I will not make
mention of him, nor speake any more in
his name. But his word was in mine
heart, as a * burning fire shut vp in my Psal. 39.3.
bones, and I was weary with forbea-
ring, and *I could not stay. * lob 35,18.
10 IF For I heard the defaming of
many , feare on euery side. Report, say
they, and wee will report it : tall my fa-\ Heb. euery
miliars watched for my halting, saying; man peace*
of my
Peraduenture he will be enticed : and
we
Impatiencie. leremiah.
we shall preuaile against him , and we
shall take our reuenge on him.
11 But the L O R D is with me as a
* Chap. 17. mighty terrible one : * therefore my per-
18. and 15.
20. secutours shall stumble, and they shall
not preuaile, they shall be greatly asha-
* Chap, 23* med, for they shall not prosper, their *e-
40.
uerlasting confusion shall neuer be for-
gotten.
12 But O L,ORD of hostes, that
* Chap. 11 * try est the righ teous, and sees t the reines
20. and 17
10. and the heart, let me see thy vengeance
on them : for vnto thee haue I opened
my cause.
1.8 Sing vnto the LO.RD, praise yee
the L O R D : for hee hath deliuered the
spule of the poore from the hand of euill
doers.
14 f Cursed be the day wherein I
was borne : let not the day wherein my
mother bare mee, be blessed.
* lob. 3. & 15 * Cursed be the man who brought
chap. 15. 10
tidings to my father, saying; A man
child is borne vnto thee, making him
very glad.
16 And let that man be as the cities
* Gen. 19. which the LORD *ouerthrew and re-
25.
pented not : and let him heare the cry in
the morning, and the shouting at
noonetide,
17 Because he slew me not from the
wombe : or that my mother might haue
beene my graue, and her wombe to be
alwaies great with me.
* lob, 3. 20. 18 * Wherefore came I forth out of
the wombe to see labour and sorrow,
that my dales should be consumed with
shame?
C H A P . XXL
1 Zedekiah sendeth to Jeremiah to inquire the
euent of Nebuchadrezzars warfe. 3 lere-.
miah foretelleth a hard siege and miserable
captiuitie. 8 He counselleth the people to
fall to the Caldeahs, 11 and vpbraideth
the kings house.
He word which came vn-
T to leremiah from the
LORD, when king Ze-
dekiah sent vnto him
Pashur the sonne of Mel-
umaii, anu Zephaniah the sonne of
Maaseiah the priest, saying;
£ Enquire, I pray thee, of the
L O R D for vs (for Nebuchad-reszar
king of Babylon maketh warre a-
gainst vs) if so be that the LORD will
deale with vs, according to all his
Life, and death.
wondrous workes, that he may goe vp
from vs.
8 IF Then saide leremiah vnto
them; Thus shall yee say to Zedekiah,
4 Thus saith the L O R D God
of Israel; Behold, I will turne backe
the weapons of warre that are in your
hands, wherewith yee fight against the
king of Babylon, and against the Cal-
deans , which besiege you without the
walles, and I will assemble them into
the middest of this citie.
5 And I my selfe will fight against
you with an *out stretched band, and •Exod.6.6.
with a strong arme, euen in anger, and
in furie, and in great wrath.
6 And I will smite the inhabitants
of this citie both man and beast • they
shall die of a great pestilence.
7 And afterward, saith the LORD,
I will deliuer Zedekiah king of lu-
dah, and his seruants, and the people.
and such as are left in this citie from the
pestilence, from the sword, and from the
famine , into the hand of Nebuchad-
rezzar king of Babylon , and into the
hand of their enemies , and into the
hand of those that seeke their life, and
and he shall smite them with the edge
of the sword : hee shall not spare them,
neither haue pitie, nor haue mercy.
8 f And vnto this people thou
shalt say ; Thus saith the LORD ; Be-
hold, I set before you the way of life,
and the way of death.
9 He that *abideth in this citie, shall * Chap. 39.
die by the sword, and by the famine, and 2.
by the pestilence : but he that goeth out,
and falleth to the Caldeans, that besiege
you, he shall liue, and his life shall be
vnto him, #for a pray. * Chap. 39.
18. and 45*
10 For I haue set my face against 5.
this citie, for euill and not for good, saith
the L O R D ; it shall be giuen into the
hand of the king of Babylon , and he
shall burne it with fire.
11 IF And touching the house of the
king of ludah, say; Heare yee the word
of the LORD.
12 Oh house of Dauid, thus saith
the LORD, *tExecute Judgement in * Chap. 22..
the morning, and deliuer him that is,' 3.\Heb.iudge.
spoiled, out of the hand of the oppres-
sour, lest my furie goe out like fire, and
burne, that none can quench it} because
of the euill of your doings.
13 Behold, I am against thee, 0 tin- t Heb. inha-
habitant of the valley, and rocke of the bitresse.
plaine,saith the Lord, which say,
Who
The Kings duetie, Ghap.xxij.
Who shall come downe against vs ? or
who shall enter into our habitations?
\Heb. visite 14 But I will t punish you accor-
vpon.
* Pro. 1. 31. ding to the * fruit of your doings, saith
the LORD : and I will kindle a fire in
the forrest thereof, and it shall deuoure
all things round about it
C H A P . XXII.
1 Hee exhorteth to repentance, with promises out of this place, He shall not returne
and threats. 10 The iudgement of Shallum,
13 Of lehoiakim, 20 and of Coniah.
Hus saith the LORD,
T
Goe downe to the house
of the king of ludah,
and speake there this
word,
2 And say, Heare the
word of the L O R D , O king of lu-
dah, that sittest vpon the throne of Da-
uid, thou, and thy seruants, and thy
people that enter in by these gates.
* Chap. 21. 3 Thus saith the LORD, * Execute
12.
ye iudgement and righteousnesse, and
deliuer the spoiler out of the hand of the
oppressour : and doe no wrong, doe no
violence to the stranger, the fatherlesse,
nor the widow, neither shed innocent
blood in this place.
4 For if ye doe this thing indeede,
* Chap. 17. * then shall there enter in by the gates
25.
t Hebr.for of this house, Kings sitting tvpon the
Dauid vpon
his throne.
throne of Dauid, riding in charets and
on horses, he, and his seruants, and his
people.
5 But if yee will not heare these
words, I sweare by my selfe, saith the
LORD, that this house shall become
a desolation.
6 For thus saith . the L O R D vnto
the kings house of ludah, Thou art
Gilead vnto me, and the head of Leba-
non : yet surely I will make thee a wil-
dernesse, and cities which are not inha-
bited.
7 And I will prepare destroyers
against thee, euery one with his wea-
pons, and they shall cut downe thy
choise cedars , and cast them into the
fire.
8 And many nations shall passe by
this citie, and they shall say euery man
* Deut. 29. to his neighbour, * Wherefore hath the
24. 1. kings
9.8. LORD done thus vnto this great
citie ?
9 Then they shall answere, Be-
cause they haue forsaken the couenant
of the LORD their God, and wor-
and profperitie.
shipped other gods, and serued them.
10 Weepe ye not for the dead, nei-
ther bemoane him, but weepe sore for
him that goeth away: for he shall re-
turne no more, nor see his natiue coun-
trey.
11 For thus saith the Lord tou-
ching Shallum, the sonne of Iosiah
king of Iudah which reigned in stead
of Iosiah his father, which went forth
thither any more.
12 But he shall die in the place whi-
ther they haue led him captiue, and shal
see this land no more.
13 Woe vnto him that buildeth * Leuit. 19.
his house by vnrighteousnesse, and his 13. deut. 24
14,15.
chambers by wrong; that vseth his habac. 2. 9.
neighbours seruice without wages,
and giueth him not for his worke :
14 That saith, I will build mee a
wide house and t large chambers, and t Heir,
through
cutteth him out ||windowes, and it is aired.
sieled with cedar, and painted with ver- window
II Or, my
es.
milion.
15 Shalt thou reigne because thou
closest thy selfe in cedar? did not thy fa-
ther eate and drinke, and doe iudgment
and Justice, a«d themtfwaswelwith him?
16 He iudged the cause of the poore
and needy, then it was well with him ; was
not this to know me, saith the LORD ?
17 But thine eyes and thine heart
are not but for thy couetousnesse, and for
to shed innocent blood, and for oppres-
sion, and for || violence to doe it. II Or, incur-
sion.
18 Therefore thus saith the L O R D
concerning lehoiakim the sonne of
losiah king of ludah, They shall not
lament for him, saying, Ah my brother,
or ah sister : they shall not lament for
him, saying. Ah Lord, or ah his glory.
19 He shall be buried with the buriall
of an asse, drawen and cast forth beyond
the gates of lerusalem.
20 U Goe vp to Lebanon, and crie,
and lift vp thy voice in Bashan, and crie
from the passages : for all thy louers are
destroyed.
21 I spake vnto thee in thy tprospe- t Heb. pros-
ritie, but thou saidest, I will not heare; perities.
this hath bin thy maner from thy youth,
that thou obeyedst not my voice.
22 The winde shall eate vp all thy
pastors , and thy louers shall goe into
captiuitie, surely then shalt thou be a-
shamed and confounded for all thy wic-
kednesse.
23 1 0 inhabitant of Lebanon, tha f Heb. inha-
rnakest bitresse.
Falfe paftours leremiah.
makest thy nest in the cedars, how ouer them which shall feed them, and
gracious shalt thou bee when pangs they shal feare no more nor be dismaied,
some vpon
come vponthee
thee,, the
the paine as of a wo-
wo- neither shall they bee lacking, saith the
man in
man in trauell
trauell?? LORD.
24 As I Hue, saith the L O R D ,
;hough Coniah the sonne of lehoia-
dm king of ludah were the signet vp-
on my right hand , yet would I pludke
thee thence.
25 And I will giue thee into the
land of them that seeke thy life, and in-
to the hand of them whose face thou fea-
rest, euen into the hand of Nebuchad-
rezzar king of Babylon , and into the
land of the Caldeans.
26 And I will cast thee out, and thy
mother that bare thee, into another
countrey where ye were not borne, and
there shall ye die.
£7 But to the land whereunto they
t Hebr. lift
vp their
t desire to returne, thither shall they not
minde. returne.
28 Is this man Coniah a despised
woken idole ? is hee a vessell wherein is
no pleasure ? wherefore are they cast
out, he and his seed, and are cast into a
land which they know not ?
29 O earth, earth, earth, heare the
word of the LORD :
30 Thus saith the LORD, Write
y/e this man childlesse , a man that shall
nlot prosper in his dayes : for no man of
his seed shall prosper, sitting vpon the
throne of Dauid, and ruling any more
in ludah.
C H A P . XXIII.
1 Hee prophecieth a restauration of the scatte-
red flocke. 5 Christ shall rule and saue
them. 9 Against false prophets, 33 anc
mockers of the true prophets.
* Ezech. 34 *Oe bee vnto the pastors
W
2.
that destroy and scatter
the sheepe of my pasture,
saith the LORD.
2 Therefore thus saith
the L O R D God of Israel against the
pastors that feed my people; Yee haue
scattered my flocke and driuen them a-
way, and haue not visited them ; be-
hold I will visite vpon you the euill of
your doings, saith the LORD.
3 And I wil gather the remnant o:
my flocke, out of all countreis whither
I haue driuen them, and will bring
them againe to their foldes, and the]
* Chap. 3.
15. ezech.
shalbe fruitfull and increase.
34.11,12. 4 And I will set vp * shepheards
are threatned.
5 U Behold, *the daies coifte, saith * Chap. 33.
the LORD, that I wil raise vntd Da- .4,15. isa.
2. and 40.
uid a righteous branch, and a King 24. iohn 9.l.
1. dan.
shall reigne and prosper, and shall exe- 45.
cute iudgement and iustice in the earth.
6 * In his dayes ludah shalbe sa- * Deut. 33.
ued, and Israel shall dwell safely, and 28.
this is his Name whereby hee shall be
called, t The L O U D OVR RIGH- thouah-tsid-
Hebr. Ie.
TEOVSNES. kenu*
7 Therefore behold, *the dayes * lere. 16.
come, saith the LORD, that they shall 14, 15.
no more say ; The LORD liueth, which
wrought vp the children of Israel out
of the land of Egypt :
8 But, The L O R D liueth, which
brought vp, and which led the seed of
the house of Israel out of the North
countrey, and from all countreis whi-
ther I had driuen them, and they shall
dwell in their owne land.
9 U Mine heart within me is bro-
ken because of the prophets , all my
bones shake : I am like a drunken man
(and like a man whom wine hath ouer-
come) because of the L O R D , and be-
cause of the words of his Holinesse.
10 For the land is full of adulterers,
for because of || swearing the land mour- 11 Or, cur-
neth : the pleasant places of the wilder- sing.
nes are dried vp, and their || course is euil. lence.
!i Or, vio-
and their force is not right.
11 For both prophet and, priest are
prophane , yea in my house haue I
found their wickednesse , saith the
Lf O R D .
12 Wherefore their way shalbe vnto
them as slippery wayes in the darkenes:
they shalbe driuen on and fall therein :
for I frill bring euill vpon them, euen
the yeere of their visitation, saith the
LORD.
13 And I haue scene || folly in the y Or, an ab-
prophets of Samaria; they prophe- surd thing-.
Hebr. vn~
cied in Baal, and caused my people Is- sauvury.
rael to erre.
141 haue seene also in the prophets
of lerusalem ||an horrible thing : they II Or,fil(ki-
commit adultery, and walke in lies: nesse.
they strengthen also the hands of euil
doers, that none doeth returne from
his wickednesse : they are all of them
vnto me as * Sodom, and the inhabi- Isa. l. 9.
tants thereof as Gomorrah.
15 Therefore thus saith the LOBJD
o:
 Falfe prophets. Chap.xxiij.
of hosts Concerning the Prophets; Be-
* Cha. 8.14 hold, I will feede them with *worme-
and 9.15.
wood, and make them drinke the wa-
ter of gall : for from the Prophets ol
H Ort hypo, Jerusalem is ||profanenesse gone forth
criste.
into all the land.
16 Thus saith the L O R D of hosts,
Hearken not vnto the wordes of the
prophets that prophecie vnto you ; they
make you vaine : they speake a vision of
their owne heart, and not out of the
mouth of the LORD.
* Cha.fi. 14. 17 They *say still vnto them that
and 8.11.
eze. 13. 10. despise me; The LORD hath sayde,
zech. 10. 2.
Yee shall haue peace; and they say vnto
I Or, stub- euery one that walketh after the || ima-
tornnesse. gination of his owne heart , No euill
shall come vpon you.
D 0r, wcret. 18 For who hath stood in the ||coun-
sell of the LORD, and hath perceiued,
and heard his word ? who nath mar-
ked his word, and heard it ?
* Chap. 30. 19 Behold, a *whirlewinde of the
23.
L O R D is gone foorth in furie, euen
a grieuous whirlewinde , it shall fall
grieuously vpon the head of the wicked.
* Chap. 30. 20 The *anger of the L O R D shall
24.
not returne, vntill hee haue executed,
and til he haue performed the thoughts
of his heart : in the latter dayes ye shall
consider it perfectly.
*Chap. 14. 21 * I haue not sent these prophets,
4. and 27.
5. yet they ranne : I haue not spoken to
t;hem, yet they prophecied.
22 But if they had stood in my coun-
sel!, and had caused my people to heare
my wordes, then they should haue tur-
ned them from their euil way, and from
the euill of their doings.
23 Am I a God at hand, sayth the
L O R D , and not a God afarre off?
« Psal. 139. 24 Can any *hide himselfe in secret
7. &c. amos
9. 2, 3. daces that I shall not see him, saith the
L O R D ? doe not I fill heauen and
earth, sayth the L o R D ?
25 I haue heard what the prophets
said, that prophecie lyes in my Name,
saying ; I haue dreamed , I haue drea-
med.
26 How long shall this bee in the
leart of the prophets that prophecie
ies? yea rffoi/artfprophetsof the deceit of
their owne heart ;
27 Which thinke to cause my people
«Iudg. 3. 7. to *forget my Name by their dreames
and 8. 33.
which they tell euery man to his neigh-
>our, as their fathers haue forgotten
\Heb.mth
my Name, for Baal.
whom is. 28 The prophet tthat 7mtfA a dreame,
Gods word, fire.
let him tell a dreame; and hee that hat)
my word, let him speake my word faith-
fully : what is the chaffe to the wheat
sayth the L O R D ?
29 Is not my word like as a fire, saith
the L O R D ? and like a hammer that
breaketh the rocke in pieces ?
30 Therefore, behold, *I am against *Deut. 18.
the prophets, sayth the LORD, that 20. cha. 14,
14, 15.
steale my worde euery one from his
neighbour.
31 Beholde, I am against the pro-
phets, saith the LORD, that ||vse their I Or, that
smooth their
tongues, and say ; He sayth. tongues.
32 Behold, I am against them that
prophecie false dreames , sayeth the
LORD, and doe tell them, and cause
my people to erre by their lyes and by
their lightnesse, yet I sent them not,
nor commanded them : therefore they
shall not profile this people at all, sayth
the LORD.
33 If And when this people , or the
prophet, or a priest shall aske thee, say-
ng ; What is the burden of the LORD ?
;hou shalt then say vnto them ; What
mrden ? I will euen forsake you, saith
the LORD.
34 And as for the prophet, and the
Driest, and the people that shal say, The
)urden of the L O R D , I will euen
t punish that man and his house. IHeb.visite
35 Thus shall yee say euery one to >pdnt
lis neighbour, and euery one to his bro-
ther, What hath the L O R D answe-
red? and what hath the L O R D spo-
cen ?
36 And the burden of the L O R D
shall yee mention no more : for euery
mans word shall be his burden : for yee
laue peruerted the words of the liuing
God, of the LORD of hostes our
God.
37 Thus shalt thou say to the pro-
het, What hath the LORD answe-
red thee ? and what hath the L O R D
spoken ?
38 But sith ye say, The burden of the
L O R D ; therefore thus sayeth the
LORD, Because you say this word,
The burden of the L O R D , and I
laue sent vnto you, saying; Ye shall not
say, The burden of the L O R D :
39 Therefore beholde , I , euen I
will vtterly forget you, and I will for-
sake you, and the citie that I gaue you
and your fathers, and cast you out of my
)resence. *Chap.20.
40 And I will bring *an euerlasting 11.
reproch
Baf kets of figs. leremiah.
reproch vpon you, and a perpetual! prouerbe, a taunt and a curse in all pla-
shame, which shall not be forgotten. ces whither I shall driue them.
10 And I will send the sword, the fa-
mine, and the pestilence among them,
C H A P . XXIIII. till they be consumed from off the land,
1 Vnder the Type of good and bad figs, 4 he that I gaue vnto them, and to their fa-
foresheweth the restauration of them that thers.
were in captiuitie, 8 and the desolation of
Zedekiah and the rest.
He Lord shewed mee,
T
and behold, two baskets
of figges were set before
the temple of the LORD,
after that Nebuchad-rez-
* 2. Kings. zar *king of Babylon had caried away
24. 2. chron, captiue leconiah the sonne of lehoia-
36.10.
1dm king of ludah, and the princes of
ludah, with the carpenters and smiths
from lerusalem, and had brought
them to Babylon.
2 One basket had very good figges,
euen like the figges that are first ripe :
and the other basket had very naughty
tHeb.for figges, which could not be eaten, tthey
badnesse. were so bad.
3 Then said the L O R D vnto me;
What seest thou leremiah ? and I said;
Figges: the good figges, very good; and
the euill, very euill, that cannot be ea-
ten, they are so euill.
4 f Againe , the word of the
L O R D came vnto me, saying ;
5 Thus saith the L O R D , the
God of Israel, Like these good figges,
so will I acknowledge them that are
\ Neb, capti- caried away t captiue of ludah, whom
uifie. I haue sent out of this place into the
land of the Caldeans for their good.
6 For I will set mine eyes vpon
them for good, and I will bring them
againe to this land, and I will build
them, and not pull them downe, and I
will plant them, and not plucke them
vp.
* Deut, 30. 7 And I will giue them *an heart
60. chap. 32
39. ezech. to know me, that I am the LORD,
11. 19. and and they shall be *my people, and I
36. 26. 27.
* Chap. 30. will be their God : for they shall returrie
22. and 31. vnto me with their whole heart.
33. and 32.
38. 8 1F And as the euill * figges which
* Chap. 29. cannot be eaten, they are so euill; (Sure-
17.
ly thus saith the LORD) so will I
giue Zedekiah the king of ludah, and
his princes, and the residue of lerusa-
lem, that remaine in this land, and
iHeb.for them that dwell in the land of Egypt.
remaning 01 9 And I will deliuer them tto *be
vexation.
*I>eut. 28. remoued into all the kingdomes of the
37. chap.
154. earth for their hurt, to be a reproch and a
A diligent prophet.
CHAP. XXV
1 leremiah reprouing the lewes disobedience
to the Prophets, 8 foretelleth the seuenty
yeeres captiuitie, 12 and after that, the de-
struction ^of Babylon. 15 Vnder the Type
of a cup of wineheforesheweth the destructi-
on of all nations. 34 The howling of
the Shepheards.
He word that came to le-
T remiah concerning all the
people of ludah, in the
fourth yeere of lehoiar
kirn the sonne of losiah
king of ludah, that was the first yeere
of Nebuchad-rezzar king of Babylon :
£ The which leremiah the pro-
phet spake vnto all the people of lu-
dah, and to all the inhabitants of Jeru-
salem, saying;
3 From the thirteenth yere of losiah
the sonne of Amon king of ludah, euen
vnto this day (that is the three and
twentith yeere) the word of the LORD
hath come vnto me, and I haue spoken
vnto you, rising early and speaking, but
yee haue not hearkened.
4 And the L O R D hath sent vnto
you all his seruants the prophets , *ri- * Chap. 29.
singearlyand sending tf^ra, but yee haue id.
not hearkened, nor inclined your eare
to heare.
5 They say d, *Turne yee againe * 2. Kings.
17. 13. cha.
now euery one from his euill way, and 18. 11. and
from the euil of your doings, and dwell nas
35.15. io.
3. 8.
in the land that the LORD hath giuen
vnto you, and to your fathers for euer
and euer.
6 And goe not after other Gods to
serue them, and to worship them, and
prouoke mee not to anger with the
workes of your hands, and I will doe
you no hurt.
7 Yet yee haue not hearkened vnto
me, saith the L O R D , that yee might
prouoke me to anger with the workes
of your hands, to your owne hurt.
8 IF Therefore thus saith the
L O R D of hostes ; Because yee haue
not heard my words :
9 Behold, I will send and take all
the families of the North, saith the
LORD
A cup of fiirie Chap.xxv.
LORD, and Nebuchad-rezzar the king
of Babylon my seruant, and will bring
them against this land, and against the
inhabitants thereof, and against al
these nations round about, and will vt-
terly destroy them, and make them an
astonishment, and an hissing, and per-
petuall desolations.
tHeb.Iwill 30 Moreouer, tl will take from
cause to pe-
rish from them the *voyce of myrth, and the voice
them. of gladnes, the voice of the bridegrome,
* Cha. 7. 34,
and 16. 9. and the voice of the bride, the sound of
and 25. 10.
ezek. 26. 13 the milstones, & the light of the candle.
ose 2.11. 11 And this whole land shall be a de-
solation, and an1 astonishment, and these
nations shal serue the king of Babylon
seuentie yeeres.
* 2. Chron.
36. 22. eszr. 12 IT And it shall come to passe*when
l.i. chap. seuentie yeeres are accomplished, that
29.10. dan.
•9.2. I will t punish the king of Babylon
t Heb. visite and that nation, saith the LORD, for
vpon.
their iniquitie, and the land of the Cal-
deans, and will make it perpetuall deso-
lations.
13 And I will bring vpon that land
all my words which I haue pronoun-
ced against it, euen all that is written
in this booke, which leremiah hath
prophecied against all the nations.
14 For many nations and great
* Cha. 27. 7. kings shall # serue themselues of them
also : and I will recompense them ac-
cording to their deeds, and according to
the workes of their owne hands.
15 H For thus saith the LORD God
* Isa. 61.17 of Israel vnto me, Take the wine *eup
>sal. 7&. 8.
ob. 21. 20. of this furie at my hand, and cause all
the nations, to whom I send thee, to
drinke it.
16 And they shall drinke, and be mo-
ued, and be mad, because of the sworde
that I will send among them.
17 Then tooke I the cuppe at the
LORDS hand, and made all the nati-
ons to drinke, vnto whom the L O R D
lad sent me:
18 To wit Jerusalem, and the cities
of ludah, and the kings thereof, and
the princes thereof, to make them a de-
solation, an astonishment, an hissing,
and a curse (as it is this day:)
19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his
seruantSj and his princes, and all his
people:
20 And all the mingled people, & all
;he kings of the land of Vz : and all the
tings of the land of the Philistines, and
Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and
the remnant of Ashdod:
for all nations.
21 *Edom, and *Moab, and the chil- * Chap. 49.
7,&c.
dren of * Ammon: *? Chap. 48.
22 And all the kings of *Tyrus, and * Chap. 49.
all the kings of Zidon, and the kings * Chap. 47.
of the ||yles which are beyond the*sea: II Or, region
by the Sea
23 *Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and side.
all tthat are in the vtroost corners: 23. * Chap. 49.
24 And all the kings of Arabia, and * Chap. 49.
all the kings of the * mingled people 28.
\ffeb. cut off
that dwell in the desert: into corners,
25 And all the kings of Zimri, and thehaving
or
corners
all the kings of *Elam, and all the of the haire
polled, chap.
kings of the Medes: 9. 28.
26 And all the kings of the North, 31. * Chap. 49.
farre and raere, one with another, and * Chap. 49.
all the kingdomes of the world, which
are vpon the face of the earth, and the
king of Sheshach shall drinke after
them.
27 Therefore thou shalt say vnto
them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts,
the God of Israel, Drinke ye and bee
drunken, and spue and fall, and rise no
more, because of the sword which I wil
send among you.
28 And it shall bee, if they refuse to
take the cup at thine hand to drinke,
then shalt thou say vnto them, Thus
saith the LORD of hosts, Yee shall
certainely drinke.
29 For loe, I begin to bring euill on
the * ci tie, t which is called by my name, *i. Pet. 4.
and should yee be vtterly vnpunished? 17- I* Heb, vpon
ye shall not be vnpunished: for I will Name which my
cal for a sword vpon all the inhabitants called. is
of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.
30 Therefore prophecie thou against
them all these wordes, and say vnto
them, The LORD shall *roare from *Ioel3.16
an high, and vtter his voice from his aroos 1. 2.
holy habitation, he shall mightily roare
vpon his habitation, hee shall giue a
shout, as they that treade the grapes,
against all the inhabitants of the earth.
31A noise shall come euen to the ends
of the earth; for the LORD hath a con-
trouersie with the nations : hee will
3leade with all flesh, he will giue them
;hat are wicked to the sword, saith the
LORD.
32 Thus saith the LORD of hosts,
Behold, euill shall goe forth from nati-
on to nation, and a great whirlewinde
shall be raised vp from the coasts of the
earth.
33 And the slaine of the LORD shall
)e at that day from one end of the earth
euen vnto the other ende of the earth :
they shall not be * lamented, neither ga- *Cha. 16. 4.
thered
Shepherds howling. leremiah. The Prophet taken.
icred nor buried, they shall be doling nd all the people heard leremiah
pon the ground. peaking these wordes in the house of
* Chap. 4.. 8 34 IT * Howie yee shepheards and tie LORD.
and 6. 26. ry, and wallow your selues in. the ashes 8 IT Now it came to passe when
\Hebr.your e principall of theflocke: for t the day es eremiah had made an ende o£^pea-
dayesfor
slaughter. f your slaughter, and of your dispersi-- dng all that the LORD had com-
ons are accomplished, and yee shall fallmanded him. to speake vnto all the peo-
tHebr.a like ta pleasant Vessell. >Ie, that the priests and the prophets,
vcssell of de-
sire. 33 And t the shepheards shall haue ind all the people, tooke him , saying ;
iHeb.ftifhtil no way to flee, nor the principall of the
mil perish
Thou shalt surely die.
from the ocke to escape. 9 Why hast thou prophecied in the

leards, and an .howling of the princi- rainst leremiah in the house of the
shepheards,
andescaping 36 A voyce of the cry of the shep- tfame of the LORD, saying, This
from$c. louse shalbe like Shiloh, and this city
>all of the flocke shall be heard: for the shalbe desolate without an inhabitant ?
liORD hath spoiled their pasture. and all the people were gathered a-
37 And the peaceable habitations
are cut downe because of the fierce an- ^ORD.
ger of the LORD. 10 1T When the Princes of ludah
38 He hath forsaken his couert, as leard these things, then they came vp
iffebr.a a ;he Lyon : for their land is t desolate,, Vom the kings house vnto the house of
desolation*
)ecause of the fiercenesse of the oppres-- the LORD, and sate downe ||in the I Or, at the
our, and because of his fierce anger.. entrie of the new gate of the LORDS ioore.
house.
C H A P . XXVI. 11 Then spake the priests and the
eremiah by promises and threatningSj exhor- nrophets vnto the Princes, and to all
teth to repentance. 8 Hee is therefore ap- ;he people, saying ; tThis man is wor- Mtebr. the
prehended,: 10 and arraigned: 11 His a* thy to die, for he hath prophecied against ofudgement
pologie : 1 6 He is quit in iudgement, "by the this citie, as yee haue heard with your fordeath is
this man.
example of Micah, 20 and of Vrijah, 24
and bv the care of Ahikam. eates.
12 IT Then spake leremiah vnto
N the beginning of the all the Princes, and to all the people,

Pi Pi
reigne of lehoiakim the saying, The L O R D sent me to pro-
sonne of losiah king oi phecie against this house, and against
ludah, came this wor<] his citie, all the wordes that yee haue
from the LORD, saying; icard.
% rims saith the LORD, Stanc 13 Therefore nowe * amend your Cbap. 7. 3.
n the Court of the LORDS house, wayes, and your doings, and obey the
and speake vnto all the cities of lu- voice of the LORD your God, and the
dah , which come to worship in the LORD will * repent him of the euil ' Verse 19.
LORDS house, all the wordes that that he hath pronounced against you.
[ command thee to speake vnto them : 14? As for mee, behold, I am in your
*Acts. 20. * diminish not" a word; dand : doe with mee tas seejheth gooc \Hebr: as
it is good
27. 3 If so bee they will hearken, anc and meet vnto you. and right in
turne euery man from his euill way, 15 But know ye for certaine, That your eyes.
*Chap. 18. that I may *repent me of the euil whicl if ye put mee to death, ye shall surely
8.
I purpose to doe vnto them, because of bring innocent blood vpon your selues,
the euil of their doings. and vpon this citie, and vpon the inha-
4 And thou shalt say vnto them, bitants thereof : for of a trueth the
Thus saith the L O R D ; If yee wil LORD hath sent mee vnto you, to
not hearken to mee to walke in my speake all these words in your eares.
Law, which I haue set before you, 16 1T Then said the Princes, and all
5 To hearken to the wordes of my the people, vnto the priests, and to the
seruants the Prophets, whom I sen prophets; This man is not worthy to
vnto you, both rising vp early and sen- die : for hee hath spoken to vs ir> the
ding them, (but ye haue not hearknedf Name of the L O R D our God.
6 Then wil I make this house lik 17 Then rose vp certaine of the El-
!. Sam. 4. * Shiloh, and wil make this city a curs ders of the land, and spake to all the
12. chap. 7
1?, H. psal to all the nations of the earth. assembly of the people, saying; * Mic. 1. 1
78.60. 7 So the priests and the prophets 18 *Micah the Morashite propheciec and 3. 12.
in
 Vriiah flaine. Chap.xxvij.
in the dayes of Hezekiah king of lu-
dah, and spake to all the people of lu-
dah, saying; Thus saith the LORD o1
hostes, Zion shall be plowed like a field,
and Jerusalem shall become heapes,
and the mountaine of the house, the hie
places of a forrest.
19 Did Hezekiah King of ludah
and all ludah put him at all to death ?
did bee not feare the L O R D , and be-
t Heb. the sought tthe LORD, and the L O R D
free of the
LORD. repented him of the euill which he hac
pronounced against them ? thus might
wee procure great euill against our
soules.
20 And there was also a man that
prophecied in the Name of the LORD,
Vrijah the sonne of Shemaiah of Ki-
riath-iearim , who prophecied against
this citie and against this land , accor-
ding to all the words of leremiah.
21 And when lehoiakim the king
with all his mightie men , and all the
princes heard his wordes , the king
sought to put him to death ; but when
Vrijah heard it, he was afraid and fled,
and went into Egypt.
2£ And lehoiakim the king sent
men into Egypt, namely Elnathan the
sonne of Actibor, and certeme men with
lim, into Egypt.
23 And they fet foorth Vrijah out of
Egypt, and brought him vnto lehoia-
dm the king, who slewe him with the
sword, and cast his dead body into the
t Heb. sons graues of the t common people.
ofthepeqAe.
24 Neuerthelesse, the hand of Ahi-
tam, the sonne of Shaphan, was with
[eremiah , that they should not giue
lim into the hand of the people, to put
lim to death.
C H A P . XXVII.
1 Vnder the type of bonds and yokes, hee pro-
phecieth the subduing of the neighbour kings
vnto Nebuchad-nezzar. 8 Hee exhorteth
them to yeeld, and not to beleeue the false
prophets, 12 The like hee doeth to Zede-
Kiah. 19 He foretelleth the remnant of the
vessels shall be caried to Babylon, and there
continue vntill the day of visitation.
N the beginning of the
I reigne of lehoiakim the
sonne of losiah King of
ludah, came this worde
vnto leremiah from the
L-ORD, saying,
2 Thus sayth the L O R D to me,
Babels yoke
Make thee bonds and yokes, and pu
them vpon thy necke.
3 And send* them to the king of E-
dom, and to the king of Moab, and t
the king of the Ammonites, and to th
king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zi-
don , by the hand of the messenger
which come to lerusalem vnto Zede-
kiah king of ludah.
4f And command them to say vntc
their masters, Thus saith the LORI
of hosts the God of Israel, Thus shall
ye say || vnto your masters : I Or, cancer
5 I haue made the earth, the mar ning their
masters^ say-
and the beast that are vpon the ground, ing.
by my great power, and by my outstret-
ched arme, and *haue giuen it vntc * Dan. 4.
whom it seemed meet vnto me. 4, 22.
6 And now haue I giuen all these
landes into the hand of Nebuchadnez-
zar the king of Babylon *my seruant, * Cha. 25.9.
and the beasts of the field haue I giuen and 43.10.
him also to serue him.
7 And all nations shall serue him
and his sonne, and his sonnes sonne, vn-
till the very time of his land come: and
then many nations and great kings
shall serue themselues of him.
8 And it shall come to passe , thai
the nation and kingdome which will
not serue the same Nebuchad-nezzar
the king of Babylon, and that will not
put their necke vnder the yoke of the
ung of Babylon, that nation will I
3unish, sayth the L O R D , with the
sword , and with the famine, and with
the pestilence, vntill I haue consumed
them by his hand.
9 Therefore hearken not ye to your
prphets, nor to your diuiners, nor to
four t dreamers, nor to your inchan- \Hebr.
,ers, nor to your sorcerers, which speak dreames*
vnto you, saying; Ye shall not serue the
cing of Babylon :
10 For they prophecie a lie vnto you,
to remooue you farre from your land,
and that I should driue you out, and ye
should perish.
11 But the nations that bring their
necke vnder the yoke of the king of Ba-
>vlon , and serue him , those will I let
remaine still in their owne land, saytn
e LORD, and they shall till it, and
dwell therein.
12 11 I spake also to Zedekiah king
of ludah according to all these wordes,
saying, Bring your neckes vnder the
roke of the king of Babylon, and serue
lim and his people, and Hue.
13 Why
*25
Lying prophets. leremiah.
13 Why will yee die, thou and thy
)eople, by the sword, by the famine, and
>y the pestilence, as the L O R D hath
spoken against the nation that will not
serue the king of Babylon ?
14 Therefore hearken not vnto the
words of the prophets, that speake vn-
to you, saying; Yee shall not serue the
* Chap. H. king of Babylon: for they prophecie *a
14, and 23.
21. and 29. lie vnto you.
8. 15 For I haue not sent them, saith
t Heb. in a the L O R D , yet they prophecie t a lye
lie, or lying-
ly. in my name, that I might driue you
out, & that yee might perish, ye, and the LORD, in the presence of the priests
prophets that prophecie vnto you.
16 Also I spake to the priests, and to
all this people, saying ; Thus saith the hostes , the God of Israel , saying ; I
LORD, Hearken not to the words of
your prophets, that prophecie vnto
you, saying ; Behold, the vessels of the
LORDS house shall now shortly be
brought againe from Babylon; for they
prophecie a lie vnto you.
17 Hearken not vnto them : serue
the king of Babylon, and Hue : where-
fore should this citie be laid waste ?
18 But if they be prophets, and if the
word of the LORD be with them, let
them nowe make intercession to the
L O R D of hostes , that the vessels
which are left in the house of the
LORD, and in the house of the king of
ludah, and at Jerusalem , goe not to
Babylon.
19 f For thus saith the L O R D of
bostes concerning the pillars, and con- house of the LORD,
cerning the sea, and concerning the ba-
ses , and concerning the residue of the
vessels that remaine in this citie,
20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon tooke not, when he caried a-
* 2. Klngi way *captiue leconiah the sonne of
24. 14, 10.
lehoiakim king of ludah , from le-
rusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles
of ludah and Jerusalem :
21 Yea thus saith the L O R D of
hostes the God of Israel , concerning
the vessels that remaine in the house oi before mee, and before thee of old, pro-
the L O R D , and in the house of the
king of ludah and of Jerusalem ;
»«. Kings 22 They shall be * caried to Baby-
25. 13. 2.
chron. 36. Ion , and there shall they be vntill the
18.
• 2. Chron.
day that I * visit them , saith the
36. 22. cha. LORD : then will I bring them vp,
29. 10.
and restore them to this place.
C H A P . XXVIII.
1 Hananiah prophecieth falsely the returne oi tooke the *yoke from off the prophet * Chap, 27.
the vessels and of leconiah. 5 leremiah leremiahs necke, and brake it.
Hananiah.
wishing it to be true, sheweth that the euent
will declare who are true Prophets. 10 Ha-
nahiah breaketh Jeremiahs yoke. 12 lere-
roiah telleth of an yron yoke, 15 and fore-
telleth Hananiahs death.
Nd it came to passe the
A same yeere, in the begin-
ning of the reigne of Ze-
dekiah king of ludah, in
the fourth yeere,flmJin the
ntt moneth, that Hananiah the sonne of
Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon,
spake vnto mee in the house of the
and of all the people, saying ;
2 Thus speaketh the L O R D of
haue broken the yoke of the king of
Babylon.
3 Within ftwo full yeeres will I t Heb. two
bring againe into this place all the ves- yeeres
dayes.
qf
sels of the LORDS house, that Ne-
buchadnezzar king of Babylon tooke
away from this place, and caried them
to Babylon.
4 And I will bring againe to this
E
lace leconiah the sonne of lehoia-
im king of ludah , with all the tcap- t Heb. cap.
tiues of ludah , that went into Baby- tiuity.
Ion, saith the LORD, for I will break e
the yoke of the king of Babylon.
5 U Then the prophet leremiah
said vnto the prophet Hananiah in the
presence of the priests, and in the pre-
sence of all the people, that stood in the
6 Euen the prophet leremiah said;
Amen : the L O R D doe so, the L O R D
performe the words which thou hast
prophecied, to bring againe the vessels
of the L O R D S house, and all that is
caried away captiue from Babylon in-
to this place.
7 Neuerthelesse , heare thou now
this word that I speake in thine eares,
and in the eares of all the people.
8 The prophets that haue beene
phecied both against many countries,
and against great kingdoms, of warre,
and of euill, and of pestilence.
9 The prophet which prophecieth
of peace, when the word of the prophet
shall come to passe, then shall the pro-
phet be knowen, that the LORD hath
truely sent him.
10 f Then Hananiah the prophet
2.
11 And
Yokes of iron. Chap.xxix.
11 And Hananiah spake in the pre-
sence of all the people, saying; Thus
saith the LORD, Euen so will I breake
the yoke of Nebuchadnezzer king of
Babylon from the necke of all nati-
ons within the space of two full yeeres:
and the Prophet lereiniah went his
way.
12 f Then the word of the LORD-
came vn to Jeremiah the Prophet (af-
ter that Hananiah the prophet had bro-
ken the yoke from off the necke o? the
Prophet leremiah) saying,
13 Goe, and tell Hananiah, saying,
Thus saith the L O R D , Thou hast
broken the yokes of wood , but thou
shalt make for them yokes of yron.
14 For thus saith the L O R D of
hosts, the God of Israel, I haue put
a yoke of yron vpon the neck of all these
nations, that they may serue Nebu-
chad-nezzar king of Babylon, and they
shall serue him, and I haue giuen him
the beasts of the field also.
15 IT Then said the Prophet lere-
miah vnto Hananiah the prophet,
Heare nowe Hananiah : the LORD
bath not sent thee, but thou makest this
people to trust in a lye.
16 Therefore thus saith the LORD,
Beholde, I will cast thee from off the
face of the earth : this yeere thou shalt
* Deut 13. die, because thou hast taught *t rebelli-
6. chap. 29.
32. on against the LORD.
t Heb. re.
uott.
17 So Hananiah the prophet died
the same yeere, in the seuenth moneth.
C H A P . XXIX.
L leremiah sendeth a letter to the captiues in
Babylon, to be quiet there, 8 and not to be-
leeue the dreames of their prophets, 10 and
that they shall returne with grace, after se-
uentie yeeres. 15 He foretelleth the destructi-
on of the rest for their disobedience. 20 He
shewet
Falfe prophets.
2 (After that *Ieeoniah the king, and * 2. King.
the queene, and the Jjeunuches, the prin- 24. 12, &c.
II Or, cham-
ces of ludah and Jerusalem, and the berleines.
carpenters and the smithes were de-
parted from lerusalem)
3 By the hand of Elasah the sonne
of Shaphan, and Gemariah the sonne
of Hilkiah, whome Zedekiah king of
ludah sent vnto Babylon to Nebu-
chad-nezzar king of Babylon, saying,
4 Thus saith the L O R D of hosts
the God of Israel vnto all that are ca-
ried away captiues, whom I haue cau-
sed to be caried away from lerusalem
vnto Babylon :
5 Build ye houses and dwell in them,
and plant gardens, and eate the fruit of
them.
6 Take ye wiues, and beget sonnes
and daughters, and take wiues for your
sonnes, and giue your daughters to
husbands, that they may beare sonnes
and daughters, that ye may bee increa-
sed there, and not diminished.
7 And seeke the peace of the citie,
whither I haue caused you to be caried
away captiues, & pray vnto the LORD
for it : for in the peace thereof shall yee
haue peace.
8 f For thus saith the LORD of
hosts, the God of Israel, Let not your
prophets and your diuiners, that bee in
the midst of you, *deceiue you, neither * Chap. u.
14. and 23.
hearken to your dreames which yee 21. and 27.
cause to be dreamed. 15.
9 For they prophecie tfalsly vnto t Hebr. in a
you in my name : I haue not sent them, lie.
saith the LORD.
10 f For thus saith the LORD, That
after *seuentie yeeres be accomplished * 2. Chron.
36. 22. ezra
at Babylon, I will visite you, and per- l. l. chap.
Forme my good word towards you, in 25. 12. and
27. 22. dan.
causing you to returne to this place. 9. 2.
11 For I knowe the thoughts that